JP3514594B2 - 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 device, and more particularly, to an information processing device such as a personal computer, which communicates information with the information processing device to enable facsimile communication by the information processing device. And a facsimile machine capable of

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Facsimile apparatuses have been improved in function with the spread thereof, and a facsimile apparatus has become available in which an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is connected to the facsimile apparatus to enable facsimile communication by the information processing apparatus. is doing.

In such a facsimile machine,
Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus independently performs a facsimile communication procedure at the time of reception, temporarily stores a received original document in an image memory in the facsimile apparatus, and then transfers it to a personal computer after communication is completed.

In addition, a fax modem has heretofore appeared, and the fax modem is connected between a personal computer and a line. In this case, the facsimile communication procedure is performed by the facsimile software installed in the personal computer, and the fax modem only modulates and demodulates the signal. A facsimile machine that has the function of such a fax modem in a facsimile machine is
Conventionally, it has been proposed (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-210870).

[0005]

However, in such a conventional facsimile machine or fax modem, when the facsimile machine is used from an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer connected to the facsimile machine, The availability was poor and there was room for improvement. That is, in the case of a facsimile apparatus in which the facsimile apparatus independently performs the facsimile communication procedure, the received original document is temporarily stored in the image memory in the facsimile apparatus and then transferred to the personal computer after the communication is completed. There is a problem that it takes time until the received document is transferred from the facsimile device to the personal computer, and the usability of the facsimile device is poor. Further, in a facsimile machine in which a personal computer performs a facsimile communication procedure and a facsimile machine performs only transparent communication processing such as signal modulation and demodulation like a fax modem, the communication function of the personal computer is a facsimile machine. If the communication function of the device is inferior, the communication time may be unnecessarily long, or the communication error recovery process may be insufficient to allow proper facsimile communication.

[0006] Accordingly, an invention according to claim 1, wherein, directly facsimile reception in information processing apparatus, it is possible to use immediately in the information processing apparatus to receive the document, effectively utilizing the communication function of the facsimile apparatus Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of performing appropriate communication processing at high speed.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the invention, the communication mode information processing apparatus can not receive, to prevent the communication mode is set, to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of performing high speed appropriate facsimile communication It is an object.

[0008] According to a third aspect of the invention, it is a mode in which the information processing apparatus can not receive, and be able to continue communication, and its object is to provide a good facsimile machine availability .

[0009] The invention of claim 4 wherein is as polling document in the information processing apparatus than the polling document in full Akushimiri device is handled preferentially, polling request line in a non-standard mode from the other facsimile machine It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus with good usability by preventing polling and transmitting a polling document in the information processing apparatus.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems] inventions described in claim 1,
A modem connected to the communication line, and the other party via the modem
Facsimile control signals are exchanged with
The communication control unit that executes the ACS communication procedure,
Encoding / decoding for decoding encoded and encoded image information
Encoding section, operation display section including operation keys and display, transmission
Image memory that stores credit image information and received image information,
A system memory that stores a control program, an interface that exchanges data with the information processing device , and
And the interface based on the control program
Communication with the information processing device via the communication control unit
System that controls the
In a facsimile machine including a system control unit,
The system control unit notifies the information processing apparatus of an incoming call when a facsimile is received, acquires the facsimile communication capability of the information processing apparatus notified from the information processing apparatus in response to the incoming call notification, and at the same time, the partner facsimile apparatus. If the transmission mode of the facsimile communication capability of the own facsimile device and the facsimile communication capability of the information processing device is declared, and then the transmission mode notified from the other facsimile device is the standard mode, the interface is provided to the information processing device. to perform the intervention Surkh Akushimiri reception,
When the notified transmission mode is a non-standard mode, before
Self- fax machine without interface
Facsimile reception by, characterized in that.

According to the above construction, when a facsimile is received,
The information processing apparatus is notified of an incoming call, and the facsimile communication capability of the information processing apparatus notified from the information processing apparatus is acquired according to the notification of the incoming call, and the facsimile communication of the own facsimile apparatus to the partner facsimile apparatus. Capability and facsimile communication capability of the information processing device are declared, and if the transmission mode notified from the other facsimile device after that is the standard mode, the information processing device is made to directly receive the facsimile via the interface and notified. and the transmission mode is a non-standard mode, the own apparatus facsimile machine
Since the facsimile is received by the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus can directly receive the facsimile and the received document can be promptly used by the information processing apparatus, and the communication function of the own facsimile machine can be effectively used. Therefore, high-speed and appropriate communication processing can be performed.

[0012] In this case, for example, as described in claim 2, in the capacity declaration, a full § <br/> Kushimiri communication capability of the information processing apparatus and the ability declared by standard mode capabilities declaration, ship facsimile the full Akushimiri communication capabilities of the device may be capable declared by nonstandard mode capabilities declaration.

According to the above construction, when the capability is declared to the partner facsimile device, the capability of the facsimile communication of the information processing device is declared by the capability declaration for the standard mode so that the facsimile communication capability of the own facsimile device is determined. Since the capability is declared by the capability declaration for the non-standard mode, it is possible to prevent the communication mode from being set to the communication mode that the information processing device cannot receive, and it is possible to perform appropriate facsimile communication at high speed.

Further, as described in claim 3, wherein the sheet
The system control unit will
The processing of claim 1 is performed, and there is no setting of information processing device priority.
In this case, only the full Akushimiri communication capability of its own facsimile apparatus to the other facsimile machine and the ability declared by a standard mode capabilities declaration and non-standard mode capabilities declaration transmission mode in standard mode then notified from the other facsimile machine Even if the transmission mode is the information processing device
When it exceeds the full Akushimiri communication capability, ship Fakushi <br/> millimeter apparatus may perform facsimile reception.

According to the above configuration, when the capability is declared to the facsimile machine of the other party, only the facsimile communication capability of the own facsimile machine is declared by the capability declaration for the standard mode and the capability declaration for the non-standard mode, and then the facsimile machine of the other party. Even if the notified transmission mode is the standard mode, if the transmission mode exceeds the facsimile communication capability of the information processing device, the own facsimile device performs facsimile reception, and thus the information processing device cannot receive. However, the communication can be continued, and the availability of the own facsimile device can be improved.

Further, as described in claim 4, upon receiving a notification from the information processing device that a polling document is present, the capability declaration is made when the facsimile is received.
Instead of this, a capability declaration is made to the partner facsimile machine only for the facsimile communication capability of the own facsimile machine by the standard mode capability declaration , and then the partner facsimile machine
The transmission mode notified by the
If so, the interface to the information processing device
To perform polling transmission processing via .

According to the above construction, when a facsimile is received,
Upon receipt of notification that a polling document from the information processing apparatus, the polling document in information processing apparatus Ru handled preferentially. Therefore, the polling document in the information processing apparatus can appropriately transmit, it is possible to improve the utilization of the own device Fakushi <br/> milli device.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore have various technically preferable limitations. However, the scope of the present invention refers to the present invention particularly in the following description. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

1 to 12 are views showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus 1 to which the embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied. Is.

In FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 1 includes a reading unit 2, a recording unit 3, a system memory 4, an operation display unit 5,
An encoding / decoding unit 6, a system control unit 7, an image information memory 8, a communication control unit 9, a modem 10, a PC I / F (interface) unit 11 and the like are provided, and the above units are connected by a bus 12. ing.

PC I / F section (interface) 11
A personal computer (information processing device) 20 is connected to the PC via a predetermined communication line 13, for example, RS-232C, and the PCI / F unit 11 exchanges data (information) with the personal computer 20. Give and receive. The personal computer 20 includes facsimile communication software necessary for performing facsimile communication via the facsimile device 1.

The reading unit 2 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Cou
An image scanner or the like using a pled device) is used, and generally includes an ADF (automatic document feeder). Multiple documents are set in the ADF, and the AD
F feeds the set originals one by one to the original reading position of the reading unit 2. The reading unit 2 scans the document conveyed from the ADF and reads the image of the document with a predetermined resolution.

The recording unit 3 is, for example, a thermal recording device using a thermal element, an electrophotographic recording device, or the like. The recording unit 3 records the received image or the image read by the reading unit 2. Print out on recording paper.

The system memory 4 is composed of a non-volatile memory, and stores various data, programs and the like necessary for controlling the facsimile apparatus 1.

The operation display unit 5 is provided with various operation keys such as a numeric keypad and a start key, and is also provided with a display (for example, a liquid crystal display). From the operation keys, various commands such as a transmission operation are input, and the display is displayed. The contents of the command input from the operation keys and various information notified from the facsimile machine 1 to the operator are displayed. In particular,
The operation display unit 9 includes a priority key for setting priority information for giving priority to the facsimile communication by the facsimile device 1 or the facsimile communication by the personal computer 20, and the priority information set by the priority key is It is stored in the system memory 4. For example, when this priority information is "0", it indicates that the personal computer 20 is prioritized, and when it is "1", it indicates that the facsimile device 1 is prioritized.

The encoding / decoding unit 6 is provided to improve the efficiency of storing image information in the image information memory 8 and shorten the transmission time, and encodes the image information according to a predetermined encoding method. Also, it decodes the encoded image information.

The system control section 7 controls each section of the facsimile apparatus 1 based on the program in the system memory 4 to execute the basic processing as the facsimile apparatus 1 and the facsimile communication switching processing described later.

The image information memory 8 is, for example, a large capacity RA.
It is composed of an M (Random Access Memory) or a hard disk device, and mainly stores image information for transmission and received image information.

A line L, for example, a public telephone line is connected to the modem 10, and the modem 10 operates under the control of the system control unit 7 to modulate a facsimile transmission signal and demodulate a reception signal. To do. The modem 10 has a built-in network control unit, and the network control unit detects ringing from the line L to automatically receive a call, and also performs automatic call processing to the line L.

The communication control unit 9 operates under the control of the system control unit 7, exchanges facsimile control signals with the partner facsimile machine, and executes a facsimile communication procedure.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The facsimile device 1 performs a facsimile communication switching process to determine whether the facsimile device 1 performs the facsimile communication or the personal computer 20 performs the facsimile communication according to the priority setting state by the priority key and the communication mode when the facsimile is received. There are features.
The facsimile communication switching process will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the facsimile apparatus 1 receives a facsimile incoming call (step S
1), the system control unit 7 causes the personal computer (indicated as PC in FIG. 2) 20 via the PC I / F unit 11
To that effect (the fact that a facsimile call has arrived) is notified (step S2), and whether the personal computer 20 has facsimile communication capability information (information indicating communication capability as a facsimile) and whether or not there is a polling document. Since the polling document presence / absence information shown is notified by the personal computer-facsimile apparatus information exchange procedure, the facsimile communication capability information and the polling document presence / absence information are received (step S).
3).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when there is an incoming call (ring) from the other facsimile machine (calling machine),
The facsimile machine 1 is a personal computer (P
C) Facsimile apparatus 1-personal computer 20 communication procedure (PC-
When the personal computer 20 receives the incoming call notification, the personal computer 20 notifies the facsimile apparatus 1 of its own facsimile communication capability (DIS) and polling document presence / absence information. Facsimile device 1
Is a personal computer 2 as described below.
Based on the presence / absence of a 0 polling document and the setting state of priority information, the DIS signal and N for which the communication capability of either the facsimile apparatus 1 or the personal computer 20 is set.
The SF signal is sent to the partner facsimile machine.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the system control section 7 analyzes the information received from the personal computer 20 to check whether the personal computer 20 has a polling document (step S4), and the personal computer 20 is checked. If there is no polling document, is the priority information of the system memory 4 set to "1", that is, the DI of the personal computer 20?
It is checked whether or not the S signal (digital identification signal) is prioritized (step S5).

In step S5, when the priority information is "0", that is, when the DIS signal of the facsimile apparatus 1 is prioritized, the system control unit 7 sets the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile apparatus (FAX) 1. DI
S signal and N that sets the non-standard capability of the facsimile device 1
The SF signal (non-standard function identification signal) is sent to the partner facsimile machine via the line L (step S6), and the signal from the partner facsimile machine is received (step S7).

When there is no polling document in the personal computer 20 in step S4 and the priority information is "1" in step S5, that is, when the DIS signal of the personal computer 20 is prioritized, the system control section 7 , The DIS signal for setting the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20 and the facsimile device 1
The NSF signal in which the non-standard facsimile communication capability is set is sent from the communication control unit 9 to the partner facsimile apparatus via the line L (step S9), and the signal from the partner facsimile apparatus is received (step S7).

In step S4, when there is a polling document in the personal computer 20, the system control unit 7 sends only the DIS signal for which the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile apparatus 1 is set through the line L from the communication control unit 9 to the other facsimile. Send to device (step S
8) Receive a signal from the partner facsimile machine (step S7).

When the facsimile machine 1 sends a DIS / NSF notification to the facsimile machine of the other party, the facsimile machine of the other party specifies the transmission mode by the DCS / NSS in the case of the transmission request, and the non-standard in the case of the polling request. Depending on whether it is standard or standard, a polling request is issued by NSC / DTC.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the system control section 7 determines that the facsimile control signal received from the partner facsimile machine has a standard mode polling request (DTC signal), a non-standard mode polling request (NSC signal),
It is checked whether the request is a standard mode transmission request (DCS signal) or a non-standard mode transmission request (NSS signal) (steps S10 to S13).

In step S13, if the request is a non-standard mode transmission request (NSS signal), the system control unit 7 determines that only the facsimile machine 1 will receive the data, and the facsimile machine 1 sends the received data as described later. Reception processing is performed (step S14).

In step S12, if the request is a standard mode transmission (DCS signal), the system control unit 7 checks whether the communication capability notified by the facsimile machine of the other party exceeds the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20. (Step S15) If the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20 is exceeded, the facsimile apparatus 1 performs the receiving process (step S1).
4). In step S15, the personal computer 20
When the facsimile communication capability of No. 3 is not exceeded, the system control unit 7 causes the personal computer 20 to perform a facsimile reception process, as will be described later (step S16).

In step S11, if the polling request (NSC signal) is in the non-standard mode, the system controller 7
Performs a polling transmission process by the facsimile device 1 described later (step S17), and if it is a standard mode polling request (DTC signal) in step S10, checks whether the personal computer 20 has a polling document (step S18). . If there is no polling document in the personal computer 20 in step S18, the system control unit 7 performs polling transmission processing by the facsimile device 1 (step S17). If there is a polling document in the personal computer 20, the system control unit 7 uses the personal computer 20 described later. A polling transmission process is performed (step S19).

Next, the facsimile receiving process by the facsimile apparatus 1 in step S14 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, when the DCS / NSS is received from the partner facsimile machine (calling machine) and the DCS / NSS is a non-standard transmission request (NSS signal) as described above, the system control unit 7 displays As shown, the PC-FAX information exchange procedure causes the personal computer 20 to perform a disconnection procedure (DCN signal), and thereafter, the facsimile communication procedure by the facsimile apparatus 1 alone is performed to perform a facsimile reception process. That is, the facsimile machine 1 performs a training check (TCF signal), and when the training check is completed normally, it sends out a CFR signal (reception preparation confirmation signal), and then image information sent from the partner facsimile machine ( PIX) is received. The facsimile machine 1
When the EOP signal (procedure end signal) is received, when the image information is normally received, the MCF signal (message confirmation signal) is transmitted, and when the DCN signal (disconnection command signal) is received from the partner facsimile machine, the line is disconnected. Then, the facsimile reception process ends.

In the receiving process, the facsimile apparatus 1 temporarily stores the received image information in the image information memory 8 and immediately transfers the received image information to the personal computer 20 without performing the recording and outputting process. To wait for.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the facsimile apparatus 1 sequentially stores the image information received via the communication control unit 9 in the image information memory 7 in the encoded state at the time of reception, and at the same time, encodes the image information. The data is transferred to the encoding / decoding unit 6 and is decoded by the encoding / decoding unit 6, and an error check is performed. If there is an error in the decoding of the image information by the encoding / decoding unit 6, the system control unit 7 executes the error notification procedure or the error recovery procedure in the facsimile communication procedure.

When receiving the image information, the system control section 7 creates a document information file as shown in FIG. 7 in the system memory 4 as shown in FIG. 7, receives it, and stores it in the image information memory 8. Manages the image information that was created. This document information file is composed of the reception time, the transmission station TSI, the number of pages of the received image information, and the start address of the image information memory 8 in which the image information for each page of the received document is stored, and is designated by this start address. As shown in FIG. 8, the image information memory 8 stores the number of data bytes, which is the size of the image information, the start address of the image information memory 8 in which the image information of the hour page is stored, the linear density, and the encoding. A mode (for example, MMR), a document width (for example, B4 width), and image information are sequentially stored.

When the facsimile reception is completed, the system controller 7 transfers the image information to the personal computer 20 as shown in FIG. That is, the system control unit 7 causes the PC I / F unit 11 to activate the personal computer 20 to receive image information (C_rin).
g), when the personal computer 20 notifies the pick-up ability (encoding mode, document width, line density) (R
_Dis), the image information is read page by page from the image information memory 8 and converted into image information according to the take-back capability by the encoding / decoding unit 6, and then the personal computer 20 is supplied via the PC I / F unit 11. To ( DATA ).
At this time, the system control unit 7 adds the header information to each page and outputs the image information to the personal computer 20.
Transfer to. This header information is composed of the TSI of the transmitting side (facsimile apparatus 1), the page number, the encoding mode, the line density, and the document width.

When the transfer of all the image information is completed, the system control section 7 issues C_eop for inquiring the completion of the reception of the original document, and when receiving the reply R_mcf for the reception confirmation of the original document from the personal computer 20, the personal computer issue disconnect notification C_dc n to 20, and terminates the transfer process. When the transfer process ends normally, the system control unit 7 deletes the document information file in the system memory 4 and the image information in the image information memory 8.

Next, the facsimile reception process by the personal computer 20 in step S16 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the system control unit 7 sends the DCS from the partner facsimile machine (calling machine).
/ NSS and, as described above, the DCS / NSS
Is a standard transmission request (DCS signal), the contents of the DCS signal are changed to the PC I / F unit 1 as shown in FIG.
The communication control section 9 and the PC I / F section are provided so that the personal computer 20 can be notified as is by the PC-FAX information exchange procedure according to No. 1, and thereafter the facsimile communication procedure can be executed between the personal computer 20 and the partner facsimile machine. At 11, the information is transparently transferred.

Further, the polling transmission process by the facsimile apparatus 1 in step S17 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described based on. That is, the DTC / NSC is received from the partner facsimile machine (calling machine), and the DTC / NSC receives the nonstandard polling request (N
(SC signal), the system control unit 7 causes the personal computer 20 to execute the PC-FAX as shown in FIG.
According to the information exchange procedure, the procedure of disconnecting the communication with the personal computer 20 (DCN signal) is executed, and thereafter, the facsimile communication procedure by the facsimile apparatus 1 alone is performed and the polling transmission processing is performed. That is, the facsimile machine 1 transmits a DCS / NSS signal to the partner facsimile machine and then performs a training check (TCF signal).
When the CFR signal is received, the image information (PIX) of the polling document is transmitted to the partner facsimile machine. After transmitting the image information of all the polling documents, the facsimile device 1 sends an EOP signal (procedure end signal) to the partner facsimile device, and the partner facsimile device receives the MCF.
When the signal (message confirmation signal) is received, it is determined that the image information of the polling document has been normally transmitted, and after the DCN signal (disconnection command signal) is sent to the partner facsimile machine, the line is disconnected and the polling transmission processing is performed. To finish.

Regarding the polling transmission processing by the personal computer 20 in step S19 of FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the system control unit 7 receives the DTC from the facsimile machine (calling machine) of the other party, and if the DTC is the standard polling request (DTC signal) as described above, as shown in FIG. The contents of the DTC signal are transferred to the PC- by the PC I / F unit 11.
Personal computer 20 according to FAX information exchange procedure
To the personal computer 20
The communication control unit 9 and the PC I / F unit 11 transparently transfer information so that a facsimile communication procedure can be executed between the facsimile machine and the other facsimile machine. Therefore, thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12, the polling transmission process is performed between the personal computer 20 and the partner facsimile machine via the communication control unit 9 and the PC I / F unit 11.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a facsimile call arrives, the personal computer 20 is notified of the incoming call, and the personal computer 20 is notified of the facsimile communication capability according to the incoming call notification. When the facsimile mode is acquired, the capability of the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile device 1 and the capability of the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20 are declared to the partner facsimile device, and after that, the transmission mode notified from the partner facsimile device is the standard mode. When the notified transmission mode is the non-standard mode, the facsimile device 1 performs the facsimile reception, so that the personal computer 20 directly receives the facsimile. Receiving Personal computer 2
When 0, the communication function of the facsimile apparatus 1 can be used effectively, and appropriate communication processing can be performed at high speed.

Further, when the capability is declared to the partner facsimile machine, the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20 is declared by the standard mode capability declaration, and the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile device 1 is declared by the non-standard mode capability declaration. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the communication mode from being set to a communication mode that the personal computer 20 cannot receive, and it is possible to perform appropriate facsimile communication at high speed.

Further, when the capability is declared to the partner facsimile machine, only the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile machine 1 is declared by the standard mode capability declaration and the non-standard mode capability declaration, and then the transmission mode notified from the partner facsimile machine. Even in the standard mode, if the transmission mode exceeds the facsimile communication capability of the personal computer 20, the facsimile device 1 performs the facsimile reception, so that the communication is continued even in the mode in which the personal computer 20 cannot receive. Therefore, the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1 can be improved.

When a notification indicating that a polling document is included is received from the personal computer 20 when a facsimile is received, only the facsimile communication capability of the facsimile machine 1 is declared in the capability declaration by the standard mode capability declaration. The polling document in the personal computer 20 can be preferentially handled over the polling document in the facsimile machine 1, and the polling request in the non-standard mode from the partner facsimile machine can be prevented. . Therefore, the polling document in the personal computer 20 can be appropriately transmitted, and the usability of the facsimile device 1 can be improved.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0057]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect according to the present invention, directly facsimile reception in information processing apparatus,
The received document can be promptly used by the information processing apparatus, and the communication function of the own facsimile apparatus can be effectively used to perform high-speed and appropriate communication processing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a capability is declared to the partner facsimile device, the capability of the facsimile communication capability of the information processing device is declared by the standard mode capability declaration, and the facsimile communication of the own facsimile device is performed. Since the ability is declared by the ability declaration for non-standard mode, the communication mode cannot be received by the information processing device.
It is possible to prevent the communication mode from being set, and it is possible to perform appropriate facsimile communication at high speed.

[0059] According to the facsimile apparatus of the invention described in claim 3, even in the mode in which information processing apparatus can not receive, it is possible to continue communication, it is possible to improve the availability of its own facsimile apparatus .

According to the facsimile machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the facsimile is received, the information processing apparatus carries out the polling.
Upon receipt of notification that a ring original polling document in information processing apparatus Ru handled preferentially. The <br/> Therefore, the polling document in the information processing apparatus can appropriately transmit, it is possible to improve the availability of its own facsimile apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart showing a facsimile communication switching process by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the facsimile communication switching process of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing a communication procedure between a personal computer, a facsimile machine and a partner facsimile machine when an incoming call is received by the facsimile machine (FAX) of FIG.

5 is a time chart showing a reception process by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 3 by a communication procedure between a personal computer, a facsimile apparatus and a partner facsimile apparatus.

6 is a block diagram showing a flow of image information at the time of reception by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a document information file stored in a system memory upon reception.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of received image information and management information stored in an image information memory.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flow of transfer processing of received image information in an image information memory to a personal computer.

10 is a time chart showing a receiving process by the personal computer (PC) of FIG. 3 by a communication procedure between the personal computer, the facsimile device, and the partner facsimile device.

11 is a time chart showing a polling process by the facsimile apparatus (FAX) of FIG. 3 by a communication procedure with a personal computer, a facsimile apparatus and a partner facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a time chart showing a polling process by the personal computer (PC) of FIG. 3 by a communication procedure between the personal computer, the facsimile device, and the partner facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Facsimile machine 2 reading section 3 recording section 4 system memory 5 Operation display section 6 Encoding / decoding section 7 System control unit 8-screen information memory 9 Communication control unit 10 modem 11 PC I / F section 12 buses 13 communication lines 20 personal computer

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A modem connected to a communication line, the modem
Facsimile control communication with the other facsimile via
Communication control for exchanging signals and executing facsimile communication procedures
Part, encoding image information and decoding encoded image information
Includes encoding / decoding unit, operation keys and display
Accumulation of image information for operation display, transmission and received image information
System memory for storing image memory and control program
An interface for exchanging data with the information processing device, and the interface based on the control program.
Through the interface communicates with the information processing apparatus also
It controls the communication control unit to communicate with the other facsimile.
In a facsimile machine equipped with a system control unit for communicating
When the facsimile is received, the system control unit notifies the information processing device of the incoming call, and acquires the facsimile communication capability of the information processing device notified from the information processing device in response to the incoming notification. , The facsimile communication capability of the own facsimile device and the facsimile communication capability of the information processing device are declared to the partner facsimile device, and when the transmission mode notified from the partner facsimile device after that is the standard mode, the information processing device the interface through Sulf Akushimiri received to perform the on and the notified transmission mode is a non-standard mode, without passing through the interface, perform facsimile reception by the own apparatus facsimile <br/> Li device, that Characteristic facsimile machine. Wherein said system control unit, in the capacity declaration, the information processing apparatus of the full Akushimiri communication capability and ability declared by standard mode capabilities declaration, ship facsimile apparatus non-Standard mode off Akushimiri communication capability The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the capability is declared by the capability declaration. 3. A modem connected to a communication line, the modem
Facsimile control communication with the other facsimile via
Communication control for exchanging signals and executing facsimile communication procedures
Part, encoding image information and decoding encoded image information
Includes encoding / decoding unit, operation keys and display
Accumulation of image information for operation display, transmission and received image information
System memory for storing image memory and control program
An interface that exchanges data with the information processing device.
Interface and the above-mentioned interface based on the control program.
Interface with the information processing device.
It controls the communication control unit to communicate with the other facsimile.
In a facsimile machine equipped with a system control unit for communicating
In addition, the operation display section is provided with a priority key, and the system control section is arranged to
Notify the processing device of the incoming call, and respond to the incoming call notification
The information processing device file notified from the information processing device.
When the Ximiri communication capability is acquired and the information processing device is prioritized by the priority key
To the other party's facsimile machine
Facsimile communication capability and fax of the information processing device
Declares ability of millimeter communication ability, and then fax
The transmission mode notified by the millimeter device is the standard mode
Via the interface to the information processing device
Facsimile reception is performed, and the notified transmission mode
Is in non-standard mode, the
No fax reception by own fax machine
Carried out, when the setting of the information processing apparatus priority is not, the other party Fakushi
Only full Akushimiri communication capability of its own facsimile device to the millimeter device and ability declared by a standard mode capabilities declaration and non-standard mode capabilities declaration, even transmission mode then notified from the other facsimile apparatus is a standard mode, the When the transmission mode is greater than the full Akushimiri communication capability of the information processing apparatus performs Fakushi <br/> millimeter received by the own apparatus facsimile machine, full Akushimiri device you wherein a. 4. The system control unit notifies the information processing device of an incoming call when the facsimile call arrives.
In the case where Tsu receive a notification that a polling document from the information processing apparatus in response to the incoming call notice,
Instead of the capacity declaration performs capacity declarations only by the ability declaration for standard mode facsimile communication capability of its own full <br/> Akushimiri apparatus to the other facsimile machine, then the other party files
If the transmission mode notified from the
If it is a polling request, the
To perform polling transmission processing via the interface,
Facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.