KR960014302B1 - Displaying method of feeding document counter in facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

A device using the method includes an image sensor(14) for scanning and converting a manuscript to image data, a P/D sensor(12) for detecting an existence of manuscript or record paper, a transmitting and receiving means for modulating an image data and copying data, and a printer(22) for generating and printing an operation control panel and image data. The method includes the steps of; registering a page number of loading manuscript, counting page number of transmission, transmitting a page data and repeating the above steps.

Description

How to Display the Number of Fax Originals

1 is a hardware block diagram of a facsimile for carrying out the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying the number of sent originals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed circuit diagram of the transmission number registration routine shown in FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

12: Recording paper / document detection sensor 14: Image sensor

16: Operation panel 18: MPU

20: Memory 22: Printer

24: motor drive 26: transmission motor

28: Receive motor 30: Line interface unit

32: telephone 34: modem

36: path controller 38: line controller

The present invention relates to a method for controlling transmission and reception of a facsimile, and more particularly, to an original transmission control method for displaying the number of originals to be transmitted and received.

A typical facsimile is to communicate the message of the protocol recommended in CCITT Recommendation T.30 with the other party's facsimile to send and receive the original image. The message of the protocol transmitted by the other party in the above-described facsimile is the call establishment message of the phase A (Phase A), the pre-message of the phase B (Phase B), and the phase C (Pase C). An original image is transmitted and received by communicating a pre-message, a substantial message transmission, and a post-message of the D stage (Phase D).

When the original is sent from the sending side to the receiving side using the protocol message as described above, the receiving side receives it and prints the received original to a printing apparatus such as a printer. At this time, the receiving side fax receives and analyzes the post-processing message lost by the transmitting side, and prints and prints the page of the received document on the recording sheet. In this case, the post-processing message includes an end of message (EOM), an acknowledgment signal, a multipage signal, a facsimile transmission end signal, and the like. On the receiving side, the facsimile side detects the multi-page signal in the post-processing message as described above, prints the number of originals received on the recording sheet, and records the page.

However, the conventional facsimile that transmits and receives a large number of originals by communicating the protocol message recommended in CCITT Recommendation T.30 as described above did not know whether all originals sent from the transmitting side were correctly received. For example, if the sender sets 10 pages of originals in the fax and sends them, but two originals are inserted into the scanner due to a defect or an error in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeding) of the sending side, page 9 Only originals are sent to the receiving end. At this time, no error occurs at the transmitting side and the receiving side. Therefore, the fax on the receiving side processes the image data of all received originals well and prints them out.

If the user sets and transmits 10 pages of originals in the facsimile of the sender, but one page is lost by the above-described error operation, the receiving facsimile indicates that 9 pages of originals have been received. At this time, the facsimile of the receiving side prints an Arabic numeral representing a page corresponding to the last received page number on the last recorded paper. For example, print the letter P09 to indicate that nine have been received.

However, the conventional technique as described above has a problem in that the ADF of the facsimile having the ADF function malfunctions or the like does not appear as a communication error, so that the receiving side cannot know whether one original has been sent missing. That is, a problem occurs that the receiving side cannot recognize that one page is missed due to missfeeding of the original on the sending side, and it is not possible to know whether all the originals transmitted by the transmitting side have been received.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for transmitting and receiving a document in which the number of originals set in the facsimile of the transmitting side can be recognized by the facsimile of the receiving side.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately recognizing the number of originals transmitted by a counterpart in a fax of a receiving side receiving an original.

Hereinafter, the operation of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a hardware block diagram of a facsimile for carrying out the present invention, which detects the presence of printing recording paper and the loading of a scanner (not shown) document, and outputs a recording paper detection signal and an original detection signal. A D (Paper / Dtector) sensor 12, an image sensor 14 which extracts the image of the original loaded into the scanner and outputs the binary data, and outputs an operation control signal corresponding to the selected key, and displays the display data. OPE (OPERRATING PANNEL) 16 for indicating the input of the controller, and controls the operation of the system for the key input from the OPE 16 and processes the data transmitted and received from the image sensor 14. An MPU 18 for outputting as printing data, a memory 20 for storing and outputting data under control of the MPU 18, a printer 22 for printing printing data output from the MPU 18, Of the MPU 18 Is connected to a motor driver 24 for controlling the transmission motor 26 and the reception motor 28 by means of a communication line, and a telephone line (TEL-LINE), and the call path is controlled by a call path switching control signal. It is connected between a line interface unit (hereinafter referred to as LIU) 30 for switching to a communication path and between the LIU 30 and the MPU 18 and under the control of the MPU 18. remind

A modem 34 which demodulates and outputs data from the LIU 30, modulates the data, and transmits the data through the LIU 30, and is connected between the MPU 18 and the LIU 30. A PC (Path Controller) 36 which outputs a control switching signal in the communication line under control of (18), and an LC (Line) which detects a ring signal input to the LIU 30 and outputs it to the MPU 18. Controller 38).

Among the configurations as shown in FIG. 1, the configuration of the LIU 30, the modem 34, the PC 36, and the LC 38, etc., modulates the input image data and transmits it to a telephone line and receives data from the telephone line. The MPU 18 and the memory 20 correspond to the control means.

2 is an operational air flow diagram of the method for displaying the number of sent originals according to an embodiment of the present invention, which detects the number of sent originals, stores them in an internal memory, and transmits the loaded originals when loading of a sent original is detected. A page font data indicating the stored number of transmissions and a counter for counting the number of transmissions upon transmission completion by retrieving whether the current page of the loaded original has been transmitted, and indicating the total number of stored transmissions and the page of the current transmission page. A page count message transmission process for transmitting a page number message, a post message after the transmission process is performed, and searching whether the transmission of the loaded original is completed, performing the transmission process when not completed, and ending transmission when the transmission is completed. Consists of

FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of the transmission number registration routine shown in FIG. 2, which is a second process of displaying a first message and searching whether a set key in response to the displayed first message is entered; And a second message when determining that the set key is input in the process and storing the number of sheets entered in the internal storage area when the number of keys corresponding to the displayed second message is input. .

Hereinafter, a process of transmitting and receiving a message by the operation of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the hardware of FIG.

Now, if the normal facsimile system configured as shown in FIG. 1 is in the standby mode, the MPU 18 reads the output of the P / D sensor 12 at predetermined intervals in step 50 of FIG. Search for. If the original is not loaded in the search of FIG. 2, the MPU 18 reads the output port of the LC 38 as a universal facsimile to detect the input of a call signal or the telephone 32 to hook off. To perform this service.

In the above state, when a predetermined number of originals to be transmitted by the user's action are loaded into the scanner, the P / D sensor 12 detects the loaded originals and supplies them to the MPU 18. In this case, the MPU 18 determines that the original is loaded in step 50 of FIG. 2 by input of the loading detection signal of the original output from the P / D sensor 12, and drives the image sensor 14 in step 52. To scan the image of the original and enter it. After scanning the first page of the original loaded in step 52, the MPU 18 registers and stores the number of transmitted originals loaded in step 54 in the internal memory. Here, the number of copies of the transmission document is registered as shown in FIG. 3, which is a detailed flowchart of step 54.

The MPU 18 scanning the original of the first page loaded as described above outputs and displays the first message to the OPE 16 in step 68 of FIG. 68 and sets the number of originals transmitted from the OPE 16 in step 70. Retrieves whether a key is entered. Here, the first message is an inquiry message for inquiring whether to set the number of originals to be transmitted.

In the above state, if the user inputs a specific key installed on the OPE 16, for example, the # key, the MPU 18 determines that the number of the originals is not set and is determined in FIG. Returning to step 56, the contents of the set original are transmitted. However, if it is determined that the user has keyed in a specific key * located in the OPE 16, the MPU 18 recognizes that the number of originals to be transmitted is set and the second message is displayed in step 72. Print out 16) and display if the buy key is input in step 74. The second message is a message for inquiring how many originals to send. In other words, it is a message for inputting the number of sent originals set in the scanner due to transmission.

The MPU 18 performing the process 74 reads the output port of the OPE 16, and when a transmission key of a transmission original is input, stores data corresponding to the number of keys entered in step 76 in a memory set therein. And jump to step 56 in FIG. For example, if the user has three originals to be sent and keyes in the digit key 3 installed on the keypad of the OPE 16, the MPU 18 determines that the purchase key has been input in step 74, and inputs in step 76. Stored digit 3 to internal memory. If the purchase key is not input in step 74, the MPU 18 searches for a key input from the OPE 16 during the time of transfer, and returns to step 56 if the key is not input within a small time. do. Accordingly, it can be seen that the number of originals to be transmitted is set in the memory located inside the fax by the above operation.

The MPU 18 inputting the number of originals to be transmitted by performing the same process as in FIG. 3 outputs a control switching signal to the PC 36 through a call in step 56, and simultaneously scans the image of the originals scanned by the modem 34. Output the data and send the image of the original. At this time, the PC 36 controls the LIU 30 in response to the input of the call control switching signal so that the telephone line is connected to the modem 34. The modem 34 modulates the image data output from the MPU 18 and transmits the modulated image data to the other party through the LIU 30.

In step 56, the MPU 18 that transmits the image of the loaded document searches for the completion of one page transmission. In the case where the word of one page has not been transmitted, the MPU 18 repeats the above step 56 to continue the transmission. However, if it is determined that image data for one page has been transmitted, the MPU 18 increases the transmission number counter set in the internal memory by one in step 60. At this time, the transmission number counter is incremented by one each time one original of the multiple originals loaded into the scanner is transmitted. Therefore, the above number of transmission counter counts the number of sent originals.

In step 60, the MPU 18, which has completed the transmission of one page of the original and increases the number of transmission counters by 1, transmits the number of registered pages and the number of transmitted transmissions, which are preset in step 54, in step 62. Data is stored in the form of a number of copies and stored in the internal memory area. For example, if the number of sheets registered in step 54 is 10 and the number of sheets transmitted in step 60 is 3, the MPU f18 determines the total number of pages registered in step 62 and the number of pages transmitted 3/10. Data is stored in the internal memory.

The MPU 18 performing the process 62 transmits and receives a post message as a protocol in step 64 and transmits the transmission page data generated in step 64 to the counterpart. The transmission page data may be transmitted as font data, or may be coded and transmitted as data of MH / MR codes widely used in facsimile. At this time, the receiving side facsimile receiving the data transmitted from the facsimile detects the page data included in the received post message and prints it on the recording sheet.

The MPU 18 performing the process 64 searches whether the transmission of all the loaded originals is completed in step 66. Whether or not the transmission in step 66 is completed can be performed as a signal for detecting the presence or absence of the document output from the P / D sensor 12. If the transmission of the original loaded in step 66 is not completed, the MPU 18 jumps to the above-mentioned step 56 and continues to transmit the image of the loaded original to the other party, and when the transmission is completed, ends the transmission operation. do.

By the above operation, the sender's facsimile is included in the post protocol and transmits the page data in which the current transmission page appears according to the total number of loaded documents, instead of transmitting only data indicating that there are a plurality of pages. Will be sent. In addition, the facsimile on the receiving side can easily detect whether or not all the originals sent and set by the other party are received by detecting and printing the number of pages of the received recording paper as the received page data.

As described above, the present invention can easily determine whether all the originals have been received by the receiving side by transmitting the number of originals loaded in the facsimile of the transmitting side to the receiving side, thereby facilitating the use of the facsimile.

Claims (6)

An image sensor that scans an original loaded by a scanner and converts it into image data, a P / D sensor that detects the presence or absence of the original and the recording paper, and modulates the input image data to be transmitted to a telephone line and is received from the telephone line. Sending / receiving means for demodulating data, an operation control panel corresponding to a selected key, a printer for printing output of display data and an image data, and a control signal generated from the operation control panel; 17. A method of displaying a number of originals for transmitting / receiving originals, comprising controlling means for supplying and transmitting data output from the image sensor to the transmitting and receiving means in response thereto and for supplying image data from the transmitting and receiving means to the printer. Loading Documents Registering the Number of Copies in the Memory Area And a transmission count counting step of transmitting the loaded original and incrementing the transmission count counter each time the transmission of the page of the loading original is completed, and the number of registered copies stored in the loading original registration process and the counted number of sent originals. And a step of transmitting page data including the printing data in a post message, and repeating the counting of the number of transmissions until the completion of transmission. The method of claim 1, wherein the loading document registration process comprises: a first process of displaying a first message in response to detecting loading of a document, and searching whether a set key corresponding to the displayed first message is input; A data storage process of displaying a second message when determining that the set key is input in the first process and storing the inputted number in an internal storage area when determining that the number of keys corresponding to the displayed second message has been input; Method characterized in that consisting of. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first message is display data for inquiring whether to set the number of transmission originals. An image sensor that scans an original loaded by a scanner and converts it into image data, a P / D sensor that detects the presence or absence of the original and the recording paper, and modulates the input image data to be transmitted to a telephone line and is received from the telephone line. A transmission / reception means for demodulating data, an operation control signal corresponding to the selected key, a printer for outputting display data, and a printer for printing image data, and a control signal generated from the operation control panel. And a control means for supplying and transmitting data output from the image sensor to the transmission / reception means and supplying image data from the transmission / reception means to the printer. Internal memory by detecting the number of originals sent A transmission count storing process for storing and transmitting the loaded original, and searching for whether the current side of the loaded original has been transmitted, and increasing a counter for counting the number of transmission at the completion of the transmission, and storing the total number of transmissions and the current transmission. A page number message transmission step of transmitting page font data indicating a page of the transmission surface, a post message is transmitted after the transmission process is performed, and whether the transmission of the loaded original is completed is performed and the transmission process is performed when it is not completed. And terminating the transmission when the transmission is completed. The method of claim 4, wherein the storing of the number of transmissions comprises: a first step of displaying a first message and searching whether a set key corresponding to the displayed first message is input; And storing the number of sheets input in the internal storage area when the second message is displayed and the number of keys corresponding to the displayed second message is input. An image sensor that scans an original loaded by a scanner and converts it into image data, a P / D sensor that detects the presence or absence of the original and the recording paper, and modulates the input image data to be transmitted to a telephone line and is received from the telephone line. A transmission / reception means for demodulating data, an operation control panel corresponding to a selected key, an operation control panel for displaying input of display data, a printer for printing image data, and a control signal generated from the operation control panel. And a control means for supplying and transmitting data output from the image sensor to the transmitting and receiving means in response thereto, and for supplying image data from the transmitting and receiving means to the printer. Data to print out incoming video message How to detect the page data included in the new process, a post message that is received, characterized by constituted by any page printing process of printing on the recording sheet.