JP2587980B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Summary] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which determines a telephone number included in a transmission request signal from a receiving station and transmits the corresponding image data. A facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting different image data, storing image data to be transmitted, and transmitting the stored image data to a request source in response to a transmission request from a receiving station. An apparatus, comprising: storage means for adding image data read from a document to at least one transmission area telephone number and storing the image data; and determining means for determining a telephone number included in a transmission request signal from a receiving station. Based on the telephone number determined by the determining means, the image data is retrieved from the storage means and transmitted.

[Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting a facsimile (hereinafter, referred to as a facsimile) apparatus having a message post function, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus which determines a telephone number included in a transmission request signal from a receiving station and transmits corresponding image data. It is.

In a FAX device having a message post function, image data to be transmitted on the transmission side is stored in a memory, and image data is transmitted in response to polling from a receiving station, that is, a transmission request. At this time, a method of transmitting image data only when the identification code (for example, a four-digit number) set by the operator of the receiving station and the identification code of the data on the transmission side match;
There is a method that does not require an identification code so that it can be transmitted many times in response to transmission requests from an unspecified number of receiving stations,
The present invention applies to the latter case.

In this case, there is a case where it is desired to change the content of the image data to be transmitted for each area of the receiving station which requests transmission, and a method corresponding to this demand is desired.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a FAX apparatus having a message post function. As shown in FIG. 6, the FAX apparatus 1 has a transmission / reception function. I do.

The image data read from the original by the reading unit 3 is
After being converted into a value and compressed by the compression unit 4, it is stored in the image data memory 5a. Alternatively, the image data may be externally loaded and stored in the image data memory 5a.

Eventually, when there is a call for bowling from a certain receiving station among an unspecified number of receiving stations, a line is connected, and after a pre-procedure communication described later is performed by the transmission control unit 6,
The image data stored in the image data memory 5a is read out, and sent out from a network control unit (hereinafter referred to as NCU) 8 via a modem 7 under the control of a transmission control unit 6 to a line for a receiving station.

In the receiving station, the received image data is decompressed by the decompression unit 9 and recorded on the recording paper by the recording unit 10.

The operation of each section is controlled by the control of the main control section 2.

Here, in the pre-procedure communication, as shown in FIG. 7, the transmitting station responds to the calling signal from the receiving station by the called station automatic incoming call identification signal CED (tonal) and the digital identification signal DIS, N.
Send SF and called station telephone number signal CSI (binary),
The receiving station responds with a calling station telephone number signal CIG (hereinafter referred to as a CIG signal) and a digital transmission command DTC (or NSC).

Further, from the transmitting station, the transmitting station telephone number signal TSI, digital command signal NSS (or DCS), and trainer check signal
After the TCF is sent and the trainer is checked, the receiving station responds to the reception preparation completion signal CFR to complete the pre-procedure and transmit the image data. When the transmission is completed, a post-procedure is performed as shown in the figure to disconnect the line.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-described conventional method, stored image data is transmitted in response to a transmission request from an unspecified number of receiving stations, but a plurality of image data are stored. However, there is a problem that image data to be transmitted cannot be changed according to the area of the receiving station.

In other words, a method of transmitting data by discriminating based on the identification code of the receiving station can be considered, but it is necessary to notify the identification code to an unspecified number of receiving stations, which is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting image data having different contents according to the area of a receiving station that requests transmission.

[Means for solving the problem]

 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

In the drawing, reference numeral 5 denotes storage means for adding image data read from a document to at least one transmission area telephone number and storing the same, and reference numeral 11 denotes identification means for determining the telephone number included in the transmission request signal from the receiving station. .

Therefore, based on the telephone number determined by the determining means 11, the corresponding image data is retrieved from the storage means 5 and transmitted.

[Action]

The telephone data of the transmission area is added to the image data read from the manuscript and stored in the storage means 5, and when a transmission request is received from one of the many reception stations, the transmission data is included in the transmission request signal. The telephone station number of the receiving station determined is determined by the determining means 11 and the storage means 5 is determined based on the determined telephone station number.
By selecting and transmitting the corresponding image data from, the image data can be changed and transmitted for each area of the receiving station.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the drawings. In FIG. 2, those corresponding to FIG. 1 are surrounded by a dashed line.

In FIG. 2, the facsimile apparatus 1a has the following functions as transmission-side functions.

The image data memory 5b stores the area code of the area to be transmitted for each image data. A plurality of area codes may be added to one image data. FIG. 3 shows the format of the stored data. That is, it has a storage area for the management data table A and the image data table B, and the management data table A represents the toll telephone number of the first image data receiving station, for example, 044 in ASCII code in hexadecimal notation. And put in $ 30, $ 34, $ 34, $ 00, ... If there is no number, enter $ 00. Next, the head address of the image data and the number of bytes of the image data are entered. The second and subsequent image data are similarly stored. The first in image data table B,
The second,..., N-th image data are sequentially stored.

The determining unit 11a includes an area code list memory 11b, extracts the area code of the receiving station from the CIG signal transmitted at the time of polling from the receiving station, and compares the extracted area code with the area code list of the area code list memory 11b. To determine. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the format of the CIG signal is ASCII code and the telephone number is 047777111. $ 42 indicates CIG, and the telephone number is written in the opposite direction in the following 20 digits.

The search unit 12 searches the image data table B for the corresponding image data by referring to the management data of the corresponding area code in the management data table A from the image data memory 5b using the area code determined by the determination unit 11a as a key. I do.

Having such a configuration and function, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the management data table A and the image data table B of the image data memory 5b are added to the image data read from a plurality of types of originals, respectively, by adding the area code of the transmission area.
To memorize it.

Eventually called from the receiving station for polling,
CIG signal is sent.

The transmitting station determines the area telephone number from the CIG signal in the determining unit 11a.

The search unit 12 reads the corresponding image data from the image data table B using the address of the management data table A or the like using the determined area telephone number as a key.

The read image data is transmitted to the polled receiving station.

In this way, it is possible to transmit image data of a region designated in advance for each region of the receiving station.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that image data by a message post can be selected and transmitted to an unspecified number of receiving stations without an identification code by region.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an image data memory of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a format of a CIG signal. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of communication means at the time of polling a message post. In the figure, 5 is a storage means, 5a and 5b are image data memories, 11 is a discriminating means, 11a is a discriminating section, 11b is an area code list memory, and 12 is a search section.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus for storing image data to be transmitted and transmitting the stored image data to a request source in response to a transmission request from a receiving station, wherein at least the image data read from the document is Storage means (5) for adding and storing a telephone station number of one transmission area, and determining means (11) for determining a telephone station number included in a transmission request signal from a receiving station; A facsimile apparatus for retrieving and transmitting corresponding image data from the storage means (5) based on the telephone number determined by the facsimile apparatus.