JPH09102830A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unnecessitate to re-input a call originator name at every transmission when the respective names are required to be inputted at the time of transmission. SOLUTION: An opposite party telephone number and originating source information for executing dial-call originating in accordance with the one easy step dial button or the abbreviation dial of an operating part 2 are stored in a storage part 3, a dialler 9 executes dial-call originating to an opposite party based on opposite party telephone number and originating source information which are stored in accordance with the one easy step dial button and the abbreviation dial and, after that, originating source information is transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine capable of one-touch dialing, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a function of adding sender information to a transmission document.

[0001]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine of this type has been used as sender information regardless of one-touch dial buttons.
The date, the time, the page number, and the sender's name peculiar to the apparatus are converted into image data and transmitted to the other apparatus side together with the image data of the transmission original.

Alternatively, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-109759, the sender name is registered in association with the one-touch dial button, and the sender data is transmitted as code data prior to the transmission of the image data of the transmission original. I sent it with my name.

[0003]

The first problem of the conventional facsimile apparatus is that, when the contents of the sender's name are properly used depending on the other party, it is necessary to re-register the sender's name every transmission. . This is because the conventional facsimile machine can only register the sender's unique name.

Further, before transmitting the image data of the transmission document, the problem with the transmission as code data together with the sender's name is that the partner device side sends the sender name and the code data relating to the sender. That is, it cannot be received unless it is a facsimile apparatus having a function of recognizing and converting it into character data. The reason is that a general facsimile apparatus does not have a function of recognizing code data sent prior to transmission of image data and converting it into character data.

An object of the present invention is to use one facsimile machine by a plurality of people such as family members, and if it is desired to enter the name of each person at the time of transmission, it is not necessary to reenter the sender's name each time of transmission. It is to provide a facsimile machine.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which does not need to be re-entered every time when it is sent, even when it is used for personal use only or when it is desired to properly use the sender name depending on the other party. is there.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus of the present invention stores a telephone number of a party to be dialed corresponding to a one-touch dial button and source information, and operates the one-touch dial button during transmission to perform a one-touch operation. Based on the destination telephone number and transmission source information stored in association with the dial button, dial transmission to the destination and transmission of the transmission source information are performed.

In the present invention, the sender information can be stored and transmitted by the speed dial operation instead of the operation of the one-touch dial button.

With this configuration, even if one facsimile apparatus is used by a plurality of people such as family members, the name of each person can be individually registered for each one-touch dial button or speed dial, and one-touch dial buttons or You don't have to re-enter the sender's name each time you send it, as long as you specify it by speed dial. Further, when used for personal use, the sender name can be used properly depending on the other party.

According to the present invention, when sending source information,
The code may be sent as a code in the control signal of the facsimile control procedure, but may be sent as image data together with the image data of the original. In the latter case, there is an advantage that a normal G3 facsimile machine can be used as the receiving facsimile machine.

[0011]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the facsimile device includes an operation unit 2 having a plurality of one-touch dial buttons built therein, and a storage unit 3 for storing a destination telephone number and a caller name associated with each one-touch dial button.
An original reading unit 4 having an original reading unit and a paper feeding unit; an image data conversion unit 6 for converting the source information stored in the storage unit 3 into image data; and the image data and source of the read original. An encoding unit 5 for encoding image data of information, and a modem 7 for modulating and demodulating data
A network control unit (NCU) 8, a dialer 9 for transmitting a selection signal for selecting a partner terminal to the network, and a main control unit 1 for controlling each unit via an internal bus 11.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

First, when registering the sender information, the operator performs a specific button operation on the operation unit 2 so that the main controller 1 recognizes it and sets the sender information registration mode. Then, when the one-touch dial button is pressed, the main control unit 1 secures the address area of the storage unit 3 corresponding to the one-touch dial button. Subsequently, the destination telephone number to be one-touch dialed is input on the operation unit 2, and after confirmation by the confirmation button of the operation unit 2, the sender name is operated as a sender information by operating the button on the operation unit 2. As a result, the main control unit 1 stores the data of the destination telephone number and the sender name (source information) in the address area of the storage unit 3 corresponding to the one-touch dial button.
Write.

FIG. 2 is a memory map of the storage unit 3. In FIG. 2, addresses A1 to AN, addresses B1 to BN,
... is an address area designated for each one-touch dial button. For each address area, an area capable of storing the destination telephone number of up to 20 digits is secured,
Subsequently, an M-byte area for storing the sender name is secured,
The destination telephone number and caller name are stored in each area. To write the data of the other party's telephone number and caller's name,
The same operation is performed along with the operation of each one-touch dial button and the enter button, and the data of the destination telephone number and the caller name are stored in different address areas corresponding to the one-touch buttons. Finally, the end button cancels the registration mode of the sender information. If the end button is operated after inputting the destination telephone number and before inputting the sender information, only the destination telephone number is stored in the address area designated by the one-touch dial button.

Next, when the transmission original is set on the reading unit 4 and the one-touch dial button of the operation unit 2 is operated to specify the other party, the main control unit 1 sets the original setting state and the one-touch dial button operation. The operation is detected, the destination telephone number is read from the address area of the storage unit 3 associated with the one-touch dial button, and the dialer 9
Transfer to The dialer 9 generates a dial pulse based on the transferred telephone number of the called party, and sends the dial pulse to the telephone line 10 via the network control unit 9.

Subsequently, the main control section 1 reads out the sender name from the address area of the storage section 3 associated with the one-touch dial button, sends it to the image data conversion section 6, and converts it into image data, and further encodes it. The encoding unit 5 performs encoding. Next, the reading unit 2 scans and reads the document, and the coding unit 5 codes the document. At this time, the image information of the document is placed after the encoded data of the sender name. Each encoded data is sent as image information to the telephone line via the modem 7 and the network control unit 8 after the pre-procedure of the facsimile control procedure is completed.

Upon receiving the image data information transmitted as described above, the destination facsimile machine prints the sender name on the upper portion of the recording paper as a part of the image data.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, if the destination telephone number and the caller name associated with the one-touch dial button are first registered, the information of the caller name set for each user is stored. Can be sent to the other party. Further, as the sender information, not only the sender name but also the date, the device number, the sender's telephone number, etc. may be input.

Further, instead of operating the one-touch dial button, for example, a button for designating a speed dial and a speed dial operation by designating a partner of two digits are used.
Registration and transmission of sender information may be executed. The operation in this case is the same except that the operation of the one-touch dial button is switched to the operation of the speed dial.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since you can register the sender name for each one-touch dial button or speed dial, even if you want to change the sender information for each destination when using the facsimile machine as a family
If registered in advance, it is not necessary to reenter the sender information each time.

Further, even in the case of personal use, different sender information can be sent to the same destination.

Further, the sender information can be received even if the destination is a general facsimile machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

2 is a diagram of a memory map of a storage unit in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main control unit 2 operation unit 3 storage unit 4 reading unit 5 encoding unit 6 image data conversion unit 7 modem 8 network control unit 9 dialer

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A destination which stores a telephone number of a destination to be dialed corresponding to the one-touch dial button and source information, and is stored in association with the one-touch dial button by operating the one-touch dial button during transmission. A facsimile apparatus, which dials a destination based on a telephone number and sender information, and then sends the sender information. 2. Storage means for storing a destination telephone number and sender information associated with the one-touch dial button,
A conversion unit that converts the source information stored in the storage unit into image data and the operation of the one-touch dial button sends the source information converted into image data to the destination of the destination telephone number. A facsimile machine including a transmission means. 3. The transmitting means, by operating the one-touch dial button, means for dialing to the destination of the destination telephone number and transmitting the source information converted into image data to the destination. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means. 4. A destination telephone number that stores a destination telephone number for dialing in response to a speed dial operation and sender information, and is stored in association with the speed dial number by the speed dial operation during transmission. A facsimile machine that dials out to the other party based on the sender information and then sends the sender information. 5. A storage means for storing a destination telephone number and sender information associated with a speed dial operation, a converter for converting the sender information stored in the storage means into image data, and the shortening. A facsimile device, comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits the source information converted into image data to a destination of the destination telephone number by a dial operation. 6. The transmitting means comprises means for dialing to the destination of the destination telephone number by the speed dial operation, and means for transmitting the source information converted into image data to the destination. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: