JPS6036149B2 - Transmission confirmation stamp method for facsimile machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for stamping a transmission completion confirmation stamp on a transmitted document in a facsimile communication device, particularly in a facsimile transmitter or a transmitter/receiver.

Conventionally, in this type of transmission confirmation stamp method, there is a method in which a transmission confirmation stamp is stamped at the end of the document when a reception confirmation response sent from the receiver is detected at the end of document transmission. If two consecutive documents are not separated and are fed overlapping with some deviation, the lower document and even the upper document may not be completely transmitted or received depending on the case.

In order to eliminate such defects, the present invention solves the conventional drawbacks by stamping a document at two locations, the end of the document and the end.

Conventionally, in this type of transmission confirmation stamp method, a stamp that is electromagnetically driven by a solenoid or the like is placed slightly behind the document scanning position to detect the reception confirmation response sent by the receiver when the document transmission is completed. In many cases, a transmission confirmation stamp is stamped at the end of the document by driving the stamp.

In such devices, if the signal sequence progresses normally, a transmission confirmation stamp is stamped, so abnormalities in the receiver or transmission path can be detected by the stamp. 2 consecutive manuscripts
If two sheets of originals are fed without being separated and overlapped with some misalignment, even though the transmission confirmation stamp is affixed, in reality, not only the lower original but also the upper In some cases, inconveniences may occur, such as the manuscript not being completely sent. The present invention eliminates the above drawbacks and
By affixing stamps at two locations, one at the beginning and one at the end of the document, a highly reliable transmission confirmation stamp ensures that the document with these transmission confirmation stamps is always received by the receiving party. It provides a method.

To give an overview of the method of the present invention, the method of the present invention includes a means for feeding the document, a stamping mechanism provided along the document feeding path behind the document taking position, and a device for placing the document at the reading position. In a facsimile transmitter or a transmitting/receiving machine, the facsimile transmitter or transmitter/receiver has a means for detecting a document and generating a document detection signal, and performs transmission while receiving a response from a facsimile receiver for each document to be transmitted, the amount of document movement of the document feeding means means for generating document movement pulses in accordance with the document detection signal; and female stand edge counting means that starts counting document movement pulses at the leading edge of the document detection signal and generates a start edge detection signal when a predetermined number of document movement pulses have been counted. , an end counter that starts counting document movement pulses when the document detection signal is green after the document detection signal and generates an end detection signal when a certain number of document movement pulses are counted, and receives a response for each document from the receiver. means for storing a response detection signal and generating a response detection signal; A facsimile machine characterized in that a stamp stamping mechanism is activated when an end detection signal is sent from an end counting means and stamps a stamp on the document, and a confirmation stamp is stamped on the female stand weaving section and the end portion of the document. This is a transmission confirmation stamp method in the device.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a document feed mechanism section and a stamp mechanism section in an apparatus for carrying out the method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the circuit configuration of the apparatus.
In FIG. 1, a transmission document 11 fed from a paper feed section is fed by a document ejection roller 12, and is sent to a discussion surface 11.
It receives the irradiation light from the fluorescent lamp 14 at the point 3, and images of the characters, drawings, etc. written or printed on the manuscript are projected onto a photoreceptor 15, such as a CCD, placed in front of it.
This photoreceptor is scanned under electrical scanning and sends out electrical signals. The transmission document 11 is stamped by a stamp mechanism 17 at 16 stamp positions spaced a certain distance from the discussion position. The position where the stamp is stamped on the manuscript is, for example, 0 to 2 positions from the end of the document in the case of the beginning of the manuscript, and the position of 2,000 meters from the end of the manuscript in the case of the end of the manuscript.
This is the location of the enemy. The distance between the reading position and the stamp position is, for example, four meters. Next, the process of implementing the method of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. As mentioned above, when the original to be sent is fed from the paper feeder and reaches the reading position, a signal indicating that the original exists is generated when the starting edge of the original comes, and this signal is generated when the end of the original comes. Lasts until.

This signal is input to the input circuit 1 from the C terminal in FIG. The output signal from the input circuit 1 is differentiated by the differentiating circuit 2, and when the female end is detected here, that signal is input as a set pulse to the start end counting circuit 6 via the logic circuit 5, and when the end is detected. At this time, the signal is inputted as a set pulse to the terminal counting circuit 7 via the logic circuit 5. These counting circuits 6 and 7 have input terminals a and b.
A forward rotation pulse and a reverse rotation pulse are applied to drive the pulse motor, respectively, and counting circuits 6 and 7 count the amount of movement of the document by the pulses upon arrival of the set pulse described above. If transmission is no longer necessary for some reason after the document is fed, the 8E paper signal is input from the d terminal to the flip-flop 3, and the counting circuits 6 and 7 are reset via the logic circuit 5. Next, when the starting edge of the document travels a certain distance from the reading position, passes the position directly below the stamp, and advances from this position to, for example, a 2-way position (referred to as the stamp position), the counting circuit 6 starts a preset count. When the number reaches the number, a signal to that effect is generated, and this signal is transmitted to the stamp drive circuit 9 to drive it, and the stamp mechanism 10 stamps the starting edge of the document.

This stamping on the starting end is performed unconditionally in the case of normal communication conditions other than imitation paper. When stamping on the starting edge is completed, a stamping completion signal is sent from the stamp drive circuit 9 to the logic circuit 5, which in turn sends a reset pulse to the counting circuit 6, which resets the circuit 6 and starts counting the next document. Enters a waiting state. Next, when the end of the document travels a certain distance from the discussion position and reaches a position directly below the stamp, for example, 20 ribs (referred to as the stamp position), the counting circuit 7 reaches a preset count number. generates a signal to that effect and transmits this signal to gate 4 and gate 8.

When the gate 4 receives this signal, it generates a pulse motor stop signal to stop the pulse motor, thereby stopping the document. Now, when the end of the document reaches the stamping position, the document is temporarily stopped, but the operation differs depending on whether or not a reception acknowledgment has already arrived before this point. To explain the fact that such a situation occurs, for example, if the distance between the reading position and the stamp position is 4 steps, and the stamp position is 20 steps backwards from the end of the document. In the end, the stamping point is when the end of the document has traveled two yards from the discussion position. On the other hand, if the time from the end of reading the original to when the reception acknowledgment signal is returned is, for example, 2 seconds, is the time required for the end of the original to reach the stamp position longer than the above 2 seconds? If it is long, the reception acknowledgment will have already come before the end of the document reaches the stamping position, and if it is short, the reception acknowledgment will come after that. This is because it will happen. Now, when the end of the document reaches the stamping position, if there was already a reception acknowledgment before that, this response is input from the f terminal and stored in gate 8, so gate 8 Upon arrival of the above-mentioned signal that is input when the end of the document reaches the stamping position, a stamp drive signal is sent from the gate 8 to the stamp drive circuit 9 and a stamp is stamped. However, when the end of the document reaches the stamping position, if the reception acknowledgment has not yet arrived, the original has stopped at the stamping position as described above, and then the reception acknowledgment is input from the f terminal. When the stamp reaches the gate 8, a stamp drive signal is sent from the gate 8 to the stamp drive circuit 9, and a stamp is stamped. When stamp imprinting is completed, a signal to that effect is transmitted from the stamp drive circuit 9 to the logic circuit 5, and a signal to drive the pulse motor is output from the circuit 5 to restart the document travel, and at the same time, the circuit 5 transmits a signal to the logic circuit 5 to drive the pulse motor. A reset signal is sent to the counter 7, and the counting circuit 7 is reset and becomes ready for counting the next document. As explained in detail above, when using the method of the present invention, confirmation stamps are stamped at two locations, at the beginning and end of the transmitted original, to ensure that the transmitted original has been completely transmitted and received. Not only can you confirm that this is the case, but it also means that if the originals are not separated but are sent slightly shifted and overlapped, the stamps will not be stamped at two places, at the end of the feeder and at the end. In fact, it can be confirmed that a document without these two stamps has not been completely sent or received, and this has the effect of significantly increasing the reliability of facsimile communication itself.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a document feeding mechanism section and a stamp mechanism section in an apparatus for implementing the method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the apparatus. The symbols used in the drawings indicate the following. 1... Input circuit, 2... Differential circuit, 3... Flip-flop, 4, 8...
Gate, 5...Logic circuit, 6...Female terminal counting circuit, 7...Terminal counting circuit, 9...
Stamp drive circuit, 10... Stamp mechanism, 11.
...Transmission original, 12...Original ejection roller, 1
3...Manuscript discussion surface, 14...Fluorescent lamp, 15...CCD, 16...Stamp position, 17...Tastamping mechanism , a, b...
...Pulse motor forward and reverse rotation drive pulse input terminal, c...Document presence detection signal input terminal, d...
・Scale paper signal input terminal, e: pulse mode stop signal output terminal, f: reception acknowledgment signal input terminal. 〇Kayanozu Hair Z Diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. It has a means for feeding the document, a stamping mechanism provided behind the document reading position along the document feeding path, and a means for detecting the presence of the document at the reading position and generating a document detection signal. , in a facsimile transmitter or a transmitter/receiver that performs transmission while receiving a response for each transmitted document from a facsimile receiver, means for generating a document movement pulse in accordance with the amount of document movement of the document feeding means; a starting edge counting means that starts counting document moving pulses at the leading edge of the detection signal and generates a starting edge detection signal when a certain number of document moving pulses are calculated, and starts counting the document moving pulses at the trailing edge of the document detecting signal. end counting means for generating an end detection signal when a certain number of document movement pulses are counted; means for storing a response for each document from the receiver and generating a response detection signal; Activated when a start end detection signal is sent from the means, and when a response detection signal is sent from the response detection signal generating means and a termination detection signal is sent from the end counting means, A transmission confirmation stamp method for a facsimile machine, which is characterized by stamping a confirmation stamp at the beginning and end of a document using a stamping mechanism that stamps the document.