JPH06233021A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Object] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine for overseas use, and allows a third party (a person in each country) to check all wording from various angles without operating the facsimile machine. The purpose is to be able to. [Structure] ROM 2 or RAM 3 for storing a plurality of languages
And a plotter 5 or an operation port 4 capable of printing or displaying a predetermined character string, and a CPU 1 for controlling these, and the CPU 1 prints out the predetermined character string to the plotter 5 or the operation port 4. Alternatively, when displaying, a character string in a plurality of stored languages is printed out or displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine exported to a foreign country.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus exported to a foreign country, it is necessary to support a language used in the country as a language for providing information necessary for operation. Specifically, it is necessary to provide information to an operator or the like by printing out or displaying information necessary for operation as a character string (hereinafter also referred to as wording) in a language used in the country.

Further, when the facsimile apparatus is exported to a large number of countries, there are various kinds of languages, but when developing a language for overseas, "English" is the basis. A third party (people in each country) based on this "English"
However, it is the conventional general method to translate it into the language of the country.

[0004]

However, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, in practice, the above-mentioned third party may misinterpret the meaning or make a mistake in spelling or a special code. There are many, and in order to check the correctness of the translation, it is necessary to actually perform various operations and actually see the wording on the report / display. In addition, there are some wordings that do not appear unless complicated operations are performed, and it is almost impossible for a third party to check all the wordings, which makes the wording check a very troublesome task. was there.

Therefore, the present invention enables a third party to check all wording from various angles without operating a facsimile machine, that is, a convenient tool (debugging function) for that purpose. ) Is an issue.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In order to solve the above problems, a storage unit that stores a plurality of languages, a print output / display unit that can print out or display a predetermined character string, and a control unit that controls the print output / display unit. When the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string, the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the character strings in a plurality of languages stored in the storage means. It is characterized by that.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 2 is a storage means for storing a plurality of languages, a printout / display means capable of printing out or displaying a predetermined character string, and The print output / display means includes a control means for controlling the print output / display means, and a language selection means for selecting a predetermined language from languages stored in the storage means. When the character string is printed out or displayed, it is characterized in that the character string is printed out or displayed only in the language selected by the language selecting means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 3 further comprises a language selection means for selecting a predetermined language from the languages stored in the storage means, in addition to the structure of claim 1, When the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string, the print output is made such that the type of each language to be printed out or displayed is clearly indicated by the language selected by the language selecting means. Alternatively, it is displayed.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in order to solve the above problems, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, a language selecting means for selecting a predetermined language from the languages stored in the storage means is provided, and When the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string, the character string of the language selected by the language selecting means of the print output / displayed character string is given a predetermined mark. Is added,
It is characterized by being printed out or displayed.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the print output / display means prints or displays a predetermined character string, the print output or display is performed by using the character strings of a plurality of languages stored in the storage means. To do. Therefore, when performing a wording check, the printout or display list
It becomes possible to check while comparing with the wording of the base language and prevent mistranslation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the print output / display means prints out or displays a predetermined character string, it is printed out or displayed only by the character string of the language selected by the language selecting means. Therefore, it is possible to check spelling mistakes and special character code mistakes by the printout or display list. According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the operation of claim 1, when the print output / display means prints out or displays a predetermined character string, the type of each language to be printed out or displayed is selected by the language selecting means. Printed or displayed, as specified by the language specified. Therefore, the checker can easily find the wording of the language used for the check.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the first aspect, when the print output / display means prints out or displays a predetermined character string, the language selection of the character string to be printed out / displayed is performed. The printout or display is performed so that a predetermined mark is added to the character string of the language selected by the means. Therefore, the checker can easily find the wording of the language used for the check.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. First, the basic configuration of the facsimile will be described.

In FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment executes a main control program to control the entire system by a CPU (Central Processing).
gUnit) 1, RO that stores each main control program, etc.
M (Read Only Memory) 2, RAM (Random Acce) for storing image data and various data
ss Memory) 3, an operation port 4 including a key operation input unit and a display unit such as a liquid crystal, a plotter 5 for printing out a received image and various information, a scanner 6 for reading a transmission original, a DCR (for encoding / decoding transmission / reception data). Encoding / decoding device) 7, modem (modulation / demodulation device) 8, NCU
A (network controller) 9 and a bus 10 are provided.

Here, a case will be described in which the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. The ROM 2 or RAM 3 constitutes a storage means for storing a plurality of languages. The plotter 5 or the operation port 4 constitutes print output / display means, and can print out or display a predetermined character string (wording). The CPU 1 constitutes a control means for controlling the print output / display means. Then, when the CPU 1 as the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string,
A character string of a plurality of languages (all languages in this example) among the languages stored in the storage means is printed out or displayed.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, an example in which a wording list is printed out will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that FIG. 2 shows the print output flow, and S _{1 to} S _{7 in the} figure show steps of the flowchart. FIG. 3 shows a table of each address indicating each wording, in which a start address and an end address are assigned. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a printout example of a list of the wording list.

At S ₁ in FIG. 2, an offset x indicating what number is referred to from the start address is initialized, and S _{2 is set.}
Then, calculate the address that should be currently referred to. If the address is equal to or greater than the end address in S ₃ , the process ends. If it is less than the end address, the process advances to S ₄ to load the character information into the character buffer. Next, in S ₅ , the character buffer is expanded into the line buffer, in S ₆ , the list is printed, and in S ₇ , the offset x is incremented,
Return to S ₂ again.

As described above, in this example, the wording of a plurality of supported languages can be made into a list and can be printed out using the plotter 5 of the own machine. It is possible to check while making comparisons, prevent mistranslation, and easily check wording without operating the facsimile device.

Next, an example of displaying a wording list will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 5 and 6. In addition,
FIG. 3 shows a table of each address indicating each wording as described above, and the start address and the end address are assigned. FIG. 5 shows a display flow of the wording list, and P _{1 to} P _{11 in the} drawing show respective steps of the flowchart. FIG. 6 is an image display example of the wording list.

At P ₁ of FIG. 5, the number n of languages currently supported by the device is set, and at P ₂ , an offset x indicating which number from the start address is referred to is initialized. Next, at P _3, waits for a key input (display command), if there is key input (and a facsimile apparatus internal control code), erases all the screen of the display unit proceeds to P _4. Then, in P ₅ , the address to be currently referred to is calculated, and P ₆
Then, if that address is greater than or equal to the end address,
If it is less than, and if it is less than, proceed to P ₇ , load the character information into the display buffer, and display at P ₈ . Then, at P _9, determined by calculation now display language, (if not display all the national language of that is, one wording) remainder is not 0, at P _11, and increments the offset x, P5 Return to. On the other hand, if the remainder is 0 at P ₉ (if all national languages of one word are displayed), proceed to P ₁₀ to increment the offset,
Return to P ₃ . By doing so, the display is held until the next key input.

As described above, in this example, since the wording of a plurality of supported languages can be displayed on the display unit, the plotter cannot be used and the wording list cannot be output. Even if
The display can be checked while comparing it with the wording of the base language, mistranslation can be prevented, and the wording can be checked without operating the facsimile device.

The above-mentioned facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 is claimed in claim 2.
A case of a facsimile apparatus according to the described invention will be described. The ROM 2 or RAM 3 of FIG. 1 constitutes a storage means for storing a plurality of languages, and the plotter 5 or the operation port 4 constitutes a print output / display means capable of printing out or displaying a predetermined character string. CPU1
Is a control means for controlling the print output / display means,
Further, it also serves as a language selection means for selecting a predetermined language from the languages stored in the storage means. When the print output / display means prints or displays the predetermined character string, the CPU 1 as the control means prints or displays only the character string of the language selected by the language selecting means.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 5, and 7 to 9. First, an example in which a wording list is printed out will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 7, and 8. 2 shows the print output flow, and FIG. 7 shows
It is a table of each address showing each wording for each language, and the head address and the end address of each table are switched by the CPU 1 as a language selecting means. FIG. 8 is an image diagram of a list of printed wording lists.

The wording printout flow (FIG. 2) of this embodiment is almost the same as that explained in the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention, and therefore its explanation is omitted here. In addition, in this example, the wording of only the language currently selected and set in the device can be made into a list and output using the plotter of the own machine. Or you can check the mistake of special character code,
It is possible to easily check the wording without operating the facsimile device.

Next, an example of displaying a wording list will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 7, and 9. In addition,
FIG. 5 shows the display flow of the wording list as described above. FIG. 7 is a table of each address indicating each wording for each language as described above, and the start address and end address of each table are switched by the language selecting means. FIG. 9 is an image diagram of a wording list display.

The wording list display flow of this embodiment (FIG. 5) is almost the same as that explained in the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, and therefore its explanation is omitted here. Also, in this example, the wording only for the language currently selected and set on the device is displayed using the display unit, so even if the plotter cannot be used and the list of wording cannot be output, the spelling error will occur. Or
It is possible to check the mistake of the special character code and easily check the wording without operating the facsimile device.

The above-mentioned facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.
A case of a facsimile apparatus according to the described invention will be described. In this example, the following configuration is added to the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention described in claim 1. The CPU 1 of FIG. 1 also serves as a language selection unit that selects a predetermined language from the languages stored in the storage unit, and the CPU 1 as the control unit causes the print output / display unit to display the predetermined character string. In the case of print-out or display, the print-out or display is performed so that the type of each language to be printed-out or displayed is clearly indicated by the language selected by the language selecting means.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 10 to 12. As described above, FIG. 3 is a table of each address indicating each wording, and the start address and the end address are assigned. FIG. 10 shows a wording print output flow, and T _{1 to} T _{10 in the} figure show respective steps of the flowchart. FIG. 11 is a wording table of each language indicating "-word". FIG. 12 is an image diagram of a list of the wording list.

At T ₁ of FIG. 10, the number n of languages currently supported by the device is set, and at T ₂ , an offset x indicating which number from the start address is referred to is initialized. In then T _3, to calculate the address to be referred to the current, at T _4, if the address is equal to or greater than the end address, and the end, if less than, in T _5, to calculate the language you are trying to currently loaded , T ₆ in that language
The wording in the currently set language of is loaded into the character buffer, the character information is similarly loaded at T ₇ , and is expanded into the line buffer at T ₈ . Next, at T ₉ , printing or the like is performed, at T ₁₀ , the offset x is incremented, and the process returns to T ₃ . In this example, an example of printing out the wording list has been described, but it goes without saying that the wording list may be displayed.

As described above, in this example, when printing or displaying the wording of a plurality of languages, the number of words for each word is displayed in the currently set language. Since it is printed / displayed, the checker can easily find the wording of the language he / she wants to check. The above-mentioned facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.
A case of a facsimile apparatus according to the described invention will be described. In this example, the following configuration is added to the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention described in claim 1.

The CPU 1 of FIG. 1 also serves as a language selection means for selecting a predetermined language from the languages stored in the storage means, and the CPU 1 as the control means uses the predetermined character string in the print output / display means. When printing or displaying, the printout or display is performed so that a predetermined mark is added to the character string of the language selected by the language selecting means among the character strings to be printed / displayed. .

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 13 and 14. As described above, FIG. 3 is a table of each address indicating each wording, and the start address and the end address are assigned. FIG. 13 is a printout flow of the wording list, and K _{1 to} K _{10 in the} figure show steps of the flowchart. FIG. 14 is an image diagram of a list of wording lists.

K in FIG.₁ And now the device supports
Set the number n of languages₂ From the start address
Initialize the offset x to refer to
It Then K₃ Then calculate the address that should be referred to now,
K_Four And if the address is greater than or equal to the end address, end
And if less than, K_Five And is currently trying to load
Compare the wording language with the currently set language
And if they match, K₆ And the mark (* in this example) is the character
Buffer, and nothing if no match.
Without K₇ Proceed to step 6 to display the character information.
Set on Fa, K ₈ Expand to the line buffer with₉ 
Then, print it. Then K_TenThen, set the offset x
Increment and K₃ Return to.

As described above, in this example, when printing / displaying the wording of a plurality of languages, a mark (for example, “*”) is added to the wording of the language currently selected and set in the device. The checkers can easily find the wording for the language they want to check.

[0035]

According to the present invention, it is possible for a third party (a person in each country) to check a mistranslation of wording, a misspelling or a mistake of a special character code without operating a facsimile machine. Therefore, the wording check can be easily performed from various angles.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a wording printout flow of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a table configuration of each address indicating each wording of a plurality of languages supported by the table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a printed output of the wording list.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the wording display flow.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the wording list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a table configuration of each address indicating each wording of a supported language in an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a printout example of a wording list in each language.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of the wording list.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a wording printout flow in one embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a table structure of wording of each supported language.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a printout example of the wording list.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a printout flow of wording in an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 4;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a printout example of the wording list.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Operation Port 5 Plotter 6 Scanner 7 DCR 8 Modem 9 NCU 10 Bus

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing a plurality of languages, print output / display means capable of printing or displaying a predetermined character string, and control means for controlling the print output / display means. When the control unit causes the print output / display unit to print out or display the predetermined character string, it is possible to print out or display the character string in a plurality of languages among the languages stored in the storage unit. Characteristic facsimile machine. 2. Storage means for storing a plurality of languages, print output / display means capable of printing out or displaying a predetermined character string, control means for controlling the print output / display means, and storage. A language selecting means for selecting a predetermined language from among the languages stored in the means, wherein when the control means causes the print output / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string, the language selecting means Facsimile apparatus which prints out or displays only a character string of a language selected by. 3. A language selecting means for selecting a predetermined language from among languages stored in said storage means is provided, and said control means causes print output / display means to print out or display said predetermined character string. In this case, the facsimile device according to claim 1, wherein the type of each language to be printed out or displayed is printed out or displayed so as to be clearly indicated by the language selected by the language selecting means. 4. A language selecting means for selecting a predetermined language from languages stored in the storage means is provided, and the control means causes the printout / display means to print out or display the predetermined character string. In this case, the printout or display is performed so that a predetermined mark is added to the character string of the language selected by the language selecting means among the character strings to be printed / displayed. Fax machine.