JP2003348310A - Fax equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide FAX equipment in which a user receives a receiving document as needed while the user goes out. <P>SOLUTION: In the FAX equipment in which a document received from an external device is temporarily stored and transferred, based upon a description of a FAX number of a transfer destination to redirected reception notice mail, the received document is transferred from a communication control part 6 to the described FAX number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fax device connectable to a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a facsimile apparatus capable of temporarily storing and transferring a document received from an external apparatus, a facsimile apparatus which notifies a reception notification that a document has been received by e-mail, or transmits a received document to a destination registered in advance. Transferring is well known. Note that Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-295403 exists as a conventional technique related to this type of fax apparatus.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, it is troublesome to register the forwarding destination in advance, and to go out of the place different from the usual place, it is necessary to register each time. Also, if the registration has not been changed, the received document could not be received. In addition, received documents that were not required to be viewed immediately at the destination were transferred. In addition, it is necessary to set in advance a method of receiving a received document on the go.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving a received document as needed when a user goes out.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a document received from an external device is temporarily stored in a facsimile device which can transfer the document. The most main feature is a facsimile apparatus that transfers a received document from the communication control unit to the described fax number based on the description of the fax number of the transfer destination in the reception notification mail.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus capable of temporarily storing and transferring a document received from an external apparatus, a fax apparatus based on a description of a transfer destination mail address in a returned reception notification mail. The most important feature is a facsimile apparatus which converts a received document into a mail attached document to the described mail address by the mail control unit and transfers the received document from the network control unit.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus capable of temporarily storing and transferring a document received from an external apparatus, a fax machine based on a description of a printer IP address of a network printer in a returned reception notification mail. The most important feature is a fax device that prints and transfers a received document from the network control unit to the described printer IP address.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a basic configuration of a fax machine according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 monitors and controls the entire system of the present invention. The system memory unit 2 temporarily stores information pre-registered in the fax machine and data necessary for communication.
The reading unit 3 reads a document, and the printing unit 4 outputs an image on recording paper.

The document data storage unit 5 stores the document stored by the reading unit 3, the received document, and the received mail document. The communication control unit 6 performs G3 / G4 fax communication control, image information compression / reproduction control, modem control, NCU control, and the like.
The operation unit 7 is used by the user to perform various operations. The mail control unit 8 is used to create a mail, create a received document as an attached document, analyze a subject, a source, a body, and the like of the received mail, and perform predetermined processing.
The network control unit 9 is used to make a connection to a LAN (local area network).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. This figure shows a configuration in the case where the mail address of the reception notification is the facsimile number of the transfer destination. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a transfer flow in the fax machine of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, a received fax document is stored in a document data storage unit 5 along a route 10. In advance,
The reception notification e-mail address registered by the operation unit 7 is read from the system memory unit 2, and the mail control unit 8 reads the e-mail address shown in FIG.
Then, an e-mail of the reception notification e-mail sample is created, and the e-mail is transmitted from the network control unit 9 via the path 11 in FIG.

[0012] When the user receives a reception notification mail on the go, for example, by a mobile phone mail function, if he / she wants to transfer a received document, he creates a reply mail and adds the fax number of the fax machine of the destination to the body. Is input and a reply is sent through the route 12 in FIG.

In this embodiment, when a mail is received,
The processing is started according to the transfer flow chart of the present invention shown in FIG. First, receive the email (S1),
When the mail reception is completed (S2), it is checked whether the mail is a reply mail of the reception notification mail (S3). If it is a reply mail, it is checked whether or not a document with the received document number of the title exists (S4), and it is checked whether or not the transfer destination is entered in the text (S5). If it is not a reply mail, if there is no document with the received document number of the title,
If the forwarding destination is not entered in the body text, processing is performed as normal mail reception (S13).

The transfer destination read from the text is temporarily stored in the system memory unit 2 (S6), and the transfer process is started (S7). In the flowchart of the transfer flow of FIG.
Next, it is checked whether the destination is a fax number (S8). However, in the case of the present embodiment, since the transfer destination is a fax number, a call is made to the fax number specified by the communication control unit 6 via the route 13 in FIG. 2 (S9).
The received file is read from the document data storage unit 5 and the received document is transferred (S10), and the facsimile transfer is completed (S10).
11) Then, the transfer process ends (S12).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. This figure shows a configuration in the case where the mail address of the reception notification is the mail address of the transfer destination. In FIG. 4, when the reception notification mail is received on the go, for example, by a mobile phone mail function,
The e-mail address of the e-mail receiving device, for example, a PC (personal computer), is input to the text, and the e-mail is returned via the path 12 in FIG.

In this embodiment, when a mail is received,
The process is started according to the flow chart of the transfer flow of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 3. If the transfer destination is a mail address (S14), the mail control unit 8 creates a transfer mail (S15), and the document data storage unit 5 Is converted into an attached document (S16), mail transmission is started (S17) on the path 14 in FIG. 4, and the mail is ended (S1).
8).

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the fax machine according to the present invention. This figure shows a configuration in which the mail address of the reception notification is the printer IP address of the transfer destination. In FIG. 5, when the reception notification mail is received at a destination, for example, by a mobile phone mail function, the printer IP address of the printer at the destination is entered in the text and returned via the route 12 in FIG.

In this embodiment, when a mail is received,
The processing is started in accordance with the flowchart of the transfer flow of the fax machine of the present invention shown in FIG. If the transfer destination is an IP address (S19), the received document is read from the document data storage unit 5 and converted into a printer image (S20).
Then, the printer printing to the designated printer IP address is started via the path 15 in FIG. 5 (S21), and this is ended (S22).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reception notification mail used in the fax machine of the present invention. Fax number, email address,
Alternatively, by describing any one of the printer IP addresses, the above-described embodiment of the present invention is selectively implemented.

Although the received document has been described as a fax received document in the description of the present invention, it may be a mail received document. In addition, for the sake of convenience, the reception notification mail was received using the mobile phone mail function.
A terminal such as A (Personal Digital Assistant) that can receive mail may be used.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect, when a fax machine is located outside, a received document can be easily received.

According to the second aspect, when there is a mail receiving device such as a PC at an outside place, the received document can be easily received.

According to the third aspect, when there is a network printer device outside, the received document can be easily received.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a basic configuration of a fax device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the fax machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a transfer flow in the fax machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a fax machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a fax machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reception notification mail used in the fax machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 System control unit 2 System memory section 3 Reading unit 4 printing section 5 Document data storage 6 Communication control unit 7 Operation section 8 Mail control unit 9 Network control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a facsimile device capable of temporarily storing and transferring a document received from an external device, a fax number is set based on a description of a transfer destination fax number in a returned reception notification mail. A facsimile apparatus for transferring a received document from a communication control unit. 2. A facsimile device capable of temporarily storing and transferring a document received from an external device, wherein a mail address described on the basis of a transfer destination mail address described in a returned reception notification mail. A facsimile apparatus wherein a received document is converted into a mail attached document by a mail control unit and the received document is transferred from a network control unit. 3. A facsimile machine, wherein a received document is printed and transferred from a network control unit to the described printer IP address based on the description of the printer IP address of the network printer in the returned reception notification mail. apparatus.