JPH0397360A - Facsimile equipment with automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clarify the sound recording position with respect to a received picture by adding information relating to the recording content explaining the picture at an automatic answering telephone set to the picture received by a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:When a phone call comes to a facsimile equipment, the facsimile equipment replies the call as an automatic answering telephone set at first. A caller utters a message and it is recorded as recording information B. In this case, a control section 2 stores recording item number, a recording start time and a recording as automatic answering management information H. When the caller sends a signal representing the transmission of a picture, the control section 2 changes the mode to act the automatic answering telephone set like the facsimile equipment to receive pictures D, G. Then the relevant data of the automatic answering management information H is printed out so as to be added to the received pictures.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine equipped with an answering machine function.

[Prior Art] Facsimile machines equipped with an answering machine function have been provided in the past, but in this type of equipment, the answering machine is simply built into the facsimile machine, and each function is mutually exclusive. It is independent. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in such conventional devices, when an image is sent to a facsimile machine in answering mode, this image is only automatically received by the facsimile function. Therefore, even if the sender wants to explain the image sent by facsimile, an answering machine will be sent to the sender before and after sending the image.
The only option is to record an audio explanation of the image, which takes a lot of time to match the recorded content with the image, and is difficult for the receiving side to understand. There was a drawback that the accuracy of information transmission was lost, such as when it was stored away. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can accurately transmit instructions for transmitting images using an answering machine. [Means for Solving the Invention] The present invention provides a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device, a recording unit that records business matters from the external communication device, a storage unit that manages the recording state, and a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device, a storage unit that manages the recording state, and a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device. a recording section that prints images, etc. that have been received, an identification means for identifying that recording of the business and reception of the image were performed in one line connection state, and based on the identification result of this identification means, It is characterized by having a printing means for adding and printing information regarding the recorded content of the business to the received image. [Operation] In the present invention, by adding information regarding the recorded content of an answering machine to a received facsimile image, the position of the recording with respect to the received image becomes clear.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. This facsimile machine includes a recording section 1 such as a microcassette for recording business messages, a control section 2 that controls the entire system, a communication section 3 that creates a state in which it can communicate with other communication devices, and a received image. Storage section 4 for printing etc.
and a storage unit 5 for managing recorded information. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of this facsimile machine when a call is received in answering mode, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the processing timing. This facsimile machine continuously performs the operation of activating the answering machine to record the requirements and the operation of receiving images by facsimile in a single line connection state. First, when a call is made to this facsimile machine,
First, in order to respond as an answering machine, a response message A is sent (S 1), and then the caller asks for a message, which is recorded as recorded information B (32).
, At that time, the control unit 2 stores the number of recordings, the recording start time, and the recording time as the absence management information H. After that, the calling party sends a signal (for example, C
When the NG signal) is sent, the control unit 2 recognizes it using protocol C and switches the mode so that the device operates as a facsimile (S3). After this operation is completed, image D. G is received (S4). Next, after receiving the image, the line is released according to protocol E, and after the release, the corresponding data of the absence management information H is sent to match the content of the recorded message. , the received image is printed as an additional note (S5). FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of printing. In this example, as the absence management information H, the number of recordings, recording start time, and recording time are printed in a table at the bottom of the output paper. In the above embodiment, the image is received after the requirements are recorded, but the processing may be performed in the reverse order. Further, in the above embodiment, a method was adopted in which the absence management information was added to the received image, but of course it is also possible to convert the recorded content into an image and print it as an additional explanation part. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, by adding information regarding the content of a recording explaining the image on an answering machine to a received facsimile image, the position of the recording with respect to the received image can be determined. This makes information transmission more accurate, and the answering machine attached to the facsimile machine can be used more effectively.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of operation in the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the processing timing in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of printing in the same embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Recording part, 2... Control part, 3... Communication part, 4... Recording part, 5... Storage part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A communication unit that communicates with an external communication device; A recording unit that records messages from the external communication device; A storage unit that manages the recording state; Images sent from the other party, etc. a recording section for printing; an identification means for identifying that the recording of the matter and reception of the image were performed in one line connection state; based on the identification result of the identification means, the recorded content of the matter 1. A facsimile device with an answering machine, comprising: printing means for adding and printing information regarding a received image; and;