JPS6336709B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a facsimile device having a function of totalizing the results of transmission and reception.

Conventionally, in a facsimile device, a document to be transmitted is placed in the main body of the device, the other party is called by dialing the telephone, the document is divided into pixels and read, and this image information is transmitted to the receiving station. On the other hand, on the receiving side, the received image information is demodulated so that it can be recorded by a recording device, and the image is reproduced on recording paper. As mentioned above, the facsimile device is only equipped with the functions of transmitting, receiving, and recording image information of a document. Therefore, the operator had to write down in a notebook or the like as necessary, or rely on the operator's memory, to determine "to which station" the manuscript was sent or "from which station" the manuscript was received. As a result, troublesome processing has occurred, such as confirming with the other party the sending and receiving location of the transmitted or received manuscript using other means.

The present invention has a function of compiling the results of transmission and reception by a facsimile device, and has a configuration that can compile and store daily reports such as transmission and reception times, required time, recording paper size and number of sheets, and record the stored information as necessary. This is what I did. In addition, the record of the above aggregate information is as follows:
Recording is performed in the storage device of the facsimile device itself without using a separate printer or the like.

By providing the above-mentioned aggregation function, it is possible to appropriately grasp the daily transmission/reception time, the number of sheets of paper, etc., and to perform cost management. In addition, it is possible to confirm transmission and reception (clarification of transmission and reception, confirmation of receipt), which is very convenient.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. Each circuit surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 1 has a generally known configuration. In the figure, 1 is a telephone line control device generally known as an NCU, which is connected to a public telephone line. 2 is a telephone for making calls. When transmitting, the telephone 2 is connected to the line and dials and calls the receiving station. When the receiving station responds, a response signal is sent, which is detected by the reception determining circuit 4, and the receiving station and the telephone line are switched and connected to the modem 3.

The modem 3 modulates the digital signal of image information generated by the facsimile device into an analog signal and sends it to the receiving station, or demodulates the received data of the analog signal sent to it into a digital signal for recording. do. Furthermore, the modem 3 is connected to a buffer memory 6 via a transmission control circuit 5. The buffer memory 6 temporarily stores the digital signal demodulated by the modem 3 according to the switching control of the transmission control circuit 5, and also converts the image information of the document read by the image reading device 11 into digital data by the A/D conversion circuit 9. It is converted into a bit string and further encoded by the encoding circuit 7.
Stores pixel information compressed by . Modem 3 above
Buffer memory 6 that stores digital signals from
sends the digital signal to a decoding circuit 8, which demodulates the compressed information into a digital bit string. The demodulated image information is sent to, for example, an electrostatic recording device 10, and an image is formed on recording paper.

Reference numeral 12 is an operation unit, which includes a send button, a receive button, automatic reception mode settings, numeric keys for setting the time, machine number, department, and charge code according to the present invention, and a tally print command key, etc. have. A control circuit 20 is used as a relay for the transmission control circuit 5. 22 is a clock device, and 21 is an arithmetic circuit which calculates the time required for transmission and reception, and calculates the number of sheets of recording paper, manuscripts, etc. 23, the details of which are shown in Figure 2,
A memory that stores information generated during communication,
Together with the clock device 22, it is backed up by a battery power source or the like. The total memory 23 stores information such as the time required for transmission and reception and the department (location) of transmission and reception in the present invention. The information stored in the tally memory 23 is sequentially read out in response to the operation of the tally print command key on the operation unit 12, and is supplied to the character generator (CG circuit) 25 via the buffer memory 24, and is read out according to the corresponding character pattern generated. It is recorded by the recording device 10. The recording device 10 records the received image information or records the information in the tally memory 23 in a 5×7 matrix pattern generated by the character generator 25, for example. For example, a multi-stylus electrostatic recording device may be used in which a recording head is arranged in the main scanning direction and recording is performed by paper feed control in the sub-scanning direction. In this case, there is no need for a separate printer, and the facsimile machine itself also serves as a recording device. The character generator 25 may be a character generator of an ordinary dot printer, and may be configured to supply each character pattern to the recording device 10 line by line.

Next, the tally memory 23 and the control circuit 20 will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG.

The tally memory 23 is roughly divided into an area for storing reception management information (hereinafter referred to as RM) and an area for storing transmission management information (hereinafter referred to as SM).
There is. Each area RM of the total memory 23,
SM has an area RMD that stores the date of the day,
Area for storing SMD, day of the week; area for storing RMW, SMW, and total time required for sending and receiving
It has RMT, SMT, and areas RMP and SMP for storing the total number of originals and recording sheets at the time of transmission and reception.

Furthermore, the RM area and SM area have multiple areas that store information generated for each communication. In other words, this area is the recording area for the sending and receiving department code.
RM ₁₁ , RM ₁₂ ………RM _1o , SM ₁₁ , SM ₁₂ ………
SM _1o and the memory area for the machine number code of the transceiver RM ₂₁ , RM ₂₂ ......RM _2o , SM ₂₁ ,
SM ₂₂ ......SM _2o and storage area for sending and receiving times
RM ₃₁ , RM ₃₂ ………RM _3o , SM ₃₁ , SM ₃₂ …
Area to remember SM _3o and the time required for communication
RM ₄₁ , RM ₄₂ ………RM _4o , SM ₄₁ , SM ₄₂ ………
Areas RM ₅₁ and RM ₅₂ for storing SM _4o , the recording paper size at the time of reception, and the document size at the time of transmission.
RM _5o , SM ₅₁ , SM ₅₂ ... Area for storing SM _5o , the number of recording sheets mentioned above, and the number of originals sent
RM ₆₁ , RM ₆₂ ………RM _6o , SM ₆₁ , SM ₆₂ …
Areas for storing SM _6o and sending/receiving person codes RM ₇₁ , RM ₇₂ ...RM _7o , SM ₇₁ , SM ₇₂ ...
...SM _7o . Each area of the above-mentioned tally memory 23 is addressed by the address circuit 51, and the next location is addressed by the RM pointer and SM pointers 53 and 52. In other words, when receiving data, the address circuit 51 uses the tally memory 23
The RM area is addressed and the RM pointer 5
Each piece of information is stored in the position indicated by 3, so after the reception is completed, the RM pointer 53 is incremented by 1 and addresses the next position.

The control circuit 20 also includes a buffer RBuF 61 that temporarily stores control information (binary information) of the received data, a buffer TBuF ₁ 62 that stores the start time of transmission and reception, and a buffer that temporarily stores the required time. TBuF ₂ 63 and the operation unit 12 in advance
A buffer that memorizes the department code, person in charge code, and machine number set using the 10 keys, etc.
SBuF64, HBuF65, MBuF66 and a buffer that stores recording paper size and original size.
It includes a PBuF 67 and a counter P68 that counts the number of transmitted and received recording sheets or originals. Furthermore, the control circuit 20 has a flip-flop F69 for storing whether the partner station is a facsimile device having a tallying function or not, and is set if the partner station does not have a tallying function. In other words, if the partner station does not have an aggregation function, there is no need to send the necessary information stored in each buffer from the transmitting side to the partner station, and the transmission control is omitted.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus constructed as described above will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, the communication control of the facsimile device is
The transmission control circuit 5 sequentially executes the procedures according to the CCITT recommendations. here,
The control procedure by the transmission control circuit 5 will be briefly explained. Further details can be easily understood by referring to Recommendation T.30. The transmission procedure of a facsimile device consists of five steps, called phases A, B, C, D, and E. Phase A
In the process, a line connection is made to the other party's station by dialing. Phase B processing attempts to match the two stations through processes such as function identification and phase synchronization (training) with the other station. Further, in the phase C processing, the image information read by the image reading device 11 is transmitted in a compressed code to the receiving station side. Furthermore, after confirming messages etc. in phase D processing, call recovery processing is performed in phase E processing to prepare the facsimile device for the next operation.

In the above processing, the present invention transmits the generated information to the partner station or receives it from the partner station.
That is, what is important in the present invention is that in Phase B processing, the receiving station sends an NSF message indicating non-standard equipment to the transmitting station.
A code is output, followed by a machine number in binary code. The transmitting station also outputs an NSS code indicating the settings of the non-standard device, and then transmits the transmitting station's communication time, department code, assigned code, machine number, etc. to the receiving station in binary code. In addition, in Phase C processing, following the RTC code that is output after the transmission or reception of image information is completed, Phase D processing sends out time information, size information and number of sheets of original or recording paper used, etc. .

Next, the operation will be explained to explain the above in more detail. First, transmission control will be explained. When the line with the other party is connected through Phase A processing, the facsimile device enters transmission mode and
The flow shown in Figure a is executed. In this case, the transmission mode is set by operating the transmission button on the operation unit 12 through a line connection with the other station. When entering the transmission mode, the clock device 22 causes the arithmetic circuit 2 to
1, the current time is transferred to the buffer TBuF ₁ 62 of the control circuit 20 and temporarily stored therein. Next, phase B processing is executed. During this process, when function identification information is sent from the receiving station and an NSF code indicating a non-standard device is sent, the transmission control circuit 5 stores subsequent binary code information in the buffer RBuF 61 of the control circuit 20. . The binary code stored in this buffer RBuF 61 is used to check whether the functions of the two match.
If they match, the machine number of the facsimile device sent from the receiving station is transferred to the receiving station's machine number area SM _2o of the tally memory 23 addressed to the SM pointer 52 and stored. If they do not match, it is determined that the functions of the two devices do not match, and an "XX" (asterisk) code is transferred to the area SM _2o of the total memory 23 and stored therein.

After this, phase B processing is started again, and when the non-standard command transfer control (NSS code) to the receiving station is started,
The buffer SBuF6 is set in advance using the numerical keys of the operation unit 12 and stored in the control circuit 20.
Department code of 4, person in charge code of HBuF65,
MBuF66 transmitting station machine number and
The transmission time information stored in TBuF ₁ 62 is
It is supplied in binary code to the transmission control device 5 via the buffer RBuF 61, and transferred to the receiving station side. Furthermore, on the transmitting side, the department code of the buffer SBuF64 is stored in the department area SM _1o of the tally memory 23, and the HBuF
65 is stored in the person in charge area SM ₂₇ . Subsequently, Phase C processing, that is, reading device 1
The image information read at step 1 is transmitted as an analog signal to the receiving station via each circuit. When the reading of one original is completed, the number of sheets counter P68
counts +1. In other words, the document size is recognized by the document reading device 11, and that information is sent to the buffer.
It is supplied to PBuF67 and counted. Further, the sheet number tally area SMP of the tally memory 23 is incremented by 1 and stored.

Subsequently, when entering phase processing D, the arithmetic circuit 21 subtracts the previously stored time of the buffer TBuF ₁ 62 of the control circuit 20 from the current time of the clock device 22 after the transmission of the image information, and Calculate the time required for sending. This required time is transferred to the buffer TBuF ₂ 63 of the control circuit 20 and stored therein. As the next action, Phase D
In the process, the required time stored in the buffer TBuF ₂ 63, the document size stored in the PBuF 67, and the number of sheets counted in the sheet number counter 68 are supplied to the transmission control device 5 in binary code and are received. transmitted to the station. on the other hand,
The document size information stored in the buffer PBuF 67 is stored in the document size area SM _5o of the tally memory 23.
transferred to and stored.

Subsequently, when the reading device 11 detects that there is a subsequent document, the process returns to the image information transfer process, which is the previously described Four's C process. At this time,
Information indicating that a subsequent manuscript exists is transmitted to the receiving station.
After transmitting the image information to the receiving station, if the size of the document just read is different from the previous document size,
The new size information is transferred to the buffer PBuF67 again and stored. Further, a new document size is stored in the document size area SM _5o of the tally memory 23 following the previous information.

Processing is performed as described above, and if there is no subsequent document, the process proceeds to phase E processing for terminating communication. At this time, the required time for transmission stored in the buffer TBuF ₂ 63 (total time is stored when transferring multiple sheets) and the required time stored in the area SMT of the total memory 23 are calculated. The sum is added by the arithmetic circuit 21, and the added sum is stored in the area SMT. Also, TBuF ₂ 6
The information on the time required this time for step 3 is stored in the total memory 2.
3 is stored in the required time area SM _4o , and furthermore, the number information of the counter P68 is stored in the area SM _6o of the tally memory 23.

Through the above processing, the total areas SMT and SMP of the total memory 23 are updated, and the total areas SMT and SMP of the total memory 23 are updated.
Communication information is stored in each of the three total areas SM _1o to SM _7o . Also, after the above processing, the total memory 23
The SM pointer 52, which was pointing to the position of the transmission area SM _1o , is increased by one step and points to the storage position for the next transmission. After the above, the line and power are cut off. However, power is constantly supplied to the tally memory 23 and pointer 52, and the stored information is maintained. Although not explained, power is supplied to both the pointer 53 and the clock device 22.

The above is the transmission process, and next, the reception process will be explained. The reception process is also almost the same as the transmission process, and the differences will be explained. A line with the receiving station is connected by dialing on the transmitting station side, and the facsimile device is set to receiving mode by operating the operating section 12. When entering the reception mode, as shown in FIG. 3b, it sends an NSF code (a code indicating a non-standard device) to the transmitting station, and also sends the machine number preset to the buffer MBuF 66 in binary code to the transmission control circuit 5. Send via.

After that, when an NSS code (non-standard device command) is transferred from the transmitting station, the information after that is stored in the buffer RBuF 61. The binary code transferred to and stored in the buffer RBu 61 is checked to see if it matches the function of this device. If they match, the department code, machine number, transmission time, and person in charge code stored in the buffer RBuF 61 sent from the transmitting station in the same manner as the transmission mode are transferred to the reception tally area RM _io of the tally memory 23,
The data is transferred to and stored in RM _1o , RM _2o , RM _3o , and RM _7o .

If the result of the verification is a mismatch (this point is different from the reception process), the flip-flop F69 is set and the "XX" code (ask code) is stored in the reception total area of the total memory 23.
RM _1o , RM _2o , and RM _7o , and when the receiving mode is entered, the time of the buffer TBuF 62 that has previously taken in and stored the time of the clock device 22 is stored in the area RM _3o of the tally memory 23 . That is, if both the transmitting and receiving facsimile devices have the function according to the present invention, the time of the transmitting station is given priority, and if the other station does not have this function, the time of the receiving station is totaled. This is because the other party has a clock and the time may be different.

Subsequently, the image information transferred from the transmitting station is bittoned via each circuit and supplied to the recording device 11 to start recording. When the transmission of the image information from the transmitting station is completed, the transmitting station transmits an RTC code. If this is received, and the flip-flop F69 is reset at this time (that is, the functions of both stations match), the binary code following the RTC code is transferred to the buffer RBuF61, and the required time from the transmitting station is calculated. The data is bulky
The document _size is stored in the area _RM5o of the tally memory 23, and the sheet number information is further transferred to the sheet number counter P68. If the flip-flop 69 is set, the reception start time stored in the buffer TBuF ₁ 62 is subtracted from the current time of the clock device 22 to calculate the required time and transferred to the buffer TBuf ₂ 63. Further, size information recognized by the recording process of the recording device 10 as the document size is stored in advance in the buffer PBuF 67, and this document size (recording paper size)
The information is transferred to area RM _5o of tally memory 23 and stored. Subsequently, when the transmitting station sends out an instruction indicating that the subsequent document is present, the image recording process is executed again. If there is no subsequent document, the time of the buffer TBuF ₂ 63 in which the required time is stored is transferred and stored in the reception area RM _4o of the tally memory 23. Further, the number information of the number of sheets counter P68 is stored in the area _RM6o of the tally memory 23. At this time,
The time of the buffer TBuF ₂ 63 is added to the total area RMT of the tally memory 23 and stored, and the number of sheets in the sheet number counter 68 is added and stored in the area RMP. Furthermore, flip-flop F
69 has been reset, and the RM pointer 5 that was pointing (addressing) each totaling area of the totaling memory 23
3 is incremented by 1 and prepared for the next reception. Thereafter, the line and power are disconnected.

In the manner described above, information generated for each communication is stored in the total memory 23. When tallying at the end of the day, the stored information in the tally memory 23 is sequentially read out based on the operation of the tally print command key on the operation unit 12 and is led to the buffer memory 24. The information derived into buffer memory 24 is supplied to character generator 25. This character generator 25
supplies each piece of information as a corresponding character pattern to a recording device and causes it to be recorded. FIG. 4 shows an example of the recording. In FIG. 4, transmission information is recorded in the upper row and reception information is recorded in the lower row. Date (December 10, 1980), day of the week (WED),
Sending (SEND), total time required for sending (1 hour 23
(minutes 34 seconds) and number of messages sent (123). In addition, information for each communication is recorded in the lower row, including the department code (11, ......), the machine number of the receiving station (123456, ......), and the transmission start time (8:35:34,
), the required time (2 minutes and 15 seconds), the size of the transmitted document (A4), the number of sheets (2 sheets), and the person in charge code (20-13) are recorded. Further, received information is also recorded in the same manner as shown in the figure.

In the information stored in the tally memory 23, information such as machine number, date, time, etc. is set and input in advance using numerical keys, etc.
The information is stored in the MBuF 67, a clock device, etc., and transferred to each tally area, but this information may be displayed on a display device for confirmation, or may be recorded and confirmed in the same way as the tally record.

As described above, in the present invention, the set original is read, the read image information is transmitted to the partner station device, and the image information transmitted from the partner station device is recorded on paper by the recording device. A facsimile device for recording and reproducing images, comprising: a clock device; a total memory having an information storage area for reception management and an information storage area for transmission management for storing management information such as transmission/reception times, destinations, number of transmitted and received documents, etc.; Prior to transmitting and receiving information, a function check is performed with the partner station device, and when this function check matches, the transmission time information is sent or received to use the time of the transmitting station as a reference, and then the image information is At the same time, the total information generated for each communication is transmitted or received, the total information is stored in the corresponding area of the total memory, and the recording device records the management information of the total memory by distinguishing between reception management information and transmission management information. The facsimile operation control method is characterized by the fact that the daily report created by this method is obtained by separating reception management information and transmission management information, which is extremely convenient in terms of management, and it is also possible to obtain a daily report by separating reception management information and transmission management information. Function verification is performed with the partner station device, and based on the match of the function verification, the time of the transmitting station is prioritized and the time information settings for transmission and reception are performed to match the times of both parties, and in later transmission and reception management,
This is designed to be convenient when performing a verification check.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of a facsimile device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of the circuit configuration showing in detail the main parts of the present invention in Figure 1, Figures 3a and 3b. 4 is a flowchart showing the control means of the control circuit for transmission and reception of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a tally record according to the present invention. 5: Transmission control circuit, 10: Recording device, 11: Image reading device, 12: Operation unit, 20: Control circuit, 2
1: Arithmetic circuit, 22: Clock device, 23: Total memory, 25: Character generation circuit, SM: Information storage area by transmission, RM: Information storage area by reception,
_M1o to _M7o : Information storage area for each communication, 61 to 6
9: Temporary storage buffer and flip-flop for each information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Reading the set original, transmitting the read image information to the partner station device, and recording and reproducing the image information transmitted from the partner station device on paper using a recording device. The facsimile device includes a clock device, a tally memory having an information storage area for reception management and an information storage area for transmission management for storing management information such as transmission and reception times, recipients, number of sent and received sheets, etc. Function verification is performed in advance with the partner station device, and when the functionality verification matches, the transmission time information is transmitted or received in order to use the time of the transmitting station as a reference, and then the transmission time information is generated together with the image information for each communication. The apparatus is characterized by transmitting or receiving aggregated information, storing the aggregated information in a corresponding area of the aggregated memory, and causing the recording device to record management information in the aggregated memory by distinguishing between received management information and transmitted management information. How to control facsimile operation.