JP3712781B2 - Facsimile apparatus, image forming apparatus, and transmission source information registration method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to, for example, a digital copying machine separated into a scanner and a printer, a facsimile machine such as a digital copying machine as a multifunction machine equipped with a facsimile function, an image forming apparatus, and a transmission source information registration method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Some image forming apparatuses equipped with a facsimile function have a function of storing transmission destination information in the form of a telephone directory or the like in a storage means such as a facsimile, as in a facsimile. Either all of the transmission destination information is registered manually, or all of the destination information attached to the received data is automatically registered as transmission source information.
[0003]
For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 04-150370, there is provided a function of automatically registering a destination party number and abbreviation that are not registered in the electronic telephone directory of the memory, thereby making it easy for the operator to register. A facsimile apparatus is disclosed in which is omitted.
[0004]
However, even if the registration to the storage means such as the memory of the phone book is done automatically, if all of the received data is registered, it will soon be a huge amount and will need to be erased. To do so, input work for registration was required.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, in the image forming apparatus equipped with the facsimile function, when the transmission source information at the time of receiving the facsimile is stored in the storage means such as the memory in the form of a telephone book or the like, the telephone book is registered manually. In some cases, an input operation for registration is required, and even if it is performed automatically, as soon as all of the received data is registered in a storage means such as a memory as a phone book, it becomes a huge amount and is erased. There was a problem that it was not possible to register easily either way.
[0006]
Therefore, the present invention does not require an input operation in registration when the transmission source information at the time of receiving a facsimile is stored in a storage means such as a memory in the form of a telephone book or the like, and does not require an erasing operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a registration method of a facsimile apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and transmission source information that can be registered.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The facsimile apparatus of the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving transmitted facsimile data, a printing means for printing based on the facsimile data received by the receiving means, and the receiving means after the printing by the printing means is completed. Extraction means for extracting transmission source information from received facsimile data, first storage means for temporarily storing transmission source information extracted by the extraction means, and transmission source information stored in the first storage means Is stored in the first storage means and the second storage means when the second storage means is registered as necessary and the transmission source information extracted by the extraction means is not stored in the first storage means and the second storage means. scratch and first control means for performing control to store in the first storage means, for a period of time for storing the source information in the first storage means by the control of the first control means When the storage maintenance timing is reached, the first investigation means for investigating whether or not it is the temporary storage maintenance timing, and when the first investigation means is the temporary storage maintenance timing, it is stored in the first storage means. A second investigation means for investigating whether or not the transmission source information being erased is an object to be erased, an erasure means for erasing the transmission source information to be erased in the investigation of the second investigation means, After the control of the first control means or the second control means, the second control means for rearranging the transmission source information stored in the first storage means that has not been deleted, the first control means and the source information needed out of the sender information stored in the storage means is composed of a registration means for registering in the second storage means.
[0011]
The facsimile apparatus of the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving transmitted facsimile data, a printing means for printing based on the facsimile data received by the receiving means, and the receiving means after the printing by the printing means is completed. Extraction means for extracting transmission source information from received facsimile data, first storage means for temporarily storing transmission source information extracted by the extraction means, and transmission source information stored in the first storage means Is stored in the first storage means and the second storage means when the second storage means is registered as necessary and the transmission source information extracted by the extraction means is not stored in the first storage means and the second storage means. Is stored in the first storage unit, and necessary transmission source information among the transmission source information stored in the first storage unit by the control unit is stored in the second storage unit. And the transmission source information stored in the first storage means registered in the second storage means by the registration means, or stored in the first storage means and determined in advance. Deleting means for deleting source information that has passed a specified period.
[0012]
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention comprises a receiving means for receiving transmitted facsimile data and a printing means for printing based on the facsimile data received by the receiving means in an image forming apparatus having a facsimile communication function and a copying function. And after the printing by the printing means, an extraction means for extracting the transmission source information from the facsimile data received by the reception means, and a first storage means for temporarily storing the transmission source information extracted by the extraction means And second storage means in which the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is registered as necessary, and the transmission source information extracted by the extraction means is the first storage means and the first storage means. If the second storage means is not stored, a first control means for performing control of storing the source information in the first storage means, the control of the first control means A first period of time for storing the source information in the first storage means is used as a temporary storage maintenance timing, and the first investigation means for investigating whether or not the temporary storage maintenance timing is reached. If the means is temporary storage maintenance timing, the second investigation means for examining whether or not the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is an erasure target, and the second investigation means An erasing unit for erasing the transmission source information to be erased in the investigation; a second control unit for rearranging the transmission source information stored in the first storage unit not erased by the erasing unit; after the control of the first control means or the second control means, said first registration means for transmitting source information required of the transmission source information stored in the storage means for registering in the second storage means It consists of and.
[0013]
The transmission source information registration method of the present invention receives facsimile data to be transmitted, prints based on the received facsimile data, and extracts the transmission source information from the received facsimile data after the printing is completed. , Temporarily storing the extracted transmission source information, registering the temporarily stored transmission source information as necessary, and transmitting the extracted transmission source information when the extracted transmission source information is not temporarily stored or registered. Control is performed to temporarily store the original information, and a certain period in which the sender information is temporarily stored by this control is set as the temporary storage maintenance timing, and it is investigated whether it is the temporary storage maintenance timing. If it is a maintenance timing, it is investigated whether or not the temporarily stored transmission source information is to be erased, and the transmission source information to be erased in this investigation is deleted. And performs reordering of the source information that is this erased not been temporarily stored, is characterized in that so as to register the sender information required of the transmission source information stored at the one.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 schematically shows the entire configuration of a digital copying machine as an image forming apparatus according to the present invention. This digital copying machine includes a scanner 2 and a printer 3, and an automatic document feeder (ADF) 4 is mounted on the top.
[0015]
The automatic document feeder 4 has a rear end edge portion of a cover main body 21 as a casing attached to an upper rear end edge portion of the apparatus main body via a hinge device (not shown) so that it can be opened and closed automatically. The entire document feeder 4 can be rotationally displaced to open the document table 5. A document feed table 22 that can hold a plurality of documents at once is provided on the upper surface of the cover body 21 and slightly to the right. On one end side of the apparatus, there is provided a feeding means 23 for taking out originals one by one sequentially and supplying them to one end side (left end side in the figure) of the original table 5. The feeding means 23 includes a pickup roller 27 for taking out the document, a weight plate 28 for pressing the document against the pickup roller 27, an empty sensor 29 as a document detection sensor for detecting the set state of the document on the document feeding table 22, and the like. Is arranged. Further, a paper feed roller 32 is arranged in the document take-out direction of the pickup roller 27 so as to reliably feed the documents one by one. A document conveying belt 37 is stretched over the upper surface of the document table 5 to cover it. The document transport belt 37 is a wide endless belt whose outer surface is stretched between a pair of belt rollers 40 and 40, and is configured to be able to run in both forward and reverse directions by a belt drive mechanism (not shown). Further, on the back side of the inner peripheral portion of the document conveying belt 37, a plurality of belt pressing rollers 41 for pressing the belt surface onto the document table 5 and a set switch for detecting the open / closed state of the automatic document feeder (FIG. Not shown). Then, the document fed by the feeding means 23 is conveyed from one end side (left end side) of the document table 5 to the other end side (right end side). A paper discharge unit 38 is provided on the right side of the apparatus. The paper discharge unit 38 detects a conveyance roller 44, a pinch roller 45 that presses the document against the conveyance roller 44, and a trailing edge of the document that is sent in the sheet discharge direction. A paper discharge sensor 46 or the like is provided as a document detecting means for performing the above operation. A paper discharge roller 48 is disposed downstream of the document discharge path. The document discharge path is provided with a gate 82 for guiding the document upside down to the document table 5 so that the document can be copied on both sides.
[0016]
The scanner 2 includes an exposure lamp 6 as a light source, a first carriage 7 provided with a mirror 15, a second carriage 9 provided with mirrors 8a and 8b for bending an optical path, a lens 10, and a CCD sensor 11 for receiving reflected light. Are constituted by a drive system (not shown) for changing the position of each part and an A / D converter (not shown) for converting the output of the CCD sensor 11, that is, image data (information) from analog data to digital data. . The first and second carriages 7 and 9 are connected to each other by a timing belt (not shown), and the second carriage 9 moves in the same direction at half the speed of the first carriage 7. ing. Thus, scanning can be performed so that the optical path length to the lens 10 is constant. The lens 10 has a fixed focal length and is moved in the optical axis direction during zooming. In the CCD sensor 11, one pixel of the document corresponds to one element of the CCD sensor. The output of the CCD sensor 11 is output to the A / D converter. The first and second carriages 7 and 9 and the mirrors 12a and 12b are moved by a stepping motor (not shown). The first and second carriages 7 and 9 are operated by a timing belt (not shown) spanned between a drive pulley (not shown) and an idle pulley (not shown) connected to the rotation shaft of the stepping motor. It will be moved accordingly. A spiral shaft (not shown) is rotated by the corresponding stepping motor (not shown), and the lens 10 is moved in the optical axis direction by the movement of the spiral.
[0017]
Reference numeral 60 denotes a laser diode. A collimating lens 62, a polygon mirror (polyhedral reflecting mirror) 64, a lens 66, reflecting mirrors 68 and 70, and a lens 72 are arranged corresponding to the laser diode 60. The body drum 50 is irradiated.
[0018]
The printer 3 combines, for example, a laser optical system and an electrophotographic system capable of forming an image on transfer paper. That is, the printer 3 has a photosensitive drum 50 as an image carrier that is rotatably supported at a substantially central portion in the apparatus, and an exposure device 52 and a developing device 54 are provided around the photosensitive drum 50. A transfer charger 55, a peeling charger 56, a PCC charger 57, a static elimination lamp 58, and a charging charger 59 are arranged in this order. The photosensitive drum 50 is uniformly charged by a charging charger 59, and a laser beam is output from the scanner 2 to form an image of an original on the photosensitive drum 50, and an electrostatic latent image is formed. An image is formed.
[0019]
Then, the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum 50 is developed by the developing device 54, and is sent from a paper feeding cassette 30 as a paper feeding means described later through a paper feeding roller 20 and an aligning roller 25. The developed image is transferred onto the copy paper P to be printed by the transfer charger 55. The copy paper P after being transferred by the transfer charger 55 is peeled off by a peeling charger 56 by AC corona discharge and conveyed to a fixing device 71 via a conveying belt, and the developed image is melted and fixed by the fixing device 71. The copy paper P is discharged to a unit 74 having a paper discharge tray 74 a by a paper discharge roller pair 73. The unit 74 has a roller pair 74b that faces down the copy paper P discharged from the paper discharge roller pair 73, and further has a stapler 74c that staples one copy at the top of the unit 74 in the staple sort mode. Yes.
[0020]
On the other hand, the developer remaining on the photosensitive drum 50 after the transfer and peeling of the developed image onto the copy paper P is cleaned by the PCC charger 57, and the potential on the photosensitive drum 50 is kept constant by the static elimination charger 58. Below the level, the next copy operation is enabled.
[0021]
In the case of double-sided copying for printing on both sides of the copy paper P, the copy paper P on which the developed image has been fused and fixed by the fixing device 71 described above is transported via the transport path 75a and then the tray 75b. Accumulated in. The single-side printed paper P accumulated in the tray 75b is conveyed to the transfer charger 55 described above via the conveyance path 75c, and the developed image is transferred to the other non-printed surface. Further, a light reflection type paper sensor 75d is provided below the tray 75b, and detects the presence or absence of paper stacked on the tray 75b.
[0022]
Further, an automatic double-side device (ADD) 75 as an automatic double-side reversing mechanism is constituted by the conveyance path 75a, the tray 75b, the conveyance path 75c, and the paper sensor 75d.
In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a paper feed cassette as a paper feed means which is detachably mounted in a plurality of stages from the front side of the apparatus body 1. The multi-stage paper feed cassette 30 includes a cassette case 31 that is a casing in which copy paper P is stored. The take-out end portion of the cassette case 31 is inclined toward the paper take-out direction. The copy paper P stored in the cassette case 31 of the paper feed cassette 30 is picked up from the uppermost layer by the pickup roller 81 and taken out. The copy paper P taken out by the pickup roller 81 and fed to the take-out end portion of the cassette case 31 is fed with a paper feed roller 84 and a separation roller (inside and above the take-out end portion of the cassette case 31). Alternatively, the sheets are separated one by one by a sheet separation unit including a separation pad) 85 and conveyed toward the printer 3.
[0023]
Further, an LCF (Large Capacity Feeder) 47 as a large capacity sheet feeding unit is provided on the right side surface (in the drawing) of the digital copying machine.
A control panel 100 is provided at the upper front of the digital copying machine.
[0024]
FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the control panel 100. That is, the control panel 100 has a finisher key 82, a display panel 83, a cassette selection key 86 as a selection means for the paper feed cassette 30, an operation guide key 87, an automatic paper selection key 88, an automatic magnification selection key 89, zoom / 100%. Key 90, document size key 91, paper size key 92, message display section 93, automatic density key 94, manual density key 95, preheat key 96, interrupt key 97, all clear key 98, clear / stop key 99, copy key 101 , A communication start key 102, a timer key 103, and a numeric keypad 104.
[0025]
The finisher key 82 is used when selecting a sort mode, a group mode, or a staple mode.
The display panel 83 blinks and displays various pictograms to indicate the state of the copying machine.
[0026]
The cassette selection key 86 can be pressed to select another cassette when the selected cassette is not the desired size.
When the “HELP” key is pressed on the operation guide key 87, a message indicating the operation procedure is displayed. When the operation guide key 87 is pressed after setting the function, the setting content can be confirmed.
[0027]
The automatic paper selection key 88 is in a normal automatic paper selection mode. The size of the document set on the document table (glass) 5 is automatically detected, and a paper of the same size is automatically selected (only the same size copy).
[0028]
When the automatic magnification selection key 89 is pressed to select an automatic magnification selection mode and specify a desired paper size, the automatic magnification selection key 89 detects the size of the document set on the document table (glass) 5 and automatically calculates the copy magnification. .
[0029]
When the “25% <” key is pressed with the zoom / 100% key 90, the copy magnification decreases to 25% in increments of 1%. When the “> 800%” key is pressed, the copy magnification increases to 800% in 1% increments. Press the “100%” key to return to the same size (100%).
[0030]
The document size key 91 is used when setting the document size. When the paper size is selected and the document size is specified, the copy magnification is automatically set.
A paper size key 92 is used to select a paper size.
[0031]
The message display unit 93 displays the state of the electronic copying machine, the operation procedure, and various instructions for the user with characters and pictures. The message display unit 93 as a display means incorporates a touch panel and can also set functions. The message display section 93 is also used when registering transmission source information in facsimile reception, which will be described later, in a telephone directory area of a memory, which will be described later.
[0032]
When the automatic density key 94 selects automatic density, the electronic copying machine automatically detects the density of the original and selects the optimum copy density.
The manual density key 95 can select a desired copy density in the manual density. Press the “Light” key to reduce the density in 5 levels, and press the “Koku” key to increase the density in 5 levels.
[0033]
When this key is pressed, the preheating key 96 enters a preheating (power saving) state and all the display lamps are turned off. To copy again, press this button again.
The interrupt key 97 is used when an interrupt copy is desired in the middle of continuous copying.
[0034]
When the all clear key 98 is pressed, all selected modes are cleared and the standard state is restored.
The clear / stop key 99 is used to correct the number of copies or to stop the copy operation.
[0035]
A copy key 101 is pressed to start copying.
A communication start key 102 is pressed to start transmission in facsimile communication.
[0036]
The timer key 103 displays when the electronic copier is turned on / off when this key is pressed (when the weekly timer is set).
The numeric keypad 104 is used when setting the number of copies to be copied. You can set 1 to 999 copies. It is also used when inputting a destination dial in facsimile communication.
[0037]
FIG. 4 shows the control configuration of the digital copying machine of the present invention.
In other words, the image forming apparatus includes a panel unit 110, a scanner unit 120, a main controller unit 130, and a printer engine unit 140.
[0038]
The control panel 110 includes a control panel CPU 111 for controlling the control panel 100, a RAM 112, a ROM 113, and a control panel 100, and is controlled by the control panel CPU 111.
[0039]
The scanner unit 120 includes a scanner CPU 121 that controls the scanner unit 120, a CCD sensor 11 that reads analog image data, an A / D conversion circuit 123 that performs A / D conversion, an SHD circuit 124 that performs shading correction, and a line memory 125 that matches timing. ROM 126, RAM 127, mechanical controller 128, automatic document feeder (ADF) 4, and coordinate input device editor 129.
[0040]
The main controller unit 130 includes a main CPU 131 that controls the main controller unit 130, a ROM 132 that stores control programs and data, a RAM 133 that is necessary for executing the programs, and font data for display printing. A data switching / data buffer memory circuit 136 for switching and buffering where the data read by the printer FONT ROM 134, the display ROM 135, and the scanner unit 120 are sent, or how the data is sent to the printer engine unit 140. , An image processing unit 137 for performing image editing such as compression and decompression, a page memory 138 for managing image data in units of pages, and image data read by the scanner unit 120 via a telephone line via FAX (facsimile) data. Sent to the outside, or from a phone line Converts the comb millimeter data to the image data is composed of a FAX board 200 to perform printing by the printer engine unit 140.
[0041]
The printer engine unit 140 includes a printer CPU 141 that controls the printer engine unit 140, a ROM 142, a RAM 143, a mechanical controller 144, an LCF (Large Capacity Feeder) 47, a unit 74, a multi-stage sheet cassette 30, a laser modulation circuit 145, a laser drive circuit. 146, a laser diode 60 and the like are provided.
[0042]
The main CPU 131 also controls the control panel CPU 111, the scanner CPU 121, and the printer CPU 141.
FIG. 1 shows details of the FAX board 200.
[0043]
Referring to FIG. 1A, a FAX board 200 for FAX (facsimile) control, a ROM 202 for loading a program and display fonts, a RAM 203 for executing a program, and an image memory 204 for storing image data. , A non-volatile memory 205 for storing a telephone book and the like, and an interface 206 for performing communication via a telephone line.
[0044]
Among these, as shown in FIG. 1B, the non-volatile memory stores a telephone directory area 210 for storing transmission destination information, a temporary storage area 211 for temporarily storing transmission destination information, and other information. It is divided into other areas 212.
[0045]
Control within the FAX board 200 is performed by the FAX CPU 201, but operations related to facsimile transmission / reception are performed by the operator using the control panel 100 via the interface 206 and the main CPU 131.
[0046]
Next, the facsimile reception operation in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
Facsimile reception data from the telephone line is received via the interface 206 of the FAX board 200. The FAX CPU 201 divides the facsimile reception data into image data and additional data, the image data is printed as it is, the additional data is converted into image data as a header of the reception data, added to the image data and printed by the printer 3. I do.
[0047]
This additional data includes the name (destination information) of the other party as the transmission source information and a telephone number. In the present invention, the destination information and telephone number included in this additional data are stored in the temporary storage area 211 in the nonvolatile memory 205 as transmission source information. The sender information stored in the temporary storage area 211 is stored in the other area 212 in the nonvolatile memory 205 for a predefined period (here, 7 days) and discarded after the period has elapsed. However, this discarding operation is performed every predetermined period. The transmission source information stored in the temporary storage area 211 can be registered in the telephone directory area 210 by the operator at any time.
[0048]
FIG. 5 shows a flowchart for storing these pieces of information in the temporary storage area 211 when facsimile data is received.
First, when the facsimile CPU 201 receives facsimile data from the telephone line via the interface 206 and completes the printing process by the printer 3, it confirms whether or not transmission source information is added to the facsimile reception data (ST1). . At this time, if the transmission source information is not added, the temporary storage process is not performed.
[0049]
When the transmission source information is added, the FAX CPU 201 extracts the transmission source information (ST2), and checks whether or not the extracted transmission source information is already registered in the telephone directory area 210 (ST3). If the information is already registered, the temporary storage process is not performed.
[0050]
Further, the FAX CPU 201 checks whether or not the transmission source information has already been registered (stored) as information in the temporary storage area 211 (ST4), and if it has already been registered, does not perform temporary storage processing.
[0051]
When the above conditions are satisfied, the transmission source information is registered (stored) in the temporary storage area 211 (ST5).
FIG. 6 shows a flowchart for erasing the transmission source information stored in the temporary storage area 211 after a certain period of time.
[0052]
First, in order to operate this process at a constant cycle, the FAX CPU 201 investigates whether or not it is a temporary storage maintenance timing by using a predetermined period stored in the other area 212 in advance as a temporary storage maintenance timing (ST11). Naturally, this processing is not performed unless this temporary storage maintenance timing is reached.
[0053]
If the temporary storage maintenance timing is reached, the FAX CPU 201 checks whether or not the data of the temporary storage source information is empty in the temporary storage area 211 (ST12). If the temporary storage area 211 is empty, this processing is performed. Not done.
[0054]
When the data of the transmission source information exists in the temporary storage area 211, the FAX CPU 201 designates the head of the data (ST13) and checks whether or not the designated data is an erasure target (ST14). If it is an erasure target, a data erasure process is performed (ST15), and if it is not an erasure target, the process proceeds to the next process.
[0055]
If there is next data, FAX CPU 201 designates the next data (ST17), and repeats the process as to whether or not this data is to be erased (ST14 to ST17).
If there is no next data, the FAX CPU 201 rearranges the data of the transmission source information stored in all the temporary storage areas 211 and ends (ST18).
[0056]
FIG. 7 shows a flowchart in which the operator registers the source information data stored in the temporary storage area 211 as “phone book registration” in the telephone book area 210.
In this process, telephone book registration is called by the operator using the message display section 93 of the control panel 100.
[0057]
When the phone book registration is called, the main CPU 131 displays no data on the message display section 93 as shown in FIG. 8 if there is no data of the sender information in the temporary storage area 211 of the nonvolatile memory 205. The process ends (ST21, 22).
[0058]
When there is transmission source information data in the temporary storage area 211, the main CPU 131 designates the pointer as the head data of the temporary storage area 211 (ST23), and displays the pointer data on the message display section 93 as shown in FIG. Perform (ST24).
[0059]
At this time, each of next data, previous data, telephone book registration, deletion, and termination can be designated by key input on the message display section 93 by the operator (ST25).
Here, each operation will be described individually.
[0060]
When next data is designated (ST26), if there is next data, the pointer is incremented and the process returns to the pointer data display process (ST27, 28). If there is no next data, the pointer remains as it is, and the process returns to the pointer data display process in step ST24.
[0061]
When the previous data is designated (ST29), if there is previous data, the pointer is decremented and the process returns to the pointer data display process of step ST24 (ST30, 31). If there is no previous data, the pointer remains unchanged and the process returns to the pointer data display process in step ST24.
[0062]
When the telephone book registration is designated (ST32), the data of the corresponding transmission source information in the temporary storage area 211 is registered in the telephone book area 210 (ST33).
When deletion is designated (ST34) or when registered in step ST33, the pointer designation data is deleted (ST35), and if there is next data, the pointer is incremented and the process returns to the pointer data display process of step ST24 (ST36, 37). If there is no next data, it is checked whether there is previous data (ST38). If there is previous data, the pointer is decremented and the process returns to the pointer data display process in step ST24 (ST39). If neither the previous data nor the next data exists, the message display unit 93 displays no data as shown in FIG. 8, and the process ends (ST40).
[0063]
If deletion is not designated in step ST34, it is checked whether or not termination is designated (ST41). If termination is not designated, the process returns to the key input in step ST25, and if termination is designated, it is stored in all temporary storage areas 211. The transmission source information data is rearranged and the process ends (ST42).
[0064]
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the sender information is added to the received facsimile data, it can be temporarily stored and only the necessary information can be registered in the telephone directory. .
[0065]
Moreover, even if the registration deletion processing of the temporary storage is not performed, the phone book is not filled because it is deleted when a certain period of time elapses.
Of course, unnecessary data is not registered in the telephone directory.
In the above embodiment, the digital copying machine has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a facsimile machine.
[0066]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, there is no need for an input operation for registration when the transmission source information at the time of receiving a facsimile is stored in a storage means such as a memory in the form of a telephone book or the like. In addition, it is possible to provide a facsimile apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a method for registering transmission source information that can be easily registered without any need.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing details of a FAX board included in a digital copying machine according to an image forming apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a digital copying machine according to the image forming apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control panel.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control configuration of the digital copying machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a facsimile reception operation;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a facsimile reception operation.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a facsimile reception operation.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a message display unit.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a message display unit.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 ... Scanner 3 ... Printer 93 ... Message display section
100… Control panel
110… Control panel
120… Scanner
130… Main controller
131 ... Main CPU
200 ... FAX board
201 ... FAX CPU
205… Non-volatile memory
210… Phonebook area
211… Temporary storage area
212… Other areas

Claims (3)

Receiving means for receiving transmitted facsimile data;
Printing means for printing based on the facsimile data received by the receiving means;
An extracting means for extracting transmission source information from the facsimile data received by the receiving means after printing by the printing means;
First storage means for temporarily storing transmission source information extracted by the extraction means;
Second storage means in which the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is registered as necessary;
When the transmission source information extracted by the extraction unit is not stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit, a first control for storing the transmission source information in the first storage unit is performed . and control means,
A fixed period of time during which transmission source information is stored in the first storage means under the control of the first control means is defined as a temporary storage maintenance timing, and a first time for investigating whether or not this temporary storage maintenance timing is reached Investigation means,
A second investigation means for examining whether or not the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is an erasure target when the first investigation means is a temporary storage maintenance timing;
Erasure means for erasing the transmission source information to be erased in the investigation of the second investigation means;
Second control means for rearranging the transmission source information stored in the first storage means that has not been erased by the erasure means;
After the control of the first control means or the second control means, said first registration means for transmitting source information required of the transmission source information stored in the storage means for registering in the second storage means When,
A facsimile apparatus comprising: In an image forming apparatus having a facsimile communication function and a copying function,
Receiving means for receiving transmitted facsimile data;
Printing means for printing based on the facsimile data received by the receiving means;
An extracting means for extracting transmission source information from the facsimile data received by the receiving means after printing by the printing means;
First storage means for temporarily storing transmission source information extracted by the extraction means;
Second storage means in which the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is registered as necessary;
When the transmission source information extracted by the extraction unit is not stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit, a first control for storing the transmission source information in the first storage unit is performed . and control means,
A fixed period of time during which transmission source information is stored in the first storage means under the control of the first control means is defined as a temporary storage maintenance timing, and a first time for investigating whether or not this temporary storage maintenance timing is reached Investigation means,
A second investigation means for examining whether or not the transmission source information stored in the first storage means is an erasure target when the first investigation means is a temporary storage maintenance timing;
Erasure means for erasing the transmission source information to be erased in the investigation of the second investigation means;
Second control means for rearranging the transmission source information stored in the first storage means that has not been erased by the erasure means;
After the control of the first control means or the second control means, said first registration means for transmitting source information required of the transmission source information stored in the storage means for registering in the second storage means When,
An image forming apparatus comprising: Receive facsimile data to be sent,
Print based on the received facsimile data,
After this printing is completed, the sender information is extracted from the received facsimile data,
Temporarily store this extracted source information,
Register this temporarily stored sender information as needed,
When the extracted transmission source information is not temporarily stored and registered, control is performed to temporarily store the transmission source information.
A certain period of temporary storage of the sender information by this control is set as the temporary storage maintenance timing, and it is investigated whether it is this temporary storage maintenance timing,
If it is temporary storage maintenance timing in this investigation, investigate whether or not the sender information stored temporarily is to be erased,
In this study, we ’ll delete the sender information
Sort the temporarily stored sender information that was not deleted,
Registering the transmission source information, characterized in that so as to register the sender information required of the transmission source information stored at the one.

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