JPH01186049A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output a message from a telephone set by making a DTMF signal correspondent with a character pattern, converting the signal into the character pattern when the said signal is sent, giving the result to a recording section and outputting the result therefrom. CONSTITUTION:With the arrival of a call signal from an opposite facsimile equipment, a control section 12 of the facsimile equipment sends a called station identification signal CED and a digital identification signal DIS to an opposite facsimile equipment via an NCU section 13 and a line 14 in response thereto. The opposite equipment sends back a digital instruction signal DCS and a training check signal TCF to fetch a picture signal from the NCU section 13 to the control section 12, where the signal is recorded and outputted. That is, in the arrival of a call signal from a pushbutton PB telephone set, the control section 12 of the facsimile equipment sends the signals CED and DIS to the telephone set via the NCU section 13 and the line 14, they are received by a reception section 15 and a pattern from a character generator 17 is sent to the recording section 16, from which it is outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile device capable of recording and outputting messages sent from a telephone that generates a DTMF signal.

(Prior Art) Conventional facsimile machines perform recording and output based on image signals sent from the other party. Therefore, it is not possible to send a message from a place without a facsimile machine and have it recorded and output on the facsimile machine, and when sending a message from a telephone, the message cannot be conveyed unless the other party answers the telephone. There were many shortcomings.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, according to the conventional facsimile machine, it was not possible to record and output a message unless the other party had a facsimile machine.

Therefore, when sending a message from a work place to an office where the person is not present, the facsimile machine must be located at the above-mentioned place, and it is not possible to send a simple message from a telephone and have it recorded and output on the facsimile machine. .

The present invention has been devised in view of the drawbacks of the conventional facsimile machines, and its object is to provide a facsimile machine that can send messages from a telephone to the facsimile machine and record and output them.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention includes a DTMF signal receiving section that receives a DTMF signal, and a DTMF signal receiving section that receives a DTMF signal, and a control signal that is transmitted after a predetermined control signal in a facsimile transmission control procedure is to be sent from the other party's facsimile device. The facsimile machine is equipped with a character pattern generating means for generating a character pattern corresponding to the DTMF signal received by the DTMF signal receiving section, and a recording section for printing based on the character pattern generated by the character pattern generating means. Configured the device.

(Function) According to the above configuration, when a call is received from the telephone and a DTMF signal is sent from the telephone after a predetermined control signal in the facsimile transmission control procedure is sent from the other party's facsimile machine, the DTMF Characters corresponding to the signals are printed out, allowing you to receive messages.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 indicates a reading section, and this reading section 11 photoelectrically converts an image of a document to obtain a binary image signal. 1
Reference numeral 6 indicates a recording section, and this recording section 16 performs printing based on the supplied image signal. Reference numeral 14 indicates a line, to which the N00 section 13 and the D-block MF signal receiving section 15 are connected.

N00 part 13 includes the modem, and is used for network startup, recovery,
Performs signal modulation and demodulation. Reference numeral 12 indicates a control unit, and this control unit 12 not only performs overall control of each unit, but also compresses and expands the image signal, and also compresses and expands the image signal
T) Generate a character code corresponding to the IF multiplied signal. Reference numeral 17 denotes a character generator, which together with the control section 12 constitutes a character pattern generation means 18, and returns to the control section 12 a character pattern corresponding to the character code output from the control section 12. In the above, the control unit 12 is DT
Dial key O~ sent from MF signal receiving section 15
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The signals corresponding to the squares are analyzed by three or four dial keys at a time, and as shown in Figure 2, "Start sending message" and character codes such as "A", "I", etc.
It is interpreted as "message transmission completed" and recording processing is performed.

The operation of the facsimile machine configured in this way will be explained below. First, when the other party is a facsimile machine, as shown in FIG. A called station identification signal) and a control signal DIS (digital identification signal) are transmitted to the other party's facsimile machine via the N00 unit 13 and line 14. Then, the other party's facsimile machine outputs a control signal DC3 (digital command signal) and a control signal TCF (training check signal), and thereafter transmission control regarding the transmission of the image signal is performed according to the transmission control procedure of the Gm machine of CCITT.

The image signal sent via the line 14 is taken in from the N00 section 13 to the control section 12, expanded, converted into an original image signal, and sent to the recording section 16, where it is recorded and output.

Next, a case will be described in which a message is sent from a P8 (button button) telephone to a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention and is recorded and output. First, when a paging signal from the PB telephone arrives, in response to this, control signals CED and DIS are set to N by the control section 12 of the facsimile machine.
00 section 13 and is transmitted to the PB telephone via line 14. The operator of the PB telephone station listens to the tone generated by the above control signal, operates the dial keys to indicate "Start message transmission", and selects the DTMF corresponding to the dial keys "#", rOJ, "1", and "Masu". Send a signal.

The DTMF signal corresponding to this dial key is
The signal is received by the DTMF signal receiving section 15 via the DTMF signal receiving section 15, where it is converted into a corresponding signal and sent to the control section 12. Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 12 detects that the DTMF signal is to "start message transmission" and begins preparations. Subsequently, when the operator of the PB telephone operates the dial keys based on the correspondence between the dial keys and characters shown in FIG. 2, a corresponding DTMF signal is sent. This DTMF signal is received by the DTMF signal receiving section 15, converted into a corresponding signal, and sent to the control section 12. The control unit 12 collects signals corresponding to the operations of the three dial keys, detects a character code in accordance with the correspondence explained in FIG. 2, and supplies the detected character code to the character generator 17.

The character generator 17 generates a corresponding character pattern and sends it to the control section 12. The control section 12 sends the character pattern to the recording section 16 and causes it to be recorded and output. Messages sent from the PB telephone in this manner are recorded and output. Finally, the operator of the PB telephone presses the dial key "#" to indicate "end of message transmission."
”, “#”, “#”, and “#”. A DTMF signal corresponding to this dial key operation is received by the DTMF signal receiving section 15, converted, and sent to the control section 12.

Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 12 detects that the DTMF signal indicates the end of message transmission, and stops the recording operation.Thereafter, the process proceeds to the line disconnection procedure.

Note that the correspondence between characters and dial keys (FIG. 2) used in this embodiment is only one example, and other correspondences may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the DTMF signal is made to correspond to the character pattern, and the DTMF
When a signal is sent, it is converted into a character pattern,
Since the information is sent to the recording section and recorded and output, messages can be recorded and output from the telephone.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the correspondence between dial keys and characters, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are transmission control by a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows a procedure. 11... Reading section 12... Control section 13...
NCU section 14...Line 15...DTMF signal receiving section 16...Recording section 17...Character generator 18...Character pattern generation means agent Patent attorney Book 1) Takashi Fig. 3 Fig. 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] a DTMF signal receiving section that receives a DTMF signal;
The apparatus is characterized by comprising a character pattern generating means for generating a character pattern corresponding to the DTMF signal received by the MF signal receiving section, and a recording section for printing based on the character pattern generated by the character pattern generating means. facsimile machine.