JP2011151561A - Facsimile machine and internet facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile machine preventing unnecessary scattering of transmission source information by surely erasing the transmission source information, and determining the authenticity of received document content. <P>SOLUTION: The facsimile machine is equipped with: a storing means for storing specific information notified by a facsimile communication means in received facsimile information; an image analyzing means for analyzing image information; and a determining means for determining whether information coincident with the specific information is included in an analyzed image. According to a determination result, a description part of the specific information, such as the transmission source information is erased and transferred, and the correctness of the received information is printed and displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a facsimile machine and an internet facsimile machine.

  Facsimile devices and Internet facsimile devices are widely used when information cannot be sufficiently communicated by verbal explanation by telephone or when it is desired to reliably communicate. In addition, when a matter that needs to be urgently reported at a business trip destination, it may happen that the facsimile device of the business trip partner is borrowed and communicated.

  However, when information is transmitted by a facsimile machine, the telephone number or name of the caller is added to the transmitted information and transmitted. In the case of an Internet facsimile machine, the sender's mail address is added to the mail header.

  For this reason, the telephone number, name, or mail address of the borrowed business partner's facsimile machine is unnecessarily known to others, and an undesirable situation arises from the viewpoint of protecting personal information in recent years. In particular, when the transmission information is further transferred from the transmission destination, the telephone number of the business trip partner is transmitted one after another at the time of transfer, resulting in inconvenience to the business trip partner borrowing the facsimile apparatus. .

  To avoid such a situation, it is possible to set the facsimile machine to a non-notification state in which the telephone number of the caller is not notified to the transmission destination, but it is normal to change the setting of the borrowed facsimile machine Is not desirable. In addition, it is possible to send information to one's own company or office and have it forwarded to a desired destination, but it takes time and is not suitable for emergency contact. There is also a method of automatically deleting the information part of the sender at the time of transfer, but since it is not known to which part of the image the sender information is combined, the part to be deleted shifts and the transmission to be deleted There is a possibility that the original information cannot be erased, or conversely, the original image portion may be erased.

  On the other hand, when information is received by a facsimile machine or Internet facsimile machine, there has been no means for evaluating the validity of the received information. For this reason, there is a potential danger of executing a false instruction from the facsimile apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for extracting a destination name from a received document and storing a facsimile document in a mailbox classified by destination. It is also conceivable to delete the sender information from the received information when transferring by using the written character recognition means shown in the proposed technique.

JP 7-203161 A

  However, in the proposed technique of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to register a word for recognition in advance, and when the sender is unspecified, the sender information is not transferred when using the proposed technique. It cannot be erased.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus and an Internet facsimile apparatus which can delete and transfer specific information such as sender information from received facsimile information when transferring.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus and an Internet facsimile apparatus that can indicate a material for determining whether received facsimile information is fake information.

  A further object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus and an internet facsimile apparatus that can prevent the confusion and danger by prohibiting the printing and transfer of facsimile information when the received facsimile information may be fake information. It is in.

  The facsimile apparatus or the Internet facsimile apparatus according to the present invention that achieves the above object includes a storage means for storing specific information notified by facsimile communication means in received facsimile information, and an image analysis for analyzing image information in the facsimile information. Means and a determination means for determining whether or not information that matches the specific information is included in the analyzed image.

  The specific information may be a sender telephone number or a sender mail address, and the image analysis unit may be an optical character reading unit. In this case, the image analysis means has description position specifying means for specifying the description position in the image of the information that matches the specific information, and the sender telephone number or sender mail address is described in the image. If the received facsimile information is transferred, it is preferable to delete the portion in which the sender telephone number or sender mail address is described in the image.

  Further, when printing the received facsimile information, information indicating whether or not information matching the specific information is included in the image may be printed.

  The specific information may be a document format, and the image analysis unit may be an optical character reading unit. If the analyzed image does not match the document format, transfer of the received facsimile information is prohibited, or information indicating that the received facsimile information is not a regular document format is added when printing the received facsimile information. Then, printing may be performed, or printing of received facsimile information may be prohibited.

  In addition, the specific information may be a document format, and the image analysis unit may be an information extraction unit that extracts digital information included in a ground pattern. If the analyzed image does not match the document format, transfer of the received facsimile information is prohibited, or information indicating that the received facsimile information is not a regular document format is added when printing the received facsimile information. Then, printing may be performed, or printing of received facsimile information may be prohibited.

  The specific information may be used as a print permission instruction, and the image analysis unit may be an information extraction unit that extracts digital information included in a background pattern. When the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information, it is preferable to prohibit printing of the received facsimile information.

  The specific information may be used as a transfer permission instruction, and the image analysis unit may be an information extraction unit that extracts digital information included in the ground pattern. When the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information, it is preferable to prohibit transfer of the received facsimile information.

  The facsimile apparatus and the Internet facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprise storage means for storing specific information notified by facsimile communication means, image analysis means for analyzing image information in the facsimile information, and the specific information in the analyzed image. And determining means for determining whether or not information that matches is included in the received facsimile information, the specific information such as the sender information can be erased and transferred from the received facsimile information.

  Further, by determining whether or not the information that matches the specific information is included in the analyzed image, it is possible to indicate a material for determining whether or not the received facsimile information is impersonation information.

  Furthermore, when there is a possibility that the received facsimile information is impersonation information, printing and transfer of the facsimile information is prohibited, and confusion and danger can be avoided.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the MFP according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of an MFP reception process according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of transmission processing of the MFP according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of print processing of the MFP according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of MFP recognition processing according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall control of the MFP according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall control of the MFP according to the present invention. The flowchart which shows the Example of the reception process when MFP of this invention receives Internet facsimile information FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an MFP according to the present invention. 9 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the MFP reception process according to the present invention. The flowchart which shows the other Example regarding B after FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another embodiment relating to reception processing when the MFP of the present invention receives Internet facsimile information. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the MFP when transmitting specific information. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of MFP transmission processing when specific information is transmitted. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of input / output processing of the MFP when specific information is transmitted. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of input / output processing of the MFP when specific information is transmitted. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of input / output processing of the MFP when specific information is transmitted. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall control of the MFP when specific information is transmitted. 9 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the MFP transmission process when transmitting specific information.

  The facsimile apparatus and Internet facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below. The present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

  As a facsimile apparatus and an Internet facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) having multiple functions such as a copying function, a printing function, a scanner function, an Internet terminal function, a facsimile communication terminal function, and a document storage function is provided. An example is described below.

  First, a method of identifying a caller telephone number when receiving facsimile information will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that although the MFP itself has various functions, descriptions of functions that are not particularly related to the present invention and normal operations are omitted here.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the MFP repeatedly performs various processing operations. After performing the initialization process (step S001), the reception process for processing the received information (step S100), the transmission process for transmitting the information to another (step S200), and the reading for reading necessary data from the scanner and the received image Processing (step S300), printing processing for printing image data on paper (step S400), and recognition (analysis) processing for recognizing a target portion from the read data (step S500) are sequentially performed. Then, after performing overall control for controlling the entire operation (step S600), a timer is set (step S700), and when a predetermined time elapses and time is up (step S800), the process returns to step S100 and described above. The processing operation is repeated. These individual processes and control operations will be described below.

  FIG. 2 shows a flowchart showing an example of reception processing. First, in step S101, it is confirmed whether or not it is currently being received. If not, the presence / absence of an incoming call is confirmed in step S102. If there is an incoming call, reception processing is started in step S103, and if there is no incoming call, the process returns. If it is being received in step S101, the received data is analyzed, and it is determined whether or not it is a control signal in step S110. If it is a control signal, it is determined in step S111 whether or not it is a DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) signal which is dial tone information corresponding to the telephone number. If it is a DTMF signal, in step S112, the received DTMF signal is stored as a telephone number, a transfer request is set as being present, and the process returns.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S111 that the control signal is not a DTMF signal, it is determined in step S113 whether the caller telephone number is notified in the facsimile apparatus procedure. Remember phone number. On the other hand, if it is not the caller telephone number in step S113, the process returns after executing other reception processing in step S115. If the received data is not a control signal in step S110, image data is received in step S116. In this way, the caller telephone number as the specific information notified in the facsimile communication procedure is extracted and stored, and image data is received.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the transmission process. First, in step S201, it is determined whether transmission is currently being performed. If transmission is in progress, it is determined in step S202 whether transmission has been completed. If transmission has been completed, transmission termination processing is performed in step S204. On the other hand, if transmission has not been completed, transmission processing is executed in step S203. If it is not transmitting in step S201, it is determined in step S205 whether there is a transmission request. This “transmission request” is set when there is a transfer request when the recognition process is completed in the overall control shown in FIGS. If there is a transmission request, it is determined in step S206 whether there is an erase request set in the overall control shown in FIG. The target of this erase is a sender telephone number or a sender mail address. This “erase request” is set when the sender telephone number or sender mail address stored in the reception process is included in the image subjected to the recognition process. If there is an erase request, information on the portion to be erased is acquired from the result of the recognition processing shown in FIG. 5 in step S209, and the described portion is erased from the transfer image in step S210. Thereafter, transmission is started in step S207, and the transmission request is turned off in step S208.

  If there is no erase request in step S206, transmission is started as it is in step S207. If there is no transmission request in step S205, the process returns.

  In this way, when transferring the received facsimile information, if the telephone number or mail address of the sender is described in the image, the telephone number and mail address are erased from the image data. Information is prevented from being inadvertently dissipated.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the printing process. First, in step S401, it is determined whether printing is currently being performed. If printing is in progress, it is determined in step S402 whether printing has been completed. If printing has been completed, printing completion processing is performed in step S404. If printing has not been completed, printing processing is executed in step S403. On the other hand, if printing is not being performed in step S401, it is determined in step S405 whether there is a print request. Here, the “print request” is set when the recognition process is completed in the overall control shown in FIG. 7 and there is no transfer request and transmission is completed. If there is a print request, it is determined in step S406 whether there is a stamp request. This “stamp request” is set when the telephone number or mail address of the sender stored in the reception process is not found in the image during the recognition process. If there is a stamp request, in step S407, stamp information set and stored in advance is acquired. In step S408, the stamp information is combined with the received image, and printing is started in step S409. Thereafter, the print request is turned off in step S410.

  If there is no stamp request in step S406, printing is directly started in step S409. If there is no print request in step S405, the process returns.

  In this way, when the telephone number or mail address of the sender stored in the reception process is not found in the image during the recognition process, the sender information may be spoofed, A predetermined stamp is combined with the image and printed to alert the recipient of the facsimile information.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the recognition process. First, it is determined in step S501 whether there is a recognition request. If there is a recognition request, a recognized character string is acquired in step S502. This recognition character string is the telephone number or mail address of the caller stored in the reception process. Next, in step S503, the received image is analyzed using an OCR (Optical Character Reader) which is an optical character reading unit, and it is determined whether or not there is the recognized character string. If a character string that matches the recognized character string is found in the received image, the position from the leading end of the character string is acquired in step S505, and a character string that matches the recognized character string is found in step S506, and the position from the leading end. Remember.

  In step S503, if there is no character string that matches the recognized character string in the received image, it is determined in step S504 whether or not the recognition process has been performed up to the end of the image, and in step S507, the fact that there is a mismatch is stored. Here, even if the recognized character string and the character string obtained by the OCR analysis do not completely match, it may be determined that they match. The allowable range can be set in advance.

  6 and 7 are flowcharts showing an example of the overall control. First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not reception is currently being performed. Return if receiving. If not received, it is determined in step S602 whether there is received data. If there is no received data, the process returns. On the other hand, if there is received data, it is determined in step S603 whether the recognition process is being executed. If the recognition process is being executed, the process returns. If the recognition process is not in progress, it is determined in step S604 whether the recognition process has been completed. If the recognition process has not been completed, execution of the recognition process is requested in step S605.

  On the other hand, if the recognition process is completed in step S604, it is determined in step S606 whether there is a request for transferring facsimile information. If there is a transfer request, it is checked in step S615 whether the recognized character strings performed in the recognition processing shown in FIG. 5 match. If there is a matching character string, an erase request is made in step S616. This “erase request” is executed in the transmission process. On the other hand, if there is no character string that matches the recognized character string, the process proceeds to step S617, a transmission request is made, and the transfer request is turned off in step S618.

  In step S606, if there is no transfer request, it is determined in step S607 whether transmission is in progress. On the other hand, if not printing, it is determined in step S608 whether printing is in progress. If printing is in progress, the process returns. In step S613, it is determined whether printing has been completed. If printing is completed, the facsimile information itself received in step S614 is deleted, and a series of processing for this received information is completed. On the other hand, if printing has not been completed, it is checked in step S609 whether the recognized character strings performed in the recognition processing shown in FIG. 5 match. If there is no matching character string, a stamp request is made in step S610. After setting the stamp in step S611, a print request is made in step S612.

  Here, if there is no character string that matches the recognized character string in the image, the header information of the received facsimile information may be missing or spoofed, so the stamp setting in step S611 is handled or executed. It is a stamp made up of characters and marks that warn of caution. Further, although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, when there is a character string that matches the recognized character string in the image, a stamp indicating that fact may be combined with the received image and printed. In this case, the stamp setting is a stamp made up of characters and marks having contents indicating that the notified telephone number or mail address of the sender and the character string in the image match and are safe.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of reception processing of the Internet facsimile apparatus. First, in step S901, it is determined whether facsimile information is being received. If it is being received, it is determined in step S902 whether the part being received is a mail header, and if it is a mail header, the mail address described in the From header meaning the sender is stored in step S903. On the other hand, if it is not a mail header, other reception processing is performed in step S904, and the process returns. If not received, it is determined in step S905 whether there is a mail on the server. If there is a mail, it is received in step S906, and if there is no mail, the process returns.

  The mail address stored in step S903 is the sender's address, which corresponds to storing the caller telephone number in the reception process of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. This mail address is to be erased in the transmission process shown in FIG. 3, and becomes a recognized character string in the recognition process shown in FIG. Other processing is the same as that of the facsimile apparatus.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. The MFP 10 has a ROM 11 and a RAM 12 related to the control of the entire apparatus, and can be used properly according to the control contents. The reading unit 13 is a scanner that reads an image when copying or transmitting a paper document to a facsimile machine, and the printing unit 14 is used for copying or printing out received data. The facsimile unit 15 receives information transmitted from the facsimile apparatus from the outside, and transmits the facsimile apparatus to the outside. The display operation unit 16 has an input function for setting processing contents desired by the user of the MFP and a display function for notifying the user of the operation status, but these may be integrated as a touch panel. The communication unit 17 serves as a communication window with the outside such as a telephone line or an Internet line. The compression means 18 is a means for compressing the data according to a certain rule when there is a possibility that the transmission data is enormous and the communication time becomes long, which may cause trouble for other users or the transmission destination. On the contrary, it is a means for recovering based on the compressed data.

  The auxiliary storage device 20 has a variety of storage procedures such as an HDD, and is freely readable and writable. The auxiliary storage device 20 temporarily stores received image information, data read by a reading unit, data created separately by a personal computer, and the like. Can be sent and printed out.

  The control unit 30 includes a file system 31 that organizes and manages an accumulated data group and a file control unit 32 that controls the entire processing operation such as printing, transmission, recognition, and erasing of the file and received information. ing. The storage means 33 is a part for storing the sender telephone number and the mail address character string obtained in the reception process as specific information, and the image analysis means 34 determines whether the received image contains the specific information in the recognition process. Optical character reading means for OCR analysis of images for retrieval is provided. When the determination unit 35 determines that the specific information is included in the received image, there is also a function of storing a description position in the image of the specific information. The determination unit 35 compares the character string as the specific information with the result of the OCR analysis to determine whether or not they match. It is possible to provide a certain permissible range that is regarded as coincidence even if it is not completely coincidence at the time of this comparison judgment. The allowable range is set in the determination means 35. The determination result is used by the file control unit 32 for erasing the sender information and stamp printing described above.

  Document format information and work instruction information, which will be described later, used as the specific information are also stored in the storage means 33, and when a ground pattern corresponding to the specific information is used, the digital information is also stored. In addition to the optical character reading means, the image analysis means 34 also includes digital information extraction means for digitally analyzing the tint block embedded in the received image. On the other hand, the wording or mark to be stamped may be stored in the file control unit 32 or may be stored in the file system 31 as a kind of file.

  As the specific information, not only the information of the caller's telephone number and mail address but also a predetermined standard is used as the specific information, and the credibility of the received information can be improved depending on whether the information exists in the received image. A case will be described below where format information of transmission documents or business instruction information for instructing handling of transmission documents is used as the specific information. In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted about the part which overlaps with the content demonstrated so far.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the reception process. If it is being received in step S131, it is determined in step S140 whether or not it is a control signal. If it is a control signal, it is judged whether it is specific information in step S141. If it is specific information, the specific information is stored in step S142. On the other hand, the processing when the information is not specific information or the control signal is not being received is the same as the reception processing shown in FIG.

  Here, the specific information includes, for example, a document code that means a document format of a transmission form of a facsimile machine, and information on a business instruction that permits printing and transfer of a transmission document.

  Regarding the process for transferring received facsimile information, there is no process for erasing the specific description at the time of transfer, unlike the above-described embodiment in which the telephone number or mail address of the caller is handled as the specific information. The printing process is the same as the processing procedure shown in FIG. 4, but the contents to be stamped are different. That is, if the information that matches the specific information indicating the document format or the like is not found in the image in the recognition process, a stamp indicating that the specific information such as the document format does not match is acquired , Prints the image and prints a warning. On the other hand, when the specific information is found from the received image, a stamp indicating that the specific information such as the document format is safe because it matches is obtained, combined with the image, and printed.

  When the document code indicating the document format is used as the specific information, the following two methods can be considered as recognition processing. In the first recognition processing method, since the document code is stored in the reception processing, it is determined whether the document code is described as a character string in a part of the received image. This is a method of performing a search from an image by performing OCR analysis with a character reading means. Another method is a case where the document code indicating the document format is present as a digital code in the background pattern arranged in the document, and the received image is analyzed and stored by the digital information extraction means of the image analysis means 34. This is a method for determining whether or not it matches the specific information. In this case, it is necessary to use a dedicated facsimile device transmission form in which a digital code is included in the background pattern.

  In addition, in the case where the specific information is an instruction for handling the received image, for example, a work instruction such as printing permission or transfer permission, it is represented by digital information included in the ground pattern of the received image and is not understood by a third party. Is preferred. When the specific information is print permission information, it is determined that printing is permitted when the received image is digitally analyzed and a digital code indicating print permission is included. On the other hand, if a code meaning printing permission is not found in the digital code of the received image, it is determined that printing is not permitted because it does not match the specific information. Also, even if a different job instruction code other than print permission is found in the received image, it is determined that it does not match the specific information, and the instruction in the image is not executed.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of overall control in the case where such a document format or business instruction is handled as specific information. FIG. 11 corresponds to FIG. 7, and the processing shown in FIG. 6 is the same, so the description thereof is omitted here.

  First, in step S630, it is determined whether the MFP is transmitting or printing. If any process is being executed, the process returns. On the other hand, if it is not being executed, it is determined in step S631 whether transmission is complete and printing is complete. If both are completed, the facsimile information is deleted in step S632, and a series of processing relating to the received document is completed.

  On the other hand, if at least one of the transmission process and the printing process is not completed in step S631, the type of specific information is determined in step S633 and the process is switched. If the specific information is a document code, the process proceeds to step S634. Then, the image is analyzed by OCR analysis or digital information extraction means, and it is determined whether or not the obtained document code matches the stored document code, and if it matches, the stamp meaning safety in step S635. Set. On the contrary, if they do not match, a stamp indicating danger is set in step S636. In any case, after the stamp setting, a stamp request is made in step S637, and a print request is made in step S638.

  In step S633, if the specific information is print permission, the process proceeds to step S639. Then, it is compared with the result of digital analysis of the tint block by the digital information extracting means. If they match, it is determined that printing has been instructed, and a printing request is made in step S638. On the other hand, if no mismatch or specific information is found, it is determined that there is a possibility of error in printing permission, and in step S640, printing is completed and transmission is completed.

  If it is determined in step S633 that the specific information indicates transfer permission, the process proceeds to step S641. Then, if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is digitally analyzed and matches the stored specific information, it is determined that transfer has been instructed, a transmission request is made in step S642, and a print request is made in step S643. On the other hand, if they do not match, there is a question about the transfer permission instruction, and therefore printing and transmission are completed in step S644.

  Next, a case where the specific information is document format information or business instructions in the Internet facsimile apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. In step S911, it is determined whether it is being received. If it is being received, it is determined in step S912 whether the received portion is a mail header. If the received part is a mail header part, the specific information described in the non-standard header is stored in step S913. If it is not a mail header, other reception processing is performed in step S914 and the process returns. If it is determined in step S911 that no mail is being received, it is determined in step S915 whether or not there is mail on the server. If there is mail on the server, reception is started in step S916.

  The process when the facsimile information is received by the facsimile apparatus and the Internet facsimile apparatus has been described above. Next, the process when the facsimile information is transmitted will be described.

  FIG. 13 shows various processing operations when facsimile information is transmitted using the MFP. First, initialization processing is performed in step S1000. Subsequently, a reception process for processing the received information (step S1100), a transmission process for transmitting the information to another (step S1200), a reading process for reading necessary data from the scanner and the received image (step S1300), image data Is printed on paper (step S1400), input / output processing (step S1500), and overall control for controlling the overall operation is performed (step S1600). Thereafter, a timer is set in step S1700, the elapse of a predetermined time is determined in step S1800, and when the time is up, the above processing operation is repeated. These individual processes and control operations will be described with a focus on differences from the processes described above.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the transmission process. In step S1201, it is determined whether there is a transmission request. Returns if there is no request for transmission. If there is a transmission request, it is determined in step S1202 whether there is a transmission request for specific information, and if there is a transmission request, the currently set mode is determined in step S1203. If it is the facsimile mode, the process advances to step S1204 to set specific information. At this time, the specific information to be sent is set according to whether it is for OCR, tint block, or released in an input / output process described later. A document code is set for OCR, and digital information corresponding to the document code is set for tint block. And it sets so that specific information may be sent in a non-standard procedure. Thereafter, in step S1206, a request for sending specific information is made. If there is no specific information transmission request in step S1202, other processing is executed in step S1207 and the process returns.

  If the mode is the Internet facsimile mode in step S1203, the process proceeds to step S1205, and specific information is set in the same manner as in the facsimile mode. In this case, since it is the Internet facsimile mode, the specific information is set in the header set independently. After that, in step S1206, a request for sending specific information is made. Next, when these processes are completed, other transmission processes are executed in step S1207 and the process returns.

  15 to 17 are flowcharts showing an example of input / output processing. First, in FIG. 15, it is determined in step S1501 whether or not a key input operation has been performed. If there is no key input, the process returns. If there is a key input, the type of key input is determined in step S1502. If the key input is the maintenance mode, the maintenance mode is displayed in step S1503. On the other hand, if the key input is not the maintenance mode, in S1504, the display is sorted according to each mode. If the copy mode is selected, the mode is switched to the copy mode display in step S1505. If the facsimile mode is selected, the mode is switched to the facsimile mode display in step S1506. If the Internet facsimile mode is selected, the mode is switched to the Internet facsimile mode display in step S1507.

  If no mode is set in step S1504, it is determined whether or not specific information is set in step S1508 in FIG. If specific information is set, an option for setting specific information is displayed in step S1509. On the other hand, if the specific information is not set in step S1508, the process advances to step S1510 to determine whether the key is a key for selecting specific information. If the setting is for OCR, the process advances to step S1511 to set for OCR. If it is for the background pattern, the process proceeds to step S1512, and the background pattern is set.

  If it is determined in step S1510 that the key is not a key for selecting specific information, the process advances to step S1514 shown in FIG. 17 to determine whether the key is an important document key. If it is an important document key, it is requested to set it as specific information in step S1515. However, if it is an important document and the important document is to be released, the setting request is released in step S1516. Here, the “important document key” is a key that is set in the case of a document that uses a facsimile machine or an Internet facsimile machine to instruct the destination to perform a job. By operating this key, the validity of the sent document can be confirmed. Will be able to do. When an important document is transmitted, specific information is transmitted, and the facsimile apparatus uses a dedicated facsimile apparatus transmission form. This transmission form uses a paper in which the document format is printed with the document code, or a paper in which the document code is embedded in the background pattern.

  If it is not an important document key in step S1514, it is determined in step S1517 whether it is a start key. If it is a start key, the current mode is set to copy, facsimile, or Internet facsimile in step S1518, and a start request is made in step S1519. On the other hand, if it is not the start key, other input / output processes are executed in step S1520 and the process returns.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of overall control. First, in step S1601, it is determined whether there is a start request. If there is a start request, processing corresponding to the mode is executed in step S1602. If the mode is the copy mode, the process advances to step S1603 to request reading start, and then request printing processing. When the mode is the facsimile mode or the Internet facsimile mode, a reading start is requested in step S1605, a transmission start is requested in step S1606, and transmission of specific information is requested in step S1607.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of transferring received facsimile information. First, in step S1211, it is determined whether there is a transmission request. If there is a transmission request, it is determined in step S1212 whether specific information is also sent. If there is a request for sending specific information, the current mode is determined in step S1213, and if it is the facsimile mode, the process proceeds to step S1214, and it is determined whether there is a setting to transfer to another. If there is a transfer setting, transfer permission is set as specific information in step S1215. On the other hand, if there is no transfer setting, only printing is permitted in step S1216. Similarly, if it is the Internet facsimile mode in step S1213, the process proceeds to step S1217. If there is a transfer setting, transfer permission is set as specific information in step S1219, and if there is no transfer setting, only print permission is set in step S1218. After these processes, transmission of specific information is requested in step S1220, other transmission processes are performed in step S1221, and the process returns. By executing such transmission processing, the specific information is transmitted together with the document at the time of transfer.

  In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the specific information is set in a communication means other than the text of the document, and it is determined whether or not the information matches the setting in the text. It is possible to prevent dissipation of sender information. Further, by setting the document format information and the handling instruction information after reception as the specific information, it is possible to confirm the authenticity of the received document, and it is possible to eliminate the camouflaged information.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Facsimile apparatus 33 Memory | storage means 34 Image analysis means 35 Determination means

Claims (32)

  In the received facsimile information, storage means for storing the specific information notified by the facsimile communication means, image analysis means for analyzing the image information in the facsimile information, and information that matches the specific information is included in the analyzed image A facsimile apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a caller telephone number, and the image analysis means is an optical character reading means.   If the image analysis means has description position specifying means for specifying the description position in the image of the information that matches the specification information, and the sender telephone number is described in the image, the received facsimile 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the information is transferred, the portion of the image where the caller telephone number is written is erased and transferred.   3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the received facsimile information is printed, information indicating whether or not the information matching the specific information is included in the image is added and printed.   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a document format, and the image analysis means is an optical character reading means.   6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein transfer of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when the analyzed image does not match the document format, the received facsimile information is printed with information indicating that it is not a regular document format.   7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein printing of the received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a document format, and the image analysis means is information extraction means for extracting digital information included in a ground pattern.   The facsimile apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the analyzed image does not match the document format, transfer of the received facsimile information is prohibited.   11. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the analyzed image does not match the document format, the received facsimile information is printed with information indicating that it is not a regular document format.   11. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 9, wherein printing of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a print permission instruction, and the image analysis means is information extraction means for extracting digital information included in a tint block.   The facsimile apparatus according to claim 13, wherein printing of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information.   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a transfer permission instruction, and the image analysis means is information extraction means for extracting digital information included in a tint block.   16. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 15, wherein when the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information, transfer of the received facsimile information is prohibited.   In the facsimile information received via the Internet, storage means for storing the specific information described in the mail header, image analysis means for analyzing the image information in the facsimile information, and the specific information in the analyzed image match An Internet facsimile machine comprising: a determination unit that determines whether information is included.   18. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the specific information is a sender mail address, and the image analysis means is an optical character reading means.   When the image analysis means has a description position specifying means for specifying a description position in the image of information matching the specified information, and the sender mail address is described in the image, the received facsimile information 19. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 18, wherein when the e-mail is transferred, the portion in which the sender mail address in the image is described is deleted and transferred.   19. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 17 or 18, wherein when the received facsimile information is printed, information indicating whether or not the information matching the specific information is included in the image is printed.   18. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the specific information is a document format, and the image analysis means is an optical character reading means.   The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 21, wherein transfer of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   23. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 21, wherein when the analyzed image does not match the document format, the received facsimile information is printed with information indicating that it is not a regular document format. .   23. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 21, wherein printing of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   18. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the specific information is a document format, and the image analyzing means is information extracting means for extracting digital information included in a ground pattern.   26. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 25, wherein transfer of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   27. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 25 or 26, wherein when the analyzed image does not match the document format, the received facsimile information is printed with information indicating that it is not a regular document format. .   27. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 25 or 26, wherein printing of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not match the document format.   18. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the specific information is a print permission instruction, and the image analysis means is information extraction means for extracting digital information included in a background pattern.   30. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 29, wherein printing of received facsimile information is prohibited when the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information.   18. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the specific information is a transfer permission instruction, and the image analysis means is information extraction means for extracting digital information included in a tint block.   32. The Internet facsimile apparatus according to claim 31, wherein when the analyzed image does not include information that matches the specific information, transfer of the received facsimile information is prohibited.