KR100229017B1 - Method for processing received facsimile message data in multi-function product - Google Patents

Abstract

end. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

And a method of processing image data facsimiled through a telephone line in a multifunction apparatus having a combination of functions of a printer, a facsimile and a copying machine.

I. Technical Problems to be Solved by the Invention

A facsimile reception data processing method capable of freely selecting a printing output of facsimile reception data and uploading to a personal computer is provided.

All. The point of the solution of the invention

A print mode and an upload mode are selectively set by the user and the printing output of the facsimile reception data and the uploading of the facsimile reception data to the personal computer are performed depending on whether the print mode and the upload mode are set upon reception of the facsimile through the personal computer- Selectively.

la. Important Uses of the Invention

And a personal computer-facsimile card, which are connected to a personal computer, and which are used in a multifunction apparatus that performs functions of a printer and a facsimile.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a facsimile reception data processing method for a multi-

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a multifunctional apparatus having a combination of functions of a printer, facsimile (hereinafter referred to as "fax ") and a copier, and more particularly to a method of processing image data faxed via a telephone line.

A multifunctional apparatus having a combination of functions of a printer, a fax machine and a copying machine is increasingly used due to its advantage of providing various functions at a low price as a single product. Such a multifunction apparatus has conventionally processed image data (hereinafter referred to as "fax received data") that is received via a telephone line in one of the following two ways. One such method corresponds to the case where the multifunction apparatus employs a single fax apparatus. In this case, the fax reception data was printed at the same time as it was received. This method is the same as that of most fax machines that have been used in the past. The other method corresponds to the case where the multifunctional apparatus uses a conventional PC-FAX (Personal Computer-Fascimile) card. The PC-FAX card is an expansion card used to add a fax function to a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as "PC"). In this case, the fax reception data was stored in the auxiliary memory device provided in the PC. At this time, the multifunctional apparatus up-loads the fax reception data to the PC instead of printing it. That is, the facsimile reception data is transmitted to the PC without printing, and is stored in an auxiliary memory device provided in the PC as an arbitrarily designated sequential file name.

The above schemes have complementary advantages and disadvantages. In the case where the MFD employs a single FAX device, there is an advantage that the user can leave the received document as a document by printing out the FAX receiving data. However, it was difficult for the user to modify the fax reception data because the fax reception data was not stored separately but printed immediately after reception. In this case, when the user desires to modify the fax reception data, the user must scan the scanned original with the scanner, and then edit the scanned data while editing the image on the PC. Therefore, not only was there a problem of re-scanning the reception originals, but also a time required for scanning the reception originals at the printing output time.

In contrast, when the multifunction apparatus uses the PC-FAX card, the received fax data is stored in the auxiliary memory of the PC, so that the user can freely modify the received fax data without having to scan the received original. However, since the fax reception data is stored in the auxiliary storage device of the PC without being printed, the user has to open the corresponding file and print the output file in order to leave the reception original document.

Although the above-described two types of facsimile reception data processing methods have advantages and disadvantages complementary to each other, the conventional multifunction apparatus has employed only one of them. Accordingly, the user has been able to use only the fax function according to the processing method employed in the multifunction apparatus, and can not select any one of the two processing methods as needed. In other words, when a single facsimile apparatus is employed, it is not only troublesome for the user to modify the facsimile reception data but also takes a lot of time. When the PC-FAX card is used, the user again opens the corresponding file There has been an inconvenience that the printing output must be performed.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of processing facsimile reception data in which a user can freely select a printing output of facsimile reception data and an uploading operation to a PC.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a multifunction peripheral for carrying out the present invention;

Figure 2 is a flow diagram of a process mode setup / release according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a flowchart of facsimile reception data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of setting a print mode and an upload mode by selectively setting a print mode and an upload mode by a user, And selectively processes the output and uploading to the PC.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Many specific details, such as the specific process flow in the following description and the accompanying drawings, are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Further, the detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

First, in order to carry out the present invention, the multifunctional apparatus must have a PC-FAX card as shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional multifunctional machine having a PC-FAX card and being connected to a PC. The multifunction apparatus 104 includes a main processing unit 106, an operating panel (OPE) 108, a printer 110, a PC-FAX card 112, and a scanner 114 .

First, a processor 116, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 118, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 120, a parallel port connector 122, an AT bus connector 124 and a fax data processor 126 The processor 116 may control the printer 110 and the PC 110 in accordance with a key input by the user via the OPE 108 and a command received from the PC 100 according to a program stored in the ROM 118, -FAX card 112 and the scanner 114 to perform various functions of the multifunction apparatus. ROM 118 stores execution programs of the processor 116 and various reference data. The RAM 120 temporarily stores various kinds of processing data according to the operation of the processor 116. The parallel port connector 122 is connected to the printer port 102 of the PC 100 through a printer cable and interfaces bidirectional communication between the PC 100 and the multifunction apparatus 104. The AT bus connector 124 interfaces the fax data communication between the main processing unit 106 and the PC-FAX card 112. The fax data processor 126 decodes the encoded fax reception data and encodes and compresses the data to be transmitted into fax data. The components of this main processing unit 106 are connected via an AT bus 128.

The OPE 108 includes a plurality of keys for a user to key in the processor 116 to perform various functions of the multifunction apparatus 104 and a display device for displaying various kinds of operation information by the processor 116. [ The printer 110 is connected to the AT bus 128 of the main processing unit 106 and prints an image according to input image data. The PC-FAX card 112 is connected to the AT bus connector 124 of the main processing unit 106 and the CO line, and supports fax data communication. The scanner 34 scans the original by the control of the main processing unit 106 and provides the scanning data on the AT bus 128. [

In the MFP described above, the present invention provides a print mode and an upload mode, which are processing modes that a user can selectively set. The print mode is a mode for printing out the fax reception data as in the case of employing the conventional single fax apparatus as described above, and the upload mode is a mode for transferring the fax reception data to the PC 100). The user can set either one of the print mode and the upload mode as needed, or both, and release the set mode. At this time, selective setting or release of the print mode and the upload mode is performed by key input on the OPE 108. These key inputs may be defined by using the keys provided on the OPE 108 as in the conventional case.

2 is a processing flowchart for setting or canceling the processing mode in accordance with the key input of the user described above, and programs the ROM 118 to be executed by the processor 116 of the main processing unit 106. [ Referring now to FIG. 2, when a user selects a processing mode using a key on OPE 108 and enters a desired key, processor 116 responds to the key in steps (200) - (206) Check the input. At this time, if the print mode setting key is input, the processor 116 sets the print flag by setting the print flag at step 208, and if the print mode release key is input, the print flag is cleared at step 210, Release. Otherwise, the processor 116 sets an upload flag by setting an upload flag in step 212, and when the upload mode release key is input, the processor 116, in step 214, The upload flag is cleared and the upload mode is canceled. The print flag and the upload flag are set in the same manner as the normal flag for the processor 116 to refer to when performing the operation.

When the fax reception state is established via the PC-FAX card 112 in the state that the print mode and the upload mode are selectively set as described above, the processor 116 performs the operation according to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart of fax receiving data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is programmed into the ROM 118 to be performed by the processor 116 of the main processing unit 106. FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, the processor 116 checks whether a fax is received in step 300, and if the fax is being received, the processor 116 checks the status of the print flag and the upload flag in step 302 and 306, And whether or not the upload mode is set.

At this time, if the print flag is set, that is, if the print mode is set, the processor 116 prints out the fax reception data through the printer 110 in step (304). Alternatively, if the print flag is clear and the upload flag is set, that is, the upload mode is set, the processor 116 transmits the fax reception data to the PC 100 through the parallel port connector 122 in step 308 File transfer and uploading. Accordingly, the fax reception data is stored in the auxiliary memory device provided in the PC 100 as described above.

When both the print mode and the upload mode are set, the processor 116 prints out the fax reception data through the printer 110 and transmits the fax reception data through the parallel port connector 122 to the PC (step S308) 100 and uploads the file to the auxiliary storage device of the PC 100. [ If both the print mode and the upload mode are not set, the processor 116 does not process the fax reception data.

Accordingly, the facsimile reception data can be printed out or uploaded to the PC 100 according to the user's selection, and the two types of fax reception data can be simultaneously executed.

As described above, according to the present invention, the printing output of the fax reception data and the uploading of the fax reception data to the PC can be freely selected and performed by the user, so that the user can conveniently modify the fax reception data or leave the reception document as a document .

Claims (1)

A facsimile reception data processing method of a multifunction peripheral having a personal computer-facsimile card and connected to a personal computer and performing a combination of functions of a printer and a facsimile, Setting a print mode and an upload mode selectively by a user; Confirming whether the print mode and the upload mode are set when facsimile is received through the personal computer-facsimile card; Outputting the facsimile reception data through the printer when the print mode is set; Storing the received facsimile data in an auxiliary storage unit provided in the personal computer when the facsimile reception data is set in the upload mode; When both the print mode and the upload mode are set, the facsimile reception data is printed out through the printer, and the file is uploaded to the personal computer by uploading and stored in the auxiliary memory device provided in the personal computer Wherein the facsimile reception data processing method comprises the steps of: