JP2000022850A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile equipment which can avoid annoying reception by means of changing a reception denial procedures with the device function of a transmission-side. SOLUTION: A facsimile equipment 100 is formed of an SAD management part 1, a destination management part 2, a job management part 3, a received document rejection processing part 4, an operation control part 5, a recording/ reading part 6, a communication control part 7, a main control part 8, a reception denial originating number storage part 9 and a reception denial procedure automatic detection part 10. Since the received document rejection processing part 4, the reception denial originating number storage part 9 and the reception denial procedure automatic detection part 10 are provided in the facsimile equipment 100, the reception of an annoying direct mail and the like can properly be avoided. Thus, the facsimile transmission/reception work of an operator becomes efficient and a communication line can effectively be used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus for preventing useless reception in facsimile communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus as a prior art example 1 enables reception only from a specific destination registered in advance or only reception from a destination other than a specific destination registered in advance. A function called "function" was proposed. FIG. 2 shows an example of a procedure for disconnecting reception during the G3 communication protocol.

Also, as a second conventional example, when a call is received from a destination that the user does not want to receive, a function is performed in which the receiving operation is executed normally without interrupting the procedure and the received image information is discarded thereafter. A facsimile machine provided is disclosed in
It is disclosed in 1959. In this method, the recording paper is not wasted, and the communication is normally performed even in the facsimile apparatus having the retransmission function on the transmission side, and the transmission is normally terminated. Therefore, the recall is not performed due to an error.

Further, a facsimile apparatus as Conventional Example 3 may have a function of preventing inconvenience using a "calling telephone number display service" which NTT started a service in 1997. FIG. 3 shows the procedure of the “calling telephone number display service”. In this function, the telephone number of the caller sent from the switchboard on the calling side to the switchboard on the receiving side can be notified to the called party by transmitting the phone number as a modem signal (compliant with ITU-TV.23). The caller ID information is V. 23
Is to be sent as a modem signal. 23
Is an asynchronous FSK signal up to 1200 bps, the basic procedure (like an HDLC frame)
Sent by As means for realizing the inconvenience prevention using the calling number notification service, the calling number information is not sent, or the calling number information of the party not to receive is sent by the procedure shown in FIG. In such a case, a method of not responding even when a call signal (ordinary ringing signal) is received may be considered.

[0005]

However, in the facsimile apparatus shown in the prior art 1 described above, in the method of rejection of reception, since the line is disconnected during the protocol procedure, it is processed as an error on the transmission side. Therefore, if the transmitting side is a memory transmitter, if the transmission is processed as an error, it is highly likely that the call will be re-issued,
Calls are made many times, unnecessary incoming calls are made many times, and there has been a problem that communication lines cannot be used effectively.

Further, in the function proposed in the facsimile apparatus shown in the prior art example 2, even in a facsimile apparatus in which the transmitting side does not have a recall function, an unnecessary document is received to the end, so that the communication line is not effectively used. There was a problem.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus shown in the prior art example 3, this method recognizes that most of the facsimile machines on the transmitting side have not been able to transmit normally, and the transmitting side waits for a certain time in the facsimile apparatus having the recall function. It is assumed that the call will be re-established, causing a problem that the line efficiency deteriorates.

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus shown in the above-mentioned conventional example, the processing of other communication is hindered by using the facsimile apparatus in communication that does not require direct mail using facsimile communication. There has been a problem that recording paper is wastefully consumed by printing unnecessary ones on the recording paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can solve the conventional drawbacks, change the procedure of rejection of reception by the function of the apparatus on the transmission side, and can avoid troublesome reception.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a predetermined telephone number and at least one reception rejection procedure.
First selecting means for selecting at least one reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means, comparing means for comparing the received telephone number with a predetermined telephone number stored in the storage means, As a result of the comparison, when the received telephone number matches a predetermined telephone number stored in the storage means, first determining means for determining whether the received telephone number is due to a re-call, It is characterized by having a received document discarding means for discarding a received document, and control means for controlling the storage means, the selecting means, the comparing means, the judging means and the received document discarding means, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit determines that the received telephone number matches a predetermined telephone number stored in the storage unit as a result of the comparison by the comparison unit. In this case, the reception disconnection operation of the reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means is executed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a second determining means for determining a reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means based on the calling number of the other party. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of any one of the first to third aspects, a reception disconnection operation in the reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means is executed or the second operation is performed. A second selecting means for selecting whether to judge the reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means by the determining means.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 3, there is shown an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 100 includes a SAF management unit 1
Destination management unit 2, Job management unit 3, Received document discard processing unit 4, Operation control unit 5, Recording / reading control unit 6, Communication control unit 7, Main control unit 8, Reception rejection transmission number It comprises a storage unit 9 and a reception rejection procedure automatic detection unit 10.

The SAF management unit 1 manages a memory / HDD for storing image information data such as a transmission original and a reception original when performing facsimile transmission / reception. SA not shown
In F, each document is logically managed as a document file.

The destination management unit 2 manages the telephone numbers of the transmission destinations, and manages the telephone numbers of the respective transmission destinations.

The job management unit 3 starts the transmission of the transmission original stored in the SAF (not shown) and, when there is an incoming call, starts the reception operation to create one reception job. The control of the reception job for starting the printing of the received document on the recording paper based on the reception job is performed. Further, the job management unit 3 stores information of a document file relating to each job or destination information of a telephone number of a destination to be transmitted.

The received document discard processing unit 4 performs control to execute a process of discarding the image information received and received by the communication control unit 7 without storing it in the memory.

The operation control section 5 controls an operation panel (not shown) operated by an operator. The registration of the other party in the reception rejection transmission number storage unit 9 or the registration of the reception disconnection method is performed by input from the operation panel by the operator.

The recording / reading control unit 6 controls an operation of reading a transmitted original or an operation of recording a received original.

The communication control unit 7 is a device including a modulation / demodulation circuit (modem) and the like, modulates and demodulates FAX transmission / reception data, and executes a FAX communication protocol. Also,
The communication control unit 7 also performs procedures for network control and calling number notification service procedures. The main control unit 8 includes a facsimile device 10
0 controls each control unit.

The rejection transmission number storage unit 9 is a storage area in which transmission number information of a destination to which reception is not permitted and reception rejection procedures are stored. In addition, the reception disconnection procedure is that if there is no incoming call at all, "No incoming call"
Discard received image information without outputting it.
There are different types of procedures.

The reception rejection procedure automatic detection unit 10 automatically determines or registers information on the reception disconnection procedure stored in the reception rejection transmission number storage unit 9.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. When an incoming call is received, the communication control unit 7 performs a sequence control of the calling number notification, and stores the transmitted calling number information in the reception rejecting calling number storage unit because the line used is subscribed to the “calling number notification service”. 9 At this time, it is possible to select whether to not respond to the calling signal unless the calling number is notified, or to discard the document after receiving normally in response to the calling signal.

When the calling number is notified, it is checked whether or not it is registered in the receiving rejecting calling number storage unit 9. If it is determined that it is registered, the receiving rejecting procedure set individually is set. Recognize. At this time, if the setting is "No incoming call", no response is made to the calling signal. Also,
If "document discard" is set, the main control unit 8
Controls the job management unit 3 to create a reception job, controls the communication control unit 7 to execute a communication procedure, and performs a normal reception process. Further, the main control unit 8 controls the received document discard processing unit 4
Is read and discarded, and the printing process is not executed.

When it is determined that the received transmission number is not registered in the reception rejection transmission number storage section 9, the main control section 8 performs a normal reception process and controls the recording / reading control section 6 to perform reception. Print the document.

The operation of the automatic determination in the reception rejection procedure automatic detection section 10 will be described. Reception rejection procedures include two types of procedures: "no incoming call", which does not receive a call at all, and "document discard", which normally receives and discards received image information without outputting it. The method of determining the information of the rejection procedure is as follows:
The default of the rejection procedure is "No call", and the default of the rejection procedure when a call is received from a pre-registered refusal destination is "No call", so the call is answered even if a ringing signal (normal ringing signal) is received. Don't do it.

Thereafter, a preset time (changeable:
If the call is received again from the same party within the default (10 minutes), it is determined that the call has been re-issued due to "No response from the other party."
“Document discard” is registered in the information of the reception disconnection procedure in the reception rejection transmission number storage unit 9. After the registration, if the information is received from the other party, the normal reception is executed and the received image information is discarded.

The operator operates the automatic rejection procedure detection unit 1.
By turning ON / OFF the function 0, it is possible to select an operation of "no incoming call" that does not receive an incoming call at all and an operation of automatically determining "no incoming call" and "document discard".

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the received document discard processing unit,
Since the rejection transmission number storage unit and the reception disconnection procedure automatic detection unit are provided, it is possible to appropriately avoid reception of annoying direct mails and the like, and the facsimile transmission / reception work efficiency of the operator is improved, Moreover, the communication line can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a conventional communication protocol for disconnecting reception.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of another example of a conventional communication protocol for disconnecting reception.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 SAF management unit 2 Destination management unit 3 Job management unit 4 Received document discard processing unit 5 Operation control unit 6 Recording / reading control unit 7 Communication control unit 8 Main control unit 9 Reception rejection transmission number storage unit 10 Reception rejection procedure automatic detection unit 100 facsimile machine

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a predetermined telephone number, at least one reception refusal procedure, and a first selection means capable of selecting the at least one reception refusal procedure stored in the storage means. Comparing means for comparing the received telephone number with the predetermined telephone number stored in the storage means; and a result of the comparison by the comparing means, wherein the received telephone number is stored in the storage means. First determining means for determining whether or not the received telephone number is due to a recall when the predetermined telephone number matches; received document destroying means for destroying a received document; A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the selection unit, the comparison unit, the determination unit, and the received document discarding unit. 2. The control means, if the received telephone number matches the predetermined telephone number stored in the storage means as a result of the comparison by the comparison means, store the data in the storage means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a receiving disconnection operation is performed in said receiving rejection procedure.
A facsimile machine as described. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a second judging means for judging said reception rejection procedure stored in said storage means based on the calling number of the other party. 4. A receiving disconnection operation of the reception refusal procedure stored in the storage means is performed, or the reception rejection procedure stored in the storage means is determined by the second determination means. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a second selection unit for selecting the facsimile.