JP3569925B2 - Facsimile device and information transmitting device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention, for example, relates to an information transmitting apparatus of a facsimile apparatus or the like, or by causing new have the ability to set the output device by the input device, an information transmitting apparatus for enabling transmission of information to the destination any media Things.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, for example, some facsimile machines have a speed dial function, and by registering a destination telephone number, image information can be transmitted to the registered destination by one operation.
[0003]
In a service system such as an e-mail and a database, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-46843, a delivery document is output to any medium when a mail document is registered or a search condition is registered. A technique has been proposed that enables the output terminal to control the output format from the transmitting terminal.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, for example, in the abbreviated dialing function of the conventional facsimile apparatus, the instruction of the abbreviated dialing can be performed only by the transmitting facsimile apparatus . Further, for example, in a conventional facsimile machine, there is a problem that a transmission destination is limited to a facsimile machine via a switching network. Also, in a system such as e-mail, there is a problem that the output format can be specified only from the transmitting terminal.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide an information transmitting apparatus capable of easily transmitting input information or received information to a destination of an arbitrary medium.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus connected to a facsimile and an image processing apparatus other than a facsimile via at least two of a public line, a LAN, and an individual interface. Registration means for registering a plurality of image data, and transmission means for transmitting input or received image information to an output device specified by corresponding output information by designating the number, wherein the output information is a telephone number. And the address in the LAN, wherein the registration means is capable of registering a telephone number and an address in the LAN for one of the numbers, and wherein the transmission means designates a destination designated by the output information as a telephone number. In this case, the image information is transmitted via a public line, and the destination specified by the output information is an address in a LAN. For the and transmits the image information via the LAN.
[0007]
[Action]
By such means, input information or received information can be mixedly transferred or mixedly broadcast to a facsimile or LAN based on an instruction from the main unit or an external device.
[0008]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a network including a facsimile transfer device to which the present invention is applied. Although details will be described later, the facsimile transfer device 1 is connected to a telephone network via a line 14, and communicates with other facsimile machines A11, B12 and the like via the telephone network.
[0009]
The host A2 and B3 are connected to a storage device 4, such as a hard disk and a magneto-optical disk, a printer 5, a scanner 6, and the like via a bus such as GPIB and SCSI. Furthermore, it is connected to the server 8, the terminal 9, and the like by a LAN such as Ethernet. All of these hosts, storage devices, input / output devices, servers, and terminals are capable of inputting / outputting, processing, and storing facsimile image data.
[0010]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the facsimile transfer device 1. The CPU 20 controls the entire facsimile transfer device 1 according to a program stored in the ROM 21. The RAM 22 stores input or received image information or various control data.
[0011]
The scanner 23 reads a document and outputs image information data. The printer 24 prints image information data. The external input / output unit A is, for example, a bus interface circuit such as GPIB or SCSI. The external input / output unit B is a LAN interface circuit such as an Ethernet or a token ring. The abbreviated dial storage unit 27 is composed of, for example, a battery-backed-up RAM or flash memory, and stores abbreviated dial information described later.
[0012]
The communication control unit 28 includes a communication control device and a network control device, and performs exchange control, transmission control, procedure control, and the like with the telephone network and the other party's facsimile. The encoding unit 29 encodes (compresses) the image information data by a predetermined method. The decoding unit 30 decodes (decompresses) the coded image signal into original image information data.
[0013]
The enlargement / reduction unit 31 enlarges or reduces input or received image information data according to the specifications of the output device. The input unit 32 includes, for example, a panel switch. The operator inputs telephone numbers, abbreviated numbers, various instructions, and the like, and also registers and deletes abbreviated dial information. The display unit 33 includes, for example, an LCD display device, and displays the state of the device, input key information, and the like. Reference numeral 34 denotes a bus for connecting circuits in the apparatus.
[0014]
Next, data will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing abbreviated dial information stored in the abbreviated dial storage unit 27. In this example, for example, a plurality of output information can be registered for speed dials 01 to 99. In the basic item, output information in the case where there is no output instruction for each input device (similar to a conventional speed dial) can be registered, and in the item for each input, the input devices A to Z ( The number is arbitrary) Different output information can be registered.
[0015]
The last row of the table is output information for semi-fixedly connecting the input device and the output device by simply registering the output device for each input. A plurality of pieces of output information can be registered in each output information column, and details of the output information are shown in FIG. Each output information has information items as shown in the figure. The telephone number is a destination subscriber number such as a telephone network similar to a conventional speed dial.
[0016]
The output device information is information indicating the type of output device when a device other than facsimile is specified. The output device address is an address of the output device, for example, terminal address information in a LAN or the like. The transfer mode (communication mode) is communication control information with the output device, such as a transmission speed, a signal format, and a type of transmission control procedure.
[0017]
The information after the relay station information is facsimile information. The relay station is set when transferring image information via the relay station. The line density and size are set when it is necessary to specify the output facsimile. It is possible to set the time at which transmission starts in the time information. The result notification information is information of a device to output a communication result.
[0018]
In each output information column of FIG. 3, a plurality of output information as shown in FIG. 4 can be registered. In the case of a facsimile of one telephone network and an output device other than one facsimile, it can be specified in one output information unit. These information can be set from the panel.
[0019]
Next, the operation will be described.
FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of receiving and transferring image information from a host in the facsimile transfer device of the system as shown in FIG. 1, for example. In step S1, it is checked whether or not there is a speed dial instruction from the host. If there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step S6, but if there is no instruction, the process proceeds to step S2.
[0020]
In step S2, it is checked whether or not the output designation information for each input device is registered. If there is no such output designation registration, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is checked whether or not there is an output designation from the host. If there is no designation, the process proceeds to step S4.
[0021]
In step S4, it is checked whether accumulation is possible. Since the facsimile transfer device can store data for polling and transfer stored documents, and can store data when the memory is available, the process proceeds to step S5, where image information is received, stored in the memory, and processed. To end. If accumulation is not possible in step S4, the process shifts to error processing, notifies the input device of the error, and ends.
[0022]
In step S6, it is checked whether or not the output designation information for each input device is registered. If the output designation information is not registered, the process proceeds to step S7, and the basic output information corresponding to the abbreviated number in FIG. Refer to and determine the output destination. In step S6, when the output designation for each input device is registered, the process proceeds to step S8, and the output destination is designated from the abbreviated number and the input device by referring to the output information in the column of the instruction for each input in FIG. decide.
[0023]
In step S2, when the output designation for each input device has been registered, the process proceeds to step S9, and the output destination is determined from the input device with reference to the output information of the last line in FIG. In step S3, when an output is specified from the host, the process proceeds to step S10, and an output destination is determined according to the specification. Thereafter, FIG. 6 is continued.
[0024]
Referring to FIG. 6, in step S11, it is checked whether or not the output device specified by the output information is receivable (in the case of a plurality of outputs, at least one is checked). Moves to step S12. In step S12, the image information is received from the host, and in step S13, the received image information is transferred to the designated output device. Steps S12 and S13 may be performed simultaneously. When storing the received image information, step S11 can be omitted.
[0025]
If the output device cannot be received in step S11, or if an output device that does not exist is specified, the process proceeds to step S14, and it is checked whether an error notification is necessary. If the error notification is necessary in step S14, the process proceeds to step S15, and the error notification is output to the output device specified in the output information.
[0026]
In step S16, it is checked whether or not the communication should be interrupted. If the communication should be interrupted, the process proceeds to an interruption process. If the process should not be interrupted, the process proceeds to step S17, where the image information from the host is received and stored in a memory such as a RAM. In step S18, it is checked whether or not the specified output device can be received. If the output device can be received, the process proceeds to step S13.
[0027]
If the output device cannot be received in step S18, the process proceeds to step S19, where it is checked whether or not there is a timer setting instruction. If there is no such instruction, the process returns to step S18, but there is an instruction. In this case, the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, a timer having a predetermined value is set.
[0028]
In step S21, it is checked whether or not the specified output device can be received. If the output device can be received, the process proceeds to step S13. If the output device cannot be received, the process proceeds to step S22. It is checked whether the timer has timed out.
[0029]
If the timer has not timed out in step S22, the process returns to step S21. If the timer has timed out, the process proceeds to step S23. In step S23, it is checked whether or not an error notification is required. If the notification is required, the process proceeds to step S24, where an error notification is output to the output device specified in the output information, and the process is interrupted. Move on to processing.
[0030]
The processing after step S18 is an example. For example, after accumulating image information in step S17, the state of the output device may be periodically monitored while performing other processing.
[0031]
Although the embodiment has been described, the following modified examples are also conceivable.
As for the method of specifying the output destination, an example has been described in which if an output instruction for each input is registered, this is preferentially adopted. It may be.
Although the registration of the speed dial information is described as an example of inputting and setting from the panel of the facsimile transfer device, the speed dial information (output information) may be set and read from an external device such as a host.
[0032]
Although the example of FIG. 1 shows an example of connection to a bus or a LAN, it may be connected to one or a plurality of hosts one-to-one by an interface such as RS232C. The public network may be an ISDN, a data exchange network, a PBX, or a facsimile network. That is, the type of device to be connected and the connection form are arbitrary.
It is also possible to transfer received data without any processing, and it is also possible to handle data other than facsimile by agreement between the transmitting side and the receiving side.
[0033]
If the registered or specified output device does not exist, the registration device is notified of the error in the registration, for example, by notifying the input device or displaying it on the device, and interrupting the communication or accumulating the output device. It may be possible to select whether or not to hold until is connected.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention as described above , there is an effect that input information or received information can be transmitted to a destination of an arbitrary medium by a simple operation.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system including a transfer device.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the facsimile transfer device.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing speed dial information.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing details of output information.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating a receiving operation.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating a receiving operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 facsimile transfer device, 2, 3 host, 4 storage device, 5 printer, 6 scanner, 7 bus, 8 server, 9 terminal, 10 LAN, 11, 12 facsimile, 13 telephone Network, 14 ... lines.

Claims (1)

A facsimile apparatus connected to a facsimile and an image processing apparatus other than the facsimile via at least two of a public line, a LAN, and an individual interface,
Registration means for registering a plurality of output device designation information comprising pairs of numbers and output information,
By specifying the number, transmitting means for transmitting the input or received image information to an output device specified by the corresponding output information,
The output information includes a telephone number and an address in the LAN,
The registration means can register a telephone number and an address in the LAN for one of the numbers ,
The transmitting means transmits the image information via a public line when the destination specified by the output information is a telephone number, and transmits the image information via a LAN when the destination specified by the output information is a LAN address. A facsimile apparatus for transmitting the image information .

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