JP7167664B2 - Facsimile machine, receiving method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, a receiving method, and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a facsimile apparatus that notifies a transmission source of an abnormal signal indicating an image quality abnormality such as an error line when receiving facsimile data including image data (Patent Document 1).

However, with the technique described in Patent Document 1, only an abnormal signal is reported, and the transmitting side cannot grasp what kind of image data was actually received, that is, the details of the image quality abnormality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus, a receiving method, and a program that enable a transmitting side to grasp the details of an image quality abnormality.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a detection unit for detecting an error in image data received by facsimile, and a reception for managing an error data table containing the image data in which the error is detected. When the data management unit and the sender information included in the received data of the image data in which the error is detected are registered in the address book, the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book. an address book management unit for determining whether or not an email address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book; a data transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting to the address.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain image data satisfying the receiving side.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facsimile system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a facsimile machine according to the embodiment; 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a client PC according to the embodiment; FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an example of the functional configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment; FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example of a functional configuration of a client PC according to the embodiment; FIG. 6 is a diagram of an example of an error data table held by the facsimile machine according to the embodiment; FIG. 7 is a diagram of an example of an address book held by the facsimile machine according to the embodiment; FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of notification contents of error data transmitted to the client PC by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment; FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of notification contents of re-received data transmitted to the client PC by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure of notification processing of error data to a client PC by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure for processing a reply from a client PC by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment; FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure of notification processing of re-received data to a client PC by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment;

Embodiments of a facsimile apparatus, a receiving method, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12. FIG. In addition, the present invention is not limited by the following embodiments, and the constituent elements in the following embodiments can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art, substantially the same, and so-called equivalent ranges. is included. Furthermore, various omissions, replacements, changes and combinations of components can be made without departing from the gist of the following embodiments.

(Overall system configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facsimile system 1 according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a facsimile system 1 according to the embodiment includes a client PC (Personal Computer) 20 and a facsimile machine 10 . The client PC 20 and the facsimile machine 10 are connected to each other via an internal network 2 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). In the example of FIG. 1, one client PC 20 and one facsimile machine 10 are provided.

The facsimile machine 10 is connected to external facsimile machines 30-1, 30-2, etc. via a public line and an external network 3 such as the Internet. The client PC 20 is, for example, a PC owned by an administrator of the facsimile machine 10 and manages the facsimile machine 10 by exchanging various information with the facsimile machine 10 .

(Hardware configuration of facsimile machine)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile apparatus 10 includes a scanner 101, a plotter 102, an engine controller 103, a network controller 104, a facsimile controller 105, an operation panel 106, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 107, and a RAM (Random Access Memory). ) 108 , HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 109 , and CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110 .

A scanner 101 electronically reads a document placed on a document platen to generate an image. The plotter 102 prints out the image. The engine control unit 103 controls the scanner 101 to read a document, and controls the plotter 102 to print out an image. A network control unit 104 controls communication via the internal network 2 . A facsimile control unit 105 controls communication via the external network 3 .

The operation panel 106 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying a screen, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) for indicating a state, a buzzer, hard keys, and a touch panel. It accepts input of various information.

The ROM 107 stores programs and the like executed by the CPU 110 . A RAM 108 is used as a work area for the CPU 110 . The HDD 109 stores various data used by the CPU 110 . The CPU 110 executes programs stored in the ROM 107 on the RAM 108 to control the engine control unit 103, the network control unit 104, the facsimile control unit 105, the operation panel 106, etc., which are connected via the system bus.

(Hardware configuration of client PC)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the client PC 20 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the client PC 20 has a CPU 201, a RAM 202, a ROM 203, an HDD 204, a device control section 205, and a network control section 208, which are interconnected via a system bus. A display unit 206 and an operation unit 207 are connected to the device control unit 205 .

A CPU 201 is a computing means and controls the overall operation of the client PC 20 . The RAM 202 is a volatile storage medium from which information can be read and written at high speed, and is used as a working area when the CPU 201 processes information. The ROM 203 is a read-only non-volatile storage medium, and stores programs such as firmware.

The HDD 204 is a nonvolatile storage medium from which information can be read and written, and stores an OS (Operating System), various control programs, application programs, and the like. The HDD 204 stores files and data necessary for realizing various functions of the client PC 20 .

The device control unit 205 connects each of the display unit 206 and the operation unit 207 to the system bus. A display unit 206 is a visual user interface that displays various types of information, and is configured by, for example, an LCD. The operation unit 207 is a user interface such as a keyboard and mouse that enables a user such as an administrator of the facsimile machine 10 to input various information to the client PC 20 .

A network control unit 208 connects the client PC 20 to the internal network 2 .

(Functional configuration of facsimile machine)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the facsimile machine 10 includes a received data management section 11, an error detection section 12, an address book management section 13, a notification creation section 14, a data transmission/reception section 15, and a storage section 16. FIG.

The received data management unit 11 manages received data received by the facsimile machine 10 . Received data is mainly stored in a data storage folder 16 a in the storage unit 16 by the received data management unit 11 . Of the received data, received data including image data for which an error has been detected by the error detection section 12 is stored by the received data management section 11 in an error data accumulation folder 16 b in the storage section 16 . Received data including image data in which an error has been detected is added to the error data table 16 c in the storage unit 16 by the received data management unit 11 . The received data management unit 11 performs data management such as setting a predetermined flag on the received data in the error data table 16c and deleting the received data in the error data table 16c. The received data management unit 11 is implemented by, for example, a program that operates on the CPU 110 described above.

The error detection unit 12 detects an abnormality such as an error line occurring in the image data included in the received data. Error lines occur in an image, for example, when an error occurs while receiving image data. The error detector 12 is implemented by, for example, a program that runs on the CPU 110 described above.

The address book management unit 13 manages the address book 16d in the storage unit 16. FIG. When the error detection unit 12 detects an error in the image data, the address book management unit 13 determines whether or not the sender information included in the received data having the image data is registered in the address book 16d. . When the sender information is registered in the address book 16d, the address book management unit 13 determines whether or not the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book 16d. The address book management unit 13 is implemented by, for example, a program that operates on the CPU 110 described above.

When the error detection unit 12 detects an error in the image data, the notification creation unit 14 creates a notification to the administrator to which the error-detected image data is attached. If the e-mail address of the sender is registered in the address book 16d, the notification creating unit 14 also attaches the contact including the e-mail address to the notification. The notification creating unit 14 is implemented by, for example, a program that runs on the CPU 110 described above.

The data transmission/reception unit 15 receives data from the external facsimile devices 30-1, 30-2, and the like. The received data may include image data. The data transmission/reception unit 15 also transmits the notification created by the notification creation unit 14 to the client PC 20 . The data transmission/reception unit 15 also receives a reply to the notification created by the notification creation unit 14 from the client PC 20 . In addition, the data transmission/reception unit 15 transmits an e-mail requesting retransmission of the error-detected image data to the e-mail address of the sender. The data transmitting/receiving unit 15 is implemented by, for example, a program operating on the CPU 110 described above, the network control unit 104, and the facsimile control unit 105. FIG.

The storage unit 16 stores various control programs, application programs, and files and data necessary for realizing various functions of the facsimile machine 10 . For example, the storage unit 16 stores a data accumulation folder 16a, an error data accumulation folder 16b, an error data table 16c, and an address book 16d. In the data storage folder 16a, received data determined to have been received normally with no error detected is stored. In the error data accumulation folder 16b, received data including image data in which an error has been detected is accumulated. The error data table 16c contains various information related to received data including image data in which an error has been detected. The address book 16d contains information such as facsimile numbers and mail addresses of known senders. The storage unit 16 is implemented by, for example, the ROM 107, RAM 108, and HDD 109 described above.

(Functional configuration of client PC)
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the client PC 20 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the client PC 20 has a display control section 21 and a data transmission/reception section 25 .

The display control unit 21 controls the display unit 206 to display various information such as notifications transmitted from the facsimile machine 10 on the display unit 206 . The display control unit 21 is implemented by, for example, a program that operates on the CPU 110 described above and the device control unit 205 .

The data transmission/reception section 25 exchanges various information with the data transmission/reception section 15 of the facsimile machine 10 . The data transmitting/receiving unit 25 is implemented by, for example, a program that operates on the CPU 110 described above and the network control unit 208 .

(Details of facsimile machine functions)
Next, the functions of the facsimile machine 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the error data table 16c held by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment.

When the data transmission/reception unit 15 of the facsimile device 10 receives data from one of the external facsimile devices 30-1, 30-2, etc., the error detection unit 12 detects that an error has occurred in the image data included in the received data. check whether there is

When the error detection unit 12 detects an error, the reception data management unit 11 saves the reception data including the image data in which the error occurred in the error data accumulation folder 16b and adds it to the error data table 16c.

As shown in FIG. 6, the error data table 16c contains, for each received data, for example, sender information, date and time of reception, error file, sender's email address, sender's notification flag, and re-receipt OK flag. and other information.

An error file in the information held by the error data table 16c is image data in which an error is detected and is stored in the error data storage folder 16b, and is linked to image data corresponding to the received data.

Each flag in the information held by the error data table 16c is switched to "uncompleted" or "completed" by the received data management unit 11. FIG. Details of each flag will be described later.

The mail address in the information held by the error data table 16 c is information given by the address book management unit 13 . Specifically, the address book management unit 13 collates the sender information included in the received data with the address book 16d of the storage unit 16, and the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book 16d. If so, it is added to the corresponding received data in the error data table 16c.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the address book 16d held by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the address book 16d has information about known senders. Specifically, the address book 16d has data in which the sender's name, facsimile number, and mail address are associated with the sender's information that can be included in the received data. However, some senders are not registered due to reasons such as unknown e-mail addresses.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of notification contents of error data transmitted to the client PC 20 by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. The error data notification to the client PC 20 is created by the notification creating unit 14 based on the information in the error data table 16c.

As shown in FIG. 8, the notification creation unit 14 refers to the error data table 16c and attaches image data in which an error has been detected by the error detection unit 12 to the notification as an attached file. In addition, the notification creation unit 14 refers to the error data table 16c, and if the information of the sender's e-mail address is registered in the received data corresponding to the image data, the e-mail address is used as the contact address. Attach to notice. In addition, the notification creation unit 14 attaches to the notification a button for inquiring whether or not to contact the attached email address.

The notification created in this manner is sent to the client PC 20 by the data transmission/reception unit 15 . The administrator can display the sent notification on the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 . Further, the administrator can display the image data in which the error has been detected on the display unit 206 by pressing the "Open" button in the "Attachment" column. Further, the administrator can cause the display unit 206 to display the contact information including the e-mail address of the sender of the image data in which the error is detected by pressing the "open" button in the "contact address" column. can.

Based on this information, the administrator can determine whether or not to contact the sender, and select any button attached to the body of the notification. If the administrator determines that it is necessary to contact the sender, he/she presses the "contact mail transmission request" button. If the administrator determines that it is unnecessary to contact the sender, he or she presses the "no contact" button. If the sender has already been contacted by telephone to request resend, the administrator presses the "contacted" button.

The data transmission/reception unit 15 of the facsimile machine 10 receives it when any button is pressed by the administrator. When the pressing of the "contact mail transmission request" button is received, the data transmitting/receiving unit 15 transmits an email requesting retransmission of the data to the sender's email address. Then, the reception data management unit 11 changes the notification completion flag to the transmission source in the corresponding reception data in the error data table 16c from "not yet" to "completed". Further, when the press of the "contacted" button is received, the received data management unit 11 changes the contact flag to the sender in the corresponding received data in the error data table 16c from "not yet" to "completed". do. When the pressing of the "no contact required" button is received, the received data management unit 11 deletes the corresponding received data in the error data table 16c and the corresponding image data in the error data accumulation folder 16b.

After that, the facsimile machine 10 waits for retransmission of the received data whose contact flag of the error data table 16c is "completed". In other words, the address book management unit 13 stores the sender information indicating the sender that matches the sender of the received data whose contact flag is set to "completed" for a predetermined time after the contact flag is set to "completed". Determining whether the containing data is received.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of notification contents of re-received data transmitted to the client PC 20 by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. The notification of the re-received data to the client PC 20 is created by the notification creation unit 14 when data is received from the same transmission source within a predetermined time.

As shown in FIG. 9, the notification creation unit 14 refers to the error data table 16c and attaches image data in which an error has been detected by the error detection unit 12 to the notification. In addition, the notification creation unit 14 acquires data re-received from the same transmission source from the data storage folder 16a and attaches it to the notification. Further, the notification creation unit 14 attaches a button to the notification to ask whether the re-received data is acceptable.

The notification created in this manner is sent to the client PC 20 by the data transmission/reception unit 15 . The administrator can display the sent notification on the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 . The administrator compares the attached previously received data with the currently received data, and if the currently received data is unrelated to the previously received data, presses the "Irrelevant" button. The administrator may press the "irrelevant" button even if the data received this time is a retransmission of the data received last time, but the quality is not satisfactory. If the data received this time is a retransmission of the data received last time and the quality is satisfactory, the administrator approves the data received this time by pressing the "Confirm OK" button. .

The data transmission/reception unit 15 of the facsimile machine 10 receives it when any button is pressed by the administrator. When the reception data management unit 11 receives the press of the "irrelevant" button, the reception data management unit 11 maintains the re-reception OK flag of the corresponding reception data in the error data table 16c as "not yet". The received data management unit 11 changes the re-receipt OK flag of the corresponding received data in the error data table 16c from "uncompleted" to "completed" when the pressing of the "confirmation OK" button is received.

When the image data of satisfactory quality is finally received, the received data management unit 11 deletes the previously received data. In other words, the received data management unit 11 deletes the received data for which the re-receipt OK flag of the error data table 16c is "completed" and the corresponding image data in the error data accumulation folder 16b.

(Receiving process by facsimile machine)
Next, an example of reception processing by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a procedure of notification processing of error data to the client PC 20 by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the data transmission/reception unit 15 of the facsimile device 10 receives data (step S101), the error detection unit 12 detects whether an error has occurred in the image data included in the received data ( step S102). If no error is detected (step S102: No), the received data management unit 11 saves the received data in the data accumulation folder 16a (step S103b), and the process ends.

If an error is detected (step S102: Yes), the received data management unit 11 saves the image data in which the error is detected in the error data accumulation folder 16b (step S103a). The received data management unit 11 also adds the received data including the image data in which the error is detected to the error data table 16c (step S104).

Next, the notice creating unit 14 creates a notice to be sent to the client PC 20 of the administrator. That is, the notification creating unit 14 attaches the image data in which the error was detected to the notification (step S105). The address book management unit 13 determines whether or not the received data includes source information (step S106). If the sender information is included in the received data (step S106: Yes), the address book management unit 13 refers to the address book 16d and sends a message including the mail address linked to the sender information. It is determined whether or not the original contact is registered (step S107).

If an e-mail address is registered in the sender information (step S107: Yes), the notification creating unit 14 attaches the sender information including the e-mail address to the notification to the client PC 20. FIG. In addition, the notification creating unit 14 provides a button asking whether or not to contact the sender (step S108). Then, the data transmission/reception unit 15 transmits the notification thus created to the client PC 20 (step S109).

If the sender information is not included in the received data (step S106: No), or if the mail address is not registered in the address book management section 13 (step S107: No), the request for contacting the sender is made. A notification is sent to the client PC 20 without a button asking whether or not it is necessary (step S109).

Thus, the reception process by the facsimile machine 10 is completed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a procedure for processing a reply from the client PC 20 by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, when the data transmission/reception unit 15 receives a reply from the client PC 20 (step S201), the facsimile machine 10 performs processing according to the content of the reply (step S202).

When the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 receives that the "no contact required" button has been pressed (step S202: no contact required), the received data management unit 11 stores the corresponding image in the error data accumulation folder 16b. Delete the data (step S203). Also, the received data management unit 11 deletes the corresponding received data in the error data table 10c.

When the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 receives that the "contact mail transmission request" button has been pressed (step S202: contact request), the data transmission/reception unit 15 sends an error message to the sender's mail address. An e-mail containing the image data obtained is sent (step S204). Then, the reception data management unit 11 changes the notification completion flag to the transmission source in the corresponding reception data in the error data table 16c from "not yet" to "completed" (step S205).

When the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 receives that the "contacted" button has been pressed (step S202: contacted), the received data management unit 11 checks the transmission source of the corresponding received data in the error data table 16c. is changed from "not yet" to "completed" (step S206).

Thus, the reply handling process by the facsimile machine 10 is completed. Further, the reception process by the facsimile machine 10 is completed by the flow of FIGS.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a procedure of notification processing of re-received data to the client PC 20 by the facsimile machine 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the facsimile machine 10 determines whether or not the data from the same sender as the received data whose contact completion flag to the sender is "completed" has been received (step S301). .

More specifically, when the facsimile device 10 receives the data, the address book management unit 13 sequentially performs the The sender information included in the received data is compared with the senders of the received data whose communication completion flag to the sender in the error data table 16c is "completed" to determine whether they are the same sender. judge.

If data is not received from the same source within a predetermined time (step S301: No), the notification creating unit 14 creates a notification that data has not been received, and the data transmitting/receiving unit 15 sends it to the client PC 20. The notification is transmitted (step S302).

If data is received from the same transmission source within a predetermined period of time (step S301: Yes), the notification creating unit 14 sends the previously received image data in which an error was detected and the currently received image data to the client PC 20. It is attached to the notification to be sent (step S303). The data transmission/reception unit 15 transmits the notification thus created to the client PC 20 (step S304).

When the data transmitting/receiving unit 15 receives a reply from the client PC 20 (step S305), the facsimile machine 10 performs processing corresponding to the content of the reply (step S306).

When it is received that the "irrelevant" button has been pressed on the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 (step S306: irrelevant), the process returns to step S301 and waits for the next data to be received.

When the display unit 206 of the client PC 20 receives that the "confirmation OK" button has been pressed (step S306: confirmation OK), the reception data management unit 11 sets the re-receipt OK flag of the corresponding reception data in the error data table 16c. is changed from "uncompleted" to "completed" (step S307).

The received data management unit 11 deletes the corresponding image data in the error data accumulation folder 16b (step S308). In addition, the received data management unit 11 deletes the received data whose re-reception OK flag is set to "completed" in the error data table 10c.

Thus, the process of notifying the client PC 20 of the re-received data by the facsimile machine 10 is completed.

For example, when the facsimile apparatus of Patent Document 1 detects an image quality abnormality such as an error line when data is received by the facsimile apparatus, it notifies the transmission side of an abnormality signal indicating the image quality abnormality. However, the transmission side cannot recognize what kind of image data was received due to what kind of error only by announcing the abnormal signal. Further, the facsimile apparatus of Patent Document 1 is not designed to allow the receiving side to receive satisfactory image data.

The facsimile machine 10 of the embodiment saves the received image data when an error is detected in the image data, and detects the error when the sender's e-mail address is registered in the address book 16d. An e-mail with the image data attached is sent to that e-mail address. This allows the transmitting side to grasp the details of the image quality abnormality.

The facsimile apparatus 10 according to the embodiment deletes the received data related to the error-detected image data after receiving approval from the administrator when the error-detected image data is re-received. As a result, the error-detected image data can be deleted after satisfactory image data is resent from the transmission source. Also, limited resources such as the storage unit 16 of the facsimile machine 10 can be effectively utilized.

The facsimile machine 10 of the embodiment notifies the administrator of the error-detected image data and the re-received data. This allows the administrator to determine whether satisfactory image data has been obtained by re-reception.

(Modification)
In the above-described embodiment, when a mail address is registered in the sender information of the address book 16d, the sender information is attached to the notification to the client PC 20, but the present invention is not limited to this. Even if the mail address is not registered, the sender information may be attached to the notification to the client PC 20 if the corresponding sender information is registered in the address book 16d. As a result, at least, the administrator can be prompted to make a resend request to the sender.

In the above-described embodiment, if the transmission source does not resend within a predetermined time, the client PC 20 is notified to that effect, but the present invention is not limited to this. The facsimile machine may automatically, or based on the administrator's judgment, resend an e-mail requesting resending of the data to the sender.

The facsimile device 10 of the above-described embodiment should have at least a facsimile function, and may be a device having a facsimile function as a main function, a telephone having a facsimile function, a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a facsimile function, or the like. is mentioned.

A program executed by the computer of the embodiment is preinstalled in a ROM or the like and provided. In addition, the above program is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), etc. as a file in an installable format or an executable format. may be provided

Furthermore, the program executed in the embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet, and provided by being downloaded via the network. Also, the program executed in the embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

1 facsimile system 10 facsimile device 11 received data management unit 12 error detection unit 13 address book management unit 14 notification creation unit 15 data transmission/reception unit 16 storage unit 16a data storage folder 16b error data storage folder 16c error data table 16d address book 20 client PC
21 display control unit 25 data transmission/reception unit

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Claims (5)

a detection unit for detecting errors in image data received by facsimile;
a received data management unit that manages an error data table that includes the image data in which the error has been detected;
When the sender information included in the received data of the image data for which the error has been detected is registered in an address book, determining whether or not the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book. an address book management unit that determines
a data transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit an e-mail containing the image data for which the error has been detected to the e-mail address when the e-mail address corresponding to the source information is registered in the address book;
facsimile machine. The received data management unit
When the image data is retransmitted from the transmission source of the image data in which the error is detected, and the data transmission/reception unit receives approval for the retransmitted image data from the administrator of the facsimile device, deleting the image data in which the error was detected in the error data table;
A facsimile machine according to claim 1. The data transmission/reception unit
when the data is re-received within a predetermined time from the transmission source of the image data in which the error has been detected, the re-received data is transmitted to the administrator of the facsimile device;
3. The facsimile machine according to claim 1 or 2. a detection step of detecting an error in image data received by facsimile;
a received data management step of managing an error data table containing the image data in which the error has been detected;
When the sender information included in the received data of the image data in which the error is detected is registered in an address book, determining whether or not the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book. an address book management step for determining;
a data transmitting/receiving step of transmitting an e-mail containing the image data for which the error has been detected to the e-mail address when the e-mail address corresponding to the source information is registered in the address book;
A receiving method using a facsimile machine. to the computer,
a detection step of detecting an error in image data received by facsimile;
a received data management step of managing an error data table containing the image data in which the error has been detected;
When the sender information included in the received data of the image data for which the error has been detected is registered in an address book, determining whether or not the mail address corresponding to the sender information is registered in the address book. an address book management step for determining;
a data transmitting/receiving step of transmitting an e-mail containing the image data in which the error is detected to the e-mail address when the e-mail address corresponding to the source information is registered in the address book; of,
program.

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