JPS623563A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to expanding the scope of use of the facsimile machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a facsimile machine scans information written on a document using a scanner, modulates the information, and transmits the information using a telephone line or the like. The facsimile machine on the receiving side demodulates the transmitted information into the original signal and records it on paper using a plotter. That is, conventional facsimile machines transmit information by converting information written on paper into electrical signals, and then recording the signals on the paper again.

However, in recent years, devices that process information on an individual basis, such as personal computers and word processors, have become widespread, and there is a demand for information transmission between these information processing devices.

However, most of these information processing devices are not equipped with a communication device, and adding a new communication device requires a significant amount of cost.

Furthermore, a communication device added to a conventional information processing device requires selection of a communication procedure, making it troublesome to transmit information. Furthermore, the communication device added to the conventional information processing device has a high transmission speed of 300 to 4800 bps, and it takes a long time to transmit information.

(Object of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention provides for inexpensive and high-speed information processing by connecting a storage device compatible with the information processing device to the facsimile device, thereby transmitting information from the information processing device using the facsimile device. Its purpose is to transmit device information.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a facsimile device that transmits information via a communication line, in which a storage device compatible with an information processing device such as a personal computer is connected to the facsimile device. , the storage contents of the storage device are transmitted.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on examples.

FIG. 1.2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is applied to a high-speed facsimile according to the so-called G111 standard.

First, the configuration will be explained.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the connection relationship between a facsimile device and a storage device. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a facsimile machine, which includes a console 2, a central processing unit (CPU) 3, a memory 4, a scanner 5, a plotter 6, a communication control unit (CCU) 7, and a network control unit (
NCU) 8. The operation console 2 is a so-called facsimile operation unit, and the operator uses the facsimile machine 1.
This is the part that operates the. The central processing unit 3 controls the scanner 5 and the plotter 6 based on commands from the console 2 and signals from an external line manually input from the communication control device 7, and also controls the scanner 5 and plotter 6 based on commands from the console 2 and signals from an external line manually input from the communication control device 7. control communication with external lines. The scanner 5 reads the original document on which information is recorded, converts it into an electrical signal, and sends it to the profiler 6.
records information sent from an external line on recording paper.

The memory 4 is a so-called Batza memory, which temporarily stores the information read and encoded by the scanner 5, and transmits it to an external line via the communication system exterior W7 and the network control device 8 in accordance with instructions from the central processing unit 3. Further, the memory 4 temporarily stores information sent from an external line via the communication control device 7 and the network control device 8. Communication control device 7 and network control device 8 control communication with external lines.

A floppy disk device (storage device) 1 is connected to this facsimile device 1 via a floppy disk controller 9.
0 is connected, and the floppy disk device 10 is compatible with information processing devices such as personal computers and word processors. The floppy disk controller 9 drives the floppy disk device 10 in response to instructions from the central processing unit 3, and stores and reads information from and to the floppy disk device 10.

Next, the effect will be explained.

When transmitting information stored on a floppy disk using a personal computer, word processor, etc., the floppy disk containing the information is set in the floppy disk device 10, and the operator console 2 instructs the user to transmit the information on the floppy disk. .

In accordance with instructions from the console 2, the central processing unit 3 outputs a read command to the floppy disk controller 9, and the floppy disk controller 9 drives the floppy disk device 10 to read information stored on the floppy disk.

The information read by the floppy disk device 10 is sequentially stored in the memory 4 and transmitted to an external line via the communication system +B device 7 and the network control device 8 according to instructions from the central processing unit 3.

The other party's facsimile machine 1 has the same configuration as the sending side, and is connected to a floppy disk controller 9 and a floppy disk device 10, and stores the transmitted information on a floppy disk stored in the floppy disk device 10. do. That is, the central processing unit 3 on the receiving side stores the information sent from the sending side in the memory 4.
At the same time, a write command is issued to the floppy disk controller 9, and the information stored in the memory 4 is sequentially stored on the floppy disk inserted in the floppy disk device 10.

The above communication procedure will be explained based on the control signals shown in Figure 2. First, the transmitting side sends out a 16Hz bell tone, and the receiving side responds by sending a called station identification signal (CHD) and a non-calling signal. Transmits a standard function identification signal (NSF). This N
Information indicating that reception by the floppy disk device 10 is possible is written in the SF signal, and the sender receives this NS signal.
Upon receiving the F signal, it outputs a non-standard function setting signal (NSS) and a training check signal (TCP). Information indicating that the signal is to be received by the floppy disk device IO is written in this NSS signal. Thereafter, the receiving side outputs a reception reference confirmation signal (CFR) to notify that reception preparation is complete. After receiving this CFR signal, the transmitting side outputs a retraining signal (RETRAIN), then transmits the information (MESSAGE) stored on the floppy disk of the Flo-Nobidisk device 10, and when the information transmission is completed, Send a return-to-control signal (RTC). This M
When transmitting ESSAGE, as mentioned above, the information on the floppy disk is stored in the temporary memory 4 and then transmitted sequentially, and on the receiving side, the information is also stored in the temporary memory 4 and then sequentially transferred to the floppy disk in the floppy disk device 10. Write to disc. After that, the sending side sends a communication end signal (EO
P), the receiving side outputs a reception completion signal (MCF), and the transmission by the facsimile device 1 ends. Therefore, the information on the floppy disk set in the floppy disk device 10 can be transmitted at the transmission speed (9600 bps or more) of the facsimile device 1 according to the GII standard, and the existing facsimile device W1 can be used at low cost.

In this way, information stored in a storage device compatible with an information processing device such as a personal computer or a word processor can be directly transmitted to the other party's storage device using the facsimile device 1, at low cost and at high speed. A large amount of information from an information processing device can be transmitted.

In the above embodiment, a floppy disk device is used as the storage device, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, an optical disk device or the like may be used.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the facsimile device is GI[
I standard is used, but it is not limited to this.
It can also be applied to I standard or Gn standard. However, facsimile machines conforming to these standards have slower transmission speeds.

(Effects) According to the present invention, by connecting a storage device compatible with the information processing device to the facsimile device, information from the information processing device can be transmitted by the facsimile device at low cost and at high speed. Information from the information processing device can be transmitted.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1.2 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram of its overall configuration, and FIG. 2 is a time chart of control signals of the facsimile machine. 1... Facsimile machine, 10... Floppy disk device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile device that transmits information through a communication line, characterized in that a storage device compatible with an information processing device such as a personal computer is connected to the facsimile device, and the stored contents of the storage device are transmitted. .