JP2628803B2 - 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 which requires registration of various information in order to operate the machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a technique in this kind of field, for example, there is one shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

This facsimile apparatus has a communication control unit 1 for controlling connection with a communication line and the like.
Is connected to an image processing unit 2, and further to the image processing unit 2, a reading unit 3 for reading an input document and a recording unit 4 for recording a received image on recording paper are connected. Here, the image processing unit 2 performs one-dimensional or two-dimensional data compression encoding in order to reduce the data amount of the output data of the transmission reading unit 1, and performs decoding for expanding the received image data S2. It is a circuit to perform.

On the other hand, a control unit 5 commonly connected to the communication control unit 1, the image processing unit 2, the reading unit 3, and the recording unit 4 is connected to an operation unit 6 such as a keyboard for performing an input operation. . Here, the control unit 5 includes a microprocessor, a main memory, and the like, and controls operations of the entire facsimile apparatus such as the communication control unit 1, the image processing unit 2, the reading unit 3, the recording unit 4, and the operation unit 6. Circuit.

Further, the facsimile apparatus registers various information for operating the apparatus, such as its own telephone number, presence / absence of automatic response, number of redials, and redial interval, in the main memory of the control unit 5. It has become
The registration is performed using the keyboard on the operation unit 6.

This facsimile machine operates as follows.

[0008] Registration information such as the telephone number of the own device, the presence or absence of an automatic response, the number of redials, and the redial interval is input in advance on the keyboard of the operation unit 6. Then, the transmission original is set on the reading unit 3, and the telephone number of the other party is input by the operation unit 6. If the communication state is not established once with the other party, the communication state is established with the other party after the registered redial interval and redial count.

When the communication state is established, the transmission original is read by the reading section 3.
And is sent to the image processing unit 2. The data is coded and output to the communication control unit 1 as transmission image data S1, and is transmitted to the other party's facsimile apparatus via the communication line.

If the automatic response is registered as ON, the automatic response to the call from the other party is automatically received, and the received image data S2 from the next party is received via the communication control unit 1 and the image processing unit 2 Is decrypted. Then, the recording section 4 prints the received image on a recording sheet.

[0011]

However, in the facsimile apparatus having the above-described configuration, various types of registration information are registered using the keys of the operation unit 6.
There were the following issues.

(1) When a facsimile machine is purchased or installed, the registration information needs to be set for each machine. Therefore, even when the same registration information is set in a plurality of facsimile apparatuses, the registration information must be set for each apparatus using a key of the operation unit 6, and it takes a lot of time to set the registration information. was there.

(2) When replacing a facsimile machine with a new machine, there is also a problem that the registered contents of the old machine must be re-registered in the new machine using a key on the machine.

(3) When a plurality of facsimile apparatuses are used with the same registration information in the same company or the like, it is necessary to set various registration information for each apparatus, which is inconvenient.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which solves the problems of the prior art that the setting of registration information requires a lot of time and the inconvenience is inconvenient.

[0016]

According to the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus which includes a registration table for storing predetermined registration information and performs facsimile communication based on the registration information. We have taken measures.

[0017] More specifically, a receiving ability judging means for judging whether or not the other party has the ability to receive the registration information, and transmitting the registration information when the receiving ability judging means judges that there is a receiving ability. Notification transmitting means for transmitting a notification to the effect that the notification is to be made to the other party; transmission transmitting means for editing the transmission registration information by referring to the registration information in the registration table after transmitting the notification; and the transmission registration Transmission execution means for transmitting information or retransmission registration information to the destination, and retransmission for editing the retransmission registration information based on a retransmission request from the destination sent after transmission of the transmission registration information Editing information, registration information verifying means for verifying registration information from the other party and discriminating between normal information and abnormal information in the registration information, and storing the normal information in the registration table and And receiving registration information processing means for performing correction processing of broadcast, and a retransmission request unit that the abnormality information is a retransmission request of the registration information in the case of uncorrectable, but provided.

[0018]

According to the present invention, since the facsimile apparatus is configured as described above, when the reception capability determining unit determines that the reception capability exists, the notification transmitting unit transmits a notification to the effect that the registration information is transmitted to the other party. introduce. After the transmission, the transmission editing unit edits the transmission registration information with reference to the information in the registration table, and the transmission registration information of the edited result is transmitted by the transmission execution unit. The retransmission editing means analyzes the retransmission request from the destination transmitted after transmission of the transmission registration information, edits the retransmission registration information, and the retransmission registration information is transmitted to the destination by the transmission execution means. You.

The registration information sent from the other party is verified by registration information verification means, and is discriminated into normal information and abnormal information. Then, the reception / registration information processing means stores the normal information in the registration table and performs a process of correcting the abnormal information. If the abnormal information cannot be corrected, the retransmission requesting means transmits the registered information to the other party by the retransmission requesting means. Request retransmission.

Thus, the registration information set in the own device can be transmitted to another facsimile device, and the registration information set in the other facsimile device can be received and set in the own device. Therefore, the above problem can be solved.

[0021]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile apparatus has a control section 51 for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, an operation section 52 for instructing input of registration information and transmission operation, etc., and a display section for displaying a state of operation and a communication result. 53, a reading unit 54 for optically reading a transmission document, an image processing unit 55 for performing one-dimensional or two-dimensional data compression encoding and decoding for decompressing a received message in order to reduce the amount of data output from the reading unit 54 A printing unit 56 for printing a received message, and a communication control unit 57 for performing communication control such as line connection control.
7 is connected to the communication line 58.

The control unit 51 includes a microprocessor (hereinafter, referred to as a microprocessor).
MPU) 51a and main memory 5 such as a semiconductor memory
1b, the operation unit 52 is a keyboard or the like, and the display unit 53
The reading unit 54 includes a document transport mechanism, a lens mechanism, an image sensor, and the like, and the printing unit 56 includes a laser printer or a thermal head, recording paper, and a recording paper transport mechanism. Have been. The communication control unit 57 includes a line connection circuit for connecting the communication line 58 to the facsimile machine, a modem, and the like.

The MPU 51a further includes a receiving capability determining means 60 for determining whether or not the other party has the capability of receiving the registration information. A notification transmitting unit 61 for transmitting a notification to the effect that information is to be transmitted to the destination, a transmission editing unit 62 for editing transmission registration information by referring to information in the registration table 69 after transmitting the notification, Transmission execution means 63 for executing transmission of registration information for transmission or registration information for retransmission to a destination, and retransmission for editing registration information for retransmission based on a retransmission request from a destination transmitted after transmission of the registration information for transmission. Editing means 64, registration information verification means 65 for verifying registration information from the other party, and discriminating between normal information and abnormal information in the registration information;
And a re-registration information processing means 66 for performing correction processing of the abnormal information, and a re-transmission request means 67 for requesting re-transmission of the registered information when the abnormal information cannot be corrected.
And

Further, in the main memory 51b, there are provided a program storage area 68, a registration table 69 in which registration information and the like are registered, and an editing area 70. MPU51a
Has a function of executing a program stored in the program storage area 68, referring to the contents of the registration table 69, and using the editing area 70 to perform various controls such as a transmission operation of registration information. .

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of the storage format of the registration table 69 in FIG.

This registration table 69 is registered corresponding to items such as own telephone number, own terminal name, sender, reception slip, communication result slip, automatic response, password, number of redials, and redial interval. A content area is provided, and predetermined registration content as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the registration content area as registration information.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a transmission frame used in the embodiment of FIG.

This frame configuration is in accordance with CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) recommendation T. 30, F is a flag field, A is an address field, C is a control field, FCF is a facsimile control field, FIF is a facsimile information field,
And FCS are frame check sequences.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show the FI of FIG.
FIGS. 6A and 6B show examples of the configuration of F, and examples of the contents of the FIF. FIG. 5A is a configuration example of a registration information transmitting FIF, and FIG.
It is a structural example of an IF. FIG. 6A shows an F for registration information transmission.
FIG. 6B shows an example of the contents of the IF and FIG.
It is an example of the contents of the above. However, the underlined portions in FIGS. 6A and 6B indicate the contents of the FIF, and the error correction data uses horizontal parity and vertical parity.

Next, the operations (A) and (B) of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 8 and 9.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart for transmitting registration information in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG.
Signal sequence diagram at the time of registration information transmission in the embodiment of the
FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart at the time of receiving registration information in the embodiment of FIG.

(A) Operation at the time of transmission of registration information In FIGS.
(Step S1). MPU of control unit 51
The dialer 51a performs a dialing operation on the destination of the input telephone number (step S2). After the dialing operation, the MPU 51a analyzes the NSF signal among the NSF signal (non-standard function), CSI signal (called terminal identification), and DIS signal (digital identification signal) sent from the other party, The receiving ability determining means 60 checks whether the facsimile machine of the other party has the ability to receive the registration information (step S3). If the receiving facsimile machine has the receiving capability, step S5 is executed, and if not, the step S11 is executed.

In step S5, the notification transmitting means 61 transmits a notification to the effect that the registration information is to be transmitted to the facsimile machine of the other party. After that, the MPU 51a refers to the registration table 69 using the transmission editing means 62, and FIG.
According to the configuration of the registration information transmission FIF shown in (a), the FIF is edited as transmission registration information as shown in FIG. 6A (step S6). Editing is performed on various types of registration information stored in the registration content area in the registration table 69. As is clear from FIG.
The part stored in the registration table 69 can be edited at random.

After transmitting the TSI signal (transmission terminal identification) and the NSS (non-standard function setting) to the other party,
U51a uses the transmission execution means 63 to transmit the edited transmission registration information to the destination in the frame configuration shown in FIG. 4 (step S7). After the transmission, if there is a retransmission request from the destination, step S9 is executed, and if there is no retransmission request, step S10 is executed (step S8).
When there is a retransmission request, the retransmission editing means 64 of the MPU 51a edits the FIF for retransmitting the registration information as retransmission registration information (step S9).

Further, after transmitting the registration information for retransmission by the transmission executing means 63 and receiving an MCF (message confirmation) from the other party and returning a DCN (disconnection command), the communication line 58 is disconnected and the communication is terminated. . If there is no retransmission request, the communication line 58 is disconnected (step S10), and an indication that the destination facsimile machine does not have the ability to receive the registration information is displayed (step S12).

(B) Operation at the time of receiving registration information In FIG. 9, the MPU 51a analyzes the NSS (non-standard function setting) sent from the destination facsimile machine and determines the type of data to be received ( Step S21). In the case of receiving registration information, step S
Step 23 is performed, and if registration information has not been received, Step S2
8 is performed (step S22). In the case of receiving the registration information, the transmitted frame (FIG. 6A) is analyzed using the registration information verification means 65, and the received registration information is checked for error correction data.

The reception registration information processing means 66 stores the registration information (normal information) in which no error is found in the error correction data in the registration table 69 (step S23), and the reception registration information includes an error (abnormal information). If so, step S25 is executed, and if there is no error, the receiving operation is terminated (step S24). If an error exists in the received registration information, the error is corrected (step S25). Subsequently, in step S26, it is determined whether or not the error has been corrected normally (step S26). If the error cannot be corrected even after performing the correction processing, the retransmission request unit 67 uses the FIF shown in FIG. A retransmission request is made for all of the registration information (step S2
7). If the error correction can be executed normally, the receiving operation is terminated.

This embodiment has the following advantages.

(1) Since various types of registration information set in the facsimile apparatus are transmitted, and registration information set in other facsimile apparatuses can be received and stored, a plurality of facsimile apparatuses can be received. When the same registration information is set, it is not necessary to individually set the registration information, and the setting of the registration information is simplified. Furthermore, the registration information can be copied when a facsimile machine is added.

(2) In the editing processing by the transmission editing means 62, since the portion stored in the registration table 69 can be edited at random, only the necessary portion can be transmitted, and the transmission time and the transmission fee can be saved. can do.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, the following modifications are possible.

(A) In the above embodiment, the retransmission request means 67
, A retransmission request is made for all of the registration information. However, if the error correction data shown in FIG. 6A is set in each registration information, a retransmission request for only registration information having an error can be made. It is possible.

(B) Reception ability judgment means 60, notification transmission means 61, transmission editing means 62, transmission execution means 63, retransmission editing means 64, registration information verification means 65, reception registration information processing means 66, and retransmission request The means 67 may be provided as individual circuits, or may be executed by program processing.

(C) The configuration of the registration table 69 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 3, and the configurations of the registration tables of the transmitting and receiving facsimile machines need not be the same.

[0045]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the receiving ability determining means, the notification transmitting means, the transmitting editing means, the transmitting executing means, the retransmitting editing means, the registration information verifying means, the reception registration information Providing processing means and retransmission request means,
Since the configuration is such that the registration information stored in the registration table is transmitted, and the registration information sent from the destination is received and stored in the registration table, the following effects are obtained.

(1) When the same registration information is set in a plurality of facsimile apparatuses, it is not necessary to individually set the registration information, and the setting of the registration information is simplified. This allows
The setting time for setting the registration information can be significantly reduced.

(2) Registration information can be copied when a facsimile machine is added. For example, when a facsimile network is configured in the same company, registration information can be set in one facsimile machine. The same registration information can be copied to all facsimile machines. In addition, since the registration information is transferred using the communication means, the registration information can be transferred anywhere in the world. Thereby, it is not necessary to notify the setting contents of the registration information in advance, and the convenience is improved.

Further, if the above means are executed by program processing, simple processing can be added to a conventional facsimile apparatus without adding a special electric circuit (IC, LSI, switch, etc.). Since the present method can be realized only by using this method, it can be applied to any existing facsimile machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional facsimile machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a storage format of a registration table in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a transmission frame used in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an FIF in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the FIF in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart when transmitting registration information in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a signal sequence diagram at the time of transmitting registration information in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart at the time of receiving registration information in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 51a MPU 60 reception capability determination means 61 notification transmission means 62 transmission editing means 63 registration information transmission means 64 retransmission editing means 65 registration information verification means 66 reception registration information processing means 67 retransmission request means 68 registration table

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a registration table for storing predetermined registration information and performing facsimile communication based on the registration information, a receiving ability for determining whether or not the other party has the ability to receive the registration information. Determining means, a notification transmitting means for transmitting a notification of transmitting the registration information to the destination when the receiving capability determining means determines that there is a receiving ability, and after transmitting the notification, the registration table Transmission editing means for editing the transmission registration information with reference to the registration information in the transmission, transmission execution means for transmitting the transmission registration information or the retransmission registration information to the destination, and the transmission registration Retransmission editing means for editing the retransmission registration information based on a retransmission request from the destination transmitted after transmitting the information; verifying the registration information from the destination, Registration information verifying means for determining normal information and abnormal information in the received information processing means for correcting the abnormal information while storing the normal information in the registration table; A facsimile apparatus, further comprising: a retransmission request unit for requesting retransmission of the registration information.