JPH0265439A - Picture information transfer system for facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer sent picture information automatically to a predetermined destination by storing picture information from a caller side once when a subscriber number of the caller side and a prescribed subscriber number are coincident at the arrival of a signal and transferring the picture information to a destination. CONSTITUTION:A memory section 5 has a picture information 51, a caller side ID area 52 and a destination ID area 53 as shown in figure and the prescribed subscriber number and the destination subscriber number are stored respectively in the caller ID area 52 and the destination ID area 53. In the arrival of a call from other communication terminal equipment, when the other communication terminal equipment, that is, the caller subscriber number and the prescribed subscriber number stored in advance in the memory section 6 are coincident, the picture information from other communication terminal equipment is stored once in the memory section 5 and then the subscriber number of the destination is read from the memory section 5 and sent and the picture information stored already in the memory section 5 is sent to the destination communication terminal equipment. Thus, the picture information sent from the desired communication terminal equipment is transferred automatically to the predetermined communication terminal equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an image information transfer method for a facsimile machine connected to an integrated digital service network.

(Prior Art) Today, the public telephone network is known as a representative communication network. On the other hand, with the widespread use of 'Fi for facsimile, there is a desire for improved serviceability.

Here, a facsimile machine connected to a public telephone network only receives a call from the public telephone network when an incoming call is received, and is not notified of the calling party's subscriber number from the public telephone network. When receiving a call, the device cannot know which communication terminal is the calling party, so it automatically transfers the image information transmitted from the desired communication terminal to a predetermined destination communication terminal. I couldn't have hoped for something like that.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In this way, as long as the conventional facsimile device is connected to the public telephone network, image information transmitted from a desired communication terminal can be automatically transferred to a predetermined destination communication terminal. It was not possible to provide a service that would transfer the data to other people.

However, in recent years, integrated digital service network (hereinafter referred to as 15D)
(referred to as N) has been spreading for some time. This 15DN has a B channel for transmitting audio information, image information, etc., and a D channel for transmitting control information.As control information, for example, the subscriber number of the calling party is transmitted to the called party. can be transmitted. Therefore, the called party can know which communication terminal the calling party is based on the transmitted subscriber number of the calling party.

Therefore, the present invention provides image information transfer of a facsimile device that can automatically transfer image information transmitted from a desired communication terminal to a predetermined destination communication terminal in a facsimile device connected to an 15DN. The purpose is to provide a method.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a facsimile device connected to an integrated digital service network, which includes a subscriber number storage means for storing in advance a transfer destination subscriber number in correspondence with a predetermined subscriber number; a detection means for detecting a subscriber number of a calling party when a call is received, and a subscriber number detected by the detection means and a predetermined subscriber number stored in the subscriber number storage means; If the verification means determines that the subscriber numbers of the two ministries match, an image information storage means that stores the image information from the calling side, and an image information storage means that stores the image information from the calling side; and transfer control means for transmitting the image information stored in the image information storage means by transmitting a transfer destination subscriber number corresponding to a predetermined subscriber name stored in the storage means. Features.

(Operation) According to the present invention, if the subscriber number of the calling party and a predetermined subscriber number match when a call is received, the image information from the calling party is temporarily stored in the image information storage means.

Thereafter, the transfer destination subscriber number corresponding to the predetermined subscriber number is transmitted, and the image information stored in the image information storage means is transmitted. Therefore, the image information from the calling party is transferred to the destination via the facsimile machine.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus to which the image information transfer method according to the present invention is applied. In this embodiment, a network suburban area 2 connected to an 15DN line 1, a recording unit 3 that records an image corresponding to received image information on recording paper, and a reader that reads a transmitted original and forms image information. 4, a memory section 5 for storing various information, an operation section 6 for operating the facsimile machine, and a main control section 7 for controlling the facsimile machine.

If you want this facsimile device to automatically transfer image information received from a desired communication terminal to a transfer destination, operate the operation section 6 and input the predetermined subscriber number of the desired communication terminal. and the subscriber number of the communication terminal to which the received image information is to be transferred. As a result, data indicating the predetermined subscriber number and the transfer destination subscriber number is output from the operation section 6, and this data is added to the main control section 7. When the main control section 7 receives the data, it stores in the memory section 5 the predetermined subscriber number and the destination subscriber number indicated by the data. The memory section 5 has an image information area 5 as shown in FIG.
1, a calling side 10 area 52, and a transfer destination 10 area 53, and the predetermined subscriber number and the transfer destination subscriber number are stored in the calling side 10 area 52 and the transfer destination 10 area 1.
T! 1.53 respectively. At this time, both subscriber numbers are stored in mutually corresponding addresses in each area 52, 53, thereby establishing a correspondence relationship. By operating the operation unit 6, each subscriber number of a plurality of desired communication terminals and each subscriber number of a plurality of transfer destinations correspond to the calling party ID area 52 and the transfer destination ID area 53, respectively. and is memorized.

Now, when the subscriber number of the forwarding destination is stored in the memory section 5 in correspondence with the predetermined subscriber number, the facsimile machine operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 when the call is received.

First, when a call is made to the facsimile machine shown in FIG. 1 by another communication terminal (facsimile machine not shown) connected to the l5DN, a calling signal is sent from the other communication terminal to the l5DN. This calling signal usually includes information indicating the subscriber number possessed by the other communication terminal, and the calling signal is received by the network control unit 2 in the facsimile machine as an incoming call signal via the 15DN line 1. be done.

When the network control section 2 receives the incoming call signal, it transmits data indicating this incoming call signal to the main control section 7.

When the main controller 20 section 7 receives the data, it determines whether the data includes the subscriber number of the other communication terminal, that is, the calling party (step 101). If it is determined that the calling party's subscriber number is not included,
The main control section 7 performs control 10 of incoming call response, thereby inputting the image information transmitted from the other communication terminal to the recording section 3 via the network control section 2. The recording unit 3 records an image corresponding to the image information on recording paper (step 102).

Further, if it is determined in step 101 that the subscriber number of the calling party is included, the main control unit 7 selects all subscriber numbers stored in advance in the calling party 10 area 52 in the memory unit 5. Read the number (step 103), and compare the calling party's subscriber number with all the subscriber numbers stored in the calling party 10 area 52 (step 1o4). here,
Calling subscriber? If fttan does not match any of the subscriber numbers stored in the calling party ID area 52, the incoming call is answered and the image information transmitted from the other communication terminal is transmitted. received, and the recording unit 3 records an image corresponding to the image information on recording paper (step 102).
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Further, if the subscriber number of the calling side matches any of all the subscriber numbers stored in the calling side IDff1 area 52 in step 104, the main/sub at+ section 7 selects the sub-subscriber number of the incoming call response. As a result, the image information transmitted from the other communication terminal is input to the memory section 5 via the network control section 2. The memory section 5 stores the image information in the image information area 51 (step 105).
1, and when the communication between this facsimile device and the other communication terminal ends, the main control unit 7 stores the subscriber number of the other communication terminal, that is, the calling party, and the calling party ID area 52.
Since the subscriber number matched with the predetermined subscriber number stored in
The subscriber number of the transfer destination corresponding to the predetermined subscriber number is read from the transfer destination IDff1 area 53 in J5 of the memory section 5.

Then, the main control section 7t performs call origination control and transmits the transfer destination subscriber number read from the transfer destination ID area 53 to the 15DN line 1 through the network control section 2. At this time, when the transfer destination communication terminal (facsimile machine, not shown) responds by inputting the transfer destination subscriber number.

The main/sub cello unit 7 reads the image information already stored in the image information area 51 of the memory unit 5, and sends this image information to the 15DN number a1 via the network control unit 2 (step 10
6). Thereby, this image information is received by the communication terminal of the transfer destination.

As described above, in this embodiment, when receiving a call from another communication terminal, if the subscriber number of the other communication terminal, that is, the calling party, matches the predetermined subscriber number stored in advance in the memory section 5, , the image information from the other communication terminal is temporarily stored in the memory section 5, and thereafter, the subscriber number of the transfer destination corresponding to the predetermined subscriber number is read out from the memory section 5, transmitted, and stored in the memory section 5. The already stored image information is sent to the destination communication terminal. Therefore, image information from a desired communication terminal is relayed through this facsimile machine,
This means that the data has been transferred to the destination communication terminal.

In this embodiment, when a call arrives, the subscriber number of the calling party is checked against a predetermined subscriber number stored in advance; however, the present invention is not limited to this; Since a sub-address may be transmitted along with the subscriber number of the desired communication terminal, memorize the predetermined subscriber number and sub-address that the desired communication terminal will use, and when receiving the call, send the subscriber number and sub-address of the issuing party The subscriber IQ and sub-address may be checked respectively. In this case, if the calling party's subscriber number and subaddress match the predetermined subscriber number and subaddress, the image information from the calling party is temporarily stored,
Thereafter, a predetermined subscriber number of a transfer destination corresponding to a predetermined subscriber number and sub-address is transmitted, and the image information is transferred. Furthermore, in addition to the transfer destination subscriber number, the transfer destination subscriber number and subaddress may be stored in advance, and the stored transfer destination subscriber number and subaddress may be optically transmitted at the time of transfer. Alternatively, a plurality of transfer destination subscriber numbers corresponding to the predetermined subscriber number B may be set. In this case, the image information stored in -〇 will be transferred to each of a plurality of destination communication terminals.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, if the subscriber scent of the calling side matches the predetermined subscriber number when a call is received, the image information from the calling side is temporarily stored, and the image information from the calling side is temporarily stored. Thereafter, the subscriber number of the transfer destination corresponding to the predetermined subscriber number is transmitted, and the image information is transferred to the transfer destination. Therefore, it is possible to provide an image information transfer method for a facsimile machine that can automatically transfer image information transmitted from a desired communication terminal to a predetermined destination communication terminal.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory section 5 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart used to explain the operation of the illustrated embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...l5DN line, 2...Network control section, 3...Recording section, 4...Reading section, 5...Memory section, 6...Operation section, 7...Main control section . Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A facsimile device connected to an integrated digital service network, comprising subscriber number storage means for storing in advance a subscriber number of a forwarding destination in correspondence with a predetermined subscriber number; a detection means for detecting a subscriber number; and a collation means for determining whether the subscriber number detected by the detection means matches a predetermined subscriber number stored in the subscriber number storage means. and if it is determined by the matching means that the subscriber numbers of both parties match, an image information storage means for storing image information from the calling party; a transfer control means for transmitting image information stored in the image information storage means by transmitting a transfer destination subscriber number corresponding to a predetermined subscriber number; Information transfer method.