JP2000083111A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile equipment that stores speech management information such as incoming call arrival date and time even in the case of a speech by a telephone set ancillary to the facsimile equipment and provides an output of the information according to an instruction of the user. SOLUTION: When a facsimile equipment acts like a called equipment according to an incoming call from an opposite party, the facsimile equipment detects a speech start time based on off-hook and allows a storage section to sore the detected time. Succeedingly the facsimile equipment detects speech end time based on on-hook and allows the storage section to sore the detected time. The facsimile equipment allows a recording section 9 to record the information above as speech management information at timing when the user operates a specific key.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus equipped with a telephone, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus capable of recording the date and time of an incoming call to the telephone as call management information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, among telephones used alone, there is a telephone which can store a call time and a telephone number of a partner as call management information and output it. However, there was no one for the telephone attached to the facsimile machine.

[0003]

However, conventional telephones that can store and output call management information must always be provided with a storage device and a recording output device, which makes the telephone expensive. Problem arises.

[0004] Some facsimile apparatuses originally provided with a recording / output device internally output communication management information for image communication, but call management information from a telephone attached to the facsimile apparatus is provided based on a user's instruction. Nothing could be recorded and output.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of storing call management information such as the date and time of an incoming call and outputting the same in response to a user's instruction even when a telephone call is attached to the facsimile apparatus. .

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus equipped with a telephone, which comprises a clock unit and a call reception date and time detected by the clock unit as call management information for each call. Call management information storage means for storing the call management information stored in the call management information storage means, and key means for instructing the recording means to record the call management information. I have.

According to this configuration, when an incoming call arrives at the telephone attached to the facsimile apparatus, the incoming call date and time is detected by the clock means and stored in the call management information storage means as call management information. The call management information stored in the call management information storage means is recorded by the recording means when the user operates the key means.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the start of a call will be described as when the transmitter / receiver of the telephone such as a handset goes off-hook, and the end of the call will be described as when the transmitter / receiver of the telephone goes on-hook.

The telephone attached to the facsimile apparatus in the present embodiment includes a telephone body 1, a telephone line and a telephone body 1.
Connected to and generate output during the call,
In the case of pulse dialing, a photocoupler 2 interrupts the output by a dial pulse, a capacitor 3 for blocking DC on the telephone line, a transformer 4 connected to the telephone line via the capacitor 3, and a secondary output voltage of the transformer 4 An integrated PB signal detection circuit 5 for detecting a PB signal as an input, a clock integrated circuit 6, a storage unit 8, an output of the photocoupler 2, an output of the PB signal detection circuit 5, and a time output from the clock integrated circuit 6. And a recording unit 9 controlled by the control unit 7 including a microcomputer configured in cooperation with the storage unit 8. Reference numeral 10 denotes a load resistance of a phototransistor constituting a part of the photocoupler 2.

The operation of the present embodiment constructed as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 in accordance with a program stored in a ROM constituting a part of the control unit 7.

First, the case of the calling side will be described.

When the transmission / reception section of the telephone body 1 is off-hook (step S1), the DC circuit is closed inside the telephone body 1, and current flows into the telephone body 1 from the telephone line through the light emitting diode of the photocoupler 2. As a result, the light emitting diode of the photocoupler 2 emits light, the phototransistor of the photocoupler 2 is turned on, and the input signal HK to the control unit 7 becomes zero potential. When the control unit 7 detects that the input signal HK has become zero potential, it determines that the hook is off-hook,
It requests the clock integrated circuit 6 to send the current time output (step S2). The clock integrated circuit 6 receiving the time output transmission request outputs, for example, the output Tn
Outputs 1. The control section 7 reads the output Tn1 from the clock integrated circuit 6 (step S2), and stores the output Tn1 at the address n1 of the storage section 8 (step S3). This output Tn1 corresponds to the call start time.

A dial is started for calling after the off-hook. The dial signal is transmitted from the telephone body 1 to a telephone line. Currently, there are two types of dial signals: pulse signals and PB signals. A pulse signal is detected by the photocoupler 2 and a PB signal is detected by the PB signal detection circuit 5.

That is, in the case of a pulse signal, since the telephone body 1 turns on and off the line current by the number of dials at a constant cycle, the photocoupler 2 outputs the potential of the power source Vc equal to the number of dial numbers by the number of dials at a constant cycle. The potential and the potential are output alternately. This output from the photocoupler 2 is input to the control unit 7 as an input signal HK. This input signal H
The controller 7 to which K has been input counts the cycle and pulse number of the input signal HK to determine the dialed telephone number (step S5), and telephone number information D corresponding to the determined telephone number.
0 is stored in the address n4 of the storage unit 8 (step S
6) Similarly, the determination of the dialed telephone number until the dialing is completed and the storing of the telephone number information in the storage unit 8 are continued (steps S6, S7, S8). At the time of dial end determination in step S8, the telephone number information D0 to Dn corresponding to the detected dial telephone number is stored in the address n4 of the storage unit 8.

In the case of the PB signal, the PB signal transmitted from the telephone body 1 is transmitted to the telephone line and simultaneously inputted to the PB signal detection circuit 5 via the capacitor 3 and the transformer 4. The PB signal detection circuit 5 determines which telephone number corresponds to the PB signal based on the frequency of the input PB signal, and sends the determined telephone number information to the control unit 7.
Therefore, in the case of the PB signal, the dialed telephone number information is stored in the storage unit 8 as in the case of the pulse signal.

Upon completion of the dialing, an exchange (not shown) connects the other party's terminal device and the telephone body 1 based on the received telephone number. Upon completion of this connection, the terminal enters a call state with the other terminal device.

When the call ends, the transmission / reception section of the telephone body 1 is hooked on. When the transmission / reception unit of the telephone body 1 is hooked on, the DC circuit of the telephone body 1 is opened, and the current flowing through the light emitting diode of the photocoupler 2 is cut off. When the current flowing through the light emitting diode of the photocoupler 2 is cut off, the phototransistor of the photocoupler 2 is turned off, and the input signal HK of the control unit 7 becomes the power supply voltage Vc. The control unit 7 determines that the input signal HK is
c, it is determined that the transmission / reception unit of the telephone main body 1 is on-hook, and the integrated circuit 6 for a clock is detected.
Is requested to send the current time output (step S9). The clock integrated circuit 6 that has received the time output transmission request outputs, for example, a time output Tn2. The control unit 7 reads the output Tn2 from the clock integrated circuit 6 (step S10), and stores the output Tn2 in the address n2 of the storage unit 8 (step S11). This output Tn2 corresponds to the call end time.

Following storage of the call end time in the storage unit 8 in step S11, a period P12 (= output Tn2-output Tn1) is calculated, and the calculated period P12 is stored in the address n3 of the storage unit 8 (step S12). ). here,
The period P12 corresponds to a call period. The communication period information may be obtained by measuring the time from steps S2 to S10 in the control unit 7.

By the above-described series of operations, the storage unit 8 stores the destination number information D0 to D7 and the call start time information Tn.
1, a state in which the call end time information Tn2 and the call period information P12 are stored. For the subsequent calls, the destination address information,
Call start time information, call end time information, and call period information are stored.

Next, the case of the called side will be described.

The case of the called side is essentially the same as the case of the calling side. However, in the case of the called side, there is no means for knowing the telephone number of the other party, that is, the calling side. Step S
Steps S5 to S8 are skipped, and only the call start time information, the call end time information, and the call period information are stored in the storage unit 8.

The call management information stored in the storage unit 8 as described above is in a predetermined format, for example, following the output of the image communication management information of the facsimile apparatus, under the control of the control unit 7. The information is output as character information of the recording unit 9 and is recorded in the recording unit 9 in a character state. Part 1
An example is as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, the third line is the case of the called side, and the destination telephone number is not recorded. Further, the call management information stored in the storage unit 8 is cleared by the recording output. Therefore, the storage capacity of the storage unit 8 can be used effectively.

The output timing of the call management information stored in the storage unit 8 to the recording unit 9 may be designated by pressing a specific key provided on the panel surface of the facsimile apparatus. Furthermore, the call management information stored in the storage unit 8 is cleared by clearing the call management information stored in the storage unit 8 by pressing another specific key provided on the panel surface of the facsimile apparatus, and the record output. Is cleared, the storage capacity of the storage unit 8 can be used effectively.

In this embodiment, the integrated circuit for a timepiece,
Although the storage unit and the like are provided on the telephone, they may be provided on the facsimile machine.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an incoming call arrives at the telephone attached to the facsimile apparatus, the incoming call date and time is detected by the clock means, and the call management information storage means is used as the call management information. Is stored. Since the call management information stored in the call management information storage means is recorded by the recording means at the timing when the key means is operated by the user, the date and time of the incoming call can be confirmed if necessary, and the past call status can be grasped. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a recording example of call management information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 Telephone body 2 Photocoupler 5 PB signal detection circuit 6 Integrated circuit for clock 7 Control unit 8 Storage unit 9 Recording unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus to which a telephone is attached, a clock means, a call management information storage means for storing the call reception date and time detected by the clock means as call management information for each call, and a call management information storage means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: recording means for recording the call management information stored in the storage means; and key means for instructing the recording means to record the call management information.