JPS63228851A - On-line terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the installing space of a terminal equipment as well as the cost of a circuit and the price of a system by providing a switch mechanism which connects a communication control part or a FAX adaptor in response to an instruction of a basic control part in addition to said basic control part, communication control part and FAX adaptor. CONSTITUTION:A slip image is read by an image scanner 3-1 incorporated in a printer 3 and taken into a basic control part 1-1. When the slip image is sent to a center device or a FAX device, a FAX adaptor 1-3 and a MODEM 4 are connected to a switch mechanism 1-4 by a program instruction of the part 1-1. Then the slip image data is converted into FAX signals by a FAX adaptor and transmitted. At the same time, image data taken in by the scanner 3-1 is combined with character data under the control of the part 1-1. Thus it is possible to handle the mixed data of both FAX and character data on a normal on-line equipment and the FAX device via a single on-line terminal equipment.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an online terminal device.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional online terminal includes a basic control section with a built-in program and a communication control section that performs online communication under the control of the basic control section.

Such online terminal devices only handle character data, and send and receive image data primarily using a facsimile machine.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Since the above-mentioned conventional apparatus mainly transmits and receives character data, it requires a facsimile machine for image data, which has the problem of requiring a large space for the terminal device and requiring two lines.

[Means for solving problems]

The device of the present invention includes a basic control section with a built-in program, a communication control section that performs online communication under control of the basic control section, a fax adapter that performs fax communication under control of the basic control section, and a basic control section. and a switching mechanism that connects either the communication control unit or the fax adapter to the modem in response to an instruction from the fax adapter.

〔Example〕

Next, examples of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of an online terminal device that is an embodiment of the present invention.
2 Communication control unit 1 that controls communication of normal online terminals
-2. FAX adapter 1 for fax image communication
-31 A control unit 1 consisting of a switching mechanism 1-4 that switches communication between the communication control unit 1-2 and the FAX adapter 1-3 according to instructions from the program of the basic control unit 1-1, and a character display device 2.
and a printing device 3 having a built-in image scanner 3-1;
It consists of a modem device 4.

First, the general operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When used as a normal online terminal device, the switching mechanism 1-4 connects the communication control section 1-2 and the modem device 4 under the control of the basic control section 1-1, and in this state, the switching mechanism 1-4 connects the communication control section 1-2 and the modem device 4. Characters are displayed on the character display device 2 and characters are printed on the printing device 3.

The features of the present invention are that an image scanner 3-1 is built into the printing device 3, and that a period change mechanism 1-4 is provided to switch between normal online terminal communication and FAX communication.

An image scanner 3-1 built into the printing device 3 reads the image of the slip and imports it into the basic control section 1-1.

When sending an image of a slip to a center device or another fax machine, the switching mechanism 1-4 connects the FAX adapter 1-3 and the modem 4 according to the program instructions of the basic control unit 1-1, and sends the slip image to the center device or another fax machine. The data is converted to a fax signal and sent by a fax adapter.

Further, under the control of the basic control unit 1-1, it is possible to process image data captured by the image scanner 3-1 in combination with character data.

Therefore, the present invention provides three functions in one online terminal device: a normal online terminal device, a fax machine, and a device capable of handling mixed data of fax data and character data.

[Effects of the Invention j As explained above, the present invention provides three functions using one online terminal device: a normal online terminal device, a fax machine, and a device that can handle mixed data of fax data and online data. It is possible to reduce the installation space of terminals, reduce the cost of one line,
Furthermore, the system price can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the invention. 1...Control unit, 1-1...Basic control unit, 1-2...
・Communication control unit, 1-3...FAX adapter, 1-4・
...Switching mechanism, 2...Character display device, 3...Printing device, 3-1...Image scanner, 4...Modulation/demodulation device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a basic control unit with a built-in program; a communication control unit that performs online communication under control of the basic control unit; a fax adapter that performs fax communication under control of the basic control unit; and instructions from the basic control unit. and a switching mechanism that connects either the communication control unit or the fax adapter to a modulation/demodulation device in response to the above.