JPH04160976A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate manual telephone transmission operation for actuating a facsimile equipment by cutting off the facsimile line when a start sheet is detected in a document being sent, reading a telephone number put on a predetermined position on a sheet of paper that follows the start sheet, and carrying out telephone transmission operation. CONSTITUTION:A start sheet and a sheet for transmission are attached to a document to be sent. A telephone number put on the transmission sheet is read, the facsimile equipment carries out transmission operation. Facsimile transmission read means 1 reads the transmission sheet from position A to position B as dot image, and after completing the reading, paper feed is stopped once. Discriminating section 2 converts the dot image data to character information, and sends the converted character data to an automatic telephone means 3. The automatic telephone means 3 carries out telephone transmission using a telephone number to a party's facsimile equipment 7. Accordingly, it is no longer necessary for the operator of the present facsimile equipment to operate telephone transmission, and further even when sending different documents to different places, it is no longer necessary for the present facsimile equipment to have an operator's intervention.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used for facsimile transmission. The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can automatically perform a telephone call operation when transmitting a facsimile.

〔overview〕

The present invention is a facsimile machine that performs facsimile transmission, and when a start sheet is detected in a document to be transmitted, the line is disconnected, and then a telephone number written in a predetermined position on the detected sheet is read. By providing a means to perform telephone call operations, it eliminates the need for manual telephone call operations for documents sent to many different destinations, and allows separate documents to be automatically and consecutively sent to different locations, saving labor. It was designed so that it could be compared to others.

[Conventional technology]

When transmitting using a conventional facsimile transmission device, manual intervention was required. In other words, you can use an external fax phone to call the recipient and connect it to the recipient's fax machine, or you can imitate the buttons on the phone built into the fax machine, make a call, connect to the recipient's fax machine, and then make the call. Ta.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In such conventional facsimile transmission, there is a problem in that the task of making a telephone call is made manually, making the calling task cumbersome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can automatically perform a telephone call operation during facsimile transmission.

[A means of promise to solve problems]

The present invention provides a paper setting unit that feeds set transmission papers, a facsimile transmission reading unit that reads images of the transmission papers fed one by one from the paper setting unit as dot image data, and a facsimile transmission reading unit that reads the images of the transmission papers fed one by one from the paper setting unit. In a facsimile machine comprising a facsimile transmitter for transmitting dot image data read by the means to a destination facsimile machine via a modem and a line, a start sheet set as the first page of a transmission form in the facsimile transmission reading means; It includes a means for detecting the transmission cover sheet set on the sheet and the next page, and a means for reading a telephone number written in a predetermined position on the cover sheet as dot image data. a reading section that converts the telephone number entered into number information into number information and sends it; means for disconnecting the line when the start sheet is detected; and a telephone number that is sent out from the reading section when the start sheet is detected. The present invention is characterized by comprising an automatic telephone means for making a telephone call to the other party's facsimile machine based on the number.

The facsimile transmission reading means temporarily stops feeding the transmission sheet at a predetermined position where the telephone number is written, and when the automatic telephone means establishes telephone communication with the other party's facsimile device, the transmission is started. It is preferable that the apparatus further includes means for starting paper feeding and transmitting the read dot image data to the facsimile transmission section.

[Effect]

The phone number of the recipient's facsimile machine written on the paper to send the document is broken down into dots and read as bit-by-bit image information, which is converted into character information and sent automatically to the recipient's facsimile machine. Make a phone call. When telephone communication is established, the document on the transmission sheet following the transmission sheet is read and normal facsimile transmission is performed.

Subsequently, when the next start sheet is detected, the previous transmission line is disconnected, a new telephone number is read from the face of the next page, telephone communication is established, and the same facsimile transmission is performed.

An identification code is printed on each corner of the start sheet and the cover sheet, and the identification means identifies this.

As a result, it is possible to automatically perform telephone line connections that are manually performed during facsimile transmission operations, and it is possible to continuously and unattendedly transmit different documents to different locations.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the sending page and the main paper in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the sending page in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the format of the sending page in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a set state of documents to be transmitted when transmitting a plurality of documents in an embodiment.

The embodiment of the present invention includes a paper setting section 4 that feeds the set transmission paper 11, and a fax and smear transmission that reads the images of the transmission paper 11 fed one by one from the paper setting section 4 as dot image data. The present invention is equipped with a reading means 1 and a facsimile transmitting section 5 that transmits the dot image data read by the facsimile transmission reading means 1 to the other party's facsimile device 7 via a modem 8 and a line 9. The facsimile transmission reading means 1 includes means for detecting a start sheet set as the first page of the transmission paper 11 and a transmission cover sheet set as the next page, and a means for detecting a start sheet set as the first page of the transmission paper 11 and a transmission cover sheet set as the next page, and A reading section 2 includes a means for reading a written telephone number as dot image data, converts the telephone number read as dot image data into number information and sends it out, and disconnects the line when a start sheet is detected. and an automatic telephone means 3 for making a telephone call to the other party's facsimile machine 7 using the telephone number sent from the reading section 2 when the transmission page is detected.
The facsimile transmission reading means 1 temporarily stops feeding the transmission sheet at a predetermined position where the telephone number is written, and establishes telephone communication with the other party's facsimile device 7 by the automatic telephone means 3. means for starting the feeding of the transmission sheet 11 and transmitting the read dot image data to the facsimile transmitting unit 5 when a new transmission sheet is detected; and means for disconnecting the transmission line when a new transmission sheet is detected. including.

As the reading section 2, an optical character reading device (○CR) can be used.

Facsimile transmission by the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is performed by the following procedure.

1. Enter the telephone number of the recipient's facsimile machine 7 in the telephone number column of the sending sheet, as shown in FIG. 2.

2. Attach the start sheet and the sending sheet to the document to be sent, as shown in Figure 2.

3. Read the telephone number written on the sending page and perform the operation to make a call.

4. Set the transmission sheets 11 prepared in step 2 in the sheet setting section 4. (With this set, the telephone number on the transmission sheet is automatically read and a telephone call is made to the other party's facsimile machine 7).

5. When the connection with the other party's facsimile device 7 is completed, the transmission is performed in order from the transmission page.

Next, the operations performed by the facsimile machine 6 in the above-described procedure will be explained.

When an instruction to read a telephone number and make a call is received in step 3, the facsimile transmission reading means 1 and reading section 2 of the facsimile machine 6 are activated. When the transmission form with the start sheet attached to the beginning is set in the paper setting section 4,
Reading of the transmission sheet begins.

First, the facsimile transmission reading means 1 reads the third
The area from position A to position B shown in the figure is read as a dot image, and after reading, feeding is temporarily stopped. You are already aware of where the phone number is written on the sending page, and the phone number written in that position is read as dot image data and sent to the reading section 2 as image information. do.

The reading unit 2 converts the dot image data into characters (codes).
It converts into information and transmits the converted character information to automatic telephone means 3. The automatic telephone means 3 makes a telephone call to the other party's facsimile machine 7 using the telephone number (step 4).

When the start of communication with the other party's facsimile device 7 is established, the facsimile transmitter 5 transmits the previously read image data from position A to position B shown in FIG. from position B to C
Image data up to the position and subsequent transmission form 11
The content is read and transmitted to the other party's facsimile device 7 via the facsimile transmission section 5.

The facsimile transmission reading means 1 does not read the transmission page from position A to position B twice, and the image read from that position can be used for both reading and normal transmission.

When all the documents have been transmitted, if there is a document following the start sheet to be transmitted next, the facsimile transmitting/reading means 1 detects the start sheet and disconnects the line 9 that has been transmitting up until now. The phone number on the new transmission page is read, and the call is made automatically in the same manner as described above, and facsimile transmission is automatically continued.

Such classification using the start sheet and the transmission sheet may be performed in any number of layers.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the need for the operator to make a telephone call, and also eliminate the need for the operator's intervention when sending different documents to different locations. Since documents can be divided by transmission sheet and sent to different destinations, this is particularly effective in saving labor in jobs that involve transmitting a large amount of documents.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the sending page and the main paper in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the transmission sheet in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the set state of documents to be transmitted when transmitting a plurality of documents in the embodiment of the present invention. 1...Facsimile transmission reading means, 2...Reading unit,
3... Automatic telephone means, 4... Paper setting section, 5...
-Facsimile transmitter, 6...Facsimile device, 7
...Recipient's facsimile device, 8...Modem, 9...
・Line, 11...Sending form.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A paper setting unit that feeds the set transmission paper, and a facsimile transmission reading unit that reads images of the transmission paper fed one by one from the paper setting unit as dot image data; In a facsimile machine equipped with a facsimile transmitter that transmits the dot image data read by the facsimile transmission reading means to the other party's facsimile machine via a modem and a line, It includes a means for detecting the set start sheet and the transmission cover sheet set on the next page, and a means for reading a telephone number written in a predetermined position on the front sheet as dot image data. a reading unit that converts the phone number read as data into number information and sends it out; means for disconnecting the line when the start sheet is detected; A facsimile device comprising automatic telephone means for making a telephone call to a destination facsimile device using the transmitted telephone number. 2. The facsimile transmission reading means temporarily stops feeding the transmission sheet at a predetermined position where the telephone number is written, and when the automatic telephone means establishes telephone communication with the facsimile machine of the other party. 2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for starting feeding of a transmission sheet and transmitting the read dot image data to said facsimile transmission section.