JPH08149266A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate the preservation of the result of transmission at a notice destination by sending text data to the notice destination of the transmission result. CONSTITUTION: Text data representing a state of a transmission result are stored in a storage memory 12 and when facsimile transmission is finished, the text data are extracted from the memory 12 and the transmission result is displayed on a display section 19. Then a receipt of the transmission result is printed out by an output section 16 by the operation of an operation panel 14. Then telephone number data of the notice destination is extracted from the memory 12 and text data are sent to the computer to inform the transmission result.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to notification of a transmission result after facsimile transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile apparatus, the transmission result when a facsimile is transmitted is displayed on the display of the transmitted facsimile apparatus or printed on a receipt or the like. However, in such a facsimile machine, when it is desired to know the transmission result after facsimile transmission, it is necessary to go directly to the place where the facsimile machine used for transmission is installed and confirm the display on the display or the printed receipt. This is very inconvenient, for example, when the facsimile machine is installed in a place away from one's own seat, such as in a company office.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been a facsimile apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-260740, which can know the transmission result at a place away from the facsimile apparatus. In this method, after transmitting a facsimile, the transmission result is created by voice, and the call destination is designated by a telephone.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, since the transmission result is notified by voice using the telephone, the person who transmitted the facsimile does not always take the telephone. In addition, when notifying the transmission result by telephone, the person is not always near the telephone. Therefore, the person who sent the fax is not necessarily notified of the transmission result, and when the person who sent the fax is not notified of the transmission result, that person must confirm that the transmitted fax has been reliably transmitted. However, there is a problem that it is necessary to go to the place where the facsimile device is installed.

Also, when it is desired to confirm the transmission result after a certain time has elapsed after transmitting the facsimile, or when a plurality of facsimiles are transmitted and the transmission results of the transmitted facsimiles are collectively confirmed, it is necessary to confirm. There is a problem that it is necessary to go to the place where the facsimile device is installed.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, an operation means for inputting information of a transmission destination and a notification destination of a transmission result, information input from the operation means, and a text indicating a state of a transmission result. Storage means for storing data, image reading means for reading a facsimile original, transmission means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a transmission destination stored in the storage means, and transmission means for transmitting the image data to the transmission destination. After the transmission of the image data is completed or stopped, the text data corresponding to the transmission result of the transmission and the information of the notification destination of the transmission result are retrieved from the storage means, and the text data is transmitted to the notification destination of the transmission result. And means.

[0007]

In the present invention, the operation means inputs the information of the transmission destination and the notification destination of the transmission result, and the storage means stores the information input from the operation means and the text data indicating the state of the transmission result. A facsimile original is read by the image reading means, the image data read by the image reading means is transmitted to the destination stored in the storing means by the transmitting means, and the image data is transmitted to the destination by the transmitting means. After the process is terminated or stopped, the text data corresponding to the transmission result of the transmission and the information of the notification destination of the transmission result are retrieved from the storage unit, and the text data is transmitted to the notification destination of the transmission result.

[0008]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a facsimile device, 10 is a facsimile document, 11 is an image reading unit for reading an image of a facsimile document 10 to be transmitted, 12 is a storage memory for storing a telephone number, etc., 1
3 is a transmission unit for transmitting the image data read by the image reading unit 11, 14 is an operation panel for inputting a destination telephone number and the like, 15 is a reception unit for receiving a facsimile, and 16 is a reception unit 15. An output unit that outputs the facsimile 17 and the receipt 18, a display unit 19 that displays a message such as a transmission result, and a control unit 20 that controls the entire facsimile apparatus 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation procedure of this embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the text data stored in the storage memory 12, and FIG. 4 is an operation for notifying the transmission result of this embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the notification of the transmission result of this embodiment. Figure 5
21 is a modem connected to the public telephone network,
A personal computer 2 is connected to the modem 21 and communicates via the modem.

First, the facsimile original 10 is set in the image capturing section 11, and as shown in FIG.
4 to the destination telephone number, for example, "03-12-456"
7 ”is input ((a) in FIG. 2), a button for confirming the end of the telephone number input, for example,“ # ”information is input ((b) in FIG. 2), and the computer is notified of the transmission result. Telephone number of the modem 21 that has been set, for example, "03-765-
4321 ”is input ((c) of FIG. 2) and a button for confirming the start of transmission, for example, information of“ transmission ”is input ((d) of FIG. 2), the input information is stored in the storage memory 12. Store.

Then, the image capturing unit 11 is stored in the destination facsimile machine stored in the storage memory 12.
To send the image data captured by
The transmission unit 13 makes a call to the telephone number of the transmission destination, and when the line is connected, the image data of the image capturing unit 11 is transmitted. Then, when the facsimile transmission ends due to the normal termination of the transmission, or the termination of the transmission due to the other party's busy or communication error, etc., the transmission result notification processing is executed.

Next, the transmission result notification processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the storage memory 12 stores in advance the text data indicating the status of the transmission result, the number of which corresponds to the status of the transmission result. The text data indicating the state is taken out from the storage memory 12, and the transmission result is displayed on the display unit 19 (S30).

Then, it is judged whether or not the receipt is designated to be printed by operating the operation panel 14 or the like (S
31) If it is determined that printing is designated in S31, the receipt of the transmission result is printed and output from the output unit 16 (S32), and the telephone number of the notification destination of the transmission result is stored in the storage memory 12. It is determined whether or not (S33).
If it is determined in S31 that printing is not designated, the process proceeds to S33.

If it is determined in S33 that the telephone number of the notification destination is stored, the telephone number data of the notification destination is retrieved from the storage memory 12 and a computer for notifying the transmission result as shown in FIG. When the line is connected by making a modem call 22 (S34), the text data indicating the status of the transmission result is taken out from the storage memory 12, and the text data is transmitted to the computer 22 (S3).
5).

In this embodiment, the public network of the telephone is used to notify the computer 22 of the transmission result. However, the facsimile apparatus 1 is connected to the LAN (Loc).
By connecting to a network such as alArea Network) and designating an address that specifies the computer to be notified of the transmission result as the notification destination without passing through the public network of the telephone, the transmission result is notified to the notification destination computer. May be.

In this embodiment, after sending a facsimile,
Since the transmission result is notified to a computer grounded at a place distant from the place where the facsimile device is installed, it is possible to reliably notify the person who has transmitted the transmission result. Even when checking the transmission result afterwards, it is not necessary to go to the place where the facsimile device is installed.

Example 2. In this embodiment, a facsimile transmission result is notified by using an electronic mail.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the notification of the transmission result of this embodiment, and the configuration of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 40 denotes an electronic mail system for processing electronic mail. The electronic mail system 40 is connected to a telephone public network via a modem 21 and is connected to a plurality of computers 22 via a LAN 41. ing.

In this embodiment, as the transmission result notification destination, the telephone number of the modem 21 connected to the mail system 40 for notifying the transmission result and the identification number for identifying the recipient who receives the transmission result e-mail are sent. Set. Then, in the electronic mail system 40, as shown in FIG.
Data of a user ID corresponding to the identification number is stored, and an electronic mail is sent to the user ID corresponding to the identification number.

In this embodiment, when the facsimile transmission is completed, the text data corresponding to the transmission result is taken out from the storage memory 12 and is sent to the electronic mail system together with the set identification number. Then, the electronic mail system transmits the text data corresponding to the received transmission result as an electronic mail to the user ID corresponding to the received identification number.

Further, although the identification number is set in this embodiment, the user ID of the recipient who receives the e-mail of the transmission result may be directly set. Further, as in the first embodiment, the facsimile apparatus is connected to the LAN, and the text data corresponding to the transmission result is directly sent to the electronic mail system 40 without the public network of the telephone, together with the identification number.
You may make it transmit.

Further, as the notification destination of the transmission result, only the identification number for identifying the recipient who receives the email of the transmission result and the user ID are set, and in the storage memory 12, the electronic mail system for the identification number and the user ID is set. It is also possible to store the telephone number of the modem 21 to which 40 is connected and call the modem 21 to which the electronic mail system 40 for the set identification number and user ID is connected.

In this embodiment, since the notification of the transmission result is sent to the person who sent the facsimile by e-mail, the person who sent the facsimile can be surely notified of the transmission result. Even if you want to check the transmission result after sending for a while, you do not need to go to the place where the fax machine is installed, and you can check the transmission result anywhere you can receive e-mail. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the transmission result.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation means inputs the information of the transmission destination and the notification destination of the transmission result, and the storage means stores the information input from the operation means and the transmission result. The text data indicating the state is stored, the facsimile original is read by the image reading unit, and the transmission unit stores the facsimile original in the destination stored in the storing unit.
After the image data read by the image reading means is transmitted and the transmission of the image data to the destination is ended or stopped by the transmitting means, the text data corresponding to the transmission result of the transmission and the notification destination of the transmission result are transmitted. Since the information is retrieved from the storage means and the text data is sent to the notification destination of the transmission result, it becomes easy to save the transmission result at the notification destination, and the transmission result is reliably notified to the person who sent the facsimile. Even if the transmission result is confirmed after a while after transmitting the facsimile, it is not necessary to go to the place where the facsimile apparatus is installed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation procedure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating text data stored in a storage memory 12.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of notifying a transmission result according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating notification of a transmission result according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating notification of a transmission result according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile device 10 Facsimile original document 11 Image reading unit 12 Storage memory 13 Transmission unit 14 Operation panel 15 Reception unit 16 Output unit 19 Display unit 20 Control unit 21 Modem 22 Personal computer 40 E-mail system 41 LAN

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An operation unit for inputting information of a transmission destination and a notification destination of a transmission result, a storage unit for storing information input from the operation unit and text data indicating a state of a transmission result, and a facsimile manuscript. Image reading means for reading; transmission means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination stored in the storage means; and transmission of the image data to the destination by the transmitting means, or After the cancellation, the text data corresponding to the transmission result of the transmission and the information of the notification destination of the transmission result are retrieved from the storage means, and the control means for transmitting the text data to the notification destination of the transmission result. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 2. The operation means inputs the telephone number of a modem connected to a notification destination of the transmission result, and the control means sets text data corresponding to the transmission result and the modem to the notification destination. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus is one that is transmitted via the Internet. 3. The operation means inputs an e-mail identification number of a transmission result notification destination, and the control means transmits text data corresponding to the transmission result as an e-mail to the e-mail identification number. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus is a printer.