JP2003032412A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication equipment with remote copying function, with which desired image information can be easily found out of a plurality of image information transferred to a prescribed image information storing device in a short time. SOLUTION: In facsimile equipment 20, the image information transmitted or received from other facsimile equipment 30 is transferred to logging terminal equipment 40. In such transfer, the number of communication managing information in the facsimile equipment 20 related to that image information is added to that image information. By referring to this added number of the communication managing information, the desired image information is found out of a plurality of image information transferred to the logging terminal equipment 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device for transmitting / receiving image information, and more particularly to a communication device for transmitting image information transmitted / received to / from another communication device to a predetermined image information storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Image information transmitted by itself or image information received by itself is transmitted to a predetermined image information storage device having a facsimile reception function which is registered in advance, and the image information is transmitted to the image information storage device. There is known a facsimile apparatus having a remote copy function for transferring. By providing such an image information transfer system, various editing processes can be performed on the transmitted and received image information by the image information storage device.

[0003]

In a facsimile apparatus having such a remote copy function, when a desired image information is searched from a plurality of image information transferred to an image information storage apparatus, the conventional facsimile apparatus is used. By referring to the “communication start time” of the desired image information described in the communication management record of No. 2, the desired one is searched out from the plurality of image information transferred at a time similar to that. Therefore, there is a problem that the search process is complicated, time-consuming and takes a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a remote copy capable of easily searching desired image information from a plurality of image information transferred to an image information storage device in a short time. An object is to provide a communication device with a function.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device for transmitting image information transmitted or received with one or a plurality of communication devices to a predetermined image information storage device. A management unit that assigns a number to each of the transmission process and the reception process and manages it, and a transmission unit that adds the number managed by the management unit and transmits the image information to the image information storage device It is characterized by

In the communication device according to the first aspect, when the image information is transferred to the image information storage device, a communication management number is added to the image information and transferred. Therefore, since the number for communication management is added to the transferred image information, the communication management record of the communication device is searched when the desired image information is searched from the plurality of image information transferred to the image information storage device. It suffices to search for image information that matches the communication management number described in. Therefore, desired image information can be searched for very easily.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to the first aspect, the number to be added is a number corresponding to a process of transmitting the image information to the image information storage device.

In the communication device of the second aspect, the number corresponding to the transmission process to the image information storage device is used as the number to be added. Therefore, desired image information search processing can be easily performed.

A communication device according to a third aspect is the communication device according to the first aspect, wherein the transmitting means sends information regarding transmission or reception of the image information to or from the one or more communication devices to the image information storage device. The information is transmitted, and a number corresponding to the process of transmitting the image information to the image information storage device is added to the information.

In the communication device according to the third aspect, when the information regarding the transmission or reception of the image information is transmitted to the image information storage device, the number corresponding to the image information transmission process is added. Therefore, the search process for desired image information can be performed more easily.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile device 20 as a communication device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a remote copy function of the facsimile device 20 (image data transmitted or received by the facsimile device 20 is a predetermined image data storage device). It is a schematic diagram which shows the system structure which fulfills the function (it transfers to a terminal device).

In FIG. 2, the facsimile device 20 of the present invention transmits / receives image data to / from other desired facsimile devices 30, 30, ... Through a public telephone line. When the facsimile device 20 transmits image data to one or more facsimile devices 30, the facsimile device 20 also transmits the transmitted image data to a logging terminal device 40 as an image information storage device that is registered in advance.
When image data is received from one or more other facsimile devices 30, the received image data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 40. This logging terminal device 40 is
For example, it is a personal computer equipped with a modem and having a facsimile reception function.

The facsimile apparatus 20 of the present invention shown in FIG.
Is a main control unit 1, a reading unit 2, a recording unit 3, a display unit 4, an operating unit 5, a ROM 6, a RAM 7, an image memory 8, a modem 9,
An NCU (Network Control Unit) 10, a communication management information storage unit 11 and the like are provided.

The main control unit 1 is specifically composed of a CPU, is connected to the above-mentioned hardware units of the facsimile apparatus 20 via a bus 12, controls them, and stores them in the ROM 6. Various software functions are executed according to the stored computer program.

The reading unit 2 reads a document with a scanner using a CCD, for example, and outputs dot image data. The recording unit 3 is an electrophotographic printer device, and prints out image data received by facsimile communication or image data of a document read by the reading unit 2 as a hard copy.

The display unit 4 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device or a CRT display, and displays the operation state of the facsimile device 20 of the present invention, and displays the image data of the original document read for transmission or the received image data. Display. The operation unit 5 is provided with character keys, ten keys, speed dial keys, one-touch dial keys, various function keys and the like necessary for operating the facsimile apparatus 20 of the present invention. It is also possible to substitute some or all of the various keys of the operation unit 5 by using the touch panel system for the display unit 4.

The ROM 6 is a facsimile device 2 of the present invention.
Various software programs required for 0 operation are stored in advance. The RAM 7 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, and stores temporary data generated when executing software. In addition, the RAM 7 stores preset destination information of the logging terminal device 40. The image memory 8 is composed of a DRAM or the like and stores image data to be transmitted or received image data.

The modem 9 is connected to the bus 12,
It is composed of a fax modem capable of facsimile communication. The modem 9 is also directly connected to the NCU 10 which is also connected to the bus 12. NCU10
Is hardware for performing the operation of closing and opening the analog line L with the public telephone line network, and connects the modem 9 to the public telephone line network as necessary. In addition, DSU (Digita
l Service Unit: A digital line network (ISD) of the baseband transmission system by providing a subscriber line termination device.
N) may be connected.

The communication management information storage unit 11 includes one or a plurality of facsimile machines 3 managed by the main control unit 1.
0, a transmission process of transmitting image data to 0, a reception process of receiving image data from the facsimile device 30, and a transmission process of transmitting or receiving image data to or from one or more facsimile devices 30 to the logging terminal device 40. Stores communication management information in processing.

In the facsimile device 20 of the present invention, the transmission process to one or a plurality of facsimile devices 30 and the transmission process to the logging terminal device 40 are collectively managed by assigning consecutive job numbers. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of communication management information in these transmission processes. This communication management information includes a job number as a transmission management number,
It includes information such as the destination, the transmission mode, the transmission start time, the transmission time, the number of pages transmitted, and the transmission result. It should be noted that “transfer” at the destination indicates transmission to the logging terminal device 40.

On the other hand, the facsimile apparatus 20 of the present invention is
The reception processing from the facsimile device 30 is also managed by assigning consecutive job numbers. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of communication management information in this reception process. The communication management information includes information such as a job number as a reception management number, a sender, a reception mode, a reception start time, a reception time, the number of received pages, and a reception result.

In the facsimile device 20 of the present invention, when the image data transmitted or received with one or a plurality of facsimile devices 30 is transferred to the logging terminal device 40, the image data is transmitted with the facsimile device 30. The job number (transmission management number or reception management number) when the image data is transmitted or received, and / or the job number (transmission management number) when the image data is transmitted (transferred) to the logging terminal device 40, Add to the image data to be transferred.

Next, the operation will be described. 5 and 6
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile device 20 of the present invention.

The main control section 1 determines whether or not it is a transmission process of image data (step S1). If it is a transmission process (S1: YES), the image data of the document to be transmitted is read by the reading unit 2, and the read image data is stored in the image memory 8 (step S2). And the main controller 1
Makes a call to one or more destinations via the telephone line (step S3), and determines a job number (transmission management number) in the transmission processing of the image data (step S3).
4).

Then, the image data is transmitted to the one or more facsimile devices 30 of the transmission destination (step S5), and the telephone line is disconnected (step S6). The main controller 1 communicates the communication management information (job number (transmission management number), destination, transmission mode, transmission start time, transmission time,
The number of transmission pages, transmission results, etc.) are stored in the communication management information storage unit 1
1 (step S7).

The main controller 1 determines whether or not the image data transmission to all the destinations has been completed (step S).
8). If not completed (S8: NO), the process is terminated without transferring the image data to the logging terminal device 40.

When the transmission to all the destinations is completed (S8: YES), the main control section 1 calls the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S9), and the transmission image data is transmitted. The job number (transmission management number) in the transmission (transfer) process to the logging terminal device 40 is determined (step S10). Information regarding the transmission of the transmission image data is transmitted as image data to the logging terminal device 40 (step S11), and the transmission image data is read from the image memory 8 and transmitted (transferred) to the logging terminal device 40.
Yes (step S12). When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected (step S13).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing transmission information to be transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 in S11. The job number (job 024) of this transmission (transfer) process to the logging terminal device 40 is described in the header, and
The job number (jobs 022 and 023) of the transmission processing of the transmission image data to the facsimile devices 30 and 30 and communication management information regarding the transmission image data are described. In this example, a case is shown in which broadcast transmission is performed to two destinations. 8 and 9 are diagrams showing the transmission image data to be transmitted (transferred) to the logging terminal device 40 in S12, and the job of this transmission (transfer) process to the logging terminal device 40 is shown in the header thereof. The number (job 024) is described.

On the other hand, when it is not the image data transmission process, that is, when it is the image data reception process from another facsimile apparatus 30 (S1: NO), the received image data is stored in the image memory 8 and the recording unit. The printout of the image data by 3 is started (step S14), and the job number (reception management number) in the receiving process of the image data is started.
Is determined (step S15), and the telephone line is disconnected (step S16). The main control unit 1 stores communication management information (job number (reception management number), sender, reception mode, reception start time, reception time, number of received pages, reception result, etc.) in this reception process. (Step S17).

The main control section 1 calls the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S18), and sends a job number (transmission management number) to the logging terminal device 40 for transmitting (transferring) the received image data. ) Is determined (step S19). Information regarding the reception of the received image data is transmitted as image data to the logging terminal device 40 (step S20), and the received image data is stored in the image memory 8 as well.
The data is read from and is transmitted (transferred) to the logging terminal device 40 (step S21). When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected (step S22).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the reception information transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 in S20. The header describes the job number (job 025) of this transmission (transfer) process to the logging terminal device 40, and the job number (job 002) of this reception image data from the facsimile device 30. In addition, communication management information regarding the received image data is described. Also,
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the received image data transmitted (transferred) to the logging terminal device 40 in S21, and the header thereof has this transmission (transfer) to the logging terminal device 40.
The processing job number (job 025) is described.

In the above example, the transmission process to the facsimile device 30 and the transmission (transfer) process to the logging terminal device 40 are collectively managed, and the reception process from the facsimile device 30 is separately managed. The job numbers may be sequentially assigned to these three types of processing for batch management, or the three types of processing may be individually assigned job numbers and managed.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the image information is transferred to the image information storage device, the communication management number is added to the image information and transferred. Since the number for communication management is added to
When searching for desired image information from the plurality of image information transferred to the image information storage device, it is sufficient to search for the image information that matches the communication management number described in the communication management information of the communication device. The desired image information can be searched for very easily.

Further, in the present invention, since the number corresponding to the transmission process to the image information storage device is used as the number to be added, the desired image information search process can be easily performed.

Further, according to the present invention, when the information regarding the transmission or reception of the image information is transmitted to the image information storage device,
Since the number corresponding to the image information transmission process is added, the desired image information search process can be performed more easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration that performs a remote copy function.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of communication management information in a transmission process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of communication management information in a reception process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing transmission information of transmission image data to be transmitted to a logging terminal device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing transmission image data transmitted to a logging terminal device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing transmission image data transmitted to a logging terminal device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing reception information of received image data transmitted to a logging terminal device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing received image data transmitted to a logging terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Main control unit 6 ROM 7 RAM 8 image memory 9 modem 10 NCU 11 Communication management information storage unit 20 Facsimile machine 30 fax machines 40 logging terminal

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a communication device for transmitting image information transmitted or received with one or a plurality of communication devices to a predetermined image information storage device, a plurality of transmission processes and reception processes are assigned numbers and managed. A communication device, comprising: a management unit configured to perform the operation, and a transmission unit configured to add the number managed by the management unit and transmit the image information to the image information storage device. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the number to be added is a number corresponding to a process of transmitting the image information to the image information storage device. 3. The transmission means is configured to transmit the 1 of the image information.
Alternatively, information regarding transmission or reception with a plurality of communication devices is transmitted to the image information storage device, and a number corresponding to a process of transmitting the image information to the image information storage device is added to the information. The communication device according to claim 1, configured as described above.