JPS6029271B2 - fax machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In facsimile communication, the present invention uses a special input/output device to monitor the internal state of the device during its operation, the transition of the internal state, and especially the transition of the internal state or communication progress state in the event of a failure. This relates to a facsimile machine that allows you to know the details without having to read it.

Generally, in facsimile communication, when an internal failure occurs in the facsimile machine due to a paper jam in the transmitted original, a lack of developing solution or recording paper, an abnormality in the power supply or connection, or an operational error, the details of the failure can be detected by an external operator. people need to know in detail.

Furthermore, when an abnormality occurs during the execution of communication procedure control, the progress of the communication state at the time of the abnormality, that is, the communication procedure control, for example, 197
CCITT Recommendation T. It expresses the progress of state transitions that represent the sequence of communication procedures obtained by executing the control of 30 communication procedures, and in particular, it expresses which state transition process an abnormality occurred when a failure occurs, and is effective for elucidating the cause of failure occurrence. It is necessary to record the progress of state transitions as information. Conventionally, for each of these expected failures, display elements such as lamps and light emitting diodes are used to indicate the location of the failure, or when a failure occurs, a typewriter or the like is used. The content of the fault condition was displayed by printing the fault state.

However, in the former case, in order to display the details of the fault status, it is not only necessary to display a large number of display elements corresponding to a large number of faults on the panel, but also the mounting space becomes large. It lacks practicality, and the latter requires a special input/output device such as a typewriter and its control section, making it expensive and uneconomical as a facsimile device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a practical and inexpensive facsimile machine which has improved the above-mentioned defects with an extremely simple structure.

According to the present invention, the receiver is equipped with an input mechanism section, a memory section capable of continuously storing data representing various types of information and internal states, and a character pattern generating section. Using this method, a facsimile device is obtained which can display the contents of the memory section as a character pattern through the reception recording section in response to an input command from the input mechanism section. Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIGS. 1 and 2.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a facsimile transmission scanning unit that extracts a transmission video signal from a transmission document, 2 is a simple input mechanism unit such as a numeric keypad or buttons used in a button-type telephone, and 3 is an input control unit for input information. , 4 is a core memory, for example, which can store information via the control unit 5, that is, data indicating various internal states including the control state of the mechanism control sequence within the apparatus and the progress of state transitions of the communication control sequence of facsimile communication. a memory section, 5 a control section for controlling the entire device, 6 an output control section, 7 a character pattern generation section, 8
9 is a facsimile scanning signal generating section, 9 is a facsimile receiving and recording section, and 10G modem. In a normal transmission operation, a facsimile transmission image signal from the facsimile transmission scanning section 4 reaches the control section 5 via the input control section 3 and is transmitted to the line. On the other hand, the received information from the line is sent to the control unit 5 via the modem, but the facsimile reception signal of the received information is sent to the facsimile scanning signal generation unit 8 via the output control unit 6 and is used for facsimile recording. The signal is converted into a scanning signal, and a recorded image is obtained in the recording section 9. In the above, when a failure occurs, the failure can be detected in the control unit 5, and the abnormal state can be indicated by the detection signal. When the operator needs to know detailed information about an abnormality, he inputs information such as the degree of detail, output format, and memory address of the memory unit 4 from the input mechanism 2, and generates a character pattern in the character pattern generation unit 7. , this is converted into a facsimile scanning signal by the facsimile scanning signal generating section 8', which is input to the facsimile reception recording section 9, and the contents of the fault condition, that is, the date and time of the occurrence of the fault,
The communication destination name, destination telephone number, communication page at the time of abnormality occurrence, and type of abnormality are output in hard copy as a character pattern as shown in FIG. 2, for example. Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Components in FIG. 3 with the same numbers as in FIG. 1 have the same functions as those in FIG. 1. In FIG. 3, control of the entire facsimile apparatus is executed by a control section 15. In FIG.
The input mechanism 12 is the simplest example, for example, only a switch. When a failure as described in the first embodiment occurs and it is necessary to output detailed failure information to the facsimile reception recorder, control can be performed by, for example, setting the switch of the input mechanism 12 to N. The section controls the character pattern generating section 7 so as to automatically output the contents in a fixed format. Further, when detailed failure information is not required, the switch of the input mechanism 12 may be turned OFF. Normally, it is possible to automatically output failure detailed information whenever a failure occurs in a facsimile machine, but there may be cases where this is unnecessary, and in that case, paper will be wasted. Therefore, it is desirable that an external operator be able to make a selection. In this embodiment, such selection is possible. Although the facsimile transmission scanning section 1 is a component in both the first and second embodiments, it can be removed if the facsimile device is used only for reception.

In this case as well, when a failure occurs, detailed failure information can be output to the facsimile reception recorder. As explained above, the present invention makes use of the mechanical part originally equipped in a facsimile machine and adds a character pattern generating part to it, thereby eliminating the need for special input/output devices and allowing for an extremely simple configuration. This method has the advantage that not only can the contents of the status and the transition of the communication status at the time of a failure be known, but also the contents of the failure status can be displayed in detail.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention;
The figure shows an example of a hard copy displayed by the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the second embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a facsimile transmission scanning section, 2 and 12 are key input mechanism sections, 3 is an input control section, 4 is a memory section, 5 and 15 are control sections, 6 is an output control section, 7 is a character pattern generation section, 8 9 is a facsimile scanning signal generating section, and 9 is a facsimile receiving and recording section. Hair Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1.Equipped with an input mechanism section, a control section, a memory section that can store data of various internal states in the device from time to time, and a character pattern generation section, and according to an input command from the input mechanism section, an address specified by the control section is generated. A facsimile device characterized in that the contents of the memory section are displayed as a character pattern through a reception recording section according to a predetermined format.