JPH03192952A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize the state at the end of communication even when the operator leaves the equipment after the operation of the transmission by calling a telephone set entirely independent of the facsimile equipment and informing the content of a fault in a voice from a voice synthesis section in the occurrence of a communication fault. CONSTITUTION:When an equipment control section 3 decides it that a communication end state signal is a signal representing a communication fault, the section 2 outputs a fault notice request signal 34 to a fault notice section 4 and the fault notice section 4 outputs a voice synthesized request signal 45 to a voice synthesis section 5. Moreover, the fault notice section 4 outputs a readout request signal 41 of a telephone set 10 to a network control section 1 and makes dialing. When the telephone set 10 is called and a reply signal is detected, the fault notice voice signal 51 synthesized by the voice synthesis section 5 is informed to the telephone set 10 via the network control section 1. Thus, even when the operator leaves the facsimile equipment 2 after the operator makes transmission from the facsimile equipment 2 to the facsimile equipment 1, the occurrence of communication fault is recognized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a communication result notification method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of facsimile apparatus has notified an operator of the result of communication executed by an internal communication control section by buzzing, displaying an abnormality on an operation panel, or recording it as a communication management report.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional facsimile machine described above, the method of notifying the operator of a communication error is by buzzing, displaying it on the operation panel, and recording it in the communication management report. If they are separated, there is a drawback that the situation at the end of communication cannot be known.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile device of the present invention includes a network control circuit for connecting to a telephone line, a communication control section for executing a communication procedure with the other party's facsimile machine, and a device control section for determining the communication status executed by the communication control section. It has a failure notification section that notifies you of a failure, and a voice synthesis section that generates a notification sound according to the details of the failure.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the network control unit is a circuit for connecting to a telephone line, the communication control unit is a circuit for sending and receiving communication procedure signals and image information for communicating with the other party's facsimile machine, and the device control unit controls the entire device. The fault notification unit is a circuit that notifies the user of a fault, and the speech synthesis unit is a circuit that synthesizes audio indicating the details of the fault.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the system configuration in which this device is used. The facsimile machine (2) in FIG. 2 is the facsimile machine according to the present invention shown in FIG.
) to the facsimile (1), and when an abnormality occurs, the operation of notifying the telephone 10 of the abnormality will be explained.

First, the operator uses fax machine (2) to send a fax! Call J(1) and start transmission. Once transmission begins, the operator disconnects from the facsimile (2) and turns on the telephone.
Go to O. When the communication ends, a communication end state signal is output from the communication control section 2 to the device control section 3. If the device control unit 2 determines that the communication end status signal is a signal indicating a communication abnormality, it sends a failure notification request signal 34 to the failure notification unit 4.
Output. The failure notification unit 4 outputs a voice synthesis request signal 45 to the voice synthesis unit 5 in response to the failure notification unit request signal 34 .

Further, the fault notification unit 4 outputs a read request signal 41 for the telephone 10 to the network control unit to initiate a call. When the telephone IO is called and detects a response signal, a fault notification voice signal 51 synthesized by the voice synthesis section 5 is notified to the telephone 10 through the network control section 1.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a network control circuit for connecting to a telephone line, a communication control section for executing communication procedures with the other party's facsimile machine, and a device control section for determining the communication status executed by the communication control section. By configuring a facsimile machine with a failure notification unit that notifies a failure and a voice synthesis unit that generates a notification voice according to the content of the failure, even if the facsimile machine is separated after the operator performs a transmission operation, The effect is that the occurrence of a communication abnormality can be known by notifying the telephone of the communication abnormality.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system using the present invention. l...Network control unit, 2...Communication control unit,
3...Device control unit, 4...Fault notification unit, 5...Speech synthesis unit, 23...Communication end status signal, 34...・Fault notification unit request signal, 41
. . . Telephone call request signal, 45 . . . Speech synthesis request signal, 51 . . . Failure notification audio signal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a network control circuit for connecting to a telephone line; a communication control unit for executing a communication procedure with the other party's facsimile; a device control unit for determining the communication status executed by the communication control unit; It has a failure notification unit that notifies you of a failure, and a voice synthesis unit that generates a notification voice according to the details of the failure from the failure notification unit.When a communication error occurs, a telephone that is completely independent from the facsimile is called and the voice is generated. A facsimile device characterized by notifying the contents of an abnormality using audio from a synthesis section.