JPH0294734A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply designate a special function to a called facsimile terminal equipment from a caller side by allowing a called terminal equipment to recognize a designated function based on function identification information in sub address information and to be transited to the operating mode. CONSTITUTION:A main control section 1 of a caller side sends additional information with an opposite subscriber number as a head part and with a sub address information part in succession to a called terminal equipment based on input information from an operation key 2 attended with the calling. The called party receives the additional information sent to a transmission section 4 attended with an incoming call from an integrated digital service ISDN line 8 and sends it to the main control section 1. When the control section 1 recognizes the presence of the sub address information in the incoming call, the control section 1 reads the preceding and succeeding function identification information to set an incoming copy number attached to the information. On the other hand, judging the presence of the terminal equipment identification information in the incoming call and retrieving the terminal equipment identification information to be coincident with the sub address stored in advance in a sub address storage section 6, the control section 1 executes the copying and outputs a stored picture by a number of copies in the incoming signal.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine connected to an integrated digital service network, and in particular, to a facsimile machine connected to an integrated digital service network. This invention relates to improvements for efficiently controlling a called facsimile terminal using address information.

(Prior Art) For example, in a public telephone network known as a typical facsimile communication network, an incoming call to a connected terminal is notified only by a call from this network, and the subscriber number of the calling terminal is notified. Generally, additional information is not notified.

In contrast, in integrated digital service networks (hereinafter abbreviated as 15DN), which have been put into practical use in recent years, the subscriber number and subscriber address information of the calling terminal are basically notified at the time of an incoming call. The system configuration is as follows.

However, in conventional facsimile machines connected to this I5DN, the subaddress information of the additional information notified at the time of an incoming call is simply used to identify the called terminal. It was not used for instructions or other purposes.

For this reason, for example, when attempting to start a special function operation such as remote multi-copy in response to an incoming call on this type of conventional facsimile machine, after the call setup is completed, the communication - After implementing a communication protocol and specifying a desired function through special negotiation defined in the communication protocol, the control unit controls the operation corresponding to this function.

As a result, with this type of conventional facsimile machine, the control required to specify and operate a special function when a call is received becomes complicated, and furthermore, this type of control cannot be realized between terminals with different capabilities. There was a point.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the above-mentioned conventional 71-kushimi device, the l5DN
If you use the subaddress information notified by the terminal simply to identify the called terminal, and try to switch to a special function such as Kumo-1-Multi-copy when a call arrives, the subaddress information notified from the 1Ii to transition to special functional operation, as it was essential to implement the specified communication protocol.
There is a problem in that the IJ control becomes complicated, and furthermore, this type of control cannot be performed between terminals of different manufacturers.

This light was developed in view of the above circumstances, and allows you to specify and activate special functions when a call arrives with an extremely simple operation, and this type of control can also be performed between terminals of different manufacturers. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that makes it possible to realize the following.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The facsimile apparatus of the present invention provides a subattribute 1 to be transmitted as additional information to a called terminal connected to an 15DN.
sub-address information creation means for creating NoS information from function identification information and terminal identification information; and function identification information extraction for extracting the function identification information from the sub-address information received from the issuing terminal through the 15DN at the time of call setup. and a control means for recognizing a specified function based on the function identification information extracted by the R-side identification information extraction means and controlling the recognized function to operate.

(Function) According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when the calling terminal transmits the subaddress information consisting of the I'm identification signal and the terminal identification signal, the called terminal receives the received subaddress information. The designated function is recognized from the function identification signal, and based on the recognition result, control is executed to immediately shift to the operation mode of the designated function.

This makes it possible to specify a special function when a call arrives without having to perform communication protocols after call setup, which was considered essential for conventional facsimile machines.
This type of control can also be achieved for terminals connected to the terminal, regardless of manufacturer.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, which includes a main control section 1, an operation key 2, a scanner section 3, a transmission section 4, a printer section 5, a sub-address storage section 6, and an image memory 7. It is equipped with:

The main control section 1 of this facsimile machine is connected to the 15DN Pi 18 via the transmission section 4.

In this facsimile machine, a control section 1 creates additional information having a form as shown in FIG. 2 to be transmitted to a called terminal based on input information from an operation control key 2 accompanying a calling operation.

In FIG. 2, the additional information transmitted to the called terminal starts with the subscriber number @ (calling terminal identification information) and is followed by a subaddress information section.

Here, the sub-address information section consists of function identification information and terminal identification information (called party identification information 1). In particular, regarding the function identification information, each coded number (for example, terminal identification information special functions such as relay relay and remote multi-copy are registered in advance.

Hereinafter, an example of the call receiving operation of this facsimile machine will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4, taking as an example the case where the facsimile apparatus shifts to remote multi-copy upon receiving a call.

First, 15DN times l? Upon receipt of the call from J8, the transmission unit 4 of the called terminal is notified of additional information (see FIG. 2) consisting of the subscriber number of the other party and the subaddress information section.

Subsequently, the transmission section 4 notifies the main control section 1 of the occurrence of this incoming call together with the incoming call information from the 15DN line 8.

Here, the main control section 1 searches whether or not there is a subaddress information part in the information notified from the transmission section 4 (step 100).

As a result of this search, if there is no subaddress information field, the main control unit 1 shifts to normal call processing (step 101).
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In the call processing in step 101, the main control section 1 notifies the transmission section 4 that it is permitted to accept the incoming call, and also notifies the image memory 7 that image data has arrived.

At that moment, the transmission unit 4 that received this notification stores the image data received from the 15DN line 8 in the image memory 7, and then transfers it to the printer unit 5 at a specified timing, and scans the received record. I do.

On the other hand, if it is recognized that there is a sub-address information section as a result of the search in step 100, then the main control section 1 reads the function identification information located before this sub-address information section, and reads the function identification information indicated by this IN function identification information. (here, remote multi-copy), and at the same time, set the number of incoming calls associated with this function (step 102).
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Next, the main control unit 1 determines whether there is terminal identification information after the sub-address information section (step 103).

As a result of this determination, it is determined that there is no terminal identification information, but the incoming call processing is performed according to the previously recognized function (step 105).

During the incoming call processing in step 105, the main control unit 1:
In response to this incoming call, the specified remote multi-copy function is activated, and the transmission unit 4, image memory 7, and printer unit 5 are repeatedly controlled to output recorded images for the number of copies of the incoming call notified accordingly (step 106).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 103 that there is terminal identification information in the sub-address information section, then the main control section 1 determines that this terminal identification information is stored in the sub-address storage section 6 in advance ( (for incoming call permission) is searched for (step 104).

When it is recognized through this search that the subaddresses match, a multi-copy operation is performed through steps 105 and 106 in the same manner as described above.
In the process of step 106, after outputting recorded images equal to the number of incoming copies set in step 102, the operation ends.

On the other hand, when it is recognized in step 104 that the subaddresses do not match, the main control unit 1 notifies the transmission unit 4 that the incoming call is rejected, and in step 105
Control is performed to cancel subsequent processing (step 10)
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In the above embodiment, an example was described in which the same type of number as the terminal identification information is used as the function identification information, but other numbers may be used. Needless to say, it can be applied to a variety of other applications.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the calling terminal configures subaddress information from function identification information and terminal identification information and transmits the subaddress information to the called terminal,
The called terminal recognizes the specified function based on the function identification information in this subaddress information and shifts to the corresponding operation mode, so unlike conventional devices of this type, the specified protocol is not activated after the call setup is completed. It has the excellent advantage that a special function can be specified to fftitli without having to perform the control, and that the manufacturer of the terminal involved in such control is not concerned at all.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of additional information notified from the 15DN during communication with the facsimile device shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the format of the function identification information constituting the sub-address information section in the additional information in FIG. 2 and the corresponding function, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a call receiving operation. 1... Main control unit, 2... Operation key, 3...
...Scanner part, 4...Transmission part, 5...Printer part, 6...Sub address storage part, 7...Image memory,
8...l5DN line. Representative Patent Attorney Noriyuki Chika Yudo Yamashita Figure 1 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Sub-address information creation means for creating sub-address information to be transmitted as additional information to a called terminal connected to an integrated digital service network from function identification information and terminal identification information; and at the time of call setup. , function identification information extraction means for extracting the function identification information from the subaddress information received from the calling terminal through the integrated digital service network; 1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a control unit that recognizes a function that has been detected, and controls the recognized function to operate.