JPH07321969A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To release a user from executing troublesome operation, and to improve the operability by reading data out of a portable type recording medium only at the time of the matching of identification information. CONSTITUTION:A portable recording medium (floppy) 3 is inserted into a reader 2, then, a registration selection key 8 is depressed. By this operation, a control part 11 controls the reader 2, and reads only the identification number of the user among data stored in the floppy 3. Next, a discriminating means 10 operates, and it is discriminated whether the read identification number is the identification number registered in a non-volatile recording medium (ROM) 9 or not. Then, in the case of the identification number registered in the ROM 9, the control part 11 controls the reader 2, and reads all or a part of common data and the proper data of an idividual among the data stored in the floppy 3, and stores them in a recording medium 6. The user selects the desired data and executes communication with a desired opposite party by operating the ten key pad of a keyboard 7 similarly to a conventional system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improving the operation of a facsimile machine.

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional facsimile apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a facsimile device, 2a is a reading device, 3a is a floppy disk, 4 is a magnetic card reading device, 5 is a magnetic card, 6 is a storage medium, 7 is a keyboard, and 10 is a discriminating means. The same symbols represent the same objects throughout the drawings. Recently, a large number of facsimile machines have been used, and various measures have been taken to efficiently operate the facsimile machines. For example, when a large number of facsimile machines are installed in one business office and a large number of people use them together, the speed dial numbers of frequently used communication partners, sender print data, etc. are registered as the device common data A. The data is stored in the storage medium 6 which is always provided in the device, and the user normally operates the keyboard 7 attached to the device to select desired data from the device common data A to perform communication. The device common data A is normally stored in the floppy disk 3a, and is automatically read by driving the reading device 2a when the power of the facsimile device 1 is turned on, and stored in the storage medium 6 for the convenience of the user. . A RAM or the like is usually used as the storage medium 6. On the other hand, in order to manage the operation of the facsimile machine,
There is also an idea of limiting the use of the user of the facsimile machine. This is because all the users of a certain facsimile machine are given the magnetic card 5 in which the identification number of the user is written in advance and placed.
When the user uses the facsimile device 1,
The magnetic card 5 of its own is inserted into the attached magnetic card reader 4. The facsimile device 1 reads the contents of the inserted magnetic card 5 from the magnetic card reading device 4 and checks by the discriminating means 10 whether or not the identification number written on the magnetic card 5 is a previously registered identification number. Only when it is confirmed that it is the registered identification number, the facsimile device 1 is made operable, and when it is not the designated user, the facsimile device 1 is made inoperable. By providing such a limitation, it is possible to level the frequency of use of each facsimile machine 1 and perform individual management such as expense management.

However, the conventional facsimile apparatus merely determines whether or not to operate the facsimile apparatus by simply reading the contents of the magnetic card. That is, when using a facsimile machine, the user must insert the magnetic card, collate the images, and then perform the facsimile communication to fetch the image information into the facsimile machine. It is troublesome to take the data into the facsimile device. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device capable of improving operability.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores a portable storage medium for holding data, a reading unit for reading the portable storage medium, and user identification information. The storage unit and the collation unit that collates the identification information stored in the storage unit with the user before the reading unit reads the data, and the collation unit matches the user with the identification information. Only at this time, there is provided a control means for reading data from the portable storage medium.

According to the present invention, the data stored in the portable storage medium can be read out only when it is determined that the user and the identification information of the storage means in the device match as a result of the above-mentioned configuration.

2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 8 is a registration selection key, 9 is a non-volatile storage medium, and 11 is a control unit. According to the present invention, the portable storage medium 3 (floppy, magnetic card,
An IC card or the like, which will be represented by a floppy disk hereinafter), and the floppy disk 3 has a user identification number and device common data A stored in advance, and the floppy disk 3 is handed to each user in this state. In addition to the device common data A written on the floppy 3, data B unique to the user is entered and stored. In this case, a part of the device common data A may be deleted and the unique data B may be entered and stored. Therefore, in the floppy 3, (a) the user identification number,
(B) All or part of the device common data A and individual unique data B are recorded. In the present invention, the identification number of the user is stored in the non-volatile storage medium (ROM) 9, and the registration selection key 8 is added to the function keys of the conventional keyboard 7. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1. First, the floppy 3 is inserted into the reader 2. 2. Next, the registration selection key 8 is pressed. By this operation, the control unit 11 controls the reading device 2 to read only (a) the identification number of the user from the data stored in the floppy 3. 3. Next, the determination means 10 operates to determine whether the read identification number is the identification number registered in the ROM 9. However, if the identification number is not registered in the ROM 9, the control unit 11 disables the facsimile device 1 thereafter. Therefore, the user cannot use the user. However, if it is the identification number registered in the ROM 9 and if it is the identification number, the control unit 11 controls the reading device 2 and all or part of the common data among the data stored in the floppy 3 and The unique data B of the individual is read and stored in the storage medium 6. 4. As in the conventional method, the user operates the ten keys on the keyboard 7 to select desired data from the common data and the individual unique data B to communicate with the desired partner. In this way, the contents of the storage medium 6 are updated and used every time the user changes.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the data is read from the storage medium only when the identification information matches, so that the user does not have to perform a troublesome operation and the usability is improved. It provides a good facsimile machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile device 2 Reader 2a Reader 3 Portable storage medium 3a Floppy disk 4 Magnetic card reader 5 Magnetic card 6 Storage medium 7 Keyboard 8 Registration selection key 9 Nonvolatile storage medium 10 Discrimination means 11 Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portable storage medium for holding data, a reading means for reading the portable storage medium, a storage means for storing identification information of a user, and the storage means before the reading means reads the data. The collating means for collating the identification information stored in the means with the user, and the control means for reading the data from the portable storage medium only when the user and the identification information match with each other by the collating means. Facsimile machine.