JP3543545B2 - Facsimile apparatus and priority transmission control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function of transmitting a document waiting to be transmitted stored in a memory in accordance with a transmission priority, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus under various conditions such as general transmission, broadcast transmission, or time-specified transmission. The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus and a priority transmission control method capable of maintaining immediacy of transmission requiring particularly urgent transmission even when priority transmission is concentrated.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, the following technology has been proposed as a method for performing transmission with immediacy in a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function.
[0003]
For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 7-288661 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art 1") discloses that when a document is stored in an image memory, a priority is input. , A facsimile apparatus transmitting in order from the first registered one is disclosed. Also, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 6-225110 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art 2") discloses a facsimile machine which is registered as priority transmission and which is preferentially transmitted at the time of redial when the other party is busy. A transmitting device is disclosed. Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 7-59031 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art 3") allows reception of a transmission reservation with a high priority during a broadcast transmission in a sequential manner. There is disclosed a facsimile transmitting apparatus that performs high-frequency transmission first, returns to the original state, and sequentially calls the next station for broadcasting. Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 5-68156 (hereinafter referred to as “prior art 4”) focuses on the immediacy of document transmission, and from the viewpoint of operation of priority transmission, transmission of a low-priority document is performed by communication. There is disclosed a facsimile apparatus which automatically changes to a time zone in which cost reduction can be performed and in which redialing can be programmed based on priority. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-268347 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Art 5") discloses image communication in which the order of transmission is changed by the number of destinations, the data amount, and the number of pages in priority transmission based on communication conditions / data characteristics. An apparatus is disclosed. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 6-245049 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art 6") discloses a facsimile distribution management method in which a priority is designated for each destination, or a fax is transmitted from a page having a small number of pages first. Have been. Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 2-301264 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Art 7") includes a priority transmission queue and a normal transmission queue for performing priority transmission, and always takes out a transmission request from the priority transmission queue. A facsimile apparatus for performing priority transmission is disclosed.
[0004]
Any of these prior arts 1 to 7 is intended to actively perform transmission with immediacy, and the transmission with immediacy has higher priority than other transmissions. This is handled by specifying the degree. However, in this method, there is a possibility that the specification of the priority becomes commonplace, and all of the items become priority transmissions. In this case, the original priority transmission function is impaired. Also, there is insufficient consideration for priority transmission in combination with other functions such as redial or time-specified transmission, and transmission is reliably performed at the time (including immediacy) expected by the user under various circumstances. That made it difficult.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, in the conventional system, no consideration is given to the possibility that all transmissions become priority transmission, and priority transmission during sequential broadcasting of priority transmission, or redialing and time designation transmission However, there is a problem in that it is not possible to maintain the immediacy of urgent transmission because no consideration is given to priority transmission in combination with other functions.
[0006]
Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and when priority transmissions are concentrated under various conditions such as general transmission, broadcast transmission, or time designation transmission, transmissions that require particularly urgent transmission among them. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of maintaining immediacy and a priority transmission control method thereof.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is:
In a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function of transmitting a document waiting to be transmitted stored in a memory in accordance with a transmission priority, a user-specified priority specified by a user for the transmission document is set to a higher priority than the user-specified priority. Priority changing means for changing to a system control priority that cannot be changed by the user; and priority transmission control means for performing priority transmission control of a corresponding transmission waiting document by regarding the system control priority as a current setting priority. It is characterized by having.
[0008]
The invention of claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
The priority transmission control unit activates the priority change unit every time a predetermined time elapses from the reception of the document to be transmitted, and changes the user-specified priority of the document to be transmitted to the system control priority. It is characterized by performing.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1,
The priority transmission control means activates the priority change means every time the transmission reservation time is reached, and changes the user-specified priority of the document to be transmitted to the system control priority.
[0010]
The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1,
The priority transmission control means activates the priority changing means by executing a redial set for the document waiting to be transmitted, and changes the system control priority of the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority. Is changed.
[0011]
The invention of claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4,
The priority changing means sets, in accordance with the number of redials, whether the system control priority is sequentially higher or lower than the user-specified priority. It is characterized by comprising a descending order setting means.
[0012]
The invention of claim 6 is
In a priority transmission control method in a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function for transmitting a document waiting to be transmitted stored in a memory according to a transmission priority, a user-specified priority designated by a user for the transmission document is set to the user-specified priority. The system control priority is changed to a higher priority and cannot be changed by the user, and the system control priority is regarded as the currently set priority, and priority transmission control of the corresponding transmission waiting document is performed.
[0013]
The invention of claim 7 is the invention according to claim 6,
When performing the priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted, every time a predetermined time elapses from the reception of the document waiting to be transmitted, the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted is changed to the system control priority. Features.
[0014]
The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 6, wherein
When the priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted is performed, every time the scheduled transmission time is reached, the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted is changed to the system control priority.
[0015]
The invention of claim 9 is the invention according to claim 6, wherein
When performing priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted, the redial set for the document waiting to be transmitted is executed, thereby changing the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority. It is characterized by performing.
[0016]
The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 9, wherein
When changing to the system control priority, it is set according to the number of redials whether the system control priority is sequentially set to a higher priority or a lower priority to the user-specified priority. And
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a facsimile apparatus 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 10 includes a system bus 100 which is a common path of each component. The system bus 100 includes a scanner 101 for reading image data of a document, a keyboard for input, or a keyboard for input. Denotes an input device such as a touch panel, a display device such as an LED or an LCD, and includes an operation display unit 102 as a control panel, an image storage unit 103 for storing an image of a document read from the scanner 101, and an image read by the scanner. Image processing unit 104 that performs editing / processing (encoding / decoding processing, enlargement / reduction processing, compression / expansion processing) of image data, image forming unit 105 that marks image image data on recording paper, etc., paper after printing Paper discharge unit 106 that discharges and accumulates paper, notifies the current time, or A clock 107 for notifying a time interval from the communication system, a transmission / reception unit 108 having a modem and a network control unit (NCU) for performing communication processing by connecting to a digital or analog network (not shown), a CPU 109 for controlling the entire system, ROM 110 that stores control software, fonts, and image information to be displayed on an LCD (liquid crystal display) or the like, controls a work area when executing the control software, and stores the type of a job that is currently being executed. A non-volatile memory 112 realized by a RAM 111, a rewritable Flash ROM or the like, which stores system data such as a priority information table registered by a user, stores a large amount of image information, and is used when editing / processing image data. VRAM 113 used as a work area for A transmission reservation information unit 114 that stores a plurality of transmission information such as a priority order of the stacked images, a transmission reception time, a transmission time of time-specified transmission, and whether or not redialing is performed, and an image read from the scanner 101 at a time specified by the user. A time designation control unit 115 for instructing the start of image transmission; a redial control unit 116 for automatically retrying up to a designated number of times after a certain interval when the other station does not answer due to a busy call, etc .; The priority registered by the user is automatically changed with the time, designated time, redial, etc. as a trigger to instruct the start of communication, the number of priorities that can be set by the user, and the priority that can be set by the system. Information indicating the number, the change interval from the transmission reception time, and whether the priority is automatically changed for each function in ascending or descending order, etc. Priority transmission control unit 117 that stores are connected.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile machine 10 of the present invention.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 2, in the transmission reservation information storage area 20, priority information (user-specified priority (Un), system control priority (Sn)) indicating the priority of the stored images, and transmission Transmission reception time information indicating a reception time, transmission time specification information indicating a transmission time specified by a user, redial information indicating whether or not to redial, image storage id information indicating an identification label of accumulated information, and transmission. Various types of information such as destination information indicating the destination address are stored.
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the priority information storage area 30 of the priority transmission control unit 117 of the facsimile machine 10 of the present invention.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 3, the priority information storage area 30 stores various information such as information on the number of priorities that can be set by the user, information on the number of priorities that can be set by the system, and change interval information from the transmission reception time. It is remembered. In the example of FIG. 3, the number of user-specified priorities is "5 (U1 to U5)", the number of system control priorities is "3 (S1 to S3)", and the change from the transmission reception time It is assumed that "2 minutes" is registered as the interval.
[0024]
FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the correspondence between user-specified priorities (U1 to U5) and system control priorities (S1 to S3) in the facsimile machine 10 of the present invention.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 4, in this example, when the priority of the facsimile machine 10 is automatically changed in ascending order, that is, the priority set by the system is treated as having a higher priority than the priority set by the user. The positional relationship of the priority in the case is shown.
[0026]
Thus, the system has a priority that cannot be set by the user,
By setting the priority set by the system to be higher than the priority specified by the user, priority transmission can be performed in various situations such as general transmission, broadcast transmission, or time-specified transmission. , It is possible to maintain the immediacy of particularly urgent transmission.
[0027]
Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described.
[0028]
First, a processing operation in the case where another transmission request requiring urgency occurs during sequential broadcasting with a high priority will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a case where the priority information in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention is changed by the value of the change interval from the transmission reception time (see FIG. 3). FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a configuration, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of priority transmission after a predetermined time from reception of transmission in the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 5, a document requiring urgency while the facsimile machine 10 sequentially broadcasts the image storage id “stored document 1” of the priority order “U5” received at the transmission reception time “10:05” The case where the transmission request of “stored document 2” is accepted at “10:06” will be described.
[0030]
First, when the facsimile apparatus 10 receives the transmission instruction of “storage document 2” (step 601), the RAM 111 stores the destination information and the communication parameters of the document “storage document 2” (step 602), and then the image storage unit 103 stores the image of the document “stored document 2” read from the scanner 101 (step 603).
[0031]
Thereafter, the facsimile machine 10 searches the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 to determine whether a transmission reservation currently exists in the apparatus (step 604). In the case of this example, since the broadcast of the image storage id “accumulated document 1” is being sequentially performed, this determination is YES (step 604 YES).
[0032]
Thereafter, the facsimile machine 10 obtains the current time using the clock 107 (step 605), and stores the priority of “accumulated document 2”, transmission acceptance time, image storage id, and the like (step 606).
[0033]
Then, the facsimile apparatus 10 transmits one of the highest priority, in this case, any one of the sequential broadcasts of the image storage id “storage document 1” (step 607).
[0034]
After the transmission is completed, the facsimile machine 10 searches the transmission reservation information storage area 20 to determine whether there is a waiting job (step 608).
[0035]
If it is determined that there is no waiting job (NO in step 608), the facsimile machine 10 ends this processing.
[0036]
In this example, since "accumulated document 1" is being sequentially broadcast, this determination becomes YES (step 608 YES), and then the facsimile machine 10 acquires the current time using the clock 107 (step 609).
[0037]
At the same time, the facsimile machine 10 monitors the “change interval (2 minutes) from the transmission reception time” (see FIG. 3) registered in the priority order information storage area 30, and after the current time elapses, That is, when the current time has reached “10:08” (step 610), the priority transmission control unit 117 sets the priority “U5” of the image storage id “stored document 2” stored in the transmission reservation information unit 114. Is changed to "S1" (step 611).
[0038]
Then, when transmitting to the next destination of the sequential broadcast of the image storage id “stored document 1”, the highest priority among the information stored in the transmission reservation information section 114, that is, the priority of the information “S1” The transmission of the image storage id “stored document 2” is started (step 607).
[0039]
According to such a configuration, when there is a document waiting to be transmitted that requires more urgency during the sequential broadcasting of documents waiting to be transmitted with high priority, the priority of the document waiting to be transmitted requiring urgency is changed to the above-mentioned sequential transmission. Since the priority of the broadcast is changed to a higher priority, when one of the above-mentioned sequential broadcasts is finished, when transmitting to the next destination, the document waiting to be transmitted can be preferentially transmitted. Thus, the immediacy of the document waiting for transmission can be maintained.
[0040]
Next, the processing operation of the priority transmission of the time designation transmission will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which the priority information in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention is changed at a designated time, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a priority transmission processing procedure at the time of designated transmission in the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention.
[0041]
As shown in FIG. 7, the transmission is started in advance in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile machine 10 at the transmission reception time "10:00" and the transmission time designation "15:00". Thus, the image storage id “storage document 1” of the priority order “U3” is stored, and then, at the transmission reception time “14:55”, the image storage id “storage document 2” of the priority “U5” is sequentially broadcast. Will be described.
[0042]
First, the facsimile apparatus 10 starts broadcasting the image storage id “stored document 2” of the priority “U5” sequentially (step 802).
[0043]
Then, the facsimile apparatus 10 searches the transmission reservation information storage area 20 to determine whether or not the apparatus currently has a transmission reservation when transmitting to the next destination of the broadcast (step 803).
[0044]
In this example, since the image storage id “stored document 1” of the priority order “U3” is stored, the determination is YES (step 803 YES), and then the facsimile machine 10 The time is acquired (step 804), and at the same time, it is determined whether or not the current time has reached the reserved transmission time “15:00” of the image storage id “storage document 1” (step 805).
[0045]
If it is determined in this determination that the current time has reached the transmission reservation time “15:00” of the image storage id “stored document 1” (step 805 YES), the facsimile apparatus 10 determines whether the priority transmission control unit 117 The priority “U3” of the storage id “storage document 1” is changed to “S1” (step 806), and transmission of this image storage id “storage document 1” is started (step 802).
[0046]
According to such a configuration, when the reservation specified time of a certain high-priority transmission waiting document is reached, even when the other high-priority transmission waiting documents are sequentially broadcast, the reservation specification time is not changed. Since the priority of the reached transmission waiting document is changed to a priority higher than the priority of the sequential broadcasting, when one of the sequential broadcasting ends, the transmission waiting document is transmitted to the next destination. The document can be transmitted with priority, and the immediacy of the document waiting to be transmitted can be maintained.
[0047]
Next, priority transmission at the time of redial designation will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which the priority information in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention is changed by redialing. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a priority transmission processing procedure at the time of redial designation in the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention.
[0048]
As shown in FIG. 9, the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile machine 10 stores the image storage id “stored document 1” of the priority order “U5” at the transmission reception time “10:00”. The case where the broadcasts of the image storage id “accumulated document 2” of the priority order “U5” are sequentially stored at the transmission reception time “10:01” will be described.
[0049]
First, the facsimile apparatus 10 starts dialing the destination "abc" of the image storage id "stored document 1" stored in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 (step 1002).
[0050]
At this time, if the destination “abc” is in a receivable state (step 1003 NO), the transmission is started as it is (step 1010), and the next transmission job in the transmission reservation information section 114 is searched (step 1009). ).
[0051]
On the other hand, when the destination "abc" cannot be transmitted because it is busy (step 1003 YES), the facsimile machine 10 disconnects the line once (step 1004) and makes a call again, that is, determines whether or not to redial. Perform (Step 1005).
[0052]
If it is determined that the call is to be re-established (step 1005 YES), first, the facsimile apparatus 10 registers redial information “1” in the redial field of the transmission reservation information section 114 to indicate that the call is a re-originated call (step 1005). 1006).
[0053]
At this time, at the same time, the priority transmission control unit 117 sets the priority “U5” of the image storage id “accumulated information 1” registered in the priority order field of the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information unit 114 to “S1”. (Step 1007), dialing of the image storage id “stored document 1” is started again (step 1002), and the same processing is repeated thereafter.
[0054]
According to such a configuration, the priority of the document waiting to be sent is changed to a higher priority when redialing because the other party cannot send the message when the other party is busy or the like. Even when there is a sequential broadcast, when redialing is performed, when transmitting to the next destination in the middle of the sequential broadcast, the transmission waiting document can be preferentially transmitted.
[0055]
Next, a second embodiment of the priority transmission when redial is specified will be described with reference to FIGS. 11, 12, 13, and 14. FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the priority information storage area 30 of the priority transmission control unit 117 of the facsimile machine 10 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. Various types of information such as information on the number of priorities that can be set by the user, information on the number of priorities that can be set by the system, and information on the number of redials in descending order are registered. In the example of FIG. 11, the number of user-specified priorities is “5 (U1 to U5)”, the number of system control priorities is “3 (S1 to S3)”, and the number of redials in descending order is It is assumed that “second time” is registered. FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the correspondence between user-specified priorities (U1 to U5) and system control priorities (S1 to S3) in the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, in this example, the priority of the facsimile machine 10 is automatically changed in descending order, that is, the priority set by the user is higher than the priority set by the system. The positional relationship in the case is shown. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which the priority information in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention is changed by redialing. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the second embodiment of the priority transmission at the time of redial designation in the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present invention.
[0056]
As shown in FIG. 13, the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 of the facsimile machine 10 stores the image storage id “accumulation information 1” of the priority order “U5” at the transmission reception time “10:00”. A case will be described where a broadcast of the image storage id “accumulated information 2” of the priority order “U5” is sequentially registered at the transmission reception time “10:01”.
[0057]
First, the facsimile apparatus 10 starts dialing the destination "abc" of the image storage id "stored document 1" registered in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 (step 1402).
[0058]
At this time, if the destination "abc" is in a receivable state (NO in step 1403), the transmission is started as it is (step 1410). After the transmission is completed, the priority transmission control unit 117 sets the transmission reservation in the transmission reservation information unit 114. The information storage area 20 is monitored to search for the next transmission job (step 1409).
[0059]
On the other hand, if the destination "abc" cannot be transmitted because it is busy or the like (step 1403 YES), the facsimile machine 10 once disconnects the line (step 1404) and makes a call again, that is, determines whether or not to redial. Perform (Step 1405).
[0060]
If it is determined that the call is to be re-established (step 1405: YES), first, the facsimile machine 10 registers redial information “1” in the redial field of the transmission reservation information section 114 to indicate that the call is a re-originated call (step 1405). 1406).
[0061]
At this time, at the same time, the priority transmission control unit 117 changes the priority “U5” of the image storage id “accumulated information 1” registered in the priority field of the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information unit 114. In this case, the priority is changed based on the “number of redials in descending order” information in the priority information storage area 30 (see FIG. 11).
[0062]
That is, at the time of the first redial (step 1407 NO), the priority order “U5” of the image storage id “stored document 1” registered in the transmission reservation information storage area 20 of the transmission reservation information section 114 is changed to “S1”. (Step 1412).
[0063]
On the other hand, if the number of redials has reached the “second time” or later (step 1407 YES), the priority “S1” of the image storage id “storage document 1” is changed to “U4” (step 1408). , Each time the number of redials increases, the priority is changed to be lower.
[0064]
According to such a configuration, even in a case where the other party cannot perform transmission while busy and repeats redialing, the transmission priority is increased until a certain number of redials, and the transmission priority is decreased after that number. In this case, it is possible to consider the influence on other documents waiting to be transmitted with high transmission priority, and to perform more efficient priority transmission.
[0065]
The priority information storage area 20 described in the above embodiment may be configured to be set for each function as shown in FIG. In this case, the priority is set to be higher in the order of the elapsed time from the reception of the transmission, the time designation, and the redial. According to this configuration, priority is given between functions, so that more efficient priority transmission is possible.
[0066]
The priority information to be registered in the priority information storage area 20 may be directly input by the user from the operation display unit, read from a department management card, an ID card, or the like, or registered from the host computer via a network. It is possible to do.
[0067]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the user-specified priority specified by the user for a transmission document is changed to a system control priority that cannot be changed by the user, and the system control priority is changed to the current setting priority. Since priority transmission control is performed for the corresponding documents waiting to be transmitted, even if priority transmissions are concentrated in various situations such as general transmission, broadcast transmission, or time-specified transmission, the urgency is particularly important Can be maintained immediately.
[0068]
The change of the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority is performed every time a predetermined time elapses from the reception of the document waiting to be transmitted. Later, the transmission waiting document can be reliably transmitted.
[0069]
Further, when priority transmission control of a document waiting to be transmitted is performed, each time the scheduled transmission time is reached, the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted is changed to the system control priority. Even if another transmission waiting document having a higher transmission priority is sequentially broadcasted when the reservation designated time is reached, after one of them is finished, the transmission reserved document having the transmission reservation is given priority. Can be sent.
[0070]
Further, when priority transmission control of a document waiting to be transmitted is performed, redial set for the document waiting to be transmitted is executed, thereby changing the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority. Therefore, when the other party is unable to send a message due to a busy state or the like and another document waiting to be sent is a sequential broadcast having a high transmission priority, the redial is executed by executing redial after one of the documents is completed. There is a high possibility that the redial transmission will be completed between reports.
[0071]
In addition, since the system control priority is set to be sequentially higher or lower than the user-specified priority in accordance with the number of redials, transmission cannot be performed when the other party is busy. Even if redialing is repeated, the transmission priority is increased up to a certain number of redials and the transmission priority is decreased after that number of times. The influence can also be considered, and more efficient priority transmission can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a transmission reservation information storage area of a transmission reservation information section of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a priority information storage area of a priority transmission control unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a correspondence relationship between a user-specified priority and a system control priority in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which priority information in a transmission reservation information storage area of a transmission reservation information section of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is changed by a value of a change interval from a transmission reception time.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a priority transmission processing procedure after a predetermined time from reception of transmission in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example in which priority information in a transmission reservation information storage area of a transmission reservation information section of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is changed at a designated time.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a priority transmission processing procedure at the time designated transmission in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration in which priority information in a transmission reservation information storage area of a transmission reservation information section of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is changed by redialing.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a priority transmission processing procedure at the time of redial designation in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a priority information storage area of a priority transmission control unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a correspondence relationship between a user-specified priority and a system control priority in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which priority information in a transmission reservation information storage area of a transmission reservation information section of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is changed by redialing.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a second embodiment of preferential transmission at the time of redial designation in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a priority information storage area of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Facsimile machine, 100 ... System bus, 101 ... Scanner, 102 ... Operation display part, 103 ... Image storage part, 104 ... Image processing part, 105 ... Image formation part, 106 ... Paper discharge part, 107 ... Clock, 108 ... Transmission / reception unit, 109 CPU, 110 ROM, 111 RAM, 112 nonvolatile memory, 113 VRAM, 114 transmission reservation information unit, 115 time designation control unit, 116 redial control unit, 117 priority transmission Control unit, 20: transmission reservation information storage area, 30: priority information storage area

Claims (10)

In a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function of transmitting a document waiting to be transmitted stored in a memory according to a transmission priority,
Priority changing means for changing a user-specified priority specified by a user to the transmission document to a higher priority than the user-specified priority and a system control priority that cannot be changed by the user;
A facsimile apparatus comprising: a priority transmission control unit that regards the system control priority as a current setting priority and performs priority transmission control of a corresponding document waiting to be transmitted. The priority transmission control unit activates the priority change unit every time a predetermined time elapses from the reception of the document to be transmitted, and changes the user-specified priority of the document to be transmitted to the system control priority. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile is performed. The priority transmission control means activates the priority change means each time a scheduled transmission time is reached, and changes the user-specified priority of the document to be transmitted to the system control priority. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1. The priority transmission control means activates the priority changing means by executing a redial set for the document waiting to be transmitted, and changes the system control priority of the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said facsimile apparatus is changed. The priority changing means sets, in accordance with the number of redials, whether the system control priority is sequentially higher or lower than the user-specified priority. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a descending order setting unit. In a priority transmission control method in a facsimile apparatus having a priority transmission function of transmitting a document waiting to be transmitted stored in a memory according to a transmission priority,
Changing the user-specified priority specified by the user to the transmission document to a system control priority that is higher in priority than the user-specified priority and cannot be changed by the user;
A priority transmission control method, wherein the system control priority is regarded as a currently set priority, and priority transmission control of a corresponding transmission waiting document is performed. When performing the priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted, every time a predetermined time elapses from the reception of the document waiting to be transmitted, the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted is changed to the system control priority. The priority transmission control method according to claim 6, wherein: 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when performing priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted, each time a scheduled transmission time is reached, a user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted is changed to the system control priority. Priority transmission control method. When performing priority transmission control of the document waiting to be transmitted, the redial set for the document waiting to be transmitted is executed, thereby changing the user-specified priority of the document waiting to be transmitted to the system control priority. The priority transmission control method according to claim 6, wherein the priority transmission control method is performed. When changing to the system control priority, it is set according to the number of redials whether the system control priority is sequentially set to a higher priority or a lower priority to the user-specified priority. The priority transmission control method according to claim 9, wherein

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