JP2662069B2 - Facsimile storage and broadcasting device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a relay-type facsimile storage and broadcast device that stores received image information and transmits the image information to a designated destination.
In particular, the present invention relates to a facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus that effectively utilizes a line group to each terminal group.

2. Description of the Related Art When a plurality of terminals are connected and a message is transmitted from one terminal by designating a destination terminal and a transmission time and the like, a facsimile storage / broadcasting device that transmits the message to a designated destination terminal at a designated time is used. I have. In this case, the terminal is composed of a group of terminals such as A-industry, B-trading company, and C-industry, and such a terminal group and a facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus are often connected by a line group for each terminal group.

This example will be described with reference to FIG. The facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus 1 is connected to a terminal group of the A-industry through four lines, and this line group is referred to as line type 1. Trading company B is connected by line type 2 consisting of three line groups, and industry C is also connected by line type 3 consisting of three line groups. The facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus 1 is provided with a channel corresponding to each line of each line type, and is connected to each line on a one-to-one basis. When transmitting from a terminal belonging to the line type 1 to a terminal belonging to the line type 2, a message transmitted from the source terminal is input to the receiving unit 2 from the channel 1, for example. Then, the destination recognizing unit 3 reads the OMR sheet or PB added at the beginning of the message.
The destination information is recognized from the signal or the like, and the storage unit 4 stores the destination terminal and the transmission time together with the contents of the message. The control unit 7 monitors the transmission time, and when the time comes, selects a channel from the relation table of the channel and the line type stored in the constant memory 8 and schedules the transmission order and the like in the broadcast schedule unit 5. The message is transmitted to the B trading company of the line type 2 through the channel 5, for example.

However, according to such a configuration, when communication is performed according to a certain line type, the entire channel cannot be used effectively. In other words, since only one line is connected to each channel, a certain line type may have insufficient channels even if the channels connected to all the lines are used, but may not be able to connect to other lines. This is because the connected channel often becomes empty.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a facsimile storage / broadcast apparatus capable of efficiently using a channel connected to a line type.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a facsimile storage and broadcast device connected to a plurality of types of lines,
A first storage unit for storing a message transmitted from the source terminal, a recognition unit for recognizing a destination of the stored message, and a channel unit having a plurality of channels for transmitting the message to the specified destination. A second storage unit in which a line type of a line corresponding to the channel is stored in advance for each channel, a line type to be connected to each of the channels is set, and at least one of the plurality of channels is set. One channel has a plurality of line types set therein.

Operation There is a small probability that all lines of the two line types will be used for communication with the facsimile storage and broadcast device connected thereto. Therefore, the lines of two or more line types are connected to one channel, and the channel can be communicated with any of the connected line types, so that the channel and line utilization is improved. Further, since the line connected to the channel can be changed in consideration of the traffic and the like, the utilization rate of the channel and the line is further improved.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, Industry A connects to channels 1 to 4 of the channel unit 10 of the facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus 1 through four lines of line type 1. Company B connects to channels 3 to 8 with six lines of line type 2, and Industry C connects to channels 8 to 10 with three lines of line type 3. Channels 3 and 4 are connected to both line types 1 and 2, and channel 8 is connected to both line types 2 and 3. This line is shown by the broken line in FIG. The facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus 1 includes a receiving unit 2 for receiving a message via the channel unit 10, a destination recognizing unit 3 for recognizing a message transmission destination and a designated transmission time from an OMR sheet or a PB signal on the first page of the message, and a receiving unit 2. , A broadcast scheduler 5 for scheduling priority when the number of transmitted messages is plural, a transmitting unit 6 for transmitting transmitted messages, a control unit 7 for controlling the whole, each channel , A constant memory 8 for storing the type of line connected to the input device, an input unit 9 for inputting setting and change of the connection between the channel and the type of line, and a connection between the receiving unit 2 and the transmitting unit 6 and the external type of line. And a channel unit 10.

Next, the operation will be described. The message transmitted from the source terminal of the industry A of the line type 1 is received by the receiving unit 2 via the channel set for the line type 1. The destination recognizing unit 3 recognizes the destination information specified by the OMR sheet or the PB signal provided at the head of the message and sends it to the control unit 7. The control unit 7 monitors the transmission time included in the destination information. On the other hand, the image information of the message is sent from the receiving unit 2 to the storage unit 4 and stored therein. When the transmission time comes, the control unit 7 retrieves the image information stored in the storage unit 4 and reads the line type used for transmission to the destination terminal from the channel table stored in the constant memory 8 and indicating the relationship between the line type and the channel number. The broadcast schedule unit 5 schedules the message, sends a destination use channel and use line to the transmission unit 6 and sends it to the destination terminal according to the specified channel and line type. FIG. 2 shows a specific example of a channel table showing the relationship between channels and line types stored in the constant memory 8. Channel number 1 indicates that only line type 1 is connected, and channel number 3 indicates that two line types 1 and 2 are connected.

This operation will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. First, when a message is received, a destination terminal to which the message is transmitted is confirmed in ST1, and it is confirmed that the line type to which the destination terminal belongs is a in ST2. At the transmission designated time, the channel and the line type b connected to the channel are read from the constant memory 8 in ST3 to determine the channel to be transmitted.
In step ST5, it is checked whether or not the channel is vacant, and if it is coincident, the channel type is read out from the channel to the destination terminal. Send. If the line type does not match in ST4, it is determined in ST6 whether another channel type has been set for the channel, and if set, the process returns to ST3 and the set line type b In ST4, it is determined whether the line type is the same as the line type a confirmed in ST2. If no other line is set for the channel in ST6, the process proceeds to ST7 to determine whether the next channel is registered from the channel table, and if registered, returns to ST3 to set the channel. The line type b is read out, and the process proceeds to ST4. If no channel is registered in ST7, the process waits for a predetermined time in ST8, and then returns to ST2 again.

If no channel is available in ST5, the process proceeds to ST7. If the next channel is registered from the channel table, the process proceeds to ST3. In this embodiment, the channel
Since 3, 4, and 8 are connected to two line types, they can communicate with either line type and can use channels and lines efficiently.

Effect of the Invention As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a first storage unit for storing a message transmitted from a source terminal, a recognition unit for recognizing a destination of the stored message, and specifying a message. A channel unit having a plurality of channels for transmitting to the designated destination, and a second storage unit storing a line type of a line corresponding to the channel in advance for each channel, and the channels are respectively connected. A line type is set, and at least one of the plurality of channels is set to have a plurality of line types.
Assign a number of frequently used line types to a certain channel,
Channel waiting during transmission can be reduced,
As a result, communication efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents stored in a constant memory, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional example. 1 ... facsimile storage and broadcasting device, 2 ... reception unit, 3 ...
… Destination recognition unit, 4… storage unit, 5… broadcast schedule unit, 6… transmission unit, 7… control unit, 8… constant memory,
9 ... input section, 10 ... channel section.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile storage / broadcasting device connected to a plurality of types of lines, wherein a first storage unit for storing a message transmitted from a source terminal and a destination of the stored message are recognized. A recognizing unit, a channel unit having a plurality of channels for transmitting a message to a designated destination, and a second storage unit storing a line type of a line corresponding to the channel in advance for each channel, A facsimile storage / broadcasting apparatus, wherein a line type to be connected is set for each channel, and a plurality of line types are set for at least one of the plurality of channels.