JPH03107266A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the connection time of a telephone call from an opposite party to an automatic answering telephone set by starting the automatic answering telephone set before judging an incoming call is a facsimile call or a telephone call and connecting the line to the automatic answering telephone set after the incoming call is judged to be the telephone call. CONSTITUTION:When a facsimile equipment main body receives a call, a K relay 5 is turned to the position of pseudo Ci generating circuit 7. When the Ci is detected, a pseudo Ci signal is sent from the circuit 7. Then an automatic answering telephone set 1 is called and when the start of the telephone set 1 is detected, the pseudo Ci signal is stopped. Moreover, when the facsimile equipment main body judges a call to be Ci, a CML relay 6 is turned to the position of a MODEM 10 side and when a CPU 11 judges the call to a call to the facsimile equipment based on the input state to the MODEM 10, the pseudo Ci signal is stopped and the facsimile reception is transferred. Furthermore, when the call is a call to the telephone set 1, the K relay 5 and the CML relay 6 are switched and the telephone set 1 and the line are connected. Then the mode restores to the standby state after the end of communication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device to which an answering machine can be connected.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, facsimile apparatuses have been provided which have a connection section for a slave telephone and to which an answering machine can be connected.

This facsimile device has an answering machine activation circuit in the facsimile main body, and when a call is received from an external communication device, the facsimile main body can determine whether the called is a facsimile or a telephone. If the call is determined to be a telephone call, the answering machine is activated.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above conventional example, the facsimile body determines whether the called party is a facsimile or a telephone, and after determining that the called party is a telephone, the answering machine is activated. This has the disadvantage that it takes a long time from when the facsimile machine receives a call until the answering machine is activated, causing the caller to have to wait for a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can quickly activate an answering machine.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a facsimile machine to which an answering machine can be connected, and when receiving a call, activates the answering machine before determining whether the called is a facsimile or a telephone, After determining that the called person is a telephone, the telephone line is connected to an answering machine.

[Function] According to the present invention, when a call is received, the answering machine is activated, and when the facsimile machine determines that the call is a telephone call, the line is connected to the answering machine, so that the calling party can be notified. can respond quickly.

[Example] FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile machine includes an answering machine 4111, a slave telephone 2, an off-hook detection circuit 3, an H relay 4, and a K
Relay 5, CML relay 6, pseudo Ci generation circuit 7, audio transformer 9, modem IO, CPU II
It has

Of these, the H relay 4 connects and connects the slave telephone 2 and the line, and the K relay 5 selectively connects the answering machine Ial to the line or the pseudo Ci generation circuit 7. Further, the CML relay 6 selectively connects the line to a facsimile main body or a telephone set.

The CPU 1.1, which is in charge of overall control of the facsimile main body, switches the respective relays 4 to 6 and determines whether the called party is a telephone or a facsimile.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of this embodiment when a call is received.

First, when the facsimile machine receives a call (Sl
), the relay 5 switches to the pseudo ci generation circuit 7 side (5
2), and if it is determined to be C1 (53), pseudo 01
A pseudo Ci signal is sent out from the generation circuit 7 (54).

As a result, answering machine 1 is called, and when it is detected that answering machine 1 is activated (off-hook), (58, 5
14), the pseudo Ci signal is stopped (59.315).

Also, when the facsimile machine determines that Ci is
, the CML relay 6 switches to the modem IO side (35),
If the CPU II determines that the call is to a facsimile based on the state of the input to the modem 10 (SS), the pseudo C
Stop signal t times and shift to facsimile reception (S 1
7).

Also, if it is determined that the call is to the answering machine l (
57), relay 5 and CML relay 6 are switched (
S10.5ll), the answering machine l and the line are connected (512), and after the call ends (S13)
, return to standby.

Further, if the activation of the answering machine 1 is not detected at the SS, the line is disconnected (318) and the state returns to standby.

C. Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, by activating the answering machine when the facsimile main body receives a call, the facsimile main body can start the answering machine from the time the facsimile main body determines whether the called is a telephone or a facsimile. This has the effect of eliminating the time it takes to activate the answering machine, and shortening the time it takes to connect a call from the other party to the answering machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. The second @ is a flowchart illustrating the operation when the device of the embodiment receives a call. 1...Answering machine, 2...Slave telephone, 3...Off-hook detection circuit. 4.-H relay 5.- Relay 6...0M relay 7...Pseudo CI generation circuit. 8... C1 detection circuit, 9... Audio transformer, 10... Modem, 11... CPU.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] When a facsimile device to which an answering machine can be connected receives a call, the answering machine is activated before determining whether the called is a facsimile or a telephone, and the facsimile machine is activated to determine whether the called is a telephone. A facsimile device that connects a line to an answering machine after making a determination.