KR19990074819A - How to send a document of a fax - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

How to send a document of a fax

I. The technical problem that the invention is trying to solve

Eliminate the hassle of entering the other party's phone number when sending a manuscript from the facsimile, and preventing incorrect phone number entry due to carelessness.

All. Summary of the Solution of the Invention

In the method of sending a document of a facsimile, there is a process of detecting transmission information in a bar code form provided at a predetermined position of the loaded document, and transmitting a message of the original loaded to the other party's telephone number included in the transmission information.

la. Important uses of the invention:

Applied to fax original transmission operation.

Description

How to send a document of a fax

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a document of a facsimile, and more particularly, to a method for enabling automatic transmission of a document of a facsimile through barcode recognition.

In general, a facsimile scans and processes a document or a photograph (hereinafter referred to as a manuscript) for transmission and transmits it through a transmission line, so that the subscriber connected to the transmission line is the contents of the manuscript or photo (hereinafter referred to as a message). Refers to a communication system that can be checked from a distance.

When a user wants to send an original using such a facsimile, the user typically has to load the original into the reading part of the facsimile and enter a facsimile telephone number of the other party. In order to eliminate the inconvenience, a speed dial function may be added, but a phone number other than the phone number set as a speed dial still needs to be input by the user. In such a case, the telephone number may be incorrectly inputted, and the telephone number may have to be input again, or may be transmitted to an undesired place due to user's carelessness.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for transmitting a document in a facsimile, which eliminates the trouble of inputting the other party's telephone number one by one.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a document transmission method capable of preventing the input of a wrong telephone number due to carelessness or the like in a fax.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for transmitting a document of a facsimile, the method comprising the steps of detecting the transmission information in the form of a bar code provided at a preset position of the loaded document, and loaded with the other party's telephone number included in the transmission information. Characterized in that the process of transmitting the message of the manuscript.

1 is a schematic overall block diagram of a facsimile to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a control flowchart of a central processing unit of a facsimile document automatic transmission process through barcode recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing an example of barcode recording of an original and a barcode thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, specific matters such as the position of a specific bar code of the document or the content of transmission information represented by the bar code are shown, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and these specific matters are defined within the scope of the present invention. Modifications or changes may be made to those skilled in the art.

1 is a schematic overall block diagram of a facsimile to which the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 2, the CPU 14 collectively controls the overall operation of the facsimile according to an operation program, a protocol control program, and various reference data stored in an internal memory. According to a feature of the present invention, the central processing unit 14 is provided with a program and data corresponding thereto for recognizing a barcode to detect transmission information and performing a document transmission operation accordingly. OPErating panel 12 is provided with a number of numeric keys, function keys and a display device, and applies key data according to key input to the central processing unit 10 and various operations of the facsimile under the control of the central processing unit 10. Display the status. The scanner 20 scans an original and outputs image data corresponding to the original image to the central processing unit 14. The image data output to the central processing unit 14 is processed by the central processing unit 14 and stored in the memory unit 22, which is then transmitted via a modem (MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator) 16 or printed by the printing unit 24. The modem 16 modulates the output data and the image data of the central processing unit 14 into analog signals, transmits them to the transmission path through the Network Control Unit (NCU) 18, and demodulates the received analog signals. The NCU 18 forms a line between the transmission line and the modem 16 under the control of the CPU 14. The printing unit 24 prints an image under the control of the central processing unit 14. The sensor unit 10 detects the state of the document and the recording sheet and informs the central processing unit 14.

A facsimile having the above-described configuration and operation must be programmed to enable barcode recognition in the central processing unit 14 to enable a barcode detection operation according to a feature of the present invention. The barcode consists of a long stripe of black and white, and it is possible to read the barcode by grasping the black / white band gap. When the barcode reading operation is applied to the facsimile machine, as described above, the facsimile scans the original through the scanner 20 to obtain the image data of the original and stores it in the memory unit 22. The barcode may be read by analyzing the image data stored in the memory 22. In particular, in the case where the bar code is specified to record the bar code at a specific position of the document in order to increase the speed and efficiency of the bar code reading, only the image data corresponding to the specific area among the image data stored in the memory unit 22 is specified. The barcode can be read by analysis. Therefore, in the case described above, if the telephone number of the original of the original of the original is recorded in a specific area of the original in the form of a barcode, the facsimile can detect the telephone number of such a barcode type and automatically It can be configured to transmit the original.

Hereinafter, this will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a control flowchart of a central processing unit of a facsimile document automatic transmission process through barcode recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an example of a bar code recording of the original and the bar code according to an embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows.

First, in order to enable automatic transmission of an original using a barcode according to a feature of the present invention, a telephone number of a receiver, etc. should be provided in the original in a barcode form. A bar code (hereinafter referred to as a receiver bar code) indicating the recipient's telephone number of the original may be made in advance in the form of a sticker or the like. On the sending side, the sticker can be attached to the upper margin of the document or the like to provide a barcode on the document. An example of an original provided with a bar code is illustrated in FIG. It can be seen from FIG. 3A that the barcode 52 is located in the barcode recording area 54 on the upper left side of the original 50.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 30, the CPU 14 checks whether the original is loaded in the reading unit, and proceeds to step 32 when the original is loaded. In step 32, it is checked whether the transmission key for directing the message of the document is immediately input. If the input of the transmission key is not immediately performed, the process proceeds to step 34 to perform a corresponding function according to the input key. If the transmission key is entered immediately, go to step 36. In the above, it is confirmed whether there is an input of the transmission key immediately after the loading of the original. Since the conventional method of transmitting the original was to input the telephone number of the other party's receiving party after the loading of the original, this method can be performed in the present invention. It is to ensure that. That is, there may be a case where the telephone number of the receiving side cannot be provided to the document in the form of a bar code, in which case the original is transmitted using a conventional method.

In step 36, the barcode is detected in the barcode recording area 54 of the document for automatic transmission through barcode detection. As shown in Fig. 3A, the barcode recording area 54 may preferably be the upper left side of the document 50. In order to detect the barcode, the central processing unit 14 first separates only the data of the region where the barcode is recorded from the image data of the original stored in the memory 22. For this purpose, the bar code recording area 54 is prescribed and set in advance, so that the position where the image data of the bar code recording area 54 is stored in the memory unit 22 is also set to be a relatively preset position. In analyzing the image data of the bar code recording area 54, the contrast of the image data on a specific line is analyzed and set to "1 (black)" if the contrast is above the threshold and "0 (white)" if it is below the threshold. Analysis can be made. Referring to (b) of FIG. 3, when one character is represented by a bar code, one character is represented by one character (number) in hexadecimal with 4 bits, and the one character may be configured to have a size of 1 mm in width and 5 mm in length. As shown, 'AA' is represented by a barcode, 'A' is a binary code '1010', so 'AA' becomes '10101010'. It may be configured in the form of a band of 'black and white black and white black and white' that each black or white band is 1 / 4mm. This is detected as '10101010' by the central processing unit 14 during image data processing as above. In general, since the resolution of the current facsimile is 200 bits per inch (300 bpi) or 300 bpi, it can be said that there is little possibility that an error occurs in the detection of a bar code having the above configuration. The 'AA' may be provided as a marker character indicating that the barcode is provided at the barcode start position. Accordingly, the CPU 14 may determine that the transmission information is provided in the form of a barcode according to whether the AA is detected. After the character 'AA', for example, the telephone number of the receiving side may be provided in the configuration of a bar code as described above.

As described above, the bar code detection operation may be performed in step 36. If the bar code detection is not normally performed, that is, when the character 'AA' is not detected, the bar code is determined in step 38. If an error occurs in the barcode detection, it is displayed to the user through the operation panel 12. If the barcode is normally detected, the process proceeds to step 42. In step 42, the transmission information according to the detected barcode is input, and then in step 44, the transmission operation is performed. On the other hand, the information provided in the bar code was the telephone number of the receiving side, but various other information can be added.

On the other hand, when the document is automatically sent, the sender's transmission information such as the sender's telephone number can be sent to the receiver, in addition to the original image data, and the receiver receives this information and prints a bar code on the upper right side of the print paper (for example). It can be displayed in the form. Therefore, in the case where the original is to be transmitted to the transmitting side, the receiving side may detach and attach the barcode indicating the transmission information of such transmitting side to the barcode recording area of the original to be transmitted.

By the above process, the barcode is read and the original is automatically sent.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Particularly, in one embodiment of the present invention, the appearance and structure of the barcode is similar to that of a conventional barcode, but in addition, it may be configured in various forms and structures capable of representing information in black / white.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but by the equivalents of the claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention provides a method of transmitting a document of a facsimile, the method comprising: detecting transmission information in a bar code form provided at a preset position of a loaded document, and a message of an original loaded with a counterpart phone number included in the transmission information. By having a process of transmitting the manuscript can eliminate the hassle of entering the other party's phone number when the original is sent, and can prevent the input of the wrong phone number due to carelessness.

Claims (6)

In the fax original transmission method, Detecting transmission information in a bar code form provided at a preset position of the loaded document, And transmitting the message of the loaded original to the receiving telephone number included in the transmission information. The transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the preset position of the document provided with the bar code form is an upper left corner of the document. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the transmission information of the transmission side to cause the receiving side to print the received transmission information of the received transmission side in a bar code form. In a document transmission method in which transmission information is recorded in a bar code form at a position previously set as a bar code recording area in a facsimile, Separating image data corresponding to the position of the barcode recording area from the image data of the loaded original; Generating a series of codes by comparing and analyzing a contrast corresponding to one line in the separated image data with a preset reference interval; And reading the transmission information by detecting the character by separating the series of codes into predetermined units. 5. The transmission method according to claim 4, wherein the preset position as the bar code area is the upper left of the original. 5. The transmission method according to claim 4, wherein a mark indicating a barcode of transmission information is additionally provided at the beginning of the bar code form of the transmission information.