JPH0279544A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer a data without using a memory for storing picture data by using other line to transfer the data to a designated transmission destination when an incoming call arrives in the transfer mode. CONSTITUTION:When a call signal reaches a telephone channel L1 in the transfer mode, a system control section 6 reads a telephone number in a memory 7 representing the transfer destination and gives the number to a network control section 3, which dials the destination of the telephone number to connect the network control sections 2, 3, telephone channels L1, L2 are connected and the usual transmission/reception processing of a facsimile communication is executed between both terminal equipments. Thus, according to the setting of the transfer mode by the operator itself or the automatic setting to the transfer mode in the case of disabled recording (reception), the memory for picture data storage is not needed alike a conventional equipment, the data is transferred to the designated transfer destination and the cost of the facsimile equipment 1 is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a facsimile machine that accommodates a plurality of lines.

(Prior Art) As facsimile machines become more widespread, higher functionality is required, one of which is a transfer function.

An example of a facsimile device equipped with such a transfer function is one that accommodates multiple lines, temporarily stores image data received from one line in a memory, and then sends (transfers) it to another line.

In other words, this conventional facsimile machine connects two lines at the same time, temporarily stores the image data received from one line in memory, and when the other line confirms that it is ready for reception, it transfers the image data to the memory of the other line. Send the image data within.

Other conventional facsimile devices accommodate only one line, store received image data in memory, and then make a call to a specified destination and send the image data in memory. be.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such conventional facsimile devices, the image data received first is temporarily stored in the memory and then transferred, so the memory for storing the image data is There was a problem in that the cost of the facsimile machine was high.

(Object of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention provides a transfer mode that accommodates a plurality of lines.
When a call arrives from one line, the call is sent to the forwarding destination via the other line, and then the call is transferred by connecting both lines. This allows the call to be forwarded without using memory for storing image data. The purpose of this invention is to reduce the cost of facsimile machines and improve the usability and convenience of facsimile machines.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a facsimile machine that accommodates a plurality of lines, which includes a network control unit provided for each line and a memory that stores the telephone number of the destination. When in transfer mode, when a call arrives from one line, the call is made to the phone number registered in memory as the transfer destination using the other line, and then both lines are connected and the call is transferred. It is characterized by:

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on examples.

FIG. 1.2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a facsimile machine that accommodates two lines.

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile machine 1.
The facsimile machine 1 includes a network control section 2.3, a switching device 4, a modem 5, a system control section 6, a memory 7, a reading section 8, a recording section 9, an operation section 10, and the like.

The network control unit 2 and the network control unit 3 each have a telephone line L1.
and a telephone line L2 are connected to the network control unit 2.3.
automatically makes a call to the destination of the telephone number given by the system control section 6, and automatically answers and connects incoming calls from telephone lines L+ and Lz. Network control section 2 and network control section 3 are connected to switching device 4 .

The switch 4 operates under the control of the system control section 6, and selectively connects the network control section 2 and the network control section 3 to the modem 5, as well as to an attached telephone set (not shown). Further, during transfer, the switching device 4 connects the network control section 2 and the network control section 3, and directly connects the telephone line L2 to the telephone line L2, as will be described later.

When transmitting the image data read by the reading unit 8, the modem 5 transmits the image data and control signals to the telephone line,
, and demodulates the modulated signal sent from telephone lines L+ and L2 when receiving.

The system control unit 6 is a CPU (Central Pr).
ocessing [1 nit) and ROM (Read
The basic program of the facsimile device 1 and the transfer processing program of the present invention are stored in the ROM.

The system control section 6 controls each section of the facsimile device 1 according to a program in the ROM to execute the sequence of the facsimile device 1, and also executes the transfer process of the present invention.

A work area is formed in the memory 7, and the telephone number of the transfer destination is stored as data for the transfer process of the present invention.

As the reading section 8, for example, a CCD (Charge C
A line image sensor using an up-1ed device is used, and it reads image information of a document line by line and outputs it as image data.

As the recording section 9, for example, a thermal recording device equipped with a thermal element is used, and the recording section 9 records on normal recording paper directly or indirectly via an ink ribbon. The recording section 9 is provided with a recording paper sensor (not shown) that detects the presence or absence of recording paper, a recording paper sensor (not shown) that detects paper jams, etc. The results are output to the system control unit 6.

The operation unit 10 includes a numeric keypad, a transfer mode setting key, operation keys for inputting other commands, and a display unit for displaying input commands and information transmitted from the facsimile machine 1 to the operator. The transfer mode is set/cancelled using a transfer mode setting key, and the destination's telephone number, etc. is input using a numeric keypad or the like.

Next, the action will be explained.

The facsimile apparatus 1 of the present invention is characterized in that when an incoming call is received in transfer mode, the facsimile apparatus 1 transfers the call to a designated transfer destination using another line. Below, this transfer process will be performed in the second
This will be explained based on the flowchart shown in the figure.

In step S, the system control unit 6 checks whether the call signal is coming to the network control unit 2 and the network control unit 3;
, S2), when the call signal is not received in either the network control section 2 or the network control section 3, it is checked whether the document is loaded on the document table of the reading section 8 (step S2).
the law of nature. If there is no document, return to step S and check the call signal; if there is a document, check whether the start key has been pressed (steer knob 3).
4). When the start key is pressed, the switching device 4 connects the modem 5 to the line designated by the operation unit 10 (or to the available line) and performs normal transmission processing (step S5).

In step SI, if there is a calling signal on the telephone line L1, check whether it is in transfer mode or not (step S6).
, when not in the transfer mode, the switch 4 switches the telephone line L.
Connect + to modem 5 and perform normal reception processing (Ste Nobu S?). Whether or not this transfer mode is in effect is determined by whether or not a transfer flag indicating that the transfer mode is on is turned on, and the transfer flag is turned on, for example, in the following cases.

(11 When the operator sets the transfer mode using the transfer mode setting key on the operation unit 10.

(2) When the recording paper sensor of the reading unit 8 indicates that the recording paper is out or paper is jammed and recording is impossible.

The operator sets the forwarding mode when he or she is out of the house and wants to forward an urgent document to his/her destination, or when he/she wants to switch between daytime reception and nighttime reception.

In the electric transmission mode, first, the telephone port vAL I is closed, and then the telephone line L2 is closed (steps S8, S,).
, a call is made to the designated transfer destination from the telephone line L2 (step S, .). This forwarding destination is the destination of the telephone number input in advance as the forwarding destination from the operation unit 10, and this forwarding destination telephone number is stored in the memory 7. The system control section 6 reads out the telephone number of the transfer destination from the memory 7 and passes it to the network control section 3, and the network control section 3 makes a call to the destination of the received telephone number (step S1°). When the line is connected to the other party, the system control unit 6 outputs a switching signal to the switch 4 to connect the network control unit 2 and the network control unit 3, and the telephone line L
1 and the telephone line L2 (step 511). In this state, the terminal on the telephone line L1 and the destination terminal on the telephone line L2 are connected, and normal facsimile transmission and reception processing is executed between the two terminals. When the facsimile communication between the terminal on the telephone line and the transfer destination terminal, that is, the transfer is completed, step S1. ), the telephone line is established by the network control unit 2.

The telephone line L2 is released by the network control unit 3, and this flow ends (step Sll, 514).

On the other hand, when a calling signal is input to the telephone line L2 in step St, it is determined whether the transfer mode is selected and transfer processing is performed in the same manner as in steps S to S14. However, the lines used are different. That is, first, it is checked whether it is in the transfer mode (step Sl), and if it is not in the transfer mode, the telephone line L2 is connected to the modem 5 by the switch 4 and normal reception processing is executed (step 516). In the transfer mode, first the telephone line L2 is closed (step 517), then the telephone line L1 is closed (step S+a), and then a call is made to the designated transfer destination via the telephone line (step S8. ). When the call is completed, the system control unit 6 connects the network control unit 2 and the network control unit 3 using the switch 4 to connect the telephone line L+ and the telephone line L2 (step S2゜), and in this state, the system control unit 6 connects the telephone line L+ and the telephone line L2. Normal facsimile transmission and reception occurs between the terminal and the destination terminal over the telephone line. When facsimile communication between both terminals is completed (step 5zI), telephone line L1 and telephone line L
2 is released to end this flow (step 5lff,
5I4).

In this way, depending on the operator's own transfer mode settings,
Alternatively, by automatically setting the transfer mode when recording (or receiving) is not possible, it is possible to transfer the image data to a pre-specified destination without using memory for storing image data as in the past. 1 and can reduce the price of facsimile machine 1.
The usability and convenience of the service can be improved.

In particular, in companies that have multiple facsimile machines, by setting other facsimile machines 1 within the company as the forwarding destination, it is possible to have the other facsimile machines 1 substitute for receiving data when there is a paper jam or paper jam. 4, and be able to reliably receive important manuscripts when needed.

In the above embodiment, the case where there are two storage lines has been described, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this.

(Effects) According to the present invention, image data can be transferred without using a memory for storing image data, the price of a facsimile device can be reduced, and the usability and convenience of the facsimile device can be improved. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1.2 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the transfer process. 1...Facsimile machine, 2.3...Network control unit, 4...Switcher, 5...Modem, 6...System Control unit, 7...Memory, 8...Reading unit, 9...Recording unit, IO...Operation unit, L, L2... ··telephone line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile machine that accommodates multiple lines is provided with a network control unit provided for each line and a memory that stores the destination telephone number, and when a call is received from one line in transfer mode, the memory A facsimile device is characterized in that after making a call to a telephone number registered as a transfer destination using another line, the facsimile machine connects both lines and transfers the call.