JP2003125148A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device with a remote copy function whose transmission or reception image data and communication processing data of the image data can be easily managed with a logging use terminal at a transfer destination. SOLUTION: A facsimile machine 1 being the communication device transmits image data sent/receive to/from another facsimile machine 2 to a logging terminal 31 and transmits communication processing data of the sent/received image data to a logging terminal 32 different from the logging terminal 31.

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 data transmitted or received by itself is
A facsimile device having a remote copy function for transmitting (transferring) to a pre-registered image information storage device with a facsimile reception function together with communication processing data such as a transmission destination or a transmission source, a transmission or reception start time, etc. Are known. By providing such a transfer system for image data and communication processing data, the transmitted / received image data and communication processing data can be confirmed or various editing processing can be performed by the image information storage device. You can

[0003]

However, in the conventional communication device, the transmitted and received image data is sequentially transmitted in order to attach the communication processing data relating to the transmission or reception of the image data to the image information storage device. The image data and the communication processing data are stored together in the image information storage device, which is inconvenient when it is desired to browse only the image data or only the communication processing data. Even if one of the image data and the communication processing data needs to be saved for browsing, but the other does not need to be saved, both the image data and the communication processing data are transmitted to the image information storage device. Therefore, the process of transmitting unnecessary data by the communication device is wasted. further,
The communication device transmits the image data and the communication processing data regardless of the reception status of the image information storage device, so that the communication device does not accept the transmission from the communication device due to the convenience of the image information storage device. Since the communication device continues the transmission process until the transmission of the data is completed, the transmission process is useless.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to convert image data into the first
By providing means for transmitting to the storage destination and means for transmitting the communication processing data to the second storage destination different from the first storage destination, management and browsing of the image data and the communication processing data in the image information storage device can be performed. It is to provide a communication device that can be easily performed.

Another object of the present invention is a means for accepting whether or not to transmit image data to the first storage destination,
And a communication device capable of transmitting the image data and the communication processing data to the image information storage device as necessary by including means for receiving whether or not the communication processing data is transmitted to the second storage destination. To provide.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide the image information by providing means for accepting whether or not the image data and the communication processing data are transmitted from the image information storage device to the image information storage device. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can be set so as not to transmit image data and communication processing data to the image information storage device in response to an instruction from the storage device.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a communication device is designated with image data transmitted or received with one or a plurality of communication devices and communication processing data for transmitting or receiving the image data. A communication device for transmitting to an image information storage device, comprising means for transmitting the image data to a first storage destination, and means for transmitting the communication processing data to a second storage destination different from the first storage destination. Is characterized by.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the image data transmitted and received by the communication device and the communication processing data of the image data are separately stored for easy management, and only one of the image data and the communication processing data can be browsed. It is possible to efficiently acquire the data that you want to browse.

A communication apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the communication apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the means for accepting whether or not to transmit the image data to the first storage destination and the communication processing data are the second data.
And a means for accepting whether or not to transmit to the storage destination.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the communication device transmits only the data that needs to be stored in the image information storage device, so that the process of transmitting the data that does not need to be stored can be omitted and the image information storage device can store the data. The amount of data to be stored can be reduced, and when the image information storage device is set to print out the data received from the communication device, it is possible to eliminate waste of the recording medium.

The communication device according to the third invention is the first or second communication device.
In the invention, it is characterized by further comprising means for accepting whether or not the image data and the communication processing data are transmitted from the image information storage device to the image information storage device.

In the third aspect of the invention, the image information storage device receives an instruction from the image information storage device not to transmit the data to the image information storage device, whereby the image information storage device transmits the data. If is not accepted, it is possible to set not to perform useless transmission processing.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus 1 as a communication apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a remote copy function of the facsimile apparatus 1 (image data and communication processing data transmitted or received by the facsimile apparatus 1 to a predetermined terminal It is a schematic diagram which shows the system structure which fulfills the function which transfers to a device. The facsimile device 1 includes a control unit 10, a reading unit 11, a recording unit 12, a display unit 13, an operation unit 14, a ROM 15, a RAM 16, an image memory 17, a modem 18, an NCU (Network Control Unit) 19, and the like.

The control unit 10 is composed of a CPU,
It is connected to the above-described hardware of the facsimile device 1 via a bus and executes a computer program stored in the ROM 15 which is necessary for the operation of the facsimile device 1 and performs a predetermined function.

The reading unit 11 is composed of a CCD array and reads a document. The recording unit 12 is an electrophotographic image recording apparatus, and records image data received by facsimile communication or image data of a document read by the reading unit 11 on a recording medium.

The display unit 13 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device or a CRT display, and displays the operating state of the facsimile device 1 and displays the image data of the original read for transmission or the received image data. . The operation unit 14 includes character keys, ten keys, speed dial keys, one-touch dial keys, various function keys and the like necessary for operating the facsimile apparatus 1.
In this function key, the logging terminal device 3 as an image information storage device in which the image data transmitted to another facsimile device 2 is set in advance as a first storage destination.
1 is set as a transmission image data transfer setting key 14a, a transmission destination of the image data, communication processing data such as a transmission start time, is set as a second storage destination in advance as a logging terminal as an image information storage device. Transmission processing data transfer setting key 14 for setting transfer to the device 32
b, a received image data transfer setting key 14c for setting transfer of image data received from another facsimile device 2 to the logging terminal device 31, a transmission source of the image data, communication processing data such as a reception start time, and the like. A reception processing data transfer setting key 14d for setting transfer to the device 32 is included. By using the touch panel system for the display unit 13, some or all of the various keys of the operation unit 14 can be substituted.

The RAM 16 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, stores temporary data generated during execution of software, and communication processing data of image data,
That is, the transmission processing data such as the transmission destination, the transmission start time, the number of transmissions, and the transmission result, and the transmission source, the reception start time, the reception number, the reception result, and the like regarding the reception of the image data are stored. In addition, RAM16,
Destination information of the logging terminal device 31 set in advance,
Also, the destination information of the logging terminal device 32 set in advance is stored. The image memory 17 is composed of a DRAM or the like, and stores image data to be transmitted or received image data.

The modem 18 is composed of a facsimile modem capable of facsimile communication. The modem 18 is also directly connected to the NCU 19. NCU19
Is hardware for connecting and disconnecting the facsimile device 1 and the line L.
Is connected to the line L.

In FIG. 2, the facsimile machine 1 transmits / receives image data to / from other desired facsimile machines 2, 2, ... Via a line L.

The facsimile machine 1 transmits image data to one or more other facsimile machines 2 when the transmission of the image data transmitted by the transmission image data transfer setting key 14a is set. The image data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 31 registered in advance as the first storage destination, and the transmission image data transfer setting key 14a is transmitted.
When the transfer of the image data transmitted in step 1 is not set, the transmitted image data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 31. Further, the transmission processing data transfer setting key 14b
When transfer of transmission processing data is set in,
The transmission processing data relating to the transmission of the image data is stored in the RAM 1
When the amount of transmission processing data stored in 6 reaches a preset amount, several pieces of image data are collectively transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 registered as the second storage destination, and the transmission processing is performed. When the transfer of the image data transmitted by the data transfer setting key 14b is not set, and when the data amount does not reach the preset amount, the transmission processing data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 32.

Further, when the facsimile device 1 receives image data from one or a plurality of other facsimile devices 2 and the transfer of the received image data is set by the received image data transfer setting key 14c, The received image data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 31, and when the transfer of the received image data is not set by the received image data transfer setting key 14c, the received image data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 31. Furthermore, when the transfer of the reception processing data is set by the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d, the reception processing data related to the reception of the image data is set to the amount of the reception processing data stored in the RAM 16 which is set in advance. When the image data arrives, several image data items are collectively sent to the logging terminal device 32 that is registered in advance, and when the transfer of the received image data is not set by the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d, and When the amount has not reached the preset amount, the reception processing data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 32.

Further, when the logging terminal device 31 instructs the facsimile device 1 not to perform transmission to the logging terminal device 31, the facsimile device 1 uses the transmission image data transfer setting key 14a or the reception image data transfer setting key 14c. Even when transfer to the logging terminal device 31 is set, the transmitted or received image data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 31. Similarly, the facsimile machine 1
From the logging terminal device 32 to the logging terminal device 32
If it is instructed not to perform transmission to the logging terminal device 32 by the transmission processing data transfer setting key 14b or the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d, transmission or The reception processing data is not transmitted to the logging terminal device 32.

Next, the operation will be described. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the processing operation of the control unit 10 of the facsimile apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

The control unit 10 determines whether or not it is a transmission process of image data (step S1). When it is determined to be the transmission process (step S1: YES), the image data of the document to be transmitted is read by the reading unit 11, and the read image data is stored in the image memory 17 (step S).
2). Then, the control unit 10 calls the destination via the telephone line (step S3), transmits the image data to the destination facsimile machine 2 (step S4), and disconnects the telephone line (step S5). The transmission processing data in the transmission is stored in the RAM 16 (step S6). The control unit 10 determines whether or not the transfer of the image data transmitted to the destination facsimile device 2 to the logging terminal device 31 is set by the transmission image data transfer setting key 14a (step S7). When it is determined that the transfer is set (step S7: YES), the control unit 10 calls the logging terminal device 31 via the telephone line (step S8) and instructs the logging terminal device 31 to prohibit the transmission. If there is no instruction to prohibit transmission (step S9: N)
O), the image data transmitted in step S4 is read from the image memory 17 and transmitted to the logging terminal device 31 (step S10). When the transmission to the logging terminal device 31 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 31 is disconnected (step S11), and the transmitted image data is erased from the image memory 17 (step S12).

When it is determined in step S7 that transfer of the transmitted image data is not set (step S7: NO), and there is an instruction to prohibit the transmission from the logging terminal device 31 in step S9. If determined (step S9: YES), the process proceeds to step S12.

When the transmitted image data is erased in step S12, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the amount of transmission processing data that has not been transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 stored in the RAM 16 is a predetermined amount or more ( Step S1
3) When it is determined that the amount is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount (step S1)
3: YES), the transmission processing data logging terminal device 32
It is determined whether or not the transfer to is set by the transmission processing data transfer setting key 14b (step S14).
When it is determined that the transfer is set (step S1)
4: YES), the control unit 10 calls the logging terminal device 32 via the telephone line (step S15), and determines whether or not there is an instruction to prohibit transmission from the logging terminal device 32 (step S16). If it is determined that there is no instruction to prohibit the transmission (step S16: NO), the transmission processing data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 (step S1).
7). When the transmission to the logging terminal device 32 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 32 is disconnected (step S
18), the process ends.

When it is determined in step S13 that the amount of transmission processing data that has not been transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 is less than the predetermined amount (step S13: NO), step S13
When it is determined in step 14 that the transfer of the transmission processing data is not set (step S14: NO),
If it is determined in step S16 that there is an instruction to prohibit transmission from the logging terminal device 32 (step S16: YES), the process ends.

When it is determined in step S1 that the image data is received from another facsimile apparatus 2 (step S1: NO), the control section 10 stores the received image data in the image memory 17 and records it. Part 12
The printout of the image data is started (step S19), the telephone line is disconnected (step S20),
When the printout is completed, the reception processing data for the reception is stored in the RAM 16 (step S21).
The control unit 10 determines whether or not the transfer of the image data received from the facsimile device 2 to the logging terminal device 31 is set by the received image data transfer setting key 14c (step S22). When it is determined that the transfer is set (step S22: YES), the control unit 10
Calls the logging terminal device 31 via the telephone line (step S23), and determines whether or not there is an instruction from the logging terminal device 31 to prohibit transmission (step S2).
4) If it is determined that there is no instruction to prohibit transmission (step S24: NO), the received image data is read from the image memory 17 and transmitted to the logging terminal device 31 (step S25). When the transmission to the logging terminal device 31 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 31 is disconnected (step S26), and the transmitted image data is erased from the image memory 17 (step S27).

If it is determined in step S22 that transfer of the received image data is not set (step S22: NO), and there is an instruction to prohibit transmission from the logging terminal device 31 in step S24. If determined (step S24: YES), the process proceeds to step S27.

When the transmitted image data is deleted in step S27, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the amount of received processing data that has not been transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 stored in the RAM 16 is a predetermined amount or more ( Step S2
8) If it is determined that the amount is equal to or more than the predetermined amount (step S2)
8: YES), logging terminal device 32 for reception processing data
It is determined whether or not the transfer to is set by the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d (step S29).
When it is determined that the transfer is set (step S2)
9: YES), the control unit 10 calls the logging terminal device 32 via the telephone line (step S30), and determines whether or not there is an instruction to prohibit transmission from the logging terminal device 32 (step S31). If it is determined that there is no instruction to prohibit the transmission (step S31: NO), the reception processing data is transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 (step S3).
2). When the transmission to the logging terminal device 32 is completed, the telephone line with the logging terminal device 32 is disconnected (step S
33), the process ends.

When it is determined in step S28 that the amount of received processing data not yet transmitted to the logging terminal device 32 is less than the predetermined amount (step S28: NO), step S28.
In 29, when it is determined that the transfer of the reception processing data is not set (step S29: NO),
If it is determined in step S31 that there is an instruction to prohibit the transmission from the logging terminal device 32 (step S31: YES), the process ends.

FIG. 5 shows steps S8, S15,
It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the subroutine which calls the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32) of step S23 and step S30.

The control unit 10 transmits a CNG signal (calling tone) to the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32) (step S41), and the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32) performs CED (call reception). Station identification) signal,
It is determined whether or not the DIS (digital identification) signal and the NSF (non-standard function) signal are received (step S42), and when it is determined that they are not received (step S42: NO),
Wait until you receive it. Here, the CED signal is a signal indicating that the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32) is a non-voice terminal when line-connected, and DI
The S signal is a signal indicating the standard CCITT capability of the called station, and the NSF signal is a signal indicating the presence / absence of a non-standard function and, if it has a non-standard function, that function.

When it is determined in step S42 that the signal has been received (step S42: YES), the control section 10 transmits a DCS (digital command) signal and an NSS (non-standard function setting) signal (step S43). ), And ends the call processing. Here, the DCS signal is the received DI
The SSS signal is a signal responsive to a standard function, and the NSS signal is a signal responsive to a function identified by a received NSF signal. The control unit 10 uses the logging terminal device 3 for the image data transmitted or received as the NSS signal.
1 (including the data indicating that it has a function of transferring the communication processing data for transmitting or receiving the image data to the logging terminal device 32). Logging terminal device 31
(Logging terminal device 32) is the NSS of step S43.
When the signal is received and the transmission from the facsimile device 1 is prohibited, the logging terminal device 3 is added to the facsimile device 1.
1 (logging terminal device 32), a signal including information instructing prohibition of data transmission is transmitted.

In the processing procedure of the control unit 10 described above, when it is determined in step S9 (step S24) that there is an instruction to prohibit the transmission from the logging terminal device 31, the process proceeds to step S12 (step S27). Although the process of erasing from the image memory 17 is performed, the process proceeds to step S13 (step S28) without erasing the image data, and when the image data is later transmitted to or received from the facsimile device 2. In addition, image data that has not been transmitted to the logging terminal device 31 may be transmitted together with the image data that is transmitted to the logging terminal device 31 in step S10 or step S25.

In the above-described embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 1 is provided with the transmission image data transfer setting key 14a, the transmission processing data transfer setting key 14b, the reception image data transfer setting key 14c, and the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d. However, the transmission image data transfer setting key 14
a and the image data transfer setting key which also serves as the reception image data transfer setting key 14c, and the transmission processing data transfer setting key 14
The communication processing data transfer setting key may also be used as the communication processing data transfer setting key 14b and the reception processing data transfer setting key 14d.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the facsimile machine 1 transmits the transmitted or received image data to the logging terminal device 31 as the first storage destination, and the transmission or reception communication processing data to the second storage destination. The logging terminal device 31 is provided with an image data box and a communication processing data box, and the facsimile device 1 sends the image data to the image data box as a first storage destination. However, the communication processing data may be transmitted to the communication processing data box as a second storage destination.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment,
When the facsimile device 1 makes a call to the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32), the facsimile device 1 receives from the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32) a signal including information instructing prohibition of data transmission. By doing so, the data transmission is not performed. However, upon receiving a call from the logging terminal device 31 (logging terminal device 32), the facsimile device 1 transmits the DIS signal and the NSF signal, and the logging terminal device 31 (logging Terminal device 3
The data transmission may not be performed by receiving the NSS signal including the information for prohibiting the data transmission from 2).

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the image data transmitted and received by the communication device and the communication processing data of the image data are separately stored for easy management, and only one of the image data and the communication processing data is browsed. It is possible to efficiently acquire the data to be browsed when desired.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the communication device transmits only the data that needs to be stored in the image information storage device, so that the process of transmitting the data that does not need to be stored can be omitted, and the image information storage device can be saved. It is possible to reduce the amount of data to be stored in the storage medium, and when the image information storage device is set to print out the data received from the communication device, it is possible to eliminate the waste of the recording medium. .

According to the third aspect, the image information storage device receives an instruction from the image information storage device so that the communication device does not transmit data to the image information storage device. When the transmission is not accepted, it is possible to set not to perform the unnecessary transmission processing.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

FIG. 5 shows steps S8, S15, and S2.
It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the subroutine which calls 3 and the logging terminal device of step S30.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Facsimile device (communication device) 10 Control unit 14 Operation part 14a Transmission image data transfer setting key 14b Transmission processing data transfer setting key 14c Received image data transfer setting key 14d Reception processing data transfer setting key 16 RAM 2 fax machines 31 Logging terminal device (image information storage device) 32 Logging terminal device (image information storage device)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    F-term (reference) 5C062 AA02 AA06 AA25 AA27 AA30                       AA32 AA33 AB20 AB42 AC02                       AC03 AC22 AC38 AC42 AC43                       AE01 AE14 AE15                 5C073 AA06 AB04 AB12 AB13 AB17                       BA01 BC02 CD02 CE10

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication device for transmitting image data transmitted or received with one or a plurality of communication devices and communication processing data for transmitting or receiving the image data to a designated image information storage device, A communication device comprising: a unit for transmitting data to a first storage destination; and a unit for transmitting the communication processing data to a second storage destination different from the first storage destination. 2. A means for receiving whether or not the image data is transmitted to the first storage destination, and a means for receiving whether or not the communication processing data is transmitted to the second storage destination. The communication device according to claim 1. 3. The communication according to claim 1, further comprising means for receiving whether or not the image data and the communication processing data are transmitted from the image information storage device to the image information storage device. apparatus.