JPH03295359A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need of the work of an operator by updating a storage content when received station identification information is altered, calling a new telephone number, erasing one piece of information which is previously stored and storing new station identification information when there is no idle area. CONSTITUTION:A destination information table 10a is formed in a memory 10. When the call is made to the stored telephone number and the content of received station identification information is different from the stored content, new station identification information is updated. If there is no idle area when the call is made to the new telephone number and received new station identification information is stored in the memory 10, stored corresponding information of one piece of station identification information and the telephone number is erased and new corresponding information is stored in the formed idle area of the memory 10. Thus, station identification information is automatically updated, old information in the memory 10 is erased and new information is stored and the control work of stored information by the operator is eliminated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Fields] The present invention has a function of storing station identification information received from a destination and displaying the station identification information when making a call to the destination again. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine equipped with a facsimile machine.

[Conventional technology] The station name, company name, department name, etc. are written on the facsimile machine in advance.
TI (Remote Terminal Identity)
ficatin), the RTI will be transmitted to the other party using an NSF signal or NSS signal during communication, and both parties' facsimile machines will receive the RTI.
The function of displaying is well known.

This function allows the operator to easily check whether the destination telephone number has been set correctly when making a call.

However, in this case, there is a problem in that it is impossible to determine whether the setting operation is correct or incorrect until the other party responds.

In order to solve this inconvenience, for example,
As seen in Publication No. 7262, the called side transmits station identification information corresponding to RTI to the calling side using a CFR signal, and the calling side displays the received station identification information and stores it together with the destination telephone number. A system has been proposed in which the station identification information is displayed the next time the telephone number is set and a call is made.

According to this proposal, the station identification information of the destination is displayed immediately after the operator sets the destination telephone number, so that the operator can determine whether the setting operation is correct or incorrect before making a call.

By the way, the station identification information for each destination is stored in memory,
Normally, a memory has a certain storage capacity, so the memory becomes full when a certain number of pieces of station identification information are stored.

If the station identification information of a new destination is to be stored after the memory is full, it is necessary to clear the old unnecessary information to free up the storage area of the memory.

Furthermore, since the station identification information is the station name, company name, department name, etc., it may be changed by the user.

If the station identification information stored in the memory is changed by the other party, it is necessary to erase the stored old station identification information and receive the new station identification information again.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above proposal, when the memory becomes full or when the station identification information is changed, the operator cannot identify unnecessary station identification information. , had to be manually deleted or re-registered. For this reason, conventionally, there has been a problem that the management work of stored information is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that solves the above problems and eliminates the need for an operator to manage stored information.

[Means for Solving the Problems] For this purpose, the present invention makes a call to a stored telephone number, and when the content of received station identification information differs from the stored content, While updating to the new station identification information, call the new phone number.

When storing received new station identification information in memory, if there is no free space, the memory that was created by erasing the correspondence information between one station identification information and telephone number that has already been stored. The new correspondence information is stored in the free space of .

[Operation] Since station identification information is automatically updated, old information in the memory is deleted, and new information is stored, the operator does not need to manage the stored information as in the past.

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

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a scanner 1 reads an original image and extracts image information, and a plotter 2 records the image on recording paper. The encoding/decoding unit 3 compresses image information to be transmitted by encoding it, and decodes received image information to reproduce the original image information.

The modem 4 modulates and demodulates image information and transmits and receives it, and also transmits and receives various procedure signals for transmission control.

The network control device 5 is connected to a telephone line and controls the line for making and receiving calls.

The image memory 6 stores image information to be sent and received.
The operation display section 7 includes a display and operation keys, and displays the operating status of the device, and is used by the operator to perform various operations.

The clock 8 is for managing communication date and time, and the system control section 9 is for controlling each of the above sections. RAM
Reference numeral 10 is for temporarily storing various data, and in this embodiment, a destination information table 10a is formed in this RAM. This destination information table 10a includes RTI (Remote T.
This is used to store information such as the number of communications per communication mill (erminal identification) and the number of communications per communication mill.

The system bus 12 is a signal line through which the above units exchange various data and control signals between each other.

With the above configuration, a case where memory storage and transmission is performed will now be described as an example of the operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

In this case, the operator places the original to be sent on the scanner 1, selects memory transmission (process 101), and inputs the destination telephone number (process 101) as shown in FIG. 102).

When the destination telephone number is input, the facsimile machine determines whether there is registration information corresponding to the destination telephone number in the destination information table 10a (process 103).

The destination information table 10a stores the telephone numbers and predetermined information of destinations communicated with in the past, and initially there is no registration information.

If there is no registered information corresponding to the destination telephone number (N in process 103), the document image is immediately read and the image information is stored in the image memory 6 (process 104).

Next, the line is connected and a call is made to the destination (process 105).
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When the destination facsimile machine responds, a predetermined transmission control procedure is started. In this embodiment, at this time, the receiving side, which is the other party, sends out a CED signal and an NSF signal, and
The RTI is transmitted using the NSF signal. R
TI is registered as station identification information in each facsimile machine, and is transmitted as character code information. This information is usually the device user's name, company name, department name, etc.

When this RTI is received (Y in process 106), it is displayed on the operation display unit 7 (process 1o7), and it is again determined whether there is corresponding registration information in the destination information table 10a (process 08). Here, if there is no registration information (process 1
08-N), it is checked whether there is an empty storage area in the destination information table 10a (process 109).

Then, if there is space in the storage area (Y in process 109)
), in the destination information table 10a, as shown in FIG.
The destination telephone number, received RTI, registration date 2 communication date, and number of communications are registered as new destination information. As in the present case, in the case of a new destination, rlJ is set for the registration date and the communication date on that day (processing 110).
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Thereafter, the image information stored in the image memory 6 is transmitted (process 111).

As a result, destination information is sequentially added to the destination information table 10a each time a call is made to a new destination.

Next, assume that a call operation is performed again to a destination to which a call was made in the past. In this case, since the destination information is registered in the destination information table 10a (Y in process 103), after displaying the corresponding RTI (process 112), the above process is executed (proceeding to process 104).

After this, one communication is started and if destination information has already been registered (Y in process 108), the original RTI is deleted and the stored contents are updated to the received RTI (process 113).

This is to store new information if the RTI has been changed at the other party.

Next, the communication date of the corresponding destination information is updated to that date, and the communication count is incremented by 1 (process 114). Then, the image is transmitted (process 111).

On the other hand, when making a call to a new destination, the destination information table 1
If there is no free area for 0a (N in process 109)
), the one with the oldest communication date is selected from among each piece of destination information (process 115). Here, if there are multiple matching items (Y in process 116), one of the items with the lowest communication frequency is selected (processing 117). This communication frequency is calculated based on the period from the registration date to the communication date and the number of communications.

Then, process 118 to delete the selected destination information.
), and performs the same operation as above (proceed to process 110).

As described above, in this embodiment, the RTI of the destination is memorized when the first call is made to each destination, and the RTI is displayed before making the call from the second time onwards. ,
The operator can easily know if there is a mistake in setting the destination.

In addition, if the RTI has been changed at the destination, the stored contents are updated at the time of reception, but when the destination information table 10a runs out of storage area, the old destination information is deleted and the new destination information is updated. I try to remember it. Since such memory information updating processing is automatically executed, the operator does not need to perform the conventional troublesome work of managing stored information.

Furthermore, when deleting old destination information, priority is given to deleting information with an old communication date or information with low communication frequency, and information with which there are many communication opportunities is left, which is convenient in practice.

In the above-described embodiment, the priority of destination information is determined based on the frequency of communication determined based on the number of communications and the elapsed period after registration, and the date of communication. The determination may be made by In this case, it goes without saying that unnecessary information does not need to be stored in the destination information table 10a.

In addition, although the telephone number of the destination is entered using the numeric keypad, the present invention can be similarly applied even when dialing with one-touch dialing or speed dialing by storing the dial identification information instead of the telephone number. .

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the received station identification information has been changed, the stored contents are updated, and at the same time, a call is made to a new telephone number and the new station identification information is sent. When storing information in memory, if there is no free space, one piece of information that has already been stored is deleted and new station identification information is stored, so operators can manually retrieve the stored information. The troublesome work of managing operations becomes unnecessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operational flowchart of transmission processing, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of destination information to be stored. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Scanner, 2... Plotter, 3... Encoder/decoder, 4... Modem, 5... Network control device, 6...
...Image reading, 7.Operation display section, 8.Clock,
9...System control unit. 10...RAM, 10a...Destination information table. Figure 1

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A storage means for storing in a memory the station identification information received from the called party after making a call to the telephone number of each destination to be set and starting communication, as correspondence information with that telephone number, and then making a call. In a facsimile machine equipped with a display means for displaying the corresponding station identification information when the already stored telephone number is set when calling the stored telephone number, station identification information updating means for updating the stored information to new station identification information when the information content is different from the stored content; an information erasing means for erasing one piece of correspondence information when there is no free space in the memory; and a memory organization means for storing the correspondence information between the new station identification information and the telephone number in the free space in the memory created by the erasure. A facsimile device comprising: (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information erasing means includes priority determining means for erasing the correspondence information having the oldest storage time. (3) The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information erasing means includes priority determining means for erasing the correspondence information of the destination with the least number of past communications. (4) The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information erasing means includes priority determining means for erasing the correspondence information determined based on the storage time and the number of past communications.