JPS639788B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly, to a facsimile device that is capable of adding predetermined information to an image signal of a transmitted document supplied at the time of transmission.

[Prior art of the invention and its problems]

With conventional facsimile machines, it is not possible for the receiving side to adequately manage when the received document was sent, who sent it to whom, and the order in which the document was sent. The problem was that the sender had to create a cover page or renumber each manuscript, which was time-consuming.

[Purpose of the invention]

For this purpose, it is known that additional information such as the transmission location is set together with the recording position information on the document, and the additional information is transmitted in synchronization with the transmission of the image information (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 106110/1983). (see publication).

However, additional information such as the sender, recipient, and number of pages of the manuscript is important information for the recipient, and it is desirable to set accurate information.

The present invention provides a facsimile device equipped with additional information input means that allows accurate additional information to be set.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is an external view of the operation panel in one embodiment of the present invention, where 1 is a numeric keypad section for inputting the destination's telephone number, etc., and 2 is a section for instructing that a sender ID is to be added, The button 3 is used to instruct that the value of the numeric keypad pressed thereafter is regarded as the sender's ID number, the button 3 is used to add the ID number of the destination, and the button 4 is used to instruct automatic page number addition. 5 is a button that instructs to add the current date and time, and 6 is a button that indicates where on the document these additional information should be added. 7 is a display that displays the position to be added; 8 is a display for the current date and time; 9 is a monitor that displays the destination telephone number; 10 is a monitor that displays the sender ID; 11 is the destination
ID display monitor 12 is a monitor that displays the current page number, and 8', 10', 11', 1
Reference numeral 2' denotes a display monitor that indicates the position (any one of - on the display 7) where each piece of information is added.

Next, the operation will be explained. First, the caller has the sender ID
Press the add button 2 and enter your own ID number using the numeric keypad 1. The number will be displayed on the monitor 10, so check it. Next, press the additional position designation button 6 and select one of the additional positions ~ using the numeric keys. For example, when "1" is pressed on the numeric keypad, the position of is lit on the display 7, and at the same time "1" is displayed on the monitor 10'. In other words, it is instructed that the sender ID should be added to the top center of the page. If you press the destination ID addition button 3 and input using the numeric keypad 1, the contents will be displayed on the monitor 11.
If the user further presses the additional position designation button 6 and presses, for example, "2" on the numeric keypad, the position will light up on the display 7 and at the same time "2" will be displayed on the monitor 11'.
Furthermore, when you press the page addition button 4, "0" is displayed on the monitor 12 (because no original has been inserted yet), and when you press the addition position designation button 6, for example, "3" is displayed.
When you input ``3'' is displayed on the monitor 12',
The display 7 also lights up.

Furthermore, when the time addition button 5 is pressed and the addition position designation button 6 is pressed to input 4, "4" is displayed on the monitor 8' and furthermore, the display 7 is also lit.

Next, when the telephone number of the other party is entered from the numeric keypad 1, it is displayed on the monitor 9, and after confirming it, the user presses a call button (not shown). Once you are able to connect to the other party and can send, you can insert the originals one by one. Each time a document is supplied, the page number on the monitor 12 is updated, and the current time, date, ID, etc. are automatically added and transmitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 21 is a conveyance system for an original 27, 23 is a photoelectric conversion system that scans the surface of the original and converts it into a bright/dark signal, and 24
2 is a control unit for transmitting signals to the line, 26 is an operation panel unit shown in FIG. 1, 25 is a setting unit in which additional information set from the panel unit and counted page numbers are stored, and 22 is a document conveyance unit. It is a means of detecting the position.

The setting section 25 sends an image signal of information to be added to the sending control section 24 at a predetermined timing in accordance with the designated additional position information (corresponding to ~ on the display) and the signal from the position detection means 22. The transmission control section 24 adds the video signal from the photoelectric conversion section 23 and the video signal from the setting section 25, performs appropriate band compression processing, and transmits the signal to the line.

Therefore, if characters were originally written at the specified additional position on the document, additional information would be received overlapping each other, but since there is generally a margin around the document, this is not a big problem. do not have.

Alternatively, the above problem can be solved by suppressing the signal from the photoelectric conversion section 23 when there is a video signal from the setting section 25 and replacing the two. Furthermore, it would be more convenient if the above-mentioned overlapping display and interchanging display could be arbitrarily selected.

Note that the various types of additional information described above are not limited to this, and may include other information. Furthermore, it is needless to say that it is not necessary to add all of these, but only the necessary ones.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, additional information and its recording position can be confirmed in advance.
The function of automatically adding additional information can be made more effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an operation panel in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a numeric keypad, 2 to 5 are additional information designation buttons, 6 is an addition position designation button, 7 is an addition position display, 8 to 12 are display monitors, 8', 10', 1
1' and 12' are additional position display monitors.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Regarding image information read from a transmission document,
A facsimile device having a function of adding additional information corresponding to a predetermined position of the transmission document and transmitting the document, the facsimile device comprising an input means for inputting the additional information, and the input means includes the addition of additional information. means for specifying the type of information, means for inputting additional information, means for specifying the position, and displaying the input additional information and its paired position information in close proximity. A facsimile device comprising: monitoring means.