JPH0416069A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To discriminate the reception of a confidential document and from whom the confidential document comes and to whom the document is addressed by recording a data on a 1st page only onto recording paper in the case of the reception independently of the confidential document and recording data on 2nd and succeeding pages in the confidential document onto the recording paper when the password is coincident with a stored password. CONSTITUTION:When sent picture information is stored in a picture information area, whether or not a flag is set to a confidential flag storage area is checked, and when the flag is set, confidential picture information stored in a picture information storage area received together with a password belonging to a 1st page of the received confidential document is read and the 1st page data of the received confidential document is recorded on the recording paper. The result of discrimination of the confidential document, names of sender and receiver of the confidential document are written on a 1st page. When the password is entered by the operation of a password setting key 261, when the password is coincident with the password stored in a password storage area of the RAM 23, the confidential received picture information belonging to the 2nd and succeeding pages of the received confidential document is read sequentially and recorded on the recording paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more specifically, a facsimile device that records only the first page of a confidential document on recording paper when receiving a confidential document via confidential facsimile communication. Regarding.

(Prior Art) In conventional confidential communication using a facsimile machine, when a confidential document is sent, text and image information (hereinafter simply referred to as image information) that is received image information data is transmitted.
and the received password in the storage means,
When the password input on the receiving side facsimile device matches the received password, the confidential image information stored in the storage means is read out and recorded as a document on recording paper.

However, whether or not a confidential document has been received is notified by, for example, lighting up a light emitting diode provided in the facsimile machine or sounding a buzzer.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the case of display by lighting a light-emitting diode, if the light-emitting diode is small, there is a risk that it will be overlooked. Similarly, in the case of a buzzer, it is difficult to know that a confidential document has been received. In addition to the problem that there are cases where the confidential document is not received, there is also the problem that even if it is known that a confidential document has been received, it is not possible to know who sent it to Gaen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that allows a receiving terminal to easily determine whether a confidential document has been received and who has sent it to Gaen.

(Means for Solving the Problem) As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a storage means 1 for storing received image information data and a received password.
, a setting means 2 for setting a password, and a match determining means 3 for determining whether the received password matches the password set by the setting means 2, and when the match determining means 3 determines a match, the received password is In a facsimile machine having a confidential communication function that sequentially outputs received image information data received together with a password from the storage means 1 and records a confidential document based on the read received image information data on recording paper, the first page of the confidential document at the time of reception is Confidential documents from the second page onward are recorded on the recording paper, and the match determination means 3
The present invention is characterized in that it includes a control means 4 that causes recording to be performed on the recording paper only when a match is determined.

(Function) According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, when a confidential document is received, only the first page of the document is recorded on the recording paper regardless of whether the passwords match or not, and the second and subsequent pages are recorded on the recording paper. It will be recorded on the recording paper only when the passwords match.

Therefore, the first page of a confidential document is handled in the same way as a non-confidential document and is recorded on the recording paper. As a result, the first page of the confidential document shows that it is a confidential document, the sender's name,
Furthermore, if you write down the name of the recipient, you will be able to see that the confidential document has been sent and who sent it to Gaen.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below using examples.

FIG. 2 is a prologue diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 10 indicates a facsimile machine of this embodiment. The facsimile device 1o includes, for example, a control section 20 consisting of a microcomputer, a facsimile modem 24, and an image information reading section 25.
, operation keyboard 26, network control section 28, printer 2
9 for transmitting and receiving image information.

The control unit 20 includes a system controller 21. Data compression/
It includes a restoring section 22 and a RAM 23. The system controller 21 performs control to perform transmission according to a predetermined transmission procedure according to the CCITT recommendations and to perform reception according to a reception procedure.

The RAM 23 is a work area, and the image reading unit 2 is used for transmission.
When receiving the image information read and binarized in step 5, the image information storage area stores the received image information, and when transmitting, when confidential communication is instructed by the confidential instruction key 264 to be described later, a confidential transfer flag is set. A confidential flag storage area for storing the received confidential flag when receiving, and a password setting key 26 to be described later when transmitting and receiving.
1 is provided with a password storage area for storing the password set by the user.

The data compression/decompression unit 22 compresses the image information to be transmitted and sends it to the modem 24 when transmitting, and restores the received image information when receiving.

Output from the operation keyboard 26 is supplied to the system controller 21. The operation keyboard 26 includes a dial key 260, a password setting key 2611 for setting a password, and a start key 26 for instructing the start of transmission.
2. One-touch key 263 for one-touch dialing
, Confidential instruction key 2 to indicate that the communication is confidential when sending
64 grade is provided. In addition, the operation keyboard 26 is actually
is provided with a numeric keypad, alphabet keys, and function keys for function selection to reduce the number of keys on the operation keyboard 26. However, in this embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, each of the above keys 260 to 264 is provided.
The explanation will be given assuming that these are provided independently.

At the time of transmission, the facsimile device 10 of this embodiment reads the image information read by the image information reading section 25 and converts it into a binary image into the RA.
It is stored in the image information storage area M23. When confidential communication is designated by the confidential instruction key 264 at the time of transmission, the confidential flag is stored in the confidential flag storage area, and the password set by the password setting key 221 is stored in the password storage area. The information stored in the RAM 23 is read out, compressed by the data compression section of the data compression/decompression section 22, modulated by the modem 24, and then transmitted to the telephone line through the network control section 28.

When compressed image information transmitted via a telephone line is received, the transmitted compressed image information is input to the modem 24 via the network control unit 28, demodulated by the modem 24, and
The demodulated pressure is restored by a data restoration section of the data compression/restoration section 22. The restored image information is stored in the image information storage area of the RAM 23. Similarly, when confidential flag information and password information are received, the confidential flag is stored in the confidential flag storage area and the password is stored in the password storage area. Further, the stored image information is read out from the image information storage area as needed and supplied to the printer 29, and a document based on the read image information is recorded on recording paper by the printer 29.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained in the case of reception with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The facsimile device that receives the image information detects whether there is a confidential flag set in the transmitted non-standard function setting signal (NSS) (step S), and if the confidential flag is detected, the receiving side A confidential flag is set in the confidential flag storage area of the RAM 23 in the receiving facsimile machine (step S2), and the subsequently transmitted image information is stored in the image information storage area of the RAM 23 in the receiving facsimile machine (step S2). ).

In the case of confidential communication, the image information will be sent along with the password. In the case of confidential communication, the received password is stored in the password storage area of the RAM 23 in the facsimile machine on the receiving side, and the image information is stored in the image information recording area of the RAM 23 in the facsimile machine on the receiving side.

When the transmitted image information is stored in the image information recording area, it is checked whether a flag is set in the confidential flag storage area (step S,), and the confidential flag is set in step S. If it is determined that the confidential image is stored in the image information storage area, the confidential image information belonging to the first page of the received confidential document that was received along with the password and stored in the image information storage area is read out, and the first page of the received confidential document is printed on the recording paper. On the first page that is recorded (step S), the fact that it is a confidential communication, and the name of the sender and recipient of the communication are written. Therefore, from the recorded contents of the recording paper recorded on the first page, it is possible to know that there was a confidential communication, and the source and destination of the communication.

Following step S, a password is input by operating the password setting key 261 in the receiving facsimile machine (step S).

The password is determined in advance through a meeting with the sender.
As described above, the received password is stored in the password storage area of the RAM 23 in the facsimile machine on the receiving side.

Wait until the password entered in step S6 matches the password stored in the password storage area of the RAM 23 in the receiving facsimile machine, and when they match, the confidential received image information belonging to the second page and subsequent pages of the received confidential document are sequentially transferred. The reading ratio is compared and recorded on recording paper. Therefore, when the passwords match, the second and subsequent pages of the confidential document will be recorded on the recording paper, and the second page of the confidential document will be recorded on the recording paper.
The recording of the contents after the page number on the recording paper is the same as in the case of conventional confidential facsimile communication, and the contents of the confidential document can be known here.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the first page of a confidential document is recorded when the confidential flag is set is exemplified. Instead, the order of step S4 and step S is reversed, and step S is followed by one of the confidential documents.
It is also possible to record the page number on the recording paper, then check whether or not the confidential flag is set, and if the confidential flag is set, step S may be executed.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, only the first page of a confidential document sent by confidential facsimile communication is recorded on recording paper at the time of reception, regardless of whether the document is confidential, and then When the passwords match, the second and subsequent pages of the confidential document are recorded on the recording paper, so by writing on the first page of the confidential document the sender's name and the recipient's name. , that a confidential communication was received by looking at the entry on the first page recorded on the recording paper;
Anyone can tell that this is a confidential document belonging to Gaen.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Storage means, 2... Password setting means, 3.
... Matching determining means, 4... Control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A storage means for storing the received image information data and the received password, a setting means for setting the password, and a match determining means for determining whether the received password and the password set by the setting means match, and the match determining means is provided. In a facsimile machine having a confidential communication function, the received image information data received together with the received password is read out from the storage means when a match is determined by the means, and a document based on the read received image information data is recorded on recording paper. A facsimile device comprising a control means for recording only the first page of a document on a recording paper, and for recording confidential documents from the second page onward on the recording paper only when a match is determined by a match determining means. .