JP2000050039A - Fax system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a FAX system for performing FAX transmission through a partial network and reporting the transmitted result by electronic mail. SOLUTION: At a host PC, an event for FAX transmission is waited (step S1). Data transmitted from the host PC through a network are received by a network control part (step S4), the received document data are expanded into image data of bit map image (step S5) and the expanded image data are transmitted to the telephone number of a party by FAX (step S6). Then, the FAX transmission result is returned to an electronic mail address for result reply by electronic mail (step S7).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a facsimile system connected via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an operation of transmitting data by facsimile,
By specifying the network address of the other party instead of the telephone number of the other party, the data can be directly
FAX systems for transmitting to an X device are known.

A facsimile which transmits document data from a host PC by e-mail and performs a normal facsimile transmission via a telephone line based on a destination telephone number written in the e-mail.
Systems are also known.

There is also known a facsimile system in which document data is transmitted from a host PC to a facsimile apparatus, developed into a bitmap image by the facsimile apparatus, and then transmitted via a normal telephone line.

[0005]

However, the facsimile system shown in the above conventional example has the following problems.

First, in an operation of transmitting data by facsimile, in a facsimile system for directly transmitting data to a facsimile apparatus of the other party by designating a network address of the other party instead of the telephone number of the other party, By designating the destination network address instead of the telephone number, there is a problem that the user becomes conscious of using the network and does not have an easy impression on the operability of the FAX system.

FAX that sends document data from a host PC by e-mail and performs normal facsimile transmission via a telephone line based on the destination telephone number written in the e-mail
In the system, FAX transmission is partially performed via a network, and data can be transmitted to the other party at a lower cost than FAX transmission using only a telephone line. In addition, there is a problem that the user must also specify the mail address of the facsimile apparatus, which is troublesome for the user.

In a facsimile system in which document data is transmitted from a host PC to a facsimile device, developed into a bitmap image by the facsimile device, and then transmitted by facsimile via a normal telephone line, an e-mail address for returning a result when transmitting the document data FAX after sending FAX
Since the transmission result is not returned, there is a problem that the fax transmission result is not confirmed.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a host PC and an FA
By holding the network address in the X device,
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile system which realizes facsimile transmission via a part of a network and transmits data to a destination at a lower cost than facsimile transmission over a direct telephone line.

A second object of the present invention is to register a network address corresponding to the station number of the telephone number of the transmission destination once beforehand, and then to perform the operation of designating the telephone number of the transmission destination only by partially registering the network. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fax system for performing fax transmission via a telephone.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile system in which a result reply e-mail address is transferred to a facsimile apparatus, thereby performing facsimile transmission to a destination, and then confirming the transmission result by e-mail. It is in.

[0012]

According to an aspect of the present invention, a host PC having a network address and a facsimile apparatus are connected via a network. In a facsimile system in which a facsimile device transmits document data from a host PC by facsimile, the host PC registers the network address corresponding to the station number of the destination telephone number, and transmits the document data to the facsimile device via the network. A facsimile device for receiving the document data transmitted by the document data transmitting device; and a conversion device for converting the document data received by the document data receiving device into image data. Means,
A facsimile transmitting means for facsimile transmitting the image data converted by the converting means via a telephone line.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the host PC sends the destination telephone number and the result reply e-mail address to the facsimile apparatus together with the document data transmission by the document data transmission means. It has a transfer means for transferring data via a network.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus includes an information receiving unit for receiving the information transferred by the transfer unit, and a destination telephone number received by the information receiving unit. , And FAX transmission means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus transmits the image data by facsimile by the facsimile transmission means, and then transmits the facsimile to the e-mail address of the result reply received by the information reception means. It is characterized by having an e-mail reply means for returning the transmission result by e-mail.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the facsimile apparatus compresses and encodes the image data converted by the conversion means. And a modulating means for modulating the image data compressed and encoded by the encoding compression means into a signal suitable for a transmission medium.

[0017]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention, F
The AX system device will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of registering a network address corresponding to the station number of the destination telephone number.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a facsimile system device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the FAX system device includes an overall control unit 1, a key input unit 2, an image input unit 3, a print control unit 4, a network control unit 5, a telephone line control unit 6, and a host PC 7. It is configured.

The overall control section 1 is a section for controlling the entire FAX system device. Through the network control unit 5, data such as a destination telephone number, document data, and a result reply e-mail address are received from the host PC 7, and the document data in the received data is developed into bitmap image data. The image data expanded into the bitmap image or the image data input from the image input unit 3 is transmitted through the telephone line control unit 6 to the host PC.
The fax is transmitted to the destination telephone number received from the keypad 7 or input from the key input unit 2. The e-mail is used to send the FAX transmission result to the e-mail address for the result reply received from the host PC 7. Further, the fax can be received through the telephone line control unit 6 and the printing can be performed by the print control unit 4.

The key input unit 2 performs a normal FAX operation such as key code input and input and selection of a destination telephone number.
The image input unit 3 reads a document. The print control unit 4 prints the received fax data. The network control unit 5 receives data from the host PC 7 via the network, and also transmits an e-mail replying a facsimile transmission result. The telephone line controller 6 faxes the data to the destination telephone number through the telephone line. Alternatively, data is received by facsimile through a telephone line. The host PC 7
A network address corresponding to the destination telephone number,
The result reply mail address and the document data are transferred to the FAX machine.

An example of a facsimile system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Referring to the reference numerals shown in FIG.
Wait for an event for X reception (step S1). In a normal telephone line FAX reception process, the telephone line control unit 4 converts the image data transmitted via the telephone line into a FA.
After receiving X (step S2), the print control unit 4 performs print output (step S3).

In the network FAX transmission process,
After receiving the document data transmitted from the host PC 7 via the network in the network control unit 5 (step S4), the general control unit 1 converts the document data into image data developed into a bitmap image (step S5).
The image data is faxed from the telephone line controller 6 (step S6). The transmission result for the facsimile transmission is transmitted by e-mail from the network control unit 5 to the host PC 7, which is the e-mail address for the result reply (step S7).

In a normal telephone line FAX transmission process, after a destination telephone number is input or selected (step S8), an original is read by the image input unit 3 (step S9). FAX image data
It transmits (step S10).

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the host PC and the facsimile apparatus hold a network address and partially perform a facsimile transmission via the network. Data can be sent to the other party at a lower cost than in the case of fax transmission using only a direct telephone line.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the network address corresponding to the station number of the telephone number of the transmission destination is once registered in advance, so that the transmission destination can be set at the time of the fax transmission operation. FAX transmission via a partial network is possible only by designating the telephone number.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the result reply e-mail address is set to F
By transferring the data to the AX device, it is possible to confirm the transmission result by e-mail after the fax transmission to the destination.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, image data having a large amount of information is transmitted by compressing image data to be transmitted by facsimile. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a registration example of a network address corresponding to a station number of a destination telephone number.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a FAX system device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a facsimile system device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Overall control part 2 Key input part 3 Image input part 4 Printing control part 5 Network control part 6 Telephone line control part 7 Host PC

Claims (5)

[Claims] A host PC having a network address
And a facsimile apparatus are connected via a network, and the facsimile apparatus transmits document data from the host PC via the network by facsimile. A registration unit for registering a network address corresponding to a station number; and a document data transmission unit for transmitting the document data to the facsimile device via the network, wherein the facsimile device is transmitted by the document data transmission unit. Document data receiving means for receiving the document data, converting means for converting the document data received by the document data receiving means into image data, and transmitting the image data converted by the converting means via a telephone line. A facsimile system comprising: facsimile transmission means for performing facsimile transmission. 2. The transfer means for transferring the destination telephone number and the result reply e-mail address to the facsimile apparatus via the network together with the document data transmission by the document data transmission means. The facsimile system according to claim 1, comprising: 3. The facsimile apparatus further comprising: an information receiving means for receiving the information transferred by the transfer means; and transmitting by the facsimile transmitting means to the destination telephone number received by the information receiving means. The facsimile system according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fax device transmits the image data by fax by the fax transmitting unit, and then returns a fax transmission result by e-mail to the result return e-mail address received by the information receiving unit. 4. The facsimile system according to claim 3, further comprising mail reply means. 5. The facsimile apparatus comprises: an encoding / compression unit for compressing and encoding the image data converted by the conversion unit; and an encoding / compression unit for compressing and encoding the encoded image data by the encoding / compression unit. The facsimile system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a modulating means for modulating a signal suitable for a transmission medium.