JP2749454B2 - Facsimile reception method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving method in a facsimile apparatus having an answer recording mode.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus having a telephone function is well known, and a telephone function having an answering machine function is also being commercialized.

In such a facsimile machine,
The device can be set to various modes.

[0004] In the reception mode, it is usual that one of a manual reception mode and an automatic reception mode can be selected and set.

[0005] The manual reception mode is a mode in which an incoming call can be received only by a telephone. In response to the incoming call, a call is made to the caller and the caller wants to transmit a facsimile. This is a mode for switching to the facsimile reception mode. If the incoming call is not a telephone call but a facsimile signal, the sound from the off-hook handset indicates facsimile communication, so that the facsimile reception can be performed by switching to the facsimile reception mode using the operation button. .

The facsimile automatic reception mode is a mode in which the mode automatically shifts to the facsimile reception mode with a predetermined number of bell sounds, for example, five bell sounds. If the handset is hooked off during the five bell sounds, the mode shifts to the telephone call mode. Therefore, if the incoming call is a facsimile when the handset is off-hook, the facsimile apparatus can be switched to the facsimile reception mode to perform the facsimile reception.

On the other hand, when the facsimile apparatus is set to the answering machine mode, when the handset is not off-hook within a predetermined number of bell sounds, for example, three bell sounds, the mode shifts to the answering machine recording mode. A message indicating that the call is to be recorded is sent, and the caller from the caller is recorded. When the mode is shifted to the answering machine recording mode, if the incoming call is a facsimile of an automatic call, the facsimile cannot be received.

Therefore, in the absence recording mode, CNG
There has been developed a facsimile apparatus having a function of automatically switching between answering machine recording and facsimile reception, in which, if a signal is received, the facsimile is received, for example, by detecting a signal.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining such an automatic answering / facsimile automatic reception switching mode. The flow starts with an incoming call. Step
At 11, the number of bell sounds is counted. When the bell sound is counted three times, the apparatus is connected to the line in an off-hook state internally in Step 12. Then, the process proceeds to Step 12 and C
NG signal is detected. If the call is a call, CNG
Since no signal is detected, the flow shifts to Step 14, where a message to record the call is sent and the usual absence recording for recording the contents of the call is performed, and the flow ends when the recording is completed. If a CNG signal is detected in Step 13, the process proceeds to Step 15, and the facsimile receiving procedure is performed.

[0010] In the absence recording mode setting, if the handset is off-hook within three bells when the incoming call is received because the family member has not yet gone out, the process proceeds from Step 16 to Step 17. As described above, a telephone call mode is set, and a telephone call can be made. In the case of facsimile communication, the mode can be switched to the facsimile reception mode by an operation button to perform facsimile reception.

Such an automatic answering / recording / facsimile automatic reception switching function is not effective unless an incoming call is received by the answering machine. Therefore, even if the answering machine shifts to Step 12, the answering machine has a failure and cannot be set to the off-hook state. You may not be able to receive calls to your answering machine. In such a case, there is a problem that even if the incoming call is a facsimile, it cannot be received.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. The present invention has an answering sound recording mode, and shifts to the answering sound recording mode at a predetermined number of bell sounds.
In the facsimile receiving method in which the facsimile procedure is started when a facsimile procedure signal is detected after the transition to the answering machine recording mode, even if the mode shifts to the answering machine recording mode, even if the answering machine cannot be received, facsimile reception can be guaranteed. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile receiving method.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has an answering machine recording mode, and shifts to the answering machine recording mode at the first predetermined number of bell sounds, and detects a facsimile procedure signal after shifting to the answering machine recording mode. In the facsimile receiving method, when the answering machine is not able to receive a call even when the answering machine is set to the answering machine mode at the first predetermined number of ringing sounds, the second number of times greater than the first predetermined number of ringing sounds is received. After a predetermined number of bell sounds, the facsimile procedure signal is started when a facsimile procedure signal is detected, and a response message is sent out when no facsimile procedure signal is detected.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of a facsimile receiving method according to the present invention. In addition,
The flow of Steps 16 and 17 described in FIG. 2 is omitted.

[0015] The facsimile apparatus has the above-mentioned absence recording /
In the facsimile automatic reception switching mode, if there is an incoming call, the flow of FIG. 1 starts.

Steps 1 and 2 are looped to count the number of bell sounds. By a predetermined number of times, for example, three bell sounds,
The process shifts from Step 2 to Step 3 and is received by the answering machine. That is, in the facsimile apparatus, the connection to the line is made in an off-hook state in the internal circuit. In this way, when the answering machine can be shifted to the activated state, the process proceeds from Step 4 to Step 5, where a CNG signal is detected.
The flow shifts to ep6, where the message sending section and the recording section are activated, so-called answering machine recording is performed. In Step 5, C
When an NG signal is detected, the process proceeds to Step 7, and
Perform the facsimile reception procedure.

The above flow is a normal operation of the facsimile machine. As described above, if an incoming call cannot be received by an answering machine due to a failure or the like, Step 3 cannot be performed normally, and the process loops from Step 4 to Step 1, while looping from Step 1 to Step 4,
The call state continues. In this loop, the number of ringing tones is greater than the number of incoming calls to the answering machine, for example,
When the number of times reaches five, the process proceeds from Step 1 to Step 8. In Step 8, the receiving section of the facsimile apparatus is activated, and first, the internal circuit is connected to the line in an off-hook state. When the connection is completed, Step 9
, A CNG signal is detected in the same manner as described in Step 5, and if this signal can be detected, the process proceeds to Step 7 to perform a facsimile reception procedure.

If the CNG signal is not detected in Step 9, it is preferable to shift to Step 10 to send a message requesting that a call be made again, and to shift to a response mode. Of course, if there is a possibility that the answering machine can shift to the answering machine recording state,
The process may proceed to p6.

If the ringing tone has reached a predetermined number in Step 2 and the answering machine is activated in Step 3, if the answering state to the answering machine is detected in Step 4 and the incoming call cannot be received, the process immediately proceeds to Step 8. You may do so.

In any case, when the incoming call cannot be received by the answering machine, the incoming call to the facsimile unit is enabled. Therefore, even if a failure occurs in the answering machine, the reception of the facsimile is not sacrificed.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the voice recording mode is provided, the voice recording mode is switched to the voice recording mode at the first predetermined number of bell sounds, and the facsimile is performed after the voice recording mode is switched to the voice recording mode. In a facsimile receiving method in which a facsimile procedure is started when a procedure signal is detected, the facsimile receiving method may be arranged such that, when the answering machine is not able to receive a call even when the answering machine is switched to the answering machine recording mode at the first predetermined number of ringing tones,
After a second predetermined number of bells greater than the predetermined number of bells, a facsimile procedure is started when a facsimile procedure signal is detected, and if no facsimile procedure signal is detected,
By sending a response message, even if there is a failure in the answering machine, facsimile reception will not be disabled. There is an effect that a response message can be sent to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a facsimile receiving method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a conventional answering machine / facsimile automatic reception switching mode.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile reception apparatus comprising an answering machine recording mode, wherein the facsimile machine starts the facsimile procedure after detecting the facsimile procedure signal after transitioning to the answering machine recording mode at a first predetermined number of bell sounds. The method further comprises: after a second predetermined number of bells greater than the first predetermined number of bells, if the answering machine cannot receive a call even after transitioning to the answering machine recording mode at the first predetermined number of rings. Receiving a facsimile procedure signal, starting a facsimile procedure, and sending out a response message if no facsimile procedure signal is detected.