JPH04151961A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine that can send arbitrary data in the same way as image data.

[Prior Art] In conventional facsimile machines, only up to 20 characters of code data such as telephone numbers and sender names can be sent as communication control signals based on the method defined by the CCITT standards.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, there is a need to easily send various text information such as the sender's address, telephone number, fax telephone number, recipient's company name, recipient's name, and comments. .

In such a case, the text information must be read and sent together with the original as image information, which poses problems such as long communication times and high communication line charges.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems mentioned above, and its purpose is to make it possible to send coded data such as a large number of character data in a unique mode, shorten communication time, and improve the communication line. The idea is to make the cost cheaper.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes data information indicating means for indicating the type of data to be sent and the length of the data, and an instruction to the data information indicating means. and control means for transmitting arbitrary data.

[Operation] The data information indicating means of the present invention configured as described in section 2 indicates the type of data and the length of the data. Then, the control means transmits any data instructed by the data information instruction means to the other party's device.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. The facsimile body 10 includes a control section 11 composed of, for example, a microcomputer, a facsimile modem 12, an image reading section 13, a keyboard 14, a document presence/absence detector 15 that detects the presence or absence of a document inserted into the image reading section 13, and a printer 16. It is equipped with a device to send and receive images. Also,
The facsimile body 10 also includes a PC interface section 17 for exchanging printout data and the like with a computer 19, which is an external device.

Facsimile modem (hereinafter simply referred to as modem) 12
demodulates the signal received from telephone line 18 and modulates the transmitted signal. The image reading section 13 reads the transmitted image and sends an image signal to the control section 11. The original image signal output from the control section 1 is modulated by the modem 12 and output.

The keyboard 14 includes a numeric keypad 41 for dialing manually, a start key 42 for instructing to start transmission, a one-touch key 43 for one-touch dialing, and an instruction to automatically create a cover page (=1 addition). A cover page creation instruction key 44 is provided to input the alphabet, and an alphabet key 45 is provided to input the alphabet.Actually, the keyboard 14 is provided with a numeric keypad 41 and a function key to reduce the number of keys on the keyboard 14 to 61.
(However, in this example, to simplify the explanation,
The description will be made assuming that each of the keys 41 to 45 listed in 1 is provided independently.

Furthermore, the printer 16 is, for example, a thermal printer or an electrophotographic printer.

The control section 11 includes a controller 31 that controls transmission and reception according to a predetermined transmission procedure according to the CCI "F'I" recommendation, and a compression/expansion section 32 that compresses transmitted data and expands received data. , and a first RAM 33 that stores image information read and binarized by the image reading unit 13 at the time of transmission.Furthermore, the error detection and correction unit 34 has a It transmits only a fixed number of blocks with a specific number of bytes, detects whether or not there is an error in the transmission, and if there is an error in the transmission, only the corresponding block is retransmitted.

Further, at the time of transmission, the stored image information stored in the first RAM 33 is read out and data compressed, and the stored image information is modulated by the modem 12 and transmitted. At the time of reception, the received image information is demodulated by the modem 12 and stored in the first RAM 33 as shown in "-".

On the other hand, the code data processing device 20 includes a CPU 21, a character generator 22, a first EEPROM 23, and a second EEFROM 24. The first EEF
The ROM 23 stores a program for processing code data, character selection data for the title sentence of the cover page, character selection data such as the contents of a plurality of comments, such as 'URGENT'', and unchanging characters in the cover page, such as a broken line or a solid underline. Character selection data for selecting a character is stored.Furthermore, the recipient's name can be entered manually using the alphabet keys 45 and used as data in the cover page, and that data is also stored. 2nd EEPR
OM24 includes character selection data for the name of the communication partner corresponding to the name of the communication partner corresponding to each one-touch dial, character selection data for the FAX telephone number of the communication partner, character selection data for the sender's name, and character selection data for the name of the sender. Store character selection data for the original FAX phone number. In addition, EEP
The ROM is used so that the user can store or change data when registering one-touch dialing or data where there is a problem in the program.

Further, the code data processing device 20 includes a second RAM 25 that stores character selection data and other data for dials other than one-touch dials, and a first RAM 25 that stores character selection data and other data for dials other than one-touch dials.
EPROM23, second EEPRoM24 and second RA
M251. ::The 3rd RA where the memorized character data is stored at the address corresponding to the second position of the cover page.
It is equipped with M26.

Upon receiving the information from the control unit 11, the CPU 21
According to the program stored in EFROM23, the second
EEPROM24, 1st EEPROM23 and 2nd R
The predetermined character selection data stored in the AM 25 is stored in the third RAM 26, and the character selection data stored in the third RAM 26 is stored as image data in the first RA.
Expand to M33 and send.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the cover page of the present invention configured as described in section 1 will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in order to perform transmission using a facsimile device, for example, the cover page creation instruction key 44 or the one-touch key 4 is pressed.
When a key operation such as 3 is performed, the cover page creation instruction is stored in the cover page creation instruction information area in the second RAM 25, and the dialed information is stored in the second RA.
It is temporarily stored in the Atayal information area in M25 (
SL). Then, it waits for the start key 42 to be pressed (S2).

Then, when the start key 42 is pressed (S2・Ye
S), it is determined whether or not the cover page creation instruction key 44 has been operated in Sl by checking the cover page creation instruction information area 25 in the second R, AM (S3). When it is determined in S3 that the cover page creation instruction key 44 has not been operated, that is, when the cover page creation instruction has not been issued (83.NO).
), the document image is read as in the conventional case, and the read image data is transmitted (Sll, S8 to S510).

When it is determined in S3 that the cover page creation instruction key 44 has been operated, that is, when the cuckoo page creation instruction has been issued, the operated one-touch key 43
The character selection data for the name of the recipient registered for the recipient, the character selection data for the phone number of the recipient's fax, the character selection data for the name of the sender, and the character selection data for the phone number of the sender's fax are 2EEFROM 24 and stored in respective predetermined locations of the 3rd RAM 26,
Further, the character selection data for the title sentence of the cover page and the unchanging character selection data in the single page are read out from the first EEFROM 23 and stored at a predetermined location in the third RAM 26 (S4). Next, the recipient's fax phone number is dialed (S5
).

When the line is connected, the data information instruction means, such as a cover page creation command and the number of bytes of cover page data as shown in FIG. ) is then transmitted (S6), and the character code data is sent before the image information.
] is added and transmitted (S7).

Next, the image of the original is read and the read image information is transmitted (S8), and the image information is transmitted until the transmission of the images of all the originals loaded in the facsimile device is completed (S9).

Note that 20 characters such as code data such as a telephone number and a caller's name, which are defined in the conventional CCITT standard, can also be sent separately.

Next, a case where a problem is found in the program of the facsimile machine will be explained with reference to FIG. In the past, a service person would bring a new ROM to the location where the device was installed and disassemble and replace it, which required a large amount of money, including the service person's travel expenses.

First, if a problem is found in the program of the facsimile machine, the service center sends the program's location data to the user's facsimile machine via the public line 18, followed by a fault correction command and image data. Since the program code data in which the defect has been corrected is sent, the facsimile machine receives the facsimile as usual (S21).

Next, the facsimile machine interprets the NSS command and determines whether it is a program modification command (S22
). If it is determined in S22 that the command is not a program correction command, normal facsimile reception processing is performed (S25
). On the other hand, if it is determined in S22 that it is a program correction command, the program code data in which the defect has been corrected together with the position data of the sent program are sent to the second
The data is stored in the RAM 25 (S23). Based on the data, it is recorded in a predetermined position of the first EEFROM 23 (
S24).

By following the steps described above, programs can be modified easily and inexpensively without incurring the cost of a service person's trip.

Further, a case where a facsimile machine is used to send character data from, for example, the computer 19 and print beautiful characters will be described in accordance with the flowchart of FIG. 4.

First, a character data print command and print character code data as image data are sent to the other party's facsimile machine via the public line 18 following the NSS, so the facsimile machine can receive facsimile messages as usual. (sai).

Next, the receiving facsimile machine interprets the NSS command and determines whether it is a printout command (
S32). At S32, printout command reception processing is performed (S36). On the other hand, if it is determined in S32 that it is a printout command, the sent data is stored in the second RAM 25 (S33).
. Subsequently, the character corresponding to the code data is read out from the character generator 22, expanded into the first RAM 33 as image data (S34), and then sent to the printer 16.
(S 3 5).

As described above, by sending character data from the computer 19 or the like as code data, the amount of data is smaller than image data, and clear character information can be sent.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the facsimile machine of the present invention, information such as the address of the sender, telephone number, telephone number of the fax machine, company name of the other party, name of the other party, various comments, etc. can be sent more easily and with less amount of information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 5 show embodiments embodying the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart when transmitting a cover page, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart when a program modification command is received, FIG. 4 is a flowchart when printout data is received from a computer, and FIG. 5 is a facsimile machine receiving cover page information according to an embodiment of the present invention. 42 is a start key, 43 is a one-touch key, and 44 is a cover page creation instruction key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data information instruction means for instructing the type and length of data, and a control means for transmitting arbitrary data instructed by the data information instruction means. facsimile machine.