Facsimile machine having a function of transmitting source and destination information

• US 4,811,111 A
• Filed: 07/10/1987
• Issued: 03/07/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kurokawa, Shunji
• Primary Examiner(s): Britton, Howard W.
• Application Number:
  US07/072,013
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 358/257, 379/100
• US Class Current: 358/440
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3207 of an address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

A facsimile machine is provided with a memory which stores a plurality of destination station information indicating the identity of each of plurality of destination stations. When a one-touch key is depressed, the corresponding telephone number is automatically dialed to establish a communication path with the selected destination station. Then, the source station information indicating the identity of the source station which transmits image data and the destination station information which is supposed to receive the image data are transmitted from the source station to the destination station prior to transmission of the image data, so that the source and destination station information may be indicated at top of a hard copy produced at the destination station.

Claims

1. A facsimile machine comprising:

reading means for optically reading an originally document to be transmitted;

transmitting means for transmitting image information of said original document read by said reading means;

storing means for storing a plurality of destination station information each of which indicates the identity of the corresponding one of a plurality of destination stations, each of said destination station information including a telephone number and arbitrarily registerable character information;

selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of destination stations; and

whereby, when one of said plurality of destination stations have been selected by said selecting means, at least a part of the destination station information of said selected destination station and source station information is transmitted by said transmitting means to said selected destination station prior to transmission of said image information so that said character information is printed on each page when said transmitted image information is printed at said selected destination station.

2. The facsimile machine of claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits at least a part of the destination station information of said selected destination station and source station information to said selected destination station each time prior to transmission of each page of said image information.

3. The facsimile machine of claim 1, wherein said destination station information includes a facsimile telephone number and character code data.

4. The facsimile machine of claim 3, wherein said character code data represents a name.

5. The facsimile machine of claim 3, further comprising a character generator interposed between said storing means and said transmitting means whereby said character code data is converted into character pattern image data by said character generator before being transmitted by said transmitting means.