JPH04111574A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely designate service what a user wants to stop processing and to prevent from having adverse effect on the other processing by providing a service end means terminating the service waiting for redial with a general number designation. CONSTITUTION:A MPU12 such as, for example, a microprocessor controlling the entire terminal equipment performs the control of the entire terminal equipment while outputting various kinds of data signal and a control signal according to the control program stored in a ROM13-1. The MPU12 is equipped with a service end means. When plural communication services are in stand-by condition for redial, the general number is designated to stop the specific communication service. Thus, the user can freely designate the communication service whose communication service is to be stopped, and the adverse effect is not affected on the other processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a facsimile device compatible with the Integrated Services Digital Network (I5DN), which is capable of multiple communications simultaneously.

(Prior Art) In conventional facsimile machines, redialing terminates all services unconditionally.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the above conventional example, when multiple processes are running in parallel, pressing the stop key ends all processes, so necessary processes are also executed at the same time. The problem was that it ended. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that is capable of terminating any service that is waiting for dialing even if multiple processes are running in parallel. It's about getting.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention has an auxiliary storage unit that stores image information, a plurality of communication units that can operate simultaneously, and a cut paper that stores image information and report information. In a facsimile machine having an output device for outputting data, a service termination means is provided for specifying a serial number and stopping a specific communication service when a plurality of communication services are on redial standby.

(Function) In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, when a plurality of communication services are on redial standby, a serial number is specified and a specific communication service is stopped.

This allows the user to specify the communication service for which he or she wishes to stop processing, without affecting other processing.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a key manual unit that performs operations, 2 is a display unit that displays various messages, 3 is a panel control unit that controls the above 1.2, and 4 is a DMA controller (DMAC) that performs DMA transfer of image data, etc. ). 5 is an image information output unit, such as a laser beam printer, which forms an image on a recording medium based on image information outputted via an image input/output control unit 7, which will be described later; and 6 photoelectrically reads the original image. This is an image information input unit such as an image scanner that inputs image information in the form of digital signals. ,7
performs interface control between the image information input/output section 5.6 and the system bus 16, and also controls the image information input/output section 5.6.
This is an image input/output control unit that controls 6. 8.9 is a communication unit that communicates via a communication line, and 10 is a communication control unit that controls these two communication units.

Further, in FIG. 1, 11 is a large-capacity auxiliary storage unit such as a hard disk that stores compressed image information, 12 is an MPU such as a microprocessor that controls the entire terminal device, and ROM 13-1, which will be described later. The entire device is controlled by outputting various data signals and control signals according to the control program stored in the controller. The MPU 12 also has a service termination means. 13-1 is a ROM in which a control program is stored, and 13-2 is a RAM used as a work area for the MPU 12, in which various control data are temporarily stored. 14 is an image memory that stores image data. 15 is a compression/expansion unit that compresses/expands image information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dialing process of this embodiment. The table shows the structure of the service queue.

First, in step S1, when a key for a transmission operation is pressed by the keypad unit 1, the panel control unit 3 determines this and sends a transmission instruction to the MPU 12. MPU1
2 first registers a transmission service in the service queue shown in the table, and in step S2 reads the document from the image information input section 6 via the image input/output control section 7 for document storage, and then sends the document to the compression/expansion section 15. Compress using DMAC
4, the document is stored in the auxiliary storage unit 11. Next, in step S3, the MPU 12 issues a call request to the communication control unit 10. The communication control unit 10 issues a call request to the line via the communication unit 8 or 9. In step S4, it waits for the end of communication from the communication control unit 10. When the communication is completed, the result is determined in step S5, and if it is normal, the document is deleted in step Sll and the process ends.

In step S5, if the other party's terminal is busy with communication etc., the result is abnormal and the communication ends, so step S6
The user then looks at more detailed information and decides whether to redial.

When performing redial processing, in step S7,
While setting the redial interval on the timer,
A message such as "Waiting for redial...Serial number 1" is displayed. Next, in step S8, wait for the timer to time up and time-amplify, then check the number of dials in the service queue in step S9,
If the count has not increased, the process returns to step S3 and a redial request is issued. If the redial count has increased, the process moves to step S10 to output an error report informing that the communication has ended abnormally, and then moves to step Sll to perform termination processing.

If it is an error not to redial in step S6, the process proceeds to step 310 to output an error report, and then proceeds to step Sll to perform termination processing.

The above is the communication transmission process, but if the next transmission process is performed while this process is being executed, this process will also be registered in the service queue and multi-operation will be performed. However, if the designated line is in use, the transmission will be reserved and no outgoing request will be issued. However, in this embodiment, since there are two communication sections, two
Until then, transmission processing is performed simultaneously.

Further, during the broadcast interval of broadcast transmission, while waiting for redial, no communication is performed, and therefore the next transmission operation is accepted. Therefore, a plurality of services will operate in parallel, and a plurality of services will be waiting for redial.

The table shows the configuration of the service queue, which includes the serial number,
It has information such as service destination, status, redial call, communication type, etc., and performs multiple operations based on this information. This information is held in RAM 13-2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process of dial stop. First, when the redial key is pressed and then the stop key is pressed, the process goes to step 312 and enters a state of waiting for manual input. If the serial number is entered here, step 31
3, search the service queue in step 314.
Then, the document name is taken out from this service queue and the corresponding document in the auxiliary storage section 11 is deleted. Next, in step 315, the timer for redialing is stopped, and messages appearing on the display section 2 or waiting for dialing are cleared.

Next, in step 516, the corresponding service is deleted from the service queue, and the service waiting for redialing is terminated.

According to this embodiment, it is now possible to specify a serial number and terminate any service that is waiting for dialing.

Here, it is easy to make the service to be terminated effective not only for those waiting for redialing but also for all services.

Further, it is also possible to terminate the services waiting for redialing one by one in the order of registration by simply stopping the service without specifying the serial number.

Furthermore, it is also possible to end the service by specifying a serial number during an operation such as a memory inquiry instead of using a stop key operation.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, the present invention provides a service termination means for terminating a service that is waiting for redialing by specifying a serial number, so that the user can freely specify the service he or she wishes to stop processing, and This has the effect of not affecting processing. This is particularly effective in facsimile machines that have multiple communication units and perform multiple operations.

Furthermore, if the serial number is displayed on the display unit along with the message indicating that the call is on redial standby, the user can easily understand the status of the service.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a transmission processing operation, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a dial stop processing operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Key human power section, 2... Display section, 3... Panel control section, 4... DMACl3... Image information output section, 6
... image information input section, 7... image input/output control section, 8,
9... Communication unit, 10... Communication control unit, 11... Auxiliary storage unit, 12-MPU, 13-1-ROM, 133-
2-=RA, 14...image memory, 15...compression/
Extension section, 16... system bus. Applicant: Canon Inc.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile machine that has an auxiliary storage unit that stores image information, multiple communication units that can operate simultaneously, and an output device that outputs image information and report information on cut sheets, multiple communication services are on redial standby. A facsimile device characterized in that the facsimile device is provided with a service termination means for specifying a serial number and discontinuing a specific communication service when the serial number is reached.