KR100366031B1 - Method for transmitting of cover sheet in the facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, when a fax (or Multi Function Peripheral) connected to a computer transmits fax data to a remote facsimile or a computer, information input by directly inputting various types of fax data through an operation panel of the fax The present invention relates to a method of transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile which is converted into a preset cover sheet and transmitted simultaneously with the fax data.

A feature of the present invention is a fax cover sheet transmission method comprising a control panel in which a preset cover sheet form is stored and a plurality of character keys and function keys are arranged so that a user can input information of a fax data. Determine whether the data transfer function is selected; If the fax data transmission function is selected, the original is scanned to generate binary fax data; Request to input information about the generated fax data in a preset order; Judging whether information on the fax data has been input through the operation panel; Editing information on the fax data input through the operation panel corresponding to the preset cover sheet form; One point is to send the edited cover sheet and scanned fax data to a remote location.

The present invention has a user-friendly advantage by allowing the user to input various information of the fax data through the operation panel of the multifunction device, and to automatically produce and transmit the cover sheet by substituting the input information into a pre-stored cover sheet form.

Description

FAX COVER SHEET TRANSFER SHEET {METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OF COVER SHEET IN THE FACSIMILE}

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile, and more particularly, to transmit a fax data from a facsimile (or a multifunction peripheral (MFP: Multifunction Peripheral)) to a remote facsimile or a computer. The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile so that the inputted information is converted into a predetermined cover sheet and transmitted simultaneously with the fax data by directly inputting various information of the fax data.

The present invention also relates to a facsimile-related cover sheet transmission method in which a facsimile associated with a computer is configured to download and store a cover sheet created in the facsimile and to transmit the fax data including the stored cover sheet.

In general, in the field of data transmission technology, fax communication technology has been limited to a simple concept of communication method that unilaterally transmits image data through a public switching telephone network (PSTN). However, due to the recent development of office automation (OA) devices and the increase in the penetration rate, multi-function peripherals (MFPs) have been proposed to perform multiple functions simultaneously as a single device. Here, the definition of the complex function can be largely divided into two types.

First, it refers to the function of the office automation equipment (facsimile, copier, printer, scanner, etc.) that is required in the office environment as an integrated structure. Second, the computer that occupies a key position in the office environment (usually, 'personal computer (PC)'). Is used to create new, more complex functions.

On the other hand, in the conventional facsimile transmission method, when the sender wants to display various pieces of information of the fax data to the recipient, a cover sheet which records various pieces of information (sender, recipient, contents of the fax data, etc.) of the fax data to be sent is covered (Cover). Sheet) is created by a user through a separate application program and sent with the fax data, only the fax data except the cover sheet is transmitted, or various information of the fax data can be directly written in the fax data and transmitted.

However, according to the conventional fax cover sheet transmission method, the following problem (s) occur.

That is, it is inconvenient for the user to produce a cover sheet in which various information of the fax data to be transmitted is recorded in a separate application program and transmit it together with the fax data.

In addition, the method of transmitting only the fax data excluding the cover sheet is unclear to the user to receive and difficult to grasp the contents of the fax data when the remote facsimile or the computer is shared by multiple users.

In addition, the original document is damaged in a manner of writing and transmitting various information of the fax data in the fax data, and when the user wants to transmit the information to a plurality of users, it is inconvenient to write a different recipient every time.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem (s), the object of the present invention is to input a variety of information of the fax data by the user through the operation panel of the multifunction device, and substitute the input information into the pre-stored cover sheet form The present invention provides a method for transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile to automatically manufacture and transmit a cover sheet.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to download and save the cover sheet form created on the computer associated with the fax to the fax, and to detect the stored cover sheet form whenever the user wants to transmit the fax data to be sent with the fax data The present invention provides a method of transmitting a cover sheet of a fax.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a connection between a computer and a facsimile applied to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the facsimile shown in FIG. 1;

3 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of a fax cover sheet transmission method according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for transmitting a cover sheet of a fax according to the present invention.

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100: facsimile 101: central processing unit

102: memory 103: operation panel

104: scanner 105: printer

106: modem 107: network controller

108: interface 200: computer

A feature of the present invention for achieving such an object (s) is a method of transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile which is linked to communicate with a computer: determining whether a fax data transmission function has been selected; If the fax data transmission function is selected, the original is scanned to generate binary fax data; Detecting cover sheet data downloaded from a computer and stored in advance; Information to be changed among the information of the fax data is detected from various input states of the fax, updated and edited; Once the editing is completed, the cover sheet and scanned fax data are sent to the remote facsimile.

Here, the pre-stored cover sheet data is created through an application program of a computer, downloaded and stored in a facsimile, and information which is not changed among various items of the cover sheet data is stored in an edited state, and information to be changed is edited. It is desirable to be stored as possible.

In addition, the information not to be changed includes at least one or more items of the sender's phone number and the sender, and the information to be changed preferably includes at least one or more items of the receiver's phone number and the total number of pages and transmission time.

At this time, the receiving telephone number of the information to be changed is updated and edited by the telephone number input by the user; The total number of pages is updated and edited with the total number of pages detected during the scanning of the document; The transmission time is preferably updated and edited at the time for performing the update and edit steps.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment (s) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a connection between a computer and a facsimile applied to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the facsimile shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. An operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the cover sheet transmission method is shown, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing another embodiment of the cover sheet transmission method of the fax according to the present invention.

First, the configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 as follows.

The facsimile 100 and the computer 200 are connected to each other via a serial or parallel cable so as to communicate with each other, and output the document created by the computer 200 through the facsimile 100 or the facsimile 100 It is configured to be able to directly check the fax data received by the computer (200).

On the other hand, when the internal configuration of the facsimile 100 will be described, the central processing unit 101 controls the various functions of the facsimile 100 as a whole. In particular, the central processing unit 101 controls the manufacturing work of the cover sheet form corresponding to the fax data by substituting various information data of the fax data input by the user into the pre-stored cover sheet form, or from the computer 200. The transferred cover sheet data is downloaded and stored in the memory 102.

The memory 102 stores program data, protocol data and fax data for the central processing unit 101 to control various operations of the fax. In particular, the memory 102 stores preset cover sheet data or cover sheet data downloaded from the computer 200.

An operating panel (OPE) 103 is provided with a plurality of function keys arranged so as to select various functions of the facsimile, and includes a display window for displaying the operating state of the facsimile. In particular, the display window of the operation panel 103 displays input information for creating a cover sheet, and the keypad uses input keys and cover sheet creation for inputting letters, numbers, and symbols so that a user can input various information. It includes a function key for selecting various functions for.

The scanner 104 scans the original data to be transmitted, converts it into binary information, and provides the converted digital image data to the central processing unit 101.

The printer 105 prints the fax data transmitted from the remote facsimile or the computer 200 and simultaneously copies the digital image data scanned by the scanner 104.

The modem 106 modulates and outputs the output data of the central processing unit 101 in an analog manner under the control of the central processing unit 101, and demodulates the analog input signal received from the remote facsimile to the digital image data. Output

A network controller (NCU) 107 is operated under the control of the central processing unit 101 to form a call loop of a telephone line (Tip, Ring), and the modulation / demodulation signal of the modem 106 and the telephone. Interface the signal on the line.

The interface unit 108 interfaces data communication between the facsimile 100 and the computer 200.

An operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

<1st Example of this invention>

First, the general operating state of the facsimile 100 will be described.

When a facsimile operation, for example, a copy function or a transmission function start signal is input from the operation panel 103, the central processing unit 101 scans an image of an original to be transmitted through the scanner 104 and then, via the printer 105. The image signal of the original is transmitted to a telephone line (Tip, Ring) through a copy or a modem 106 and a network controller 9107 which will be described later.

That is, a case in which a transmission key is input from the operation panel 103 to perform a transmission operation will be described as an example. First, in order to generate data for transmission, author the image data of the original scanned from the scanner 104, A memory 102 is required to store the compressed code of the image data, and once the communication path is formed, the image data must be transmitted through the telephone line (Tip, Ring) at a constant transmission speed. There is an attribute.

Therefore, the facsimile scans an image of an original to be transmitted through the scanner 104, converts the image into binary data, and stores the image sequentially in the memory 102. When the scan operation is completed, the scanner 104 notifies the central processing unit 101 that the scan operation is completed.

The central processing unit 101 scans the image data of the original stored in the memory 102 and applies it to the modem 106 when a predetermined signal indicating that the scanning operation from the scanner 104 is completed is input. The modem 106 modulates the image data of the input document into an analog signal of a transmission rate suitable for a telephone line (Tip, Ring) state, and then receives the receiving side facsimile through the network controller 107 and the telephone line (Tip, Ring). Send to 200.

Then, when the receiving side facsimile 200 receives an image signal from the transmitting side facsimile 100 through a telephone line (Tip, Ring) and the network controller 107, the modem 106 receives the image signal of the inputted original image data. Demodulated to provide to the central processing unit (101).

The central processing unit 101 stores the input image data in the memory 102 and prints the stored image data to the printer 105.

When the transmission / reception is completed, the central processing unit 101 transmits / receives information on the transmission / reception, that is, transmission / reception (Tx / Rx), communication start time, communication time required, telephone number, page count, communication. The result is printed out by sending / receiving list data (Confirmation Report).

Meanwhile, an embodiment of a process of manufacturing and transmitting a cover sheet by the facsimile 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

First, a form of a preset form is stored in the memory 102, and various information fields of the fax data included in the form are configured to be edited by a user input.

That is, when the user loads the document to be sent to the facsimile 100 and operates the transmission key among the various function keys arranged on the operation panel 103, the central processing unit 101 determines that the fax data transmission function is set. Recognition (S1) scans the loaded document and generates binary data binarized by the scanning operation (S2).

Subsequently, the central processing unit 101 controls the operation panel 103 to display information input request text for inputting various information of the corresponding fax data according to a preset program order on a display window, and the user inputs the corresponding information. Wait until (S3). Here, the various information of the fax data, as mentioned above, refer to the general matters related to the fax data such as the telephone number of the sender, the sender, the telephone number of the receiver, the receiver, the total number of pages, the description of the fax data, the transmission time, and the like. In addition, these items are sequentially displayed on the display window according to a preset program.

Then, when all of the user's input is completed (S4), the central processing unit 101 edits the information input by the user to correspond to the preset form to create a cover sheet (S5). When the cover sheet is completed, the central processing unit 101 sequentially transmits the cover sheet and the fax data to the remote facsimile or the associated computer (S6), and when the transmission is completed (S7), all the processing ends. Therefore, the user can directly create a cover sheet through the operation panel of the fax.

<2nd Example of this invention>

Meanwhile, another embodiment of the process of manufacturing and transmitting the cover sheet by the facsimile 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, the facsimile 100 downloads the cover sheet data created by the application program of the computer 100 and stores it in the memory 102. Here, the information that is not changed in the cover sheet data (e.g., the sender's phone number, sender, etc.) is edited in advance, and the changed information (e.g., the receiver's phone number, the total number of pages, transmission time, etc.) As the telephone number is entered, the original is scanned, and the transmission is started, the information is directly detected from the facsimile 100 and automatically edited.

That is, when the user loads the document to be sent to the facsimile 100 and operates the transmission key among the various function keys arranged on the operation panel 103, the central processing unit 101 determines that the fax data transmission function is set. By recognizing (S8), the loaded document is scanned and binarized fax data is generated by scanning (S9).

Thereafter, the central processing unit 101 detects the cover sheet data downloaded to the memory 102 (S10). In this case, as described above, the information which does not change, that is, the information of the sender's phone number, the sender, etc., is pre-edited, and the information to be changed, that is, the receiver's phone number, the total number of pages, the transmission time, The information of is set in the editable state.

In addition, the central processing unit 101 updates and edits information to be changed among various items of the detected cover sheet data (S11). That is, the central processing unit 101 detects the total number of pages when the document is scanned by the scanner 104, and updates and edits the detected total number of pages in an item indicating the total number of pages of information to be changed. In addition, the central processing unit 101 detects the telephone number of the remote facsimile input by the user and updates and edits the detected telephone number in an item indicating the receiving telephone number among information to be changed. Then, the central processing unit 101 detects the transmission start time for transmitting the cover sheet and the fax data for which the editing operation is completed, and updates and edits the detected transmission start time in the item indicating the transmission time among the information to be changed. At this time, it is preferable to set the transmission start time to the time of updating and editing the information to be changed.

When the editing is completed through this process (S12), the central processing unit 101 transmits the edited cover sheet and the scanned fax data to the remote facsimile (S13), and when the transmission is completed (S14), all proceeds. To exit. Therefore, the user does not need to prepare a separate cover sheet for every transmission point of the fax data, and it is convenient, and the shape of the cover sheet can be arbitrarily changed according to the user's request.

As described above, although the specific embodiment (s) have been described in the detailed description of the present invention, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment (s) but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the method for transmitting the cover sheet of the fax according to the present invention, the following advantage (s) occurs.

That is, the user inputs various information of the fax data through the operation panel of the multifunction device and substitutes the input information into the pre-stored cover sheet form to automatically produce and transmit the cover sheet, which is convenient for use.

In addition, by downloading and storing the cover sheet form created on the computer associated with the fax to the facsimile, the user detects the stored cover sheet form and transmits it with the fax data whenever the user wants to transmit the fax data. It is convenient because there is no need to manufacture a separate cover sheet at every transmission point, and the shape of the cover sheet can be arbitrarily changed according to the user's request.

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delete delete delete In the method of transmitting the cover sheet of the facsimile, which is connected to the computer to communicate: Determining whether a fax data transmission function is selected; If the fax data transmission function is selected, scanning the original to generate binary fax data; Detecting cover sheet data downloaded from a computer and stored in advance; Detecting, updating and editing information to be changed among the information of the fax data from various input states of the fax; And Transmitting the cover sheet and the scanned fax data to a remote facsimile when the editing operation is completed. The method of claim 4, wherein the previously stored cover sheet data, After writing through the application program of the computer, it is downloaded and stored in the facsimile, the unchanged information of the various items of the cover sheet data is stored in the edited state, the information to be changed is stored in the editable state Facsimile cover sheet transfer method. The method of claim 5, wherein the information that is not to be changed, A method of transmitting a cover sheet of a facsimile, characterized in that it comprises at least one item of the telephone number and the sender. The method of claim 5, wherein the information to be changed, A fax cover sheet transmission method comprising at least one of a telephone number, a total number of pages, and a transmission time. The method of claim 7, wherein the updating and editing step, The receiving telephone number of the information to be changed is updated and edited by the telephone number input by the user; The total number of pages is updated and edited with the total number of pages detected in the process of scanning an original; The transmission time is a fax cover sheet transmission method, characterized in that for updating and editing at the time of performing the update and edit step.