KR200322490Y1 - Apparatus For Outputting A Facsimile Document Choicely - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a fax document selection output device for storing a received fax content and for outputting only the required fax content after a user checks the stored fax content through a display device. To this end, the present invention provides a fax document selection output apparatus applied to a fax transmission system, comprising: a network interface (111) for receiving contents of fax documents transmitted from a fax (400) through an interface with a network; A storage unit 114 for storing contents of received fax documents; A screen output unit 115 for outputting brief information of stored fax documents or contents of the fax documents through a display; To receive at least one of a selection of a fax document from the user, outputting the selected fax document contents to the screen output unit 115, sending the selected fax document contents to the fax 150, and deleting selected fax document contents An input unit 113; An interface 116 for connecting with the user's fax 150; And a controller 112 for controlling the interfaces 111 and 116 and the units 113, 114 and 115.

Description

{Apparatus For Outputting A Facsimile Document Choicely}

The present invention relates to a fax document selection output device that can be used in connection with a fax or in combination with a fax.

In general, a fax machine is a device used in a corporate office as a means of transmitting various documents or drawings. Currently, a fax machine is used in almost every home as well as a corporate office.

On the other hand, currently used fax includes a variety of complex functions in addition to the receiving and sending functions, there is a problem that there is no function or method that can block the transmission of documents of unnecessary content. In other words, the advertisement or public relations company randomly extracts the fax number and frequently transmits the promotional content. The office or home receiving the promotional fax not only wastes a lot of paper for receiving the promotional fax but also frequently sends the fax paper. There is a problem that the need to replace the inconvenience and thereby the work efficiency may be reduced.

On the other hand, in order to prevent the above problems, companies that receive a lot of promotional documents, turn off the power switch of the fax, when the contact about the transmission of the necessary information is used to receive the transmission by turning on the power switch again, but because of this Another problem arises in that office work deteriorates.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, similar to the function of temporarily storing the contents of the transmission at the time of sending the fax and transmitting the contents when the receiving fax is available, even when receiving the fax. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile document selection output device for storing a fax content while allowing a user to check the stored fax content through a display device and to output only the necessary fax content.

In this case, the present invention not only outputs a received fax document selectively, but also prints a fax document for outputting the received fax document to a computer or to send it to a printer for printing or to store the fax document on a diskette. Providing a device.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a fax transmission system to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 2a is an embodiment configuration of a fax transmission system including a fax document selection output device according to the present invention.

Figure 2b is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a fax document selection output method applied to the present invention.

Figure 2c is an external configuration of one embodiment of a fax document selection output device according to the present invention.

Figure 3a is another embodiment configuration of a fax transmission system including a fax document selection output device according to the present invention.

Figure 3b is a flow chart of another embodiment of the fax document selection output method applied to the present invention.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the fax document selection output device applied to the fax transmission system, the network interface 111 for receiving the contents of the fax documents transmitted from the fax 400 through the interface with the network ; A storage unit 114 for storing contents of received fax documents; A screen output unit 115 for outputting brief information of stored fax documents or contents of the fax documents through a display; To receive at least one of a selection of a fax document from the user, outputting the selected fax document contents to the screen output unit 115, sending the selected fax document contents to the fax 150, and deleting selected fax document contents An input unit 113; An interface 116 for connecting with the user's fax 150; And a control unit 112 for controlling the interface 111 and 116 and the units 113, 114 and 115, wherein the control unit 112 includes brief information of the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114. Alternatively, when the request for outputting the contents of the fax document selected by the user among the fax documents to the screen output unit 115 and transmitting the contents of the selected fax document to the fax 150 is input, the interface is input. Characterized in that the transmission to the user fax 150 through 116,

In addition, the present invention provides a fax document selection output device applied to a fax transmission system, comprising: a network interface (111) for receiving contents of fax documents transmitted from a fax (400) through an interface with a network; A storage unit 114 for storing contents of received fax documents; A screen output unit 115 for outputting brief information of stored fax documents or contents of the fax documents through a display; A fax output unit 117 for outputting the contents of the stored fax document on a fax sheet; Input unit for inputting at least one option of selecting a fax document from the user, outputting the selected fax document contents to the screen output unit 115, outputting the selected fax document contents to the fax paper, and deleting the selected fax document contents. (113); An interface 116 for connecting with the user's fax 150; And a controller 112 for controlling the interface 111, 116 and the units 113, 114, 115, and 117, wherein the controller 112 includes brief information of the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114. Alternatively, when the request for outputting the contents of the fax document selected by the user among the fax documents to the screen output unit 115 and outputting the contents of the selected fax document on the fax paper is input, the fax output unit is output. The content of the fax document is transmitted to 117.

In other words, the present invention does not output the contents of the document sent by fax directly on the fax paper, but by checking the contents through an output unit such as a display (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display"). In addition, it provides a fax document selection output device that allows a user to print only necessary fax documents on a fax sheet.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a fax transmission system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in the figure, the fax transmission system to which the present invention is applied, the user can fax by outputting the contents of a plurality of faxes 400 connected to a network and the fax documents transmitted from the faxes through a display. From a fax document selection output device 100 for allowing selection of output to paper, a computer 200 for storing contents of a fax document sent from the fax document selection output device, and the fax document selection output device And a printer 300 for outputting the contents of the transmitted fax document.

At this time, the fax document selection output device 100 outputs the contents of the fax document transmitted from the fax 400 through a network to perform a function of allowing the user to check the contents of the fax document. . The user can check the output through the display and determine whether the output.

In addition, the contents of the transmitted fax document may be transmitted to the computer 200 to store the contents. If the contents of the transmitted fax document are color, the contents of the transmitted fax document may be transmitted to the color printer 300 for output.

In addition, when the above-described fax document selection function is stopped, the contents of the transmitted fax document may be output in the same manner as that of the general fax.

On the other hand, the fax document selection output device 100 may be configured as a fax separate type separated from the fax 150 as shown in Figure 2a or a fax integral type combined with the fax as shown in Figure 3a.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 2a to 2c will be described in detail the fax separation type and its operating method of the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention. In the following description, a fax document refers to a document transmitted by one fax transmission from the fax 400 and can be output on one or more sheets of fax paper. The content of a fax document refers to a fax document. It is the actual content of each page. That is, in the following description, what is basically output to the screen output unit is brief information of the fax documents, and the contents of the fax document selected by the user among the fax documents are output through the screen output unit.

Figure 2a is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a fax transmission system including a fax document selection output device according to the present invention, showing a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of the fax document selection output device 100 is separated from the fax. In addition, Figure 2b is a flow chart of an embodiment of a fax document selection output method applied to the present invention, showing a fax document selection output process in the fax document selection output device 100 shown in Figure 2a. 2C is an external configuration diagram of the fax document selection output device according to the present invention, and shows an external configuration of the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 2A.

As shown in the drawing, the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention includes a network interface 111 for receiving contents of a fax document transmitted from a fax 400 through an interface with a network, and a received fax. A storage unit 114 for storing the contents of the document, a screen output unit 115 for outputting the brief information of the stored fax document or its contents through a display, an input unit 113 for receiving various options from the user, And an interface 116 for connecting to the user's fax 150 and a control unit 112 for controlling the interfaces 111 and 116 and the units 113, 114 and 115.

In this case, the interface 116 may be connected to the computer 200 and the printer 300 as well as the user's fax 150.

In addition, the screen output unit 115 may include a device capable of storing the contents of a fax through a diskette, such as a diskette drive, as well as a device that can be visually checked, such as a display. That is, the screen output unit 15 is not limited to the visual output device that means the screen output unit.

In addition, the input unit 113 is provided with various selection buttons to allow a user to select a desired fax document among the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114, and to select various options. Perform the function.

In addition, the storage unit 114 may use a memory whose contents are not erased when power is cut off, or may use a storage medium such as a hard disk of a computer.

In addition, the control unit 112 stores the contents of the fax document received through the network in the storage unit 114 and displays the contents of the selected fax document when the user requests a selection. On the other hand, the output to give, and transmits the contents of the selected fax document to the user's fax (150). In this case, when the fax document selection output device 100 is in an off state, the contents of the fax document transmitted through the network may be directly transmitted to the user's fax 150 through the network interface 111 and the interface 116. It may be.

The fax document selection output process of the fax document selection output device 100 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2B.

First, the fax document selection output device 100 must be in a state where power is applied. In the state that power is not applied, the fax contents transmitted from the fax 400 through the network are directly transmitted to the user's fax 150 through the network interface 111 and the interface 116, and thus the selective output of the fax contents is impossible. Done.

With the power applied to the fax document selection output device 100 as described above, the fax content transmitted from the fax 400 through the network is received by the fax document selection output device 100 through the network interface 111. In operation 502, the control unit 112 stores the received fax content in the storage unit 114.

In this case, the control unit 112 outputs brief information of the received fax document, for example, the date, time, reception number (No), number of faxes, etc. of the received fax document through the screen output unit 115. (504). That is, as shown in FIG. 2C, the reception number (No), reception date and time of the fax documents transmitted through the screen output unit 115 are output.

Meanwhile, the user checks the basic contents through the screen output unit 115 and then selects a desired fax document using the button of the input unit 113 (506). In other words, move the cursor to the desired fax document through the button and then press the OK button.

At this time, the control unit 112 reads the contents of the selected fax document from the storage unit 114 and outputs it through the screen output unit 115 (508). That is, the actual content of the fax document selected by the user is output. At this time, the contents of the fax document may be output to match the size of the display device of the screen output unit 115, and may be checked while moving up, down, left, and right through the direction keys of the input unit. In addition, the entire page of a fax document composed of one or more sheets can be printed by using the up / down buttons, or only the first page can be printed.

The user who checks the contents of the fax document through the above process 508 determines whether to print on the fax paper (510).

That is, as a result of checking the content, if the commercial fax document irrelevant to the job can be deleted by pressing the delete button (512), if the fax document needs to be printed on the fax paper to send to the user's fax (150) A menu (or button) to request to do is selected (514).

Meanwhile, in the above description, only two menus for deleting or outputting to a fax are described. However, if the fax document selection output device 100 is connected to the computer 200 or the printer 300, the contents of the fax document to the computer 200 are displayed. It can also be stored or confirmed by sending, and may be sent to the printer 300, in particular a color printer to print the fax document in color.

In addition, if the screen output unit 115 includes not only a display device but also a diskette drive, the contents of the fax document may be stored in a diskette to be stored or moved.

In this case, the controller 112 may transmit the contents of the received fax document to a diskette or the computer 200 of the screen output unit 115 in a document format that can be checked by the computer 200.

The fax 150 of the user who receives the fax document from the fax document selection output device 100 outputs the contents of the corresponding fax document as a normal fax.

On the other hand, when there is a request to send a fax document from the user fax 150, the fax content selection output device 100 receives the fax document through the interface 116 and transmits it to the network through the network interface 111. It also performs the function. That is, the fax content selection output device 100 performs only a function of relaying the fax document to a network when the user fax 150 performs the fax document sending function.

Next, with reference to Figures 3a and 3b will be described in detail the fax integrated and the operation method of the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention.

Figure 3a is another embodiment configuration diagram of a fax transmission system including a fax document selection output device according to the present invention, showing a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of the fax document selection output device 100 coupled to the fax . In addition, Figure 3b is a flow chart of another embodiment of the fax document selection output method applied to the present invention, showing the fax document selection output process in the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. In the following description, the content overlapping with the content described in Figures 2a to 2c will be omitted or briefly described. In addition, the same reference numerals are used for components that perform the same function. However, the components of the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 3A are completely consistent with the functions of the respective components of the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 2A having the same reference number. It is not intended that the function be added or excluded.

As shown in the drawing, the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention includes a function of a fax, and a network for receiving contents of a fax document transmitted from the fax 400 through an interface with a network. The interface 111, a storage unit 114 for storing the contents of the received fax document, a screen output unit 115 for outputting the summary information of the stored fax document or its contents through a display, the contents of the stored fax document The fax output unit 117 for outputting the fax paper, the input unit 113 for receiving various options from the user, the interface 116 for connecting with the user's computer 200 or the printer 300, and the interface ( And a control unit 112 for controlling the 111 and 116 and the units 113, 114, 115 and 116.

In this case, the screen output unit 115 may include a device capable of storing the contents of the fax document through a diskette, such as a diskette drive, as well as a device that can be visually checked, such as a display.

In addition, the input unit 113 is provided with various selection buttons to allow a user to select a desired fax document among the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114, and to select various options. Perform the function.

In addition, the control unit 112 stores the contents of the fax document received through the network in the storage unit 114 and displays the contents of the selected fax document when the user requests a selection. While outputting through, it outputs the contents of the selected fax document to the output sheet of the fax output unit 117. In addition, when the signal for transmitting the contents of the selected fax document to the computer 200 or the signal for transmitting to the printer 300 is input through the input unit 113, the controller 112 displays the contents of the corresponding fax document in the interface 116. ) To transmit to the corresponding device 200 or 300.

A fax document selection output process of the fax document selection output device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3B.

While the power is applied to the fax document selection output device 100 having the above configuration, the fax document selection output device stores the contents of the fax document transmitted from the fax 400 via the network (602). In operation 604, the user outputs brief information of the received fax document through the output unit 115, and the user selects the desired fax document contents after checking the basic contents through the output unit 115 (606). ). At this time, the control unit 112 outputs the contents of the selected fax document through the output unit 115 (608). The user who checks the contents of the fax document through the process 608 determines whether to output the fax document (610). In this case, the processes 602 to 610 described above are the same as the processes 502 to 510 described in FIG. 2B.

On the other hand, after checking the contents of the fax document as described above, the user can be deleted by pressing the delete button in the case of advertising fax documents irrelevant to the job (612), in the case of a fax document that needs to be printed on the fax A menu (or button) for requesting output to the fax paper is selected (614). At this time, the fax output unit 117 receiving the request is to output the fax content on the fax paper.

At this time, the fax content selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 3A is configured to perform not only the reception function as described above but also a general fax transmission function. That is, when the user requests the transmission of the fax document, the control unit 112 of the fax content selection output apparatus 100 also performs a function of transmitting the document to another fax 400 through the network. To this end, the input unit 113 should include a function for receiving a fax document printed on paper, but this is not only a technique known in the art and is not related to the contents of the present invention, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. do.

That is, since the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B is configured as a device independent of the fax, when the final fax output request is input, the fax document selection output device 100 Is to transmit the contents of the selected fax document to the user's fax 150 (514), the fax document selection output device 100 according to the present invention shown in Figures 3a and 3b is integrated with the fax Therefore, when the final fax output request is input from the user, the fax document selection output device 100 can output the contents of the selected fax document directly on the fax paper of the fax output unit 117.

Therefore, a general fax currently being used can be used in combination with the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 2A. In the case of a newly developed fax, the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIG. As well as the function of the fax can be produced to check the contents of the received fax on the display.

Meanwhile, hereinafter, additional functions that may be added to both the fax document selection output device 100 shown in FIGS. 2A and 3A will be described.

First, the caller's fax number display function is the same function as the function of displaying the caller's mobile phone number in a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone. That is, when receiving a fax content from the fax 400 and receiving a fax number of the sender together, the fax number can be output through the screen output unit 115 together with the brief information described above. In this case, when the corresponding fax number is registered as the user name of the fax 400, the controller 112 may output the user name instead of the fax number.

Next, in the case of a fax document received from a specific fax number, there may be a function of directly outputting the fax paper without undergoing the selection process as described above. That is, when there is a function for recognizing the caller fax number as described above, the control unit 112 is a storage unit for the received fax document for the caller fax number set by the user through the input unit 113; 114 and then directly output the fax document through the fax output unit 117 or transmit the fax document contents directly to the user fax 150 without going through the process of outputting the brief information to the screen output unit 115. Can be. To this end, the fax document selection output device must provide a menu necessary for the above function, and the user selects a fax content output menu directly through the input unit 113 and inputs a desired caller number.

Next, there may be a storage function after the fax content is output. That is, when the output is a fax sheet but the contents are to be continuously stored in the storage unit 114, the storage function is selected in the function menu, and the control unit 112 may control the corresponding fax contents for a certain period of time or by a user. The fax content can be stored until the archive release request. In this case, since the storage capacity of the storage unit 114 may be limited, when the computer 200 is connected as shown in the drawing, the content of the fax may be transmitted to the computer. The contents of the fax may be stored on a diskette through the diskette drive of FIG.

Meanwhile, a function that can be applied only to the fax content selection output device 100 shown in FIG. 3A may include a function of sending a fax document in an electronic file format. That is, the electronic file contained in the floppy diskette, compact disc (CD) is input through the input unit 113 or the electronic file transmitted through the network through the network interface 111 and then received through the input unit 113. When the number of the fax 400 and the fax transmission command are input, the controller 112 may have a function of reading the electronic file and transmitting the contents to the received fax 400.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.

The present invention as described above allows faxes installed in offices or homes to be faxed to a printer, so that the unnecessary advertisement faxes are prohibited from being printed on the fax paper when a number of commercial faxes are irrelevant to work. There is an excellent effect that can save.

In addition, since the contents transmitted before printing on the fax paper are visually checked through the display of the screen output unit, important fax contents can be first outputted and managed, thereby increasing work efficiency.

In addition, the present invention has an excellent effect that the user can increase the work efficiency by allowing the user to directly transmit the electronic document written in various words by fax.

Claims (6)

In the fax document selection output device applied to a fax transmission system, A network interface 111 for receiving contents of fax documents sent from the fax 400 through an interface with a network; A storage unit 114 for storing contents of received fax documents; A screen output unit 115 for outputting brief information of stored fax documents or contents of the fax documents through a display; To receive at least one of a selection of a fax document from the user, outputting the selected fax document contents to the screen output unit 115, sending the selected fax document contents to the fax 150, and deleting selected fax document contents An input unit 113; An interface 116 for connecting with the user's fax 150; And It is configured to include a control unit 112 for controlling the interface (111,116) and the respective units (113, 114, 115), The control unit 112 outputs the brief information of the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114 or the contents of the fax document selected by the user among the fax documents to the screen output unit 115. And a request for transmitting the contents of the selected fax document to the fax (150) is transmitted to the user fax (150) via the interface (116). The method of claim 1, When the fax document is transmitted from the fax number set by the user, the control unit 112 displays the contents of the fax document even if there is no request for transmission from the input unit 113 to the user fax 150 for the fax document. Fax document selection output device characterized in that for transmitting to the user fax (150) to output. In the fax document selection output device applied to a fax transmission system, A network interface 111 for receiving contents of fax documents sent from the fax 400 through an interface with a network; A storage unit 114 for storing contents of received fax documents; A screen output unit 115 for outputting brief information of stored fax documents or contents of the fax documents through a display; A fax output unit 117 for outputting the contents of the stored fax document on a fax sheet; Input unit for inputting at least one option of selecting a fax document from the user, outputting the selected fax document contents to the screen output unit 115, outputting the selected fax document contents to the fax paper, and deleting the selected fax document contents. (113); An interface 116 for connecting with the user's fax 150; And It is configured to include a control unit 112 for controlling the interface (111, 116) and the respective units (113, 114, 115, 117), The control unit 112 outputs the brief information of the fax documents stored in the storage unit 114 or the contents of the fax document selected by the user among the fax documents to the screen output unit 115. And outputting the contents of the fax document to the fax output unit (117) when a request is made to output the contents of the selected fax document on a fax sheet. The method of claim 3, wherein When the fax document is transmitted from the fax number set by the user, the control unit 112 displays the contents of the fax document even if there is no request for transmission from the input unit 113 to the user fax 150 for the fax document. Fax document selection output device, characterized in that to output to the fax paper through the fax output unit (117). The method of claim 3, wherein The control unit 112 receives an electronic file contained in a floppy diskette or a compact disk (CD) through the input unit 113 or receives an electronic file transmitted through a network through the network interface 111 and then inputs an input unit ( A number of the received fax (400) and a fax transmission command are input through 113, and the electronic file is read and the contents are transmitted to the received fax (400). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The control unit 112, when a signal for requesting to transmit the contents of the selected fax document to the computer 200 or the printer 300 is input, the computer 200 via the interface 116 to the contents of the fax document; Alternatively, when a signal is transmitted to the printer 300 and requests to transmit the contents of the selected fax document to the diskette through the diskette drive provided in the screen output unit 115, the contents of the fax document are transmitted to the diskette. Fax document selection output device comprising the function of transmitting to.