JP2000101812A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select and quickly transmit an image in a redial standby state on the occurrence of a fault of facsimile transmission by selecting and transmitting an image in the standby state in an image memory and deleting the image in the redial standby state after the end of transmission from the memory. SOLUTION: Buttons such as a start button and a redial button of a key operation section 7 are depressed to conduct various operations and settings with contents stored in an SRAM 3. A CPU 1 detects key entry data via a panel control gate array OP-CNT 6 and allows an LCD 8 to display the data. When the redial button is depressed and an image in a redial standby state is in existence, a counter (n) is incremented and the LCD 8 displays a destination telephone number of a redial reservation image in the n-th redial standby state counted from the most recent redial state. When the start button is depressed, the transmission of the n-th redial reservation image whose destination telephone number is displayed on the LCD 8 is started, and when the transmission is normally completed, the image in the redial standby state in an image memory is deleted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a redial function of a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus having an automatic redial function has been provided. The automatic redial function is to store the image to be transmitted as it is when the other party's facsimile apparatus is busy or a transmission error occurs, and retransmit the image after a certain period of time.

[0003]

However, when an operator wants to transmit a facsimile machine quickly,
If you are waiting to redial due to a busy or transmission error,
It was easy to set the original again and send it too soon.

Therefore, when a redial standby image is transmitted after a predetermined time, the same document is transmitted twice.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of quickly selecting an image on standby for redialing and quickly transmitting when a fax transmission has failed, thereby realizing a simple operation. And

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image memory means for storing an image for transmission, and an automatic redial means for automatically retransmitting the image for transmission after a predetermined time when transmission fails. Redial operation means for manually instructing redialing, based on a predetermined operation of the redial operation means, selecting and transmitting a redial standby image in the image memory means, and after completion of transmission, a redial standby image Is erased from the image memory means.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the redial operation means is a redial button, and the predetermined operation is an operation of pressing the redial button several times.

According to the present invention, there is provided an image memory step of storing an image for transmission in an image memory, an automatic redialing step of automatically retransmitting the image for transmission after a predetermined time when transmission fails, and A manual redial step of performing a redial operation by an operation, a manual redial transmission step of selecting and transmitting a redial standby image in the image memory designated by the manual redial step, and a redial transmitted by the manual redial transmission step An erasing step of erasing the waiting image from the image memory.

With the above-described configuration, a simple operation can be realized in which, when a fax transmission has failed, a redial standby image can be promptly selected and promptly transmitted. Further, if the transmission is completed normally, the redial standby image is deleted, so that the same document is not transmitted twice.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A CPU 1 is a central control unit, and a ROM 2
In accordance with the contents of the program stored in the facsimile apparatus. The settings of the operator are registered in the SRAM 3, and the CPU 1 controls the entire facsimile apparatus with reference to the registered contents of the SRAM 3.

An original is read by a scanner 9, encoded through a read control gate array (R_CNT) 10, and stored in an image memory (DRAM) 13. The stored image is a recording control gate array (W_CNT) 1
1 and is printed out by a printer 12 on recording paper. Alternatively, after being subjected to PM-AM modulation by a modem (MODEM) 4, the signal is transmitted to a line through an NCU 5.

The received image data is input to the MODEM 4 through the NCU 5, demodulated, decoded and inspected for image errors, and if correct, encoded and stored in the DRAM 13. The stored image is decoded by the recording control gate array (W_CNT) 11 and
Is printed out on recording paper.

The operator operates a key operation unit (KEY) 8
By pressing each of the operation buttons, various instructions / settings can be performed, and the contents thereof are stored and held in the SRAM 3 and can be confirmed on the display unit (LCD) 7. The key operation unit 8 has a start button, a redial button, and the like, and these functions will be described later. CPU
1 detects key input data through the panel control gate array (OP_CNT) 6 and causes the LCD 7 to display necessary data.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, an operation of selecting and transmitting a redial standby image will be described based on the flowchart.

First, it is assumed that the counter n = 0 in the standby state, and that there are currently N redial standby images. When the operator presses the redial button once (S101), if the facsimile apparatus is in the on-hook state (S102), the facsimile apparatus calls the telephone number of the other party who has recently dialed (S103).

In the off-hook state in S102,
The telephone number of the other party dialed recently is displayed on the LCD (S104). Subsequently, when the start button is pressed (S105), the original set in the ADF is transmitted.

In step S105, the redial button is pressed.
If there is no redial standby image (N = 0, S10
7) Return to S104, and continue to display the other party's telephone number recently dialed on the LCD.

If there is a redial standby image (N
$ 0, S107), and increments the counter n (S
108), the destination telephone number of the n-th redial reservation image is displayed on the LCD (S109). The n-th is the n-th redial standby state counted from the most recent.

Next, when the start button is pressed (S1)
10) The transmission of the n-th redial reservation image in which the destination telephone number is displayed on the LCD is started (S111). When the transmission ends normally, the redial reservation image in the image memory is deleted, and N is decremented.

If the redial button is pressed in S110, it is determined in S112 whether or not n = N. If n = N, in order to enable scrolling, n is set to 1 in S113 and the process returns to S119. If n な ら ば N in S112, S
Return to 108.

In the above operation, when the stop key is pressed, the operation returns to the standby mode.

As described above, in this embodiment, a redial standby image is selected by pressing the redial button a plurality of times, and transmission of the selected redial standby image is started by pressing the start button. After the transmission, the image in the image memory that is waiting for redial is deleted. This allows
The redial standby image can be promptly selected and transmitted, and the same document is not transmitted a plurality of times.

In the above embodiment, the redial button is pressed several times as the redial operation means, thereby instructing the selection and transmission of the redial standby image. An operation may be performed to select a redial standby image and to instruct transmission.

For example, by pressing a specific function key,
It is possible to adopt an operation of displaying a list of the other party's telephone numbers of the redial reservation image on the LCD, and designating the other party with ten-key operation from the list. However, it is necessary not to deviate from the scope of simple operations that can be transmitted quickly.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When fax transmission has failed, a simple operation of quickly selecting a redial standby image and quickly transmitting the image can be realized, and a convenient device can be provided. Also, if the transmission is completed normally, the redial standby image is deleted, so that the same original is not transmitted twice, and unnecessary transmission can be eliminated, and confusion on the receiving side due to double transmission is avoided. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... SRAM, 4 ... MODEM, 5 ... NCU, 6 ... OP_CNT, 7 ... LCD, 8 ... KEY, 9 ... Scanner, 10 ... R_CNT, 11 ... W_CNT, 12 ... Printer, 13 ... DRAM.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image memory means for storing an image for transmission, an automatic redial means for automatically retransmitting the image for transmission after a predetermined time when transmission fails, and a redial operation for manually instructing redialing Means for selecting and transmitting a redial standby image in the image memory means based on a predetermined operation of the redial operation means, and deleting the redial standby image from the image memory means after the transmission is completed. A facsimile machine characterized in that: 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the redial operation means is a redial button, and the predetermined operation is an operation of pressing the redial button several times. 3. An image memory step of storing an image for transmission in an image memory; an automatic redialing step of automatically retransmitting the image for transmission after a certain period of time if transmission fails; A manual redialing step of performing an operation, a manual redialing transmission step of selecting and transmitting a redialing standby image in the image memory designated by the manual redialing step, and a redialing standby image transmitted by the manual redial transmission step An erasing step of erasing the facsimile from the image memory.