JPH0440068A - facsimile receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the transmission management information of a transmission side facsimile equipment as the daily report list of facsimile reception with an operator by storing a part of a received picture and reproducing the stored received picture as the daily report list of facsimile reception. CONSTITUTION:Area setting means 16-18 are provided to set the arbitrary area of picture information to be received, and received picture storing means 14 and 15 are provided to store the part, which area is set, of the received picture information every time the picture information is received. Then, the picture information stored in the received picture storing means 14 and 15 is recorded and reproduced while successively collecting the information in the order of storing it. Thus, the operator can confirm the transmission management information (such as date and time on the transmission side for example,) of the transmission side facsimile equipment to be transmitted while being added to the picture information as transmission source information as the daily report list of the facsimile reception.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile receiving device that receives image information transmitted from a sending facsimile device, records and reproduces it, and in particular stores a portion of the received image. The present invention relates to a facsimile receiving apparatus capable of reproducing the stored received images as a daily report list of facsimile receptions.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine has received reception management information (for example, the date and time of reception) that is generated at the time of reception on the receiving side so that the operator can later confirm when and from whom the transmission was received. , time, etc.) and printed out in chronological order for each reception unit as a daily report list of facsimile reception as shown in Figure 7 (b). Transmission management information (for example, date and time of transmission, etc.) managed by the sending facsimile device is added to the Teguru image information as sender information as shown in area RM in FIG. 3(b). , were recorded and played back by the receiving facsimile machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional technology, the operator can check the reception management information (for example, the date, time, etc. of the receiver) on the receiver's facsimile machine as a daily facsimile reception list. However, the transmission management information of the sending facsimile machine (for example, the sending date, time, etc.), which is added to the image information as sender information and sent, is recorded and played back as image information each time, so the facsimile There was a problem in that it was not possible to check the received daily report list.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
A facsimile receiving device that allows an operator to check transmission management information of the sending facsimile device (for example, sending date, time 1, etc.), which is added to image information as sender information and sent, as a daily report list of facsimile reception. The purpose is to provide the following.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile receiving device of the present invention is a facsimile receiving device that receives image information transmitted from a facsimile device of the other party, and records and reproduces the received image information. The apparatus includes an area setting means for setting an arbitrary area of image information, and a received image storage means for storing the area-set portion of the received image information each time the image information is received, and the image information is stored in the received image storage means. The apparatus is characterized in that the received image information is sequentially recorded and reproduced in the order in which they are stored in the received image storage means, and the area set by the area setting means is set by the receiving image storage means. This is a facsimile receiving device characterized in that the part of the sender information is received as image information.

[Operation] According to the present invention, by the above-mentioned means, it is possible to store a part of the received image and to reproduce the stored received image as a daily report list of facsimile reception.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS] The facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. 1 is a line control circuit generally known as an NCU, which is connected to a public telephone line. 2 is a calling telephone connected to the line control circuit 1;
A call is made to the receiving station by performing a dial operation. 3
modulates a digitally compressed signal such as image information generated by a facsimile machine into an analog signal and sends it to the receiving station's facsimile machine, or receives an analog signal sent from the transmitting station's hook shim +J and demodulates it into a digitally compressed signal. This is a modem for A transmission control circuit 4 is connected to the modem 3 and is used to control signal transmission between the sending and receiving facsimile machines. Reference numeral 5 denotes an encoding/decoding circuit for encoding a digital focus sequence of image information to be transmitted into a digital compressed signal, or decoding a digital compressed signal demodulated by the modem 3 into a digital bit sequence of image information. 6 is transmission/reception management information generated for each transmission or communication (e.g. date, time,
This is a daily report management control circuit that manages the destination, required time, number of sheets, communication results, etc.), and is connected to a clock circuit 7 that generates clock information necessary for daily report management and a calendar circuit 8 that generates calendar information. Reference numeral 9 denotes a daily report totaling memory that stores and totals transmission/reception management information generated for each communication in chronological order under the control of the daily report management control circuit 6. Reference numeral 10 denotes a scanner for reading a document image to be transmitted, and its drive is controlled by a reading control circuit 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a printer for recording the received image information and the transmission/reception management information managed by the daily report management control circuit 6, and is driven and controlled by the recording control circuit 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes an image memory that stores part or all of the received image or the image information read by the scanner 10, and the area where the image information should be stored and the address where it should be stored are determined by the daily report management control circuit 6. The storage is controlled by the image memory control circuit 15 in relation to the transmission/reception management information managed by the image memory control circuit 15. Reference numeral 16 denotes a main control circuit for controlling each of these control circuits in an integrated manner, and operation commands and information input to this control circuit 16 are input by an operation panel 17 via an operation panel control circuit 18. A detailed explanation of the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be divided into storage area setting processing, transmission processing, reception processing, and daily report printing processing.

(2) Storage area setting process FIG. A transmitted image (hereinafter referred to as a transmitted image) is shown in FIG. 3(a), and a received image (hereinafter referred to as a received image) is shown in FIG.

After selecting the storage area setting process using the operation panel 17, the operator selects whether to set a storage area for transmitted images or a storage area for received images. If the operator selects to set the storage area for the transmitted image, the operator must set the area TM in which the transmitted image is to be stored as shown in FIG.
The distance ILs to the storage start position of M and the distance 12 to the storage end position of area TM are numerically input. distance 11
,ll! When TM is inputted, the main control circuit 16 notifies the image memory control circuit 15 that the area TM to be stored in the transmission image has been set, and the image memory control circuit determines the area TM to be stored in preparation for transmission processing. Distance/1.12 is stored as TM position information.

The setting of this area TM includes a third area so that the operator can easily check what kind of document has been sent later.
As shown in Figure (a), it is desirable to set a project base or title part such as "New Product Announcement" as the area TM. Furthermore, if the format of the transmitted manuscript is fixed (for example, manuscript paper with predetermined ruled lines printed), the troublesomeness of having to set the position information /l, 12 of the area MT every time it is transmitted can be omitted. You can also.

On the other hand, if the operator selects the storage area setting process for the received image, the operator selects the position where the printer 12 starts recording and reproducing in order to set the area RM in which the received image is to be stored as shown in FIG. The distance 1hC from 1 to the storage start position of the area RM (in this embodiment, 11=0 (not shown)) and the distance 12 from the storage end position of the area RM are input numerically. Distance 1. ．． 12 is input, the main control circuit 16 notifies the image memory control circuit 15 that the area TM to store the received image has been set, and the image memory control circuit Distance 1. as position information of area RM. ．． 12 respectively. This area RM is usually set as an image at the beginning of the document image, as shown in <b> in Figure 3, so that the operator can easily confirm when and from whom the transmission was sent later. It is desirable to use the sender information (for example, sender date, sender time, sender, page, etc.) that is sent as a sender information part to set this sender information part as the area RM.

(2) Transmission Process FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a transmission process in which an image of a document is read and facsimile transmission is performed to a predetermined receiving station facsimile machine.

The operator places a document to be transmitted on the scanner 10 and dials the telephone 2 to make a call to a predetermined receiving station. When the line is connected and a facsimile response is received from a predetermined receiving station, the operator issues an instruction to start transmission using the operation panel 17. When the transmission start instruction is given, the main control circuit 16 instructs the daily report management control circuit 6 to create transmission management information, and the daily report management control circuit 6 receives clock information from the clock circuit 7 and calendar information from the calendar circuit 8. Transmission management information (for example, transmission date, transmission time, transmission destination, etc.) is created based on the information, and is stored in the daily report summary memory 9 in chronological order. Next, the main control circuit 16 gives a reading instruction to the reading control circuit 11, and the reading control circuit 11
0 to start reading the transmitted image of the original. The reading control circuit 11 creates page information by reading the transmitted image and counting the number of originals, and notifies the main control circuit 16 if the read original is the first page.

The main control circuit 16 receives this and the image memory control circuit 15
Instruct the person to memorize the transmitted image, and
The encoding/decoding circuit 5 is instructed to encode the read transmission image. The image memory control circuit 15 receives an image storage instruction from the main control circuit, determines whether or not an area TM to be stored is set in advance, and if it is set, a third area TM is stored.
Predetermined area TM of the transmission image of the first page shown in Figure (a)
Start remembering. In response to an encoding instruction from the main control circuit 16, the encoding/decoding circuit 5 starts encoding a transmission image composed of a digital bit string into a digital compressed signal.

Note that if the scanned document is from the second page or later, or if the area TM has not been set in advance, the read transmission image will not be stored and will be sent to the encoding/decoding circuit at the start of the reading operation. 5 is sequentially encoded into a digital compressed signal. The transmitted image encoded into a digital compressed signal is modulated into an analog signal by the modem 3 under the control of the transmission control circuit 4, and is sent out to a public telephone line via the line control circuit 1 and sent to a predetermined receiving station facsimile. sent to the device. The same applies to the case where the transmitted manuscript covers a plurality of pages.

Furthermore, if an error occurs for some reason during transmission, the transmission control circuit 4 stops the transmission at that point and notifies the main control circuit 16 of the occurrence of the transmission error. Main control circuit 1
6 receives the notification and instructs the daily report management control circuit 6 to create transmission management information indicating that a transmission error has occurred, and instructs the recording control circuit 13 to record the transmission result indicating that a transmission error has occurred;
The daily report management control circuit 6 receives the transmission management information creation instruction from the main control circuit and stores the transmission management information (for example, number of sheets to be transmitted, required time, transmission results, etc.) in the daily report total memory 9 in relation to the previously stored transmission management information. ), and the recording control circuit 13 receives a transmission error recording instruction from the main control circuit and drives the printer 12 to immediately record the transmission result indicating that a transmission error has occurred, and ends the transmission process.

On the other hand, if the transmission of the transmission image to the receiving station side is successfully completed without any transmission errors or the like, the daily report management control circuit 6 stores the transmission management information (for example,
Only the number of transmitted sheets, required time, transmission results, etc.) are stored, and the series of transmission processing is completed.

(2) Reception Process FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the reception process for facsimile-receiving a document image transmitted from the facsimile machine on the transmitting station side.

The operator answers the call by hearing the ringing tone from the transmitting station's telephone, and after confirming that the transmitting station is a facsimile machine, issues an instruction to start reception using the operation panel 17. When the reception start instruction is given, the main control circuit 16 instructs the transmission control circuit 4 to control the reception of the facsimile signal transmitted, and instructs the daily report management control circuit 6 to create reception management information. The transmission control circuit 4 demodulates the analog facsimile signal transmitted from the transmitting station side into a digital compressed signal using the modem 3 according to instructions from the main control circuit 16.
In response to an instruction to create reception management information from , the reception management information (for example, reception date, reception time, reception destination, etc.) is created based on the clock information from the clock circuit 7 and the calendar information from the calendar circuit 8. The data is stored in the daily report summary memory 9 in chronological order.

Next, the main control circuit 16 instructs the encoding/decoding circuit 5 to decode the demodulated digital compressed signal, and the encoding/decoding circuit 5 converts the received image demodulated into the digital compressed signal into a digital bit string. Start decryption. When decoding of the received image is started, the main control circuit 16 gives a recording/reproduction instruction to the recording control circuit 13, and the recording control circuit 13 drives the printer 12 to record/reproduce the received image decoded into a digital bit string. Start. The recording control circuit 13 records and reproduces received images, counts the number of received originals, creates page information, and notifies the main control circuit 16 if the received original is the first page. In response, the main control circuit 16 instructs the image memory control circuit 15 to store the received image, and in response to the image storage instruction from the main control circuit, the image memory control circuit 15 preliminarily sets the area RM to be stored. If it is set, storage of a predetermined area RM of the received image of the first page shown in FIG. 3(b) is started.

Note that if the received document is from the second page or later, or if the area RM is not set in advance, the received image will not be stored and will be recorded by driving the printer 12 by the recording control circuit 13. Playback occurs. The same applies if the received manuscript extends to a plurality of pages.

Furthermore, if an error occurs for some reason during reception, the transmission control circuit 4 stops reception at that point and notifies the main control circuit 16 of the occurrence of the reception error. Main control circuit 1
6 receives the notification and instructs the daily report management control circuit 6 to create reception management information indicating that a reception error has occurred, and instructs the recording control circuit 13 to record the reception result indicating that a reception error has occurred;
The daily report management control circuit 6 receives the reception management information creation instruction from the main control circuit and stores the reception management information (for example, number of received sheets, required time, reception results, etc.) in the daily report total memory 9 in relation to the previously stored reception management information. ), and the recording control circuit 13 drives the printer 12 in response to a reception error occurrence recording instruction from the main control circuit to immediately record the reception result indicating that a reception error has occurred, and ends the reception process.

On the other hand, if the facsimile reception from the transmitting station is successfully completed without any reception errors or the like, the daily report management control circuit 6 stores the reception management information (for example, number of received sheets, required time, reception results) in the daily report tally memory 9. , etc.) and completes the series of reception processing.

(2) 0 Daily Report Printing Process FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the daily report printing process for printing out a list of the daily report management information created and stored through the above-mentioned sending process and receiving process in response to an instruction request from the operator.

The operator selects and instructs the facsimile machine to print a daily report using the operation panel 17 in order to confirm the transmission and reception results of facsimile communication. When the daily report printing process is selected, the main control circuit 16 instructs the daily report management control circuit 6 to call up the transmission and reception management information stored in chronological order, and the image memory control circuit 15 [C Image area T
An instruction is given to call up the image information of M and the received image area RM. At this time, if no daily report information is stored in either the transmission/reception management information or the image information in the transmission/reception image area, the daily report printing process is terminated, and a display unit (not shown), for example, is used to print out the daily report without storing the daily report information. The operator will be notified by display.

On the other hand, if daily report information is stored, the operator selects list mode. This list mode includes a list mode (management information list) that prints a list of only transmission and reception management information as shown in FIGS. 7(a) and (b).
List mode (image information list) that prints a list of only the transmit/receive setting area images as shown in Figure 8 (a) and (b)
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9(a), there is a list mode (management/image information list) in which both transmission/reception management information and setting area images are printed as a list.

When the management information list is selected, the daily report management control circuit 6 stores the management information of transmission and reception (for example, the date and time of transmission and reception, the destination,
(required time, number of copies, communication results, etc.) are called up, edited into a predetermined list format, and printed out by the printer 12 as a list as shown in FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) under recording control of the recording control circuit 13. When the image information list is selected, the image memory control circuit 15 calls out the image information of the transmitted and received image areas TM and RM stored in the image memory 14 in chronological order for each communication, and displays the image information in a predetermined list format. The list is edited and printed out by the printer 12 as a list as shown in FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) under the recording control of the recording control circuit 13. Furthermore, when the management/image information list is selected, both the transmission/reception management information and the setting area image are called up, the chronological relationship of each communication unit is checked, and the same communication that was stored independently is checked. The time transmission/reception management information and the setting area image are printed out as a set of daily report information as a list as shown in FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b).

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a part of the received image (for example, the sender information part) can be stored, and the stored received image can be played back as a facsimile reception daily report list. The transmission management information of the sending facsimile machine (for example, the sending date, time,
etc.), it is possible to provide a facsimile receiving device that allows the operator to check the daily report list of facsimile receptions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart of storage area setting processing, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the sending process, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the receiving process, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the daily report printing process, and FIG. 7(a)
8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a list of only transmission management information, (b) is an example of a list of only reception management information, FIG. 8 (a) is an example of a list of only set transmission area images, and (b) is an example of a list of set reception area images FIG. 9(a) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a list of transmission management information and transmission area images, and FIG. 9(b) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a list of reception management information and reception area images. . 1 is a line control circuit, 2 is a telephone, 3 is a modem, 4 is a transmission control circuit, 5 is an encoding/decoding circuit, 6 is a daily report management control circuit, 7 is a clock circuit, 8 is a calendar circuit, 9 is a daily report summary memory , 10 is a scanner, 11 is a reading control circuit, 12 is a printer, 13 is a recording control circuit, 14 is an image memory, 15
1 is an image memory control circuit, and 16 is a main control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A facsimile receiving device that receives image information transmitted from a facsimile device of the other party and records and reproduces the received image information, the facsimile receiving device setting an arbitrary area of the image information to be received. region setting means; and received image storage means for storing the region-set portion of received image information each time the image information is received, and the image information stored in the received image storage means is stored in the received image storage means. A facsimile receiving apparatus characterized in that the facsimile receiving apparatus records and reproduces data in sequence in the order stored in the facsimile receiving apparatus. 2. The facsimile receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the area set by the area setting means is a part of sender information received as image information from the other party's facsimile machine. .