JPH04200074A - Facsimile system and its facsimile device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile system and its facsimile device for transmitting and receiving documents and drawings via a communication line.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile system transmitter/receiver devices have become rapidly popular not only as office automation equipment but also as household equipment.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of this conventional facsimile system, and its components include a transmitter 81 that converts originals such as documents and drawings into data and transmits the data;
2 is a receiving device that receives data sent from the transmitting device 81 via a communication line, and 83 is a printing device that converts the data received by the receiving device 82 into a document or drawing and prints it.

In the conventional facsimile system configured as described above, the related operations of its components will be explained.

The transmitting device 81 reads originals such as documents and drawings, converts them into predetermined image data, and transmits the converted image data via a communication line. The receiving device 82 receives the image data sent via the communication line, converts the image data into the original document or drawing, and prints it out by the printing device 83.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above configuration, the receiving device 82 only receives the image data sent from the transmitting device 81 and prints it out, and the sent image data is automatically transferred to other devices. cannot be transferred to the location again.

As a result, facsimile information sent from overseas at night or facsimile information for urgent matters could not be viewed immediately because the recipient was not present. Also, when I was transferred or went on a business trip, and received data was delivered to the facsimile machine I was using at the office where I was working, the received information was shuffled around and arrived several days late. ,
Otherwise, there were problems such as losing the item on the way.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile system and a facsimile device thereof, which can register received facsimile information in advance and automatically forward it to a certain destination.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile system of the present invention adds address information to each page and uses a sending device for transmitting data and additional information reading means to read address information from received data. The apparatus has a received data transmitting device which reads out address information to be transferred by an additional information reference means from the read information and an additional information reference table, and transmits received data in accordance with the detected address information.

Furthermore, there is a facsimile machine equipped with this transmitting device.

Operation The facsimile system of the present invention having the above configuration adds address information to each page of transmission data as a transmission device,
It is sent by facsimile.

When the receiving device receives the received data, the added address information is detected by providing additional information reading means, and is further compared with the address information in the additional information reference table built in on the receiving side by the additional information reference means. Ru. Through this comparison, when it is detected that the recipients have the same name and should be forwarded due to transfer or absence, etc., it is output as the recipient information to be forwarded,
The received data transmitting device retransmits the received data to the destination address.

In addition, a facsimile machine equipped with this transmitting device sends information with address information added to each page as transmitted data, so when the receiving device receives the information, since each page has address information, the addressee and received data are Printed and output on the same page.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a transmitting section of a facsimile system in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the constituent elements 11 are operation input means for registering predetermined address information, and the output thereof is address information storage means 1.
given to 2. 12 is an address information storage means for storing address information registered by the operation input means 11; 13 is an addition means for adding the address information read from the address information storage means to the image data read from the original; the output thereof is sent to the transmitting means 14. given to. 14 is a transmitting means for transmitting image data to which address information is added.

The operation of the facsimile system according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described below.

Predetermined address information of the destination is registered by the operation input means 11. The address information registered by the operation input means 11 is temporarily stored in the address information storage means 12. Originals such as documents and drawings that you want to send to the other party are read and converted into image data.

The address information read out from the address storage means 12 by the addition means 13 is added to the converted image data at a predetermined position for each page, and outputted to the transmission means 14 as transmission data. The transmission data sent to the transmission means 14 is
The configuration is as shown in FIG. 2, and address information is added to the beginning of the image data. The transmission data is sent to the destination by the transmission means 14 via the communication line. Transmission means 1
FIG. 3 shows an example in which the transmission data sent by No. 4 is received and printed. As shown in FIG. 3, the name of the destination and the facsimile destination number (hereinafter referred to as fax number) are printed as address information at the top of each received page.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by adding predetermined address information to the image data and providing it in the sending means, the receiving side can identify the destination at the beginning of the sent facsimile information (hereinafter referred to as fax). Even if there is no written page, it is possible to easily determine who the fax is sent to by looking at the address information added to each page. In addition, by detecting address information added at a predetermined location on the facsimile machine, the facsimile machine can automatically classify faxes by addressee and automatically resend faxes to other locations. can.

In this embodiment, the address information is added to the beginning of the image data as shown in FIG. 2, but the address information may be added anywhere in the image data.

Further, in this embodiment, the content of the address information is composed of one set of the name and fax number of the recipient, but it may be the name and fax number of a plurality of recipients. Furthermore, an identification code whose contents of address information are predetermined may be used.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a receiving section of a facsimile machine in another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, its constituent elements are 41, a data receiving means for receiving and outputting received data sent via a communication line, and 42, receiving data received and outputted by the data receiving means 41. received data storage means for storing, 4
Reference numeral 3 denotes additional information reading means for reading additional information added from the received data stored in the received data storage means 42;
5 is an additional information reference table in which reference information such as reference name and corresponding fax destination is registered;
49 is an operation input means for registering reference information in the additional information reference table 45; 44 is the additional information read out by the additional information reading means 43 and the additional information reference table 45;
Additional information reference means compares the reference information registered in and outputs the result to the output switching means 46; 47 is a received data printing device that converts the received data read from the received data storage means 42 via the output switching means 46 from image data into a document, drawing, etc. and prints it; 48; is a received data transmitting means for transmitting the received data read from the received data storage means 42 via the output switching means 46 to the destination fax number registered as reference information in the additional information reference table 45.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the related operations of the constituent elements will be explained below.

Reference information for comparison with the additional information added to the received data is registered in the additional information reference table 45 by the operation input means 49. As shown in Table 1, the contents registered in the additional information reference table 45 consist of a name and a corresponding fax number of the destination.

The operation will be explained using the flowchart in Table 1 and Figure 5. Transmission data sent via the communication line is received by the data receiving means 41. In step 61, the data receiving means 41
The received data is sent to the received data storage means 42 and stored therein. In step 62, additional information is read out from the received data stored in the received data storage means 42 by the additional information reading means 43. In step 63, it is determined whether or not the additional information has been added. If there is no additional information read out by the additional information reading means 43, the process branches to step 67, and the received data storage means 43
2 is stored in the received data printing means 4.
7 and is printed, and the process ends.

If there is additional information, the process proceeds to step 64, where the additional information reference table 45 is referred to by the additional information reference means 44, and at step 65, the name part of the additional information read from the additional information reading means 43 and the addition are added. When a comparison is made with the names registered in the information reference table 45 and there is no matching name, the process branches to step 67, and the received data stored in the received data storage means 42 is passed through the output switching means 46. The received data is outputted to the received data printing means 47 and printed, and the process ends. If there is a matching name, the process advances to step 66 and the additional information reference means 44
outputs the comparison result indicating that they match to the output switching means 46, and the output switching means 46 converts the output light of the received data outputted from the received data storage means 42 to the received data transmitting means 48.
Switch so that it is output to . By switching the output light to the received data transmitting means, the received data storage means 4
The received data outputted from 2 is sent to the received data transmitting means 48 via the output switching means 46. The received data transmitting means 48 transmits the received data to the additional information reference table 4.
Send the received data to the destination fax number registered in step 5.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the facsimile system of the present invention, and 71 is a transmitter that reads and converts originals such as documents and drawings, adds additional information such as an address to image data, and transmits the data. , 72, which corresponds to the transmitting device shown in FIG. 1, is a transmitting/receiving device, which has the configuration shown in the block diagram shown in FIG. It reads, processes, and sends the received data to a registered fax number. 73 is a receiving device that receives data sent from the transmitting/receiving device 72 via a communication line, and 74 is a printing device that converts the data received by the receiving device 73 into a document or drawing and prints it.

To explain the related operations of the components of the facsimile system configured in this way, the transmitting device 71 reads originals such as documents and drawings and converts them into image data, and adds additional information such as an addressee to the converted image data. Send.

The transmitted data is received by the transmitting/receiving device 72 via the communication line. The transmitting/receiving device 72 reads the additional information from the received data, and if there is any information that matches the internal additional information reference table 45, the received data is transmitted to the facsimile number registered in the additional information reference table 45. Data transmitted from the transmitting/receiving device 72 is received by the receiving device 73 and output to the printing device 74. The printing device 74 prints out the sent received data.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by providing means for reading the additional information added to the transmitted data and referring to the read additional information and the internal additional information reference table 45, the transmitted data can be transmitted. Incoming data can be automatically sent to other locations.

In the embodiment, the additional information reference table 45 is composed of a name and a corresponding fax number of the destination, but a predetermined identification code may be used instead of the name.

Further, in the embodiment, the additional information read from the received data consists of one set of names and the corresponding destination's fax number, but the additional information consists of multiple sets of names and the corresponding destination's fax number. When the information consists of fax numbers, if the additional information reference means 44 matches multiple sets of reference information stored in the additional information reference table 45, the received data is transmitted for each fax number that matches and corresponds to the name. It goes without saying that each received data is transmitted by means 48.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the facsimile system of the present invention includes a transmitting device that adds address information to data and sends it, detects information that needs to be transferred from address information added to received data, By being equipped with a transmitting/receiving device that automatically forwards faxes, even if there is no address page at the beginning of the fax sent, the receiver can see the address information added to each page and identify who has received the fax. You can easily determine whether it is a fax or not. In addition, by detecting the address information added to a predetermined position with the facsimile machine, the facsimile machine can automatically classify faxes by addressee, or if you register the name and fax number you want to send in advance. If the fax user's location moves or changes, you can quickly send a fax to the user's destination or desired destination without any human intervention. The practical effects are extremely large.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a transmitting section of a facsimile system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of transmission data of the same embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a diagram of receiving and printing the transmission data of the same embodiment. A perspective view of recording paper; FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a receiving section of a facsimile system in another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the same embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the facsimile system of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional facsimile apparatus. 12...Address information storage means, 13...Addition means, 14...Transmission means, 41...Data reception means, 43...Additional information reading means, 44...Additional information reference means, 45 ...Additional information reference table,
48... Received data transmitting means. Name of agent: Patent attorney Akira Okaji and two others Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A transmitting device that adds address information to each page and transmits the data; Additional information reading means that reads out the address information from the received data; Address information of the received data to which the received data should be transferred. an additional information reference table in which are stored; address information read by the additional information reading means;
additional information reference means for comparing address information to be transferred in the additional information reference table; and a received data transmitting device for transmitting the received data according to an output of the additional information reference means, the additional information reference means When detecting a predetermined match between the output of the additional information reading means and the information in the additional information reference table, the receiving data transmitting device outputs the address information to be transferred, and the receiving data transmitting device outputs the address information to be transferred. A facsimile system that transmits the received data according to address information. (2) The facsimile system according to claim 1, further comprising means for rewriting address information to be transferred in the additional information reference table. (3) A facsimile machine comprising the transmitting device according to claim 1. (4) A facsimile machine having a printing device that receives transmission data from the transmission device according to claim 1 and prints address information on each page.