JPS63203059A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate need for rearrangement of recording pages when the recording is finished onto recording paper at a reception side by recording a picture in the order of pages opposite to that of the reception pages in an equipment storing a received picture into a memory sequentially and recording the result onto the recording paper. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 2 is connected to a ROM 3 and a RAM 4 through a data bus and an address bus to apply the control of the entire equipment and to apply coding/decoding of the picture data, records the received picture in the order of pages opposite to the order of received pages and designates the number of recording sections. That is, in case of the reception, the number of copies to be recorded on the recording paper is counted first and the number of pages is set as a variable M. In setting parameters of the number of pages and the number of copies, the final page is recorded and the page number parameter is decremented by one. The processing is repeated till the page number parameter reaches 0 and the operation is repeated by the number of copies. Thus, no rearrangement of the recorded pages is required at the reception side when the recording onto the recording paper is finished.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

[Prior Art] In a conventional facsimile machine, the sending side usually reads the pages starting from the smallest number of pages and transmits them in this order, and the receiving side records them on recording paper in the order in which they are received. Therefore, on the receiving side, the pages with the smallest number of pages are recorded first, and the pages with the smallest number of pages are placed lower. For this reason, on the receiving side, an operator rearranges the pages after recording is completed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above conventional example, when the receiving side finishes recording on the recording paper, it is necessary to constantly rearrange the pages of the recording paper, and the page rearranging work is complicated. There is a problem that.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper. shall be recorded.

[Operation] In a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, the present invention records the images in the reverse page order of the received pages, so the receiving side records the images on the recording paper. When the recording is completed, there is no need to rearrange the pages of the recording paper.

[Example] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a crystal oscillator 1 generates a reference clock for the entire device, and this clock is given as a reference clock to a CPU (central processing unit) 2 comprised of a desired microprocessor or the like. The CPU 2 uses the data bus and the address bus to access the ROM 3. RAM4, timer 5゜PPI (programmable parallel l10)6
．． 7.1O1UPI (Peripheral CPU) Connected to 9.11.12. The CPU 2 controls the entire facsimile machine and also encodes and decodes image data.

Furthermore, the CPU 2 is an example of means for recording received images in the reverse page order to the received page order.

Further, the CPU 2 is an example of a means for specifying the number of copies to be recorded through a communication procedure, and is also an example of a means for recording the received image by the specified number of copies.

The UPI 9 controls the driving of originals and recording paper. In addition, UPIII is a parallel serial converter 25
, which controls the recording system of the thermal head.
UP112 has a key manual switch 31 and a liquid crystal display LC.
D32 is displayed.

The modem 14 modulates and demodulates image data and transmits and receives procedure signals for facsimile communication procedures, and the network control unit (NCU) 15 switches the line to the telephone 34 side or the modem 14 side. .

The dialer 16 sends a dial signal to the line in response to telephone number data of the communication device output from the CPU 2 via the PP17.

In addition, a relay 8, a speaker drive circuit 18, a speaker 19, and an analog-to-digital converter 21 are provided.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

When receiving, connect the line and perform the pre-procedure (SL, 32
), the number of copies (number of people) N to be recorded on the recording paper is counted (S3). Then, the image is received, the number of pages is set in the variable M (34, S5), the post-procedure is performed, the line is released, the recording process is performed, and it is turned off (S6, 37, S8, S9).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation (S3) of counting the number of copies N in the above embodiment.

First, check whether the sending facsimile device is in the same mode as the multiple copy recording mode (a function that specifies the number of copies to be recorded using the communication procedure and records the received image for the specified number of copies). Judgment (S
11). Then, it has the same mode, can store all transmitted originals in the memory (S12), and if the number of copies to be recorded N is 2 or more (SL3), the NSS (
Extract N copies of data from the non-standard function setting signal),
The number of copies N is stored in the memory S14) and the process returns (S15).

Here, if the sending side does not have the same mode as the multiple copies recording mode, if the amount of originals to be sent is larger than the memory capacity, or if the number of copies N is 1, the number of copies N is set to "1" (S16 ). In other words, the conditions for the above multiple copy recording mode to be executed on the receiving side are that the sending side is a facsimile machine that has the same mode as the multiple copy recording mode, and the amount of information in the document that the sending side is trying to send. is within the memory capacity of the receiver, and the user on the sender operates the sender's facsimile machine with a request to record two or more copies (multiple copies), and the sender's facsimile machine specifies this in the previous step. There are three conditions: sending information; If these three conditions are met, the number of sheets to record the same page can be reduced to memory RAM 4.
It is accumulated with a parameter called N. Then, the last number of pages received is stored in RAM4 with the parameter M (
S5).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the recording process (S8) in the above embodiment.

First, the number of copies to be recorded N is set in the parameter NUM (521), and the number of pages M is set in the parameter PP (S2
2). In other words, for one person, M pages are recorded, and for N Oita,
Record MXN pages.

First, record the PP-th page (that is, the last page) (523), and decrement the parameter PP by 1 (52).
4) These operations are repeated until the page parameter PP becomes O (525), and the above operations are repeated for the number of copies N (S26, S27, 528). Then, the process returns (S29). That is, recording processing is performed a total of NXM times (pages).

FIG. 5(1) shows an example of a conventional recording paper output, in which the recording sheets are output in the order of PI, P2, and P3 from the bottom.

On the other hand, in the case of the above-mentioned embodiment, in terms of the recording sheets for one person, P3, P2, and Pl are stacked one on top of the other in this order, and the sheets can be viewed in sequence starting from P1. Moreover, in the above embodiment, output is made for a predetermined number of people (a predetermined number of copies), and in the case of the example shown in FIG. 5 (2), N=2,
Two copies are output. In this case, the transmission time is the time for one copy, and just by using the transmission time for one copy, it is possible to record for a predetermined number of people.

Therefore, line usage charges become extremely low.

Note that some facsimile machines have a reversing tray for turning the recorded paper upside down.

In this case, if the reversing tray is closed (if a reversing tray is used), there is no need to perform the operation of recording pages in the reverse order of the received pages. Therefore, a facsimile machine having a reversing tray is equipped with a sensor that detects whether the reversing tray is opened or closed, and when this sensor detects that the reversing tray is open (that is, the reversing tray is not in use). In this case, the pages may be recorded in the reverse order of the received pages.

[Effects of the Invention] In a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, when the receiving end finishes recording on the recording paper, the present invention arranges the pages of the recording paper. This has the effect that changing work becomes unnecessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of the operation (S3) of counting the number of recorded copies N in the above embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the recording process (S8) in the above embodiment. FIG. 5(1) is a diagram showing an example of conventional recording paper output. FIG. 5(2) is a diagram showing an example of the output of recording paper in the above embodiment. 2...CPU, 3...ROM, 4...RAM. Patent Applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Arata Yokubo - O Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile device that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, wherein the images are recorded on the recording paper in a page order opposite to the page order in which the images were received.