JP2000134366A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform ordinary transmission, polling transmission and time designated transmission corresponding to calling on the side of call origination. SOLUTION: When a call is originated, the telephone number of a party is stored (S21) in a party memory. When a line is connected and a facsimile protocol is started (S22), ordinary facsimile communication operation is performed (S23). When the line is disconnected during a calling signal, the party, who makes the call, is picked up from the party memory and while referring to a managing table, it is investigated whether the number is registered or not (S24). When it is registered, that original is pulled out of a transmission data storage part (S25), it is investigated whether the number of the transfer destination is registered or not (S26) and when the transfer destination is not registered, the original is transmitted to the call originating party investigated by the party memory (S27). When the number of the transfer destination is registered, the original is transmitted to the number of the transfer destination (S28). After the transmission end of the original, a call is originated to the party, who issues a transmitting instruction, and it is reported whether the transmission is made successful or not (S29).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus capable of normal transmission, polling transmission, and time-specified transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when performing polling transmission, there has been a method in which a line is once connected to a communication partner, a caller's contact information is communicated on a protocol, and a call is made again. In this method, the line must be connected once, and it is impossible if the caller does not have a facsimile protocol. In the case of a facsimile that can be transmitted by memory for time-specified transmission, the transmission time has to be specified when a document is read in advance. When a transmission command is issued at a position away from the facsimile, it has not been possible to know whether or not the transmission of the original has been normally performed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which performs normal transmission, polling transmission, and time-specified transmission in response to a call of a calling side.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in a facsimile apparatus, a number display function is provided, and even if the calling side stops the call before the line connection, the destination is determined and polling transmission is performed. It is. Further, when a call is received from a certain destination, a function of transmitting a registered document to a destination registered in advance is provided. Further, when the transmission of the original is normally performed, a telephone call is sent to the destination that issued the transmission instruction, and the result of the transmission is notified.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. Scanner 1, plotter 2,
Operation display unit 3, image memory 4, management table 5, transmission data storage unit 6, communication control unit 7, encoding / decoding unit 8, control unit 9, parameter memory 10, RAM 11, destination memory 12, audio data and control The units 13 are mutually connected via bus lines. Also, it is connected to a line via a modem 14 and a network control device 15. The management table 5 manages the number of a destination to which control is permitted, the number of a document handled by the destination, the facsimile number of the transmission destination of the document, and the like. The transmission data storage unit 6 stores data for performing polling transmission. The voice control and data unit 13 performs voice data for notifying the success or failure of transmission and controls the data.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. When a call is made, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention stores the telephone number of the other party in the destination memory 12 (S21), and the operation display unit 3 Display the destination. When the line is connected and the facsimile protocol is started (S22), the communication operation is performed via the modem 14 in the case of a normal facsimile (S23). A document to be polled and transmitted is read in advance and stored in the transmission data storage unit 6. Then, the document number is registered in the management table 5. Also, the telephone number of the destination and the document number to be sent to the destination are registered.

If the line is disconnected during the call signal, the called party is retrieved from the destination memory 12, and
It is checked with reference to the management table 5 whether the number is registered (S24). If registered in management table 5,
The document shown in the table is pulled out from the transmission data storage unit 6 (S25). When there is a transfer destination, the transfer destination number is registered in the management table 5 in advance. Next, it is checked whether or not the transfer destination number is registered (S26).
If the transfer destination is not registered, the call is transmitted to the calling party checked in the destination memory 12 (S27). If the transfer destination number is registered, the original is transmitted to the transfer destination number (S2).
8). Then, the original is transmitted to the transfer destination, and after the transmission is completed, the destination memory 12 is checked and a call is made to the other party to whom the transmission command has been issued. After the call, the success or failure of the transmission is notified by the voice control and data unit 13 (S29).

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is no need to charge the calling party for polling transmission. In addition, transmission is possible at the time of making a call without having to specify the transmission time when the original is scanned, and transmission from a remote location by using a mobile phone etc. without calling charges Command becomes possible. Then, even if the user is at a remote place, the user can know the transmission result of the document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Scanner, 2 ... Plotter, 3 ... Operation display part, 4 ... Image memory, 5 ... Management table, 6 ... Transmission data storage part,
7: communication control unit, 8: encoding / decoding unit, 9: control unit, 1
0: parameter memory, 11: RAM, 12: destination memory, 13: voice data and control unit, 14: modem, 1
5. Network control device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a number display function and determining a destination of another party and performing polling transmission even if the calling side stops calling before connecting to a line. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of transmitting a registered document to a pre-registered destination when a call is received from a destination. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when the transmission of the original is normally performed, a telephone call is sent to a destination which has issued a transmission instruction, and a function of notifying the result of the transmission is provided. .