JPH02296455A - Picture communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the confirmation or recognition of the state of during transmission or reception of a picture data by displaying the transmission or reception of the picture data by means a moving blink. CONSTITUTION:When a sender side facsimile equipment receives a DIS signal, a data for transmission display is generated and outputted to a driver 8. Thus, the driver 8 is operated and a display lamp section 6 applies moving blink. Thus, the operator recognizes that the facsimile equipment is in the transmission. Upon the receipt of a DCS signal, a receiver side facsimile equipment generates the data for reception display and outputs the result to the driver 8. Thus, the driver 8 is operated and the display lamp section 6 is moved and blinked in the opposite direction to above. Thus, the operator recognizes that the facsimile equipment is in the reception state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus, and more particularly to an image communication apparatus that displays a lamp indicating the status of image data being received or transmitted.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Image communication devices such as facsimiles typically use some means to notify an operator that the device is receiving or transmitting image data. Conventionally, this operation notification has been given by displaying characters on a liquid crystal display, for example, or by displaying a lamp. An example of a facsimile using a lamp display is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 8656/1983.

This means that when an abnormality is detected in the facsimile,
All lamps installed in the facsimile are made to blink.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such conventional image communication devices, when communicating using memory, which has become increasingly popular in recent years, the transmitted original and received records are lost during transmission and reception. Since the paper does not run at the same time as the communication, if the method of displaying the communication status is a static display (for example, a message display) as in the past, it is difficult to tell whether the communication is actually occurring or not, which creates a sense of anxiety for the operator. Ta.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide an image communication device that allows a user to easily recognize or confirm a state in which image data is being transmitted or received. It is to be.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image communication device with means for displaying transmission or reception of image data by moving blinking, and a transmission start signal, a reception start signal, and a communication end signal. The present invention is characterized in that the present invention is provided with a control section that detects each of the signals and causes the display means to display transmission or reception, or to stop displaying.

The moving blinking display means is composed of, for example, a plurality of lamps arranged in a row.

When the functional image communication device is in the transmission mode, the control unit transmits a DIS (digital identification) signal from the image communication device to notify the start of transmission, and at the same time causes the movable blinking display means to perform a transmission display operation. On the other hand, when this image communication device is in the reception mode, the control unit sends the DC8 signal to notify the start of reception.
(Digital command) signal or N5S (Non-standard function setting) signal is detected, and the moving blinking display means is thereby operated to receive and display. Furthermore, the control unit controls the DCN (
At the same time as the disconnection command) signal is transmitted, or upon completion of reception, the operation of the movable blinking display means is stopped by detecting the DCN signal. When lamps arranged in a line are used as the moving blinking display means, a plurality of lamps blink in sequence by the operation of the control section to inform the operator that reception or transmission is in progress.

Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 3 show factors such as factors and ? as an embodiment of an image communication device according to the present invention. It is a diagram showing the configuration and operating state of +7.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication control unit that controls communication operations between the facsimile and line 2, 3 an operation unit for performing facsimile communication, and 4 a reading unit that reads a document when transmitting an image. , 5 is a recording unit that outputs received data as a ... copy when receiving an image. This facsimile also has an indicator lamp unit 6 which is a means of indicating by moving blinking whether the facsimile is in a receiving operation or a transmitting operation, and a display lamp section 6 which lights up when an abnormality occurs in the facsimile to notify the user of the abnormality. The apparatus includes an alarm lamp 7, a driver 8 for driving the display lamp section 6 and the alarm lamp 7, and a control section 9 for controlling the operation of each of the functional sections and performing facsimile communication.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 9 includes a CPU 10,
[Signal detection unit connected to communication control unit 2] and at the time of transmission,
Or a read-only memo that stores various processing programs, etc. for the CPU and the image memory where image data is stored at the time of reception! J (ROM) 13.

The signal detection unit 11 detects the DO8 signal, NSS signal, or DCN signal input during the reception operation, and notifies the CPU 10 of the detected signal. Further, the display lamp section 6 includes, for example, five flashing lamps 6a, 6 arranged horizontally as shown in FIG.
b+ 6c, 6a.

6e, and is provided in one section of the operating section 3 or in another part of the facsimile main body.

The operation of the facsimile having such a configuration will be explained.

In the time chart shown in Figure 3, when performing facsimile communication, when a CNG (calling tone) signal is sent from the sending facsimile to the receiving facsimile, the receiving facsimile sends a CED (called terminal identification) signal. Outputs the DIS signal. When the sending facsimile receives this DIS signal, the signal detection unit 11 detects this signal and transmits it to CPU10. The CPU 10 creates data for displaying the transmission operation by detecting the c4) DIS signal and outputs it to the driver 8. This causes the driver 8 to operate and the display lamp section 6 to move and flash. The transmission display by the moving blinking of the display lamp unit 6 is shown in FIG. 4, for example.
The operation is performed by an operation cycle consisting of a) to (e) as one cycle. That is, when the display lamp unit 6 enters the transmission display operation, first, only the blinking lamp 6a lights up in the operation stage (a), and then the blinking lamp 6 lights up in the operation stage (b).
a remains lit and blinks/pro d lights up.

Hereinafter, while the lit flashing lamps remain lit, the blinking lamps 6C, 6by6a are displayed at each operation stage (c), (d
) and (e), and in the operation stage (e), after all the flashing lamps 6a to 6e are turned on, they are all turned off. Then, as the next operation, operation step (a),
Return to (b), ・, (e) and the blinking lamp will turn to 6 again.
They are lit in the order of e → 6d, . . . 6b → 6a to provide a moving display. By repeating this moving display, the operator knows that the facsimile is in the process of transmitting.

On the other hand, the sending facsimile that has received the DIS signal sends a DC8 (digital command) signal to the receiving facsimile.
It still outputs the N5S (non-standard function setting) signal. When the receiving facsimile receives this DC8 signal, the signal detection section 11 detects this signal and transmits it to the CPU10. C.P.
By detecting this DC8 signal, Ul0 creates data for displaying the reception operation and outputs it to the driver 8. This causes the driver 8 to operate and the display lamp section 6 to move and blink. The reception display by the moving blinking of the indicator lamp section 6 is shown in Fig. 4 (
The operation is performed by an operation cycle in which one cycle includes f) to (j). This is a movement blinking in the opposite direction to the operation in the transmission display described above, and as the operation progresses from (f) → (b)) → (h) → (i) → (j). The blinking lamps are lit in the order of 6a -> 6b -> 6c -> 6d -> 6e, and all the blinking lamps 68 to 6e are lit in the operation stage (j). Then, after all the flashing lamps 6a to 6e are turned off, operation steps (f), (g), . . . (
Return to j), flashing lamp 6a → 6b → 6c → 6d → 6e
The lights are lit in the following order to provide a moving display. By repeating this moving display, the operator knows that the facsimile is in the receiving operation.

Furthermore, in the communication operation of Facsimile+7, after the sending facsimile outputs the DC3 signal, the TCP (1-
A learning check) signal is output, and in response, the receiving facsimile outputs a CFR (reception readiness confirmation) signal. After confirming this signal, the sending facsimile machine reads the original or sends the image data that has already been read and stored in the image memory 12, and further sends an MPS (multi-page) signal if the original contains multiple pages. and sends the next page of image data. When all image data has been sent, EOP (end of procedure)
Output a signal. Upon receiving the EOP signal, the receiving facsimile outputs an MCF (message confirmation) signal, and upon receiving this, the transmitting facsimile outputs a DCN signal and stops the transmission display operation on its own machine. Also, when the receiving facsimile receives the DCN signal,
This signal is detected by the signal detector 11, and the reception display operation is stopped by the operation of the CPU 10, thereby terminating the series of facsimile/millimeter communications.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, transmission can be performed even when the transmission document does not move, such as in memory communication, or when it is uncertain whether the transmission is being carried out because the transmission document is moving slowly. Since the display inside is carried out by the moving display of the indicator lamp section, the operator can easily recognize whether or not a calling operation is currently in progress.

In addition, in the case of memory reception, etc., it is displayed that the reception operation is in progress, so it can be easily recognized and helps relieve anxiety.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile that is an embodiment of the image communication device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the control section of the facsimile shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the facsimile communication procedure in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a moving display example of the sending and receiving operations in the embodiment. ■...Line, 2...Communication control unit, 3...Operation unit,
4...Reading section, 5...Recording section, 6...Display lamp (display means) 7.Alarm lamp, 8...Driver,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] an image input section, a recording section that outputs received data, a communication control section that sends and receives image data, a means for detecting transmission start, reception start, and communication end signals, and a moving blinking unit that controls the image data transmission or reception operation. and a control section that causes the display means to perform the corresponding moving and blinking operation upon detection of a transmission start signal and a reception start signal, and stops the operation of the display means upon detection of a communication end signal. An image communication device consisting of