JP2003032498A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device with a remote copying function that can maintain security of image information by a fact that the image information by confidential transmission or confidential reception is not open to public at a logging terminal at a transfer destination. SOLUTION: A facsimile terminal 20 transfers image information sent/received from/to another facsimile terminal 30 to a logging terminal 40. When the sent or received image information is information designated of confidentiality, the facsimile terminal 20 transfers no image information to the logging terminal 40. Or when the sent or received image information is information designated of confidentiality, the facsimile terminal 20 designates confidentiality to the image information and transfers the resulting information to the fogging terminal 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 stored as the predetermined image information. There is known a facsimile machine having a remote copy function for transferring to a machine. 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]

By the way, as for transmission and reception in the facsimile apparatus, there are confidential transmission and confidential reception in which only the specified user can see the contents. However, in the conventional remote copy function, even when the facsimile device performs confidential transmission or confidential reception, as in the case of normal transmission or reception,
The image information that has been confidentially transmitted or confidentially received is to be directly transferred to the image information storage device. Therefore,
There is a problem that the image information by confidential transmission or confidential reception, which should originally have confidentiality, is disclosed in the image information storage device of the transfer destination and can be easily viewed by anyone. .

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the remote control can maintain the confidentiality of the image information by confidential transmission or confidential reception without being disclosed in the image information storage device of the transfer destination. It is an object to provide a communication device with a copy function.

In such a remote copy function, the received image information may be sent to the transfer destination image information storage device without being recognized by the user. In such a case, the user may feel uneasy. There is a problem of feeling.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device with a remote copy function that allows a user to surely recognize the received image information before transferring it to the image information storage device.

[0007]

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. Means for determining whether the information is confidentially designated image information, and means for prohibiting transmission of the image information to the image information storage device when it is determined that the information is confidentially designated image information. It is characterized by being provided.

In the communication device according to the first aspect, when it is determined that the transmitted or received image information is confidentially designated image information, the image information is not transferred to the image information storage device. Therefore, the image information obtained by confidential transmission or confidential reception is not disclosed in the image information storage device of the transfer destination, and the confidentiality is protected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, 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, the image information is a confidential designation image. And a means for determining whether the image information is confidential and transmitting the image information to the image information storage device when the image information is determined to be confidential. To do.

In the communication device according to the second aspect, when it is determined that the transmitted or received image information is confidentially designated image information, the image information is confidentially designated and transferred to the image information storage device. . Therefore, since it is transferred to the image information storage device as confidential, the image information storage device of the transfer destination cannot be seen unless the specified password is specified in the image information storage device, and it is disclosed as before. And its confidentiality is maintained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device for transmitting image information received from one or a plurality of communication devices to a predetermined image information storage device, means for printing the received image information, and the received image information. Means for transmitting the image information to the image information storage device after the print processing of the image information is completed.

According to the third aspect of the communication device, after printing the received image information, the image information is transferred to the image information storage device. Therefore, since the user can surely recognize the received image information before transferring it to the image information storage device, it is possible to eliminate the user's anxiety.

[0013]

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 (transferring image data transmitted or received by itself to a predetermined terminal device). It is a schematic diagram which shows the system structure which fulfill | functions. Facsimile device 20 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 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 the bus 11, 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. In this function key,
Confidential transmission transfer setting key 5a for setting transfer of image data confidentially transmitted to another facsimile device 30 to a logging terminal device 40 as a preset image information storage device, confidentially received from another facsimile device 30 A confidential reception transfer setting key 5b for setting transfer of image data to the logging terminal device 40 is included. 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 11,
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 11. 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.

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. Further, in the transmission process and the reception process, in addition to normal image data transmission and reception, confidential image data transmission and reception in which only a specific user can view image data exist.

When the facsimile device 20 transmits image data to one or a plurality of other facsimile devices 30, the facsimile device 20 also transmits the transmitted image data to the logging terminal device 40 which is registered in advance. When image data is received from a plurality of other facsimile devices 30,
The received image data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 40. In the facsimile device 20 of the present invention, the image data is always transferred to the logging terminal device 40 in the case of normal transmission / reception without confidential designation, while in the case of confidential transmission / reception, the setting key 5a, When transfer of confidential image data is set with the key 5b, the image data is designated as confidential and transferred to the logging terminal device 40, and transfer of confidential image data is set with the setting keys 5a and 5b. If there is not, the image data is not transferred to the logging terminal device 40. Further, when the facsimile device 20 receives image data and transfers it to the logging terminal device 40, whether the received image data is normal image data or confidential image data, the received image data is recorded in the recording unit. After printing out at 3, the received image data is transferred to the logging terminal device 40.

Next, the operation will be described. 3 and 4
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile device 20 of the present invention.

The main controller 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
Calls the destination via the telephone line (step S
3) It is determined whether or not the image data transmission is a confidential designation transmission (step S4).

When the confidential transmission is designated (S4: YE
S), the confidential box of the facsimile device 30 which is the transmission destination is designated by the communication procedure, and the image data is transmitted (step S
5) The telephone line is disconnected (step S6). Main controller 1
Determines whether transfer of the image data confidentially transmitted to the destination facsimile device 30 to the logging terminal device 40 is set by the confidential transmission transfer setting key 5a (step S7). If the transfer is not set (S7: NO), the confidential transmission image data is not transferred to the logging terminal device 40, and the process ends. Therefore, this confidential transmission image data is not disclosed and confidentiality is maintained.

When the transfer of confidential transmission is set (S7: YES), the main control section 1 calls the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S8),
Information such as the transmission destination and the number of the designated confidential box in the confidential transmission is converted into image data, and the logging terminal device 4
0 (step S9), a confidential transmission box number is designated in the communication procedure, confidential transmission image data is read from the image memory 8 and confidentially transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 (step S10). Since the confidential transmission image data is confidentially transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 as described above, the confidential transmission image data is not disclosed by the logging terminal device 40 and the confidentiality is maintained. When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected and the confidential transmission image data is erased from the image memory 8 (step S11).

In the case of normal transmission without confidential designation (S4: NO), the image data is transmitted to the destination facsimile machine 30 (step S12) and the telephone line is disconnected (step S13). The main control unit 1 makes a call to the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S14), and transmits information such as the destination in the normal transmission to the logging terminal device 40 as image data (step S1).
5) The transmission image data is read from the image memory 8 and transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 (step S16).
When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected and the transmitted image data is erased from the image memory 8 (step S17).

5A and 5B show the above S9 and S15.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing image data transmitted to the logging terminal device 40 in FIG. 1, in which information such as destination, confidential box number in the case of confidential, transmission mode, transmission start time, transmission time, number of transmission pages, transmission result, , Logging terminal device 40
Sent to.

On the other hand, when the image data is not transmitted, that is, when the image data is received from the other facsimile apparatus 30 (S1: NO), the main control unit 1 designates the reception of the image data as confidential. It is determined whether or not is received (step S18).

When the confidential designation is received (S18: Y
ES), the received image data is stored in the confidential box of the image memory 8 designated by the communication procedure, the confidential notice is printed (step S19), and the telephone line is disconnected (step S20). The main controller 1 determines whether or not the transfer of the image data confidentially received from the facsimile device 30 to the logging terminal device 40 is set by the confidential reception transfer setting key 5b (step S21). If transfer is not set (S21: NO), the confidential received image data is not transferred to the logging terminal device 40, and the process ends. Therefore, this confidential received image data is not disclosed and confidentiality is maintained.

When the transfer of confidential reception is set (S21: YES), the recording unit 3 prints out the confidential reception image data by the password input by the specific user (step S22). Then, the main control unit 1 calls the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S23), specifies the confidential reception box number in the communication procedure, reads the confidential reception image data from the image memory 8, and logs. The confidential transmission is performed to the terminal device 40 (step S24). In this way, the confidential received image data is confidentially transmitted to the logging terminal device 40, so that it is not disclosed by the logging terminal device 40 and the confidentiality is maintained. When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected and the confidential received image data is erased from the image memory 8 (step S25).

On the other hand, in the case of normal reception without confidential designation (S18: NO), the received image data is stored in the image memory 8 and the recording unit 3 starts to print out the received image data (step S26). ), The telephone line is disconnected (step S27). When the printout is completed, the main control unit 1 calls the logging terminal device 40 via the telephone line (step S28), reads the received image data from the image memory 8 and transmits it to the logging terminal device 40 (step S29). ). When the transfer to the logging terminal device 40 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 40 is disconnected and the received image data is erased from the image memory 8 (step S30).

In the above example, the received image data is printed out and then the received image data is transferred to the logging terminal device 40. However, the received image data may be transferred before being printed out. good.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, when it is determined that the transmitted or received image information is confidentially designated image information, the image information is not transferred to the image information storage device. The image information transmitted or confidentially received is not disclosed on the image information storage device of the transfer destination, and the confidentiality can be maintained.

In the present invention, when it is determined that the transmitted or received image information is confidentially designated image information, the image information is confidentially designated and transmitted to the image information storage device. Since it is transferred to the image information storage device at, the confidential image information cannot be seen in the transfer destination image information storage device unless a predetermined password is specified, and is not disclosed as before. , Its confidentiality can be maintained.

Further, according to the present invention, after the received image information is printed, the image information is transmitted to the image information storage device. Therefore, before the received image information is transferred to the image information storage device, the user can Since the image information can be reliably recognized, it is possible to eliminate the user's anxiety.

[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 flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing image data of transmission information transmitted from the facsimile apparatus of the present invention to a logging terminal apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Main control unit 3 recording section 5 Operation part 5a Confidential transmission transfer setting key 5b Confidential reception transfer setting key 6 ROM 7 RAM 8 image memory 9 modem 10 NCU 20 Facsimile machine 30 fax machines 40 logging terminal

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. 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, wherein whether the image information is confidential designation image information or not. A communication device comprising: a determination unit; and a unit that prohibits transmission of the image information to the image information storage device when the image information is determined to be confidential. 2. 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, wherein whether the image information is confidential designation image information or not. A communication device comprising: a determining unit; and a unit that, when it is determined that the image information is confidentially designated image information, confidentially designates the image information and transmits it to the image information storage device. 3. A communication device for transmitting image information received from one or a plurality of communication devices to a predetermined image information storage device, means for printing the received image information, and print processing of the received image information is completed. And a means for transmitting the image information to the image information storage device.