JPH04257159A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily form a cover sheet by storing plural kinds of input information in a short text file and storing plural pieces of sent information in respective tables on a transmission reservation memory. CONSTITUTION:When a short text is inputted on a keyboard 1, this telegraphic message is stored in the short text file 6. An automatic transmission specification part 7 stores a telephone number, transmission time, and a transmission file No. specified on the keyboard 1 in the telephone number memory part, transmission time memory part, and transmission file No. memory part of the transmission reservation memory 8. The specification part 7 is equipped with a cover sheet formation part and when a cover sheet formation request is indicated on the keyboard 1, a screen is placed in a state for selecting the short text in the file 6. Then when the short text is specified on the keyboard 1, the specified short text is copied on the cover sheet memory. Plural short texts are stored, so the formation of the cover sheet is facilitated.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a cover sheet creation function and an automatic transmission function.

0002

[Prior Art] Normally, when sending a manuscript using a facsimile machine, the recipient's name (company name, affiliation, name, etc.), the sender's name (company name, affiliation, name, etc.), and the subject of the message are displayed. A cover sheet containing the information will be attached to the front of the transmitted document. There are also facsimile machines that are equipped with a keyboard, a display, etc., and have the function of creating a cover sheet using keyboard input.

[0003]Furthermore, conventional facsimile machines have been provided with an automatic transmission function for transmitting a document along with cover sheet information to a designated recipient at a designated time. This device stores transmission time, destination, cover sheet information, and transmission document information in advance in a transmission reservation memory, and automatically transmits the information at the designated time. Figure 3 shows
This shows an example of a conventional cover sheet creation screen.
This shows a case where input information is entered from the keyboard while looking at the fixed information area.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, conventional facsimile machines equipped with a cover sheet creation function and an automatic transmission function can only store cover sheet information for a single destination, and the cover sheet information must be rewritten each time it is sent. There is a problem in that even unnecessary contents of the cover sheet need to be entered from the keyboard each time they are sent, resulting in wasted effort. Particularly, for example, when the destination is a different department within the same company and the transmitted image is the same, there are very few parts to rewrite on the cover sheet, resulting in a lot of wasted effort.

[0005] Furthermore, with conventional devices that can only store cover sheet information for a single destination, the next reservation cannot be made until the transmission reservation memory is released, and in this respect, the applications are limited. Ta.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a facsimile machine in which a cover sheet can be easily created and multiple transmission reservations can be made. be.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes an input means, a cover sheet creation section that creates cover sheet information based on predetermined fixed information and input information from the input means. and a facsimile device that sends outgoing document information along with the cover sheet information, comprising: a short text memory that can store a plurality of types of input information from the input means; and a sending file memory that stores outgoing document information. , the destination information input from the input means, the transmission time information input from the input means, the transmission document information sent from the transmission file memory, and the input information sent from the short text memory. A transmission reservation memory that includes multiple tables that can store cover sheet information based on the transmission reservation memory, and a transmission reservation memory that sends cover sheet information to a specified party at a specified time based on the information stored in each table of the transmission reservation memory. Additionally, the present invention is characterized by having an automatic transmission section that transmits transmission document information.

[0008]

[Operation] In the present invention, a plurality of types of input information from input means such as a keyboard are stored in a short text memory. The transmitted document information is, for example, a message input from the keyboard, and is stored in the transmitted file memory. For scheduled transmission, destination information and transmission time information are input from input means such as a keyboard, and transmission document information and cover sheet information to be added thereto are specified. The destination information and transmission time information entered from this input method are
It is stored in one of the tables in the transmission reservation memory together with the transmission document information sent from the transmission file memory and the cover sheet information based on the input information sent from the short text memory. If there is a plurality of reservation transmission information, the information is stored in each table of the transmission reservation memory. The automatic transmission section transmits the transmission document information along with the cover sheet information to the designated recipient at the designated time based on the information in the transmission reservation memory.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed view of section A in FIG.

The facsimile machine of this embodiment includes a keyboard (KB) which is an input means for inputting various information.
1, and a display (CRT) unit 2 that displays input information from the keyboard 1 and the like.

A file creation section 3 is connected to the keyboard 1 via a display unit 2. For example, when a message is input from the keyboard 1, this message is sent to the file creation section 3, and the message is sent to file No. 3. is added and stored in the transmission file memory 4 as transmission document information. In this embodiment, the transmission file memory 4 can store a plurality of pieces of transmission document information (file numbers 001 to n).

A short text creation section 5 is also connected to the keyboard 1 via a display unit 2. For example, when a short text is input from the keyboard 1, this message is stored in the short text file 6. In this embodiment, the short text file 6 can store a plurality of short text information (for example, from a to z). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a short text creation screen, and the underlined part shows the keyboard 1
Input information is input from. Further, the short text can also be created by calling up a ready-made text from the short text file 6 and rewriting the necessary parts.

Further, an automatic transmission designation section 7 is connected to the keyboard 1 via a display unit 2. A transmission reservation memory 8 including a plurality of transmission tables 10 is connected to the automatic transmission designation section 7 . The automatic transmission designation section 7 inputs the telephone number, call time, and transmission file number designated on the keyboard 1. are stored in the telephone number memory section 10a, call time memory section 10b, and transmission file number of the transmission table 10 of the transmission reservation memory 8. The data is stored in the memory unit 10c. The automatic transmission designation section 7 is equipped with a cover sheet creation section 7a, and when an instruction to create a cover sheet is given from the keyboard 1, the screen changes to a state for selecting a short text from the short text file 6. become. FIG. 5 shows the screen when specifying automatic transmission, and FIG. 6 shows the screen when specifying the destination phone number (Number t
o call), time to send
), whether or not a cover sheet is required (Covering sheet)
t (Y/N)), Send mode
) is entered.

[0014] Then, by using the keyboard 1, for example, a
When any one from z to z is specified, the specified short text is copied to the cover sheet memory 10d. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a cover sheet creation screen after copying. It is also possible to change the short text on the cover sheet creation screen after copying.

Furthermore, this embodiment is provided with an automatic transmission section 9 having an automatic transmission activation section 11 and an automatic transmission output section 12. The automatic transmission starting section 11 also uses the clock 1.
1a, monitors the transmission time in the time memory section of the transmission reservation table 8, and notifies the automatic transmission output section 12 that the specified time has arrived. Then, the automatic transmission output unit 12 transmits the cover sheet and transmission document information to the predetermined recipient while referring to the reservation table 10.

As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of types of input information can be stored in the short text file 6, and a plurality of pieces of transmission information can be stored in each table of the transmission reservation memory 8. Having multiple short texts in this way makes it easy to create a cover sheet. Furthermore, since a plurality of pieces of transmission information can be stored, the application is less likely to be limited, unlike conventional devices that can only store transmission information for a single destination when making a file transmission reservation.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the present invention, multiple types of input information can be stored in a short text file, and multiple pieces of transmission information can be stored in each table of the transmission reservation memory, making it easy to create a cover sheet. becomes easier,
Furthermore, there is an advantage that the application is less limited, unlike conventional devices that can only store transmission information for a single destination when making a transmission reservation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of section A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional cover sheet creation screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a short text creation screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen when specifying automatic transmission in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen when information is input while viewing the screen in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a cover sheet creation screen after copying.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Keyboard 2 Display unit 3 File creation department 4 Sending file memory 5 Short text creation section 6 Short text file 7 Automatic transmission specification section 7a　Cover sheet creation department 8 Transmission reservation memory 9 Automatic transmission section 10 Transmission table 10d Cover sheet memory 11 Automatic transmission starting section 12 Automatic transmission output section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means, a cover sheet creation section that creates cover sheet information based on predetermined fixed information and input information from the input means, and includes the cover sheet information in the transmitted document information. A facsimile device that sends information along with the information includes a short text memory that can store multiple types of input information from the input means, a transmission file memory that stores transmission document information, and destination information input from the input means; A plurality of tables are provided that can store transmission time information input from the input means, transmission document information sent from the transmission file memory, and cover sheet information based on the input information sent from the short text memory. an automatic transmission unit that transmits transmission document information along with cover sheet information to a specified recipient at a specified time based on the information stored in the transmission reservation memory and each table of the transmission reservation memory; A facsimile device comprising: