JPH09130507A - Small facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [PROBLEMS] To provide a small-sized facsimile device which can be transmitted by facsimile without making a facsimile transmission document and which is convenient to carry. A mobile phone 1 is a small facsimile device 2.
Is provided. The casing 11 of the small facsimile device 2 has a similar pen point 11a. If the facsimile transmission data is written with the similar pen point 11a like an ordinary writing tool, the signal processing section 14 will generate the similar pen point 11a based on the signals from the acceleration detecting means 12 and the piezoelectric vibration gyro 13.
Detects the pen tip movement of. Then, the signal processing unit 14 transmits this pen tip operation as data for facsimile transmission to the public telephone line through the wireless transmitter 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a facsimile apparatus is used for transmission, handwriting or a word processor is used to write the image data to be transmitted on a sheet of paper to prepare an original for facsimile transmission. Bring the manuscript to the place where the facsimile device is installed, and then make the facsimile device read the manuscript for facsimile transmission, and send the image data on the manuscript for facsimile transmission to the other party through the public telephone line connected to the facsimile device. I am trying to send it.

Conventionally, a facsimile machine for a mobile phone for connecting to a mobile phone is also known, but even with such a facsimile machine, a manuscript for facsimile transmission is once created and then It is necessary that the image data on the original document for facsimile transmission is read by the image reader unit and transmitted.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally, in the case of facsimile transmission, a facsimile transmission manuscript in which image data is written is always required. Therefore, the act of creating a facsimile transmission manuscript and the facsimile transmission Since two actions, that is, the action of transmitting a transmission document using a facsimile device are required, the facsimile transmission is a troublesome work for the operator. Further, in order to enable a facsimile device to send a document of a general size, for example, an A4 size document, the facsimile device must be sized according to the size of the document. The shape is so large that it cannot fully meet the requirements for portable use.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a small facsimile apparatus which can be transmitted by facsimile without writing the image data on a sheet and making an original for facsimile transmission, which is convenient for carrying. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a small-sized facsimile apparatus having facsimile transmitting means for transmitting data for facsimile transmission to a public telephone line, and a similar pen point formed at a tip portion of a casing. And a signal from the pen tip operation detecting means for detecting the pen tip operation of the similar pen tip, and a signal from the pen tip operation detecting means, the pen tip operation is recognized as image data, and the image data is used as facsimile transmission data. And a data recognition means for outputting to the facsimile transmission means.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by moving the similar pen tip of the casing as if writing, the pen tip movement detecting means detects the pen tip movement of the similar pen tip (for example, the movement amount of the similar pen tip). And movement direction, rotation amount)
Is detected, and the detected pen tip movement is recognized as image data by the data recognizing means, and the image data is transmitted to the public telephone line by the facsimile transmitting means as data for facsimile transmission.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the small facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, the facsimile transmission means is a wireless transmitter for transmitting facsimile transmission data to a wireless public telephone line of a portable telephone.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the data for facsimile transmission is transmitted by facsimile using the wireless public telephone line of the portable telephone by the wireless transmitter as the facsimile transmitting means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the small facsimile apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the similar nib of the casing is provided with a writing instrument capable of actually recording.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the similar pen tip of the casing is moved in order to write the image data on the paper and create the original for facsimile transmission, the image data is written by the writing tool of the similar pen tip. Then, the original for facsimile transmission is left as a document.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the small facsimile apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the data recognition mode for recognizing facsimile transmission data and the number recognition mode for recognizing a destination telephone number are further switched. The data recognition means includes a mode changeover switch, receives the signal from the mode changeover switch, and in the data recognition mode, the image data based on the pen tip operation is used as the facsimile transmission data, and in the number recognition mode, the image based on the pen tip operation is used. The data is recognized as the telephone number of the transmission destination, is output to the facsimile transmission means, and is transmitted to the transmission destination of the telephone number by the facsimile transmission means.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the data change mode is set to the data recognition mode, the data recognition means recognizes the facsimile transmission data from the image data based on the pen tip operation of the similar pen tip, while the number is changed. In the recognition mode, the telephone number of the transmission destination is recognized by the pen operation of the similar pen tip by the data recognition means, and the facsimile transmission data is facsimile-transmitted to the transmission destination of the telephone number by the facsimile transmission means.

The invention of claim 5 is premised on a small-sized facsimile machine which is provided in a portable telephone and performs facsimile transmission through a wireless transmitter of the portable telephone, and has a similar pen point formed at a tip portion of a casing. , A pen tip motion detection means for detecting a pen tip motion of the similar pen tip, and a signal from the pen tip motion detection means, recognizing the pen tip motion as image data, and the image data as facsimile transmission data. Data recognition means for outputting to the wireless transmitter of the mobile phone.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, by moving the similar nib of the casing as if writing, the nib motion detection means detects the nib motion of the similar nib, and the detected nib is detected. The operation is recognized as image data by the data recognizing means, and the image data is output to the wireless transmitter of the mobile phone as data for facsimile transmission. Then, it is transmitted by facsimile through the wireless transmitter of the mobile phone.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an example in which a small facsimile device is provided in a mobile phone. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the same. A pen-shaped small-sized facsimile device 2 is provided below the mobile phone 1 so as to be accommodated in the main body.
The mobile phone 1 has an antenna 3 for wireless transmission arranged at the upper end thereof, and the antenna 3 is electrically linked to a wireless transmitter 5 built in a casing 4. Also,
As is well known, the mobile phone 1 has an earpiece 6 on its upper and lower portions.
And a transmitter 7 are respectively arranged between them, and a display unit 8 for displaying a telephone number of a call destination or a facsimile destination, and a push button unit 9 for inputting a telephone number of a call destination or a facsimile destination. A mode switching lever 10 is formed slidably on each side and is provided on the side to switch between a telephone mode for carrying out a telephone call or facsimile transmission as a portable telephone and a reading mode for reading data for facsimile transmission.

On the other hand, as shown in detail in FIG. 3, the small-sized facsimile apparatus 2 has a pen-shaped casing 11 whose tip portion is a similar pen tip 11a similar to the pen tip shape.
An acceleration having an X-direction acceleration sensor 12a that detects acceleration in the X-direction within a plane orthogonal to the axis of the casing 11 and a Y-direction acceleration sensor 12b that detects acceleration in the Y-direction that is orthogonal to the X-direction inside the Detecting means 12, piezoelectric vibration gyro 1 for detecting angular acceleration for rotation correction
3 and a signal processing unit 14 (data recognizing means) that performs necessary signal processing in accordance with the outputs thereof to create data for facsimile transmission and outputs the data to the wireless transmitter 5. By the acceleration detecting means 12 and the piezoelectric vibrating gyro 13, a similar pen point 11 of the casing 11 is obtained.
The pen tip motion detection means for detecting the pen tip motion of a is configured. Although not specifically shown, a battery as a power source is also incorporated.

A writing pressure sensor 15 is provided on the similar pen point 11a. The signal processing unit 14 has a built-in memory (not shown), and in the read mode, the memory stores the image data indicating the movement locus of the similar pen tip 11a in a two-dimensional bitmap format. . Further, in the telephone mode, the image data stored in the memory is transferred to the wireless transmitter 5, and the data is wirelessly transmitted to the facsimile device of the station number designated by the push button unit 9. Of course, it is also possible to perform facsimile transmission by wire instead of wireless transmission. At this time,
The casing 4 may be attached to the modem.

The acceleration detecting means 12 is a casing 1
It is arranged in the vicinity of the tip portion (similar pen tip 11a) of No. 1 and detects the moving direction and the moving amount of the similar pen tip 11a. Then, the output of the acceleration detecting means 12 is a change in the electrical resistance value, and as shown in FIG. 4, is sent to the acceleration detecting circuit 14A of the signal processing unit 14 to be converted into an acceleration signal, and the acceleration detecting circuit 14A. Is sent to an integrating circuit 14B that converts the acceleration signal into a velocity signal. The acceleration detecting circuit 14A and the integrating circuit 14B detect the moving direction and the moving amount of the similar pen tip 11a of the casing 11.

On the other hand, the output of the piezoelectric vibrating gyro 13 is sent to an angular acceleration detecting circuit 14C for detecting angular acceleration, and the output of the angular acceleration detecting circuit 14C is another integrating circuit 14D for converting the angular acceleration into an angular velocity component. Sent to. By the angular acceleration detection circuit 14C and the integration circuit 14D, data for correcting the influence of the rotation of the similar pen tip 11a of the casing 11 is calculated.

Further, the acceleration detecting circuit 14A is linked to a direction discriminating circuit 14E which discriminates the moving direction of each of XY from the acceleration signal from the circuit 14A, and the integrating circuits 14B and 14D are provided with both the circuits 14B and 14D. It is linked to a rotation correction circuit 14F that performs rotation correction using the velocity signal and the angular velocity signal. Then, the direction determination circuit 14E
The rotation correction circuit 14F is linked to an output circuit 14G that calculates coordinate values based on the movement direction signal and the speed signal from both the circuits 14E and 14F and stores them in a memory.

Therefore, the operator first operates the mode switching lever 10 to set the reading mode at the time of creating a transmission original, and sets the contents to be transmitted by facsimile (facsimile transmission data) on an object having a flat plate shape. Then, the writing operation is performed using the similar pen tip 11a of the casing 11 of the small-sized facsimile apparatus 2 as if writing the image data to create a facsimile transmission original. The writing pressure sensor 1 placed in contact with the similar nib 11a while the similar nib 11a is pressed against a flat object.
An ON signal is output from 5, and the similar pen tip 11 at that time
The movement locus of a is output from the output circuit 14G and stored in the memory.

At this time, the similar nib 1 of the casing 11
The operation of the pen tip 1a (that is, the moving direction and the amount of movement of the similar pen tip 11a) is detected by the acceleration detecting means 12 including the acceleration sensors 12a and 12b, and the signal processing unit 14 is operated.
It is taken in. Then, in the signal processing unit 14,
Necessary processing is performed and data for facsimile transmission is created. However, when angular acceleration is generated based on the detection result by the piezoelectric vibration gyro 13 that is separately captured by the signal processing unit 14, the acceleration detection unit 12 outputs a signal including a rotation error. Therefore, after the rotation correction is performed, the corrected data is stored in the memory as the data for facsimile transmission.

Thereafter, when the mode switching lever 10 is set to the telephone mode and the telephone number of the facsimile transmission destination is input in the push button portion 9, the facsimile transmission data (image data) is transferred from the memory to the wireless transmitter 5, and the portable telephone is transferred. Facsimile transmission to the destination of the above telephone number through the public telephone line for use.

In the above-described embodiment, the small-sized facsimile apparatus 2 is provided in the well-known portable telephone 1 capable of making a call. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the portable telephone 1 is downsized so as to be more portable. In order to achieve the above, a wireless transmitter may be built in the facsimile apparatus itself so as to have only a facsimile function.

That is, the small-sized facsimile apparatus 21 has a pen-shaped casing 2 having a similar pen point 22a at the lower end.
2, a hook 23 is provided on the upper portion of the casing 22 for convenience of carrying. Inside the casing 22, as in the above-described embodiment, the wireless transmitter 25 connected to the antenna 24, the acceleration detecting means 26 having the X acceleration sensor 26a and the Y acceleration sensor 26b, the piezoelectric vibration gyro 27, and the signal processing. The part 28 is built in. The wireless transmitter 25 is the same as that provided in the mobile phone, but does not have a receiving function.

The signal processing unit 28 is associated with a mode changeover switch 29 for switching between a data recognition mode for recognizing facsimile transmission data and a number recognition mode for recognizing a destination telephone number, and the signal processing unit. Two
8, in the data recognition mode, the image data based on the pen tip operation of the similar pen tip 22a of the casing 22 is recognized as the facsimile transmission data by the switching operation of the mode changeover switch 29, while in the number recognition mode, the similar pen tip is detected. The image data based on the operation of the pen tip of 22a is recognized as the telephone number of the transmission destination.

Then, the wireless transmitter 25 receives a signal from the signal processing unit 28 with which the wireless transmitter 25 is associated, and the operation of the similar pen tip 22a of the user causes the wireless public telephone to reach the destination of the designated telephone number. The image data which is accessed through the line and is input into the facsimile device 21 in advance is transmitted by facsimile as the data for facsimile transmission.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, facsimile transmission is performed. The mode switch 29 is
Initially, the data recognition mode is set.

When starting, first, the user performs a writing operation on image data such as characters to be facsimile-transmitted by using the similar pen tip 22a of the casing 22 in the same manner as in the case of creating a normal facsimile-transmitting document. Then (step S1), the writing operation is performed by the acceleration detecting means 26.
The acceleration sensors 26a and 26b of the same take in as graphic data (step S2), and in the acceleration detection circuit 14A and the integration circuit 14B of the signal processing unit 14, the similar pen point 22a.
Detects the movement amount and the movement direction of the.

The piezoelectric vibrating gyro 27 detects the rotation of the similar pen tip 22a of the casing 22 (step S
3) and subsequently, it is determined whether or not the similar pen tip 22a is rotated (step S4).

If the similar nib 22a is rotated, the graphic data taken in by the acceleration detecting means 26 contains a rotation error, and it is necessary to correct the rotation. Therefore, the graphic data taken in by the acceleration detecting means 26 is The rotation correction circuit 14F corrects the data (step S5), and the facsimile transmission data is created (step S6). On the other hand, if there is no rotation of the similar pen tip 22a, the direction is calculated from the acceleration signal of the acceleration detection circuit 14A without correction. Facsimile transmission data is immediately created based on the moving direction and the moving amount of the similar pen tip 22a obtained by the determination circuit 14E and the integration circuit 14B (step S).
6) is output to the output circuit 14G.

The rotation correction data is created by the angular acceleration detection circuit 14C and the integration circuit 14D based on the data taken in through the piezoelectric vibration gyro 27.

Then, the mode changeover switch 29 is changed over (step S7), and the mode is changed from the data recognition mode to the number recognition mode. Then, the telephone number of the facsimile transmission destination is written using the similar pen tip 22a of the casing 22 (step S8), and the graphic data captured by the writing operation is the signal processing unit 1.
In step 4, it is recognized as the telephone number of the facsimile transmission destination (step S9).

Thereafter, the facsimile data (facsimile transmission data, destination telephone number) is transferred to the signal processing unit 14.
Is output from the wireless transmitter 25 to the wireless transmitter 25 (step S10), whereby the facsimile transmission data is transmitted to the destination of the telephone number through the wireless transmitter 25, and the process ends.

With the above construction, since the casing 22 of the small-sized facsimile apparatus 21 has a pen shape and the similar nib 22a is provided at the tip of the casing 22, a person who wants to perform facsimile transmission can use a similar pen of the casing 22. Destination 2
By using the 2a to operate as if a manuscript for facsimile transmission is written and created, regardless of the presence or absence of the manuscript for facsimile transmission, the data for facsimile transmission is recognized and taken in, and the facsimile transmission can be performed as it is. It is not necessary to write the facsimile transmission data to create the facsimile transmission original and transmit it by facsimile, as described above, and the conventional troublesomeness of the facsimile transmission is released. In particular, since it is not necessary to prepare a document for facsimile transmission, the size of the entire apparatus 21 is not restricted by the size of the document to be facsimile-transmitted, and the overall shape of the casing 22 for portable use is greatly reduced. Therefore, it is convenient for carrying.

In addition, since the facsimile destination telephone number can also be input by the similar writing operation of the similar pen tip 22a, it is not necessary to separately provide an input unit for the destination telephone number, which is inexpensive. The structure is simple.

In the above embodiment, the casing 11,
The similar pen nibs 11a and 22a of No. 22 cannot be actually recorded on the paper by writing only because they have the shape of the pen nib, but a writing instrument that can actually record on the similar nibs 11a and 22a. Can be provided. By doing this, the data for facsimile transmission is
Not only the facsimile transmission but also the facsimile transmission document in which the facsimile transmission data is described can be left. When the writing implement is provided in such a manner, the writing implement can be selectively operated between the appearance state in which the writing implement protrudes from the casing and is capable of writing, and the retracted state in which the writing implement is not capable of writing. , So that it can be written as an appearance only when necessary,
It can also be configured so that it is not written in a careless state when it is not needed.

Further, in the first embodiment, instead of providing the push button section 9 for inputting the telephone number of the transmission destination (call destination), the similar pen tip 22a of the second embodiment is provided.
It is also possible to configure so as to perform the number writing input in.

[0041]

According to the invention of claim 1, as described above, by moving the similar pen tip of the casing as if writing, the pen tip action is taken in as the data for facsimile transmission, and the facsimile transmission means connects it to the public telephone line. Since it is possible to send, it is not necessary to write the facsimile transmission data on the paper and create the facsimile transmission original as in the conventional case.
If the writing operation is performed on the similar pen point, it becomes possible to easily perform the facsimile transmission even if there is no sheet for creating the original. Further, since it is not necessary to prepare a document for facsimile transmission, the size of the document does not limit the size of the entire apparatus, and the size and weight of the device can be reduced, which is convenient for carrying.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the wireless transmission means for transmitting the data for facsimile transmission to the wireless public telephone line of the portable telephone is used as the facsimile transmission means, there is no restriction on the place of facsimile transmission.
Facsimile transmission is possible anywhere.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the similar pen tip of the casing is provided with a writing tool capable of actually recording, not only the facsimile transmission of the facsimile transmission data but also the facsimile transmission data when necessary. It can be written on paper and left as a manuscript for facsimile transmission.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, by switching the mode changeover switch, the data recognition means reads the telephone number of the transmission destination together with the facsimile transmission data, and the facsimile transmission data is transmitted to the transmission destination of the read telephone number. Since the data is transmitted by facsimile, it is not necessary to provide a special means for inputting the telephone number of the transmission destination, the cost is low, and it is advantageous in terms of downsizing.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, as described above, the similar pen tip of the casing is moved in a manner similar to writing.
Since the pen tip operation is fetched as data for facsimile transmission and output to the wireless transmitter of the mobile phone, there is no need to install a special wireless transmitter for facsimile transmission, which is advantageous for cost reduction. Next to
If a similar pen tip is used for writing when a facsimile transmission is required during a call using a mobile phone, the facsimile transmission is performed even if there is no sheet for preparing a facsimile transmission document. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which a small-sized facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is provided in a mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the same.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a small facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a signal processing unit of the small facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the small facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cellular Phone 2 Small Facsimile Device 5 Wireless Transmitter 10 Mode Switching Lever 11 Casing 11a Similar Pen Tip 12 Acceleration Detecting Device 13 Piezoelectric Vibration Gyro 14 Signal Processing Unit 21 Small Facsimile Device 22 Casing 22a Similar Nib 25 Wireless Transmitter 26 Acceleration Detecting means 27 Piezoelectric vibration gyro 28 Signal processing unit 29 Mode changeover switch

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiki Katayama 15-1 Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City Brother Industries, Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A small-sized facsimile apparatus comprising facsimile transmission means for transmitting facsimile transmission data to a public telephone line, comprising: a similar nib formed at the tip of a casing; and a nib operation of the similar nib. Pen tip motion detecting means for detecting, and a data recognizing means for receiving the signal from the pen tip motion detecting means, recognizing the pen tip motion as image data, and outputting the image data as facsimile transmission data to the facsimile transmitting means. A small-sized facsimile apparatus comprising: 2. The small facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile transmission means is a wireless transmitter for transmitting data for facsimile transmission to a wireless public telephone line of a mobile phone. 3. The small facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the similar nib is provided with a writing instrument capable of actually recording. 4. A mode changeover switch for switching between a data recognition mode for recognizing facsimile transmission data and a number recognition mode for recognizing a destination telephone number, wherein the data recognizing means receives a signal from the mode changeover switch. In the data recognition mode, the image data based on the pen tip operation is recognized as the facsimile transmission data, and in the number recognition mode, the image data based on the pen tip operation is recognized as the transmission destination telephone number and output to the facsimile transmission means. 4. The small-sized facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, which is configured to cause a destination of a telephone number to be facsimile-transmitted by a facsimile transmission means. 5. A small-sized facsimile device provided in a mobile phone for performing facsimile transmission through a wireless transmitter of the mobile phone, wherein a similar nib formed at a tip portion of a casing and a nib of the similar nib. A pen tip motion detecting means for detecting a motion, and a signal from the pen tip motion detecting means for recognizing the pen tip motion as image data and the image data as facsimile transmission data for the portable telephone wireless transmitter. And a data recognition means for outputting to a small facsimile machine.