JP2008271116A - Fax system and fax transmission management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a FAX system which controls human errors as much as possible, can abbreviate manager's involvement, and simply, quickly and adequately secure security of FAX transmission. <P>SOLUTION: Before FAX transmission of a document which comprises a FAX paper and text papers, an operator of a transmission source device inputs an address and its FAX number on a Web screen of a FAX server 26, and checks that the combination of the address and the FAX number is registered in an address information database 32 of the FAX server; and subsequently, the operator transmits fax paper data assigned with a management number to a terminal of a person in charge to acquire a fax paper, and then fax-transmits the fax paper and text papers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a FAX system that transmits a FAX image from a FAX (facsimile) apparatus on the transmission side to a FAX server, and transmits the FAX image from the FAX server to a destination FAX apparatus, a FAX transmission management method in the FAX server, and FAX The transmission management program.

  When an important document in a company or organization is transmitted to the other party's FAX device by the FAX device, if the person in charge makes a mistake in pressing the FAX number, the corresponding document is transmitted to a third party other than the destination, which is serious. There is a risk of consequences. In order to prevent a mistake in pressing the FAX number, a FAX number of a destination (transmission destination) having a high transmission frequency is assigned to each selection button in advance, and the person in charge once selects the selection button indicating the destination (transmission destination) once. An important document can be faxed to a target destination (transmission destination) simply by pressing.

  However, in the method of selecting a destination (transmission destination) by such a selection button operation, a mistake in pressing the FAX number is resolved, but the selection button adjacent to the selection button of the target destination (transmission destination) is pressed. There is concern, and it is impossible to completely eliminate the occurrence of erroneous transmission due to human error of the person in charge.

  In order to solve this problem, a FAX system using the FAX server shown in FIG. 13 can be considered. The FAX system 1 assumes a document 4 composed of a single transmission sheet 2 and a plurality of body sheets 3 on which information to be transmitted by FAX is described. The transmission sheet 2 includes “FAX transmission” transmission guidance, “XX company” destination, FAX number, transmission source information, and the like.

  The document 4 is set on a paper tray of the FAX apparatus 5, and the FAX apparatus 5 converts each page of the document 4 into an image (FAX image) and transmits the image to the FAX server 6. The FAX apparatus 5 forcibly transmits the document 4 to the FAX server 6 instead of the destination described on the transmission sheet 2. The FAX server 6 temporarily stores the received FAX image of the document 4 in the reception buffer 7, extracts the image of the first transmission sheet 2 in the FAX image, and, for example, a PC (personal personal computer) connected to the FAX server 6. To an administrator terminal 8 comprising a computer.

  If there is no problem with the contents of the transmission sheet 2 displayed on the administrator terminal 8, the manager who is the supervisor of the person in charge who wants to fax the document 4 sends a transmission command to the FAX server 6. Upon receiving the transmission command, the FAX server 6 converts the “FAX number” in the previously extracted image of the transmission sheet 2 into data by the OCR (character recognition) unit 9 and sends it to the FAX transmission unit 10. The FAX transmission unit 10 transmits the FAX image including the image of the transmission sheet 2 temporarily stored in the reception buffer 7 to the FAX terminal 12 specified by the “FAX number” read by the OCR unit 9 via the telephone network 11. To send a fax.

  In such a FAX system 1, since the manager who is the supervisor of the person in charge who wants to send the document 4 by FAX confirms the transmission, the occurrence of erroneous transmission due to the human error of the person in charge is almost eliminated. it can.

In Patent Document 1, each FAX apparatus is provided with a subscriber management database that stores a correspondence between a FAX number of each FAX apparatus and a subscriber (destination) of the FAX apparatus. When a destination is designated, a corresponding FAX number is read, and when a corresponding subscriber (destination) is not found, a technique for examining a subscriber management database in another FAX apparatus is disclosed.
Japanese Patent No. 3479704

  However, the FAX system shown in FIG. 13 still has the following problems to be solved.

  In other words, since the administrator who is the supervisor of the person in charge who wants to send the document 4 to the FAX terminal 12 finally grants the FAX transmission permission of the document 4 to the FAX terminal 12 to which the document 4 is destined, There is a problem that the document cannot be faxed. The problem is particularly great outside working hours and at night. Further, even during working hours, it is impossible to cope with a case where an emergency document FAX transmission request is generated, for example, when the person in charge is out of the seat.

  In addition, the burden on the administrator increases. Furthermore, human judgment still remains.

  Further, in the FAX server, the FAX transmission unit transmits a FAX image including an image temporarily stored in the reception buffer 7 using the “FAX number” read by OCR. Therefore, the character recognition accuracy of this OCR also affects the reliability with respect to FAX transmission.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and there is no room for human error as much as possible. The involvement of an administrator can be omitted, and sufficient FAX transmission security can be secured easily and in a short time. An object of the present invention is to provide a FAX system capable of FAX-transmitting various information, a FAX transmission management method in a FAX server, and a FAX transmission management program.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a FAX server in which a FAX image is transmitted from each transmission source apparatus to a FAX server, and then the FAX image is transmitted from the FAX server to a destination FAX apparatus. Is a destination information database that stores each destination and the FAX number of the FAX device of the destination, and a collation that verifies that a combination of the destination and the FAX number input from the transmission source device is stored in the destination information database. And a transmission sheet data transmission unit that stores and holds transmission sheet data in which a newly issued management number is added to a destination and a FAX number and transmits the transmission sheet data to a transmission source device when a combination is stored. , The management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received from the transmission source device is recognized, and the management number corresponds to this management number. It includes a reading FAX number reading means AX number from transmitting sheet file, and a FAX transmitting means for FAX transmission to the destination of the read FAX number FAX image received.

  Further, the transmission source device outputs a transmission paper print output unit that prints out the transmission paper data received from the FAX server as a transmission paper, and a text paper on which information to be faxed is written on the printed transmission paper. And a FAX image transmitting means for transmitting the added FAX image to a FAX server.

  In the FAX system configured in this way, the person in charge of the transmission source apparatus inputs the destination and the FAX number of the destination to the FAX server before actually transmitting the document composed of the transmission sheet and the body sheet by FAX. Since the transmission paper data with the management number is transmitted from the FAX server, the transmission paper data with the management number is obtained by printing the transmission paper data with a printer.

  Since this transmission sheet has already been collated with the destination information database of the FAX server, when the body sheet is transmitted to the FAX server, the FAX number is read based on the management number assigned to the transmission sheet. The fax is automatically sent to the destination fax machine.

  Since the transmission form with the unique management number is employed in this way, no human error is introduced. Further, since the state of waiting for human operation in the FAX transmission is eliminated, the FAX transmission can be efficiently performed.

  According to another invention, in the collation means of the above-described FAX system, the destination is input by a selection operation on the transmission source apparatus, and the FAX number is input by a numerical value input operation on the transmission source apparatus.

  In this way, the operator is forced to perform not only the selection operation but also the numerical value input operation, so that it is possible to more reliably carry out erroneous transmission due to confusion.

  In another invention, in the collation means of the above-described FAX system, the management number is read by OCR, so that a check digit is included.

  Another invention is a FAX transmission management method in which a FAX image is received from each transmission source apparatus, and then the FAX image is FAX-transmitted to a destination FAX apparatus.

  The FAX transmission management method includes a registration procedure for registering each destination transmitted from the management terminal and the FAX number of the destination FAX device in the destination information database, and the destination and FAX number input from the transmission source device. A collation procedure for collating that the combination is stored in the destination information database, and when the combination is stored, the transmission sheet data in which the newly issued management number is added to the destination and the FAX number is stored in the transmission sheet file. Transmission paper data transmission procedure for holding and transmitting to the transmission source device, and reception procedure for receiving a FAX image in which a text sheet on which information to be transmitted by facsimile is added to the transmission paper transmitted from the transmission source device to the transmission source device is received Then, the management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received in this reception procedure is recognized, and the FAX number corresponding to this management number is A credit paper files from reading FAX number reading procedure, and a FAX transmission procedure for FAX transmission to the FAX apparatus of the destination of the received FAX image read-out FAX number.

  The FAX transmission management method configured as described above can achieve substantially the same operational effects as the above-described FAX system.

  Another invention is a FAX transmission management program. Then, the FAX transmission management program receives the FAX image from each transmission source apparatus, and then transmits each FAX image to the destination FAX apparatus to each destination transmitted from the management terminal and the destination. The registration procedure for registering the FAX number of the FAX apparatus in the destination information database, the verification procedure for verifying that the combination of the destination and the FAX number input from the transmission source apparatus is stored in the destination information database, and the combination are stored. The transmission sheet data with the newly issued management number added to the destination and the FAX number is stored in the transmission sheet file and transmitted to the transmission source device, and the transmission source device to the transmission source device Receive a FAX image with a text sheet with information to be sent by facsimile on the transmission sheet sent to The receiving procedure, the management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received in this receiving procedure is recognized, the FAX number reading procedure for reading the FAX number corresponding to this management number from the transmission sheet file, and the received FAX image is read A FAX transmission management program for executing a FAX transmission procedure for FAX transmission to a FAX apparatus having a FAX number destination.

  The FAX transmission management program configured as described above can achieve substantially the same operational effects as the above-described FAX system.

  In the present invention, since a transmission sheet with a unique management number created by a FAX server is employed, no human error is introduced. Further, since the state of waiting for human operation in the FAX transmission is eliminated, the FAX transmission can be efficiently performed. Therefore, the administrator's involvement can be omitted, and the FAX transmission security can be sufficiently secured easily and in a short time.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a FAX system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The FAX system 20 of this embodiment is constructed on an in-house LAN 21, for example. A plurality of person-in-charge terminals 22, an administrator terminal 23, a printer 24, a FAX terminal 25, and a FAX server 26 are connected to the LAN 21. The printer 24 may be directly connected to the person-in-charge terminal 22. The FAX server 26 can be connected to each FAX terminal 12 as a destination (transmission destination) via the public telephone network 11.

  The FAX terminal 25, the person in charge terminal 22, and the printer 24 constitute a transmission source device 27 for the FAX server 26 and each FAX terminal 12 of each transmission destination. The transmission source device 27 incorporates a control unit for controlling the operations of the FAX terminal 25, the person-in-charge terminal 22, and the printer 24 with respect to the FAX server 26.

  Normal communication via the LAN 21 can be performed between the FAX server 26 and the terminals 22 and 23. Further, the FAX server 26 has a Web site that can be accessed by the terminals 22 and 23. Therefore, each terminal 22, 23 has a built-in web browser and has an e-mail address. Each terminal 22, 23 can access a homepage related to FAX transmission management of the FAX server 26 by designating the URL of the FAX server 26 via the LAN 21.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a FAX server 26 configured by a computer in which a FAX transmission management method according to an embodiment of the present invention is summarized and a FAX transmission management program is installed.

  As described above, the FAX server 26 includes the person-in-charge terminal 22 of the transmission source device 27, the Web terminal (interface) 28 in which the Web browser specified by the URL is specified by the administrator terminal 23, and each terminal 22 via the LAN 21. , 23 and a hardware member such as a communication IF 29 for carrying out normal communication with an external terminal via the telephone network 11 and a FAXIF (interface) 30 for transmitting / receiving a FAX image to / from each of the FAX terminals 25 and 12 ( Circuit board). The WebIF (interface) 28 can be realized by, for example, a normal communication interface.

  Further, in the storage device such as the HDD of the FAX server 26, a destination information database 32, a communication paper file 33, a transmission image data buffer 34, a FAX transmitted file 35, a destination information registration screen memory 36, a transmission paper input screen memory. 37 etc. are formed.

  In the destination information database 32, as shown in FIG. 3, the company name, department name, name, FAX number, e-mail address, and the like of a destination (transmission destination) that is a customer or a business partner of this company are stored.

  The destination information registration screen memory 36 stores a destination information registration screen 36a shown in FIG. 4 that is displayed on the Web screen in response to an access request specifying the URL of the management terminal 23.

  The transmission form input screen memory 37 stores a communication form input screen 37a shown in FIG. 5 displayed on the Web screen in response to an access request specifying the URL of the person-in-charge terminal 22. On this communication form input screen 37a, the destination 38 consisting of the three items of company name, department name, and name is operated by selecting and setting each destination 38 in the destination information database 32 by performing a drop-down operation on “▽” with a mouse. The FAX number 39 is input by operating this numerical value using a keyboard. Communication paper data created on the transmission paper input screen 37a is written in the transmission paper file 33 with a management number.

  In the transmission sheet file 33, as shown in FIG. 6, transmission sheet data 40 created on the transmission sheet input screen 37a is temporarily stored. Each transmission sheet data 40 stores a title “FAX transmission sheet”, a management number 41 for specifying the transmission sheet data 40, a destination 38, and a FAX number 39 in a predetermined format.

  The received image data buffer 34 temporarily stores a FAX image of a document composed of one transmission sheet and a plurality of body sheets transmitted from the FAX terminal 25 in the transmission source device 27. The FAX transmission completed file 35 stores a transmission history of FAX transmission from each FAX terminal 22.

  Further, in the FAX server 26, on the application program, a destination information registration unit 42, a transmission sheet input unit 43, an input information collation unit 44, a management number issue unit 45, a transmission sheet data transmission unit 46, a FAX image input unit. 47, a transmission sheet image extraction unit 48, an OCR unit 31, a transmission sheet data search unit 49, a FAX number reading unit 50, a FAX transmission unit 51, a FAX transmission recording unit 52, and the like.

  Next, the operation of each unit 42 to 52 will be described in order. The destination information registration unit 42 receives the destination information registration request specifying the URL of the FAX server 26 from the administrator terminal 23 via the WebIF 28, and reads the destination information shown in FIG. 4 from the destination information registration screen memory 36. The registration screen 36a is displayed on the Web screen. When the administrator operates the administrator terminal 23 to input the company name, department name, name, FAX number, and mail address on the destination information registration screen 36a and click the registration button, the destination information registration unit 42 registers the destination information. The company name, department name, name, FAX number, and mail address destination information entered on the screen 36a are newly registered in the destination information database 32 shown in FIG.

  When a fax transmission request for a new document designating the URL of the fax server 26 is input from the person-in-charge terminal 22 of the transmission source device 27 via the WebIF 28, the transmission sheet input unit 43 reads from the transmission sheet input screen memory 37. The transmission sheet input screen 37a shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the Web screen. When the person in charge operates the person-in-charge terminal 23 to input the destination 38 by the selection operation described above on the transmission paper input screen 37a and inputs the FAX number 39 by the numerical input operation of the keyboard, the transmission paper input unit 43 is input. The destination 38, FAX number 39, and mail address are sent to the input information collation unit 44.

  The input information collation unit 44 collates whether the combination of the destination 38 and the FAX number 39 input from the transmission sheet input unit 43 is stored in the destination information database 32. If it is stored, the input company name, department name, name destination 38 and FAX number 39 are newly written as transmission sheet data 40 in the transmission sheet file 33 as shown in FIG.

  The management number issuing unit 45 issues a new management number 41 and additionally writes it at a predetermined position in the credit paper data 40 previously written in the transmission paper file 33, as shown in FIG. In this case, the issued management number 41 is added with a two-digit check digit for confirming that the character has been recognized normally when the OCR unit 31 described later reads the management number 41 and recognizes the character. . In FIG. 6, the last “12” corresponds to a check digit.

  The transmission sheet data transmission unit 46 sends the transmission sheet data 40 in which the management number 41 is written in the transmission sheet file 33 to the person in charge terminal 22 of the transmission source device 27 that has transmitted a FAX transmission request via the communication IF 29 and the LAN 21. Send.

  The person in charge of the person-in-charge terminal 22 of the transmission source device 27 that has received the transmission sheet data 40 via the LAN 21 prints out the transmission sheet data 40 received by the printer 24 to obtain the transmission sheet 53 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the person in charge who wants to send a FAX writes necessary items 54 such as a transmission content item, his company name, and the number of transmissions at the bottom of the printed transmission sheet 53. Then, a document 56 is created by adding a plurality of text sheets 55 on which information to be faxed is written to a transmission sheet 53 in which necessary items 54 are additionally written.

  The person in charge sets the document 56 in the FAX terminal 25 of the transmission source device 27 and transmits the FAX to the FAX server 26. In the normal state, each FAX terminal 25 has a transmission destination fixed to the FAX server 26. When the person in charge sets the document 56 and presses the transmission button, the FAX image of the document 56 is automatically set. Is transmitted to the FAX server 26 via the LAN 21.

  When the FAX image input unit 47 of the FAX server 26 in FIG. 2 receives the FAX image from the FAX terminal 25 via the FAXIF 30, the FAX image of the document 56 is written into the transmission image data buffer 34 and at the same time the transmission sheet image is extracted. To the unit 48.

  The transmission paper image extraction unit 48 extracts the image of the transmission paper 53 at the head position in the FAX image of the document 56 and sends it to the OCR unit 31. The OCR unit 31 character-recognizes the image of the management number 41 described in a predetermined area in the image of the transmission paper 53, obtains data of the management number 41, and sends it to the transmission paper data search unit 49.

  In this case, the OCR unit 31 confirms the legitimacy of the management number 41 that has been recognized with the last two digits of the check digit. If the validity cannot be confirmed, error information is transmitted to the person-in-charge terminal 22 of the transmission source device 27 via the communication IF 29 to prompt re-execution of FAX transmission of the document 56. Further, the FAX image written in the transmission image data buffer 34 is cleared.

  The transmission sheet data search unit 49 searches the transmission sheet data 40 in the transmission sheet file 33 shown in FIG. 4 with the management number 41 and sends the transmission sheet data 40 with the corresponding management number 41 to the FAX number reading unit 50. The FAX number reading unit 50 reads the FAX number 39 included in the transmission sheet data 40 and sends it to the FAX transmission unit 51. The FAX transmission unit 51 reads the FAX image with the corresponding management number 41 from the transmission image data buffer 34 and transmits this FAX image to the FAX terminal 12 with the FAX number 39 via the FAXIF 30 and the telephone network 11.

  When the FAX transmission is completed, the FAX transmission unit 51 notifies the FAX transmission recording unit 52 to that effect. The FAX transmission recording unit 52 clears the transmitted transmission sheet data 40 of the transmission sheet file 33 and writes the FAX transmission history into the FAX transmitted file 35.

  9 and 10 are flowcharts showing the overall operation of the FAX server 26 configured as described above.

  When destination information is input from the administrator terminal 23 (step S1), this destination information is registered in the destination information database 32 (S2). When there is a homepage (HP) access for FAX transmission request from the person-in-charge terminal 22 (S3), a transmission sheet input screen 37a is displayed on the Web screen (S4). When a combination of a destination and a FAX number is input on the Web screen (S5), it is checked whether this combination exists in the destination information database 32 (S6). If the same combination exists (S7), the management is performed. The number 41 is issued (S8), and the transmission sheet data 40 having the management number 41, the destination 38, and the FAX number 39 is written into the transmission sheet file 33 (S9). Then, the transmission sheet data 40 is returned to the person-in-charge terminal 22 that issued the FAX transmission request (S10).

  In S7, if the same combination does not exist in the destination information database 32, it is determined that the destination information has not been registered in the destination information database 32, or that the person in charge has entered the destination and the FAX number and made a mistake. Then, error processing such as outputting a warning indicating that FAX transmission is impossible to the person-in-charge terminal 22 is performed (S11).

  When the FAX image of the document 56 composed of the transmission sheet 53 and the text sheet 53 shown in FIG. 8 is input from the FAX terminal 25 of the transmission source device 27 to the FAXIF 30 (S12), the FAX image is written into the transmission image data buffer 34 (S13). ). At the same time, the image of the transmission sheet is extracted from the FAX image of the document 56 (S14), and the management number 41 in the image of the transmission sheet is recognized by the OCR unit 31 (S15). Then, it is checked whether or not the management number 41 is stored in the transmission sheet file 33 (S16). If it is not stored, the document 56 with the management number 41 has already been faxed, so error processing such as outputting a duplicate transmission warning is performed (S11).

  When the management number 41 is stored in the transmission paper file 33 (S16), the FAX number 39 of the transmission paper data 40 of the management number 41 is read from the transmission paper file 33 (S17) and stored in the transmission image data buffer 34. The FAX image having the management number 41 is transmitted to the FAX terminal 12 having the read FAX number 39 (S18). Thereafter, the transmitted transmission sheet data 40 of the transmission sheet file 33 is cleared (S19), and the stored contents of the FAX transmitted file 35 are updated (S20).

  FIG. 11 is a sequence showing a flow of information between the administrator terminal 23, the person in charge terminal 22, the printer 24, the FAX terminal 25, the FAX server 26, and the destination FAX terminal 12 constituting the FAX system 20 of FIG. FIG.

  When the destination information is transmitted from the administrator terminal 23 to the FAX server 26 (Q1), the destination information is registered in the destination information database 32 of the FAX server 26. When there is a transmission request access from the person-in-charge terminal 22 to the FAX server 26 (Q2), a transmission sheet input screen 36a is displayed on the Web screen (Q3).

  When transmission paper information such as a destination to be written on the transmission paper and a FAX number is transmitted from the person-in-charge terminal 22 to the FAX server 26 (Q4), the FAX server 26 performs a check against the destination information database 32 of the destination and FAX number. And a management number 41 is issued. Then, the transmission sheet data is transmitted from the FAX server 26 to the person-in-charge terminal 22 (Q5).

  The person-in-charge terminal 22 sends the transmission sheet data to the printer 24 (Q6), and causes the printer 24 to print out the transmission sheet 53. The person in charge sets the document 56 in which the text sheet 55 is added to the transmission sheet 53 in the FAX terminal 25. A FAX image is transmitted from the FAX terminal 25 to the FAX server 26 (Q7). In the FAX server 26, OCR processing for the management number 41, management number verification, FAX number reading is performed, and the FAX image from the FAX terminal 25 is transmitted to the FAX terminal 12 having the FAX number.

  In the FAX system configured as described above, the person in charge of the person-in-charge terminal 22 constituting the transmission source device 27 sends a destination 38 before actually sending a document composed of a transmission sheet and a body sheet to the FAX terminal 25. And the destination FAX number 39 are input on the transmission sheet input screen 37 a on the Web screen of the FAX server 27 shown in FIG. 5, the transmission sheet data with the unique management number 41 is transmitted from the FAX server 26. Therefore, this transmission paper data is printed by the printer 24 to obtain the transmission paper 53 to which the management number 41 is attached.

  Since this transmission sheet 53 has already been collated with the destination information database 32 of the FAX server 26, when the FAX image of the document 56 with the body sheet 55 attached to the transmission sheet 53 is transmitted from the FAX terminal 25 to the FAX server 26, this management number The FAX number 39 is read based on the information and is automatically transmitted to the destination FAX apparatus 12 by FAX.

  As described above, since the transmission sheet 53 with the management number 41 is employed, no human error occurs. Further, since the state of waiting for human operation in the FAX transmission is eliminated, the FAX transmission can be efficiently performed. Furthermore, since the management number 41 read by the OCR unit 31 includes a two-digit check digit, only the management number 41 that has been normally recognized by the OCR unit 31 is output, so that the reliability of this FAX system can be further improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above. In the FAX system according to the embodiment, when the document 56 or the like is transmitted by FAX, the FAX terminal 25, the person in charge terminal 22 and the printer 24 incorporated in the transmission source device 27 are used. Needless to say, it is possible to use the FAX terminal 25, the person-in-charge terminal 22, and the printer 24 that are independently connected.

  Further, the FA server 26 of the FAX system 20 shown in FIG. 1 is composed of one server shown in FIG. 2, but as shown in FIG. 12, the Web server, GCR function, FAX transmission / reception function of the FAX server 26 is provided. It is also possible to configure a multi-function FAX server 60 that is executed by each individual server, that is, the Web server 60a, the OCR server 60b, and the FAX transmission / reception server 60c.

Schematic configuration diagram of a FAX system according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a FAX server configured by a computer in which a FAX transmission management method according to an embodiment of the present invention is summarized and a FAX transmission management program is installed. The figure which shows the memory content of the destination information database comprised in the FAX server of the embodiment The figure which shows the destination registration screen displayed on the Web screen in the FAX server of the embodiment The figure which shows the transmission paper input screen displayed on the Web screen in the FAX server of the embodiment The figure which shows the memory content of the transmission paper file formed in the FAX server of the embodiment The figure which shows the transmission paper printed out by the printer included in the FAX system of the embodiment The figure which shows the document transmitted by FAX with the FAX terminal of the FAX system of the embodiment A flowchart showing the overall operation of the FAX server of the embodiment A flowchart showing the overall operation of the FAX server of the same embodiment Sequence diagram showing the flow of information between each part constituting the FAX system of the embodiment Schematic configuration diagram of a FAX system according to a modification of the present invention Conceptual diagram of a conventional fax system

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Telephone network, 12, 25 ... FAX terminal, 20 ... FAX system, 21 ... LAN, 22 ... Person in charge terminal, 23 ... Administrator terminal, 24 ... Printer, 26 ... FAX server, 27 ... Transmission source device, 28 ... WebIF, 29 ... communication IF, 30 ... FAXIF, 31 ... OCR section, 32 ... destination information database, 33 ... transmission paper file, 34 ... transmission image data buffer, 35 ... FAX transmitted file, 36 ... destination information registration screen memory, 37 ... Transmission paper input screen memory, 38 ... Address, 39 ... FAX number, 40 ... Transmission paper data, 41 ... Management number, 42 ... Destination information registration section, 43 ... Transmission paper input section, 44 ... Input information collation section, 45 ... management number issuing unit, 46 ... transmission paper data transmission unit, 47 ... FAX image input unit, 48 ... transmission paper image extraction unit, 49 ... transmission paper data Searching unit, 50 ... FAX number extracting unit, 51 ... FAX transmission unit, 52 ... FAX transmission record unit, 53 ... transmission sheet, 55 ... text sheets, 56 ... documents

Claims (5)

In a FAX system that transmits a FAX image from each transmission source device to a FAX server, and then transmits the FAX image from the FAX server to a destination FAX device.
The FAX server is
A destination information database for storing each destination and the FAX number of the destination FAX machine;
Collation means for collating that the combination of the destination and the FAX number input from the transmission source device is stored in the destination information database;
When the combination is stored, transmission sheet data transmitting means for storing and holding in the transmission sheet file the transmission sheet data with the newly issued management number attached to the destination and the FAX number and transmitting to the transmission source device ,
FAX number reading means for recognizing the management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received from the transmission source apparatus and reading out the FAX number corresponding to the management number from the transmission sheet file;
Fax transmission means for faxing the received fax image to the destination of the read fax number;
The transmission source device is:
Transmission paper print output means for printing out the transmission paper data received from the FAX server as transmission paper;
2. A FAX system comprising: a FAX image transmission means for transmitting a FAX image in which a text sheet on which information to be FAX-transmitted is added to the printed transmission sheet is transmitted to the FAX server.   2. The FAX system according to claim 1, wherein in the collating means, the destination is input by a selection operation on the transmission source apparatus, and the FAX number is input by a numerical value input operation on the transmission source apparatus.   3. The FAX system according to claim 1, wherein the management number includes a check digit. In a FAX transmission management method of receiving a FAX image from each transmission source apparatus and then transmitting the received FAX image to a destination FAX apparatus,
A registration procedure for registering each destination transmitted from the management terminal and the FAX number of the FAX device of the destination in the destination information database;
A verification procedure for verifying that a combination of a destination and a FAX number input from the transmission source device is stored in the destination information database;
When the combination is stored, a transmission sheet data transmission procedure for storing and holding transmission sheet data in which a newly issued management number is added to the destination and FAX number in a transmission sheet file and transmitting the transmission sheet data to the transmission source device; ,
A reception procedure for receiving a FAX image in which a text sheet in which information to be FAX-transmitted is added to a transmission sheet transmitted to the transmission source apparatus from the transmission source apparatus;
A FAX number reading procedure for recognizing the management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received in the reception procedure and reading out the FAX number corresponding to the management number from the transmission sheet file;
A FAX transmission management method comprising: a FAX transmission procedure for FAX transmitting the received FAX image to a FAX apparatus having a destination of the read FAX number. A fax image is received from each transmission source device, and then the received fax image is faxed to a destination fax device.
A registration procedure for registering each destination transmitted from the management terminal and the FAX number of the FAX device of the destination in the destination information database;
A verification procedure for verifying that a combination of a destination and a FAX number input from the transmission source device is stored in the destination information database;
When the combination is stored, a transmission sheet data transmission procedure for storing and holding transmission sheet data with the newly issued management number attached to the destination and FAX number in a transmission sheet file and transmitting the transmission sheet data to the transmission source device;
A receiving procedure for receiving a FAX image in which a text sheet in which information to be FAX-transmitted is added to a transmission sheet transmitted to the transmission source apparatus from the transmission source apparatus;
FAX number reading procedure for recognizing the management number of the transmission sheet of the FAX image received in this reception procedure, and reading out the FAX number corresponding to this management number from the transmission sheet file;
A FAX transmission management program for executing a FAX transmission procedure for FAX transmission of the received FAX image to a FAX apparatus that is the destination of the read FAX number.

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