JPH01286567A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To extract picture information once received from other facsimile station optionally by providing a function storing picture information sent from other facsimile station and sending the stored picture information to other station when other facsimile station makes a call. CONSTITUTION:The equipment consists of a network control section 101, a MODEM section 102, a reception section 103, a decoding section 104, a recording section 105, picture memories 106, 107, a read section 108, an encoding section 109, a transmission section 110, an ID memory 111, a PB signal reception section 112, an input control section 113 and a system control section 114. Then the facsimile station stores the picture information sent from other facsimile station upon the receipt of a call or the stored picture information in the facsimile equipment 1 is extracted through the call from other facsimile station. Thus, the picture information received once by one facsimile station is extracted from other optional facsimile station.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

[Prior Art] One method of facsimile communication is a polling method in which a calling party sends a transmission command to a called party and receives image information from the called party. In this polling method, the called party must either set a document in the facsimile machine or store image information in its memory before receiving the transmission command.

Another method of facsimile communication is relay transmission, in which the originating station specifies a destination and transmits image information to a relay station, and the relay station transfers the received image information to the specified destination. In this relay transmission, the destination must be determined when the originating station transmits to the relay station.

By the way, for example, when the user is away from the office, there are cases where the user wants to receive manuscripts sent from various places to the office's facsimile machine while away from home.

In this case, with the above-mentioned polling method, the document received by the facsimile machine in the office must be placed back into the machine or the image information must be stored in the memory, so it is not possible to receive the document on the go. On the other hand, in relay transmission, the sending side does not have to specify the destination in advance as the destination, so this cannot be done if the destination is uncertain.

As described above, there is a problem in the conventional facsimile system that it is impossible to retrieve image information once received by one facsimile station from any other facsimile station.

[Objective] An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a facsimile device that can retrieve any number of image information once received from another facsimile station.

[Configuration] For this purpose, the present invention provides that if information indicating whether the calling side is to send or receive and code information are sent from the calling side within a certain period of time after receiving a call and connecting to the line, When such information is received and transmission is indicated by the information, the image information transmitted from the calling side is received, the received code information and image information are stored in association with each other, and the above-mentioned If reception is indicated from the information screen, the image information corresponding to the received code information among the stored image information is transmitted to the calling party, and each of the above information is transmitted within a certain period of time. If not, normal transmission/reception operations are performed using normal transmission control procedures.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a facsimile machine 1 is connected to a regular subscriber telephone line to constitute one facsimile station and communicates with other facsimile stations. Within the facsimile machine 1,
The network control unit 101 performs predetermined call origination and incoming call operations by detecting a calling signal, capturing two lines, and sending a selection signal at the time of origination when a call is received on the line.

The modem unit 102 modulates and demodulates image information and transmits and receives it, as well as transmits and receives various procedure signals in transmission control procedures.

The receiving unit 103 extracts image information from the received signal. The decoding unit 104 decodes the encoded image information, and the recording unit 105 records the received image on recording paper using the image information. The image memory 106 stores image information received during memory reception.

By the way, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment stores the image information transmitted when a call is made from another facsimile station, and when the facsimile apparatus receives a call from another facsimile station, the stored image information is sent to the other party. It has the function of transmitting to the station. The image memory 107 stores image information to be transferred in this manner.

The reading unit 108 reads the transmitted image and extracts image information. The encoding section 109 encodes the image information, and the transmitting section 110 transmits the encoded image information from the modem section 102.

The ID memory 111 stores an ID code IDC that is set in advance before using this facsimile machine.

The PB signal receiving unit 112 receives a P from the other party's telephone.
It receives the ID code l1l)C etc. transmitted as a B-times signal. The input operation section 113 performs predetermined transmission/reception operations on this facsimile machine and the above-mentioned ID code I.
This is for setting the DC.

The system control unit 114 controls each of the above units to execute predetermined facsimile communications.

With the above configuration, before using the facsimile machine of this embodiment, input the ID code IDC to be used on the operation unit 11.
Register by performing the predetermined operation in step 3.

This ID code IDC is, for example, a four-digit number, and multiple numbers can be registered. Registered ID code IDC1-
IDCn is stored in ID memory 111, as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, as described above, another facsimile station makes a call to this facsimile station and the transmitted image information is stored in this facsimile machine, and another facsimile station makes a call to this facsimile machine 1. The stored image information can be retrieved. When performing this process, the calling party uses a telephone to make a call to this facsimile station.

Now, suppose that another facsimile station calls this facsimile station in order to store image information as described above. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, this facsimile machine 1 receives the call and connects the line (process 201), and detects whether the PB double signal is transmitted within a preset time limit (process 202). From N in 202, process 203; from N in process 203, process 202).

When the operator on the calling side confirms the incoming call to the facsimile machine 1, in this case, the process is to send image information, so by operating the button on the phone, the character tree'' and After inputting one preset ID code IDC1, a transmission operation is performed on the facsimile machine.As a result, the information input via the telephone is transmitted to the PB double signal facsimile machine 1.

The facsimile machine 1 receives the PB signal and identifies the characters (process 204), and if the number of received characters is less than the predetermined number (N of process 205), repeats the reception (process 205).
to process 202).

Then, when a predetermined number of characters is received (Y in process 205),
It is checked whether the received ID code IDC1 is registered in advance in the ID memo January 11 (process 206).

Here, the ID code IDC1 is
If it is stored in advance (processing 206),
Next, the first character is identified (process 207).

Now, since the first character is IT*jj, in this case (Y in process 207), the CED signal and DIS signal are transmitted. In contrast, from the calling facsimile machine, the DC
8 signal is sent, a predetermined transmission control procedure is started and image information is received from the calling side (process 208).The received image information is stored in 1 image memo 1 along with the previously received ID code IDC1. Accumulate in month 07 (process 209).

When this reception and storage is completed, the line is disconnected (process 210) and the reception operation is ended.

The above reception operation can be executed multiple times, and if it is now executed m times, as shown in FIG.

Received ID codes IDC1, IDCj, IDCk
and each image information 1 to m are stored in pairs in the image memory 107, respectively.

Next, when retrieving the above accumulated image information from the calling side 1
After confirming the incoming call on the facsimile machine 1, the calling operator presses the button to input '#' and the ID code IDC1 as shown in FIG. 3, and performs a reception operation on the facsimile machine. .

Similarly to the above, the facsimile machine 1 receives the PB double signal and sends the ID code IDC1 to the ID memory 11.
Please check whether it is registered in 1206)
, identify the first character (process 207).

Here, if the first character is "#" (N in process 207)
, searches whether the input IDC1 is stored in the image memory 107 described in FIG. 5 (processing 2).
11). Here, if IDC1 is stored (Y in process 212), the CHD signal and DIS signal are transmitted. In response, the calling facsimile device sends an NSS signal or the like instructing polling reception, so that a predetermined transmission control procedure using polling is started.

Then, the image information corresponding to the above-mentioned IDC1 is retrieved from the 1-image memory 107, and the image information is transmitted to the calling side (processing 213).

On the other hand, in the above, if the ID code IDC1 is not stored (N in process 212), or if the ID code IDC sent from the calling party is not registered (N in process 206), The line is disconnected and the operation is stopped (process 210).

Next, when the operator on the calling side wants to have the facsimile machine 1 output image information, after making a call to the facsimile machine 1, he immediately performs a transmission operation on the facsimile machine on the calling side.

In this case, the facsimile machine 1 does not transmit the PB double signal within the time limit, so in this case (Y in process 203), it transmits the CED signal and the DIS signal, immediately starts the predetermined transmission control procedure, and performs the normal Receive the image information or send it using the polling procedure (Process 21)
4).

Here, when image information is received, the direct recording unit 105
The image is recorded on recording paper or stored in the image memory 106. Furthermore, when the image is stored in the image memory 106, the recording unit 105 records it on recording paper when a recording operation is performed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the facsimile machine 1
After a call is received and the line is connected, the PB double signal is monitored for a certain period of time, and the calling party sends information as to whether the calling party is transmitting or receiving and the ID code IDC from the PB double signal. There is.

The facsimile machine 1 receives the above PB sent from the calling party.
Upon receiving the double signal, each of the above information is identified, and if transmission is indicated, the image information sent from the calling side is received, and the received ID code IDC and the image information are stored in association with each other. On the other hand, if the PB double signal indicates reception, the ID code I received from the stored image information is
Image information corresponding to the DC is transmitted to the calling party.

Therefore, when the operator of this facsimile station on the facsimile machine 1 side is out of the office and another facsimile station wants to send a document, that operator should make a call on the telephone, instruct the transmission, and enter the ID number. code ID
C is input, and the transmitted image information is stored in the facsimile machine 1.

Then, the operator of this facsimile station makes a call from another facsimile station on the phone, instructs reception, and inputs the same ■D code IDC as above, thereby arbitrarily receiving the above image information. be able to receive.

In this case, the calling operator must use the pre-registered ID
Unless the code IDC is input, the facsimile machine 1 will not operate, so confidential communication can be performed.

Furthermore, if the facsimile machine 1 does not transmit the PB multiplied signal within a certain period of time, the facsimile machine 1 starts normal transmission control procedures, so that it can communicate with normal facsimile machines as before.

In the above embodiment, the ID memory 111 stores the ID in advance.
Although a plurality of code IDCs are registered to prevent the caller from using other ID codes, if the caller sets an ID code arbitrarily, there is no need to register it in advance.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the received ID code ID
Although C1 and image information are stored as one set, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the area of the image memory 107 is divided corresponding to each registered ID code IDC1, and the received image information , l, m are the received ID code IDC
Similar processing can be achieved by storing the image information in the area corresponding to ID code IDC1 and transmitting the image information in the area corresponding to the received ID code IDC1.

Further, the operator of the facsimile machine 1 specifies the ID code IDC on the input operation section 113, and also
The image information read in 08 is converted to the specified ID code IDC.
The image information may be stored in the image memory 107 as described above, and the stored image information may be similarly retrieved from other facsimile stations.

Furthermore, in order for the calling party to indicate the distinction between sending and receiving *'
I used the "#" symbol, but numbers can also be used.

It goes without saying that the ID code may also be numbers or symbols.

Further, although a telephone is used to make a call to the facsimile machine 1, a device that is attached to the transmitter of a rotary dial telephone and outputs a PB double signal may also be used. Furthermore, without using the PB double signal of the telephone,
Transmit similar information as a data signal using a modem, etc.
It is also conceivable to provide a voice recognition device to identify the voice of the calling operator.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, after a call is received and a line is connected, information indicating whether the calling party is to transmit or receive and code information are transmitted from the calling party within a certain period of time. If transmission is indicated, receive the image information sent from the calling party,
The above code information and its image information are stored in association with each other, and when the above information indicates reception, the image information corresponding to the received above code information among the stored image information is called. Since the received image information can be arbitrarily retrieved from another facsimile station, if the above information is not sent within the specified time, the Since normal sending and receiving operations are performed using the transmission control procedure, communication with normal facsimile machines can be performed as before.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of codes to be registered in advance, FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart showing the incoming call operation of the facsimile device, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the information sent by Puyushhon, and Figure 5 is the image information and ID to the image memory.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the method of storing image information in the image memory. l...Facsimile device, 101...Network control unit, 1
02...Modem section, 103...Receiving section, 104...
- Decoding unit, 105... Recording unit, 106, 107.
... Image memory, 108... Reading unit, 109... Encoding unit, 110... Transmitting unit, 111... ID memory, 112... PB signal receiving unit, 113... Input operation unit , 114...Shi time Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] After a call is received and the line is connected, the sending/receiving function executes the normal transmission control procedure with the calling party's facsimile machine to normally receive image information from the calling party or normally send image information to the calling party. In a facsimile device equipped with a information receiving means for receiving image information from the calling side when transmission is indicated by the information, image information receiving means for receiving image information from the calling side, and storing the received code information and image information in association with each other; an image information transmitting means for transmitting image information stored in the reception information storage means corresponding to the received code information to the calling party when the information indicates reception; and transmitting/receiving means for performing the normal reception or normal transmission of image information by executing the normal transmission control procedure when the above-mentioned information is not transmitted by the PB signal from the calling side. facsimile machine.