JP2586271B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile machine is used for unnecessary communication by direct mail or the like utilizing facsimile communication, which hinders receiving an urgent communication from another calling station, and which is not necessary. When the content is printed on the recording paper, there is a problem that the recording paper is wasted.

For this reason, the TSI sent from the calling station
(Calling station identification), and sequentially compares the identification information of the calling station with the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station to which communication is permitted.
A facsimile apparatus in which the procedure is interrupted when the subsequent procedure and data communication are continued but there is no match is considered.

[0004]

However, as described above, if the procedure is interrupted during the communication, the calling side may determine that the communication procedure has been abnormally terminated. In such a case, the facsimile machine on the calling side may call again, and the called side may receive a useless incoming call many times.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can avoid a situation where a calling facsimile apparatus calls again.

[0006]

Means for comparing the received identification information of the calling station with the identification information registered in advance as that of the other station to which communication is permitted, and judging that they do not match based on the comparison result When the process is performed, the system includes means for performing a spoofed reception process that executes the procedure but does not perform the printing process of the image data, and means for creating a journal report regarding the spoofed reception. In this case, a setting can be made so that a positive response can be made even if an error is included. In the spoofed reception processing, the transmission speed can be set to the highest speed. It is characterized in that it is possible to enable / disable switching of the spoofed reception function. It is characterized in that the valid / invalid switching of the disguise order function can be set according to a time zone.

[0007]

According to the above arrangement, for a partner who is not registered in advance as permitting communication, for example, image data sent from the partner is received in memory as a forgery reception. Processing such as erasing the memory without printing, or executing only the procedure and not storing the received image data in the memory at all is performed, thereby avoiding the consumption of recording paper with unnecessary contents. . Further, since the communication procedure is executed to the end without interruption, the calling side determines that transmission has been normally completed, and avoids calling again. Then, since a journal report relating to fake reception is prepared, it is possible to know from whom and when unnecessary communication was received. In addition, in the subsequent image data reception, a setting is made so that a positive response is made even if an error is detected, so that the communication time can be reduced. Furthermore, if the transmission speed can be set to the highest speed during the forgery reception process, the communication time can be further reduced. Further, if it is possible to switch the validity / invalidity of the impersonation order function, it is possible to select the impersonation reception and the normal reception as needed, which is convenient. Furthermore, if the switching can be set depending on the time zone, it is convenient to enable disguise reception during a time zone where there are many direct messages, for example, at night, and to disable it during working hours.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration of the facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus controls the entire facsimile and, as described later, performs normal reception and impersonation in accordance with the received calling station identification information. A control unit 1 that can perform switching control for reception and the like, a RAM 2 that stores transmission data, reception data, a telephone number, and the like, and stores identification information of a partner station to which communication is permitted, and an automatic communication unit that performs dial transmission. A dialer 3, an NCU 4 for controlling a line, a reading unit 6 for optically reading the contents of a document set on a document table, a modem 7 for performing a modulation / demodulation process, and a thermal head for transferring heat in dot units to recording paper. In addition to recording the image data by applying the data, a recording unit 8 for recording a journal report related to fake reception and a program necessary for the operation of the control unit 1 are stored. And ROM9 are, ten keys, one-touch keys, an operation panel 10 provided with such function keys, and a display unit 11 made of LCD.

Registration of the identification information of the partner station to which communication is permitted is performed, for example, by operating a function key and a numeric keypad for several digits to call an identification information registration mode.
It can be performed by inputting a subscriber number, a maker code, a predetermined ID number, and the like with ten key operations. Also, without separately registering, a telephone number registered for abbreviated dialing or one-touch dialing may be used as identification information and its telephone number may be used as identification information.

[0010] In addition to switching between enabling and disabling the camouflage reception function, a predetermined key operation can be performed, and switching between enabling and disabling the camouflage reception function during a time period designated by the user. Is also possible. In the same manner as the above-described registration of the identification information, the registration of the time period can be performed by operating the function keys and the numeric keys for several digits to call the identification information registration mode, and inputting the start time and the end time by operating the numeric keys. It has become.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the processing at the time of reception and the creation of a journal report concerning fake reception and the printing processing performed by the control unit 1. First, it is determined whether there is an incoming call (S1). If there is an incoming call, NSF, CS
Send I, DIS (S2), NSS, TSI, DCS
Is received (S3). Then, the TSI is stored (S
4) It is determined whether or not any of the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station to which communication is permitted matches the identification information of the calling station of the TSI (S6). If there is a match, the process proceeds to the normal reception process (S7), while if there is no match, it is determined whether or not forgery reception is enabled (S8). If it is not valid, the process proceeds to step 7, while if the forgery reception is set to valid, the time zone data is read (S9), and it is compared with the current time to determine whether or not it is within the valid time (S10). ). If it is not within the valid time, the process proceeds to step 7, while if it is not within the valid time or when there is no time zone setting, the camouflage reception mode is set (S11). In other words, in order to select the highest transfer rate when deciding the transfer rate with the calling station during training, it is possible to communicate at the highest transfer rate even if an error may occur at that transfer rate Is transmitted to the calling station, and upon receiving the image data thereafter, even if an error is detected, a setting is made so that a positive response is made, and the process proceeds to the image data memory reception processing (S1).
2). Next, it is determined whether or not the image data ends (S13).
When the process is completed, the contents described in the journal report regarding the spoofed reception, for example, the TSI and communication time of the calling station are stored in a memory (S14), and the image data received in the memory is deleted (S15). Then, the TSI stored in step 4 is deleted (S16), and the process returns.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 1 that there is no incoming call, it is determined whether there is a report creation request (S1).
7) If there is a creation request, a journal report relating to camouflage reception describing the TSI, communication time, communication time, number of copies, communication mode, camouflage reception and the like stored in step 14 is printed (S18). . The journal report may be written together with a report in another reception, and is printed out in a format as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

According to the above arrangement, unnecessary image data is received in the memory and, for example, the memory is erased after the communication is completed and printing is not performed. Is avoided. Then, since the communication procedure is executed to the end without interruption, the calling side determines that transmission has been normally completed, and avoids calling again.

[0014] Further, since a journal report relating to fake reception is prepared, it is possible to know from whom and when an unnecessary communication was received. Note that the creation of the journal report regarding the camouflaged reception may be performed by any method, such as each time the camouflaged reception is performed, or at a fixed time every day, or in response to a report creation command by the operator. Further, in addition to the report by printing, a display report by the display unit 11 may be used.

[0015] Furthermore, since the fake reception can be enabled / disabled in a time zone, the fake reception is set to be effective only in a time zone where there are many direct messages, for example, at night, and the fake reception is invalidated during working hours. It becomes possible to make a choice such as Note that the image data stored in the memory is discarded without being printed and there is no inconvenience even if an error is included. In addition, communication is performed using the highest transmission rate to reduce the communication time.

In this embodiment, the G3 facsimile has been described, but the same fake reception control can be performed for the G4 facsimile based on the calling station identification information included in the setup message. Further, in the present embodiment, as the disguise reception, the process of deleting the memory without receiving the memory and printing is performed, but the process of executing only the procedure and not storing the received image data in the memory at all is performed. This may be performed.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the recording paper can be prevented from being consumed by unnecessary reception, and the communication procedure can be executed to the end without being interrupted. Judging that transmission was completed normally, avoiding calling again, and creating a journal report on spoofed reception, so that you can know from whom and when unnecessary communication was received, etc. It also has the effect that it can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a journal report generation process and a print process related to reception-time processing and fake reception.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a journal report related to camouflaged reception.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 RAM 8 Recording part 10 Operation panel

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A means for comparing received identification information of a calling station with identification information registered in advance as that of a partner station to which communication is permitted, when the comparison result shows that they do not match, Means for performing spoofed reception processing that executes the procedure but does not perform image data printing processing ; and means for creating a journal report regarding the spoofed reception. Contains
Can be set to give a positive response even if
Facsimile apparatus characterized by there. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission speed can be set to the highest speed during the spoofing reception processing. 3. An effective / invalid switching of the fake reception function.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus is capable of performing the following. 4. Switching between valid and invalid of the fake reception function.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting is made according to a time zone.
Facsimile machine.