JP2696335B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Table of Contents] Overview Industrial application field Conventional technology (Fig. 4) Problems to be solved by the invention Means for solving the problem (Fig. 1) Action Embodiment (Fig. 2) , FIG. 3) Effects of the Invention [Overview] In connection with a facsimile apparatus, the object of the present invention is to transmit polled image data to a broadcast destination input by the user's own facsimile, and transmit received image data to another facsimile. In a facsimile machine, a polling destination holding means for holding a telephone number of a polling destination, a broadcasting destination holding means for holding a telephone number of a broadcasting destination, a counting means for instructing presence / absence of a broadcasting destination, It has image data holding means for temporarily holding data, inputs the polling destination and the telephone number of the broadcasting destination in the facsimile of the broadcasting source, and receives the image data received from the polling destination. Is temporarily stored in the image data holding means, and then the image data is broadcast to the broadcast destination.

[Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus that broadcasts a document requested to be relayed to another facsimile different from the relay destination.

[Conventional technology]

There is a relay request method as one of communication methods in facsimile. As shown in FIG. 4, this relay request method is performed from facsimile (1) to facsimile (3-0) to (3-
When transmitting the same original to 2), a relay request is once made to the facsimile (2). At this time, the facsimile (1) transmits the destinations of the facsimile (3-0) to (3-2) and the original to the facsimile (2) performing the relay. In the facsimile (2), the original is temporarily stored in the memory M, and the original stored in the memory M is sequentially broadcast to the facsimile (3-0) to (32) of the destination designated by the facsimile (1). Things.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Facsimile (2) in Fig. 4 that has received a relay request
Conventionally, if the operator of facsimile (2) wants to send the original to facsimile (a), (b)... The following method is used.

A. From facsimile (2) to facsimile (1), facsimile (a) different from the previous relay request destination,
(B)... And the relay request is again made to the facsimile (1).

B. The facsimile (2) broadcasts the data to the facsimile (a), (b),... Using the document output on the recording paper by the facsimile (2).

However, in the above A, since the relay request is made from the facsimile (2) to the facsimile (1), there is a problem that not only the facsimile (2) but also the facsimile (1) takes a lot of trouble for the relay broadcast control. . Further, in the case of the above B, there is a problem that the image quality is deteriorated because transmission is performed using a document output on recording paper by facsimile (2) as a document.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to solve such a problem, a facsimile machine (a) which wants to broadcast a manuscript of good image quality without much trouble by facsimile (2),
(B)...

[Means for solving the problem]

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a telephone number input unit 14 for controlling the input of a telephone number to the broadcast facsimile 2;
A backup random access memory (hereinafter referred to as B-RAM) 15 is provided in which the telephone number of the broadcast destination facsimile, the telephone number of the polling request destination facsimile, and the like are written.

The operator first inputs the telephone number of the facsimile 1 as a polling destination, that is, as a master station, from the operation panel 14 shown in FIG. The telephone number of the facsimile 1 is entered into the B-RAM 15 by the telephone number input unit 13.
In the area (4a) 17 Next, the operator operates the facsimile machines 3-1, 3-2, 3-
3. Enter each telephone number. These telephone numbers are similarly entered in the area (3a) 18 of the B-RAM 15, and the number of broadcast facsimile entries is entered in the count area 16 of the B-RAM 15 accordingly.

After inputting the necessary telephone number in this way, when the polling broadcast execution key is pressed from the operation panel 14, the main control unit 11 instructs the communication control unit 10 to execute the polling broadcast.

Thereby, the communication control unit 10 sends the B-RAM 15 from the main control unit 11.
Received the telephone number of facsimile 1 in area (4a) 17
The polling call of the facsimile 1 is performed, the original of the facsimile 1 is received, and this is temporarily stored in the memory 19. Next, the communication control unit 10 receives the telephone number of the facsimile 3-1 of the broadcast destination from the area (3a) 18 of the B-RAM 15 from the main control unit 11, and sends the facsimile 1 to the facsimile 3-1.
Then, the original received and stored in the memory 19 is transmitted.
At this time, the count area 16 of the B-RAM 15 is decremented by one. .. Are sent from the facsimile 1 to the facsimile machines 3-1, 3-2, 3-3,... When the count area 16 becomes zero.

[Action]

According to the present invention, a broadcast destination is input by the facsimile machine 2, a desired document is received by polling the facsimile machine 1, and this is stored in the memory 19. The held image with good image quality can be transmitted to the broadcast destination selected by the facsimile 2.

〔Example〕

One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of its operation.

In FIG. 2, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same parts. Reference numeral 20 denotes a memory input / output unit which controls input / output of the memory 19; The operation panel 14 is for displaying instructions for confirming whether or not the input telephone number is correct for the operation instruction items to the operator, and is actually located in the operation panel 14, and 22 is a display control. Display section 21
Is performed for display control.

The user operation unit 12 selects a program according to the user's operation selection from a memory storage unit (not shown), and controls the main control unit (CPU) 11 based on the program.

Next, the operation of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Prior to the polling broadcast, the operator of the facsimile 2 notifies the facsimile 1 of a document name and time to be polled in advance by an appropriate means such as a telephone. The operator of the facsimile 1 sets the designated original at that time based on this.

When the scheduled polling time comes, the operator of the facsimile 2 turns on the broadcast switch on the operation panel 4 and presses the polling broadcast key, for example, the numeric keypad 2. If a broadcast key, for example, a numeric key 1 is pressed without pressing the numeric key 2, a normal broadcast process is performed.

By selecting the polling broadcast key, the user operation unit 12 sends the storage destination address of the polling broadcast program to the main control unit 11, and the main control unit 11 performs the polling broadcast control based on this.

The main control unit 11 sends a display item "Polling broadcast registration" to the display control unit 22, displays it on the display unit 21, and notifies the operator that the selection of the polling broadcast has been made.

Next, the main control unit 11 causes the display unit 21 to display “input of the master station telephone number” in the same manner. The operator inputs the polling destination, that is, the telephone number of the facsimile 1 by using the numeric keypad of the operation panel 14 based on the guidance display. The input telephone number is displayed on the display unit 21 from the telephone number input unit 13 via the main control unit 11 and the display control unit 22. At the same time, the telephone number of the facsimile 1 is entered into the area (4a) 17 of the B-RAM 15 as a polling destination holding unit via the telephone number input unit 13.

Similarly, the main control unit 11 causes the display unit 21 to display “broadcast destination input” on the display unit 21, and causes the count area 16 of the B-RAM 15 to enter zero via the telephone number input unit 13. . The operator sees the guidance display of “broadcast destination input” on the display unit 21 and first inputs the telephone number of the facsimile 3-1 using the ten keys on the operation panel 14. The telephone number input unit 13 transmits this to the main control unit 11 and causes the display unit 21 to display it. At the same time, the telephone number input unit 13 writes the information in the area (3a) 18 of the B-RAM 15 where the broadcast destination is held.
The value of the counter area 16 of 5 is read and a value obtained by adding +1 to this value is written in the count area 16. In this case, since zero is entered in the count area 16 as described above, a numerical value "1" is entered by inputting the telephone number of the facsimile 3-1. The operator is followed by facsimile 3-2, 3
-3... Are sequentially input in the same manner. These telephone numbers are sequentially displayed on the display unit 21, are written in the area (3a) 18, and the numerical value of the count area 16 is sequentially incremented by one, and becomes "3" when the facsimile 3-3 is inputted. In this way, when these changes are required after inputting the broadcast destination, if a change key on the operation panel 14, for example, a ten key 1, is pressed, the facsimile 1 of the master station is pressed.
It is possible to correct the telephone number of the destination facsimile and the correct one. If no change is required, the end key on the operation panel 14, for example, the ten key 2, is pressed.

As a result, the main control unit 11 reads out the telephone number of the master station, that is, the facsimile 1 from the area (4a) of the B-RAM 15, and sends it to the communication control unit 10. As a result, the communication control unit 10
Makes a call to facsimile 1. The facsimile 1 performs polling communication in response thereto and transmits the set original. The transmitted image data is transmitted to the communication control unit 10.
Is received, the main control unit 11 inputs it to the memory 19 through the memory input / output unit 20. This terminates the master station polling communication. Then, the main control unit 11 reads the count area 16 of the B-RAM 15, and since this is not zero, the telephone number of the facsimile 3-1 input first from the area (3a) of the B-RAM 15 is used to perform broadcast control. reading,
This is transmitted to the communication control unit 10. Based on this, the communication control unit 10 calls the facsimile 3-1 which is the slave station of the broadcast destination. At this time, the main control unit 11 reads out the stored image data from the memory 19 by polling, causes the communication control unit 10 to broadcast the image data to the facsimile 3-1, and decrements the numerical value “3” of the count area 16 by “1”. 2 ". After broadcasting to the facsimile 3-1, the main control unit 11 reads out the telephone number of the facsimile 3-2 from the area 3a and broadcasts the same to the broadcast, and sets the numerical value of the count area 16 to -1. In this way, if the value of the count area 16 is decremented by 1 after broadcasting to the facsimile 3-3,
This time, the count area 16 becomes 0. As a result, the main control unit 11
Recognizes that all scheduled broadcast transmissions have been completed, and causes the memory input / output unit 10 to delete the data in the memory 19.

The memory 19 is preferably an IC memory, but is not of course limited to this, and may be another storage means such as a floppy disk. Also, the example in which the number of the destination facsimile is three has been described.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, when it is desired to transmit a manuscript once relay-received and recorded and output by the facsimile 2 to a facsimile other than these relay destinations, polling can be very easily performed, which is extremely excellent. It is possible to transmit a document with the same image quality to the above-mentioned another facsimile.

[Brief description of the drawings]

 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conventional relay system. 10: Communication control unit, 11: Main control unit 12: User operation unit 13: Telephone number input unit 14: Operation panel

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A polling destination holding means for holding a telephone number of a polling destination, a broadcasting destination holding means for holding a telephone number of a broadcasting destination, an image data holding means for temporarily storing polled data, and the polling. The image data received from the polling destination by making a call to the telephone number held in the destination holding means is temporarily stored in the image data holding means, and then called to the telephone number held in the broadcast destination holding means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a polling broadcast control means for transmitting.