JPH0237868A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To classify a received original without generating the expensiveness and enlargement of a device by selecting the discharging destination of the received original with a designating number at the dial-in service of a telephone network. CONSTITUTION:At the upper part of a cabinet part 1 to provide the classifying mechanism, etc., of the received original, a facsimile main body part 2 is arranged, discharging trays 3a-3c are provided at the side surface of the cabinet part 1 and the received original is classified and discharged for a transmitting destination. By the function of the dial-in, an extension designating number is received, discharging destinations 3a-3c of the received original are selected by the received extension designating number and the classification mechanism is operated. Thus, without generating the expensiveness and enlargement of the device, the received original can be classified.

Description

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

[Prior Art] With the spread of facsimile machines, the amount of data received by each facsimile machine is also increasing.

Especially when a single facsimile machine is shared by many people or multiple departments, if the received originals are always ejected to the same ejecting section, the originals received by each person or department will be mixed up. There are drawbacks such as it takes time to classify each received document, mistakes may be made in the classification method, and furthermore, classification becomes difficult.

Conventionally, the following methods are known as methods for classifying received manuscripts.

(A) OCR or OM the information written in the received manuscript
The received document is read using the H method, and the received document is classified according to this information.

(B) The host computer of the G4 facsimile machine classifies the received original according to the MB2 procedure.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in method (A), the facsimile machine must be equipped with a reading means such as OCR or OMR, which increases the size and cost of the facsimile machine. Also, the sending side must also send an image for OCR or OMR,
The disadvantage is that the processing is complicated.

On the other hand, even in method (A), both the sending and receiving sides have MB
This has the disadvantage that the number of facsimile machines that can be implemented is extremely limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can classify received documents without increasing the cost and size of the device and without impairing its versatility.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has a plurality of discharge units for receiving original documents, and selects a destination for discharging received original documents based on an extension designation number in a dial-in service of a telephone network.

Further, the present invention includes a plurality of receiving document ejection sections.

The output destination of the received document is selected based on the destination designation number in the incoming call packet received when contracting for a closed connection in a packet-switched network.

Further, the present invention has a plurality of receiving document discharge sections, and selects the destination of the received document according to the call user data or facility in the incoming call packet received from the packet switching network.

[Function] In the present invention, the ejection of received originals is performed using the dial-in service of the telephone network, the number specified at the time of a contract for closed area connection of the packet-switched network, the call user data or facility in the incoming call packet received from the packet-switched network. From selecting the destination to sorting received documents, O
There is no need for reading means such as CR or OMR, and it can be realized even with an apparatus that does not have MB5 machine movement.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile apparatus has a facsimile main body 2 disposed above a cabinet 1 in which a mechanism for sorting received documents is provided.

On the side of the cabinet part l, there are three ejection trays 3 above and below.
A to 3C are provided, and the received originals are sorted by destination and discharged.

The facsimile main body 2 has a reading section for a transmitted document and a recording section for a received document, and an operation panel 4 is provided on the upper surface thereof. By operating the operation panel 4, in addition to normal facsimile transmission and reception instructions, for example, when making copies with this apparatus, instructions such as sorting and grouping are issued.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation of such a facsimile machine during reception.

Here, the operation of the exchange side of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) is as follows.
As shown in the diagram provided by NTT for the PBX, the facsimile machine receives the designated extension number through a normal dial-in function.

Then, the facsimile machine selects the output destination of the received document based on the received extension designation number, operates the sorting mechanism, and transmits an extension designation reception completion signal and a secondary response signal according to the normal dial-in procedure. Enter the call state. Here, the operation of the sorting mechanism must be completed before the output of the received paper begins.

In addition, in Fig. 1, the configuration is shown in which sorting is performed by a mechanism into three output trays 3a to 3C, but since the extension designation number by dial-in can physically be up to 400, sorting is performed by a mechanism. It may be possible to further classify the information into a larger number of categories. Further, instead of being classified vertically as shown in the figure, it may be classified horizontally.

Further, received manuscripts can be classified based on the number designated by the other party at the time of contracting for closed area connection of the packet switching network.

In other words, if a facsimile machine has a closed connection contract for a packet switching network, this facsimile machine will
At the start of reception, a CNN packet as shown in FIG. 3 is received. And this CNN Puffkerato's partner designation number N
1 to N4 determine the destination of the received paper in the sorting mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing such a receiving operation.

First, the facsimile machine reads the destination designation numbers N1 to N4 of the CNN packet (Sl), and if the received image can be classified (32), it determines the classification light of the received image, and the sorting is done by the mechanism. Preparations are made (S3), and the fax images are received (34), which are sorted and ejected to predetermined ejection trays 3a to 3c by a mechanism (35).
In addition, in S2, if the received image is of an unclassifiable portion, it is classified as other and the processes of S6), S4 and S5 are performed.

In addition, a facsimile machine connected to a packet-switched network
Depending on the call user data or facility of the CNN packet received when there is no closed connection contract,
Received manuscripts can be classified.

At the start of reception, this facsimile machine receives CNN puff packets as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the sorter determines the receiving paper ejection destination in the mechanism based on the call user data or facility value of this CNN packet.

Note that this operation is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Note that even when classifying received documents using CNN Puffkerat data in this way, the configuration is not limited to that of FIG. 1, and it is possible to classify the documents into two or four or more categories. Furthermore, instead of categorizing up and down, it may be sorted left and right.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, a dial-in service of a telephone network, a number specified at the time of a closed connection contract of a packet switching network,
Since the output destination of the received document is selected based on the call user data or facility in the incoming call packet received from the packet switching network, a reading means such as OCR or OMR is not required to classify the received document. , it can be realized even with a device that does not have the MH3 function.

Therefore, it is possible to classify received documents without increasing the cost and size of the device and without impairing its versatility.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation at the time of reception in the facsimile apparatus of the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the CNN packet configuration used in the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the receiving operation in the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a CNN puff kerato configuration used in the second embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Cabinet part, 2...Facsimile body part, 3a-3c...Ejection tray, 4...Operation panel, N+wNa...Recipient designation number.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A facsimile machine having a plurality of ejecting sections for receiving original documents, and selecting a destination for ejecting received original documents based on an extension designation number in a dial-in service of a telephone network. (2) A facsimile machine having a plurality of ejecting units for receiving originals, and selecting a destination for ejecting received originals according to a destination designation number in an incoming call packet received when contracting for a closed connection in a packet switching network. (3) A facsimile machine having a plurality of receiving document output units, and selecting a destination for receiving the received document based on call user data or facility in an incoming call packet received from a packet switching network.