JP2000151846A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the facsimile equipment having an automatic answering telephone function that can simply cope with presence of a recorded message or a facsimile incoming call without the need or checking a telephone number of an opposite party in the case of making a reply. SOLUTION: The facsimile terminal is provided with a caller telephone number recognition means 9 that recognizes a caller telephone number of an opposite party whose incoming call arrives and with a caller telephone number storage means 10 that stores a telephone number recognized by the caller telephone number recognition means 9, stores a telephone number of the destination from which a facsimile message is transmitted, makes automatic dialing to the destination by hooking off a handset so as to simply making dialing without the need for checking the telephone number of the opposite party in the case of making a reply phone call or reply facsimile transmission so as to relieve the load of the user.

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 having a calling telephone number display function for making a call based on a received message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some facsimile apparatuses have a telephone function, particularly an answering machine function, in addition to a function of transmitting and receiving image information. When a facsimile apparatus having such an answering machine function receives a call and switches to the answering machine, the facsimile apparatus can record the message of the other party in the same manner as a normal answering machine. In addition, image information can be received and printed as a matter of course for facsimile reception.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus merely prints image information and records a message. Therefore, when responding to the caller, In this case, the user must check the telephone number of the other party before making a call, which is troublesome and cannot respond.

Accordingly, the present invention recognizes the telephone number of a called party when a call or facsimile is received and stores the phone number, so that the called party can easily use the stored phone number. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine capable of replying to a request.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above problems, an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call from a calling party, a calling phone number recognizing means for recognizing the calling phone number of the called party, and a telephone call recognized by the calling phone number recognizing means. Originating telephone number storing means for storing a number, facsimile incoming message recording means for recording the recognized telephone number when facsimile reception is performed, and recognizing off-hook of a handset for inputting a destination. A facsimile machine comprising: a handset off-hook recognizing means; and automatic calling means for making a call to the recognized destination telephone number when the handset off-hook recognizing means recognizes the handset off-hook. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the received facsimile information is printed simultaneously with the printing of the received facsimile information.
A file number printing means for printing a file number, and a file number recording means for recording the file number at the time of facsimile reception and the calling telephone number of the other party.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein a reproducing telephone number registering means for registering a calling telephone number of the message during reproduction of the message. It is characterized by having. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect, a registration button state for displaying a registration status of a registration button when registering a telephone number during message reproduction. A display device is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein a plurality of recorded messages are sorted for each outgoing telephone number. It is characterized by having sorting means.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the configuration of the present embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a scanner unit that reads image data at a predetermined resolution while conveying an original at a predetermined speed. 2 is a scanner unit that prints image data line by line while conveying a recording paper at a predetermined speed. It is a plotter section. Reference numeral 3 denotes an operation unit provided with various keys for operating the present system. Reference numeral 4 denotes a network control unit for connecting a public line to the present system and transferring image data.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the entire system. Reference numeral 6 denotes a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program for operating the system.
7 is a RAM (Random Acces) for temporarily storing data for managing the system.
s Memory). Reference numeral 8 denotes a DCR unit for compressing and expanding image data.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an outgoing telephone number recognizing means for recognizing the outgoing telephone number sent from the calling side, and reference numeral 10 denotes an outgoing telephone number storing means for storing the telephone number recognized by the outgoing telephone number recognizing means. It is. Reference numeral 11 denotes a facsimile incoming message recording means for recording the facsimile reception and the telephone number when facsimile reception is performed. 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a file number printing means for simultaneously printing the file number when printing the received fax information.
Is the file N that records the file number when receiving a fax
o. Recording means.

Numeral 14 denotes a telephone number registration means for registering the telephone number of the message in one-touch during reproduction. Numeral 15 denotes a registration status of a one-touch button when registering a telephone number during reproduction. A one-touch dial status display means for performing the operation. Reference numeral 16 denotes a calling telephone number sorting means for sorting a plurality of recorded messages in the order of the calling telephone numbers. Reference numeral 17 denotes a system bus of the present system.

A specific embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows an operation at the time of an incoming call. In FIG. 2, at s1, it is monitored that there is an incoming call. When there is an incoming call, it is next checked at s2 whether the other party is a facsimile. Specifically, monitoring of the CNG signal is performed. If it is determined in s2 that the other party is a facsimile, facsimile reception is started in s3. In s4, when printing the received information, the file No. allocated for each communication is embedded in the image information and printed. The file No. is managed so as not to overlap within a short time, such as incrementing a four-digit number for each communication. When the reception is completed, the new telephone number information and the file No. are recorded in the voice recording section of the answering machine function by a voice IC or the like in s5.

If it is determined in s2 that facsimile reception is not to be performed, a message recording function of a normal answering machine is recorded in s6. When the recording ends at s5 and s6, the calling telephone number received at s7 is stored in the memory. At that time, it is stored in association with each recorded message. The above is the operation at the time of an incoming call according to the present invention. The actual use of the information stored above is at the time of message playback.

Next, the operation at the time of reproduction will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, in s11, sorting is performed in the order of the calling telephone numbers stored in association with each recorded message, and the order of reproduction is determined. With this control, messages from the same destination can be played continuously,
When the message is recorded a plurality of times from the same party, the content of the message can be easily understood. If there are a plurality of messages from the same destination, the oldest message in the messages is reproduced.

After sorting the messages, the reproduction of the messages is actually started in s12. If the other party is voice, the recorded message will be played back in the same way as a normal answering machine, but if the other party is facsimile transmission, the file number will be the file number recorded by the recording means.
The message recorded by the FAX incoming message recording means is reproduced. Specifically, "Phone number is xxx
-A facsimile was received from the other party. The file No. is number xxxx. Play something like The file number recording means and the FAX incoming message recording means describe "record." However, the file number, the outgoing telephone number information, and the fact that the facsimile was received are simply stored in memory as digital information. It should be noted that the same can be achieved with control in which a fixed phrase is sent to a speaker using a voice IC during reproduction.

During playback, it is checked in s13 whether the outgoing telephone number information stored in association with the message being played back is already stored in one touch.
If it has already been registered, the LED of the registered one-touch button flashes in s15. If a display means such as an LCD is provided, "One-touch xx" is displayed on the LCD.
It is also possible to display such as "It is already registered in the turn." If the same telephone number is not registered for one-touch, a display is made such that an empty one-touch is lit in green in s14, and a one-touch in which any number is registered is lit in red. In addition, other display methods, such as turning on only an empty one-touch, can be considered.

During playback, the following s16 and s19 are continuously monitored. In s16, the OFF-HO of the handset
I'm monitoring for OK. When OFF-HOOK is detected, the reproduction is interrupted (s17), and a call is started to the destination telephone number stored in association with the message (s18). By doing so, it is possible to easily make a call when it is necessary to reply to the other party of the message being reproduced.

At s19, it is monitored whether or not the one-touch lit green light is pressed. If it is pressed, the originating telephone number of the message is registered in the pressed one-touch dial (s20). By doing so, it is possible to easily register the other party who is likely to need to contact several times later on the one-touch dial. Also,
In the above, the case of registering with one touch is explained, but in the same way, if you want to make a "nuisance call registration button" instead of the one touch button so that you can not receive calls from the other party during message playback By pressing that button, the outgoing phone number is stored as the “nuisance call destination”, and the next time the call arrives, the call from the phone number in this storage area will not ring. Can also be facilitated.

While the reproduction of the message continues, s2
The control from 1 to s16 is repeated. When the reproduction of one message is completed, the process goes from s21 to s22 to check whether there is the next message. If there is, the process returns to s12; otherwise, the reproducing operation is terminated and the process returns to the standby state.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone number of the destination to which the facsimile has been transmitted is stored, and a call can be automatically made to the destination by off-hook of the handset. When making a telephone call or facsimile transmission, it is possible to easily make a call without checking the telephone number of the other party, thereby reducing the trouble of the user.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the file number is assigned to the received printed matter and the recorded message, so that the correspondence between the messages can be taken and the destination of the message can be clearly recognized. . According to the third aspect of the present invention, the originating telephone number of the message can be registered while the message is being reproduced, so that the telephone number which may be used permanently can be easily registered.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the registered state of the one-touch button for registering a telephone number or the like is displayed as red when registered and green when unregistered. Operation can be easily performed.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the messages are sorted for each outgoing telephone number, so that messages from the same destination can be collectively listened to, so that the contents of the message can be easily understood and reply to the destination can be performed. Phone numbers can be registered at once, and unnecessary replies and registration can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile apparatus when receiving a call;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the facsimile apparatus at the time of reproduction.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 scanner unit 2 plotter unit 3 operation unit 4 network control unit 5 CPU 6 ROM 7 RAM 8 DCR unit 9 outgoing telephone number recognition means 10 outgoing telephone number storage means 11 FAX incoming message recording means 12 file No. printing means 13 file No. Recording means 14 Playing telephone number registration means 15 One-touch dial status display means 16 Outgoing telephone number sorting means 17 System bus

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call from a calling party, a calling phone number recognizing means for recognizing a calling phone number of the called party, and a phone number recognized by the calling phone number recognizing means. A calling telephone number storing means for storing, a facsimile incoming message recording means for recording the recognized telephone number when the facsimile reception is performed, and a handset for recognizing off-hook of a handset for inputting a destination. A facsimile machine comprising: off-hook recognition means; and automatic calling means for calling when the handset off-hook recognition means recognizes a handset off-hook, to the recognized destination telephone number. 2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said facsimile apparatus prints a file number at the same time as printing the received facsimile information, and a facsimile transmission of said file number and destination when a facsimile is received. A facsimile machine comprising: a file number recording means for recording a telephone number; 3. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reproducing telephone number registering means for registering a calling telephone number of the message during reproduction of the message. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a registration button status display means for displaying a registration status of a registration button when registering a telephone number during reproduction of said message. Facsimile machine. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calling telephone number sorting means for sorting a plurality of recorded messages for each calling telephone number.