JPH0244851A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the transmission time of telegram originals over plural pages by adding the boundary of pages in picture information without transmitting communication control signals in the page boundary. CONSTITUTION:A telegram message reading part 1 outputting the picture signals 1a of the having read telegram originals and page termination signals 1b showing the trailing end of the page, a page boundary generation device 2 outputting boundary picture signals 2a printing the boundary of the page by the page termination signals 1b from the telegram reading part 1, an encoder 3 encoding and outputting the picture signals 1a and the boundary picture signals 2a and a communication control part 4 which stops the transmission of multi page signals(MPS) between the telegram originals, modulates outputs from the encoder 3 and transmits them to a line are given. Consequently, the transmission and reception of communication control procedure signals is eliminated between picture information in a first page and in a second page, and picture information 7 in the first and second pages can continuously be transmitted. Thus, the total communication time can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a communication control procedure when transmitting a message.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 2(b) is a communication sequence diagram showing an example of a communication control procedure of a conventional facsimile machine.

In FIG. 2(b), when the encoding of the last line of the telegram manuscript page is completed, an RTC code indicating the end of the page is added to the image information and sent to the end of the page, and if there is a telegram manuscript for the next page, It sends out a multi-page signal (MPS), and when the destination terminal receives a message confirmation signal (MCF), it sends the image information of the next page of the message manuscript.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional facsimile machine described above always sends a multi-page signal (MPS) to the line at the page boundary of a message manuscript, and if the message confirmation signal (MCF) is not received from the other party's terminal as a confirmation response, it will not send the next page. Unable to start. This communication control procedure requires time on the order of seconds, and there is a drawback that the total communication time increases as the number of pages of the electronic message manuscript to be transmitted in one communication increases.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile device of the present invention includes a message reading section that outputs an image signal of a read message document and a page end signal indicating the end of a page, and a page that outputs a boundary line drawing signal for printing a page boundary line in response to the page end signal. A boundary line generation device, an encoder that encodes and outputs the image signal and the boundary line image signal, and a line that stops sending multi-page signals between pages of the telegram manuscript and modulates the output from the encoder. and a communication control unit that sends data to.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2(a)
FIG. 2 is a communication sequence diagram of communication control procedure signals for explaining the operation of this embodiment. This will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 (a).

The present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a message reading section 1 which outputs an image signal 1a of a read message document and a page end signal 1b indicating the end of the page, and a page end signal 1b from the message reading section 1. Border line drawing signal 2a for printing the border line of
The encoder 3 encodes and outputs the page boundary line image signal W2 which outputs the image signal 1a and the boundary line image signal 2a, and the encoder 3 which stops transmitting the multi-page signal (MPS) between pages of the telegraphic document. and a communication control section 4 that modulates the output from and sends it to the line.

In this way, in the conventional example shown in FIG. 2(b), after sending out the image information 5 of the first page,
) and sends the image information 6 of the next page only after receiving the message confirmation signal (MCF).
In this embodiment shown in Figure (a), there is no need to send and receive a communication control procedure signal between the image information of the first page and the image information of the next page of the message, and the image information 7 of the first page and the second page is unnecessary. can be sent continuously.

In addition, when recording on a roll-shaped reception record at the receiving terminal, a boundary line is printed at the boundary between page 1 and page 2, and the data is continuously printed out.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention does not allow communication control signals to be sent at page boundaries, but by adding page boundary lines to image information, a control signal indicating a page boundary is sent, and then the other party's terminal detects a page boundary line. This eliminates the need for the sending side to wait for confirmation and to receive a response, which has the effect of significantly reducing the time required to send a message manuscript that spans multiple pages.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a communication sequence diagram of a facsimile communication control procedure. 1... Telegram reading unit, 2... Page boundary line generation device,
3... Encoder, 4... Communication control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a message reading unit that outputs an image signal of the read message document and a page end signal indicating the end of a page; a page boundary line generation device that outputs a boundary line image signal for printing a page boundary line in response to the page end signal; an encoder that encodes and outputs an image signal and a boundary line image signal; and a communication control unit that stops transmitting a multi-page signal between pages of the telegram manuscript, modulates the output from the encoder, and transmits the modulated signal to a line. A facsimile device comprising: