JP2003125143A - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile machine with which a user can clearly and quickly confirm a destination terminal at image information communication. SOLUTION: Since the facsimile machine displays terminal the identification information of a destination until a prescribed time elapses or a user makes any operation in the case that the transmission is finished and the transmission is normally completed at transmission of image information, a sender user can confirm the normally finished faxing made by the user by having only to see display of an operation display section 7 without the need for printing out e.g. a communication result report or the like so as to attain very high convenience.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having an automatic receiving function and a facsimile machine having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus, during image information communication operation, terminal identification information received from a partner terminal (sending side terminal) is displayed on a display section of an operation display section so that the other party in communication can communicate. I was trying to display the terminal.

On the other hand, in an office or the like, a single facsimile machine is used by a plurality of users, and the installation location of the facsimile machine is unique to the facsimile machine (for example, the location of a telephone line outlet and the power source). Since it is determined by the position, the shared space of each user, etc.), it may be placed in a place far from each user.

[0004]

Due to such circumstances, the identification information of the partner terminal displayed during the image information communication operation may not be confirmed by any user.
For this reason, there has been a problem that a received document addressed to a user who is not scheduled to receive a facsimile document is left for a relatively long time, and it takes time to reach the destination user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus that allows a user to more clearly and quickly confirm a partner terminal during image information communication. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus having an automatic call-in / call-out function, at the time of image information communication,
Even after the end of the communication operation, the terminal identification information of the partner terminal is continuously displayed.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus having an automatic call originating / receiving function, the terminal identification information of the destination terminal is displayed until the user performs some operation during image information communication.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus having an automatic call-in / out function, the terminal identification information of the destination terminal is displayed during image information communication for a predetermined time after the end of the communication operation.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, the terminal identification information of the destination terminal is continuously displayed during image information communication and after the communication operation is completed. It was done.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, terminal identification information of a destination terminal is displayed during image information communication for a predetermined time after the end of communication operation. Is.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, during communication of image information, the terminal identification information of the destination terminal is displayed until the user performs some operation. It was done.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a plurality of workstation devices WS1 to WS1 are connected to the local area network LAN.
The WSn, the mail server device SM, and the network facsimile device FX are connected, and the router device RT is also connected to the Internet.
Therefore, the workstation devices WS1 to WSn,
The mail server device SM and the network facsimile device FX can exchange data with other appropriate terminal devices via the Internet.

Here, the mail server device SM collects well-known e-mails for users who use the workstation devices WS1 to WSn connected to the local area network LAN and the network network facsimile device FX. It provides a distribution service.

Also, the workstation devices WS1 to W
Various programs such as facsimile application software for creating and displaying and outputting facsimile image information and various software for exchanging various data via the local area network LAN are installed in Sn. Is used by the user of. Here, a specific user
It may be one or more users.

Further, the network facsimile apparatus FX
Is an e-mail processing function for exchanging image information and various reports as e-mail, and is connected to a public network (PSTN) and uses this public network as a transmission line to transmit image information by a group 3 facsimile transmission procedure. It is equipped with a transmission function.

FIG. 2 shows a network facsimile machine F.
The structural example of X is shown. Further, the function of transmitting and receiving facsimile image information using electronic mail in this network facsimile apparatus FX is described in ITU-T Recommendation T.264. 37
It is a function based on.

In the figure, the system controller 1 controls the respective parts of the network facsimile apparatus FX,
Also, various control processing such as facsimile transmission control procedure processing is performed, and the system memory 2 stores a control processing program executed by the system control unit 1 and various data necessary when executing the processing program. In addition, it constitutes a work area of the system control unit 1, the parameter memory 3 is for storing various information unique to the network facsimile apparatus FX, and the clock circuit 4 is for present time information. Is output.

The scanner 5 is for reading a document image at a predetermined resolution, the plotter 6 is for recording and outputting an image at a predetermined resolution, and the operation display unit 7 is for this network facsimile apparatus. It is for operating the FX, and is composed of various operation keys and various indicators.

The encoding / decoding unit 8 is for encoding and compressing the image signal and for decoding the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal.
This is for storing a large amount of image information in a coded and compressed state.

The group 3 facsimile modem 10 is for realizing the modem function of the group 3 facsimile, and has a low speed modem function (V.21 modem) for exchanging transmission procedure signals and mainly exchanging image information. High-speed modem function (V.17 modem,
V. 34 modem, V.34. 29 modem, V.29. 27ter modem etc.).

The network control device 11 is for connecting the facsimile device to the public network PSTN, and has an automatic transmission / reception function.

The local area network interface circuit 12 uses the network facsimile apparatus F.
X is for connecting to the local area network LAN, and the local area network transmission control unit 13 uses the local area network LAN to
It is for executing the communication control processing of various predetermined protocol suites for exchanging various data with other data terminal devices.

These system control unit 1, system memory 2, parameter memory 3, clock circuit 4, scanner 5, plotter 6, operation display unit 7, encoding / decoding unit 8, image storage device 9, group 3 facsimile modem. 10, the network control device 11, and the local area network transmission control unit 13 are connected to an internal bus 14, and data is exchanged between these respective elements mainly via the internal bus 14. There is.

Data is exchanged directly between the network control device 11 and the group 3 facsimile modem 10.

Here, in this embodiment, basically,
Data is exchanged between terminals connected to the local area network LAN by so-called TCP / I.
A combination of a transmission protocol up to the transport layer called P and a communication protocol of a higher layer above it (so-called protocol suite) is applied. For example, when exchanging e-mail data, the upper layer communication protocol is SMTP (Simple).
A communication protocol called Mail Transfer Protocol is applied.

As a protocol applied by each terminal to the mail server device SM for confirming reception of an electronic mail addressed to a user or requesting acquisition, a so-called POP is used.
(Post Office Protocol) or the like can be applied.

The communication protocols such as TCP / IP, SMTP, POP, and the data format and data structure of electronic mail are specified by RFC documents issued by IETF. For example, TCP is RFC793, IP is RFC793, SM
RFC 821 for TP, RFC82 for email format
2, RFC1521, RFC1522 (MIME (Mu
lti PurposeMail Extensio
n) Format) and the like.

Then, the network facsimile machine F
X reads the read original image to another group 3 facsimile machine via the public network PSTN, or a local area network LAN (further, the Internet)
Image information received from other group 3 facsimile machines via the analog public network PSTN while being transmitted to the users of the workstations WS1 to WSn and other network facsimile machines FX via the subaddress specified at that time. For users who support
Transfer service function that transfers image information transferred using e-mail or received from the workstation WS of the local area network LAN (by e-mail) to the specified analog public network PSTN group 3 facsimile machine Is equipped with.

Further, with respect to the electronic mail received to the own terminal, the image information arranged in the text information is taken out and recorded and output.

Here, the facsimile image information is binary data, and since the electronic mail cannot directly include the binary data, a predetermined conversion method (for example,
It is included in an electronic mail in a state in which it is converted into readable information (7-bit character code) by applying the Base64 encoding method). The format of the text information of such an electronic mail is called MIME format.

In this embodiment, the network facsimile apparatus FX has a one-touch dial function, and the information registered in this one-touch dial function is
It is stored in the one-touch dial table as shown in FIG.

This one-touch dial table is a collection of the one-touch dial registration information registered in each one-touch dial. Each one-touch dial registration information is, as shown in FIG. It consists of a destination type (FAX / email) for storing whether the registered destination is a facsimile machine or an email address, registered destination information (phone number / email address), and destination name. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, a terminal name table in which the names of communication partner terminals are collected is also provided.
This terminal name table is a collection of a plurality of terminal name information, and the terminal name information includes registered destination information (telephone number / email address), as shown in FIG. It consists of the name of the other party.

The one-touch dial registration information and the terminal name information can be input by the user by appropriately operating the operation display section 7.

With the above-described structure, in the present embodiment, when the transmission operation is completed at the time of transmitting the image information, if the transmission operation is normally completed, a predetermined time elapses or the user performs some operation. The terminal identification information of the destination is displayed until.

As a result, the transmitting user can confirm that the facsimile transmission he or she has normally completed without recording and outputting a communication result report or the like.
It is very convenient because you can check it just by looking at the display.

When receiving the image information, if the receiving operation is normally completed, a predetermined time has passed, or
Alternatively, the terminal identification information of the destination is displayed until the user performs some operation.

As a result, the user who is going to receive the facsimile document can confirm that the received document for his / her own has arrived just by looking at the display of the operation display section 7, which is very convenient.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show an example of processing at the time of transmission of this network facsimile apparatus FX.

When the user sets the transmission original on the scanner 5 (process 101), the input process of the destination is performed until the user turns on the start key (not shown) of the operation display unit 7 (process 102, determination 103). NO loop).

When the user finishes inputting the destination address, turns on the start key, and the result of judgment 103 is YES,
The image of the transmission original set on the scanner 5 is read (process 104), and the image data of each page obtained thereby is encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 8 and stored in the image storage device 9 (process 105). ).

Here, it is checked whether or not the one-touch dial is used when the destination is input in the process 102 (decision 10).
6) If the result of determination 106 is YES, the one-touch dial registration information corresponding to the one-touch dial input by operation is acquired (process 107), and it is checked whether or not the content of the destination type is "FAX" ( Judgment 10
8).

When the result of determination 108 is YES, the destination information of the acquired one-touch dial registration information is taken out, the destination is called (process 109), and stored in process 105 according to a predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure. When the image information is transmitted (process 110) and the transmission operation is completed, the line is restored (process 111).

Here, it is checked whether or not the transmission operation at that time is normally completed (decision 112), and when the result of the determination 112 is YES, the destination name of the one-touch dial registration information is acquired and the operation display unit is displayed. It is set to the display information of the other party to be displayed on 7 (process 113), and the other party information is displayed on the operation display unit 7 (process 114).

In this state, the user operates the operation display unit 7 or waits until a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) elapses (NO loop of judgments 115 and 116), and the user operates the operation display unit 7. If the result of judgment 115 becomes YES after the operation, or if the result of judgment 116 becomes YES after the elapse of a predetermined time, the display of the destination information on the operation display unit 7 is terminated (process 117), The operation at this time ends.

On the other hand, if "e-mail" is registered as the destination type of the one-touch dial registration information corresponding to the one-touch dial that has been operated and input at that time, and if the result of determination 108 is NO, the acquired one-touch Header information of a predetermined e-mail addressed to the e-mail address registered in the destination information of the dial registration information is created (process 118), and the image information accumulated in the process 105 is converted into image data of a predetermined format. The converted image data is converted into MIME to create text information (step 119), and an e-mail including the header information created in step 118 and the text information created in step 119 is sent to the mail server device SM. (Process 120). When sending this e-mail, for example, a delivery confirmation option is applied to check whether the e-mail has been delivered to the destination.

Then, the process proceeds to decision 112 and the subsequent processes are executed.

If the transmission operation is not normally completed and the result of determination 112 is NO, the operation is terminated at that point. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

On the other hand, when the one-touch dial is not used at the time of inputting the destination in the process 102 and the result of the judgment 106 is NO, it is checked whether or not the facsimile transmission is selected as the transmission mode (decision 12).
1).

When the result of judgment 121 is YES, the telephone number of the input destination is called (Processing 12).
2) The image information stored in the process 105 is transmitted according to a predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure (process 12).
3) When the transmission operation is completed, the line is restored (process 124).

Here, it is checked whether or not the transmission operation at that time is normally completed (decision 125), and when the result of the determination 125 is YES, the telephone number called at that time is one of the terminal name tables. It is checked whether the terminal name information of is registered as the destination information (Process 1
26, decision 127).

When the result of judgment 127 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 128), and the process proceeds to process 114, and the subsequent processes (process) First display processing) is executed.

When the result of determination 127 is NO, the telephone number at that time is set in the destination display information (process 129), the process proceeds to process 114, and the subsequent processes (the destination display process) are performed. Run.

When the transmission operation is not normally completed and the result of the determination 125 is NO, this operation is terminated at that point. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

When the result of determination 121 is NO, header information of a predetermined electronic mail addressed to the input electronic mail address is created (step 130), and the image information accumulated in step 105 is converted into a predetermined format. Of the image data, and the converted image data is MIME-converted to create text information (process 131). An email including the header information created in process 130 and the text information created in process 131 is sent to It is transmitted to the mail server device SM (process 132). When sending this e-mail, for example, a delivery confirmation option is applied to check whether the e-mail has been delivered to the destination.

Here, it is checked whether the e-mail has been normally transmitted (decision 133), and the result of the judgment 133 is YE.
When it becomes S, the entered e-mail address is
It is checked whether any of the terminal name information in the terminal name table is registered as the destination information (Process 13).
4, decision 135).

When the result of the determination 135 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 136), the process proceeds to process 114, and the subsequent processes (process) First display processing) is executed.

When the result of determination 135 is NO, the e-mail address at that time is set in the destination display information (process 137), the process proceeds to process 114, and the subsequent processes (destination display process). To execute.

When the result of determination 133 is NO, this operation is terminated at that point. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show an example of processing when the network facsimile apparatus FX receives.

First, it is monitored whether an incoming call is detected from the analog public network PSTN, or whether it is the e-mail acquisition time (arriving at a fixed time interval) (decision 20).
1,202 NO loop).

Here, when the incoming call is detected from the analog public network PSTN and the result of the judgment 201 is YES, the incoming call is answered and the image information receiving operation of the predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure is performed to receive the received image. Information is stored in the image storage device 9 (process 204), and when this image information receiving operation is completed, the line is restored (process 205) and the received document corresponding to the received image information stored in the image storage device 9 is recorded and output. (Process 206).

Then, it is checked whether or not the receiving operation at this time has been normally completed (decision 207). When the result of the judgment 207 is YES, in the receiving operation at that time,
Check whether or not the information of the recipient's name has been received (decision 2
08). It should be noted that the reception of this destination name is normally done by the signal
It is performed by applying a non-standard signal such as SF.

When the result of determination 208 is YES, the received destination name is acquired and set in the destination display information to be displayed on the operation display unit 7 (step 209), and the destination information is set in the operation display unit 7. Is displayed (step 210).

In this state, the user operates the operation display unit 7 or waits until a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) elapses (NO loop of judgments 211 and 212), and the user operates the operation display unit 7. If the result of judgment 211 becomes YES after the operation, or if the result of judgment 212 becomes YES after the elapse of a predetermined time, the display of the destination information on the operation display unit 7 ends (process 213), The operation at this time ends.

Further, in the receiving operation at that time, when the information of the destination name is not received and the result of the determination 208 is NO, the signal received from the partner terminal as the standard display signal of the sending terminal. A telephone number, which is the content of the CSI, is taken out, and it is checked whether or not the telephone number is registered as destination information in any terminal name information of the terminal name table (process 214, judgment 215).

When the result of the determination 215 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 216), the process proceeds to process 210, and the subsequent processes (process of the partner) are performed. First display processing) is executed.

When the result of the determination 215 is NO, the telephone number at that time is set in the destination display information (process 217), the process proceeds to step 210, and the subsequent processes (destination display process) are performed. Run.

When the receiving operation is not normally completed and the result of the judgment 207 is NO, this operation is completed at that time. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

If the result of determination 202 is YES in the case of the electronic mail acquisition time, the mail server apparatus SM is connected (process 220) and an inquiry is made as to whether or not an electronic mail addressed to the terminal itself has been received. (Process 22
1) check whether or not it has been received (decision 22)
2). When the result of determination 222 is NO, the connection with the mail server device SM is terminated (process 223) and the reception operation at this time is terminated.

On the other hand, when the result of determination 222 is YES when the electronic mail is received, the electronic mail is acquired (process 224) and the connection with the mail server device SM is terminated (process 225).

Next, the body information of the received e-mail is taken out to create received document information, and the received document is recorded and output (process 226). Next, the sender e-mail address of the received e-mail is taken out, and it is checked whether or not the e-mail address is registered as destination information in any terminal name information of the terminal name table (process 227, judgment). 228).

When the result of the judgment 228 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 229), the process proceeds to step 210, and the subsequent process First display processing) is executed.

When the result of determination 228 is NO, the e-mail address at that time is set in the destination display information (process 230), the process proceeds to process 210, and the subsequent processes (target display process). To execute.

FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of a network facsimile apparatus FX according to another embodiment. This network facsimile device is connected to the Internet through an Internet service provider by dial-up connection, and has a function of performing image information communication using electronic mail and a predetermined facsimile transmission between other facsimile devices via a public network. It has a function of exchanging facsimile data using a procedure and a function of a facsimile device. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 and the corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

In the figure, the system controller 1 controls the respective parts of the network facsimile apparatus FX.
Also, various control processing such as facsimile transmission control procedure processing is performed, and the system memory 2 stores a control processing program executed by the system control unit 1 and various data necessary when executing the processing program. In addition, it constitutes a work area of the system control unit 1, the parameter memory 3 is for storing various information unique to the network facsimile apparatus FX, and the clock circuit 4 is for present time information. Is output.

The scanner 5 is for reading an original image at a predetermined resolution, and the plotter 6 is for recording and outputting an image at a predetermined resolution, and is a recording device using an electrostatic photography process ( For example, a laser printer device). The operation display unit 7 is for operating the network facsimile apparatus FX, and includes various operation keys and various display devices.

The encoding / decoding unit 8 is for encoding and compressing the image signal and for decoding the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal.
This is for storing a large amount of image information in a coded and compressed state.

The group 3 facsimile modem 10 is for realizing the modem function of the group 3 facsimile, and has a low speed modem function (V.21 modem) for exchanging transmission procedure signals and mainly exchanging image information. High-speed modem function (V.17 modem,
V. 34 modem, V.34. 29 modem, V.29. 27ter modem etc.).

The network control device 11 is for connecting the facsimile device to the analog public network PSTN and for performing data communication by the group 3 facsimile modem 10. The network control device 11 also has an automatic call originating / receiving function for facsimile transmission / reception.

The data modem 16 has a predetermined data modem function and is for exchanging data with the Internet service provider. The network control device 17 connects the data modem 16 to the analog public network PSTN. It is for. In addition, this network control device 14
Is used to make dial-up connections to Internet service providers, so it has only automatic dialing capabilities.

The Internet transmission control unit 14 performs communication control processing of various predetermined protocol suites for exchanging various data with various server devices on the Internet or other data terminal devices via the data modem 16. It is meant to be executed.

These system control unit 1, system memory 2, parameter memory 3, clock circuit 4, scanner 5, plotter 6, operation display unit 7, encoding / decoding unit 8, image storage device 9, group 3 facsimile modem. 10, the network control devices 11 and 17, the data modem 16, and the Internet transmission control unit 14 are connected to an internal bus 18, and data is exchanged between these respective elements mainly via the internal bus 18. Is being done.

FIGS. 11 to 13 show an example of processing at the time of transmission of this network facsimile apparatus FX.

When the user sets the transmission original on the scanner 5 (process 301), the destination input process is performed until the user turns on the start key (not shown) of the operation display unit 7 (process 302, determination 303). NO loop).

When the user finishes inputting the destination address, turns on the start key, and the result of judgment 303 is YES,
The image of the transmission original set on the scanner 5 is read (process 304), and the image data of each page obtained thereby is coded and compressed by the coding / decoding unit 8 and stored in the image storage device 9 (process 305). ).

Here, it is checked whether or not the one-touch dial is used when the destination is input in the process 302 (determination 30
6) When the result of determination 306 is YES, the one-touch dial registration information corresponding to the one-touch dial input by operation is acquired (process 307), and it is checked whether or not the content of the destination type is “FAX” ( Judgment 30
8).

When the result of judgment 308 is YES, the destination information of the acquired one-touch dial registration information is taken out, the destination is called (step 309), and stored in step 305 in accordance with a predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure. When the image information is transmitted (process 310) and the transmission operation is completed, the line is restored (process 311).

Here, it is checked whether or not the transmission operation at that time is normally completed (decision 312), and if the result of the judgment 312 is YES, the destination name of the one-touch dial registration information is acquired and the operation display unit is displayed. 7 is set to the other party display information to be displayed on the display 7 (process 313) and the other party information is displayed on the operation display unit 7 (process 314).

In this state, the user operates the operation display unit 7 or waits until a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) elapses (NO loop of judgments 315 and 316), and the user operates the operation display unit 7. If the result of judgment 315 becomes YES after the operation, or if the result of judgment 316 becomes YES after the lapse of a predetermined time, the display of the destination information on the operation display unit 7 ends (process 317), The operation at this time ends.

On the other hand, if "e-mail" is registered as the destination type of the one-touch dial registration information corresponding to the one-touch dial input at that time, and if the result of determination 308 is NO, the acquired one-touch Header information of a predetermined e-mail addressed to the e-mail address registered in the destination information of the dial registration information is created (process 318), and the image information accumulated in the process 305 is converted into image data of a predetermined format. Then, the converted image data is converted into MIME to create text information (process 319).

Then, a call is made to the Internet service provider to make a dial-up connection (step 320), and an electronic mail including the header information created in step 318 and the text information created in step 319 is sent to a mail server device (not shown). It is transmitted (process 321). When sending this e-mail, for example, a delivery confirmation option is applied to check whether the e-mail has been delivered to the destination. When the transmission of the e-mail is completed, the connection with the internet service provider is terminated and the line is restored (process 32).
2).

Then, the process proceeds to judgment 312, and the subsequent processes are executed.

When the transmission operation is not normally completed and the result of the judgment 312 is NO, this operation is terminated at that time. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

On the other hand, when the one-touch dial is not used at the time of inputting the destination in the process 302 and the result of judgment 306 is NO, it is checked whether or not the facsimile transmission is selected as the transmission mode (decision 32).
5).

When the result of judgment 325 is YES, the telephone number of the input destination is called (process 32).
6) The image information stored in the process 305 is transmitted according to a predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure (process 32).
7) When the transmission operation is completed, the line is restored (process 328).

Here, it is checked whether or not the transmission operation at that time has been normally completed (decision 329). If the result of decision 329 is YES, the telephone number called at that time is one of the terminal name tables. It is checked whether the terminal name information of is registered as the destination information (Process 3).
30, decision 331).

When the result of the judgment 331 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 332), the process proceeds to process 314, and the subsequent processes (process First display processing) is executed.

When the result of the determination 331 is NO, the telephone number at that time is set in the destination display information (process 333), the process proceeds to process 314, and the subsequent process (destination display process) is performed. Run.

If the transmission operation is not normally completed and the result of the judgment 329 is NO, this operation is terminated at that time. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

When the result of the determination 325 is NO, header information of a predetermined electronic mail addressed to the input electronic mail address is created (process 335), and the image information accumulated in the process 305 is converted into a predetermined format. The converted image data is converted into the image data, and the converted image data is converted into MIME to create text information (process 336).

Then, a call is made to the Internet service provider for dial-up connection (process 337), and the electronic mail including the header information created in process 335 and the text information created in process 336 is sent to the mail server device (not shown). It is transmitted (process 338). When sending this e-mail, for example, a delivery confirmation option is applied to check whether the e-mail has been delivered to the destination. When the transmission of the e-mail is completed, the connection with the internet service provider is terminated and the line is restored (process 33).
9).

Here, it is checked whether the e-mail has been normally sent (decision 340), and the result of the decision 340 is YE.
When it becomes S, the entered e-mail address is
It is checked whether or not any one of the terminal name information in the terminal name table is registered as the destination information (process 34).
1, decision 342).

When the result of the judgment 342 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 343), the process proceeds to process 314, and the subsequent processes (process of the partner) are performed. First display processing) is executed.

When the result of the judgment 342 is NO, the e-mail address at that time is set in the destination display information (process 344), the process proceeds to step 314, and the subsequent processes (partner display process). To execute.

When the result of the judgment 340 is NO, this operation is terminated at that point. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

FIGS. 14 and 15 show an example of processing when the network facsimile apparatus FX receives.

First, it is monitored whether an incoming call is detected from the analog public network PSTN, or whether it is the e-mail acquisition time (arrival at a fixed time interval) (decision 40).
1,402 NO loop).

Here, when an incoming call is detected from the analog public network PSTN and the result of judgment 401 is YES, the incoming call is answered and the image information receiving operation of the predetermined group 3 facsimile transmission procedure is performed to receive the received image. When the information is stored in the image storage device 9 (process 404) and the image information receiving operation is completed, the line is restored (process 405) and the received document corresponding to the received image information stored in the image storage device 9 is recorded and output. (Process 406).

Then, it is checked whether or not the receiving operation at this time has been normally completed (decision 407). When the result of the judgment 407 is YES, in the receiving operation at that time,
Check whether or not the information of the other party's name has been received (decision 4
08). It should be noted that the reception of this destination name is normally done by the signal
It is performed by applying a non-standard signal such as SF.

When the result of determination 408 is YES, the received destination name is acquired and set in the destination display information to be displayed on the operation display unit 7 (process 409), and the destination information is set in the operation display unit 7. (Processing 410).

In this state, the user operates the operation display unit 7 or waits until a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) elapses (NO loop of judgments 411 and 412), and the user operates the operation display unit 7. If the result of judgment 411 is YES after the operation, or if the result of judgment 412 is YES after the elapse of a predetermined time, the display of the destination information on the operation display unit 7 is terminated (process 413), The operation at this time ends.

Further, in the receiving operation at that time, when the information of the destination name is not received and the result of the determination 408 is NO, a signal received from the partner terminal as a standard display signal of the sending terminal. The telephone number, which is the content of the CSI, is taken out and it is checked whether or not the telephone number is registered as destination information in any terminal name information of the terminal name table (process 414, judgment 415).

When the result of the judgment 415 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 416), the process proceeds to process 410, and the subsequent process (process of the partner) is performed. First display processing) is executed.

When the result of determination 415 is NO, the telephone number at that time is set in the destination display information (process 417), the process proceeds to step 410, and the subsequent processes (destination display process) are performed. Run.

When the receiving operation is not normally completed and the result of the judgment 407 is NO, this operation is completed at that time. That is, in this case, the destination information is not displayed.

If the result of judgment 402 is YES in the case of the electronic mail acquisition time, a call is made to the Internet service provider for dial-up connection (process 420) and connection to the mail server device SM (process 421). ), An inquiry is made as to whether or not an electronic mail addressed to its own terminal has been received (process 422), and it is checked whether or not it has been received (decision 423). The result of judgment 423 is NO.
Then, the connection with the mail server device SM is terminated (process 424), the connection with the Internet service provider is terminated, the line is restored (process 425), and the reception operation at this time is terminated.

On the other hand, when the result of judgment 423 is YES when the electronic mail is received, the electronic mail is acquired (process 426) and the connection with the mail server device SM is terminated (process 427), Terminate the connection with the Internet service provider and restore the line (Process 4
28).

Then, the body information of the received electronic mail is taken out to create the received document information, and the received document is recorded and output (process 429). Next, the sender e-mail address of the received e-mail is taken out, and it is checked whether or not the e-mail address is registered as destination information in any terminal name information of the terminal name table (process 430, judgment). 431).

When the result of the judgment 431 is YES, the destination name is acquired from the terminal name information and set in the destination display information (process 432), the process proceeds to process 410, and the subsequent processes (process) First display processing) is executed.

When the result of the judgment 431 is NO, the e-mail address at that time is set in the destination display information (process 433), the process proceeds to process 410, and the subsequent processes (destination display process). To execute.

As a method for confirming the delivery of electronic mail, a DSN (Delivery Status Not) is used.
information (see RFC1891, 1894)
And MDN (Message Disposoin)
Notification; RFC2298) can be applied.

[0125]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the transmission operation ends when the image information is transmitted, if the transmission operation ends normally, a predetermined time elapses or until the user performs some operation.
Since the terminal identification information of the destination is displayed, the transmission user can display the fact that the facsimile transmission performed by him / her has been normally completed, for example, on the operation display unit 7 without recording and outputting a communication result report or the like. The effect is that it can be confirmed simply by looking at it and is very convenient.

When the image information is received and the reception operation is normally completed, a predetermined time has passed, or
Alternatively, since the terminal identification information of the destination is displayed until the user performs some operation, the user who is going to receive the facsimile document can receive the received document addressed to himself only by looking at the display of the operation display unit 7. You can see that it is very convenient. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a one-touch dial table and one-touch dial registration information.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a terminal name table and terminal name information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the network facsimile apparatus FX during transmission.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart (continuation) showing an example of processing at the time of transmission by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart (continuation) showing an example of processing at the time of transmission of the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when the network facsimile apparatus FX receives.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart (continuation) showing an example of processing at the time of reception by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a network facsimile apparatus FX according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing when the network facsimile apparatus FX transmits.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart (continuation) showing another example of processing at the time of transmission by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart (continuation) showing another example of processing at the time of transmission by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing another example of processing when receiving by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart (continuation) showing another example of the processing at the time of reception by the network facsimile apparatus FX.

[Explanation of symbols]

FX network facsimile machine 1 system control unit 2 system memory 3 parameter memory 12 local area network interface circuit 13 local area network transmission control unit 16 data modem

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having an automatic call-in / out function, wherein terminal identification information of a destination terminal is continuously displayed during image information communication and even after the communication operation is completed. 2. A facsimile device having an automatic call-in / out function, which displays terminal identification information of a destination terminal until a user performs any operation during image information communication. 3. A facsimile apparatus having an automatic call-in / out function, which displays the terminal identification information of a destination terminal during image information communication for a predetermined time after the end of the communication operation. 4. A facsimile device having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, wherein the terminal identification information of the destination terminal is continuously displayed during image information communication and even after the communication operation is completed. Characteristic facsimile machine. 5. A facsimile apparatus having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, wherein terminal identification information of a destination terminal is displayed during image information communication for a predetermined time after completion of communication operation. Facsimile machine. 6. A facsimile apparatus having a function of exchanging image information using electronic mail, wherein terminal identification information of a destination terminal is displayed during image information communication until the user performs any operation. Characteristic facsimile machine.