JPH055220B2 - - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a facsimile device having an interrupt transmission function.

Prior Art When a facsimile device is currently used to send multiple originals to one party, and the user suddenly wants to send another document to another party, the following operations have conventionally been performed: It was necessary.

That is, first, the plurality of originals that are currently set on the original table to be transmitted electronically are removed.

Next, wait for the document currently being sent to be sent by wire, wait until the wire is sent, and then call the other party.
After confirming the reception status, perform the wire transmission.

Then, after this sudden interrupt transmission is completed, the interrupted original is set again on the manuscript table, the other party to whom the transmission was interrupted is called by telephone, and the transmission is resumed.

As described above, in the past, the procedure for performing interrupt transmission was extremely complicated and time-consuming.

Purpose The present invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device configured to perform interrupt transmission extremely efficiently.

Embodiments Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate an embodiment of the present invention, which includes two different document tables.

Then, when a plurality of originals set on the document table a are being electronically transmitted to a certain party A, the current electronic transmission is temporarily interrupted by pressing an interrupt button.

Then, the original set on document tray B is sent to another party B by wire, and after the wire transmission to party B is completed, a call is made to party A again, and the remaining documents set on document tray A are sent by wire. It is configured to do this.

The details of each part will be explained below.

In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 1 is a CSI signal detection circuit, which detects a CSI (called terminal identification) signal sent from the other party's facsimile receiver.

This CSI signal is an optional signal that can be used to confirm the called station by a specific number or telephone number assigned to the called station.

Therefore, the telephone number of the other party's facsimile device is output to the signal line 1a and input to the control circuit 8.

The circuit designated by reference numeral 2 is a circuit that stores the telephone number of the other party's facsimile machine, and the telephone number of the other party's facsimile machine is output to the signal line 2a.
It is input to the automatic dialing circuit 7.

The contents of the telephone number storage circuit 2 can be rewritten by a command from the control circuit 8. That is, when a pulse 50 is generated on the signal line 8b after outputting the telephone number to the signal line 8a, the telephone number is stored.

On the other hand, a circuit designated by reference numeral 3 is a circuit for detecting the presence or absence of a document on the document table, and this circuit outputs a high-level signal to the signal line 3a when there is a document on the document table a.

Also, if there is no document on document table a, signal line 3
Outputs a low level signal to a.

The signal on the signal line 3a is input to the control circuit 8.

Also, the one indicated by numeral 4 is another original platen b.
This is a circuit that detects whether or not there is a document on the document table.Similar to the document presence/absence detection circuit 3 described above, when there is a document on the document table b, a high level signal is sent to the signal line 4a, and when there is no document, a high level signal is sent to the signal line 4a. A low level signal is output to the control circuit 8 and input to the control circuit 8.

Further, the control circuit 8 is connected to a press detection circuit 5 for an interrupt transmission button.

This circuit is a circuit that detects that an interrupt transmission button, which is pressed when a user suddenly wants to send another document to another party B, has been pressed while the document is currently being transmitted to a certain party A.

This interrupt transmission button press detection circuit 5 generates a pulse 51 on the signal line 5a when the interrupt transmission button is pressed.

The signal on the signal line 5a is input to the control circuit 8.

On the other hand, the reference numeral 6 is a display circuit that displays the procedure for performing interrupt transmission.

This display circuit 6 inputs the signal of the signal line 8c,
If this signal is at a high level, for example, "Please wait a moment" is displayed, and if this signal is at a low level, nothing is displayed.

This display circuit 6 inputs the signal of the signal line 8d, and if this signal is at a high level, it displays, for example, "Please place the original on platen B and make a call," and if this signal is at a low level, it displays If there is, nothing will be displayed.

Furthermore, when the pulse 52 is generated on the signal line 8e after the interrupt transmission is completed, the automatic dialing circuit 7 inputs the signal on the signal line 2a, that is, the telephone signal of the facsimile device that was transmitting before the interruption transmission, and automatically dials the signal. This is a circuit that dials the Then, the remaining originals set on the original platen a are electronically transmitted.

By the way, the control circuit 8 performs the following control.

That is, first, the signal on the signal line 1a, that is, the telephone number of the other party's facsimile device to which the several sheets of originals set on the document table a are being transmitted, is inputted and stored in the telephone number storage circuit 2.

When the interrupt transmission button is pressed, the interrupt transmission procedure is performed via the display circuit 6. In other words, until the electronic transmission of the original on the original platen A that is currently being transmitted is completed, a message such as ``Please wait a moment'' is displayed, and after the electronic transmission is completed, a message such as ``Set the original on the original platen B and call please do it"
It is displayed as follows.

On the other hand, when the electronic transmission of the document on document table b is completed, the automatic dialing circuit 7 automatically dials the facsimile device of party A to which the document was sent before the transmission interruption, and the remaining documents set on document table a are automatically dialed. Have the manuscript sent electronically.

Next, along with the flowchart shown in Figure 2,
A specific example of the control method will be explained.

First, when the start is started, a low level signal is output to the signal line 8c in step S11. Then, "Please wait a moment" on display circuit 6.
The display disappears.

The process then proceeds to step S12, where a low level signal is output to the signal line 8d. Then, the message "Please set the original on the original platen b and then call" which had been displayed on the display circuit 6 disappears.

Next, the process advances to step S13, and the signal on the signal line 1a is acquired. Then, the telephone number of the current facsimile machine of the other party to whom multiple sheets of original documents are being sent is input.

The process then proceeds to step S14, where the telephone number of the facsimile machine of the other party inputted in step S13 is output to the signal line 8a.

In step S15, pulse 5 is applied to signal line 8b.
0 is generated, the signal on the signal line 8a is input to the telephone number storage circuit 2, and this is stored.

The process then proceeds to step S16, where it is determined whether or not the pulse 51 has occurred on the signal line 5a.

That is, it is determined whether or not the interrupt transmission button has been pressed.

When the pulse 51 is generated on the signal line 5a, in other words, when the interrupt transmission button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S18.
Proceed to.

If the pulse 51 is not generated on the signal line 5a, the process advances to step S17.

Then, in step S17, it is determined whether the signal on the signal line 3a is at a high level. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a document on the document table a.

If the signal line 3a is at a high level, that is, if there is a document on the document table a, the process returns to step S16. When the signal line 3a is at a low level, that is, when there is no document on the document table a, the control is terminated.

On the other hand, in step S18, a high level is output to the signal line 8c, and the message "Please wait a moment" is displayed via the display circuit 6.

In this case, the manuscript is currently being sent electronically.

The process then proceeds to step S19, where it is determined whether or not the document currently being transmitted has been electronically transmitted. If the document currently being electronically transmitted has finished electronically transmitting, the process advances to step S20.

In step S20, a low level is output to the signal line 8c, and the display of "Please wait a moment" disappears.
Then, the process proceeds to step S21, and a high level signal is output to the signal line 8d, and the display circuit 6 displays the message "Please set the original on the original platen b and make a call." The process then proceeds to step S22, where it is determined whether the signal line 4a is at a high level. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a document on document table b. If the signal line 4a is at a high level, that is, if there is a document on the document table b, the process advances to step S23.

In step S23, a low level is output to the signal line 8d, and the display ``Please set the original on the original platen b and make a call'' is erased via the display circuit 6.

The process then proceeds to step S24, where it is determined whether the signal line 4a is at a high level. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a document on the document table b, and if the signal line 4a is at a low level and there is no document, the process advances to step S25.

In step S25, pulse 5 is applied to signal line 8e.
2 is generated, and the facsimile device that was transmitting the data before the interrupt transmission is dialed via the automatic dial circuit 7, and the remaining originals set on the document table a are transmitted by telephone.

The process then proceeds to step S26, where it is determined whether the signal line 3a is at a high level.

In other words, it is determined whether or not the document is on the document table a,
When the signal line 3a becomes low level, that is, when all the originals on the original platen a are gone, the electric transmission is completely completed, and the control ends.

Since this embodiment is configured as described above,
If you are in the middle of sending multiple documents to recipient A, and suddenly want to send them to recipient B, you can automatically send them to recipient B without the need for complicated operations like in the past. Interrupt transmission is possible,
When the interrupt transmission ends, the original transmission can be automatically restarted.

By the way, although the facsimile transmitter was explained in the above-mentioned embodiment, a TSI signal detection circuit was provided in place of the CSI signal detection circuit indicated by numeral 1 in FIG. 1, and a document presence detection circuit indicated by numeral 3 was installed. Except for the steps in the flowchart diagram.
Judgment in S17 and step S26 is "Whether transmission is complete or not"
Once the determination step is reached, the present invention can be similarly applied to the receiver.

Effects As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the first and second document placement means are provided, and while the first document placement device is reading and transmitting the document, the first document placement device temporarily interrupting the reading and transmitting of the original document, and performing the reading and transmitting of the second document placing means;
Further, when the reading and transmitting of the original on the second original placing means is completed, the suspended reading and sending of the original on the second original placing means is automatically resumed. Also,
The present invention executes and restarts the reading and transmitting in accordance with the detection of the presence or absence of the document when the second document placing means interrupts the reading and transmitting of the original and the first document placing means restarts the reading and sending of the original, respectively. I try to do it.

Therefore, according to the present invention, interrupt transmission can be performed even when reading and transmitting a document in real time. Moreover, at this time, the operator must remove the remaining originals whose reading and transmission were interrupted, set a new original for interrupt transmission, and once the interrupt transmission is finished, set the remaining originals again. No operation is required.

In addition, when interrupting transmission or restarting reading and sending of a document that has been interrupted, the reading and sending is executed in accordance with the detection of the presence or absence of the document, so the first document placement means that has interrupted reading and sending If the remaining original is removed or the original for interrupt transmission is not set on the second original placing means,
This has excellent effects such as being able to prevent unnecessary transmission processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure explains one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a block diagram of the control circuit, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the control operation. 1...CSI signal detection circuit, 2...Telephone number storage circuit, 3...Original presence/absence detection circuit on document table a, 4
...Circuit for detecting the presence or absence of a document on document table b, 5...Circuit for detecting the press of the interrupt transmission button, 6...Display circuit, 7
...Automatic dial circuit, 8...Control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1: first and second document placement means; means for reading and transmitting documents on the first and second document placement devices; and means for reading and transmitting documents placed on the first document placement device. a first detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a placed original; a second detection means for detecting the presence or absence of an original placed on the second original placing means; and a first original placing means. interrupt instructing means for temporarily interrupting the reading and transmitting of the original while the means is reading and transmitting the original, and interrupting the reading and transmitting of the original by the first document placing means in response to an instruction by the interrupt instructing means. In accordance with the detection by the second detection means, reading and transmitting the original on the second document placing means is executed, and when it is determined that reading and transmitting the original on the second document placing means has been completed, the second document placing means reads and transmits the original. 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control means for restarting reading and transmitting of an original on the first original placing means which had been interrupted in accordance with the detection by the first original detecting means.