JP3046608B2 - Data communication device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a data communication device, and for example, relates to a facsimile device that generates a melody sound.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, data communication devices have become widespread, but when installing the data communication device, the line of an existing telephone is often used without drawing a new line for the data communication device.
In this case, there are an external telephone and a built-in telephone.For example, in the case of a facsimile machine, the telephone has a hold function for holding the telephone, and a function for transmitting a melody tone at the time of the hold. Is provided in a facsimile machine.

As such a conventional facsimile apparatus, for example, there is one described in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 63-146725 filed earlier by the present applicant. This facsimile apparatus stores a melody tone in a memory as information of a tone frequency and a tone output time in a memory as a melody data table, and when on hold, sequentially reads out the tone frequency and the tone output time from the memory to output a facsimile control signal of the facsimile apparatus. A melody tone is output as a hold tone by a tone signal generating circuit for the melody.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus, generally, when there is an incoming call, a buzzer is sounded at the time of completion of the reception to notify that the reception has been made.

However, the buzzer sound is confusing with the environmental noise, and its reporting function cannot be fully exhibited.

Therefore, conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 62-13154, when facsimile reception is completed, the receiver of the reception information is directly notified that the reception information has been received through a telephone line.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, information on the tone frequency and tone output time, that is, the contents of the melody sound are input in advance by the manufacturer prior to shipment of the facsimile apparatus, and the user is asked to input the contents of the melody sound. It was not premised to change. As a result, it has been difficult for the user to change the melody sound to his favorite song.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus described in JP-A-62-131543, a facsimile apparatus is installed in a company or the like, and it is effective when one facsimile apparatus is used by a plurality of recipients. However, in the modern day when facsimile machines have spread to ordinary homes, the notification function is not sufficient for facsimile machines installed in general homes where only one line is connected.

Further, the manufactured facsimile machine is exported not only to Japan but also to countries all over the world. In a conventional facsimile machine, usually only one melody is pre-installed. Therefore, the melody pre-installed in the facsimile machine may not be a general tune or a distasteful tune depending on the exporting country of the facsimile mail machine, that is, the destination. .

[Object of the invention]

In view of the above, the invention of the present application is to make it possible to reliably notify that the reception has been made with a melody sound different from the environmental noise by making the melody sound be output as a ringing notification sound by the modem means when the reception of the facsimile apparatus is completed. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to make it possible to promptly respond to reception, and to store tone frequency data in a memory in association with a floor name, and to input a floor name. By converting to frequency data and storing it in the user-settable area of the memory, you can automatically set tone frequency data just by entering the floor name, further changing the melody sound and creating original songs It is another object of the present invention to provide a melody for each facsimile machine exporting country, that is, for each destination. Is stored in association with the destination code, and when the destination code is set, the melody sound corresponding to the destination code is read out and sent out as a holding sound, whereby a melody sound suitable for the destination is held. The present invention also provides a melody storage means for storing a melody sound, a frequency data area and a duration area, and the frequency data area
By storing frequency data constituting a melody for each destination and storing the duration of each frequency data in the duration area, a melody sound can be stored in an element such as a RAM. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily select a melody sound for each place and to prevent the melody sound from being deteriorated in quality.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises an automatic incoming call type network control means, a modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to an accommodation line, a melody sound with tone frequency data and tone duration data. A memory for storing time data information and a loudspeaker output means for loudspeaking and outputting a tone signal output from the modem means are provided, and at the time of an incoming call, the melody information in the memory is converted into a tone signal by the modem means. Then, the loudspeaker outputs the loudspeaker as an incoming notification by the loudspeaker output means. The invention according to claim 2, further comprising: an automatic incoming call type network control means; A memory for storing a melody tone as information of tone frequency data and tone duration data, and a tone signal output from the modem means. Loudspeaker output means for storing the melody sound created by the user as tone frequency data and tone duration data in a user-settable area of a memory. 4. The invention according to claim 3, wherein the melody information is converted into a tone signal and then output as an incoming call notification by the loudspeaker output means. The telephone set, a hold function for holding a telephone call with the telephone set, and a storage function A modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to a line, wherein a melody tone is stored as tone frequency data and tone duration data in a user-settable area of a memory. Of the melody sound is stored in the memory in association with the floor name. When the floor name is input, the floor name is converted into tone frequency data and stored in the user-settable area of the memory. At the time of the hold, the modem means is driven based on the data in the memory to produce a melody. The sound is output to a line as a hold tone, and the invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the telephone, a hold function for holding a telephone call with the telephone, and a tone signal for a data communication control signal are sent to the accommodated line. Modem means, a destination code storage means for storing a destination code set for each destination, a melody storage means for storing a melody sound corresponding to the destination code,
Reading the melody sound stored in the melody storage means based on the destination code set in the destination code storage means, and sending the melody sound to the storage line via the modem means as a hold sound during the hold. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, a frequency data area and a duration area are provided in the melody storage means, and the melody for each destination is formed in the frequency data area. The frequency data is stored, and the duration of each frequency data is stored in the duration data area.

 Hereinafter, a specific description will be given based on examples.

1 to 7 are views showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus 1. The facsimile apparatus 1 includes a network control unit 2, a modem 3, a system control unit 4, a RAM 5, an operation display unit 6, other facsimile unit units 7, a telephone 8, and the like. I have.

The network control unit 2 includes a line switching relay 9, a dial pulse transmission relay 10, a transformer 11, and the like. The network control unit 2 is connected to a telephone line L and a line connected to the telephone 8. The line switching relay 9 operates under the control of the system control unit 4, and switches the telephone line L between the transformer 11 and the telephone 8 to selectively connect them.

The modem (modem means) 3 includes a modulation / demodulation circuit 12, a tone signal generation circuit (tone signal generation means) 13, and a tone signal detection circuit 14. A modulation / demodulation circuit 12 modulates a transmission signal and demodulates a reception signal, and a tone signal generation circuit 13 sends out a facsimile control signal based on tone data from the system control unit 4, and a melody signal according to the present invention. Send out sound. The tone signal detection circuit 14 detects the tone signal sent from the telephone line L and outputs a detection result to the system control unit 4.

The system control unit 4 includes a CPU (Central Processing Uni
t), a ROM (Read Only Memory), an I / O port, and the like, and the ROM stores a basic program as the facsimile apparatus 1, a melody sound (hold sound) transmission processing program of the invention described in each claim, and the like. Have been. System control unit 4
Controls the respective parts of the facsimile apparatus 1 in accordance with the program in the ROM, executes the sequence as the facsimile apparatus 1, and executes the melody sound (holding sound) transmission processing of the invention described in each claim.

The RAM 5 is provided with a work area and a user-settable area. As shown in FIG. 2, the user-settable area of the RAM 5 stores tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n , which are the contents of the melody sound, and tone duration Time data t _{1 to} t _n are stored as a melody data table. Therefore, the RAM 5 stores the tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n of the melody sound and its duration data t _{1 in the} user-settable area.
It constitutes a memory to be stored in ~t _n, the tone frequency data f ₁ ~f _n in RAM5 its duration data t ₁ ~
t _n can be rewritten by a key operation from the operation display unit 6.

The operation display unit 6 includes, as shown in FIG.
Asterisk key (*) 16, pound key (#) 17, hold key (hold key) 18, function key 19, YE
S key (Y) 20, NO key (N) 21, Clear key (C) 2
2, stop key 23, copy key 24, start key 25,
And an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 26 and the like. The destination telephone number and the tone signal duration data t _{1 to} t _n of the invention described in the claims are input by the ten keys 15, and the floor name to be described later is selected by the pound key 17. The hold key 18 is used when the telephone 8 is put on hold, and the function key 19 is used for selecting various function modes. The LCD 26 displays a key input command and various information from the facsimile machine 1.

The facsimile unit section 7 is a general term for various units such as an encoding / decoding section, a plotter section and a scanner section.

 Next, the operation will be described.

First, the hold sound sending process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the facsimile apparatus 1, the line switching relay 9 connects the telephone line L to the telephone 8 in the initial state.
When the operator off-hooks the telephone 8 in this state, a telephone call with the telephone 8 becomes possible. When the hold key 18 of the operation display section 6 is turned on during a call (step S ₁ ), the system control section 4 drives the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 to transfer the telephone line L to the transformer 11 side. And turn on the dial pulse transmission relay 10 to put it on hold (step S ₂ ). Next, the system control unit 4 reads the melody data table from the RAM 5 and sets the pointer P to P
= 1 (step S ₃ ). Its persistent melody data table and the tone frequency data f _p time reads data t _p (Step S _4), the tone signal generation circuit
And outputs the 13 outputs from the tone signal generating circuit 13 to the tone of the tone frequency data f _p to a telephone line L (step S _5).

Predetermined or time duration data t _p has elapsed example, checking every 20 ms, (step S _6), the time duration data t _p has elapsed, whether the hold key 18 is turned off, that pending checks whether it is released (step S _7). When the hold has not been released, the pointer P "1" incremented by (P = P + 1), whether to check the melody data table has been completed (step S _8, S _9). When the melody data table has not been completed, reads the tone frequency data f _p and duration data t _p of the pointer P is incremented returns to step S ₄ from the melody data table, at the same time the time by the frequency data of the duration data t _p It sends the tones f _p (step S ₄ ~
S _6). On the other hand, in step S _9, but when the melody data table has been completed, the process returns to step S _3, the pointer P
Is set to P = 1, and the tone is similarly output from the tone signal generating circuit 13 to the telephone line L.

When the hold is released at the step S _7, with the system control unit 4 connects the telephone line L by driving the line changeover relay 9 and dial pulsing relay 10 to the telephone set 8 side, a dial pulsing relay 10 turned off, the flow ends (step S _10). Thereby, the telephone call by the telephone 8 becomes possible again. Therefore, the existing tone signal generating circuit 13 in the facsimile apparatus 1 is used.
The melody sound can be transmitted as a hold sound by using the melody sound, and the melody sound can be emitted by the inexpensive facsimile machine 1.

Next, the melody sound creation process based on the floor name of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

The if you are developing the melody tone, first select the melody creation mode by the function key 19 of the operation display unit 6, the melody creating mode is selected (Step P _1), the output display data A melody creation mode is displayed on the LCD 26 as shown in FIG. 6 (step Q ₁ ). Here, as shown in step to Q ₁ Figure 6,
The melody creation mode is displayed, and the operator
When 0 is turned on, as shown in step Q _2, melody (MELODY) and duration as an input mode (TIME), the operator performs input and duration input melody using pound key (#) 17 . In this input operation, every time the pound key (#) 17 is pressed, the floor name is displayed on the LCD 26 in alphabets, that is, C (D), D (R), E (E).
(Mi), F (fa), G (so), A (la), and H (shi) are sequentially displayed, and when the clear key (C) 22 is pressed, floor names are displayed in reverse order. The floor names and tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n corresponding to the floor names are stored in the RAM 5 in advance. The operator selects the syllable names intended by the pound key (#) 17, and then turning on the tone duration data t ₁ ~t _n by numeric keys 15 (Step Q _3). The operator inputs the floor name data and tone duration data t _1.
After inputting .about.t _n , the YES key (Y) 20 is turned on. When the YES key (Y) 20 is turned on (step P ₃ ), the system controller 4 checks the presence or absence of these input data (step P ₃ ). ₄ ). When there is input data, the melody (tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n ) corresponding to the floor name is read from the RAM 5 and the read tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n are read.
RAM5 store a predetermined address of the user-configurable area (storage) (step P _5). Further, the input tone duration data t _{1 to} t _n are stored in a predetermined address of the user-settable area of the RAM 5 (step P ₆ ). Then, it is checked whether the function key 19 has been input (Step P _7), when the function key 19 is not input, the output of the display data shown in step Q ₄ of FIG. 6 back to Sutenpu P ₂ Then, the input operation of the floor name and the duration data t _{1 to} t _n is similarly performed. Thus tone frequency data f ₁ is input ~f _n and tone duration data t ₁ ~t _n, as shown in FIG. 7, is stored in the user-configurable area of RAM 5. The input of all tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n and tone duration data t _{1 to} t _n is completed, and the function key 19
Is entered, the flow exits from the melody creation mode and the flow ends.

Note that when YES key (Y) 20 there is no input data be entered in step P _4, performs the end processing of the output or the melody creating mode of the display data proceeds to step P _7.

In this way, the user can freely change and set the melody sound as the music on hold, and can output the user's favorite music or original music as the music on hold. Further, the setting operation of the tone frequency data can be performed by the floor name, and the melody can be created more easily and easily.

8 to 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those of the facsimile machine 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus 31. The facsimile apparatus 31 includes a network control unit 32, a modem 3, and an amplifier 3.
3, a speaker 34, a system control unit 35, a RAM 36, an operation display unit 6, other facsimile unit units 7, a telephone 8 and the like.

The network control unit 32 is substantially the same as the network control unit 1 of FIG. 1, except that the line switching relay 9, the dial pulse transmission relay 1
0, a transformer 11, and a call signal detection circuit 37. A paging signal detection circuit 37 detects a paging signal from the line L and outputs a detection result to the system control unit 35. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in FIG.

The modem 3 includes a modulation / demodulation circuit 12, a tone signal generation circuit 13,
The tone signal detecting circuit 14 is provided. The modulation / demodulation circuit 12 modulates a transmission signal and demodulates a reception signal, and the tone signal generation circuit 13 sends out a facsimile control signal based on tone data from the system control unit 35, and sends out a melody sound of the present invention. The tone signal detection circuit 14 detects the tone signal sent from the telephone line L and outputs a detection result to the system control unit 35.

The amplifier 33 and the speaker 34 output the tone signal from the telephone line L and the modem 3, particularly, the melody sound output from the tone signal generating circuit 14.

The system control unit 35 has a CPU (Central Processing Uni
t), a ROM (Random Access Memory), an I / O port, and the like. The ROM stores a basic program as the facsimile machine 31, a melody sound (reception notification sound and hold sound) transmission processing program of the present invention, and the like. ing. The system control unit 35 controls each unit of the facsimile machine 1 according to the program in the ROM to execute the sequence as the facsimile machine 31, and executes the melody sound (reception notification sound and hold sound) transmission processing of the present invention.

The RAM 36 stores various data necessary for controlling the facsimile apparatus 31 and, as shown in FIG. 9, tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n which are the contents of the melody sound and its duration data t _1.
To t _n are stored as a melody data table.

If you to store the tone frequency data f ₁ ~f _n and its duration data t ₁ ~t _n of the melody tone to the user configurable area in RAM 36, tone frequency data f
_{1 to} f _n and their durations t _{1 to} t _n can be rewritten, for example, by a key operation from the operation display unit 6.

 The operation display section 6 is the same as that shown in FIG.

The facsimile unit 7 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and is a general term for various units such as an encoding / decoding unit, a plotter unit and a scanner unit.

 Next, the operation will be described.

First, the reception notification processing will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the standby state, the facsimile apparatus 31 connects the telephone line L to the telephone 8 and turns off the dial pulse transmission relay 10 as shown in FIG.
In this state, when a call signal comes in from the telephone line L, the call signal is detected by the call signal detection circuit 37, and the system control unit
The detection signal is output to 35. The system control unit 35 recognizes the incoming call based on the detection signal from the call signal detection circuit 37, outputs a drive signal to the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 to connect the telephone line L to the transformer 11 and dial The pulse transmission relay 10 is turned on. In this state, the facsimile apparatus 31 performs a normal facsimile reception process, and when the facsimile reception is completed, the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 are turned off to return to the standby state.

When the reception is completed (step R ₁ ), the system control unit 35 sets the melody output time T of the built-in timer (step R ₂ ), reads the melody data table from the RAM 36 and sets the pointer P to P = 1. (Step R ₃ ). The system control unit 35 reads the tone frequency data f _p and tone duration data t _p from the melody data table (Step R _4), to drive a tone signal onset circuit 13 tone frequency data f _p tones tone duration data only t _p is transmitted (step R _5, R _6).
The tone output from the tone signal generation circuit 13 is supplied to the amplifier 33.
And the speaker 34 outputs the sound. Next, the system control unit 35 checks the melody output time T (step R ₇ ), and if the melody output time T has not elapsed, increments the pointer P by “1” (P = P
+1), it is checked whether the melody data table is completed (steps R ₈ and R ₉ ).

When the melody data table is not finished,
Returning to step R _4, incremented pointer P
Tone frequency data f _p outputs similarly only tone duration data t _p (Step R ₄ to R _7), when the melody data table has been completed, the pointer returns to step R ₃ P = 1 the tone frequency data f to output a melody as well from _p (step R ₃ ~R _7). Then, when the melody output time T elapses (step R ₇ ), the output of the melody sound ends, and the present flow ends.

Therefore, a melody sound different from the environmental noise can be output as the incoming call notification sound, and the incoming call can be reliably notified without being disturbed by the environmental noise. As a result, it is possible to respond quickly to the received manuscript,
The usability and convenience of the facsimile machine 31 can be improved.

Next, the hold sound sending process and the reception notifying process will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The eleventh
In the description of the figure, the same steps as those in the processing of FIG. 10 are denoted by the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted.

The facsimile apparatus 31 is in the state shown in FIG.
When the dial pulse transmission relay 10 is off and the line switching relay 9 is maintaining the line L to the telephone 8, the operator can make a telephone call by off-hook of the telephone 8, and the telephone 8 can communicate. When the operator turns on the hold key of the operation display unit 6, the facsimile machine 31 holds the line and plays a hold tone on the line L.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the system control unit 35 checks whether the hold key is on or whether reception is completed (steps T ₁ and R ₁ ). Then, the dial pulse transmission relay 10 is driven to connect the line L to the transformer 11, and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 is turned on to put the line on hold (step T ₂ ). Thereafter, the system controller 35 drives the tone signal generation circuit 13 outputs a melody tone in accordance with the melody data table from the RAM 36 (Step R ₃ ~R _6). At this time, the tone signal generation circuit
The melody sound output from 13 is sent to the telephone line L via the transformer 11 and sent to the other party as a hold sound.
The system control unit 35 checks on / off of the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 and release of the hold for each output of each tone frequency data f _{1 to} f _n (steps T ₃ and T ₄ ), When the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 are turned on and the hold is not released, the pointer P is sequentially incremented to output a melody sound (steps R ₈ and R ₉ ). When the hold is released, the line switching relay 9 is driven to connect the line L to the telephone 8.
, And the dial pulse transmission relay 10 is turned off (step T ₅ ) to enable the telephone 8 to talk.

When the facsimile reception is completed (step R ₁ ), the tone signal generating circuit 13 is driven according to the melody data table of the RAM 36 as in the case of FIG. Output a sound as a reception notification sound (steps R ₂ to
R ₉ ).

In this way, the hold tone and the reception notification tone are stored in the existing tone signal generating circuit 13 according to the melody data table in the RAM 36.
Can be used to output the melody sound, and the cost of the facsimile apparatus 31 that can output the melody sound as the hold sound and the reception notification sound can be reduced.

FIGS. 12 to 14 are views showing a third embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is applied to a facsimile machine similar to the facsimile machine 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. . Therefore, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus 41 according to the claims. The facsimile apparatus 41 includes a network control unit 2, a modem 3, a system control unit 42, a RAM 43, an operation display unit 6, other facsimile unit units 7, A telephone 8 and the like are provided.

Similarly, the network control unit 2 has a line switching relay 9, a relay 10 for dial pulse transmission, a transformer 11, and the like, and each configuration and operation are the same as those in FIG.

The modem 3 similarly has a modulation / demodulation circuit 12, a tone signal generation circuit 13, a tone signal detection circuit 14, etc., and the configuration and operation are the same as those in FIG. Therefore, the tone signal generation circuit 13 sends out the melody sound of the present invention as a hold tone based on the tone data (melody data) from the system control unit 42.

The system control unit 42 has a CPU (Central Processing Uni
t), a ROM (Read Only Memory), an I / O port, and the like. The ROM stores a basic program as the facsimile apparatus 41, a melody sound (holding sound) transmission processing program of the invention of each claim, and the like. ing. System control unit 42 is RO
In accordance with the program in M, each part of the facsimile apparatus 41 is controlled to execute the sequence as the facsimile apparatus 41, and the melody sound (holding sound) transmission processing of the invention of each claim is executed.

The RAM 43 has a work area and a melody area for storing the melody sound according to the present invention.
In the melody area, as shown in FIG. 13, a frequency data area and a duration data area are formed. In this frequency data area, frequency data constituting a melody sound for each destination is stored for each destination,
In the duration data area, duration data of each frequency data stored in the frequency data area is stored. This melody area is a user-settable area (area) in which the user can freely write and erase.

The operation display section 6 is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, and includes a numeric keypad 15, an asterisk key (*) 16, a pound key (#) 17, a hold key (hold key) 18, a function key 19, and YES. Key (Y) 20, NO key (N) 21,
Clear key (C) 22, Stop key 23, Copy key 24,
Start key 25 and LCD (Liquid Crystal Displa)
y) It has 26 etc.

The facsimile unit 7 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and is a general term for various units such as an encoding / decoding unit, a plotter unit and a scanner unit.

 Next, the operation will be described.

Also in the present embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 41 allows the operator to call the other party by off-hooking the telephone 8 and make a call when the other party goes off-hook. During a call,
When the operator turns on the hold key 18 of the operation display unit 6, the system control unit 42 drives the line switching relay 9 and the dial pulse transmission relay 10 to connect the telephone line L to the transformer 11 and to transmit the dial pulse transmission relay.
Turn on 10 and put it on hold.

When in the hold state, the system control unit 42 first reads out the destination code, and reads out the melody sound corresponding to the read out destination code from the RAM 43. The destination code is assigned to each destination, as shown in FIG. 14, and is set by the operator when the facsimile apparatus 41 is installed. The set destination code is stored in the RA in the system control unit 42.
It is stored in M or RAM 43 or the like. The melody sound read from the RAM 43 is composed of frequency data and its duration data, and is transmitted from the tone signal generation circuit 13 to the line L as a hold sound. Therefore, the facsimile machine 41
By appropriately setting the destination code according to the destination, the melody sound appropriate for the destination of the facsimile apparatus 41 can be transmitted as a hold sound. As a result, a melody sound that does not cause discomfort or disgust to the person at the destination where the facsimile device 41 is installed can be transmitted as a hold sound.

In addition, since the melody sound is stored as frequency data and its duration data, the melody sound can be stored in a storage element such as a RAM, and compared with the case where the melody sound is stored on a magnetic tape or the like. The selection of each melody sound can be facilitated, and the melody sound can be prevented from being deteriorated due to aging.

〔effect〕

According to the invention of the present application, when facsimile reception is completed, a melody sound can be output as a hold sound, so that it is possible to reliably notify that reception has been performed by a melody sound different from environmental noise, Respond quickly to the situation.

Further, according to the present invention, the tone frequency data constituting the melody is stored in the memory in association with the floor name, and when the floor name is input, the floor name is converted into the tone frequency data and stored in the user-settable area of the memory. Since the tone frequency can be stored, the tone frequency can be automatically set only by inputting the floor name, and the change of the melody sound and the creation of the original music can be more easily performed.

According to the invention of the present application, a melody sound can be selected and set for each destination, so that a melody sound suitable for the destination can be transmitted as a holding sound, and the melody sound can be transmitted to a person at the destination of the facsimile apparatus. An appropriate melody that does not cause discomfort or disgust can be transmitted as a hold sound.

Further, according to the present invention, since the melody sound is stored as frequency data and its duration data, the melody sound can be stored in an element such as a RAM, and the selection of the melody sound for each destination can be easily performed. The melody sound can be prevented from deteriorating.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 7 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile machine, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a melody data table thereof, FIG. Fig. 4 is a front view of the operation unit, Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the hold sound sending process, Fig. 5 is a flowchart of the melody creation process, Fig. 6 is a flowchart of the melody creation operation, and Fig. 7 is the melody data. It is a detailed view of a table. 8 to 11 are views showing a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus, FIG. 9 is a view showing a melody data table in the RAM, FIG. Is a flowchart of the reception notification process, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the hold sound transmission process and the reception notification process. 12 to 14 are views showing a third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus, FIG. 13 is a view showing a data storage state of the melody sound, FIG. Is a diagram showing the destination code. 1, 31, 41... Facsimile apparatus, 2.... Network control unit, 3
… Modem, 4, 31, 42… System control unit, 5, 32,
43 RAM, 6 Operation display unit, 7 Facsimile unit unit, 8 Telephone, 9 Line switching relay, 10
… Dial pulse transmission relay, 11… Transformer, 12…
… Modulation / demodulation circuit, 13… tone signal generation circuit, 14… tone signal detection circuit, 15… numeric keypad, 16… asterisk key, 17… pound key, 18… hold key, 19…
... function keys, 20 ...... YES key, 21 ...... NO key 22 ...... clear _{key, 26 ...... LCD, f 1 ~f} n ...... tone frequency data, t ₁ ~t _n ...... duration data, L ......
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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic incoming call type network control means, a modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to an accommodation line, a memory for storing a melody tone as information of tone frequency data and tone duration data, Loudspeaker output means for loudspeaking and outputting the tone signal output from the modem means. When an incoming call is received, the melody information in the memory is converted into a tone signal by the modem means, and then the loudspeaker is output as a call notification by the loudspeaker output means. A data communication device for outputting. 2. An automatic incoming call type network control means, a modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to an accommodation line, a memory for storing a melody tone as information of tone frequency data and tone duration data, Loudspeaker output means for loudspeaker output of the tone signal output by the modem means, wherein the melody sound created by the user is stored as tone frequency data and tone duration data in a user-settable area of a memory. A data communication device comprising: converting melody information in the user-settable area into a tone signal by a modem means; 3. A data communication apparatus comprising: a telephone; a hold function for holding a telephone call on the telephone; and a modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to a storage line. While storing the frequency data and the tone duration data in the user-settable area of the memory, storing the tone frequency data of the melody in the memory in association with the floor name, and inputting the floor name when setting the melody sound, The floor name is converted to tone frequency data and stored in a user-settable area of the memory, and at the time of the hold, the modem means is driven based on the data in the memory to output a melody sound to the line as a hold sound. A data communication device, comprising: 4. A data communication apparatus comprising: a telephone; a hold function for holding a telephone call on the telephone; and a modem means for transmitting a tone signal for a data communication control signal to a storage line. A destination code storage unit for storing a destination code to be set; and a melody storage unit for storing a melody sound corresponding to the destination code. A data communication apparatus for reading a melody sound stored in a melody storage means based on a destination code and transmitting the melody sound to a storage line via the modem means as a hold sound. 5. A frequency data area and a duration area are provided in said melody storage means, frequency data constituting a melody for each destination is stored in said frequency data area, and each frequency data area is stored in said duration data area. 5. The data communication device according to claim 4, wherein a duration of the data is stored.