KR100338074B1 - Method for subscription transmission of document data in the facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a facsimile having a weak forwarding function (including a sequential broadcast forwarding function), wherein at least one or more files having a plurality of pages are divided in units of pages, and the previously stored various files are divided in units of pages. The present invention relates to a method for reserved transmission of a manuscript of a facsimile of a document so as to perform a scheduled transmission for the edited file after performing an editing operation such as composition and division.

A feature of the present invention includes a memory for storing original data obtained by a scanning operation, and in a fax original document data transmission method having a drug transmission function for transmitting original data stored at a scheduled transmission time set by a user: If the reserved transmission function is set, scanning the original to obtain original data for each file; Assigning an attribute list to each page unit of the acquired original data for each file; Judging whether the original data edit setting function is selected; When the edit setting function is selected, a new file name is displayed, and an input state for inputting an existing file name and page number to be registered is displayed; When the existing file name and page number to be registered by the user are inputted, when the existing file name and page number entered are inputted, the existing file name and page number entered are registered in the attribute list corresponding to each page of the new file name. ; If the current time and the reserved transmission time of the registered reserved transmission file coincide, the original data of the corresponding reserved transmission file is transmitted to the remote facsimile on a page basis; When one page of original data is transmitted, the attribute list of the original data for each page is analyzed to determine whether there is another registered reserved transmission file; If there is no other reserved transfer file registered in the original data for each page, the original data of the corresponding page is deleted; If there is another scheduled transfer file registered in the original data for each page, delete the scheduled transfer file name of the scheduled transfer file registered on the page and complete the transfer of the original data of the page. Update to an attribute list of; The purpose is to maintain the storage state of the file until the other scheduled transfer file registered in the manuscript data for each page and repeatedly perform the scheduled transfer operation.

The present invention provides a property list for a page belonging to an arbitrary file and registers information on at least one or more files to be reserved for transmission in the property list, thereby repeatedly registering the page in multiple files. As a result, the memory is efficiently used, and the inconvenience caused by the redundant scanning operation is eliminated.

Description

Facsimile manuscript data transfer method {METHOD FOR SUBSCRIPTION TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENT DATA IN THE FACSIMILE}

The present invention relates to a method for reservation transmission of original data of a facsimile, and more particularly, to a facsimile having a reservation transmission function (including a sequential broadcast transmission function), wherein at least one file having a plurality of pages is stored in units of pages. A method of making a reservation for a facsimile manuscript of a facsimile, which allows the user to perform a scheduled transfer of the edited file after performing division, editing, and the like for each divided page unit for each divided page unit. will be.

In general, a facsimile is a device that outputs fax data transmitted through a telephone line from a transmitting side or allows a user to transmit original data through the same telephone line to any receiving side. These facsimile machines typically include the functions of scanners, printers and telephones, and have recently been used as office automation equipment (0A), which is essential in homes and offices.

That is, as data communication using facsimile has become common, a lot of information is exchanged through facsimile. Especially for documents that need to be processed quickly, the exchange of information through facsimile is very effective, thereby greatly improving work efficiency.

As information exchange through facsimile is frequently performed, memory is installed in the facsimile to improve the reception rate of the information or to receive a large amount of information. This enables memory transmission / reception of specific documents.

Facsimile transmission can be classified into two types. First, the general transmission method based on the document, and second, the transmission method through the memory.

Among these, the transmission method through the memory is a transmission method for performing the reservation transmission function and the sequential broadcast transmission function, and sequentially scans the originals and stores them in the memory, and sequentially transmits the original data stored at the time set by the user. After that, it is set to delete the original data when the transmission is completed. At this time, the scanned original data is stored in units of pages, and each page is linked to each other with respect to one file.

However, according to the conventional fax transmission method, the following problem (s) occur.

In the conventional facsimile, if a reservation is made for one file in the reservation transmission method including a sequential broadcast transmission function, the original data of the page belonging to the transmission reservation cannot be used in duplicate other transfer files other than the reserved transmission file. Therefore, when the contents of the same page are to be registered in different files, it is inconvenient because the originals must be scanned and stored again, and the memory is inefficient because the same pages must be stored a plurality of times corresponding to each file.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such problem (s), and an object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined attribute list for a page belonging to an arbitrary file, and at least one file to be reserved for transmission to the attribute list. By registering the information about these fields, a facsimile provides a method of making reservations for manuscript data so that a corresponding page can be registered in multiple files.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile applied to the present invention,

2A and 2B are flowcharts illustrating a process of performing a method of reserved data transmission of a fax according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing an attribute list assigned to an arbitrary page according to the present invention;

4A to 4C are conceptual views showing a layout form of an original file scanned according to the present invention and a new file in which an arbitrary page is edited.

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101: central processing unit 102: memory

103: operation panel 104: scanner

105: printer 106: modem

107: network controller (NCU) 108: interface unit

A feature of the present invention for achieving such object (s) includes a memory for storing original data obtained by a scanning operation, and has a drug transfer function for transmitting original data stored at a reserved transmission time set by a user. A method for reserved transmission of original data of a fax, comprising: scanning originals and acquiring original data for each file if the scheduled transmission function is set; Assigning an attribute list to each page unit of the acquired original data for each file; Judging whether the original data edit setting function is selected; When the edit setting function is selected, a new file name is displayed, and an input state for inputting an existing file name and page number to be registered is displayed; When the existing file name and page number to be registered by the user are inputted, when the existing file name and page number entered are inputted, the existing file name and page number entered are registered in the attribute list corresponding to each page of the new file name. ; If the current time and the reserved transmission time of the registered reserved transmission file coincide, the original data of the corresponding reserved transmission file is transmitted to the remote facsimile on a page basis; when the original data of one page is transmitted, the properties of the original data for each page are transmitted. Analyzing the list to determine whether there is another registered transfer file registered; If there is no other reserved transfer file registered in the original data for each page, the original data of the corresponding page is deleted; If there is another scheduled transfer file registered in the original data for each page, delete the scheduled transfer file name of the scheduled transfer file registered on the page and complete the transfer of the original data of the page. Update to an attribute list of; The purpose is to maintain the storage state of the file until the other scheduled transfer file registered in the manuscript data for each page and repeatedly perform the scheduled transfer operation.

Here, when the user selects the reserved transmission file confirmation function, it is preferable to print and output the stored reserved transmission file, and to maintain the stored state of the output reserved transmission file.

In addition, the attribute list includes the page number, the name of the reserved transfer file registered in the page, the page number of the new reserved transfer file in which the page is registered corresponding to each reserved transfer file name, and the actual storage location information of the page. Preferably; In particular, the device may further include address information of a previous page of the page and address information of a subsequent page of the page.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment (s) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Figure 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a facsimile applied to the present invention, Figures 2a and 2b is an operational flow diagram showing the procedure of performing a method of reservation data transmission of the facsimile according to the present invention, Figure 3 A diagram showing an attribute list assigned to an arbitrary page by the invention is shown, and FIGS. 4A to 4C are conceptual diagrams showing the arrangement of the original file scanned by the present invention and a new file in which an arbitrary page is edited. It is.

Referring to Figure 1 describes the overall configuration of the facsimile applied to the present invention.

The central processing unit 101 controls the overall functions of the fax. In particular, the central processing unit 101 separates and stores the original data stored in the memory 102 for each page, gives an attribute list of a preset form for each page of the stored original, and makes a reservation transmission to the assigned attribute list. By registering the file to be registered, it is controlled to perform the reserved transmission operation by repeatedly registering a plurality of files in one page.

The memory 102 stores program data, protocol data, and original data for the CPU 101 to control various operations of the fax. In particular, the memory 102 stores link information for each page of the corresponding file, file information to which the page is linked, and the like.

An operating panel (OPE) 103 is provided with a plurality of function keys arranged so as to select various functions of the facsimile, and includes a display window for displaying the operating state of the facsimile.

The scanner 104 scans the original data to be transmitted, converts it into binary information, and provides the converted digital image data to the central processing unit 101.

The printer 105 prints the fax data transmitted from the remote facsimile or computer and simultaneously prints the digital image data scanned by the scanner 104.

The modem 106 modulates and outputs the output data of the central processing unit 101 in an analog manner under the control of the central processing unit 101, and demodulates the analog input signal received from the remote facsimile to the digital image data. Output

The network control unit (NCU) 107 operates under the control of the central processing unit 101 to form a call loop of a telephone line (Tip, Ring), and the modulation / demodulation signal of the modem 106 and the telephone. Interface the signal on the line.

The interface unit 108 interfaces data communication between the fax and the computer.

The operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, the general operation of the facsimile is described as follows.

When a facsimile job is selected from the operation panel 103, for example, a reservation transmission function (including a sequential broadcast transmission function), the central processing unit 101 scans an image of an original to be transmitted through a scanner to operate the printer 105. After copying or sequentially storing in the memory 102, the image signal of the original is transmitted to the telephone line (Tip, Ring) through the modem 106 and the network controller 107 which will be described later.

That is, a case where a transmission key is input from the operation panel 103 to perform a transmission operation will be described as an example. First, in order to generate data for transmission, image data of an original scanned by the scanner 104 is stored. A memory 102 is required to store the code that compresses the image data, and once the communication path is formed, the image data must be transmitted through the telephone line (Tip, Ring) at a constant transmission speed. There is an attribute.

Therefore, the facsimile scans an image of an original to be transmitted through the scanner 9104, converts the image into binary data, and stores the image sequentially in the memory 102. When the scan operation is completed, the scanner 9104 notifies the CPU 101 that the scan operation is completed.

The central processing unit 101 scans the image data of the original stored in the memory 102 and applies it to the modem 106 when a predetermined signal indicating that the scanning operation from the scanner 104 is completed is input. The modem 106 modulates the image data of the input document into an analog signal of a transmission rate suitable for a telephone line (Tip, Ring) state, and then receives the receiving side facsimile through the network controller 107 and the telephone line (Tip, Ring). Send to 200.

Then, when the receiving side facsimile 200 receives an image signal from the transmitting side facsimile 100 through a telephone line (Tip, Ring) and the network controller 107, the modem 106 receives the image signal of the inputted original image data. Demodulated to provide to the central processing unit (101).

The central processing unit 101 stores the input image data in the memory 102 and prints the stored image data to the printer 105.

When the transmission / reception is completed, the central processing unit 101 transmits / receives information on the transmission / reception, that is, transmission / reception (Tx / Rx), communication start time, communication time required, telephone number, page count, communication. The result is printed as a Confirmation Report.

A facsimile document reservation transmission process will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

The central processing unit 101 determines whether the reservation transmission function (including the sequential broadcast transmission function) is selected by the user (S1), and when the reservation transmission function is selected, controls the scanner 104 to scan the original data (S2). The scanned original data is stored in the memory 102 in units of pages (S3). At this time, the central processing unit 101 assigns the attribute list as shown in Fig. 3 to the original data of each page unit (S4).

That is, the property list includes the property list identifier (Page ID No.) of the page to distinguish the page, the property list address (Pre-Page ID No. Ptr.) For the page before the page, and after the page. A property list address (Next-Page ID No. Ptr.) For the page of the page, and an identifier (Mem. Tx File ID 1 to Mem. Tx File ID N) of the reserved transmission file to which the page is linked. Here, N means the number of files that can be linked to the page.

In addition, the property lists for each page include the property list address (Pre-Page ID No. Ptr.) For the page before the page and the property list address (Next-Page ID No. Ptr.) For the page after the page. Linked to each other through.

When the scanning and storing of at least one file is completed through this process (S5), the CPU 101 checks whether the file editing function is selected by the user (S6). Here, if the file editing function is not selected, the central processing unit 101 controls to perform a general reserved transfer function (S7). That is, the central processing unit 101 checks the current time through a timer (not shown, and is usually built in the central processing unit 101), and if the current time is the same as the scheduled transmission time, the remote facsimile and the call path are opened. Form and transfer the corresponding files stored sequentially.

If the file editing function is selected in step S6, the central processing unit 101 switches to all of the user's input standbys, and periodically checks whether the user inputs them (S8). At this time, as the user sequentially selects file registration information for any page included in an arbitrary file by operating a function key for editing a file among various function keys of the operation panel 103 (S9), Information about the linked file is sequentially registered in the attribute list (S10). In other words, assuming that an editing operation is performed on files D and E with reference to FIGS. 4B and 4C, when a user selects an edit file designation key, a file name (file D or file E) to be edited is displayed. The file name and page number to which the page to be linked to the file name belongs are sequentially input. Then, when the user enters the file name and page number sequentially in the order shown (File D → File A → Page 2 → File B → Page 3 → File C → Page 1, or File E → File B → Page 1 → File) B → page 3), New files are registered in the order entered. At this time, the pages are used by linking the manuscript data of the page registered in advance, without going through a separate scanning process.

Thereafter, the central processing unit 101 compares the current time with the reserved transmission time specified in the reserved transmission file and if the same file exists (S11), detects the original data for the corresponding file from the memory 102 in units of pages. (S12), the document data is transmitted to the remote facsimile in units of pages (S13). Then, when the transmission of the original data for one page is completed, the central processing unit 101 analyzes the attribute list for the page to determine whether the original data of the page is also linked to other files (S14). If the page is not linked to another file at this step (S14) (e.g., page 1 of file A), since the original data of the page is no longer needed for the transfer operation, the central processing unit 101 determines that page. Original data is deleted from the memory 102 (S15).

If the page is linked to another file in step S14 above (e.g., page 2 of file A), it means that the original data of the page is also registered in the reserved transmission job of the other file. The apparatus 101 maintains the state stored in the memory 102 without deleting the original data of the page (S16). Further, the central processing unit 101 deletes the file name of the file from the attribute list of the page (S17), and updates the various attribute lists corresponding to the next file name (S18). Then, this process is repeated until all of the reserved transmission file names linked to the page are removed. If all of the reserved transmission file names linked to the page are removed, the original data of the corresponding page is finally deleted.

Therefore, a file corresponding to the page can be edited and transmitted in one scan operation without the need for duplicate scanning of a specific page.

On the other hand, in order to perform the scheduled transmission operation to set the confirmation function so that the user can check the original data stored in the memory 102 as needed, and prints all the corresponding original data as the user selects the confirmation function, By maintaining the stored state of the output original document data, it is preferable that the user can check the output and perform editing of the original data.

As described above, although the specific embodiment (s) have been described in the detailed description of the present invention, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment (s) but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the facsimile document reservation transmission method according to the present invention, the following advantage (s) occurs.

That is, by assigning a predetermined attribute list for a page belonging to an arbitrary file and registering information on at least one or more files to be reserved for transmission in the attribute list, the corresponding page can be repeatedly registered in several files. The memory is used efficiently, and the inconvenience caused by the redundant scanning operation is eliminated.

Claims (4)

In a method of making a reservation for fax data, including a memory for storing original data obtained by scanning, and having a reserved transmission function for transmitting stored original data at a scheduled transmission time set by a user: Scanning the original and acquiring original data for each file when the reserved transmission function is set; Allocating an attribute list in units of pages of the obtained original data of each file; Determining whether the original data editing setting function is selected; If an edit setting function is selected, displaying a new file name and displaying an input state for inputting an existing file name and page number to be registered; If the existing file name and the page number to be registered by a user are input, registering the existing file name and the page number into an attribute list corresponding to each page of a new file name; If the current time and the reserved transmission time of the registered reservation transmission file coincide, transmitting the original data of the corresponding reservation transmission file to the remote facsimile on a page basis; When the original data of one page is transmitted, analyzing the property list of the original data of each page to determine whether there is another registered reserved transmission file; Deleting the original data of the page if there is no other reserved transmission file registered in the original data of each page; And If there is another reserved transmission file registered in the original data for each page, the reserved transmission file name of which the transfer operation is completed is deleted among the reserved transmission files registered in the page, and the original data of the corresponding page is pre-registered. Updating the attribute list of another reserved transmission file; And maintaining the storage state of the file until another reserved transmission file registered in the original data of each page is not present, and repeatedly performing the scheduled transmission operation. The method of claim 1, And if the user selects the reserved transmission file checking function, prints and outputs the stored reserved transmission file, and maintains the stored state of the output of the reserved transmission file. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute list, The page number, the reservation transfer file name registered in the page, the page number of a new reservation transfer file in which the page is registered corresponding to each reservation transfer file name, and actual storage location information of the page. A method for reservation transmission of original data of a fax included. The method of claim 3, wherein the attribute list, And the address information of the previous page of the corresponding page and the address information of the page after the corresponding page.