JPH01117565A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To guarantee the transmission of a transmission/reception original by informing the result of end of original transmission to a receiver or a sender operator in voice through a line automatically. CONSTITUTION:When the transmission of an original is finished, a communication control section 1 sends a message of the end of transmission when the transmission is finished and gives an alarm message externally when the transmission is not finished as the non-completion message. A communication result storage section 2 stores the result of transmission sent by the communication control section 1. An electric voice signal retrieval section 4, based on the transmission result stored in the communication result storage section 2, retrieves a voice message to be sent from an electric voice storage section 3, calls a relevant dial number based on a speech telephone number corresponding to a sender of the facsimile stored by a telephone number storage section 6, calls the relevant dial number and the voice message in response to the result of transmission is sent from a voice signal transmission control section.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device for image communication.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a facsimile machine that, when a facsimile transmission is completed, automatically dials the telephone number of the destination of the facsimile and sends a pre-memorized voice message. This system allows the sending operator to automatically notify the other party that the message has been sent without any operation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, with facsimile machines, the sending operator has to notify the destination by telephone to confirm that the document has been sent, or the sending side has had to send the document again after the transmission is completed if the user leaves the area. I had to go back and check to see if it was done correctly.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with such conventional facsimile machines, the sending operator has to confirm whether the document has reached the recipient correctly, or to prompt the recipient to promptly receive the received paper. It had some troublesome shortcomings, such as notifying the recipient over the phone that the message had been sent. On the other hand, for the transmitting operator, when there are many documents, he or she must leave the area and then return to the transmitter to check the status to see if the transmission has been completed. There was a drawback.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks, and aims to provide a facsimile machine that can automatically notify the other party that a document has been sent without any operation by a sending operator.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus that includes a network control section and a communication control section, and includes an electrical voice signal storage means for storing a voice message to be transmitted in accordance with a result of transmitting a document;
a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number for calling in correspondence with a telephone number of a facsimile destination; a communication result storage means for inputting and storing a document transmission result from the communication control section; electrical voice signal retrieval means for searching and retrieving a voice message corresponding to a transmission result stored in the means from said electrical voice signal storage means; and said telephone number storage means according to facsimile destination information obtained from said communication control section. voice signal sending control means for reading out a corresponding communication telephone number from the telephone number and giving it to the network control section, and transmitting the output of the electrical voice signal retrieval means as a voice message to the person responding to the telephone number for communication; It is characterized by having

[Effect]

A voice message corresponding to the result of transmitting the original is stored in the electrical voice signal storage means. Further, telephone numbers for telephone calls corresponding to a plurality of facsimile destinations are stored in the telephone number storage means. After the transmission of the facsimile document is completed, the communication result storage means manually inputs the transmission result from the communication control section, and the electrical voice signal search means searches for and retrieves the voice message corresponding to the transmission result stored in the communication result storage means. . According to information on the destination of the facsimile from the communication control section, the voice signal transmission control means reads out the telephone number for communication of the destination from the telephone number storage means and provides it to the network control section. When a call is automatically made and the other party answers, the output of the electrical voice signal retrieval means is sent as a voice message. By the above-described operation, it is possible to automatically notify the other party that the document has been sent without any operation by the sending operator.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the facsimile device includes a network control section 7 and a communication control section 1. As shown in FIG.

Here, the present invention is characterized in that the facsimile device includes an electrical voice signal storage section 3 that stores a voice message to be transmitted in accordance with the result of transmitting a document, and a telephone number corresponding to the destination of the facsimile. A telephone number storage section 6 that stores phone numbers for calls, a communication result storage section 2 that manually stores the transmission results of manuscripts from the communication control section 1, and a communication result storage section 2 that stores the transmission results of the manuscript from the communication control section 1 according to the transmission results stored in the communication result storage section 2. an electrical voice signal search section 4 that searches and retrieves a voice message from the electrical voice signal storage section 3; and an electrical voice signal search section 4 that retrieves a voice message from the electrical voice signal storage section 3; a voice signal transmission control section 5 that reads out the electrical voice signal search section 4 and sends it to the network control section 7, and sends the output of the electrical voice signal search section 4 as a voice message to the responder of this call telephone number; and a system control section that controls the entire system. 3.

The operation of the facsimile machine having such a configuration will be explained. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. In Figures 1 and 2,
When the transmission of the original is completed (■), the communication control unit 1 determines whether the transmission has been completed or not (■), and if it is completed, sends a message of completion (■), and if it is not completed, an alarm is sent. to notify the outside world (■), and send an incomplete message (■). The communication result storage unit 2 stores the transmission result sent by the communication control unit 1 (■).

The electrical voice signal storage section 3 converts several types of voice messages that may be sent into electrical signals and stores them.

Based on the transmission results stored in the communication result storage section 2, the electrical voice signal search section 4 searches and retrieves the voice message to be sent from the electrical voice signal storage section 3 (■).

Based on the phone number for calling corresponding to the destination of the facsimile stored in the phone number storage unit 6, the voice signal transmission control unit 5 calls the corresponding dial number and then sends a voice message according to the transmission result. The audio signal is sent out from the audio signal sending control unit (■). The sent voice message is sent to the destination via the network control section 7. Further, the entire apparatus is controlled by a system control section 8.

Examples of voice messages include: ``This is XX Company. We have just sent a message to your home's facsimile machine, so please check.'' ``This is OO Company. We have just sent it to your home's facsimile IJ device.''", but the message was interrupted midway through. Please wait for a while while I try to resend the message.", which can also be said in other languages.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is capable of automatically notifying the receiver or the transmitting operator of the result via a line when the document transmission is completed, and the receiver can notify the receiver or the transmitting operator of the result by voice when the facsimile has been received. This has an excellent effect in that the transmission operator can quickly determine whether the transmission was successful or ended abnormally, thereby ensuring the transmission of the transmitted and received documents.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile machine of the present invention. 1... Communication control unit, 2... Communication result storage unit, 3...
- Electrical voice signal storage unit, 4... Electrical voice signal search unit, 5... Audio signal transmission control unit, 6... Telephone number storage unit, 7... Network control unit, Death... System control section. Example Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile device equipped with a network control section and a communication control section, an electrical voice signal storage means for storing a voice message to be transmitted according to the result of transmitting the document, and a telephone number of the destination of the facsimile are stored. a telephone number storage means for storing phone numbers for telephone calls in correspondence with each other; a communication result storage means for inputting and storing the transmission result of the document from the communication control section; and a transmission result stored in the communication result storage means. electrical voice signal retrieval means for searching and retrieving a corresponding voice message from said electric voice signal storage means; and a corresponding telephone number for calling from said telephone number storage means in accordance with facsimile destination information obtained from said communication control section. and voice signal transmission control means for reading out the electrical voice signal retrieval means and applying it to the network control unit, and transmitting the output of the electrical voice signal search means as a voice message to the person responding to the telephone number for the call. Device.