JP2539796Y2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Use) The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus for efficiently performing telephone communication accompanying facsimile communication.

(Prior Art) After a document is transmitted by facsimile communication, a telephone call may be made to give a document transmission notification or provide a supplementary explanation of the transmitted document. When such a telephone call is required, a conversation reservation mode is set in the transmitting station, and after transmitting the document, the operator of the partner station can be called to make a telephone call.

However, since the calling of the operator is performed by sounding an alarm or the like provided in the receiving station, if the operator of the receiving station is unfamiliar or the surrounding noise is large, it is based on the conversation reservation setting. It was difficult for the operator to know that the call had occurred.

In order to solve such a problem, there has been proposed a facsimile apparatus in which a sound transmitted from a calling side (transmitting station) is output by using a sound-expanding means instead of calling by the alarm sound (particularly). JP-A-63-151259).

JP-A-64-54970 discloses that a code representing a scheduled voice message is transmitted from a transmitting side, and a receiving side can read out a voice message corresponding to the code from storage means and synthesize it with voice. A facsimile machine is disclosed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) The above-described prior art has the following problems.

The apparatus described in the former of the above publication has a problem that a voice message cannot be transmitted unless an operator is located at a place where the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side is installed.

Also, the latter device, which outputs a message based on a code, is inconvenient because the operator at the transmitting station must input and specify the code for each communication.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned problems and reliably transmitting a message from a transmitting station to an operator of a receiving station even when there is no operator near the receiver. .

(Means and Actions for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a received voice storage unit for recording a message sent from a transmitting station, and a received voice storage unit. Voice output means for outputting a message recorded by the means as voice, and control means for controlling to record the message sent from the transmission station side by the received voice storage means when there is a conversation reservation from the transmission station side. The first feature resides in the provision of (1).

In addition, the present invention provides a code-corresponding voice storage unit that stores message data in correspondence with an identification code of each transmitting station, and stores message data corresponding to the identification code transmitted in a protocol signal. A second feature resides in that there is provided audio output means for reading out from the audio storage means and outputting audio from the speaker.

In the present invention having the first feature, when a conversation reservation request is made, the received message is stored and can be read out and output to the speaker when necessary.

Further, in the present invention having the second feature, the message corresponding to the identification code unique to each facsimile apparatus is read out from the storage means of the receiving station without specifying the code of the message for each communication at the transmitting station. Output from the speaker.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Seventh
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a facsimile apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 having a CPU and a ROM, an operation panel 2 for giving an operation instruction to the system control unit 1, and a storage unit for storing data necessary for the operation of the system control unit 1 and transmission / reception data A data storage unit 3 composed of an IC memory or a hard disk, a recording unit 7 for printing received information and storage information of the data storage unit 3, and a line control unit 4 for performing protocol control and transmission / reception of image information.
Are connected to the system bus 6.

The facsimile apparatus having such a configuration is connected to the telephone network 5 to perform desired image information transmission / reception.

Next, the function of the main part of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile transmitter and a receiver showing main functions of the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, an input unit 2a includes a plurality of keys provided on the operation panel 2 and code generation means for generating a predetermined code in response to depression of the keys.

The conversation reservation signal output unit 8 outputs a conversation reservation signal after transmitting image information in accordance with the conversation reservation instruction input from the input unit 2a. The conversation reservation signal is sent to the receiving station via the line control unit 4 and detected by the conversation reservation signal detection unit 9.

When the conversation reservation signal is detected, the received message storage unit 11 enters a state in which the received message can be read in response to the detection signal. The conversation reservation signal detection signal is sent to the transmitting station.

A message to be transmitted to the receiving station is stored in the transmission message storage unit 10 of the transmitting station in advance. The storage unit 10 may be a storage unit such as a ROM or a recording unit such as a tape recorder.

The transmission message storage unit 10 outputs a stored message in response to a conversation reservation detection signal sent from the receiving station.

The message input to the receiving station is stored in the received message storage unit 11. The stored message is a voice synthesis unit
The signal is output to the speaker 13 via 12.

The message is repeatedly issued from the speaker 13 unless a stop instruction is given by human intervention.

The procedure of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. The procedure shown in the figure is based on the CCITT recommendation T.30, so only the main parts will be described.

After the last image information PIX is transmitted, the transmitting station transmits a procedure interruption signal Pri-EOP indicating that there is a conversation reservation. The receiving station that has detected the procedure interruption signal Pri-EOP sends a procedure interruption acknowledgment signal PIP.

Upon detecting the procedure interruption acknowledgment signal PIP, the transmitting station outputs the procedure interruption signal Pri-EOP again, and subsequently sends out the message stored in the transmission message storage unit 10.
The receiving station receives this message and starts recording.

In the present embodiment, a transmission message stored in advance in the transmission message storage unit 10 is sent. By doing so, the operator of the transmitting station does not need to be at the facsimile apparatus until the image information transmission is completed. It is needless to say that the outgoing message may not be a recorded one, but may be a live voice by the operator himself.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the recorded message is not immediately output from the speaker, but only that the message is recorded is displayed on the display unit of the operation panel for the time being. Then, the recorded message can be recognized as voice only after the reproducing means is activated by the operator of the receiving station.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a receiving station showing a main part of the second embodiment, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or equivalent parts.

In FIG. 3, when detecting that a message has been received, the message detection unit 14 outputs a detection signal to the message display unit 2b. The display unit 2b displays that the message is stored in the received message storage unit 11 in response to the message detection signal.

The message stored in the received message storage unit 11 is output to the voice synthesizing unit 12, converted to voice and output to the speaker 13 in response to the playback command signal when the playback command signal is input by the input unit 2. You.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment, a plurality of messages corresponding to a plurality of transmitting stations on a one-to-one basis are prepared on the receiving station side, and a transmitting terminal identification signal TSI included in a protocol signal transmitted from the transmitting station is prepared. , The transmitting station is identified, and the message corresponding to the transmitting station is transmitted from the speaker.

This eliminates the need for the operator to convey the message at the transmitting station and to record in advance.

The procedure of the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the procedure of the third embodiment.

In the figure, a transmitting terminal identification signal TSI transmitted from a transmitting station includes an identification code unique to the facsimile apparatus of the transmitting station. This identification code is usually a telephone number in many cases.

The receiving station stores the detected transmitting terminal identification signal TSI. Then, after receiving the line release signal DCN and terminating the communication, it reads out the message corresponding to the transmission terminal identification signal TSI and outputs it to the speaker.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a receiving station showing a main part of the third embodiment, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or equivalent parts.

In FIG. 5, a TSI code storage unit 15 receives and stores an identification code of a transmitting station (hereinafter, referred to as a TSI code) included in a transmission terminal identification signal TSI detected by the line control unit 4. . In the ID correspondence message storage unit 16, a plurality of sets of an identification code (hereinafter, referred to as an ID code) corresponding to the TSI code and a message for reception notification added in correspondence with each ID code are stored in advance. . The message for reception contact corresponds to each ID code on a one-to-one basis, and is input together with the ID code from the input unit 2a on the operation panel 2.

The received TSI code and the ID code stored in the ID corresponding message storage unit 16 are supplied to the code match determination unit 17, and it is determined whether or not there is a plurality of ID codes that match the TSI code. Is done. If a matching code is found, the code matching determination unit 17 outputs an information read signal, and outputs information corresponding to the found code from the ID correspondence message storage unit 16 to the speaker 13 via the voice synthesis unit 12.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the message stored in the ID correspondence message storage unit 16.

Note that, as in the first embodiment, the message may be repeatedly issued from the speaker 13 or the second message unless a stop command is given by an operator of the receiving station.
As in the embodiment, it is also possible to display only the fact that the message has been received once on the display unit and issue a message in accordance with the instruction of the operator thereafter.

According to each of the embodiments described above, a message indicating that the message has been received is temporarily stored in the storage unit, and then output to the speaker, or a message stored in advance is transmitted from the speaker according to the transmitting station. I did it.

(Effects of the Invention) As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a message notifying the reception can be repeatedly issued or read out from the storage unit in accordance with an instruction, so that the facsimile apparatus can be used by the receiving station operator. Even if the user is away from the server, a message indicating that the message has been received can be reliably transmitted.

Further, since a message can be recorded when a conversation reservation request is made, a message from a transmitting station can be reliably transmitted to an operator of a receiving station when necessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a receiving station showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 4 are sequence diagrams showing a communication procedure, FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of main parts of the second embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a main part of the third embodiment, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a storage example of an ID correspondence message storage part, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a main part hardware configuration of the facsimile apparatus. 2 ... operation panel, 2a ... input section, 3 ... data storage section, 4 ...
Line control unit, 7: recording unit, 8: conversation reservation signal output unit, 9
... Conversation reservation signal detection unit, 10 ... Transmission message storage unit, 11
... Received message storage unit, 12 ... Speech synthesis unit, 13 ... Speaker, 14 ... Message detection unit, 15 ... TSI code storage unit, 16
… ID correspondence message storage unit, 17… Code match judgment unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Takashi Sakayama 3-7-1, Fuuchi, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office (72) Takashi Nakajima 3-7-1, Funai, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office (56) References JP-A-1-216664 (JP, A) JP-A-63-257381 (JP, A) JP-A-2-217057 (JP, A) JP-A-2- 96458 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A receiving voice storage means for recording a message sent from a transmitting station, a voice output means for outputting a voice of a message recorded in the receiving voice storing means, and a conversation reservation from the transmitting station. A facsimile apparatus, further comprising control means for controlling to record the message sent from the transmitting station by the received voice storage means. A display means for displaying that a message is recorded in said received voice storage means, wherein said voice output means responds to an instruction input by an operator in accordance with said display to display said message. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus is configured to output from a speaker.