JP3157793B2 - 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 apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus using a caller ID notification service in which a caller ID is notified when an incoming call is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile capable of decomposing a still image such as a character or a diagram into pixels, converting this into electric signals and transmitting the same, and obtaining a recorded image similar to the source still image at a receiving destination. (Facsimile: FAX) devices are known.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, it was not possible to identify the caller and make an external call to the transfer destination corresponding to the caller to transfer the call. On the other hand, in some cases, after an incoming call, an identification signal sent from a caller is detected and transferred, but in this case, a call charge is applied to the caller.

By the way, recently, a caller number notification service (so-called number display service) for notifying a caller's telephone number when an incoming call is received on a telephone line has been provided. Transfer was considered.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to individually transfer an external line to a transfer destination adapted to a caller and transfer the call.
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus that can detect and transmit an identification signal sent from a caller without incurring a call charge to the caller.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, A can be Caller ID caller number is notified when incoming
An external line is individually transmitted to the caller who is connected to the analog line and is identified by the caller ID notification service, and is transferred.

[0007] With the above configuration, the facsimile apparatus is connected to a line capable of a caller ID notification service in which a caller ID is notified when a call is received, and the caller ID can be identified by the caller ID notification service. It is possible to individually transfer an external line to the identified caller.

[0008] With this, it is possible to individually transfer an external line to a transfer destination adapted to the caller and transfer the call, and detect the identification signal sent from the caller without incurring a call charge to the caller. Transfer.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 10 includes an operation unit 11, a recording unit 12, a reading unit 13, a telephone number registration unit 14, a telephone number comparison unit 15, a transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16, and a monitoring time registration unit 17. And these are connected to the main control unit 18.
The telephone number registration unit 14 is connected to the telephone number comparison unit 15.

The facsimile apparatus 10 includes a first transmission control section 19, a first ringer detection section 20, a first polarity detection section 21, a first NCU (network control).
unit: network controller) section 22, modem section 23, line switching section 24, called number detection section 25, second polarity detection section 2
6, a second ringer detection unit 27, a second transmission control unit 28, and a second NCU unit 29.

A first transmission controller 19, a first ringer detector 20, a first polarity detector 21, a modem unit 23, a called number detector 25, a second polarity detector 26, and a second ringer detector 2.
7 and the second transmission control unit 28 are connected to the main control unit 18.

The first transmission control section 19, the first ringer detection section 20, and the first polarity detection section 21 are connected to a first NCU section 22, and the modem section 23 is connected to a line switching section 24 and a called number detection section 25. Is done. The second polarity detection unit 26, the second ringer detection unit 27, and the second transmission control unit 28 are connected to the second NCU unit 29, and the first NCU unit 22 and the second
The NCU unit 29 is connected to the line switching unit 24. The first NCU unit 22 is connected to the α line, and the second NCU unit 29 is connected to the β line.

An operation unit 11 is a circuit for inputting data such as a telephone number, and a recording unit 12 is a circuit for outputting a received facsimile signal as image information.
Is a circuit for converting image information of a transmission original into an electric signal. The telephone number registration unit 14 receives the input from the operation unit 11,
A circuit for registering the other party's phone number that requires forwarding,
It is composed of a memory (storage device).

The telephone number comparing section 15 is a telephone number registering section 1
4 is a circuit that compares the telephone number registered in No. 4 with the other party's telephone number detected by the called number detection unit 25 and determines whether or not to perform transfer. The transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16
This is a circuit for registering the transfer destination telephone number, and notifies the main control unit 18 of the transfer destination telephone number linked to the partner telephone number.

The monitoring time registration unit 17 is a circuit for storing a time from a calling operation performed based on the telephone number stored in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16. The main control unit 18
This is a circuit for controlling the entire operation of the facsimile machine 10, and is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor or the like.

First transmission control section 19 and second transmission control section 2
Reference numeral 8 denotes an outgoing signal of a normal outgoing operation and an outgoing signal of the telephone number stored in the transfer destination telephone number registering section 16,
And a circuit for transmitting the signal to each line of the β line.
The signal is transmitted to either the α line or the β line through the CU unit 22 and the second NCU unit 29.

The first ringer detecting section 20 and the second ringer detecting section 27 are circuits for detecting an incoming call from the other party in each line, and the first polarity detecting section 21 and the second polarity detecting section 26 are connected to the line. It is a circuit for detecting the polarity, and serves as a means for detecting the DC connection of the other party.

The modem unit 23 is a circuit that modulates and demodulates transmission / reception data. The line switching unit 24 connects the α line or the β line, and connects the respective lines to the modem unit 23. Switching circuit. The incoming call number detecting section 25 detects caller telephone number information transmitted through the modem section 23.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (part 1) showing a transfer operation by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG.
5 is a flowchart (part 2) showing a transfer operation by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, first, the operator operates the operation unit 11 of the facsimile machine 10 in advance, and registers the telephone number of the other party to which the transfer is requested to the telephone number registration unit 1.
4 (step S101). Phone number registration section 1
4, the other party's telephone numbers A and B are registered. At the time of registration, not only two places but also a plurality of other party telephone numbers can be registered.

Next, individual transfer destinations corresponding to the destination registration numbers A and B of the telephone number registration unit 14 are registered in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16 (step S102). Transfer destination telephone numbers A1 and A2 corresponding to the other party telephone number A and transfer destination telephone numbers B1 and B2 corresponding to the other party telephone number B are registered in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16, respectively. At this time, the transfer destination telephone number can be individually registered for each number registered in the telephone number registration unit 14.

Next, when a call is made to the other party registered in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16, the monitoring time for monitoring the incoming call of the other party until the call is transferred to the next transfer destination is set in the operation unit 1.
1 and registered in the monitoring time registration unit 17 (step S103).

Next, the main controller 18 causes the first ringer detector 20 or the second ringer detector 27 to send a terminal activation signal (activation signal for notifying the caller telephone number) from the α line or the β line. It is determined whether or not it has been detected (step S104).

As a result of the determination, the terminal activation signal is detected (Y
es), it is determined whether there is an incoming call from the α line or the β line (step S105), and if no terminal activation signal is detected (No), the determination is repeated.

After the incoming call is determined, the line on which the call was received is connected to the modem unit 23 through the line switching unit 24, and the caller telephone number sent from the line on which the call was received is detected by the called number detecting unit 25. . Upon detection, step S
In step 105, when there is an incoming call on the α line or when there is an incoming call on the β line, the caller ID is recognized (step S
106, step S107) are performed.

Next, after each caller number is recognized, the detected caller telephone number is sent to the telephone number comparing section 15 and compared with the data in the telephone number registration section 14 to detect the detected caller telephone number. It is determined whether or not the telephone number matches the data registered in the telephone number registration unit 14 (step S108,
Step S109).

This step S108 and step S10
In 9, the caller number does not match the registration number (No)
In this case, the process proceeds to the facsimile reception operation (step S11).
0), then ends. On the other hand, if the caller number matches the registration number (Yes), it is determined whether the matching number is A or B (step S111, step S111).
112).

This step S111 and step S11
2, if the matching number is A, the main control unit 14 assigns a telephone number A1 corresponding to A registered in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16 to a line different from the line on which the call was received. Is automatically transmitted (step S113, step S11).
4). This transmission is performed from the first transmission control unit 19 or the second transmission control unit 28 to the first NCU unit 22 or the second NC
This is performed through the U section 29. Here, the second transmission control unit 2
Reference numeral 8 denotes a transmission control unit for another line that has received a ringer call, and the second NCU unit 29 serves as an NCU unit for another line that has received a ringer call.

Similarly, when the coincident number is B, the telephone number B1 corresponding to the registered B is automatically transmitted (steps S115 and S116).

Thereafter, the polarity of the line from which the call originated is changed to the first
By monitoring the polarity detection unit 21 or the second polarity detection unit 26 (which is the polarity detection unit on the side that performed the transmission operation), it is determined whether or not the incoming call of the other party has been confirmed (step S117).

If it is determined in step S117 that the other party's call has been received (Yes), the line for which the terminal activation signal has been received, that is, the line that has received the call earlier, is DC-closed, and the line switching unit 24 In step 2, the two lines are connected to enable communication between the lines (step S118), and the process ends. On the other hand, the incoming call of the other party is not confirmed (N
In the case of o), it is determined whether or not the line monitoring time registered in the monitoring time registration unit 17 has elapsed (step S11).
9).

Here, the line monitoring time does not elapse (N
In the case of o), the process returns to step S117 to repeatedly check the incoming call. If the line monitoring time has elapsed (Yes), furthermore,
It is determined whether or not the call has been sent to all registered numbers (step S120).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S120 that all the numbers have not been transmitted (No), the transmitting line is opened once and a transmission number corresponding to each of the next callers is transmitted (step S122). ). In other words, the same outgoing operation as in the case of the transfer destination telephone number A1 described above is performed with another transfer destination telephone number A2 registered in the transfer destination telephone number registration unit 16, and an incoming call from the other party is monitored.

After the transmission using the transfer destination telephone number A2, the process returns to step S117, and the subsequent operations are continued until all registered telephone numbers are transmitted.

Then, in step S120, it is determined that the call has been transmitted to all the numbers (Yes), and if all the calls have been completed, the facsimile apparatus 10 releases the line from which the call has been transmitted and returns to the standby state (step S122). ), Then terminate. When the caller telephone number matches B, the transfer destination telephone number is B1 or B2.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration around the line switching unit in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the line switching unit 24 is connected to the α line via a switching circuit 30, a two-wire / four-wire conversion circuit 31 for separating transmission and reception, and a circuit coupling transformer 32 for coupling with the line. Connected, and similarly connected to a β line via a switching circuit 33, a two-wire / four-wire conversion circuit 34 and a circuit coupling transformer 35. Both switching circuits 30 and 33 are connected to each other.

As described above, according to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus capable of accommodating two lines connected to an analog line (abbreviated as ND line) capable of providing a number notification service, a telephone number of a caller who requests transfer in advance and a transfer number A plurality of the above telephone numbers are registered, two ND lines are connected to a facsimile machine, and when there is an incoming call from one ND line (α line), the caller telephone number notified from the line is detected, If the registered telephone number matches, the call is transmitted from the other ND line (β line) to the transfer destination telephone number determined by the registered telephone number.

If the β line is not closed within a certain period of time after the call is transmitted, another transfer telephone number in the transfer destination group is transmitted, and if the incoming call of the transfer destination is confirmed, the α line After the connection is closed, the β line for which the incoming call has been confirmed is connected to the facsimile machine mutually to enable a call between the two. As for the transfer destination, it is assumed that a plurality of transfer destination groups can be provided depending on the other party's telephone numbers.

Therefore, since the operator can set a plurality of telephone numbers to go out individually in advance, even if the operator goes out, the connection probability from the caller to the operator is considerably increased. In addition, since a transfer destination can be set for each caller, it is possible to perform a transfer that is conscious of privateness, that is, a request for personal transfer.

Further, even if the caller makes a call, the line is not closed until the connection with the operator is made, so that if the caller is not connected, the caller is not charged.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, a facsimile apparatus is connected to an analog line capable of a caller ID notification service in which a caller ID is notified when an incoming call is received. It is possible to identify the caller, and to the identified caller, it is possible to make an outgoing call individually and transfer it. ,
The transfer can be performed by detecting the identification signal sent from the caller without calling the caller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating a transfer operation by the facsimile machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating a transfer operation by the facsimile machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration around a line switching unit in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Facsimile apparatus 11 Operation part 12 Recording part 13 Reading part 14 Telephone number registration part 15 Telephone number comparison part 16 Transfer destination telephone number registration part 17 Monitoring time registration part 18 Main control part 19 First transmission control part 20 First ringer detection part Reference Signs List 21 first polarity detection unit 22 first NCU unit 23 modem unit 24 line switching unit 25 called number detection unit 26 second polarity detection unit 27 second ringer detection unit 28 second transmission control unit 29 second NCU unit 30, 33 switching circuit 31 , 34 2-wire / 4-wire conversion circuit 32,35 Circuit connection transformer A, B Destination registration number A1, A2, B1, B2 Transfer destination telephone number

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-260739 (JP, A) JP-A-62-219735 (JP, A) JP-A-10-164185 (JP, A) JP-A-2-35871 (JP) JP-A-2-65439 (JP, A) JP-A-3-250861 (JP, A) JP-A-11-27450 (JP, A) JP-A-61-157065 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 11/00-11/10 H04M 1/00 H04N 1/32

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A caller who is notified of a caller's telephone number when receiving an incoming call.
Two lines that can provide the subscriber number notification service are connected,
A group of destination phone numbers and a group of forwarding phone numbers
Is registered in advance in association with the
The caller's phone number and the registered other party's phone number
If you do, the registration corresponding to the other party's phone number
Call the transfer destination telephone number from the other line, and
Is confirmed, the one line and the other
A facsimile apparatus which connects the other line to communicate with each other . 2. The transmission of the other line within a predetermined time after the call is originated.
If the connection is not confirmed, the forwarding phone number
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a call is made to another transfer destination telephone number in the facsimile machine.