JPH0123029B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transmission method for a facsimile device, and particularly to a broadcast transmission method for transmitting the same document information to a plurality of destinations.

(b) Prior Art and Problems When transmitting a document using a facsimile machine, a line must first be secured between the sender and receiver. Once the line is secured, a start command is issued and the set original is transferred to the reading section. The reading section optically scans the original, converts the reflected light into an electrical signal by photoelectric conversion, and transmits this via a line. The scanned manuscript is transferred to the stacker.

Now, if we consider the case where the same document is to be sent to a plurality of different recipients, the procedure for sending to one recipient must be repeated multiple times. That is, it is necessary to set a document, dial a line to secure a line, etc. for each of the plurality of destinations. This kind of thing frequently occurs when notifying a meeting or distributing minutes, and repeating the above operations every time is not only troublesome but also inefficient.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a broadcast transmission method that can efficiently transmit the same manuscript to a plurality of different destinations.

(d) Structure of the Invention For this purpose, the broadcast transmission method of the present invention includes manuscript information corresponding to the manuscript to be transmitted, destination information indicating the destination of this manuscript information, and indication of incomplete transmission of the manuscript information regarding this destination information. an information storage unit that stores transmission information, busy information indicating a prescription when transmission is incomplete, and repeat interval information and repeat count information corresponding to repeated transmission indicated by the busy information, together with document name information; and transmission information in the information storage unit. an automatic transmission section that calls the destination according to the repeat interval and number of times based on the corresponding destination information when the destination is not completed; The present invention is characterized by comprising a transmitter for transmitting information, and a changer for modifying the transmission information corresponding to the destination to which the transmission has been completed.

(e) Embodiments of the Invention Embodiments of the broadcast transmission system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of the facsimile apparatus, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an operation panel, FIG. 3 is an example of an information storage section, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an overview of the operation.

In FIG. 1, 11 is a reading section, 11a is a document hopper, 11b is a document stacker, 12a is a transmitting section 12b is a control section, 12c is a changing section, 13 is an automatic transmission section, 14 is a decoding section, and 15 is an information storage section. , 16 is an operation panel, and 17 is a telephone. Hoppa 11a
The original documents 18 set in the original document 18 are transferred one by one to the reading section 11 and read. In this reading, light sequentially scans the surface of the document, and the reflected light is converted into a binary (or multi-value) digital electrical signal by a photoelectric conversion element. The original 18 that has been read is stored in the stacker 11b. The manuscript information is sent to the control section 12b.
and is transferred to the information storage section 15. Control unit 12
The manuscript information transferred to the section b is transferred to the transmitting section 12a for transmission via a line secured by the telephone set 17. The document information transferred to the storage section 15 is stored. The storage unit 15 further stores the following information from the operation panel 16.

These are document name information FLN, page and size information Pl~Pn, recipient information TEL-l~TEL-n,
Busy information BSl-BSn, repeat count information nl~
nn, repeat interval information RPl to RPn. For this purpose, the operation panel 16 includes a display section 21, as shown in FIG.
Function keys 22a to 22c, numeric keypad 2
3 and a start/stop key 24. The display section 21 is divided into upper and lower sections, with the upper section used as a guidance display section and the lower section used as a data display section.
There is a function key 22a in the guidance display section.
When (Register) is pressed, the document name information to repeat interval is displayed, and the operator inputs various information using the numeric keypad 23 according to this guidance.

The function key 22b (see) is a key for displaying and confirming each information stored in the information storage section 15 on the data display section.
c (delete) is for deleting each piece of information.

As shown in FIG. 3, a storage example of the storage unit 15, there are multiple data storage units Dl to Dl to document name information FLN.
Dn, and each data storage section Dl~Dn has a reading section 1.
The manuscript information from 1 is divided into pages and stored. Multiple destinations are set for one document name. Each destination has destination information TEL, transmission information B, busy information BS, and repeat interval information.
PR, repeat count information n, and work area WA are set. The destination information TEL identifies the destination to which the document information having the document name FLN is to be transmitted, and uses, for example, a telephone number. Transmission information B
is used to store information as to whether or not the manuscript information has been sent to the specified destination; for example, it is "0" if it has not been sent, and "1" if it has been sent.
The content of this transmission information is changed by the changing unit 12c. That is, when the transmission is completed, the changing unit 12c changes the transmission information B of the corresponding destination information TEL from "0" to "1". The busy information BS stores information on what to do in the event that transmission to the other party is not possible.
Call after sending service to other destinations, ()
It is possible to cancel the service. The repeat interval information RP is related to ( ) of the busy information BS, and specifies the interval for subsequent calls. The repeat count information n relates to the above () and (), and specifies the number of times to call when transmission is impossible. The work area WA is used for counting the number of failed transmissions, repeat intervals, etc.

The decoding unit 14 sequentially reads out the transmission information B from the information storage unit 15 and determines whether the transmission to the other party has been completed. If the transmission is not completed, the destination information TEL is sent to the automatic transmission unit 13. The automatic transmission section 13 sends out a dial pulse via the transmission section 12a based on the information TEL.

The operation will be briefly explained along the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the operator selects the document 1 to be sent.
8 to the hopper 11a. Then, various information is input using the operation panel 16. That is, the function key 22a of the operation panel 16
When you press , "Document Name" is displayed on the guidance on the display section 21, so use the numeric keypad 23 to input the document name information FLN. When the numeric keypad 23 is pressed, the content is displayed on the data display section, so it can be confirmed. Document name information
When the FLN input is completed, guidance will be displayed one after another for inputting destination information, busy information, repeat interval information, and repeat count information, so all you have to do is follow the instructions.

When the input is completed, the operator calls the destination using the telephone 17. The destination at this time may be a destination already registered in the information storage section 15, but in this embodiment, it is a destination that is not registered. For transmission to the other party, the line with the other party is secured, and the operator operates the start button on the facsimile machine to transmit the data to the hopper 11a.
This is carried out by transferring the original to the reading unit 11, and transmitting the original information obtained by reading the original by photoelectric conversion via the control unit 12b and the transmitting unit 12a. The manuscript information is also sent to the information storage section 15 and stored in the data storage sections Dl to Dn page by page.
At this time, the size of each page of the manuscript and the number of pages are also stored as page size information Pl to Pn.

When the transmission to the first destination is completed, the operator presses the start/stop key 24 on the operation panel 16. As a result, the transmission service for the registered destination starts. In this procedure, as shown in FIG. 4, the decoder 14 first decodes the read transmission information. Naturally, in the initial state, all transmission information is set to incomplete (that is, "0"), so the transmission destination information TEL-l corresponding to this transmission information Bl is read out to the automatic transmission unit 13 and transferred. . The automatic calling section 13 transmits a dial pulse determined by the information via the transmitting section 12a to call the destination.

When the line is secured with the other party, the control unit 12b stores the data storage unit Dl of the information storage unit 15.
The document information is read in order from ~Dn and the document is transmitted. When the transmission is completed, the transmission information Bl corresponding to the other party is changed. This is done by setting the transmission information Bl from "0" to "1" by the changing unit 12c. When this is completed, the next transmission information B2 is decoded and the transmission service is performed in the same manner as described above.

However, if the line with the other party cannot be secured despite calling the destination, the busy information BSI
is deciphered. If service termination is specified by this busy information BSI, the transmission information is set from "0" to "1" and the process ends. In addition, when performing a service subsequently or later, in both cases, the repeat counter in the work area WAI is incremented by "+1",
The repeat count information nl and the count value of the counter are compared, and if they match, the corresponding transmission information
Set Bl from “0” to “1”. If the count value of the counter has not reached the specified number of repeats, the work area is
Count up the WAl repeat interval counter at a predetermined clock, compare the specified repeat interval with this interval counter,
When the time is over, send the destination TEL-1 again.
Make a call to . If it is to be called later, that effect is set in the work area WAl and the transmission information corresponding to the next destination is determined.

The above operations are performed until the transmission information corresponding to all the set destinations becomes "1".
(However, just because the transmission information is set to "1" does not necessarily mean that the manuscript information has been sent to all. This is because it is also set to "1" if the service is discontinued midway or the number of repeats is exceeded. Note that, as described above, all destinations may be registered and set in the information storage section 15 in advance, or the information storage section may be a magnetic storage. In this case, the document information is not limited to data obtained by scanning the document by photoelectric conversion.

(f) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, even when the same document information is to be sent to multiple different destinations, it is not necessary to set the document and call the other party each time. do not have.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings relate to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the facsimile device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the operation panel 16, FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the information storage section, and FIG. 4 shows the operation. This is a flowchart. In the figure, 11 is a reading section, 12a is a transmitting section, 12c
13 is a change section, 13 is an automatic transmission section, 15 is an information storage section, 16 is an operation panel, 17 is a telephone, 18 is a manuscript, FLN is document name information, Dl to Dn is a manuscript information storage section, TEL-1 to TELn indicates destination information, and Bl to Bn indicate transmission information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Manuscript information corresponding to the manuscript to be transmitted, destination information TEL indicating the destination of this manuscript information, transmission information B indicating that the transmission of the manuscript information is incomplete regarding this destination information, and transmission information B indicating that the transmission of the manuscript information is incomplete regarding this destination information. an information storage section 15 that stores busy information BS indicating the prescription at the time, repeat interval information RP and repeat number information n corresponding to repeated transmission indicated by the busy information, together with document name information FLN; and transmission information B in the information storage section 15. an automatic transmission unit 13 that calls the destination according to the repeat interval and number of times based on the corresponding destination information TEL when the destination is not completed; and when a line with the destination is secured, the document is sent via this line. A broadcast transmission system characterized by comprising a transmitter 12a that transmits information, and a changer 12c that modifies transmission information B corresponding to a destination to which transmission has been completed.