JPH03210877A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and accurately register each information by using a recording medium such as a magnetic card so as to input registration information required for transferring picture information. CONSTITUTION:In the case of polling request, the operator operates an operation input section 16 to set the operating mode of a facsimile equipment to the polling request mode. When the setting is finished, the operator loads an ID card 18 to an identification information read means 17. The identification information read means 17 reads identification information registered in advance on the ID card 18 and the read identification information is stored in a RAM 13. When the readout of the identification information is finished, the operator dials a telephone number of a polling request destination to call a request destination.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and particularly to a facsimile device that allows information necessary for transferring image information to be input easily and accurately.

(Prior Art) In recent years, as facsimile machines have become widespread, there has been a demand for higher functionality, and facsimile machines (hereinafter abbreviated as memory FAX) equipped with an image memory for storing image data have appeared.

In such a memory FAX, received image data is not immediately printed out, but is temporarily stored in an image memory, and then printed out at a desired time. therefore,
Compared to conventional methods, communication time can be shortened and call charges can be reduced.

Furthermore, memory FAX can bring about various other effects by devising its usage.

For example, when trying to transfer a document based on image data received by a facsimile device to another party, the received image data is first printed on recording paper and the document is reproduced.
This reproduced original was sent to the facsimile machine again and sent to the destination.

However, such a method has problems such as poor work efficiency and image deterioration. Recently, as a system to solve such problems, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-195761 has been developed.
As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-106572, a method has been proposed in which a facsimile machine equipped with an image memory for storing image data is used as a repeater.

In these conventional technologies, as shown in FIG. 4, a facsimile machine that functions as a repeater (hereinafter referred to as a relay FAX) receives image data sent from a sending facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as a sending FAX). - once received and stored in the image memory.

In this relay FAX, "management information" consisting of, for example, the forwarding destination's telephone number, forwarding destination reception conditions, etc., is registered in advance by the operator, and the relay FAX transfers the received data to the forwarding destination based on the management information. facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as transfer FAX).

According to such a transfer method, image data sent from a sending FAX can be easily transferred to the FAX without deteriorating the image.
It becomes possible to send to AX.

In addition, as another method of using the memory FAX, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-202981, by inputting "identification information" to the memory FAX from another facsimile device and making a polling request. A technique has also been proposed that allows the image data stored in the memory FAX to be printed out from another facsimile machine.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) The management information registered in the relay FAX for specifying the above-mentioned forwarding destination generally includes the forwarding destination's telephone number, model information (ID), password, confidential box number, etc. Consists of.

Among these, the model information is information regarding the capabilities of the destination facsimile machine, such as signal transmission speed, linear density, paper size, etc. In addition, a password is information that allows only a specific operator to register management information, and a relay fax can use a password that is registered in advance for itself and a password manually entered as part of the management information. Registration of the management information is accepted only if they match.

The confidential box number is a number that indicates a confidential area that stores only confidential information, which is provided in a specific area of the image memory of the relay FAX, and the image data in the confidential area is stored as the confidential box number. It can be output only if registered.

On the other hand, the identification information registered for the polling has almost the same configuration as the management information described above.

Conventionally, registration of such management information or identification information was performed by an operator using keys, but as mentioned above, there is a high probability of registration errors due to the large amount of input data, and the operation is cumbersome. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that solves the above-mentioned problems and allows registration information such as management information or identification information to be registered easily and reliably.

(Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a facsimile device that receives image information by making a polling request to a facsimile device equipped with an image memory. A feature of the present invention is that it includes means for reading out identification information for a request from a recording medium in which the identification information is registered.

Further, in a facsimile device equipped with an image memory for storing image information, the facsimile apparatus further includes means for reading management information from a recording medium in which management information for transmitting the image information to a predetermined destination is registered, and storing the management information. It is characterized by having the means.

According to such a configuration, registration information necessary for transferring image information, such as identification information or management registration information, can be input using a recording medium.

(Example) Below, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram of the main parts of a facsimile machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a CPU 1 performs control of the facsimile apparatus itself and transmission control for transmitting image data, and its control program etc. are stored in a ROM 12.
A work area and the like are formed in the RAM 13.

The modem 14 demodulates digital data so that a telephone line, which is an analog network, can be used as a transmission circuit, and the NCU 15 connects the facsimile device to a public telephone line.

The operation input unit 16 is an input unit for operating the facsimile machine, and the identification information reading unit 17 reads various information recording media (hereinafter referred to as an ID card) such as a magnetic card, an optical card, an IC card, and a bar code. This is a device for reading identification information registered in advance in 18.

This identification information is information necessary for making a polling request, and consists of model information (ID), password, confidential box number, etc.

The CPU II, ROM 12, RAM 13, modem 14
, NCU 15, operation input section 16, and identification information reading means 17 are interconnected via a system bus 10.

When making a polling request in a facsimile machine having such a configuration, the operator operates the operation input section 16 to set the operation mode of the facsimile machine to the polling request mode.

When the setting is completed, the operator reads the identification information reading means 17.
Insert the ID card 18 into. The identification information reading means 17 reads identification information registered in advance in the ID card 18, and the read identification information is stored in the RAM 13.

When the reading of the identification information is completed, the operator dials the telephone number of the polling request destination to place a call to the polling request destination. Note that the telephone number of the polling request destination may also be registered as identification information, and the telephone number may be automatically dialed.

Figure 2 shows the process from connecting the line to receiving image information.
1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a protocol of a facsimile machine;

When the line is connected, the request destination outputs a CHD signal indicating that it is a non-voice terminal, and also sends an NSF (
non-standard equipment) signal, C3l (called terminal identification) signal, Di
s (digital identification) signal to notify the requester of the non-standard functions and standard functions that the device is equipped with.

If the requested facsimile device is a memory FAX and has a polling transmission function, a signal to that effect is sent to the NSF.
The requester detects this because it is included in the signal.

The request source outputs an NSC (non-standard device command) signal and a DTC (digital transmission command) signal containing the identification information stored in the RAM 13.

In response, the request destination assembles the non-standard processing requested for transmission, transmitting TSI (transmitting station identification) signals, NSS
(Non-standard equipment setting) Sends back a signal.

Using this NSS signal, the request source detects that the request destination is ready to send image data. Following this, the request destination is a high-speed TCF (training check).
Output a signal.

If the training is successful, the requester returns a CFR (confirm readiness) signal.

When the request destination receives the CFR signal from the request source, it starts reading the image data stored in the image memory, outputs the image data PIX, and when the transmission is finished, EOP (
Step end) Output the signal.

When the request source receives the EOP signal, it outputs an MCF (message confirmation) signal and a DCN (line disconnection command) signal to terminate mutual communication.

In the embodiment described above, the identification information is temporarily stored in the RAM 13, and the RAM 13 is referred to during polling, but the ID card 18 may be referred to directly.

According to this embodiment, since the identification information necessary for the polling request can be registered using an ID card, mistakes in registering the identification information will not occur and the operation will be simplified.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 represent the same or equivalent parts.

The facsimile machine of this embodiment is used particularly as a relay FAX, and includes a management information reading means 20 for reading management information registered in advance in an ID card 21, an image memory 19 for storing image data, and the management information for the management information. The management information storage means 22 stores information.

Management information is the information necessary to send image data to the transfer destination, such as the transfer destination's phone number, model information (
ID), password, confidential box number, etc.

When specifying the destination of image data in a facsimile machine having such a configuration, the operator inserts the ID card 21 into the management information reading means 20. The management information reading means 20 reads the management information registered in advance in the ID card 21, the read management information is stored in the management information storage means 22, and the registration of management information is completed.

Here, the image data from the sending fax is transferred to the relay fax.
Once the image data is input to the image memory 19, the image data is temporarily stored in the image memory 19.

When inputting and storing the image data is completed, the CPU 11
The image data is transferred to the transfer FAX according to the control program registered in the OM 12 and the management information stored in the management information storage means 22.

According to this embodiment, since management information necessary for transferring image data can be registered using an ID card, mistakes in registering management information do not occur, and operations are simplified.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, registration information necessary for transferring image information, such as identification information or management information, can be input using a recording medium such as a magnetic card. Therefore, each information can be registered easily and accurately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the protocol of the facsimile machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a facsimile machine that is another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the functions of the relay FAX.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A polling request is made to a facsimile device equipped with an image memory that stores image information, and in the facsimile device that receives the image information, the identification information is retrieved from the recording medium in which the identification information for the polling request is registered. 1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising identification information reading means for reading the identification information, and said polling is performed based on said identification information. (2) In a facsimile machine equipped with an image memory for storing image information, a management information reading means for reading management information from a recording medium in which management information for transmitting the stored image information to a predetermined transfer destination is registered; , management information storage means for storing the management information,
A facsimile device, wherein the transmission is performed based on the management information.