JPH06334768A - Facsimile connection unit - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Object] The present invention enables a facsimile device to transmit an operation signal in a facsimile connection unit connected to a facsimile device and an image processing device.
The purpose is to improve operability. [Structure] G3 equipped with NCU for transmitting various operation signals
In the facsimile connection unit 201 directly connected to the communication line of the facsimile apparatus 131 and connected to the image processing apparatus, the NCU of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131 is connected.
Subscriber line I / F circuit 202 for receiving an operation signal from
And a subscriber line I / F circuit 202 that transmits a control signal to the image processing device based on an operation signal received by the subscriber line I / F circuit 202.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile connection unit, and more particularly to a facsimile connection unit connected to a facsimile device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a facsimile connection unit which enables a facsimile machine to be used as an input / output device for inputting an image to an image processing apparatus or outputting an image from the image processing apparatus. 7285
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 9. This is because the facsimile connection unit has an interface for connecting to a LAN in addition to an interface for connecting to a public line, and a scanner of a facsimile machine is used as an image input device.
The plotter is used as an image output device to input and output image information.

[0003]

However, in the conventional facsimile connection unit, the image information read by the scanner of the facsimile apparatus is recorded in which storage medium, or the image information recorded in which storage medium is recorded. Since the image processing device side is configured to specify whether to output by the plotter of the facsimile device, the image information read by the facsimile device connected and arranged apart from the image processing device is stored in the image processing device. When the image information recorded or recorded on the storage medium is output by the plotter of the facsimile apparatus, it is necessary to specify it from the image processing apparatus side, and there is a problem that operability is deteriorated.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the facsimile machine side can control, for example, which storage medium outputs the image information recorded, or which storage medium the image information is recorded. , And to improve the operability of inputting and outputting image information.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a facsimile connection unit directly connected to a communication line of a facsimile apparatus provided with a transmitting means for transmitting various operation signals and connected to an image processing apparatus, an operation from the transmitting means of the facsimile apparatus is performed. It is characterized by comprising an operation signal receiving means for receiving a signal and a control signal transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to the image processing apparatus based on the operation signal received by the operation signal receiving means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, when the image processing apparatus has a plurality of image information storage means for storing image information, the facsimile apparatus Storage means selection means for selecting the image information storage means according to the operation signal transmitted from the transmission means, and the control signal transmission means selects the storage means selected by the storage medium selection means. A control signal for performing the control is transmitted to the image information processing device.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 3 provides image information from the image processing device in accordance with an operation signal from the transmitting means of the facsimile device, in addition to the configuration according to claim 1. Image information extracting means for extracting the image information, and print command signal transmitting means for transmitting a print command signal for printing out the image information extracted by the image information extracting means by the printing means of the facsimile device to the facsimile device. Is characterized by.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in the facsimile connection unit directly connected to the communication line of the facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting various operation signals and connected to the image processing apparatus, the operation signal from the facsimile apparatus is transmitted. In response, the control signal is transmitted to the image processing device. Therefore, for example, the image information input from the facsimile device can be stored in the image processing device according to the operation from the facsimile device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an arbitrary storage medium is selected from among a plurality of storage media according to the operation signal transmitted from the facsimile apparatus. Therefore, the image information read by the facsimile device can be stored in an arbitrary storage medium from among a plurality of storage media according to an operation from the facsimile device, for example. According to the third aspect of the invention, the image information is taken out from the image processing apparatus to the facsimile apparatus in response to the operation signal from the facsimile apparatus, and is output by the printing means of the facsimile apparatus. Therefore, the image information stored in the storage medium of the image processing apparatus can be taken out and printed out from the facsimile apparatus side.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile connection unit according to the present invention, and shows an example when applied to a multimedia terminal. 2 is a block diagram showing an example in which a G3 facsimile apparatus and an image processing apparatus are connected to the facsimile connection unit according to the present invention.

First, the structure will be described. In FIG. 1, a multimedia terminal configuration 101 includes a CPU (Central Proc
essing unit) 102, ROM (Read Only Memory) 1
03, RAM (Random Access Memory) 104, DMA
Controller (Direct Access Memory Controller) 1
05, handset 106, voice CODEC 107, S
CI 108, subscriber line I / F (Interface) circuit 10
9, modem 110, document memory 111, VIDEO camera 112, TV monitor 113, moving image CODEC 11
4, LCD (Liquid Cristal Device) 115, touch pen 116, VRAM (Video Random AccessMemory) 1
17, LCD / TP controller (Liquid Cristal Dev)
ice / TouchPanel controller) 118, graphic controller 119, CODEC (Coder / Decoder) 1
20, communication control unit 121, INT controller 122,
It is composed of a timer 123, a system bus 124, a G3 facsimile apparatus 131 and the like.

The ROM 103 is a multimedia terminal 10
Various programs and data for driving 1 are stored. The CPU 102 can control the functions of the multimedia terminal 101 based on various programs and data stored in the ROM 103. The DMA controller 105 enables direct memory access. The handset 106 has a built-in microphone and a speaker and is used by an operator for communication with a communication partner. Voice CODEC (voice information compression /
The reproducing unit) 107 converts an audio signal into a digital signal by a known method and vice versa in order to transmit communication audio. Subscriber line I / F circuit 110
Has a subscriber line circuit and is a G3 facsimile apparatus 131.
It has a function to detect off-hook from. The document memory 111 stores image information of a document. The VIDEO camera 112 captures a person image and an indoor landscape. The TV monitor 113 displays a captured image of the VIDEO camera 112 of its own device or a communication partner device. The moving image CODEC (VIDEO information compressing / reproducing unit) 114 converts an image signal into a digital signal by a known method and executes an inverse conversion thereof in order to transmit a captured image of the VIDEO camera 112.
The LCD / TP controller 118 controls the LCD 115, the touch pen 116, and the VRAM 117. The graphic controller 119 is a VRAM1.
17 is controlled. CODEC (Image information compression /
The reproduction unit) 120 converts image information into a digital signal by a known method and executes its inverse conversion. The communication control unit 121 including the NCU (network control unit)
It enables communication through SDN.

Further, in FIG. 2, the facsimile connection unit configuration 201 is composed of a subscriber line I / F circuit 202, a modem 203, a voice CODEC 204, a SW 205, a communication control section 206, a G3 facsimile 131 and the like. The subscriber line I / F circuit 202 is connected to the communication line of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131. Data transmission / reception between the G3 facsimile apparatus 131 and another apparatus is performed via the subscriber line I / F circuit 202. The modem 203 is a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Fr).
It has an (equency) receiver and a DP (Dial Pulse) receiver, and modulates and demodulates image information together with transmission control for facsimile communication. The voice CODEC 204 is
It converts an analog facsimile signal into a 64 kbps facsimile signal and vice versa. The SW 205 switches and connects the subscriber line I / F circuit 202 to the modem 203 or the voice CODEC 204.

Further, in FIG. 3, the G3 facsimile apparatus 131 includes a CPU 132, a ROM 133, and a RAM 1.
34, operation port 135, scanner 136, plotter 1
37, DCR 138, modem 139, NCU 140, system bus 141 and the like. ROM1
33 stores various programs and data for driving the G3 facsimile apparatus 131. CP
The U 132 can control the function of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131 based on various programs and data stored in the ROM 133. The operation port 135 has operation keys for instructing various operations, and various operations can be executed by using the operation keys.
The scanner 136 can read a document. The plotter 137 can record the received image information on recording paper.

Here, a case will be described below in which the above-mentioned facsimile connection unit 201 is an example of the facsimile connection unit according to the invention described in claims 1, 2 and 3. In this embodiment, the G3 facsimile machine 131
In, the NCU 140 constitutes the transmission means of the present application,
Sends various operation signals. Further, in the facsimile connection unit 201, it is directly connected to the communication line of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131 and also connected to the image processing apparatus. The subscriber line I / F circuit 202 constitutes the operation signal receiving means of the present application, and receives the operation signal from the transmitting means of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131. Further, the subscriber line I / F circuit 202 constitutes the control signal transmitting means of the present application, and transmits the control signal to the image processing device based on the operation signal received by the operation signal receiving means.

When the image processing apparatus has a plurality of image information storage means for storing image information, the subscriber line I / F
The circuit 202 constitutes the storage medium selection means of the present application, and selects the image information storage means according to the operation signal transmitted from the transmission means of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131. The control signal transmission means transmits a control signal for selecting the storage means selected by the storage medium selection means to the image information processing apparatus. Further, the subscriber line I / F circuit 202 constitutes the image information extracting means of the present application, and the G3
Image information is taken out from the image processing device in response to an operation signal from the transmitting means of the facsimile device 131. Furthermore, the subscriber line I / F circuit 202 constitutes the print command signal transmitting means of the present application, and the image information extracted by the image information extracting means is printed out by the printing means of the G3 facsimile apparatus 131. The command signal is transmitted to the G3 facsimile apparatus 131.

Next, FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG.
The operation will be described with reference to. In addition, S₁₁~ S₁₄, S_{twenty one}
~ S₂₆, And T₁₁~ T₁₆And T_{twenty one}~ T_{twenty four} Is flow
Each step of the chart is shown. First, G3 fax
From the facsimile machine 131 to the facsimile connection unit 201
G3 fax machine to send image information through
Position 131 is S in FIG.₁₁The original was set in
Is detected, and S₁₂I went off hook with
Subscriber line I / F circuit 2 of Axsimile connection unit 201
If 02 detects, T ₁₂Move on to. Subscriber line I / F circuit 2
02 detects off-hook, then G3 facsimile
The device 131 is S₁₃To the dial signal,
Send image information to RAM104 of multimedia terminal
Send the special number dial "3" to specify that you want to do it. Next
To T₁₂Then, the subscriber of the facsimile connection unit 201
The line I / F circuit 202 enables the G3 facsimile apparatus 131.
After receiving the dial signal from₁₃Moved to
Then, CNG is transmitted. Thereby, S₁₄Then, G3
The X-millimeter device 131 is made to start data transmission. G3
Data transmission from the accumulator device 131 is started.
For example, the facsimile connection unit 202 is₁₄So day
Data reception starts. Then, the flow is T₁₅Transfer to
Demodulate the received data, and₁₆From the fax machine
The operation is stored in the selected memory and the process is completed.
Finish.

Further, in order to fetch image information into the G3 facsimile apparatus through the facsimile connection unit,
G3 facsimile apparatus 131 in S ₂₁ of FIG. 5, is off-hook. Then, in S _22, as a facsimile connection unit 202 to the dial signal, for example, to place a special number dialing "# 1" which specifies that for receiving image information of the LCD screen of the multimedia terminal, moves to S _23, on-hook . At T ₂₁ , the facsimile connection unit 202, which receives this dial signal, shifts the flow to T ₂₂ ,
The data on the CD screen can be transferred to the M
It is compressed into R (Modified Read) or the like and temporarily stored in the RAM 104 or the like. Then, at T _23, and it sends a ringing G3 facsimile apparatus 131. If the facsimile apparatus 131 detects ringing in S ₂₄ , the facsimile connection unit 202 determines in T ₂₄ CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) recommendation T.264. Data is transmitted according to the protocol of 30. In S _25, facsimile connection unit 20
The image information transmitted from 2 is received and DMA-transferred. S ₂₆
At, the plotter 137 outputs the received image information.

In this embodiment, S₁₃In RAM
Send a special number dial "3" to specify that information is sent
However, for example, if the multimedia terminal 101
If you have a disk and a floppy disk,
By using the preset special number "4"
Hard disk, also use the special number dial "5"
Image information to a floppy disk.
You can Also, S _{twenty two}Also, the image on the LCD screen
You used a special number dial "# 1" to receive information
However, in order to receive image information from other devices,
Ears can be provided.

As described above, in this embodiment, the subscriber line I /
Since the conventional G3 facsimile apparatus 131 can be connected to the multimedia terminal by providing the F circuit 109, it can be used even in a multimedia terminal that does not have a function of inputting / outputting image information, and the equipment cost can be saved. can do. Further, since the subscriber line I / F 109 has the operation signal receiving means and the storage medium selecting means, the storing means can be selected from the G3 facsimile apparatus 131, and the storing means can be selected according to the application. Therefore, for example, the operability of the operator is improved.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the operation signal transmitted from the G3 facsimile machine can be directly received, the control line for transmitting the operation signal from the G3 facsimile machine to the facsimile connection unit can be omitted. Therefore, the cost can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the storage medium in the image processing apparatus can be selected based on the operation signal transmitted from the G3 facsimile apparatus, the operability of the system can be improved. . According to the third aspect of the invention, since the G3 facsimile apparatus can request the output of data from the storage medium in the image processing apparatus, the operability of the system can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which a facsimile connection unit according to the present invention is applied to a multimedia terminal.

FIG. 2 shows a facsimile connection unit G3 according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment when connected to a facsimile device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the G3 facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of image information recording of the facsimile connection unit shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an image information output flow of the facsimile connection unit shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Image Processing Device 102 CPU 103 ROM 104 RAM 105 DMA Controller 106 Handset 107 Voice CODEC 108 SCI 109 Subscriber Line I / F Circuit 110 Modem 111 Document Memory 112 VIDEO Camera 113 TV Monitor 114 Video CODEC 115 LCD 116 Touch Pen 117 VRAM 118 LCD / TP controller 119 Graphic controller 120 CODEC 121 Communication control unit 122 INT controller 123 Timer 124 System bus 131 G3 Facsimile device 132 CPU 133 ROM 134 RAM 135 Opport 136 Scanner 137 Plotter 138 DCR 139 Modem 140 NCU 141 Systembus 201 Facsimile connection 202 subscriber line I / F circuit 203 modem 204 audio CODEC 205 SW 206 communication control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile connection unit directly connected to a communication line of a facsimile apparatus equipped with transmitting means for transmitting various operation signals and connected to an image processing apparatus, wherein operation signals from the transmitting means of the facsimile apparatus are transmitted. A facsimile connection unit comprising: an operation signal receiving means for receiving; and a control signal transmitting means for transmitting a control signal to the image processing apparatus based on the operation signal received by the operation signal receiving means. 2. When the image processing apparatus has a plurality of image information storage means for storing image information, the image information storage means is selected according to an operation signal transmitted from the transmission means of the facsimile apparatus. The storage medium selection means is provided, and the control signal transmission means transmits a control signal for selecting the storage means selected by the storage medium selection means to the image information processing apparatus. Facsimile connection unit. 3. The image information extracting device for extracting image information from the image processing device in response to an operation signal from the transmitting device of the facsimile device, and the image information extracted by the image information extracting device, 2. The facsimile connection unit according to claim 1, further comprising: a print command signal transmitting unit that transmits a print command signal to be printed out by the printing unit of the apparatus to the facsimile apparatus.