JP2000278461A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print transmission source information, even when image data, to which the transmission source information is not added, is received by comparing a caller telephone number reported from the side of network with the destination telephone number of destination information registered beforehand and printing that destination information in case of matching but printing the caller telephone number in case of no matching. SOLUTION: Destination information is inputted by an operating part 7 and stored in a destination information storage part 33 of a storage part 3. When there is facsimile reception to facsimile equipment, the caller telephone number is reported from the side of a network. A control part 8 stores that caller telephone number in a caller number storage part 32 of the storage part 3. A telephone number discriminating part 4 compares the caller telephone number with a destination telephone number stored previously in the destination information storage part 33 and when these numbers match, the destination information corresponding to the destination telephone number is read out by the control part 8, converted into image data and printed on recording paper later. When these numbers do not match, the image data of the caller telephone number is printed on the recording paper.

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 printing a telephone number and a name of a facsimile sender together with received image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a facsimile apparatus, sender information such as a telephone number and a name of a caller is registered,
2. Description of the Related Art When image data is transmitted to a partner, image data is transmitted with sender information added. As described above, the reason that the facsimile apparatus adds the transmission source information to the image data and transmits the image data is that the receiving side facsimile apparatus
This is because the source information is also printed when the facsimile document is printed on the recording paper, so that the receiving side can confirm the telephone number and name of the sender.

[0003]

However, there are cases in which the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side does not have a function of registering the source information, and cases in which the transmitting side does not register the source information. In this case, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, the image data is added to the image data (added to the facsimile procedure signal).
Since the sender information cannot be received, the sender information cannot be printed on the recording paper, and the sender cannot be immediately confirmed on the receiving side (determining from whom the facsimile document arrived) Is not possible).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. Even when image data to which source information is not added is received, the source information is printed together with a received facsimile document. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a facsimile apparatus capable of performing the following.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus which determines whether a telephone number registered in advance and a caller telephone number notified from the network coincide with each other. When the telephone numbers match, the destination information corresponding to the destination telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image, and when the two telephone numbers do not match, the caller telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image. Things.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the destination information is a destination telephone number and a destination name.

A facsimile apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention prints non-notification information when a caller telephone number is not notified from the network side.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, NCU (Network Control U)
An nit) 1 is a device for controlling connection of a line when transmitting and receiving image data, and a modem 2 is a device for converting an analog signal and a digital signal when transmitting and receiving image data through a line (analog line). .

The storage section 3 stores various data, and includes an encoded data storage section 31 and a caller number storage section 3.
2 and a destination information storage unit 33. The coded data storage unit 31 stores coded image data (facsimile image) received by facsimile from the other party (transmitting side).
A caller telephone number notified from the network side by a number display service (caller number notification service) is stored. The destination information storage unit 33 stores a destination telephone number registered in advance by the operation unit 7. And other party information such as the other party name.

[0010] The telephone number determination unit 4 is a
2 and caller information storage unit 33
It is determined whether or not the other party's telephone number stored beforehand matches the other party's telephone number. When the caller telephone number matches the destination telephone number, the data conversion unit 5 converts the destination information corresponding to the destination telephone number into image data, and converts the caller telephone number and the destination telephone number. If they don't match,
The caller's telephone number is converted into image data.
The recording unit 6 prints the image data stored in the encoded data storage unit 31 on recording paper, and
The image data (the other party's information or the caller's telephone number) converted in step (1) is printed on recording paper.

The operation unit 7 is for inputting (registering) destination information by a user's operation. As mentioned above,
This destination information is stored in the destination information storage unit 33 via the control unit 8. The control unit 8 controls operations of the entire facsimile apparatus, such as transmission and reception of image data and printout of image data. The decoding unit 81 is provided in the control unit 8, and decodes the encoded image data stored in the encoded data storage unit 31 and outputs the decoded image data to the recording unit 6.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The user inputs (registers) destination information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name by operating the operation unit 7 in advance. Here, the other party to be input as the other party information is a party who has a possibility (plan) of facsimile transmission, a party who has received facsimile, and the like. The destination information input by the operation unit 7 is stored in the destination information storage unit 33 by the control unit 8.

When a facsimile machine receives a facsimile, a caller telephone number is notified from a network. In digital lines (ISDN),
The caller's phone number was previously provided, but now,
Even on an analog line, a caller's telephone number is notified by a contract with a telecommunications carrier (number display service).

When the modem 2 receives the caller telephone number notified from the network side (step ST1), the control unit 8
The caller telephone number is stored in the caller number storage section 32 of the storage section 3.
(Step ST2). When the NCU 1 closes (connects) the line (step ST3), the control unit 8
Receives the encoded image data (facsimile image) via the modem 2 (step ST4) and stores the image data in the encoded data storage unit 31. When the reception of the image data is completed, the NCU 1 releases the line (step ST5).

The control section 8 reads out the coded image data stored in the coded data storage section 31, and the decoding section 81 decodes the image data. The control unit 8 outputs the decoded image data to the recording unit 6 and prints it on recording paper.

Next, the telephone number determination section 4 compares the caller telephone number stored in the caller number storage section 32 with the other party telephone number stored in the other party information storage section 33 in advance. It is determined whether the two telephone numbers match (step S
T6).

As a result of the determination, if the two telephone numbers match, the control unit 8 corresponds to the destination telephone number determined in the comparison among the destination information stored in the destination information storage unit 33. The destination information to be read is read, and the destination information is output to the data conversion unit 5. Then, the control unit 8 causes the data conversion unit 5 to convert the destination information into image data, and then causes the recording unit 6 to print the image data of the destination information on recording paper (step ST7).

On the other hand, if the two telephone numbers do not match as a result of the above determination, the control unit 8 outputs the caller telephone number to the data conversion unit 5, and the data conversion unit 5 outputs only the caller telephone number. Is converted into image data, and the image data of the caller telephone number is printed on the recording paper by the recording unit 6 (step ST8).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the caller telephone number notified from the network side is compared with the destination telephone number of the destination information registered in advance. When the telephone numbers match, the destination information of the destination telephone number is printed, and when the two telephone numbers do not match, the caller's telephone number is printed. Even when image data to which no information is added is received, the destination information or the sender's telephone number can be printed as the sender information together with the received facsimile document. As a result, the user can immediately confirm the caller.

In the first embodiment, when the sender information is added to the image data received by facsimile, the sender information added to the image data and the other party information or the sender telephone number are added. (Two pieces of source information) are printed, but the sender can be surely confirmed.

Further, in the first embodiment, the destination information is the destination telephone number or the destination name, but information other than these may be registered and printed.
Alternatively, only the destination name may be printed, or only the destination telephone number may be printed.

Further, in the first embodiment, after the image data of the facsimile document is printed, the image data of the destination information and the caller telephone number are printed, but the destination information and the caller telephone number are printed. After printing the image data, the image data of the facsimile document may be printed.

Embodiment 2 FIG. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the caller telephone number is notified from the network side. However, the caller telephone number may not be notified from the network side. For example, if the caller has offered to the telecommunications carrier not to notify the caller's phone number to the other party, dialing "184" before placing the call and not notifying the caller's phone number, This is the case when the service is out of the display area (the number display service has not yet been implemented nationwide).

In such a case, the destination information or the caller's telephone number cannot be printed on the recording paper. Therefore, information such as "hitsuchi" and "hyo-kenkai" is printed on the recording paper as non-notification information. By printing the non-notification information in this manner, the user can immediately confirm that the caller is unspecified (that is, the user can determine whether the caller is not notified of the caller telephone number). , And the facsimile document may be a factor in determining that the document is not important).

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether the telephone number of the other party registered in advance matches the caller telephone number notified from the network side. When the numbers match, the destination information corresponding to the destination telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image, and when the two telephone numbers do not match, the caller telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image. Even when image data without sender information is received, the destination information or the sender's telephone number can be printed as sender information together with the received facsimile image, and the sender can be immediately confirmed. It works.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the destination information is the destination telephone number and the destination name, it is possible to confirm the sender more reliably.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the caller's telephone number is not notified from the network side, the non-notification information is printed, so that it is immediately confirmed that the caller is unspecified. It has the effect of being able to do so.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 NCU 2 Modem 3 Storage part 4 Telephone number judgment part 5 Data conversion part 6 Recording part 7 Operation part 8 Control part 31 Encoded data storage part 32 Caller number storage part 33 Destination information storage part 81 Decoding part

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 17, 1999 (1999.12.
17)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Claims]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0005]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention , a telephone number and a destination name of a specific destination are stored.
Stored destination information storage unit and transmission notified from network side
Telephone number and destination telephone number stored in the destination information storage
A telephone number determining unit for comparing a talk number with a telephone number;
Detects a destination phone number that matches the outgoing phone number.
In the case of the other party's phone with the received facsimile image
The number and destination name are printed, and the telephone number
When the other party's phone number that matches the talk number is not detected
Is the sender's phone number along with the received facsimile image
Caller information print control means for printing
Sign .

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0006] The sender information print control means sends the call from the network side.
If the caller's phone number is not notified,
May be used .

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0007

[Correction method] Deleted

[Procedure amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0025

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0025]

According to the present invention, a facsimile apparatus
When a destination phone number that matches the outgoing phone number is detected
The telephone number of the other party together with the received facsimile image
Number and destination name are printed, and the
If no local phone number is detected,
Caller information that prints the caller's phone number along with the image
Because a configuration having a distribution print control means, even if the call source information has been received the image data is not added, the destination telephone number and the destination together with the received facsimile image
The name or the sender's telephone number can be printed as the sender information, so that the sender can be immediately confirmed.

[Procedure amendment 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0026

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The sender information print control means sends a call from the network side.
If the caller's phone number is not notified,
When configured in so that further an effect that it is possible to immediately confirm that the caller is unspecified.

[Procedure amendment 7]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0027

[Correction method] Deleted

Claims (3)

[Claims] A facsimile apparatus capable of receiving a caller's telephone number notified from a network side determines whether or not a preregistered destination telephone number matches a caller's telephone number notified from the network side. If the two telephone numbers match, the destination information corresponding to the destination telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image, and if the two telephone numbers do not match, the sender telephone number is printed together with the facsimile image. A facsimile apparatus characterized in that it is configured to perform 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination information is a destination telephone number and a destination name. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein non-notification information is printed when the caller telephone number is not notified from the network side.