JPH04108265A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To expand the usage area of a transfer function by storing a received picture information when receiving the picture information, discriminating a transfer destination stored in a storage means corresponding to the discriminated information of the source of the transmission, and transmitting the stored received picture information by calling the transfer destination. CONSTITUTION:When a transfer mode is set, the received picture information is sotred in a picture storage device 8, and when the reception of the picture information is finished, a procedure after the transmission is executed and a line is recovered. And it is investigated whether the record and output of the received picture in its own terminal is specified at the transfer mode, and when the result is YES, the received picture information stored in the picture storage device 8 is read out and decoded into an original picture signal in a coding/decoding part 7, then the picture signal is transferred to a plotter 5, and the received picture is recorded and outputted. Therefore, the transfer destination is set arbitrarily at every source of the transmission. Thus, the received picture information is transmitted to the transfer destination corresponding to the source of the transmission.

Description

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

[Prior Art] Conventionally, facsimile machines have been put into practical use that have a transfer function of storing received image information when receiving single image information and transmitting the accumulated received image information to a predetermined transfer destination.

By using this transfer function, for example, image information received by a facsimile machine installed at home can be received by a facsimile machine at work, greatly expanding the usability of the facsimile machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional device, only one transfer destination is set, which causes the inconvenience that the scope of use of the transfer function is limited.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus that can expand the range of use of the transfer function.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a storage means storing identification information of a plurality of transfer destinations and a sender to be transferred to each transfer destination, and storing received image information when image information is received. The apparatus is equipped with a control means for determining a transfer destination stored in the storage means in accordance with the identification information of the transmission source, calling the transfer destination, and transmitting the accumulated received image information.

[Operation] Therefore, since the transfer destination can be arbitrarily set for each transmission source, the received image information can be distributed to the transfer destination according to the transmission source.

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

FIG. 1 shows a Group 3 facsimile machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a control unit 1 performs control processing of each part of the facsimile machine and facsimile transmission control procedure processing, and a system memory 2 stores control processing programs and processing programs executed by the control unit 1. The parameter memory 3 stores various data necessary for executing the group 3 facsimile device, and constitutes the work area of the control unit 1. It is used to store various unique information.

The scanner 4 is for reading original images at a predetermined resolution, the plotter 5 is for recording and outputting images at a predetermined resolution, and the operation display section 6 is for operating this facsimile device. It consists of various operation keys and various displays.

The encoding/decoding unit 7 encodes and compresses the image signal and decodes the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal, and the image storage device 8 encodes and compresses the encoded and compressed image information. This is for storing a large amount of image information in a different state.

The group 3 facsimile modem 9 is for realizing the group 3 facsimile modem function, and has a low-speed modem function (V, 2) for exchanging transmission procedure signals.
1 modem) and a high-speed modem function (V, 29 modem, V, 27ter modem) mainly for exchanging image information.

The network control unit [10 is for connecting this facsimile machine to the public telephone line network, and is equipped with an automatic call/receive function.

These control unit 1, system memory 2, parameter memory 3, scanner 4. The plotter 5, the operation display section 6, the encoding/decoding section 7, the image storage device 8, the group 3 facsimile modem 9, and the network control device 11O are connected to the system bus 11. Data exchange is mainly performed via this system path 11.

Furthermore, data is exchanged directly between the network control device IO and the group 3 facsimile modem 9.

An example of the transfer destination table is shown in FIG.

This forwarding destination table consists of a pair of the forwarding destination's telephone number and one or more source identification information identifying the source of the image information to which the received image information is to be transferred to the forwarding destination. Any number of settings can be made by an operator's operation. Further, this transfer destination table is formed by an operator's operation.

In addition, among sender information, for example, for information with a specific code "Ning" added at the end, such as rABcJJ, all content that matches the content before the specific code "1" will be deleted. In this case, “^BCDJ, rA
BCEFJ and rABcDEFGHJ are all r
Matches the sender identification information of ABc book J.

By setting such a specific code, for example, image information received from facsimile machines installed in all departments within a company can be forwarded to one specific transfer destination, and therefore all departments The trouble of registering sender identification information can be saved.

Here, the source identification information on the sending side is the non-standard function setting signal NSS or the calling terminal identification signal C in the pre-transmission procedure.
5I is notified from the sending side.

Figure 3(a) shows an example of the process executed when a call arrives with the above configuration.
, shown in (b).

First, when an incoming call is detected, a process 101 in which a called station identification signal CED is sent to notify that the own terminal is a non-voice terminal.
), then a non-standard function identification signal NSF for notifying the non-standard device functions installed in the own terminal, and a digital identification signal for notifying the standard device functions installed in the own terminal. Send the signal DIS (process 102
).

Then, the non-standard function setting signal NS notified from the calling side
S and the calling terminal identification signal C3I are received (processing 10
3) Determine the transmission function to be used at that time and the identification information of the calling party (sender identification information).

Next, a predetermined modem training procedure is executed at the modem speed set at that time (step 104), and it is determined whether the transfer mode has been set by the operator (determination 105).

When the result of judgment 105 is NO, one picture information is received in order to perform a normal reception operation, the received picture information is decoded into the original picture signal by the encoder/decoder 7, and the picture signal is sent to the plotter. 5, and the received image is recorded and output (processing 106). When the image information reception operation is completed, the post-transmission procedure is executed (process 107), and the line is restored (process 108).
, the series of image information receiving operations ends.

On the other hand, if the transfer mode is set, judgment 105
When the result is YES, the received image information is stored in the image storage device! ! When the image information reception is completed, the post-transmission procedure is executed (process 110), and the line is restored (process 111).

Then, it is checked whether it is specified that the own terminal records and outputs the received image in the transfer mode (determination 112).
), when the result of the judgment 112 is YES, the received image information stored in the image storage device 8 is read out, the encoder/decoder 7 decodes it into the original image signal, and the image signal is transferred to the plotter 5. to record and output the received image (process 113
).

Next, based on the received source identification information, the above-mentioned forwarding table is referred to, and the forwarding destination is determined (step 114).
, calls the transfer destination (process 115).

Then, the non-standard function identification signal NSF and the digital identification signal DIS sent by the transfer destination in response to the incoming call are processed 116), and the transmission mode to be used is set based on the content of the received signals 117). A non-standard function identification signal NSS for notifying the setting contents and a calling terminal identification signal C5 for transmitting source identification information of the own terminal.
I is sent (process 118). At this time, the content of the calling terminal identification signal C5■ is such that a specific code (for example, "hon"
) is used. In this way, by changing the source identification signal, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the same image information is sequentially transferred to different facsimile apparatuses within two same facsimile networks.

Next, a modem training procedure is performed at the set modem speed (process 119), and the received image information stored in the image storage device W8 is transmitted to the transfer destination (process 120). At this time, if the encoding method of the received image information stored in the image storage device 8 and the encoding method set in the transmission mode are different, the received image information is once decoded into the original image signal, and then Transmission image information is formed by encoding and compressing the image signal using the set encoding method.

When the image information transmission is completed, a predetermined transmission procedure is executed (process 121), the line is restored (process 122), and the operation of transferring the received image information to the transfer destination is completed.

In this way, in this embodiment, a plurality of transfer destinations can be set, and a plurality of source terminals to which image information is transferred to each transfer destination can be set, so that the transfer mode can be used more effectively. I can do it.

Incidentally, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a group 3 facsimile machine, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a group 4 facsimile machine.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, since a transfer destination can be arbitrarily set for each transmission source, received image information can be distributed to a transfer destination according to the transmission source.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a group 3 facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a transfer destination table, and FIG. 3(a). (b) is a flowchart showing an example of processing when an incoming call is received. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Control unit, 2...System memory, 3...No (meter memory).

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile device equipped with an image storage function, a storage means stores identification information of a plurality of forwarding destinations and a sender to be forwarded to each forwarding destination, and when image information is received, the received image information is stored, The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for determining a transfer destination stored in the storage means in accordance with the identification information of the transmission source, calling the transfer destination, and transmitting the accumulated received image information. facsimile machine. (2) The control means, when transmitting the received image information to the transfer destination, uses identification information obtained by adding specific data to predetermined identification information as the identification information of the own terminal. The facsimile machine according to item 1.