JPH0654108A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a facsimile equipment capable of directly transmitting a document prepared at a character input device such as a personal computer, etc., without printing out it. CONSTITUTION:This facsimile equipment is provided with an indentification data imparting means 100a indentifying the character code data transmitted via an interface circuit 12 and the image data read at an image picture reader 2 and imparting identification data. The data for which identification data are imparted are read from a first storage means 3a by a reading transmission means 100b to be transmitted. As for reception data, the kind of the data is decided based on identification data by a reading decision means 100c and the data are printed in a printer 200a and recorded after they are converted into image data by a character conversion device 200b in the case of the character data and after image is formed as it is in the case of image data, respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a conventional facsimile apparatus, in which the solid line indicates the data flow.
The broken lines represent the control signals, respectively. In the figure, 1
Is a control unit for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus, and 2 is an image reading apparatus for reading a document to be transmitted. Reference numeral 3 is a storage means, and the storage means 3 is an image reading device 2
It is provided with a first storage means 3a for storing the image data of the document read by and a second storage means 3b for storing the received data. Reference numeral 4 is a coder / decoder that compresses and expands transmitted / received data, and 5 is a modem that modulates the transmission signal converted by the coder / decoder 4 and demodulates the reception signal. 6 is a printing device for printing the received data, 7 is a telephone function, and 7a is a handset attached to the telephone function. Reference numeral 9 is a mode switching means for switching between the telephone function 7 and the facsimile.

The control unit 1 reads out the image data stored in the first storage unit 3a and transmits it to the telephone line 8 via the coder / decoder 4 and the modem 5, and the second transmission unit 1a. The read / output unit 1b is provided for reading the image data stored in the storage unit 3b and outputting it to the printing apparatus.

In the conventional facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, first, on the transmission side, the image reading apparatus 2 scans an original and processes the original signal obtained by this scanning, and this data is processed by the control unit 1. Is stored in the first storage means 3a via. If the receiving side facsimile is receivable, the read transmission means 1a reads the data stored in the first storage means 3a, and the coder / decoder 4
The data is compressed by and is sent to the telephone line 8 via the modem 5.
On the other hand, on the receiving side, the data sent from the telephone line 8 is demodulated by the modem 5 and restored by the coder / decoder unit 4,
The data is stored in the second storage unit 3b via the control unit 1, and the stored data is sequentially read by the read output unit 1b and printed and recorded by the printing device 6.

[0005]

In the conventional facsimile machine as described above, even a document created by a character input device such as a personal computer is once printed out, and the printed out document is sent again by the facsimile machine. It had to be inconvenient. Further, the data sent by the facsimile machine is only recorded on the recording paper, and in order to confirm the received contents from the destination, the contents of the recording paper must be read by a human being,
This was also inconvenient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. The first invention is to print a document created by a character input device such as a personal computer by connecting to a character input device such as a personal computer. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a facsimile device which can be directly transmitted without being out. Furthermore, the second
It is an object of the invention to obtain a facsimile apparatus which allows the receiving side to hear the contents of character code data input and transmitted from a character input device such as a personal computer.

[0007]

In a facsimile apparatus according to the first invention, an interface circuit for inputting character code data from a character input device, and character code data and an image sent through the interface circuit. An identifier assigning unit that identifies the image data read by the image reading device and assigns an identifier, a first storage unit that stores each data assigned the identifier by the identifier assigning unit, and the first storage unit according to a transmission instruction. Read / send means for reading each data stored in the first storage means and transmitting the data to the telephone line via the coder / decoder and the modem, and second storage means for storing the data sent via the telephone line. And the data stored in the second storage means are sequentially read, and the read data is a character. Read determination means for determining whether it is image data or image data, and if the data read by the read determination means is character code data, it is converted into image data and then an image is formed. Recording means for recording on a recording paper.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the character code data is selected and read from the data stored in the second storage means based on a predetermined instruction, and the character code data of the character code data is read. It is provided with a read output unit for converting the content into a voice through a voice converting unit and outputting the voice.

[0009]

In the facsimile apparatus configured as described above, the identifier assigning means identifies the character code data sent through the interface circuit and the image data read by the image image reading device, and assigns the identifier. To distinguish each data. When the data to which the identifier is added is received, the type of the received data is determined by the read determination means. In the case of character code data, it is converted into image data and then an image is formed. An image is formed and recorded on recording paper.

Further, when an instruction is given from the external telephone, the read output means selects and reads the character code data from the data stored in the second storage means and converts it into voice through the voice converting means. And output.

[0011]

EXAMPLES Example 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 2 to 5 and 7 and 8 are the same parts as in the conventional example shown in FIG. Reference numeral 10 is a character input device such as a personal computer connected to a facsimile device side via a cable connector 11, and 12 is an interface for processing character code data input from the character input device 10 and transmitting it to the first storage means 3a. Circuit. Reference numeral 13 is a voice converting means such as a voice memory for converting the character code data into voice data, and 14 is a digital / analog converter for converting a digital signal of the voice data output from the voice memory 13 into an analog signal.

Reference numeral 100 denotes a control section for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus, which comprises an identifier assigning means 100a, a read transmitting means 100b, a read determining means 100c, and a read output means 100d. The identifier assigning means 100a identifies the character code data sent via the interface circuit 12 and the image data read by the image image reading device 2 and assigns an identifier. The read transmission means 100b reads each data stored in the first storage means 3a in accordance with the transmission instruction, and the coder / coder
Telephone line 8 for each data via decoder 4 and modem 5
Send to. The read determination means 100c is the second storage means 3
The received data stored in b is sequentially read, and it is determined whether the read received data is character code data or image data. The read / output means 100d selects and reads the character code data from the received data stored in the second storage means 3b when a predetermined instruction is given from an external telephone, which will be described later, and reads the content of the character code data. It is converted to voice and output via the voice memory 13.

Reference numeral 15 is a code analysis unit that analyzes the code number input after the facsimile number and sends the analysis result to the control unit 100. That is, a predetermined code number (# + number, etc.) is registered in the code analysis unit 15, and the code number input after the facsimile number is analyzed. As a result, this code number is the previously registered code number. In some cases, a signal indicating that a voice data read request has been issued is transmitted to the control unit 100. Reference numeral 16 is a mode switching means for switching between the facsimile reception mode and the telephone mode, and the mode switching means 16 operates based on a control signal from the control unit 100.

Reference numeral 200 is a recording means for recording the received data by printing or the like, and comprises a printing device 200a and a character conversion device 200b. The printing device 200a forms an image of the image data and prints it, and the character conversion device 200b converts the character code data into image data when the received data is the character code data.

When character code data is sent from the character input device 10 on the transmitting side of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above, the character code data is sent to the first storage means 3a via the interface circuit 12 as transmission data. Is stored. At this time, the identifier assigning means 1
A character code data identifier for identifying the character code data is added by 00a. On the other hand, the image image information read by the image image reading device 2 is converted into image data by the image image reading device 2 and transmitted to the control unit 1. The image data transmitted to the control unit 1 is the identifier assigning means 10
An image data identifier for identifying image data is given by 0a, and is stored in the first storage means 3a as transmission data.

When the receiving side facsimile is called and it is confirmed that the receiving side facsimile can receive,
The read transmission means 100b reads the transmission data stored in the first storage means 3a, and the read transmission data is sent to the transmission partner via the coder / decoder 4, the modem 5 and the telephone line 8.

On the other hand, on the receiving side, the data sent via the telephone line 8 is stored in the second storage means 3b as received data via the modem 5, the coder / decoder 4, and the control section 1. . The read data stored in the second storage means 3b is sequentially read by the read determination means 100c, and it is determined whether the received data is character code data or image data.
If the result of determination is that the received data is image data, the printing device 200a performs image forming processing and records it on recording paper. If the received data is character code data, the character conversion device 200b converts the character code data into image data according to an instruction from the read determination means 100c,
The data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 200a, and the printing apparatus 200a performs an image forming process and records the image.

Next, the operation when the user confirms the content of the received data received by the facsimile from the external telephone by voice will be described. The user continuously inputs a predetermined code number set in advance following the facsimile number from the external telephone. When a code number is input after the facsimile number, the code analysis means 15 analyzes the code number and determines whether or not the code number is a preset predetermined code number. As a result of the analysis, when it is determined that the signal has the predetermined code number set in advance, the control unit 1 sends a signal indicating that a voice data read request has been issued and sets the mode switching means 16 to the telephone mode. Switch.

When the control unit 1 receives the signal from the code analysis unit 15, the read output unit 100d causes the second storage unit 3 to operate.
Character code data is selected and read from the received data stored in b on the basis of the identifier, and converted into a voice signal in the voice memory 13. The converted voice signal is further converted into an analog signal by the digital / analog converter 14 and output as voice from the handset 7a via the telephone function 7.

[0020]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the interface circuit which can be connected to the character input device is provided, and the character code data inputted through this interface circuit is distinguished from the image data. Since the character code data is converted to image data and recorded on the recording paper on the receiving side, it is possible to directly send the document created by the character input device without printing it out. Work efficiency can be improved.

Further, according to the second invention, since the content of the received character code data can be outputted by voice, the content of the received data can be obtained directly from the external telephone by voice, and the information obtaining efficiency can be improved. Can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3a First storage means 3b Second storage means 12 Interface circuit 13 Voice memory (voice conversion means) 100a Identifier assigning means 100b Read transmission means 100c Read determination means 100d Read output means 200 Recording means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --Continued front page (72) Inventor Mitsuhiro Murasugi 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An interface circuit for inputting character code data from a character input device, and character code data sent via the interface circuit and image data read by an image image reading device are identified. Identifier assigning means for assigning an identifier, first storage means for storing each data assigned with the identifier by the identifier assigning means, and reading each data stored in the first storage means according to a transmission instruction And a reading / transmitting means for transmitting to the telephone line via the coder / decoder and the modem, a second storing means for storing the data sent via the telephone line, and a second storing means. A read determination method that sequentially reads data and determines whether the read data is character code data or image data. And recording means for forming an image after converting to image data when the data read by the reading determining means is character code data, and for directly forming an image on the recording paper in the case of image data. A facsimile machine characterized by being provided. 2. The character code data is selected and read out from the data stored in the second storage means based on a predetermined instruction, and the content of the character code data is converted into voice through the voice conversion means. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising read output means for outputting the output.