JPH03247069A - Picture receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the arrangement of the versatile facsimile service by providing a means sharing a received picture to any of output means. CONSTITUTION:Whether or not a telephone number 31 of an opposite party and a user abbreviation name 32 are registered in a printer designation list entered in advance by a keyboard 5 or the like and defined in a RAM 3 is checked. When they are registered, a printer number 33 to be printed is decided. When not registered, however, any of printers is used for print-out. When the selection of the printer is finished, picture reception information is received and printed out onto any of printers 8,13,14. Thus, the received picture information is classified at the recording or print-out of the recording result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image receiving device that can classify and receive received information at the time of reception.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, facsimile machines are equipped with only one printing device and are configured to print reception results from various transmitting devices using one printer. For this reason, when a large amount of messages are received, it is difficult to classify and organize them later.

However, in recent years, various facsimile services have been launched, and the number of cases in which facsimile services are received and vice versa has increased, and the need to perform a certain degree of classification at the time of reception has increased.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of these disadvantages, the present invention proposes a facsimile apparatus that classifies and receives received information at the time of reception. The means for classifying received information may be, for example, a configuration in which multiple printers are switched and connected to a facsimile machine, or a sorter that sorts recording paper according to identification even though there is only one printer. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention for solving the problems described above includes a means for receiving image information, a plurality of output means for outputting the received image information, and a distribution method for distributing the output to any of the output means. An image receiving apparatus is characterized in that it has a means.

Moreover, the above-mentioned problem is an image characterized by having a means for receiving image information, a plurality of recording means for recording the received image information, and a means for distributing and outputting the received image to any of the recording means. This can also be accomplished by a receiving device.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned image receiving apparatus is characterized in that it has a specifying means for specifying the other party's transmitting apparatus, and specifies the recording means in accordance with the specifying of the other party's transmitting apparatus.

Furthermore, the receiving device is provided with a registration means for identifying information for identifying the other party's transmitting device and information for specifying the recording means on the image receiving device side, and the image receiving device is configured to register the information for identifying the other party's transmitting device and the recording means in accordance with the other party's transmitting device specified at the time of reception. It is characterized by specifying the recording means.

[Function] Therefore, according to the image receiving apparatus of the present invention, received image information is classified at the time of recording or at the time of outputting the recording result.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of Configuration (Fig. 1)> Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an image receiving apparatus in this embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and is composed of a microcomputer. 2 is a ROM that stores a control program for the CPU 1, 3 is a RAM for temporarily storing data and loading a control program, 4 is a CRT display, and 5 is a keyboard for inputting various information. Reference numeral 6 denotes an external storage device for storing received image information as necessary, and is, for example, a hard disk.

Reference numeral 7 is a scanner for reading the original, and reference numerals 8, 13, and 14 are printers for recording received image information, and as many as necessary can be connected. 9 is a modem that modulates and demodulates signals; 10
is a network control unit (NCU) that connects the telephone line 12 to the modem 9 or telephone set 11;

Based on the above configuration, encoded image information (facsimile data) is transferred to the telephone line 12. NCUlo, modem 9
After receiving and decoding via the printer 8, 13.1
4, or the received encoded image information is stored in the external storage 6 as it is.

<Description of Control Procedure (FIG. 2)> FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the CPU 1 when receiving an image.

First, when a calling signal (CI signal) is received through the telephone line 12, the control procedure shown in FIG. 2 is started. In this step S1, the NCUIO relay is switched to the modem 9 side and the telephone line 12 is connected to the modem 9. Then, in step S2, the facsimile communication procedure (for example,
Execute CCI TT Recommendation T2O) and determine the reception mode.

Additionally, the other party's telephone number and user abbreviation are received as necessary.

Next, in step S3, the telephone number 31. of the other party's transmitting device received in step S2 is entered in advance through the keyboard 5 or the like and added to the printer specification list defined in the RAM 3 shown in FIG. Check whether user abbreviation 32 is registered. Here, FIG. 3 shows the format of such a registration example, and if it is registered, the printer number 33 for printing is determined in step S5, which will be described later.

However, if the printer is not registered, printing is performed using one of the printers.

When the above-mentioned printer determination is completed, the process advances to step S4 to receive the image reception information, and in step S5, the image is outputted to one of the printers 8°, 13, and 14 determined in step S3 for printing.

Note that, in order to simplify the explanation, in this embodiment, the process of storing data in the external storage device 6 is omitted.

Next, after the image information reception and print processing are completed, a normal termination protocol is executed in step S6, and in step S7, the line 11 is disconnected and the reception processing is ended.

[Other Embodiments] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image receiving apparatus in another embodiment.

In the embodiment described above, a case was explained in which a plurality of printers were connected, but in this embodiment, there is only one printer. Then, the sorter 16 is connected to the printer 8, and the bin into which the recording paper is to be ejected is determined based on the telephone number 31 and user abbreviation 32 in step S3 shown in FIG. That is, in this embodiment, there are 1 to 4 bins 18, so they serve the role of four printers.

In the embodiment described above, in order to identify the other party's transmitting device,
Although we used the telephone number and user abbreviation specified in the facsimile standard protocol, we created a unique protocol to have the sender send information to identify the printing device or sorter bin that is the sorting light. It is also possible to classify by. In that case, step S mentioned above
The control No. 3 executes control to determine the printer according to the order specified by the sending side.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, classification can be performed to some extent at the time of reception, making it very easy to organize the variety of facsimile services that will increase in the future.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an image receiving device that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the CPU 1 during reception, and FIG. 3 is a printer in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment. In the figure, 1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RA
M, 4...CRT display, 5...keyboard, 6.
...External storage device, 7...Scanner, 8, 13.14
...Printer, 9...Modem, 10...NCU,
There are 11 river telephones and 12 telephone lines. Figure 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) An image receiving device characterized by having means for receiving image information, a plurality of output means for outputting the received image information, and means for distributing the output to any of the output means. (2) An image receiving device characterized by having a means for receiving image information, a plurality of recording means for recording the received image information, and a sorting means for sorting and outputting the received image to one of the recording means. . (3) The image receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a specifying means for specifying the transmitting device on the other side, and identifying the recording means in accordance with specifying the transmitting device on the other side. . (4) Furthermore, the image receiving device is provided with a registration means for identifying information for identifying the other party's transmitting device and information for identifying the recording means, and the recording device is configured to record the information according to the other party’s transmitting device specified at the time of reception. 4. The image receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the means is specified.