JPH0813074B2 - Fax machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a conventional facsimile machine, a facsimile machine 100 as shown in FIG. 6 is known. The facsimile device 100 includes an operation unit 1 having a plurality of destination buttons.
A first storage unit 2 for storing destination designation information such as dial numbers and address information corresponding to the operation unit 1 and destination buttons;
The first control unit 3 that outputs the destination designation information from the first storage unit 2 based on the output of the operation unit 1, the visual display unit 4 having a liquid crystal panel that displays the destination designation information, and the first storage unit 2 A calling unit 5 that performs a calling operation based on dial information,
A line control unit 6 having a calling unit 5 and performing line control
It has a transmitting section 7 for reading a document and outputting image information, a receiving section 8 for recording the image information on a recording paper, and a modem 9 for modulating / demodulating the image information. On the other hand, the destination designation information is registered in the first storage unit 2 in correspondence with the destination button.

Then, at the time of facsimile transmission, when the user sets a document on the transmission unit 7 and presses a predetermined destination button of the operation unit 1, the first control unit 3 outputs from the first storage unit 2 based on the push signal of the destination button. The dial number and address information are extracted and sent to the visual display unit 4. Then, the visual display unit 4 displays these pieces of information on the liquid crystal panel. On the other hand, the first control unit 3 outputs the dial number information to the calling unit 5. As a result, the calling unit 5 calls the telephone line 10 for the dialed number. Subsequently, the first controller 3 controls the transmitter 7 and the modem 9 to perform facsimile transmission according to a predetermined communication procedure.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, when performing facsimile transmission using the conventional facsimile apparatus as described above, the user is informed on the liquid crystal panel whether or not the original is transmitted to the intended destination. The dial number and the address information are visually checked and checked by comparing them with a list prepared in advance or by comparing with information stored by the user himself. However, there is a problem that it takes time for this confirmation. Further, the address information is often displayed in katakana due to the limitation of the storage capacity of the facsimile device, which is difficult to read. As a result, there is a problem that it takes time to verify and the confirmation time becomes long.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a facsimile device capable of easily confirming a destination in a short time and capable of performing efficient control without increasing the size of the device. The purpose is to provide.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a first storage means for registering a dial number or destination information by a character code in association with each destination instruction key, and a character code as address information, The dial waveform or the destination information is displayed by the second storage means in which the voice waveform of each voice segment indicated by the character code is represented by a digital signal and a plurality of types are stored in advance, and the character code output from the first storage means. Display means, control means for dividing the character code output from the first storage means into voice segments for each voice segment, and using this as address information to read a digital signal from the second storage means, and a predetermined value based on the digital signal. And a voice generating means for generating the voice.

Action The present invention has the following actions due to the above configuration.
That is, when the user presses the destination button, the destination designation information is sent from the first storage means to the control means based on this.
The control means reads a digital signal corresponding to the input information from the second storage means according to the input information for each voice unit, sends the read information to the voice generating means, and the voice generating means outputs the captured digital information to the voice. Since the signal is converted and output, the user can hear the dial information or the address information by voice. Further, since it is not necessary to have a separate address storage unit for voice synthesis, efficient control can be performed without increasing the size of the device.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same members as those of the conventional facsimile machine are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 is a main body of the apparatus, and 40 is a voice synthesizer as a voice generating means.

In the voice synthesizing unit 40, 41 is a second control unit for converting dial information and address information into predetermined address information for each voice unit and outputting the same, and 42 is a second control unit for storing a series of digital signals corresponding to the address information. 2 storage unit, 43 is a digital-analog conversion unit that converts a digital signal into an analog signal (hereinafter, abbreviated as D / A conversion unit), 44 is an oscillator that outputs a clock, and 45 is an amplification unit that amplifies the analog signal , 46
Is a speaker that generates a sound based on an analog signal. In this embodiment, the D / A converter 43, the amplifier 45, and the speaker 46 constitute a sound generating means.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 1 includes a numeric keypad 50, a clear key 51, a registration mode key 52, and a cursor movement key 53.
, Set key 54, end key 55, one-touch key 56
And a send button 57 are provided, and when each switch is operated, each operation signal is transmitted to the first control unit 3 to operate the first control unit 3.

The liquid crystal panel of the visual display unit 4 is controlled by the first control unit 3 which receives the operation signal of each switch of the operation unit 1, and as shown in FIG. 3, the upper row 60, the middle row 61 and the lower row 62 Characters are displayed on each line. When the cursor movement key 53 is pressed, the liquid crystal panel displays a cursor 63, and the cursor 63 is moved to the right according to the depression of the cursor movement key 53. When the cursor 63 reaches the rightmost end, the display content of the lower row 62 is sequentially updated to new content.

Here, the operation of the operation unit 1 and the display of the liquid crystal panel associated with this operation will be described below by taking the case of registering the dial number “4919191” and the address “Engineering jack” as an example. First, when the registration mode key 52 is pressed, FIG. 3 (A)
As shown in, the upper row 60 indicates that registration is possible. Next, when the '01' display key of the one-touch key 56 is pressed and then the '4919191' is pressed with the numeric keypad 50, this number is input, and as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the middle row 61
The registration contents are displayed in the upper row, and at the same time, it is displayed in the upper row 60 that the address can be registered, and in the lower row 62, the katakana group is displayed. Next, when the cursor movement key 53 is pressed, the cursor 63 moves, and when the cursor 63 reaches the position of a predetermined character, the operation of the cursor movement key 53 is stopped and the cursor 63
Stop. In this case, first, as shown in FIG. 8C, stop the cursor 63 at the position of "ki" corresponding to the first character,
Then, when the set key 54 is pressed, "ki" is input and displayed in the middle row 62. Next, the cursor 63 is moved to the rightmost end and the next Katakana group is displayed in the lower row 62. Here, move the cursor 63 to the position of "〃" that indicates the dakuten and set key 54.
When is pressed, "Gi" is displayed as shown in Fig.
At the same time, this is registered. Then, the same operation is performed as shown in FIG.
Is displayed in the middle row 62 of the liquid crystal panel, and registration is performed at the same time. If a character or the like is mistakenly registered, pressing the clear key 51 will erase the character or the like.

Then, when the above-mentioned series of operations is completed and the end key 55 is pressed, the facsimile machine ends the registration mode and enters the standby state.

The first storage unit 2 displays each character as an ASCII code, which is a typical character code, and continuously assembles the predetermined destination designation information and stores it. For example, the above-mentioned talk number '4919191' and the address 'Gibbs Jack' are shown as in FIG.

The second storage unit 42 stores a plurality of types of the voice unit 70, which is the minimum unit of voice represented by a digital signal (8-bit hexadecimal number). That is, in this case, the amplitude of the voice waveform of the voice unit 70 is quantized in 256 steps and represented by a digital signal, and the voice unit 70 is expressed by a continuous series of digital signals. For example, the speech element "Gi" has a speech waveform as shown in FIG. 5, and the amplitude of this speech waveform is as shown in the horizontal axis of the figure, and the series of digital signals "C0, B3, C0, 16, OF, 1E , 23,14,1
E, 10,0B, 0B, 06,0A, 00 ", and the second storage unit 42 stores the speech unit" Gi "as the series of digital signals.

The second control unit 41 divides the destination designation information read from the first storage unit 2 into speech units 70 and converts them into adren information. In this case, “”, “゜”, consonant “”, chorus “”, chorus “-”, etc. are the letters attached to the previous katakana, for example, “Gi” is a combination of “KI” and “”. It is represented by the ASCII code "B7DE".

Regarding the facsimile machine configured as described above,
The operation will be described below.

First, the user sets a document on the transmission unit 7 to perform facsimile transmission and operates the operation unit 1. Then, the first control unit 3 operates, the first control unit 3 reads the dial information and the address information from the first storage unit 2, and the read information is sent to the second control unit 41.
And output to the visual display unit 4. At the same time, the dial information is also output to the calling unit 5 in the line control unit 6. The visual display unit 4 displays dial information and address information, and the calling unit 5 sequentially issues dial information to the telephone line 10. On the other hand, the second control unit 41 divides the input dial information and the address information into each voice segment, and outputs it as an address to the second storage unit 42 in synchronization with the clock input from the oscillator 44. Then, the second storage unit 42 outputs a predetermined digital signal corresponding to the address to the D / A conversion unit 43. And D
The / A converter 43 sequentially converts the digital signal into an analog signal for each clock and outputs the analog signal to the amplifier 45. Amplifier section
45 amplifies the analog signal and outputs it to the speaker 46. Upon receipt of this, the speaker 46 generates voice based on the analog signal.

In this way, the user can hear the destination designation information by voice from the speaker 46 at the time of facsimile transmission, so that the destination can be appropriately and quickly confirmed.

Since the ASCII code of the address for display in the first storage unit 2 is commonly used in the visual display unit 4 as described above, it is not necessary to have another storage unit for address for voice synthesis. There is no need to upsize the device, and efficient control can be performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the address is an ASCII code is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and another code may be used.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, when the operator operates the destination button, the voice generation means outputs the destination designation information by voice, so that the destination can be confirmed quickly and easily. Has the effect. Further, since it is not necessary to have another address storage unit for voice synthesis, efficient control can be performed without increasing the size of the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a layout view showing an operating section of the facsimile apparatus, and FIGS. 3A to 3E are visual displays of the facsimile apparatus. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a copy section, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing stored contents of a first storage section of the facsimile apparatus, FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a voice waveform of a voice unit and a digital signal corresponding thereto, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional facsimile apparatus. 1 ... Operation unit, 2 ... First storage unit, 3 ... First control unit,
40 ... Voice synthesis section, 41 ... Second control section, 42 ... Second storage section, 43 ... D / A conversion section, 45 ... Amplification section, 46 ... Speaker.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first registration of a dial number or destination information by a character code in association with each destination instruction key.
Outputting from a storage means, a second storage means using a character code as address information, expressing a voice waveform of each voice unit indicated by the character code by a digital signal and storing a plurality of types in advance, and the first storage means. Display means for displaying the dial number or destination information by the character code and the character code output from the first storage means for each voice segment, and the digital signal is read from the second storage means using this as address information. A facsimile apparatus comprising a control means for outputting and a voice generating means for generating a predetermined voice based on the digital signal.