KR100429789B1 - Method for expressing line connection information in facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for expressing line connection information in a facsimile is provided to express all information about call as well as information about the transmission and reception of a document. CONSTITUTION: A CPU retrieves whether a line is connected in a standby mode(ST100,ST101). If the line is connected, the CPU stores a current time in a start time region of a memory map(ST102). After setting the current time, the CPU retrieves whether a ring is received(ST103). If the ring is sensed, the CPU stores a state variable value '0' in a transmission-reception region of the memory map(ST104). If the ring is not sensed, the CPU stores a state variable value '1' in the transmission-reception region of the memory map(ST105). The CPU retrieves whether a communication start key is pushed(ST106). If the communication start key is pushed, the CPU stores the state variable value '1' in a facsimile-telephone call region of the memory map(ST107). If the communication start key is not pushed, the CPU stores the state variable value '0' in the facsimile-telephone call region(ST108). If the judged mode is a facsimile mode in the standby mode(S109), the CPU counts the number of reception papers and stores the counted number in a page region of the memory region(ST110).

Description

How to express line connection information of a fax.

The present invention relates to the expression of a facsimile line connection information having a simple telephone function and a document sending and receiving function in a multifunction device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a facsimile line connection in addition to information on sending and receiving a document in a sending and receiving report. The present invention relates to a method for expressing a line connection information of a facsimile that displays related time points, talk time, and call number.

In general, a multifunction device is a multifunctional terminal made of a single terminal, such as a facsimile machine, a scanner, a printer, a copier, and the like. Multi Functional Peripherals (MFPs) with donation, ie with computer-interface functionality.

Therefore, a phenomenon that does not occur when each exists as one terminal occurs.

A well-known multifunction device also supports the IEEE 1284 standard as a bidirectional communication method for interfacing with a computer.

In such a multifunction device, for the convenience of the user, when processing two or three or more functions at the same time, the processing power of the central processing unit and a lot of memory are required.

In most MFPs, however, the power of the central processing unit is high enough to perform double operation, but the memory retention (DRAM) is not sufficient to guarantee double operation. When one terminal is activated, it is impossible to start the other terminal at all, and in most cases, a terminal having multiple functions is performed, but internally, only one function is performed within a certain time.

In other words, in a multi-function multifunction device, when a user of the host computer is connected to a facsimile reception from the facsimile terminal during printing or scanning of the host computer, the received message is received. There is a problem that cannot receive original image data properly.

However, in general host computer printing or scanning, even if there is a time delay, the communication itself is interrupted by a communication protocol for a job, a facsimile transmission, and a reception that have no problem.

Therefore, in order to perform the fax receiving operation normally in the multifunction device, even if there are a plurality of operations that occur, the reception must be properly performed.

In the case of multiple operations on such a multifunction device, if fax transmission or copying is performed while the host computer is printing, the image data of the original is automatically stored in the memory, but the amount of memory is not enough to send and copy. It becomes difficult.

Due to this, most terminals in the multifunction apparatus exclude the simultaneous work and perform only one function within a predetermined time to process the work.

In addition, the facsimile system in such a multifunction apparatus has a simple telephone function and a document sending / receiving function as described above.

In such a facsimile system, the communication report expresses information about the transmission and reception of a document, that is, communication start time, communication time required, page count, and communication result.

The facsimile system for expressing information about transmission and reception of a document and a telephone function and its transmission in such a multifunction apparatus includes the apparatus as shown in FIG.

The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is described as an example of a facsimile system in a conventional multifunction apparatus.

The central processing unit 100 controls the processing according to a predetermined program and controls the copying, sending and receiving of the original image data during the printing function of the multifunction device, and the original image data and A memory unit 101 for accessing or storing the received data, and a function key of the system and a plurality of keys for generating data, and when the key data is generated, it is inputted to the central processing unit 100 and the central processing unit ( An operating panel (OPE) 102 having a display device capable of displaying the display data of 100, and scanning the image of an original to provide digital image data to the central processing unit 100. Under the control of the scanner 103 and the central processing unit 100, and outputs the analog modulation output data of the central processing unit 100 and demodulates the analog receiving input A modem 104 and a control loop of the central processing unit 100 to form a call loop of a telephone line (Tip, Ring), and to convert the modem, the demodulation signal, and the telephone. The network control unit 105 for interfacing the signals of the lines (Tip, Ring), and the original image data read from the scanner 103 by the control signal of the central processing unit 100 and the received data through the modem 104. Printer 106 for printing and printing a sensor, a sensor unit 107 for detecting a remaining amount of recording paper and providing the remaining amount of recording paper to the central processing unit 100, and an alarm sound when an error occurs due to a control signal of the central processing unit 100. It is composed of a speaker 108 for generating a.

In this way, the facsimile system in the conventional multifunction apparatus configured as described above, when the operation of the facsimile, for example, the copy function or the transmission function start data is input from the operation panel 102, the central processing unit 100 is to transmit through the scanner 103. The image of the original is scanned and copied via the printer 106, or the image signal of the original is transmitted to the telephone line (Tip, Ring) through the modem 104 and the network control unit 105 which will be described later.

That is, the facsimile job is a job for scanning an image of an original through the scanner 103 and copying it through the printer 106 or for transmitting an image of the scanned original via a telephone line (Tip, Ring). to be.

In more detail, for example, when a transmission key data is input from the operation panel 102 to perform a transmission operation, first, image data of an original obtained by scanning from the scanner 103 to generate data for transmission is performed. And memory unit 101 for storing a code that compresses the image data. Also, once a communication path is formed, the image data is continuously adjusted according to a constant transmission speed. There is an attribute that needs to be transmitted through a ring.

Therefore, before the facsimile transmission starts, the central processing unit 100 first searches whether the printer 106 is printing the print data, and if so, stops and performs the facsimile scanning operation, that is, the scanner 103. The image of the original to be transmitted is read out through) and sequentially stored in the memory unit 101 as binary data.

When the scanning operation is completed, the scanner 103 notifies the CPU 100 that the facsimile scan is finished.

When the data indicating that the scan from the scanner 103 is finished, the CPU 100 reads the image data of the original stored in the memory unit 101 and provides it to the modem 104.

The modem 104 modulates the image data of the input document into an analog signal and transmits it to the telephone line passage through the network control unit 105 at a transmission rate suitable for a telephone line (Tip, Ring) state.

When the image signal is input from the other party through the telephone line (Tip, Ring) and the network control unit 105, the modem 104 demodulates the image signal of the input document into image data and provides it to the central processing unit 100. Done.

The CPU 100 stores the input image data in the memory unit 101 and prints the stored image data through the printer 106.

When the transmission and reception is completed, the central processing unit 100 includes information on the transmission and reception, that is, transmission and reception (TX / RX), communication start time, communication required time, call number, page number, The communication result is printed as a communication report as shown in FIG.

However, although the facsimile system in the conventional multifunction device described above has a simple telephone function (calling) and a document sending and receiving function, the communication report contains information on sending and receiving documents, such as communication start time and communication request. Only the time, the number of pages of the document, the fax number, and the communication results are expressed, but it does not express information on the talk time related to the telephone bill, which makes it difficult for the owner to grasp the use of the fax.

Accordingly, the present invention excludes a method of expressing only information related to transmission and reception of a document in a communication report in the above-described prior art, and, in one aspect of the present invention, relates to not only transmission and reception of a facsimile document but also a call. Its purpose is to provide a facsimile's line connection information presentation method that allows multiple people to charge separately when used together.

In another aspect of the present invention, an object of the present invention is to identify and express whether an incoming, outgoing call, a facsimile, or a facsimile is transmitted or received according to whether a ring arrival is detected and whether a facsimile teaching start key is pressed.

1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile line connection state in a general MFP.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a communication report state regarding transmission and reception of the fax of FIG. 1. FIG.

Figure 3 is an embodiment signal flow diagram provided in the method for expressing the line connection information of the facsimile in the multifunction apparatus of the present invention.

Fig. 4 shows a memory map of information on telephone / facsimile communication according to Fig. 3;

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: central processing unit 101: memory unit

102: operation panel 103: scanner

104: modem 105: network control unit

106: printer

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, the method for expressing a line connection information of a facsimile is to scan an image of a document to be transmitted and transmit it to a telephone line through a modem and to receive an image signal of the document received from the telephone line. A facsimile system of a multifunction apparatus for demodulating and printing through a printer, the facsimile system comprising: searching for a line connection of a facsimile; If the line is connected, storing a current time in a start time region of an arbitrary byte allocated to a memory map; Searching for a ring arrival after setting the current time; Storing a state variable value in a transmission / reception area of an arbitrary byte allocated to a memory map according to whether the ring arrives or not; Retrieving whether a communication start key is pressed after storing the state variable value and storing the state variable value in a fax-telephone call area of any byte allocated to a memory map; Counting the number of transmissions and receptions in a standby mode if the search result is a facsimile and storing the number of transmission / reception in the page area allocated to the memory map and searching for termination of the line connection; And if the line connection is terminated, storing the current time in the communication end time region of any byte allocated to the memory map and storing the communication information just terminated in the communication report information.

In the method for expressing a facsimile line connection information according to the present invention, the byte allocated to the start time region is preferably 5 bytes.

In the method for expressing a facsimile line connection information according to the present invention, a byte allocated to a fax-telephone call area, a page number area, and a line connection result area according to whether a transmission, reception area, or communication start key is pressed according to ring arrival or not. Is preferably 1 byte each.

In the method for expressing a facsimile line connection information according to the present invention, it is preferable that the byte allocated to the communication end time area according to the connection end is 5 bytes.

In this way, it can be seen that not only the information regarding the transmission and reception of the facsimile document but also all the information about the telephone call are expressed and printed on the communication left.

As a result, the user's facsimile allows all information related to the line connection to be expressed according to the user's request, so that the line connection history can be easily understood, and efficient management is possible when several users share the terminal. It can be seen that.

And, there may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention, the following will be described in detail with respect to the most preferred embodiment.

This preferred embodiment enables a better understanding of the objects, features and advantages of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the facsimile line connection information expression method according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary signal flow diagram provided in the method for expressing a line connection information of a facsimile in the multifunction apparatus of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a step (ST101) of searching for a line connection in the standby mode (step ST100), and if the line is connected, the current time is stored in the start time area START-TIME allocated to 5 bytes in the memory map. Storing (ST102), searching for ring arrival after setting the current time (ST103), and when the ring arrival is detected, a state variable value of "0" is allocated to the memory map by one byte in the transmission and reception area Storing in the TX-RX (ST104); storing the state variable value " 1 " in the transmitting and receiving area TX-RX (ST105) if the ring arrival is not detected; A step of retrieving whether or not the communication start key is pressed after storing (ST106); and if the communication start key is pressed, the state variable value "1" is set in the fax-telephone call area (FAX-TEL) allocated as 1 byte to the memory map. Storing step (ST107), and if the communication start key is not pressed as a result of the search, Storing the state variable value "0" in the call area FAX-TEL (ST108), and if the determined mode in the standby mode ST109 is a facsimile, counts the number of transmissions and receptions and counts 1 in the memory map. Storing in the page area PAGE allocated in bytes and searching for the end of the line connection; and if the search result is the end of the line connection, the communication end time area in which the current time is allocated to the memory map by 5 bytes (END−). And communication information previously terminated in the communication report information (ST111).

Thus, when described in more detail with reference to Figure 1 the effect of the present invention made as follows.

First, the central processing unit 100 searches for a line connection via the operation panel 102 or the modem 104 in the standby mode (step ST100) (step ST101).

If the result of the search is a line connection, as shown in FIG. 4, the current time is stored in a start time area START-TIME allocated to 5 bytes of its memory map (ST102).

Thereafter, the network control unit 105 and the modem 104 search for ring arrival or not (step ST103).

When the ring arrival is detected as a result of the search, the state variable value "0" is stored in the transmission / reception area TX-RX allocated to the memory map as 1 byte (ST104). 1 " is stored in the transmission / reception area TX-RX (ST105).

In this way, it is checked whether or not the communication start key from the operation panel 102 is pressed after the state variable value according to the ring arrival or not is pressed (ST106).

If the communication start key is pressed in the step ST106, the central processing unit 100 stores the state variable value " 1 " in the FAX-TEL area (FAX-TEL) allocated as one byte to the memory map (ST107). If the communication start key is not pressed, the state variable value " 0 " is stored in the FAX-TEL (ST108).

If the determined mode in the standby mode is a facsimile, the number of transmission and reception counts is counted and stored in the page area PAGE allocated to the memory map as 1 byte (step ST109), and the end of line connection is searched (ST110).

If the line connection is terminated as a result of the search in step ST110, the current time is stored in the communication end time area END-TIME allocated to the memory map by 5 bytes, and the previously completed communication information is stored in the communication report information. (ST111) The above process is repeated.

As a result of the application example, it is understood that the information about the transmission and reception of the facsimile document, for example, the communication start time, the communication time, the number of pages, the communication results, as well as all the information on the telephone call is expressed and printed on the communication left. Can be.

On the other hand, as a comparative example, unlike the conventional configuration, that is, to express only the information related to the transmission and reception of the document in the communication report, the present invention can express the communication time up to the call time and call number related to the telephone call in the communication report. It can be seen that.

As a result, according to the present invention, since the facsimile expresses all the information related to the line connection as the user's request, the line connection history can be easily grasped, and the efficient management is possible when several users share the terminal. There is an advantage to be possible.

In addition, while specific embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated above, it is obvious that the present invention may be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art.

Such modified embodiments should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention, and such modified embodiments should fall within the appended claims of the present invention.

It is clear from the above description that, according to the method for expressing a line connection information of the present invention, the line connection history can be easily grasped by letting the user's fax mill express all information related to the line connection as required by the user. In addition to this, it is possible to effectively manage (charge) when multiple users share the terminal.

Claims (4)

Retrieving whether a facsimile is connected to a line; if the line is connected, storing a current time in a start time region of a random byte allocated to a memory map; retrieving whether a ring has arrived after setting the current time; Storing a state variable value in a transmission / reception area of an arbitrary byte allocated to a memory map, and searching for whether a communication start key is pressed after storing the state variable value, and then fax-telephone call area of an arbitrary byte allocated to a memory map. Storing the state variable value in the search mode; if the search result is fax milli, counting the number of transmission and reception counts in the standby mode and storing the number in the allocated page area and searching for the end of the line connection; Stored in the communication end time area of any byte allocated to the memory map and terminated immediately before the communication report information. A method for a facsimile line connected to the information represented, wherein including the step of storing new information. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the byte allocated to the start time region is 5 bytes. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bytes allocated to the fax, telephone call area, page number area, and line connection result area according to whether the transmission / reception area according to the ring arrival or the communication start key is pressed are 1 byte, respectively. How to express line connection information of a facsimile. The method of claim 1, wherein a byte allocated to the communication end time area according to the connection termination is 5 bytes.

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