JP2008219075A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication equipment capable of easily and accurately making a reply to transmission origin equipment. <P>SOLUTION: By the facsimile equipment 1 of this embodiment, in facsimile reception processing, the telephone number of the transmission origin equipment is written to a radio tag added to a recording paper sheet and a reply paper sheet is prepared. Also, since a certain image is printed on the recording paper sheet on which the telephone number of the transmission origin equipment is written to the radio tag, the radio tag to which the telephone number of the transmission origin equipment is written is not easily lost, and management is facilitated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, and more particularly to a communication device capable of easily and accurately performing a reply to a transmission source device.

A technique has been proposed in which a telephone number of a calling party is identified when receiving facsimile data, a cover letter for reply is created, and the telephone number of the calling party is printed on the cover letter with a barcode. In this way, the calling party telephone number can be set by reading the bar code, making it easy to reply and making a setting error compared to manually entering the telephone number. Can be suppressed.
JP-A-2005-198128

  However, according to the above-described communication apparatus, since barcodes are printed each time facsimile data is received, there is a problem in that recording paper and recording agents such as ink and toner are consumed. In particular, in the case of a barcode, since it is printed in a visible state on the recording paper, a part of one recording paper is occupied by the printing of the barcode, so the content to be printed on the recording paper (the received image, The image to be transmitted is restricted. In addition, if the barcode is not printed clearly due to malfunction of the printer unit, or if the barcode is stained after printing, the phone number cannot be read from the barcode, and eventually There was a problem that the phone number had to be entered manually.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of easily and accurately performing a reply to a transmission source device.

  In order to achieve this object, a communication device according to claim 1 includes: a receiving unit that receives data; an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information of a transmission source device of data received by the receiving unit; And a wireless tag writing means for writing identification information acquired by the information acquisition means to the wireless tag.

  The wireless tag mentioned here is a recording medium that can read and write data without contact, and is also called an IC tag or an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag. The wireless tag attached to the document includes not only a wireless tag attached to the document but also a wireless tag embedded in the document, for example.

  The communication device according to claim 2 is characterized in that in the communication device according to claim 1, there is provided a setting means for presetting whether or not the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means is written to a wireless tag. .

  The communication device according to claim 3 is the communication device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium, wherein the wireless tag writing means forms an image by the image forming means. The identification information is written into a wireless tag attached to the recorded recording medium.

  The communication device according to claim 4 is the communication device according to claim 3, wherein the image forming unit forms an image based on the data received by the receiving unit, and the wireless tag writing unit receives The identification information is written to the wireless tag attached to the recording medium of the first page among the recording media on which the image based on the data is formed by the image forming means.

  The communication device according to claim 5 is the communication device according to claim 4, further comprising a recording medium selection unit that selects a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit, and the recording medium selection unit includes the image forming unit. The recording medium to which the wireless tag is added is selected as the recording medium for the first page on which the image is formed by the means, and the recording medium to which the wireless tag is not added is selected as the recording medium for the second and subsequent pages. Features.

  A communication device according to claim 6 is the communication device according to claim 5, further comprising a wireless tag detection means for detecting a wireless tag added to a recording medium capable of forming an image by the image forming means, The means is characterized in that, if the wireless tag is not detected by the wireless tag detection means, the recording medium to which the wireless tag is not added is selected.

  The communication device according to claim 7 is the communication device according to claim 3, wherein the image forming unit forms an image based on the data received by the receiving unit on the recording medium and stores the image on the recording medium of at least one page in advance. The RFID tag writing unit is attached to the recording medium on which the predetermined image is formed among the recording media on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. The identification information is written in a wireless tag.

  The communication device according to claim 8 is the communication device according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined image formed by the image forming means is a recording medium used for replying to data received by the receiving means. It is characterized by including information indicating the above.

  The communication device according to claim 9 is the communication device according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined image formed by the image forming means includes a format for a user to enter information by handwriting. And

  The communication device according to claim 10 is the communication device according to claim 3, wherein the image forming unit forms an image based on the data received by the receiving unit on the recording medium, and at least one page of the recording device. An image relating to the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means is formed.

  A communication apparatus according to claim 11 is the communication apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising a recording medium selection unit that selects a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit, and the recording medium selection unit The means selects a recording medium without a wireless tag as a recording medium for forming an image based on the data received by the receiving means.

  The communication device according to claim 12 is read by reading means for reading image data of a document, wireless tag reading means for reading wireless tag data from a wireless tag attached to the document, and the wireless tag reading means. Based on the wireless tag data, the reading means reads the identification information setting means for setting the identification information of the transmission destination apparatus of the image data read by the reading means, and the transmission destination apparatus set by the identification information setting means. Transmission means for transmitting the received image data.

  A communication apparatus according to claim 13 is the communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein identification information presence / absence determination means for determining whether or not identification information of a transmission destination apparatus is included in the wireless tag data read by the wireless tag reading means. The identification information setting means is configured to set the identification information when the identification information presence / absence determination means determines that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data. Features.

  The communication device according to claim 14 is the communication device according to claim 13, wherein when the identification information presence / absence determining means determines that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data, the identification information Inquiring means for inquiring the user whether transmission of image data to the transmission destination device is permitted, and the identification information setting means sets the identification information based on a response of the user to the inquiry by the inquiry means It is characterized by.

  According to the communication device of claim 1, the identification information of the transmission source device of the data received by the reception unit is acquired by the identification information acquisition unit, and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit is the wireless tag writing unit. Is written in the wireless tag.

  Therefore, when data is received by the receiving means, there is an effect that the identification information written in the wireless tag can be read to easily and accurately return the data to the transmission source device.

  According to the communication device of the second aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device of the first aspect, whether or not to write the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit to the wireless tag is preset by the setting unit. Therefore, there is an effect that unnecessary identification information can be prevented from being written to the wireless tag.

  According to the communication device of the third aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device of the first or second aspect, a wireless tag document is used for a wireless tag attached to a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming means. Since the identification information is written by the storing means, the wireless tag on which the identification information is written is hardly lost and is easy to manage.

  According to the communication device of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device of the third aspect, the image forming means forms an image based on the data received by the receiving means, The means writes the identification information to the wireless tag attached to the first page of the recording medium in which the image based on the received data is formed by the image forming means, so that one page based on the received data The eye image can be used as a reply image. Therefore, the recording medium on which the browsing image is formed can be used as a return recording medium, and there is an effect that waste of consumables such as the recording medium, ink, and toner can be suppressed. In addition, even if a wireless tag is added to the recording medium, there is no hindrance to image formation by the image forming means, so by writing identification information for reply to the wireless tag of the recording medium on which the image for viewing is formed, Even if a function as a reply recording medium is provided, the contents of the browsing image formed on the recording medium are not restricted.

  According to the communication device of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the fourth aspect, the recording medium selecting means has a wireless tag as a recording medium for the first page on which an image is formed by the image forming means. Since the added recording medium is selected and the recording medium to which the wireless tag is not added is selected as the recording medium for the second and subsequent pages, the use of an expensive recording medium with the wireless tag can be saved. There is an effect.

  According to the communication device of the sixth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the fifth aspect, the recording medium selection means is a recording in which no wireless tag is added when the wireless tag detection means does not detect the wireless tag. Since the medium is selected, there is an effect that the user can quickly view the received data even when there is no recording medium to which the wireless tag is added.

  According to the communication device of the seventh aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the third aspect, the image forming unit forms an image based on the data received by the receiving unit on the recording medium, and at least one page. A predetermined image is formed on the recording medium, and the RFID tag writing unit is added to the recording medium on which the predetermined image is formed among the recording media on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. The identification information is written to the wireless tag. Therefore, there is an effect that the user can easily specify and manage the recording medium on which the identification information is written by using the predetermined image.

  According to the communication device of the eighth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the seventh aspect, the predetermined image formed by the image forming means is used for returning the data received by the receiving means. Since it includes information indicating that it is a recording medium, the recording medium on which the predetermined image is formed can be used as a return recording medium, and the trouble of creating a return recording medium can be reduced. There is an effect.

  According to the communication device of the ninth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the seventh aspect, the predetermined image formed on the recording medium of the first page by the image forming unit is handwritten by the user. Since the format for entering information is included, there is an effect that the user can easily write a reply sheet by entering arbitrary information in a predetermined format by handwriting.

  According to the communication device of the tenth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the third aspect, the image forming means forms an image based on the data received by the receiving means on the recording medium, and at least one page. An image related to the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit is formed on the recording medium. Therefore, since the user can visually recognize the identification information written on the wireless tag, there is an effect that management is easy.

  According to the communication device of the eleventh aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to any one of the seventh to tenth aspects, the recording medium selection unit forms an image based on the data received by the reception unit. Since the recording medium to which the wireless tag is not added is selected as the recording medium, there is an effect that the use of an expensive recording medium to which the wireless tag is attached can be saved.

  According to the communication device of the twelfth aspect, the image data of the original is read by the reading means, and the wireless tag data is read from the wireless tag added to the original by the wireless tag reading means. Here, based on the wireless tag data read by the wireless tag reading means, identification information of the transmission destination device of the image data read by the reading means is set by the identification information setting means, and set by the identification information setting means. The image data read by the reading unit is transmitted to the transmitted destination device.

  Therefore, there is an effect that the identification information can be set more easily and accurately than when the user manually inputs the identification information of the transmission destination device.

  According to the communication device of the thirteenth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device according to the twelfth aspect, the identification information presence / absence determining unit determines that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data. In this case, since the identification information is set, it is possible to suppress the setting of unknown data as the identification information.

  According to the communication device of the fourteenth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the communication device of the thirteenth aspect, when it is determined that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data, the transmission of the identification information is performed. The user is inquired by the inquiry means whether transmission of image data to the destination device is permitted, and the identification information is set based on the user's response to the inquiry. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent the identification information from being set.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a facsimile machine 1 as an embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention. The facsimile apparatus 1 includes an automatic document feeder 2, a scanner unit 3, a printer unit 4, and a paper feed tray unit 5.

  The automatic document feeder 2 includes a document insertion port and a document discharge port (not shown). A document transmitted by facsimile is inserted into the document insertion port of the automatic document feeder 2 with the document surface facing downward. When the user presses a start key (not shown), the document is sent page by page, and after the scanner unit 3 reads the data, the document is discharged from the document discharge port.

  The scanner unit 3 includes a wireless tag reader 15 and a scanner device 22. The wireless tag reader 15 detects whether or not a wireless tag is added to the document sent by the automatic document feeder 2, and when the wireless tag is attached, reads data from the wireless tag wirelessly. It is. Regardless of the presence or absence of the wireless tag, the image data of the document sent by the automatic document feeder 2 is read by the scanner device 22.

  The printer unit 4 includes a wireless tag writer 16 and a laser printer 30. The wireless tag writer 16 writes data wirelessly to a wireless tag attached to a recording sheet fed from the paper feed tray unit 5. The laser printer 30 includes a Y station 31 that stores yellow toner, an M station 32 that stores magenta toner, a C station 33 that stores cyan toner, and a K station 34 that stores black toner. An intermediate transfer belt 36 for transferring the toner of the station to the transfer drum 35 and a fixing roller 37 are provided. The recording paper on which an image is printed (formed) by the laser printer 30 is discharged to a paper discharge stacker 39. The printer unit 4 may be an ink jet printer.

  The paper feed tray unit 5 includes three paper feed trays 51, 52, and 53. Each of the paper feed trays 51, 52, 53 is provided with a detection sensor 54. By this detection sensor 54, whether or not a wireless tag is added to the recording paper stored in each of the paper feed trays 51, 52 and 53, and if a wireless tag is attached, the wireless tag can be written. The capacity is detected.

  When performing facsimile transmission from the facsimile apparatus 1, a document to be transmitted by facsimile is set in the automatic document feeder 2, and when the user presses a start key (not shown), the set document is sent page by page. Here, in the process of sending the document to the reading position by the scanner device 22, the wireless tag reader 15 provided in the scanner unit 3 detects whether or not a wireless tag is added to the document, and the wireless tag is added. If so, data is read from the wireless tag. When the original is sent to a predetermined reading position, the image data of the original is read by the scanner device 22. The data read from the wireless tag 62 by the wireless tag reader 15 is hereinafter referred to as wireless tag data.

  On the other hand, when a facsimile is received by the facsimile apparatus 1, the wireless tag writer 16 provided in the printer unit 4 is provided at a predetermined position on the path through which recording paper is fed from the paper feed tray unit 5 to the image printing position by the laser printer 30. Thus, the wireless tag data is written to the wireless tag attached to the recording sheet. Note that the positional relationship among the scanner device 22, the wireless tag reader 15, and the wireless tag writer 16 is not limited to this, and various correspondences are possible. For example, a wireless tag reader may be provided separately from the moving path of the document 61. In this case, it is possible to use the wireless tag so that only the information of the wireless tag is read together as necessary.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the facsimile machine 1. The facsimile apparatus 1 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a flash memory 14, a wireless tag reader 15, a wireless tag writer 16, a network control unit (hereinafter referred to as “NCU”) 19, a modem 20, a buffer 21, a scanner device 22, An encoding unit 23, a decoding unit 24, a laser printer 30, a detection sensor 54, and an amplifier 27 are provided, and these are connected via a bus line 25.

  The CPU 11 of the facsimile apparatus 1 controls each part of the apparatus connected by the bus line 25 according to various signals transmitted / received via the NCU 19 that performs line control, and executes a facsimile operation, that is, data communication.

  The ROM 12 is a non-rewritable memory that stores a control program executed by the facsimile apparatus 1, and the programs of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are stored in the ROM 12. Further, the ROM 12 stores cover page data 121 and reply identifier data 122. Both the cover page data 121 and the reply identifier data 122 are data used to create a reply sheet in the facsimile reception process (see FIG. 5).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reply sheet created in the facsimile reception process (see FIG. 6). Here, the reply sheet refers to a sheet on which a telephone number of the transmission source device (an example of identification information described in claims) is written on a wireless tag attached to a recording sheet. By using such a reply sheet as the first page of the reply document, when reading the first page document, the telephone number of the transmission source device is read from the wireless tag attached to the document and transmitted. Since it is set as the destination device, the operation is easier than when the user himself / herself inputs a telephone number, and setting errors can be suppressed.

  According to the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the telephone number of the transmission source apparatus is written in the wireless tag added to the recording sheet during the facsimile reception process (see FIG. 6), and a reply sheet is created. Will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example in which the first page printed based on the data received by facsimile is used as a reply sheet. The reply sheet 59 shown in FIG. 3 (a) is for the wireless tag 62 attached to the recording sheet on which the first page is printed when printing the first page based on the data received by facsimile. It is created by writing the telephone number of the transmission source device. In this way, this recording sheet functions as a reply sheet and also functions for browsing received data, so that wasteful consumption of the recording sheet can be suppressed.

  In particular, when the received data is, for example, a questionnaire form, and the recipient fills out the answer by hand and sends it back by facsimile as it is, send the reply sheet by facsimile transmission. The telephone number of the original device is automatically set, and the target content can be transmitted, reducing the user's trouble. Further, since the recording sheet to be transmitted and the telephone number of the transmission source device (that is, the reply destination device) are integrated, management is easy. Such a reply sheet 59 is hereinafter referred to as “first page of received FAX”.

  FIG. 3B is an example of a reply sheet 60 on which a fixed sentence (an example of a predetermined image described in claims) is printed. In the present embodiment, such a reply sheet 60 is referred to as a “cover page”.

  The cover page 60 shown in FIG. 3B is also created by writing the telephone number of the transmission source device in the wireless tag 62. The fixed sentence of the cover page 60 is printed based on the cover page data 121 (see FIG. 2) read from the ROM 12.

  The cover page 60 shown in FIG. 3B is an example, but an image (meaning that it includes graphics and characters) that can be visually recognized as a reply sheet, such as a standard sentence for reply. By printing, the user can use the cover letter 60 as it is as a reply document, and can reduce the trouble of creating a reply document.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, for example, the received date and the user name of the facsimile machine 1 may be embedded in the fixed sentence. Further, the cover letter 60 may be printed with an image of received data in addition to the standard text. In this way, it is easier for the sender and receiver to understand what the reply is, and management is easier. Further, a name corresponding to the telephone number written in the wireless tag may be read from a telephone directory memory 144 described later and printed together.

  FIG. 3C illustrates an example of a reply sheet 61 on which a reply identifier “For Reply to” is printed. This reply identifier is printed based on reply identifier data 122 (see FIG. 2) read from the ROM 12, and corresponds to an example of a “predetermined image” described in the claims. To do. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, in addition to the reply identifier, the telephone number of the transmission source device written in the wireless tag 62 may be printed together. The reply sheet 61 shown in FIG. 3C is an example, but by printing such a reply identifier on the end of the recording sheet, a sufficient blank is provided on the recording sheet, and the user is free to do so. In addition, the amount of image forming material such as ink and toner used is small. In addition, since the reply identifier is printed, the user can easily recognize that the recording sheet is a reply sheet, and management is easy. Such a reply sheet 61 is hereinafter referred to as “blank sheet”.

  Returning to FIG. The RAM 13 is a memory for temporarily storing various data when each operation of the facsimile apparatus 1 is performed. The RAM 13 is a received data storage area 131, a transmission source telephone number storage area 132, a read data storage area 133, a wireless tag. A data storage area 134 and a destination telephone number storage area 135 are provided.

  The received data storage area 131 is an area for storing data received by facsimile via the NCU 19. The transmission source telephone number storage area 132 is an area for storing the telephone number of the transmission source apparatus notified by the calling side telephone number reception service (Caller ID) at the time of facsimile reception.

  The read data storage area 133 is an area for storing image data read by the scanner device 22 during facsimile transmission. The wireless tag data storage area 134 is an area in which wireless tag data read by the wireless tag reader 15 is written during facsimile transmission. The transmission destination telephone number storage area 135 is an area in which the telephone number of the transmission destination apparatus of the image data read by the scanner device 22 is set.

  The flash memory 14 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and includes a reply sheet type storage area 141, a tagged storage sheet non-processing storage area 142, a memory reception storage area 143, and a telephone directory memory 144.

  The reply sheet type storage area 141 is an area for storing which of the three kinds of reply sheets described with reference to FIG. The tagged recording paper non-time processing storage area 142 is an area for storing what processing is selected when the recording paper to which the wireless tag is added is not stored in the paper feed tray unit 5. When the user inputs desired settings from the operation panel, the contents selected by the user are set in the reply sheet type storage area 141 and the tagged recording sheet non-processing storage area 142.

  The screen displayed on the operation panel will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a FAX reply setting screen 70 displayed on the operation panel. On the FAX reply setting screen 70 shown in FIG. 4A, the user selects either “Reply paper” or “No RFID tag recording paper”.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram showing an example of a reply sheet setting screen 71 displayed on the operation panel when the item “Reply sheet” is selected on the FAX reply setting screen 70. As shown in FIG. 4B, on the reply sheet setting screen 71, the user can select any one of “first page of received FAX”, “cover page”, “blank sheet”, and “not create” as the reply sheet type. Can be set. The set contents are stored in the reply sheet type storage area 141 (see FIG. 2). If any of the reply paper types is set here, a wireless tag recording paper is selected as the reply paper, and the telephone number of the transmission source device is written in the wireless tag. In addition to the setting of the reply sheet, the setting may be made so as to create a cover page for reply on a normal recording sheet instead of the RFID tag recording sheet.

  FIG. 4C is a diagram showing an example of the wireless tag recording paper absence screen 72 displayed on the operation panel when the item “no wireless tag recording paper” is selected on the FAX reply setting screen 70. As shown in FIG. 4C, the user can set “record on plain paper” or “record on memory” on the RFID tag recording paper absence setting screen 72.

  As described above, in the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, when receiving a facsimile, the telephone number of the transmission source apparatus is written on the wireless tag attached to the recording paper, but when the facsimile is received, the recording paper with the wireless tag added is supplied. There is a possibility that it is not set in the paper tray section 5. In this case, the user is allowed to set in advance how to process the data received by facsimile on the RFID tag recording paper absence setting screen. The settings made by the user are stored in the tagged recording sheet non-processing storage area 142 (see FIG. 2).

  If “Record on plain paper” is set in the tagged recording paper non-processing storage area 142, the data received by facsimile is printed out on plain paper. In this embodiment, a recording sheet without a wireless tag is referred to as “plain paper”. In this way, although the reply sheet in which the telephone number of the transmission source device is written cannot be created, the user can quickly browse the data received by facsimile.

  On the other hand, when “Receive in memory” is set in the tagged recording paper non-processing storage area 142, the data received by facsimile and the telephone number of the transmission source device are stored in the memory reception storage area 143. In this way, when a recording sheet to which a wireless tag is added is set in the paper feed tray unit 5 later, the data stored in the memory reception storage area 143 is read and the received data is printed. A reply sheet in which the telephone number of the transmission source device is written on the wireless tag can be created.

  Returning to FIG. The phone book memory 144 is a memory that stores a telephone number and a name corresponding to the telephone number in advance.

  The wireless tag reader 15 reads data from the wireless tag, and the wireless tag writer 16 writes data to the wireless tag.

  The wireless tag 62, the wireless tag reader 15, and the wireless tag writer 16 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A is a schematic block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the wireless tag 62. As shown in FIG. 5A, the wireless tag 62 includes an antenna coil 621, a resonant capacitor 622, a rectifying / smoothing circuit 623, a modem circuit 624, a CPU 625, a ROM 626, and an EEPROM 627. The antenna coil 621 is connected in parallel with the resonance capacitor 622 to form a resonance circuit, receives a predetermined high frequency electric wave vibration transmitted from the wireless tag reader 15 or the wireless tag writer 16, and receives a rectification / smoothing circuit 623. To supply.

  The rectifying / smoothing circuit 623 constitutes a power supply circuit for power, rectifies the electric power radio signal transmitted from the resonance circuit, smoothes it, and supplies it to the CPU 625 and the like as a constant voltage DC power.

  A signal transmitted from the wireless tag reader 15 or the wireless tag writer 16 is transmitted by being superimposed on a power radio signal, and the signal is demodulated by the modem circuit 624 and given to the CPU 625.

  The CPU 625 operates in accordance with the operation program stored in the ROM 626, executes processing according to the signal input from the modulation / demodulation circuit 624, writes the received data to the EEPROM 627, reads the data from the EEPROM 627, and modulates it by the modulation / demodulation circuit 624. The antenna coil 621 transmits the radio signal.

  In the wireless tag 62 having the above configuration, the rectifying / smoothing circuit 623, the modulation / demodulation circuit 624, the CPU 625, the ROM 626, and the EEPROM 627 are formed as IC chips and are embedded in a recording sheet together with the antenna coil 621.

  FIG. 5B is a schematic block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the wireless tag reader 15 and the wireless tag writer 16. As shown in FIG. 5B, the wireless tag reader 15 is provided with a receiving unit 152 including a receiving antenna coil 151. The wireless tag reader 16 is provided with a transmission unit 162 including a transmission antenna coil 161.

  According to the wireless tag reader 15, the radio wave signal transmitted from the wireless tag 62 is received by the receiving antenna coil 151, demodulated by the receiving unit 152, and discriminated as wireless tag data. In this way, wireless tag data can be read from the wireless tag 62.

  According to the wireless tag writer 16, the carrier signal is modulated by the transmission unit 162 and transmitted as a power radio signal from the transmission antenna coil 161, and then transmitted so that the radio tag data to be transmitted is superimposed on the power radio signal. Modulated by the unit 162 and transmitted from the transmission antenna coil 161. Thereby, the wireless tag data can be written in the wireless tag 62.

  Returning to FIG. The modem 20 modulates and demodulates the facsimile data 63, and transmits and receives various procedure signals for transmission control. The buffer 21 is a coded facsimile that is transmitted to and received from the counterpart facsimile machine. Data including data is temporarily stored.

  The encoding unit 23 encodes the facsimile data 63. The decoding unit 24 reads the received data stored in the buffer 21 and decodes it. A speaker 28 is connected to the amplifier 27 so that a ringing tone or the like is output from the speaker 28.

  The facsimile apparatus 1 configured as described above is connected to the telephone line 31 via the NCU 19. The telephone line 31 is connected to the exchange 29 of the facsimile apparatus 1, and the exchange 29 is connected to the exchange on the partner apparatus side via the telephone line 32, and further connected to the partner apparatus via the telephone line. ing.

  Next, the operation of the facsimile reception process of the facsimile apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing facsimile reception processing. Note that the facsimile reception processing shown in FIG. 6 shows processing after data communication is started with a transmission source device (not shown).

  First, when the telephone number of the transmission source device is acquired, the acquired telephone number is stored in the transmission source telephone number storage area 132, and the data received by facsimile is stored in the reception data storage area 131 (see FIG. 2). Store (S2).

  Next, it is determined whether the telephone number of the transmission source device has been acquired (S6). When the telephone number of the transmission source device is acquired (S6: Yes), it is checked whether or not a reply sheet is to be created (S8).

  As a result of examining the contents set in the reply sheet type storage area 141 (see FIG. 2), if the reply sheet is set to be created (S8: Yes), the recording sheet to which the wireless tag is added is supplied next. It is determined whether or not the paper tray unit 5 is set (S10). The determination in S10 is determined according to whether or not the wireless tag is detected by the detection sensor 54 (see FIG. 1).

  If a recording sheet to which a wireless tag is added is set (S10: Yes), then it is checked which type of reply sheet is to be created (S12).

  When the content set in the reply sheet type storage area 141 (see FIG. 2) is “first page of received FAX” (S12: first page of received FAX), the recording sheet with the wireless tag added is selected. Then, one sheet is fed, and the telephone number of the transmission source device stored in the transmission source telephone number storage area 132 is written in the wireless tag of the recording sheet (S14). Then, the recording paper is further sent to the printing position by the laser printer 30, and the first page of the received data is printed (S16). Next, plain paper is selected and fed, the remaining pages of the received data are printed (S18), and the process ends. In this way, the telephone number of the transmission source device can be written on the wireless tag attached to the first page of the recording paper on which the image based on the received data is printed. The reply sheet 59 described with reference to (a) can be created.

  In addition, as a result of examining the contents set in the reply sheet type storage area 141 (see FIG. 2), if the reply sheet type is “cover page” (S12: cover page), plain paper is selected and fed. The received data is printed (S20). Then, the recording sheet to which the wireless tag is added is selected and fed one sheet, and the telephone number of the transmission source device stored in the transmission source telephone number storage area 132 is written in the wireless tag of the recording sheet (S22). ). Then, the recording paper is further sent to a printing position by the laser printer 30, an image based on the cover page data 121 (see FIG. 2) is printed (S24), and the process is terminated. In this way, it is possible to print a reply sheet on which a standard sentence for reply is printed, and write the telephone number of the transmission source device to the wireless tag attached to the reply sheet. FIG. The cover letter 60 shown in FIG.

  Also, as a result of examining the contents set in the reply sheet type storage area 141 (see FIG. 2), if the reply sheet type is “blank” (S12: blank sheet), plain paper is selected and fed, The received data is printed (S26). Then, the recording sheet with the wireless tag added is selected and fed one sheet, and the telephone number of the transmission source device stored in the transmission source telephone number storage area 132 is written in the wireless tag of the recording sheet (S28). ). Then, the recording paper is further sent to a printing position by the laser printer 30, an image based on the reply identifier data 122 (see FIG. 2) is printed (S30), and the process is terminated. In this way, the reply sheet on which the reply identifier is printed can be printed, and the telephone number of the transmission source device is written on the wireless tag attached to the reply sheet, as shown in FIG. Reply sheet 61 can be created.

  On the other hand, when the telephone number of the transmission source apparatus cannot be obtained (S6: No) and when no reply sheet is created (S8: No), plain paper is selected and fed, and the received data is printed ( S36). In this way, it is possible to save the use of expensive recording paper to which a wireless tag is added. In addition, when the user has previously selected the setting of “do not create a reply sheet”, it is possible to prevent a telephone number unnecessary for the user from being written in the wireless tag.

  If the recording sheet to which the wireless tag is added is not set in the paper feed tray section 5 (S10: No), the wireless tag-added recording sheet non-processing storage area 142 is checked to determine the setting content (S32). ). If “memory reception” is stored in the wireless tag-added recording paper non-processing storage area 142 (S32: Yes), the data received by facsimile and the telephone number of the transmission source device are stored in the memory reception storage area 143 ( (See FIG. 2) (S34), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if “record on plain paper” is stored in the wireless tag-added recording paper non-processing storage area 142 (S32: No), the plain paper is selected and fed, and the received data is printed ( S36), the process is terminated. In this way, even if the recording paper with the wireless tag attached is not set, the user can quickly view the received data.

  According to the facsimile reception processing of the present embodiment, some image is printed on the recording paper on which the telephone number of the transmission source device is written on the wireless tag, for example, as shown in FIGS. Therefore, the user can easily determine that the wireless tag is a recording sheet on which the telephone number of the transmission source device is written, and the wireless tag on which the telephone number of the transmission source device is written is difficult to lose and management is easy. is there.

  Further, since the recording sheet to which the wireless tag is added is selected only as the recording sheet for creating the reply sheet, it is possible to save the use of an expensive recording medium to which the wireless tag is added.

  Next, the operation of the facsimile transmission process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the facsimile transmission process. This facsimile transmission process is executed when a document is inserted and set in the document insertion slot of the automatic document feeder 2 and a start key (not shown) is pressed by the user. If a destination telephone number is input before the start key is pressed, the input telephone number is set in the transmission destination telephone number storage area 135 (see FIG. 2).

  First, it is determined by the telephone function of the facsimile apparatus 1 whether or not a call is being made with the other apparatus (S40). When a facsimile transmission process is instructed during a call with the other device (S40: Yes), the scanner device 22 reads the image data of the document (S42), and transmits the read image data to the other device of the call ( S56), the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the call is not being made with the other apparatus (S40: No), the document is then fed one page, the wireless tag attached to the document is detected by the wireless tag reader 15, and the scanner device 22 sets the image data to 1 The pages are read and stored in the read data storage area 133 (S44).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a wireless tag has been detected (S46). When the wireless tag is detected (S46: Yes), the wireless tag data is read and stored in the wireless tag data storage area 134 (see FIG. 2) (S60). Next, it is determined whether or not a telephone number is included in the read wireless tag data (S62).

  If the read RFID tag data includes a telephone number (S62: Yes), the telephone number is displayed on the screen of the operation panel (S64), and the user is inquired whether or not the setting as the transmission destination is permitted (S66). ).

  FIG. 8A is an example of an inquiry screen as to whether or not the setting as the transmission destination is permitted. As shown in FIG. 8 (a), by displaying the telephone number written in the wireless tag and displaying the operation method for setting whether to permit transmission to the telephone number. The user can easily perform a response operation. Note that the name corresponding to the telephone number displayed here may be read from the telephone directory memory 144 (see FIG. 2) and displayed together.

  Returning to FIG. Next, in response to the inquiry, when the user permits the setting as the transmission destination (S66: Yes), the telephone number read as the wireless tag data is set in the transmission destination telephone number storage area 135 (see FIG. 2). (S68).

  On the other hand, when the user does not permit the setting as the transmission destination in response to the inquiry (S66: No), the facsimile transmission process is terminated. In this way, it is possible to suppress the setting of a telephone number different from the intended purpose without the user's knowledge.

  Next, the user is inquired whether or not to transmit a document with a wireless tag attached (S70). FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of an inquiry screen for inquiring whether or not to transmit a document with a wireless tag added thereto. As described above, regarding a document with a wireless tag attached, it is possible to determine whether or not to transmit each page by inquiring the user whether or not the document is to be transmitted.

  Returning to FIG. Next, when the user selects not to transmit the document with the wireless tag added (S70: No), the image data for one page read last is deleted from the read data storage area 133 (see FIG. 2). (S72), the process proceeds to S48. That is, it is a recording sheet used for setting the telephone number of the transmission destination, and when there is no image data to be transmitted to the transmission destination, the image data is deleted. In this way, it is possible to prevent transmission of a page unnecessary for the transmission destination apparatus.

  On the other hand, when a document with a wireless tag is transmitted (S70: Yes), the process of S72 is skipped and the process proceeds to S48. Similarly, when the read RFID tag data does not include a telephone number (S62: No), the process proceeds to S48.

  Then, it is determined whether or not there is a next page (S48). If there is a next page (S48: Yes), the process returns to S44 to repeat the reading process for the next page.

  If it is determined that there is no next page while repeating the process in this manner (S48: Yes), is the destination telephone number set in the destination telephone number storage area 135 (see FIG. 2)? It is determined whether or not (S50). If the destination telephone number is not set (S50: No), an error message is displayed (S58), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the destination telephone number is set (S50: Yes), the line is closed (S52), the set destination telephone number is sent (S54), and the read image data is read. Data is read from the data storage area 133 and transmitted (S56), and the process is terminated.

  According to the facsimile transmission process of the present embodiment, the destination telephone number can be set more easily and accurately than when the user manually inputs the telephone number of the destination apparatus.

  In addition, when it is determined that the telephone number of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data, the telephone number is set, so that setting of unknown data can be suppressed.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Can be inferred.

  For example, in the facsimile apparatus 1 of the above-described embodiment, the wireless tag reader 15, the wireless tag writer 16, the scanner apparatus 22, and the laser printer 30 are all provided as the internal configuration of the facsimile apparatus 1. An external configuration connected via a cable or the like may be used.

  Further, in the facsimile apparatus 1 of the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the image data of the original 61 is read by the automatic document feeder 2. However, the present invention can also be applied to a facsimile apparatus that reads image data by a flat bed method. Of course.

  If a recording sheet without a wireless tag is not set in the paper feed tray unit 5, a recording sheet with a wireless tag having the smallest writable capacity is selected from the set recording sheets. It may be configured.

  The predetermined image printed on the reply sheet may include a format for the user to enter information by handwriting. In other words, item names that are frequently described on the top page of the facsimile transmission original, such as the transmission date, the name of the person in charge, and the number of transmission pages, may be printed with blanks provided for the user to enter. In this way, the user can easily write a reply sheet by manually writing arbitrary information in a predetermined format.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a facsimile apparatus as an embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a facsimile apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the reply sheet | seat produced in a facsimile reception process. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the FAX reply setting screen displayed on an operation panel, (b) is displayed on an operation panel when the item "reply sheet" is selected in a FAX reply setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reply sheet setting screen. (A) is a schematic block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the wireless tag, and (b) is a schematic block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the wireless tag reader and the wireless tag writer. It is a flowchart which shows a facsimile reception process. It is a flowchart which shows a facsimile transmission process. (A) is an example of an inquiry screen as to whether or not to permit setting as a transmission destination, and (b) shows an example of an inquiry screen asking whether or not to transmit a document with a wireless tag attached thereto. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Facsimile device (communication device)
15 Wireless tag reader (wireless tag reading means)
16 RFID tag writer (RFID tag writing means)
22 Scanner device (reading means)
30 Laser printer (image forming means)
54 Detection sensor (radio tag detection means)
141 Reply paper type storage area (setting means)
S2 receiving means, identification information acquiring means S14 to S30 recording medium selecting means S56 transmitting means S62 identification information presence / absence judging means S66 inquiry means S68 identification information setting means

Claims (14)

Receiving means for receiving data;
Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of a transmission source device of data received by the reception means;
A communication apparatus comprising: a wireless tag writing means for writing identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring means into a wireless tag.   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit that presets whether or not the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit is written to a wireless tag. Comprising image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium;
3. The wireless tag writing unit according to claim 1, wherein the wireless tag writing unit writes the identification information to a wireless tag attached to a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit. Communication device. The image forming means forms an image based on the data received by the receiving means;
The wireless tag writing means writes the identification information to a wireless tag attached to the recording medium of the first page among the recording media in which an image based on the received data is formed by the image forming means. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the communication apparatus is provided. A recording medium selecting means for selecting a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming means;
The recording medium selecting means selects a recording medium to which a wireless tag is added as a recording medium for the first page on which an image is formed by the image forming means, and a wireless tag is added as a recording medium for the second and subsequent pages. 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a recording medium that has not been selected is selected. A wireless tag detecting means for detecting a wireless tag attached to a recording medium capable of forming an image by the image forming means;
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the recording medium selection unit selects a recording medium to which no wireless tag is added when the wireless tag detection unit does not detect the wireless tag. The image forming means forms an image based on the data received by the receiving means on a recording medium, and forms a predetermined image on a recording medium of at least one page,
The wireless tag writing unit writes the identification information to a wireless tag attached to the recording medium on which the predetermined image is formed among the recording media on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein   8. The communication according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined image formed by the image forming unit includes information indicating that the image is a recording medium used for replying to data received by the receiving unit. apparatus.   8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined image formed by the image forming unit includes a format for a user to enter information by handwriting.   The image forming unit forms an image based on the data received by the receiving unit on a recording medium, and forms an image related to the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit on at least one page of the recording medium. The communication device according to claim 3. A recording medium selecting means for selecting a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming means;
11. The recording medium selecting means selects a recording medium without a wireless tag as a recording medium for forming an image based on the data received by the receiving means. A communication device according to claim 1. Reading means for reading image data of a document;
RFID tag reading means for reading the RFID tag data from the RFID tag attached to the document;
Identification information setting means for setting identification information of the transmission destination device of the image data read by the reading means based on the wireless tag data read by the wireless tag reading means;
A communication apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data read by the reading unit to a transmission destination device set by the identification information setting unit. Identification information presence / absence judging means for judging whether or not the identification information of the destination device is included in the RFID tag data read by the RFID tag reading means,
The identification information setting means sets the identification information when the identification information presence / absence determination means determines that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data. The communication device according to claim 12. When the identification information presence / absence determining means determines that the identification information of the transmission destination device is included in the wireless tag data, the user is inquired whether transmission of image data to the transmission destination device of the identification information is permitted. With inquiry means,
14. The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the identification information setting unit sets the identification information based on a user response to the inquiry made by the inquiry unit.

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