JP2007043333A - Network facsimile apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate error processing according to setting even when font data corresponding to a character set of a received electronic mail are not mounted in a network facsimile apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A network multifunctional machine 100 includes an electronic mail receiving unit 102, an electronic mail discrimination unit 104 which discriminates whether the font data corresponding to the character set is mounted on the own apparatus or not, based on information showing the character set of a text main body included in header information of the electronic mail, in a case that the text main body is included in the electronic mail received by the electronic mail receiving unit 102; and a file creation unit 106 which creates a predetermined file including at least the header information and the text main body of the electronic mail according to the setting, when the corresponding font data are not mounted in the own apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus.

  With the spread of network technology, for example, information devices such as facsimile machines and MFPs (Multi Functional Peripherals) have been connected to the network. Such a network facsimile apparatus has an electronic mail transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving document image data and the like via a network in addition to a general G3 facsimile communication function, and the like. And the like.

  However, when an e-mail is received by a network facsimile apparatus or the like, font data corresponding to the character set indicating the character attribute of the text body may not be implemented in the network facsimile apparatus.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-260688, when the terminal device on the transmission side includes a non-displayable character code that cannot be reproduced on the reception side in the created e-mail, a font information file corresponding to the non-displayable character code A technique for creating a file and transmitting the file attached to an e-mail is disclosed. It is described that the receiving terminal device expands the font information file to acquire the font information, reproduces the character code that cannot be displayed, and reproduces the contents of the e-mail.
JP 2005-71334 A

  Incidentally, the network facsimile apparatus is normally connected to an internal network such as a LAN, and can transmit and receive data to and from a personal computer terminal. Therefore, even if font data corresponding to the character set of the text body of the received e-mail is not implemented in the network facsimile apparatus, the corresponding font data may be implemented in the personal computer terminal.

  However, conventionally, if the font data corresponding to the character set of the text body of the received e-mail is not implemented in the network facsimile apparatus on the receiving side, the text body cannot be displayed, so error processing is performed, For example, data was deleted.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and the purpose of the present invention is, even if font data corresponding to the received e-mail character set is not implemented in the network facsimile apparatus, It is to provide a technique for preventing error processing.

According to the present invention,
A network facsimile apparatus having an e-mail transmission / reception function,
An email receiver;
When the text body is included in the email received by the email receiver, the font data corresponding to the character set is automatically determined based on the information indicating the character set of the text body included in the header information of the email. An email determination unit that determines whether or not the device is installed in the apparatus;
A file generation unit that generates a predetermined file including at least header information of the e-mail and the text body according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not implemented in the device;
A network facsimile machine is provided.

  Here, the file generation unit can include all of the header information in the predetermined file, but can also include a part of the header information. The file generation unit includes at least information indicating a character set of the header information even when the predetermined file includes a part of the header information. In this way, even if the corresponding font data is not mounted in the network facsimile apparatus, it is possible to prevent error processing depending on the setting. As a result, if the corresponding font data is installed in the user terminal connected to the network facsimile apparatus, the contents of the e-mail can be confirmed on another terminal. In addition, the text body can be visualized on the receiving side without any particular awareness of the transmitting side. Here, the network facsimile apparatus may further include a setting storage unit that stores settings for performing file generation processing by the file generation unit or performing error processing. The setting storage unit can store the settings in association with, for example, an e-mail sender or destination. The network facsimile apparatus can be an internet facsimile apparatus that transmits and receives electronic mail via the Internet.

  The network facsimile apparatus of the present invention may further include a file providing unit that provides the file generated by the file generating unit to another terminal connected to the internal network.

  As a result, even if the font data corresponding to the network facsimile apparatus is not mounted, if the font data corresponding to the user terminal such as a personal computer is mounted, the file generated by the file generation unit is downloaded to the user terminal. By doing so, the contents of the e-mail can be viewed.

  In the network facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the file generation unit may store the file in either a shared folder in the apparatus or a user folder assigned to each user based on the output setting of the e-mail. The file providing unit performs user authentication when there is a request for access to the file stored in the user folder from the other terminal, and the user of the other terminal accesses the user folder. It is possible to determine whether the user has authority and to provide the file when the user has access authority.

  In the network facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the file generation unit includes at least the header information of the e-mail and the text body according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not installed in the apparatus. At the same time, it is possible to generate a file in a format that can be imported into mail software.

  In the network facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the file generation unit includes at least the header information of the e-mail and the text body according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not installed in the apparatus. Eml format files can be generated.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, even if font data corresponding to the received e-mail character set is not installed in the network facsimile apparatus, error processing is not performed according to the setting. it can.

  In the present embodiment, a case will be described as an example where the network facsimile apparatus is a network multifunction machine that integrates a facsimile, a printer, a copy, a scan function, and the like. Here, the network MFP can be connected to a network such as the Internet or a LAN, or a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). The network multifunction device communicates with a G3 facsimile machine or the like through the PSTN.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network multifunction peripheral according to the present embodiment.
The network multifunction peripheral 100 includes an e-mail receiving unit 102, an e-mail determining unit 104, a file generating unit 106, an error processing unit 108, a file providing unit 110, an image data generating unit 111, a setting storage unit 112, an image data storage unit 114, A shared folder 116 and a user folder 118 are included. The user folder 118 may include a user folder corresponding to each user of the user terminal such as the user terminal 152.

  The network multifunction device 100 transmits and receives data to and from other network facsimile apparatuses 210 and the like via the external network 200. Further, the network multifunction peripheral 100 transmits and receives data to and from the user terminal 152 and the like via the internal network 150. Here, the external network 200 can be the Internet. The internal network 150 can be, for example, a local area network (LAN) or an intranet.

  In FIG. 1, the configuration of parts not related to the essence of the present invention is omitted, and for example, a print processing unit that is a configuration of a general network multifunction peripheral is not illustrated. Each component of the network multifunction peripheral 100 is not a hardware unit configuration but a functional unit block. Each component of the network multifunction peripheral 100 is centered on an arbitrary computer CPU, memory, a program that realizes the components shown in the figure loaded in the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk for storing the program, and a network connection interface. It is realized by any combination of hardware and software. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus.

  The e-mail receiving unit 102 receives e-mails from other Internet facsimile apparatuses such as the network facsimile apparatus 210 via the external network 200. Here, the e-mail can include a text body or image data as an attached file. In any case, the e-mail includes header information including a sender (From), a destination (To), a subject (Subject), a transmission date and time (Date), and the like. When the electronic mail includes a text body, the header information includes information indicating the character set of the text body. The information indicating the character set is displayed as, for example, “charset = OOXXX”. The text body can be displayed on the receiving terminal based on the information indicating the character set.

  When the text body is included in the email received by the email receiver 102, the email determination unit 104 detects information indicating the character set of the text body from the header information of the email, and based on the information, It is determined whether font data corresponding to the character set is installed in the network multifunction peripheral 100.

  If the e-mail determination unit 104 determines that the font data corresponding to the e-mail character set is installed in the network multifunction peripheral 100, the e-mail determination unit 104 notifies the image data generation unit 111. The image data generation unit 111 visualizes the text body of the email based on information indicating the character set of the header information of the email. The image data generation unit 111 generates image data including predetermined information in the header information of the email and the visualized text body. Here, the predetermined information in the header information includes, for example, a sender (From), a destination (To), a subject (Subject), a transmission date and time (Date), and the like.

  The setting storage unit 112 stores, for example, an output setting that indicates whether the email received by the email receiving unit 102 is printed out or stored in a predetermined folder according to the destination in association with the sender.

  The image data generation unit 111 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and causes the print processing unit (not shown) to print out the generated image data when it is set to print out an e-mail. In addition, the image data generation unit 111 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and stores the image data in the image data storage unit 114 when it is set to save the e-mail in a predetermined folder. Similar to the user folder 118, the image data storage unit 114 may include a user folder for each user of a user terminal such as the user terminal 152. The image data generation unit 111 can store the image data generated based on the e-mail in the corresponding user folder of the image data storage unit 114 when the e-mail is addressed to an individual. In addition, the image data storage unit 114 may include a shared folder.

  Whether the setting storage unit 112 performs error processing or file generation processing when the font data corresponding to the character set of the e-mail is not installed in the network MFP 100 in association with the sender, for example. Memorize the settings.

  The e-mail determination unit 104 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and notifies the error processing unit 108 when error processing is set. When there is a notification from the email determination unit 104, the error processing unit 108 performs error processing on the email. Here, error processing is, for example, output of an error report.

  The e-mail determination unit 104 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and notifies the file generation unit 106 when the file generation processing is set. Upon receiving a notification from the e-mail determination unit 104, the file generation unit 106 generates a predetermined file including e-mail header information, text body, and attached data. In the present embodiment, the file generation unit 106 generates an eml format file. The file generation unit 106 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and stores the generated eml format file in the shared folder 116 when it is set to print out an email. Further, the file generation unit 106 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and stores the generated eml format file in the corresponding user folder of the user folder 118 when the setting is such that the e-mail is stored in a predetermined folder. To do. When the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit 102 includes image data, the file generation unit 106 stores the image data in association with the generated eml format file.

  When the file providing unit 110 receives an access request to an eml format file stored in the shared folder 116 or the user folder 118 from another terminal such as the user terminal 152 via the internal network 150, the other terminal To provide eml format files and image data. Here, the shared folder 116 is basically configured to be accessible from any other terminal connected to the internal network 150. On the other hand, the user folder 118 includes a plurality of user folders assigned to each user, and each user folder is configured to be accessible only to the corresponding user.

  The file providing unit 110 performs user authentication when an access request to an eml format file stored in the user folder 118 is received from another terminal, and the user of the other terminal accesses the corresponding user folder. It is determined whether or not the user has the authority, and if the user has the access authority, the eml format file is provided.

  In another example, according to the setting of the setting storage unit 112, the file generation unit 106 does not store the generated eml format file in the shared folder 116 or the user folder 118 by the file providing unit 110. It can also be transferred to any user terminal connected to the network 150.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure when the network multifunction peripheral 100 according to the present embodiment receives an e-mail.

  When the e-mail receiving unit 102 receives an e-mail (YES in S100), the e-mail determining unit 104 determines whether the e-mail includes a text body (S102). If the text body is included (YES in S102), information indicating the character set of the text body is detected from the header information of the e-mail, and whether the font data corresponding to the character set is installed in the network MFP 100. It is determined whether or not (S104).

  If the text body is not included in step S102 (NO in S102), or if font data corresponding to the character set is implemented in the network MFP 100 in step S104 (YES in S104), the e-mail determination unit 104 Notifies the image data generation unit 111, and the image data generation unit 111 performs normal facsimile data reception processing (S116). Here, as normal facsimile data reception processing, the image data generated by the image data generation unit 111 can be printed out or stored in the image data storage unit 114.

  If the font data corresponding to the character set is not installed in the network multifunction peripheral 100 in step S104 (NO in S104), the e-mail determination unit 104 refers to the setting storage unit 112 and saves the file. It is determined whether or not (S106). When the file is stored (YES in S106), the e-mail determination unit 104 notifies the file generation unit 106. The file generation unit 106 refers to the setting storage unit 112 to determine whether or not the e-mail is set to be shared, that is, to be printed out (S108). When shared reception is set (YES in S108), the file generation unit 106 generates an eml format file including the header information, text body, and attached data of the e-mail, and stores the file in the shared folder 116 ( S110). At this time, if image data is attached to the e-mail, the image data is also stored as attached data.

  On the other hand, even if the shared reception is not set in step S108 (NO in S108), the file generation unit 106 generates an eml format file including the header information, text body, and attached data of the e-mail. Next, according to the setting, the file generation unit 106 stores the eml format file in, for example, the user's folder in the user folder 118, or transfers the file to the corresponding user via the file providing unit 110 (S112). ).

  If the file is not saved in step S106 (NO in S106), the e-mail determination unit 104 notifies the error processing unit 108. When receiving a notification from the e-mail determination unit 104, the error processing unit 108 performs error processing on the e-mail (S114).

  Thus, the process ends. Thereafter, when there is an access request from a user terminal such as the user terminal 152, the file providing unit 110 provides an eml format file stored in the shared folder 116 or the user folder 118 to the user terminal that requested it. To do. Note that the file providing unit 110 performs user authentication when a request for access to a file stored in the user folder 118 is received from another terminal, and the user of the other terminal grants access authority to the user folder 118. If the user has access authority, the file is provided.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, even when the font data corresponding to the character set of the text body of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit 102 is not installed in the network multifunction peripheral 100, the header information and text An eml format file including the text and attached data is generated. Therefore, if the font data corresponding to the character set corresponding to the personal computer terminal is implemented by reading the eml format file on the personal computer terminal and importing it into the mail software, refer to the contents of the email. Can do.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. The embodiments are exemplifications, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to combinations of the respective constituent elements and processing processes, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. .

  In the above embodiment, the file generation unit 106 generates an eml format file, but the file format is not limited to this. For example, the file generation unit 106 can generate a file in another format that can be imported into mail software on the user terminal 152 or the like.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network multifunction peripheral according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the network multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Network multifunction device 102 E-mail receiving part 104 E-mail determination part 106 File generation part 108 Error processing part 110 File provision part 111 Image data generation part 112 Setting storage part 114 Image data storage part 116 Shared folder 118 User folder 150 Internal network 152 User terminal 200 External network 210 Network facsimile apparatus

Claims (5)

A network facsimile apparatus having an e-mail transmission / reception function,
An email receiver;
When the text body is included in the email received by the email receiver, the font data corresponding to the character set is automatically determined based on the information indicating the character set of the text body included in the header information of the email. An email determination unit that determines whether or not the device is installed in the apparatus;
A file generation unit that generates a predetermined file including at least header information of the e-mail and the text body according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not implemented in the device;
Including network facsimile machines. The network facsimile apparatus according to claim 1,
A network facsimile apparatus further comprising a file providing unit for providing the file generated by the file generating unit to another terminal connected to an internal network. The network facsimile apparatus according to claim 2,
The file generation unit, based on the output setting of the e-mail, stores the file in either a shared folder in its own device or a user folder assigned to each user,
The file providing unit performs user authentication when there is a request for access to the file stored in the user folder from the other terminal, and the user of the other terminal grants access authority to the user folder. A network facsimile apparatus that determines whether or not to have the file and provides the file when the user has access authority. The network facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The file generation unit includes at least the header information of the e-mail and the text body, and can be imported into e-mail software according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not implemented in the device. Internet facsimile machine that generates files of the format. The network facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The file generation unit generates an eml format file including at least the header information of the e-mail and the text body according to settings when font data corresponding to the character set is not implemented in the device. Facsimile device.

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