JPH02311039A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time of a transmission station restricted with multiple address communication by repeating the transmission of same picture information after the end of reception and the instruction of succeeding destination to a reception station between plural stations one after another and relaying the same information to the plural stations. CONSTITUTION:A transmission station T sends the picture information to a reception station R1. The transmission station T adds the data of a telephone number of all destinations to a protocol signal and sends the result to the reception station R1. The reception station R1 stores the received picture information into a memory and records it on recording paper. After the end of reception, the reception station R1 deletes its own telephone number from the telephone number data to all the destinations sent from the transmission station T and sends the picture information to the reception station R2 of the telephone number. The reception station R1 adds the remaining data resulting from deleting its own telephone number to the protocol code and sends the result to the reception station R2. Similarly, the transmission is implemented from the reception station R2 to a reception station R3, and from the reception station R3 to a reception station R4 and picture information is outputted on the recording paper in each reception station and the same picture information is relayed to all the reception stations by sending the picture information stored in the memory to the destination telephone number to be received simultaneously.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and particularly to a facsimile device having a broadcast communication function.

[Conventional technology]

In the broadcast communication system of facsimile machines, a transmitting station repeatedly transmits image information stored in a memory to each destination, thereby transmitting the same information to multiple destinations.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram for explaining an example of broadcast communication of a conventional facsimile machine.

The transmitting station T1 stores image data read from a document in a memory, and transmits the data in the memory to the receiving station R11.

When the transmission to the receiving station all is completed, the transmitting station T transmits the data in the memory to the receiving station R12. Similarly, the transmitting station T1 sequentially transmits the data in the memory to all destinations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional facsimile communication system described above, the transmitting station sequentially transmits the same information to multiple destinations, so the transmitting station cannot transmit the next document or receive data from other stations until the transmission is completed to all destinations. The disadvantage is that it cannot be done.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a first means for storing a plurality of destination numbers and image information received according to a communication control procedure, and a second means for printing the image information stored in the first means on recording paper. and a third means for calling and transmitting the remaining connected destination number and the stored image information to the first means when the printing operation of the second means is completed. .

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a procedure signal sent from a transmitter through a telephone line is demodulated by a MODEM 2 via an N00 unit 1, and then enters a procedure control circuit 3. Procedure control circuit 3
Separates the destination telephone number added to the procedure signal and writes it into the telephone number memory 4. The image information sent from the transmitter is demodulated by the MODEM 2 via the N00 section 1.

The demodulated image information is stored in the image memory 5, decoded by the decoder 6, and recorded on recording paper by the recording section 7. After the reception is completed, the telephone number of any one station other than the own station is retrieved from the destination telephone numbers stored in the telephone number memory 4, and a call is made from the N00 section 1. After the response from the receiver, the procedure control circuit 3 deletes its own telephone number from the telephone numbers read from the telephone number memory 4, adds the remaining telephone number to the procedure signal, and transmits it to the receiver. After this, the data stored in the image memory 5 is
It is demodulated by EM2 and transmitted to the receiver via the NCU section and the telephone line.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram for explaining the relay communication of this embodiment.

The transmitting station T transmits the image information read from the document to the receiving station R1. At the same time, the transmitting station T adds data of the telephone numbers of all destinations to the procedure signal and sends it to the receiving station R1. Receiving station R1
stores the received image information in memory, and at the same time records and outputs it on recording paper.

After the receiving station R1 completes reception, it deletes its own telephone number from the telephone number data of all destinations sent from the transmitting station T, and sends the image information in the memory to the receiving station R2 of the next telephone number. Send. At the same time, the receiving station R1 removes its own telephone number from the destination telephone number data added to the received procedure signal, adds the remaining telephone number data to the procedure signal, and sends the signal to the receiving station R2. Similarly, transmission is performed from receiving station R2 to receiving station R3, and from receiving station R3 to receiving station R4. At each receiving station, image information is output to recording paper, and at the same time, image information stored in memory is transmitted. By sending a message to the received destination phone number, the same image information is relayed to all receiving stations.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention outputs the received image information to a record, transmits the same image information from the transmitting station to the specified destination after reception is completed, and at the same time instructs the receiving station about the next destination. By repeating the same information between multiple stations in a chain, the burden on the transmitting station is reduced.
This has the effect of shortening the time that the transmitting station is tied up for broadcasting, and shortening the waiting time for transmitting the next document or for receiving from other stations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system diagram for explaining broadcast communication according to the embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a system diagram for explaining an example of broadcast communication of a conventional facsimile machine.

T...Transmitting station, R1-R4...Receiving station, 1...N
CU section, 2... MODEM, 3... procedure control circuit,
4...Telephone number memory, 5...Picture memory, 6...
Decoder, 7...recording section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a first means for storing a plurality of destination numbers and image information received according to a communication control procedure; a second means for printing the image information stored in the first means on recording paper; 3. A facsimile apparatus comprising: third means for calling and transmitting the remaining connected destination number and image information stored in the first means when the printing operation of the facsimile machine is completed.