JPS63306756A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record a transmission-complete mark on an original already read by constituting the titled equipment so that it receives a confirmation signal that the reception side transmits when the image information of the original is normally received a second drive means ejects the already-read original out to the outside of equipment. CONSTITUTION:Paper or the like 1 consists of OMR sheet, an original, and an OMR sheet in this order. The OMR sheet is carried, ite foremost end is detected by an OMR detectetion sensor 12, the paper or the like is further carried and detdcted by paper foremost end detection sensor 11, a light source 8 is driven and the reading is started. The OMR sheet whose reading is ended is exhausted by a second driving roller pair 7, and the reading of the following original is ejected. Thereafter, the OMR sheet is carried, and an OMR sheet detection signal is transmitted to a control part 14. A signal representing whether or not an original to be transmitted to the same destination as that of the above-mentioned original is present is transmitted to the reception side following the image information. And the control part 14 rceives a confirmation signal prior to the ejection of the already read original, so that an original stamp 13 records a transmission-complete mark on the already read original in synchronism with the reception of said signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention transmits image information obtained by reading a paper sheet including at least a manuscript and an OMR sheet, and The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that records a mark on a read sheet of paper to confirm that it has been accurately received at a receiving side.

(Prior art) In recent years, facsimile machines have been researched and developed that read an OMR sheet containing code information such as the transmission destination and the darkness of the document together with the document, thereby omitting the traditional manual operation of specifying the destination and mode. has been done. In this facsimile machine, as shown in FIG. 4, an OMR sheet (la) is placed on top of a group of original documents (1b) having the same destination and transmitted.

This switching operation between reading the OMR sheet (1a) and the original (1b) may be performed manually, but this is not preferable because the operation becomes complicated. Therefore, in order to switch between reading OMR (la) and original (1b), OMR (1b) is used.
A hole (16) is made at the tip of (la) and this person (
16) is provided in the facsimile machine, and the reading is switched depending on the presence or absence of the hole (16).
The MR sheet (la) and the manuscript (1b) were being read selectively.

By the way, there is a means for receiving confirmation information from the receiving side that the image information of the read original has been correctly transmitted to the receiving side, and recording this on the read original as a sent mark (hereinafter referred to as transmission confirmation recording means). A facsimile machine has been developed. An example of this is shown in FIG. Original table (2
) is placed on the document presence detection sensor (3).
) and are fed one by one by an automatic paper feed roller (4) and a separation piece (5). The paper sheet (1) to be fed is the first
The paper sheet (1) is transported by the first pair of drive rollers (6) constituting the driving means, and after passing through the leading and trailing edge detection sensor (11), the surface of the sheet (1) is irradiated by the light source (8), and the reflected light is sent to the lens ( 9) and read it with a reading sensor (10). Sends the read signal and image information to the side.

After transmitting this image information, according to the G3 machine CCITT standards, as shown in Figure 5 (if there is a document to be fed after the document that has been scanned, the MPS signal is sent to If so, it sends an EOP signal.On the other hand, when the receiving side receives an MPS (or EOP) signal from the transmitting side, it sends an MPS signal as a confirmation signal that it has received the image information normally.
Sends the CF signal to the transmitting side. When the transmitting side receives this signal at the control unit (18), the control unit (18) synchronizes with this signal.
8) constitutes the second drive roller pair (
7) stops the rotation of the document to stop conveying the document, and energizes the solenoid (13a) of the transmission confirmation recording means (13) to operate the stamp (xab) on the document (1a) side and record a sent mark. . Thereafter, the second drive roller pair (7) discharges the paper sheet out of the housing.

By the way, in order to add the function of reading paper sheets including the above-mentioned OMR sheet to a facsimile machine equipped with such a transmission confirmation recording means (13), the paper sheet to be read is
In order to detect whether the document is MR or not, an OMR confirmation means must be installed somewhere, but for example, when trying to use the conventional document leading edge/rear edge detection sensor (11) as the OMR confirmation means. There were the following problems.

Based on the above-mentioned hand BI, the transmission 91) records a sent mark on the original document after the control unit (18) detects the MCF signal. At this time, in order to record the sent mark on the scanned document, it is necessary to be in a state where the conveyance of the scanned document can be controlled. That is, when recording the sent mark on the scanned document, it is necessary to keep the scanned document in a state where it is engaged with the second drive roller pair (7). Therefore, it is necessary to transmit the KMPS or EOP signal and to receive the MCF signal sent from the receiving side until the read document is completely conveyed by the second drive roller pair (7). However, in order to determine whether to send the MPS or EOP signal, it is necessary to determine whether there is a continuation of the original to be sent to the same destination as the original that has been read.

In order to determine this, it is necessary to determine whether the sheet following the scanned document is an OMR sheet or a document.

To record the sent mark on the document that has been read by the follower, the document that has been read must be conveyed by the second drive roller pair (7) until the next document (the leading edge of the paper sheet is OMR, -/-7/χ However, in conventional facsimile machines, the leading and trailing edge detection sensor (11) of the document must reach the detection surface of the confirmation means (in this case, the leading edge and trailing edge detection sensor (11) of the original) due to the miniaturization of the device. The second driving roller pair (7) is arranged approximately 3011 points before the pair of rollers (7), and the second drive roller pair (7) detects the trailing edge of the document that has been read while it is being conveyed, and the leading edge of the sheet that is being conveyed subsequently. The distance was set to approximately 40111 with enough margin to prevent the sheets from overlapping each other even in the event that the document front/back edge detection sensor (11) rises and falls or the sheets are not fed normally one by one. By the time the scanned document is completely conveyed by the second drive roller pair (7), the leading edge of the following paper sheet is detected by the document leading edge/back edge detection sensor (11) (which sends an MPS (or EOP) signal determined by OMR). .... Therefore, the receiving side cannot receive the MPS (or EOP) signal and cannot send the MCF signal to the transmitting side. Therefore, the transmitting side cannot receive the MPS (or EOP) signal.
There were five problems in that the sent mark could not be recorded on the scanned document because the F signal could not be received.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and at least
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that records a sent mark on the read original while reading paper sheets including an R sheet and the original.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) A reading means for sequentially feeding and reading paper sheets constituted by at least an original or an OMR sheet, a first driving means for transporting the paper sheets, and a first driving means for transporting the paper sheets; A second driving means for discharging, and whether or not the paper sheet read and fed by the second driving means until the read original read by the reading means is ejected is a ΔOM R sheet. an OMR confirmation means for confirming the image information of the read original document read by the reading means on the receiving side, and a paper sheet to be fed subsequent to the read document judged by the OMR confirmation means. A signal indicating whether or not there is a continuation document to be sent to the same destination as the original is sent based on the mode, and based on this signal, a signal is sent from the receiving side to confirm that the image information of the original has been correctly received by the receiving side. The apparatus is configured to include a control section that receives information, and a transmission confirmation recording means that records a transmission completion mark on the read-completed document when this confirmation information is received.

(Function) In the facsimile device according to the present invention, a document is read as image information by the reading means, and a signal indicating whether or not there is a document to be sent to the same destination as this document is sent to the receiving side after the image information. A confirmation signal indicating that the information has been normally received by the receiving side is received by the control section before the read original is discharged, and a sent mark is recorded on the read original in synchronization with the reception of this confirmation signal.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, (1) is a paper sheet containing an OMR sheet or a manuscript.As shown in Fig. 4, paper sheet (1) is a sheet containing an OMR sheet (1a) and a manuscript (1b). Destination information and the density of the original are displayed as marks on the OMR sheet) (la), and the original (1b) placed between the next OMR sheet and the OMR sheet) (la) is displayed as a mark.
) will be automatically sent using the destination mode displayed.

(2) is a mounting table for trimming paper sheets (1), and (3) is a unit consisting of an actuator that operates by twisting and a light-emitting/light-receiving element. A light receiving element detects whether or not there is a paper sheet (1) on a placing table (2). (4) is an automatic paper feed roller, (
5) is a separate piece with a surface with a large friction coefficient that is installed opposite to the automatic paper feed roller (4) jC, and these form a pair to sequentially feed a plurality of sheets (1) one by one to the conveyance path. do. (14) is a control unit connected to the line, which sends image information and an MPS (or EOP) signal through the line to notify whether or not there is a continuation of the original after being read, and sends it after being received by the other party. Receive the incoming MCF signal. (1
2) is connected to the control unit (14) by OMR and Ame confirmation means, and is composed of a light emitting element (12a) and a light receiving element (12b). (6) is the first drive roller pair, (11)
is a leading edge detection sensor in the paper industry. The paper leaf leading edge/trailing edge detection sensor (11) is also a unit consisting of an actuator and a light emitting/light receiving element, and depending on whether the actuator blocks the light from the light emitting element or not, the leading edge or trailing edge of the paper leaf (1) is detected as a paper sheet. It is detected whether the leaf has passed through a position in the conveyance path where a leaf tip/back end detection sensor (11) is provided. (8) is a light source, (9) is a lens, (10) is a photoelectric conversion element and a control unit (
14). The light from the light source (8) hits the paper leaf (
1), this reflected light is imaged by a lens (9) onto a photoelectric conversion element (10), and this photoelectric conversion element (
The optical image is photoelectrically converted in step 10). This light image is transmitted to the control unit (
14), the image is processed and sent to the other party as an electrical signal via a line. (7) is the second drive roller pair, (13
) is a manuscript stamp, which is stamped when the MCF signal sent from the other party is received via the control unit (14) after the image information converted by the photoelectric conversion element (lO) is correctly received by the other party. (13) is activated.

In addition, this manuscript stamp (13) is a solenoid (XSa
> and a stamp (13b), which is normally biased toward the side opposite to the sheet conveyance path, and when energized, it operates toward the sheet conveyance path and stamps the sent mark.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment having such a structure will be explained in the second embodiment.
Explain using diagrams. In step (101), there are 3 sheets of paper.
It consists of OMB sheet (21), manuscript (22)
MR C) (23). In step (102), the OMR sheet (21) begins to be conveyed and its leading end reaches the OMR detection sensor (12). Between step (103) and step (104), OMR, sheet hole (14
) is detected. The OMR sheet (21) is further conveyed, and in step (104), the paper leaf leading edge and trailing edge detection sensor (11
). When the leading edge of the OMB sheet is detected, the drive roller (6
) is rotated to feed the OMR sheet a certain distance, the light source (8) is driven in step (105) and the OMR sheet is conveyed and ejected by the light source (7). Transport begins. In step (107), the original (2
2) When the leading edge of the paper sheet passes through the trailing edge detection sensor (11), this leading edge is detected, and the control unit (14) rotates the drive roller pair (6) by a certain amount via a drive motor (not shown) to remove the document. (22) is conveyed a certain distance, and in synchronization with this, reading begins with the irradiation light from the light source (8). From step (108) to step (112), the original (22
) is read. At step (109), conveyance of the next OMR sheet (23) is started, and through steps (110) to (112), the hole (16) in the OMR sheet (23) is detected. In this step (112), an OMR sheet detection signal is sent to the control unit (14), and this control unit detects that there is no continuation of the original with the same destination and same mode specification as the original (22), and stores this once. , when the reading of the original (22) is completed, a 5BOP signal is sent to the other party in synchronization to indicate that there is no continuation of the original. Further, the control unit (14) determines that there is a continuation of the original (22) after the original (22), and transmits an MP8 signal to the receiving side in synchronization with the end of image information transmission. .Following the image information of the original (22), the receiving side
After receiving the EOP (or MP8) signal, it confirms that the image information has been correctly received and sends the MCF signal to the transmitting side as confirmation information. Since the sending side sets the document interval so that the document is in the middle of being conveyed, the drive of the second drive roller pair (7) is interrupted in synchronization with the time when the MCF signal is received, and the solenoid of the document stamp (13) is (13a) and records a sent mark.

As described above, it detects whether the paper following the original (22) is an OMR sheet, receives the MCF signal after sending the EOP signal (or M P S M number), and at the time of this reception and the original (22). Since the timing of recording the transmission source mark is synchronized,
It is possible to record a transmission source mark on the read document while reading at least the OMR sheet and the paper sheet containing the document. In addition, it can be seen at a glance whether or not the original has been reliably read and transmitted through the interposition of the OMB sheet containing only the code information, thereby providing a sense of security to the operator who sent the original.

In the first embodiment, the OMR sheet sensor (12) is arranged between the paper feed roller (4) and the first driving roller pair (6), but the present invention is not limited to this. By the time the paper is read, the 20th paper that follows the 10th is OM.
As long as it can detect whether it is an R sheet or not, it may be placed at any position upstream of the light source (8).

Further, in the first embodiment, the second drive roller pair (7) is stopped in synchronization with the reception of the MCF signal, but the MCF
After a certain period of time has passed after receiving the signal, the second drive roller pair (7)
The transmission source mark may be recorded by stopping the driving of the transmitter. Further, in the above embodiments, confirmation information indicating that the image information has been correctly received on the receiving side is recorded on the document as a transmission source mark, but character information other than the mark, such as reception time, may be recorded.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, a hole is provided in the OMB sheet and the hole is detected to determine whether or not it is a COMR sheet, but the invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, it may be determined whether the sheet is an OMB sheet or not based on whether light is reflected or not.

Although the first driving roller pair (6) and the second driving roller pair (7) are provided as the first driving means and the second driving means, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited to these. may be provided.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the facsimile device according to the present invention has the following features:
Before the destination and mode are specified by the OMR sheet and the scanned original is ejected out of the device housing by the second driving means, a confirmation signal sent by the receiving side is received when the receiving side normally receives the image information of this original. 5, it is possible to record a transmission source mark on the read original document that is being conveyed in synchronization with this confirmation signal. By checking this transmission source mark, the operator can confirm that the image information of the original has been accurately transmitted to the destination specified on the OMR sheet.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a time chart showing the operation of the facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a conventional example, and FIG. 4 is a paper FIG. 5, which is a diagram of how leaves are placed, is a signal sequence diagram showing a transmission control procedure.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A reading device that sequentially feeds and reads paper sheets made up of at least original documents or OMR sheets, a first drive device that transports the paper sheets, and a second drive device that discharges the paper sheets. , the read original document read by the reading means is read by the second reading means.
OMR checking means for checking whether or not a paper sheet fed subsequent to the read original document is an OMR sheet before being ejected by the driving means; image information, and a signal indicating whether or not there is a continuation document to be sent to the same destination as the document based on the state of the paper sheet to be fed following the scanned document determined by the OMR sheet confirmation means. a control unit that receives confirmation information sent from the receiving side based on the signal indicating that the image information of the original has been successfully received by the receiving side; and upon receiving this confirmation information, sets a sent mark to the scanned original; A facsimile device comprising a transmission confirmation recording means for recording transmission confirmation. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein the OMR confirmation means is comprised of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. (3) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1) or (2), wherein the OMR sheet has at least one hole through which light emitted by the light emitting element passes. (4) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein the OMR sheet has a reflective surface that reflects light emitted by a light emitting element at at least one location.