JP2767431B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when a facsimile apparatus is transmitted from a transmitting side, it automatically receives an image without receiving an operator, receives image information, and stores the image information in a memory or a recording paper as a received image. It has a function to record the data. Thus, even when the office where the facsimile machine is installed is out of the office, the image receiving process is performed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In this case, in particular, when an urgent document is received, an image received at an absent office or the like is transmitted from another unspecified facsimile machine at a destination. You may want to take it out.

Therefore, conventionally, as seen in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-126364, the received image information stored in the absent facsimile apparatus is transferred to the facsimile apparatus at hand by a user's operation at a far corner to take it out. . However, in this conventional facsimile apparatus, all the received image information sent when the user is absent is stored in the memory. Then, all the received image information stored in the absence facsimile apparatus is transferred to the facsimile apparatus at hand. For this reason, in the absence facsimile apparatus, all image information that does not need to be stored in the memory is stored, and a large amount of memory capacity is required. In addition, the handy facsimile apparatus has a problem that even received image information that is not particularly urgent is taken out, and organizing and storing is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned problems and storing only necessary urgent received image information in a memory, transferring the information from an absent facsimile apparatus to a handy facsimile apparatus, and extracting it. I do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 performs image information receiving image information from a destination facsimile apparatus by executing a known transmission procedure for receiving a callee. A transfer mode for transferring image information to be received in a facsimile apparatus including a receiving unit and an image information transmitting unit that executes a known transmission procedure for transmission to a called side and transmits image information to a destination facsimile apparatus. Or a receiving mode setting means for setting a receiving mode of a recording mode for recording on a recording sheet without transferring, and a specific destination telephone number for storing and transferring received image information from a specific destination in a memory. A specific destination telephone number setting means for setting, and storing, in a memory, only image information received from the specific destination when the transfer mode is set and the specific destination telephone number is set, The received image information other than the specified received image information is stored in the recording paper as it is, and the specific received image information stored in the memory by the specified received image information storing unit when a predetermined transfer request signal is transmitted from the other party. Specific image information transfer means for reading out received image information from the other party and transferring it to the other party in accordance with the above-mentioned called-side transmission transmission procedure.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the telephone number setting means for presetting a telephone number to be called when calling the pager and the specific reception image information storage means from the specific destination. Pager calling means for calling the set telephone number after storing the received image information in the memory.

[Operation] According to the configuration of claim 1, by registering the specific destination telephone number in advance, only the urgent necessary image information received from the specific destination in the transfer mode is stored in the memory. The image information that is stored and received in the recording mode or other image information received from a destination other than the specific destination in the transfer mode is recorded on recording paper without being stored in the memory. Then, only the urgent received image information from the specific destination is read out from the memory and transferred to the transfer destination that has requested the transfer of the received image information by a predetermined transfer request signal such as a DTMF signal. become.

According to the configuration of the second aspect, the pager carrier is notified of the reception of the image information only when the image information is received from the specific destination requiring urgency, and receives the image information from the destination not requiring urgency. Reception can be ignored.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile apparatus with a transfer function according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a receiving unit 1 executes a predetermined transmission control procedure to receive image information transmitted from a facsimile machine of a destination via a line.

The selection unit 2 switches between outputting the received image information to the recording unit 3 and outputting to the image information storage unit 4. The recording unit 3 records a received image on recording paper based on the input image information, and the image information storage unit 4 stores the input image information.

The transmission unit 5 transmits the image information stored in the image information storage unit 4 to the facsimile machine via a line according to a predetermined transmission control procedure.

DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi Frequency) analyzer 6
Is transmitted via a line from a destination touch phone or the like
The DTMF signal is received, and the code information input by the push button operation is detected. The auto dialer 7 transmits a selection signal to a line when calling a destination.

The registration unit 8 includes a display, numeric keys, and various operation keys. The operator inputs various information and performs a predetermined setting operation. The above numeric keypad starts with the numbers “0”
It has keys “9” and symbols “*” and “#”, and is used for inputting a password or the like. The setting information storage unit 9 stores various information set by the registration unit 8.

The control unit 10 includes a microcomputer and controls the above-described units to execute predetermined facsimile communication.

In the drawing, thick arrows indicate signal paths of image information or selection signals, and thin arrows indicate signal paths of control signals. Although the telephone lines are shown on the receiving unit 1 side and the transmitting unit 5 side, they are physically the same line. Also,
FIG. 1 shows only blocks related to the present invention, and omits, for example, a document image reading unit.

The facsimile apparatus with a transfer function according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and as an operation mode, in addition to a normal recording mode in which a received image is immediately recorded on recording paper, the received image is temporarily stored in the image information storage unit 4, and There is a transfer mode for transferring the stored image to another facsimile machine.

For example, when leaving the office where the facsimile machine is installed, the operator sets the transfer mode as shown in FIG. 2 by a predetermined operation of the registration unit 8 (process 101). .

Next, a personal identification code is entered using the numeric keypad. This security code is entered when the facsimile apparatus is called from a touch-tone telephone while away from the office.
Arbitrarily set using “9” and symbols “*” and “#” (process 102).

In the present embodiment, in the transfer mode, a function of specifying a destination is provided such that only images received from a specific destination are stored in the image information storage unit 4.

When the other party is specified in this way (Y in step 103), the telephone number of the specified destination is input (step 104). If the destination is not specified (step 103
N), do not enter the telephone number.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the operator goes out,
I carry a pager if necessary. When the facsimile apparatus with the transfer function stores the received image in the image information storage unit 4, the facsimile apparatus has a function of calling the pager.

Therefore, if the call is necessary (Y in process 105), the pager's calling telephone number is input (process 106). If the call is unnecessary (N in process 105), the input of the calling telephone number is not performed.

Next, the operation of the facsimile machine with a transfer function when receiving a call will be described.

Now, to send an image from another facsimile machine,
Assuming that the call is transmitted, the facsimile apparatus detects the incoming call, connects the line, and starts a predetermined transmission control procedure conforming to CCITT standard T.30. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the facsimile apparatus with the transfer function
A signal, an NSF, and a DIS signal are transmitted (process 201), and a signal transmitted from the calling side is monitored for 3 seconds (process 202, process 2).
Processing 203 from N of 02, processing 204 from N of processing 203, processing 204
From N to process 202).

In this embodiment, the calling side sets the telephone number of the local station in the NSS signal at this time, transmits the NSS and DCS signals, and subsequently transmits the modem training signal and the TCF signal.

Upon receiving the NSS, DCS signal (Y in step 202), the called party follows the above modem training signal and TC
Upon receiving the F signal, a predetermined modem training is performed. Then, when the training is successful, a CFR signal is transmitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission control procedure currently being executed is a known transmission control procedure for receiving the reception side in the standard T.30. Hereinafter, the image information transmitted from the calling side is received by this predetermined procedure (process 205).

Next, the set operation mode is determined (processing
206). Here, when the transfer mode is set (Y in step 206), it is further determined in step 104 of FIG. 2 whether a specific destination has been input (step 207). Then, when the specific destination is input (Y in process 207), the input destination telephone number is compared with the destination telephone number received by the NSS signal, It is determined whether the current calling side is a specific destination (step 208).

Here, when the calling side is the specific destination (step 208
(Y), the received image information is stored in the image information storage unit 4 (process 209), and then the line is disconnected to end the reception process.

Thereafter, it is further determined whether or not the telephone number for calling the pager has been input (process 210). Here, if the calling telephone number has been entered (processing 21
(Y of 0), the line is connected again, a call is made to the calling telephone number, and the line is disconnected after a lapse of a predetermined time. As a result, the pager is called (process 211).

On the other hand, if the calling party is not a specific destination (processing
(N in 208), the received image is recorded on the recording paper (process 212), and then the line is disconnected to end the reception process.

The operator called by pager on the go, from where other facsimile machines are located,
A call is made to this facsimile machine with a transfer function using a touch phone.

When a facsimile apparatus with a transfer function receives a call and connects to a line, first, as shown in FIG.
Sends CED signal, NSF, DIS signal (FIG. 3, process 20)
1).

The operator confirms the above signal with the handset of the touch phone, and inputs the password set in the above with the push button. As a result, the DTMF signal indicating the personal identification code is transmitted from the touch phone.

When the facsimile apparatus with the transfer function receives the DTMF signal (Y in process 203), it reads the code information transmitted by the DTMF signal for a certain period of time (process 213). If the read code information matches the set password (Y in step 214), a CNG signal is sent to indicate to the operator that the password has been accepted (step 2).
15). When the operator confirms the signal, the operator switches the line of the touch-tone telephone to the other facsimile apparatus and starts the receiving operation of the facsimile apparatus.

When the facsimile apparatus is activated, the CED signal, NS
Sends F, DIS signal, etc.

Upon receiving the CED signal, the NSF, and the DIS signal, the facsimile machine with a transfer function, which is the called side, switches the operation to a known transmission control procedure for the called side transmission in the standard T.30.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the NSS, DCS signal, modem training signal, and TCF signal are transmitted, and when the CFR signal is returned from the other party, the image information stored in the image information storage unit 4 is read. The image information is transmitted to another facsimile machine (process 216).

Thereby, the operator can take out the image transmitted to the facsimile machine with the transfer function during the absence time from another facsimile machine outside.

By the way, if the received code information does not match the set password (N in process 214),
The response operation of the first CED signal or the like is repeated (from processing 217, N of processing 217 to processing 201). When the password code mismatch is repeated and the CED signal or the like is transmitted three times (Y in step 217), the operation is terminated.

Also, if there is no response from the other party for 3 seconds or more after the transmission of the CED signal or the like (Y in step 204), the transmission is repeated in the same manner as described above (from step 217, N in step 217 to step 201).
What). Then, if there is no predetermined response even after transmission three times (Y in step 217), the operation ends.

On the other hand, when the transfer of the image information is not necessary, the operator sets the facsimile apparatus with the transfer function to the recording mode. In the case of this recording mode (N in Step 206), the received image is immediately recorded (Step 212).

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the transfer mode is set and an arbitrary destination telephone number is set, the image received from the destination is stored in the memory, and the operator can go out. When a call is made to the facsimile machine with the transfer function from the touch phone and a preset password is transmitted, the stored image information is transferred to another facsimile machine outside.

This allows the operator to arbitrarily extract the image once received by the facsimile machine from another facsimile machine.

When the received image is stored in the memory, the pager is called by calling a pager calling telephone number set in advance.

Thus, the operator can immediately know that the facsimile apparatus has received the image by carrying the pager and going out.

In the above embodiment, a telephone number is set in advance in the facsimile apparatus with the transfer function, and when another facsimile apparatus makes a call, the telephone number is compared with the telephone number of the destination notified by the NSS signal. However, if it is set in advance on the transmitting / receiving side, not only the telephone number but also any identification information can be used.

Further, it goes without saying that the telephone number and the identification information may be notified using not only the NSS signal but also other signals.

Further, the operator makes a call using a push phone from outside and inputs a password, but an additional device for transmitting a DTMF signal in the same manner as a push phone is known. Therefore, it is possible to use such an additional device to make a call from a telephone having a normal dial pulse type line.

[Effect of the Invention] According to the invention according to claim 1, by registering a specific destination telephone number in advance, an urgent necessary image received from the specific destination in the transfer mode is stored in the memory. Only the information is stored, and the image information received in the recording mode and other image information received from other than the specific destination in the transfer mode are recorded on the recording paper without being stored in the memory, and thus are stored in the memory. The amount of image information can be minimized. Therefore, overflow of the received image information from the memory can be prevented, or the capacity of the memory can be reduced. In addition, since only the necessary received image information that needs urgent from the specific destination is read out from the memory and transferred to the transfer destination that has requested the transfer of the received image information by the predetermined transfer request signal, Unnecessary transfer of the received image information which does not require is eliminated, and the management of the received image information becomes easy.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the pager carrier only receives the image information from the urgent specific destination,
The reception of the image information is notified, and the reception of the image information from the urgent partner can be ignored.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus with a transfer function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart showing various setting processing when setting a transfer mode, and FIG. 3 is an incoming call processing of the facsimile apparatus. FIG. 4 is a time chart of a procedure signal at the time of receiving an image,
FIG. 5 is a time chart of a procedure signal at the time of image transfer. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reception part, 2 ... Selection part, 3 ... Recording part, 4 ... Image information storage part, 5 ... Transmission part, 6 ... DTMF analyzer, 7
... Auto dialer, 8 registration unit, 9 setting information storage unit, 10 control unit.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-63-63278 (JP, A) JP-A-62-183271 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04N 1 / 32-1/36 H04N 1/21

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An image information receiving means for executing a known transmission procedure for receiving a called side to receive image information from a facsimile apparatus of a called party, and executing a known transmission procedure for transmitting a called side. A facsimile apparatus having image information transmitting means for transmitting image information to a destination facsimile apparatus, wherein a transfer mode for transferring received image information or a recording mode for recording on recording paper without transfer is set. Receiving mode setting means for setting, specific destination telephone number setting means for setting a specific destination telephone number for storing and transferring received image information from a specific destination in a memory, and setting the transfer mode; When a specific destination telephone number is set, only the image information received from the specific destination is stored in the memory, and the other received image information is recorded on the recording paper as it is. Storage means for reading out the received image information from the specific destination stored in the memory by the specific received image information storing means when a predetermined transfer request signal is transmitted from the other party; A facsimile apparatus comprising: a specific image information transfer unit that transfers the image data to the destination according to a procedure. 2. A telephone number setting means for presetting a telephone number to be called when calling a pager, and after storing the received image information from the specific destination in the memory by the specific received image information storing means, 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pager calling means for calling the set telephone number.