JPH02280571A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize the transmission state and the history of transmission processing for the operator at that point of time by storing the result of transmission of destination, call time and picture information for each transmission to each destination as history information and printing out the history information at a set time. CONSTITUTION:An operator sets a transmission original to a scanner section 3 and an operation display section 2 sets each destination being an object, number of original sheets and transmission mode or the like. A facsimile equipment uses a management information memory 11 to store each information set as above. Then a storage result report representing date and destination storing picture information, number of original sheets and a file number of the transmission processing or the like from a plotter section 4. When the time reaches the confirmation time set as above or the time expires during the transmission, whether or not the transmission processing history report is outputted is discriminated. When output is not finished yet, the transmission processing history report is printed out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that automatically sends a call to each set destination in sequence.

[Prior Art] In a facsimile machine equipped with an image memory, once the original image is stored in the image memory and each destination is set, the image is automatically sent to each specified destination in sequence. Broadcast transmission is common.

In general, a facsimile machine makes a call to one destination, and if it cannot be sent due to a busy line or a communication error, it tries again, and if the transmission is not successful even after a certain number of attempts, it sends the message to that destination again. I'm trying to cancel it.

In addition, in the above-mentioned broadcast transmission, normally, when the image transmission to all destinations is completed, or when the transmission process is canceled due to unsuccessful transmission, a transmission result report showing the transmission results for each destination is usually generated. I am trying to output it.

On the other hand, before such a transmission result report is output,
If the operator wants to know the transmission status to each destination,
The transmission status was confirmed by displaying the transmission status on the display and outputting a communication management report.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in this case, operations such as outputting the communication management report and displaying the transmission status are time-consuming.
There is an inconvenience that the transmission status cannot be easily known at a desired time.

Furthermore, conventionally, such reports and displays have only shown transmission results, such as whether transmission to each destination was successful or unsuccessful. For this reason, there is a problem in that the operator cannot know the history of transmission processing, such as how many times the facsimile machine has already sent calls to each destination or the time of each call.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which eliminates the above-mentioned disadvantages and allows the user to easily know the transmission status and history of transmission processing at any desired time.

[Means for Solving the Problems] To this end, the present invention stores at least the destination, transmission time, and image information transmission result as history information for each call to each destination, and sets the history information. The feature is that it is recorded and output at the specified time.

[Function] By setting the desired time, the operator can record and output each destination that has already been sent, the time of the call, and the sending result, making it easy to track the sending status and history of the sending process. You will be able to know.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example 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, the system control unit 1 includes a CPU and a ROM.

It is a microcomputer equipped with RAM, etc.

It controls each part of the device. The operation display section 2 includes operation keys and a display, and displays the operating status of the device and allows the operator to perform various operations.

The scanner section 3 reads the original image and extracts image information, and the plotter section 4 records and outputs the received images and various reports on recording paper.

The buffer memory 5 is for temporarily storing image information.
The AF memory 6 stores image information of original images to be transmitted and received.

The communication control section 7 controls the transmission of image information, and the modem 8 transmits and receives procedure signals in the transmission control procedure, as well as modulates and demodulates the image information and transmits and receives it. The network control device 9 controls the telephone line when making and receiving calls.

The encoding/decoding unit 1O encodes the image information read by the scanner unit 3 and decodes the received image information. The management information memory 11 stores settings made by the operator, a storage area for image information accumulated in the SAF memory 6, and history information of each executed process.

The real-time clock 12 is a clock for obtaining the year, month, day, and time. The signal bus 13 is a signal line for exchanging various signals and data between the above-mentioned units.

The facsimile machine of this embodiment has one or more configurations, and when performing broadcast transmission, the operator must perform the following operations as shown in FIG.
First, process 101 to set the original to be sent in the scanner unit 3.
), and on the operation display section 2, set each destination to be sent, the number of originals, the sending mode, etc. This transmission mode is based on the linear density when reading the image, E CM (Error
Configure various known settings such as the correction node (Correction Node) and normal mode (process 1.02), and also set the time at which you want to check the transmission status of the transmission process (
Process 103).

The facsimile machine stores each of the above set information in the management information memory 11. Then, the operation is started by the operator's activation operation, and the transmission document is first read and its image information is stored in the SAF memory 6 (process 104). The plotter unit 4 outputs an accumulation result report indicating the file number of the process, etc. (process 105).

Next, a predetermined transmission operation is performed in which a call is made to one set destination, and if the other party responds, the stored image information is transmitted (process 106).The result of this transmission operation is 1. In addition to cases in which both pieces of information are transmitted normally, there are cases in which the other party does not respond when called, cases in which the line cannot be called because the line is busy, and cases in which communication is interrupted due to a communication error after communication has started. Here, the destination of the call, the time, and the result of sending the image information are stored as processing history information (process 107).

Next, the current time is checked (process 108), and if it is not the transmission status confirmation time set by the operator (N in process 108), it is determined whether there is another destination (process 109). If there are destinations (Y in process 109), identify one destination and determine whether this is the first process for that destination (process 11G);
If it is the first process (Y in process 110), the transmission operation to that destination is immediately executed in the same manner as above (proceed to process 106).

As a result, calls are made to each destination in sequence, and when the destination responds, image information is transmitted. Then, when the transmission to each destination is completed, it is determined whether or not there are any destinations to which the image information has not been sent yet (process 109). Here, if there is a destination to which the image information has not been sent yet (Y in process 109), One destination is identified, and in this case, since it is not the first call (N in process 110), the number of times the call has been made to that destination is determined (process 111). If not (N in process 111), the process waits until a certain period of time has elapsed since the previous call (process 112), and performs the transmission operation again in the same way (proceeds to process 106).

As a result, if the other party responds, the image information is transmitted, while for a destination to which the other party does not respond or a communication error occurs, the transmission operation is performed the specified number of times.

By the way, if the set confirmation time reaches or passes during this transmission operation (Y in process 108), it is determined whether a transmission processing history report is being output (
Process 113), and if it has not been output yet (Process 4)
113N), record and output the transmission processing history report (step 31114), this transmission history report records and outputs the transmission JII history information stored in the process 107 for the operator to check the transmission status. It is.

Thereafter, the transmission operation continues in the same way, and when the transmission of image information or the specified number of transmissions to all destinations is completed (N in process 109), the accumulated transmission results show the transmission results for each destination as in the conventional case. Record and output the report (process 115
).

After this, it is determined whether the transmission processing history report has been output again (116), or if it has not been output yet (
N in process 116), waits until the confirmation time (loop in process 117 N), and when the confirmation time arrives (
Y in process 117), a transmission process history report is recorded and output (process 118).

Figure 3 shows an example of the recorded contents of this transmission history report, and figure a shows the title of the report, the date and time of output,
The figure shows the date and time when the operator set the transmission process and stored the image information, and the figure C shows the item names of the following recorded contents.

As for the items, d in the same figure shows the date and time when each operation was executed, and FIG. 6 shows the details of the operation or the telephone number of the called party. Further, f in the same figure shows the communication mode and the type of operation, and when storing both images of the original, it shows the line density and the original size when reading, and when sending, it shows that. *T, same figure f,
is an example of successful transmission, indicating that memory transmission was executed in G3 ECM mode.

Furthermore, g in the figure is the communication time, and g is the number of originals. Figure 1 shows the transmission results for each call, where rB'' indicates that the other party did not respond due to a busy line, etc., rlJ indicates that communication was interrupted midway due to a communication error, and rO.
KJ indicates that the transmission was successful. Further, j in the figure is a file number assigned to this broadcast transmission process.

In this example, after completing the processing for all destinations and outputting the accumulated transmission result report, this outgoing call history report is output, but when the set confirmation time is reached while the transmission process is in progress, such a report will be output. A report is recorded and output. Thereby, by inputting the desired confirmation time when setting the initial transmission process, the operator can easily know the time of transmission to each destination, the number of transmissions, and the transmission results.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the broadcast is sent to multiple recipients was explained, but even when sending different manuscripts to multiple recipients, the history information of the sending process for each recipient can be recorded in the same format. It goes without saying that it can be output. Moreover, although the time at which the transmission processing history report is to be output is set in advance, it is also possible to record and output the transmission processing history report by requesting the output at any time by the operator.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to image information transmission processing, but can also be applied to polling reception in which image information is sent and received from the other party, and in this case, it is not possible to know the reception status and transmission history. can.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, at a preset time,
Since the transmission time, its destination, transmission results, etc. are recorded and output as a transmission history report, the operator can easily know the transmission status and transmission processing history at a desired time.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an operational flowchart of a circular transmission process, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a call history report. It is. 1... System control section, 2... Operation display section, 3...
- Scanner section, 4... Plotter section, 5... Buffer memory, 6... SAF memory, 7... Communication control section,
8...Modem, 9...Network control device, IO...Encoding/decoding unit, 11...Management information memo IJ, 12-...
Real-time clock, 13...signal bus. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] Set a desired time on a facsimile machine that sends a call to each set destination in sequence and sends image information when the other party responds, while repeating the call and transmission operation for a certain number of times to destinations where the sending fails. a time setting means for setting the time to be set by the time setting means; a history information storage means for storing at least the destination, the time of transmission, and the image information transmission result as history information for each call to each destination; A facsimile device comprising a history information recording means for recording and outputting at a time.