JPH03198467A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an unconvenient feeling even when a facsimile equipment is installed at a distant place by notifying that a call is received at an externally connected telephone set, when there is reception. CONSTITUTION:When the reception recording of facsimile communication is finished, a controller 1 changes over a switch circuit 12 of a line switching circuit 9 to a fixed contact 12c side, afterwards, drives a call signal generating circuit 16 and calls an external telephone set 13. The controller 1, which detects off-hook by the output of a hook detecting circuit 14, drives a reception announcing circuit 17 and announces the presence of facsimile reception. Thus, since the external telephone set 13 is called and the reception is announced when there is reception, the reception is easily known even at the place distant from the facsimile equipment.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to facsimile devices.

(b) Conventional technology Recently, facsimile machines have become extremely popular and are used in many offices, but in general, facsimile machines are often installed in remote locations, and even if there is a reception, the facsimile machine cannot be located. You won't know unless you go to the fax machine, so when you are waiting for an urgent reception, you have to go to the facsimile machine many times to check, or ask someone nearby to let you know if there is a reception. They sometimes ask the sender to contact them by phone when they send the message, which is inconvenient.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to call an externally connected telephone when a reception is received, and to notify that there is a reception. It is something to do.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides an external telephone connected to a facsimile machine and connectable to a telephone line via a switching circuit, a ringing signal generating means for calling the telephone, and a ringing signal generating means for calling the telephone upon detection of completion of reception. It is composed of a means for driving a signal generating means, a means for detecting a hook-up of an external telephone, and a means for notifying that there is a reception upon hook-up detection.

(E) Function Since the present invention is configured as described above, when there is a reception, the external telephone is called and the reception is notified.
Even if you are far away from the facsimile machine, you can easily know that it has been received.

(f) Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

(1) is a control device that controls the entire facsimile machine,
It is composed of a microprocessor, and controls each part according to a program in a program memory (2) in which processing programs are stored. Also, control device 1! ? In (1), signal processing of read transmission original data and processing of received signals are also performed.

(3) is a reading unit that optically reads the transmitted original, converts the read black and white data into electrical signals, and supplies it to the control device (1), which is composed of an original transport mechanism, a lens mechanism, an illumination mechanism, an image sensor, etc. has been done.

(4) is a recording unit that drives a recording head such as a thermal head to perform printing under the control of the control device (1) based on a received signal, and is composed of a recording paper, a recording paper transport mechanism, and a recording head. (5) is a data memory in which original data read by the reading section (3), data signal-processed by the control device (1), etc. are stored. (6) is a display on which data inputted from a keyboard (7) to be described later or data processed by the control device (1) is displayed, and is composed of a liquid crystal display.

(7) is a keyboard consisting of a send key, a receive key, a mode key, a numeric keypad, etc. The control device (1) that has taken in the key signals is a program memory (
Control according to the program in 2).

(8) is a modem circuit that modulates the signal sent to the telephone line (L) and demodulates the signal from the telephone line (L), and is connected to the line switching circuit (9). Line switching circuit (9)
consists of a switch circuit controlled by a control device (1), and a movable contact (10a) of the switch circuit (10)
) is connected to the telephone line (L), and one fixed contact (10
The modem circuit (8) is connected to b), and the other fixed contact (
10c) is connected to one fixed contact (12b) of the switch circuit (12) via a normally closed switch circuit (11). The movable contact (10a) is normally switched to the other fixed contact (10c). Switch circuit (1
2) is connected to an external telephone (13) in which the movable contact (12a) is installed at a location away from the facsimile machine, an input of a hook detection circuit (14) that detects on-hook and off-hook of the external telephone (13), and Dial signal detection circuit (15) that detects the dialed number in (13)
) is connected to the input of Also, the other fixed contact (12c
) is a calling signal generation circuit (
16) and the output of a reception notification circuit (17) which notifies the reception with a specific signal or voice. The switch circuit (12) has one fixed contact (
12b) side.

(18) is a telephone built into the facsimile machine, and is connected to one fixed contact (12b) of the switch circuit (12). The outputs of the aforementioned hook detection circuit (14) and dial signal detection circuit (15) are supplied to the control device (1), and the outputs of the above-mentioned hook detection circuit (14) and dial signal detection circuit (15) are supplied to the control device (1),
) is driven and controlled by a control device (1).

(19) is a voice response circuit that responds to the caller with voice when an incoming call is received, and is composed of a voice synthesis circuit. (20) is an incoming call detection circuit connected to the telephone line (L), which supplies an incoming call detection signal to the control device (1) by detecting an incoming bell signal.

Next, the operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in the standby state, the switch circuits (10) and (12) of the line switching circuit (9) are switched as shown in the figure, and the telephone line (L) has a built-in telephone (18) and an external telephone (13). ) are connected. Therefore, when there is an incoming call, the telephones (13) and (18) ring, the incoming call detection circuit (20) detects the incoming call, and the control device (1)
transmitted to. Therefore, the control device (1) that detected the incoming call in step (Sl) controls the switch circuit (10) of the line switching circuit (9) in step (S2), and controls the movable contact (10).
a) to one fixed contact (10b) to respond to an incoming call. In response to the incoming call, the control device (1) then performs step (
Proceeding to S3), the voice response circuit (19) is controlled to send out an announcement to the caller that the facsimile is connected and that, in the case of a call, the caller is requested to wait for a while. Next, the control device (1) proceeds to step (S4) and checks in step (51) whether or not a facsimile signal has been transmitted.
Detection is performed for a predetermined period of time by repeating the process 5). If the caller is making a call for the purpose of facsimile communication, the facsimile signal is detected in step (S4), so the control device (1) that has detected the facsimile signal performs the reception process in step (S5). move on. However, if the caller is making a call for the purpose of making a phone call, no facsimile signal is detected even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, so the control device (1) moves from step (515) to step (51).
Proceed to 6) and switch circuit (12) of line switching circuit (9)
After switching to the fixed contact (12c) side, step (51
Step 7) drives the calling signal generation circuit (16) to call the external telephone (13). This call requires an external phone (
When the handset is picked up and answered in step 13), the control device (1) detects the off-hook of the telephone (13) in step (51B) by the hook detection circuit (14), proceeds to step (519), and calls the ringing signal generation circuit (16). At the same time, in step (520), the switch circuits (10) and (12) are switched as shown. As a result, the external telephone set (13) is connected to the telephone line (L), and it is possible to talk to the caller.

On the other hand, in the case of facsimile communication, the process proceeds to step (S5) as described above, where signal processing such as decoding of the signal received via the modem circuit (8) is performed and the signal is supplied to the recording unit (4). and records the reception.

When the reception recording is completed, the control device @(1) advances from step (S6) to step (S7), and the line switching circuit (
The switch circuit (10) of 9) is switched to the fixed contact (10c) side to disconnect the line and end the reception. Next, the control device (1) proceeds to step (S8) and switches the line switching circuit (9) to
After switching the switch circuit (12) to the fixed contact (12c) side, the call signal generation circuit (16) is switched to the fixed contact (12c) side in step (S9).
) to make a call to the external telephone (13). Calling control device! (1) is a control device that detects whether or not the telephone (13) goes off-hook in steps (510) and (514) for a predetermined period of time, and if it goes off-hook within the predetermined period, the off-hook is detected by the output of the hook detection circuit (14). (
1) proceeds to step (Sll) and the reception notification circuit (17
) to announce that a facsimile has been received. Note that the reception notification circuit (17) does not have to generate an announcement, but may also generate a specific signal.

The announcement continues until the telephone (13) is on-hook, and when it is on-hook, the control device (1) that detected the on-hook in step (S12) switches the line switching circuit (9)
The switch circuit (12) is switched to the fixed contact (12b) side to return to the standby state.

In addition, in the telephone call in step (S9), if there is no response from the telephone (13) even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the control device (1) returns to the standby state from step (514).

In this way, each time there is a reception on the facsimile machine, the external telephone (13) is contacted, so there is no need to go to the facsimile machine to check.

Next, in the above explanation, the facsimile machine was the first to respond to an incoming call, but when the telephone (13) is ringing due to an incoming call, if the telephone answers before the facsimile machine responds, the caller If the caller intends to make a call, the call can be made as is, but if the caller indicates that they wish to make a facsimile communication, dialing a specific predetermined number on the telephone (13) will cause the call to start. The dialed number is detected by the dialed number detection circuit (15)
Since the detection signal is supplied to the control device (1), the control device (1) that detected the signal switches the line switching circuit (
The fixed contact (10) is controlled by controlling the switch circuit (10) of 9).
Switch to side b). As a result, facsimile reception can be performed in the same manner as described above.

Next, when sending a facsimile, place the original to be sent in the reading section (3), dial the dial number of the destination facsimile machine using the built-in telephone (18), and check the response of the other party's facsimile machine. Then, when the communication key of the keyboard (7) is operated, the control device (1) detecting the key signal switches the switch circuit (10) of the line switching circuit (9) to the fixed contact (10b) side, The reading unit (3) is controlled to read the transmission original, and after signal processing such as encoding, the transmission is transmitted to the telephone line (L) via the modem circuit (8).

Next, in the standby state, both the built-in telephone (18) and the external telephone (13) are connected to the telephone line (L), so dialing can be made at any time.

Also, when a predetermined key operation for an extension call is performed on the keyboard (7), the control device (1) that detects the key signal opens the switch circuit (11) of the line switching circuit (9) and also opens the switch circuit (12). After switching to the fixed contact (12c) side, drive the calling signal generation circuit (16) as described above,
Make a call to the external telephone (13). The control device (1) detects by the output of the hook detection circuit (14) that the telephone (13) has responded to this call, and the control device (1) detects that the telephone (13) has answered the call.
9) Switch the switch circuit (12) to the fixed contact (12b) side. As a result, the built-in telephone (18) and the external telephone (13) are connected and it becomes possible to talk.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, when there is a facsimile reception, a telephone connected externally is contacted, but the telephone number of the facsimile device to be communicated is stored in the data memory (5) from the keyboard (7). In advance, when receiving a facsimile, the telephone number data transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine is detected and stored in the data memory (5).
The phone only (13) matches the phone number stored in the
) is configured to call only specific receptions, which is convenient because it makes it easy to know that the reception has been received in a hurry.

(g) Effects of the Invention As described above, the facsimile device of the present invention is configured to call an externally connected telephone and contact the user when there is a reception, even if the facsimile device is installed at a remote location. , there is no need to go to check whether there is a reception or not, which has an extremely large practical effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operating state of FIG. (1)...control device, (3)...reading section, (4)...
... Recording section, (9) ... Line switching circuit, (13) ...
・External telephone, (14)...Hook detection circuit, (16
)...Call signal generation circuit, (17)...Reception notification circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine configured to be connectable to an external telephone connected to a telephone line via a line switching circuit, the facsimile apparatus includes a ringing signal generating means for calling the external telephone, and a ringing signal generating means for calling the external telephone upon detection of completion of reception. A facsimile device comprising driving means, means for detecting off-hook of an external telephone, and means for notifying the external telephone that there is a communication upon off-hook detection.