JPH04167857A - Facsimile equipment provided with automatic contact function of original reception - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the job efficiency by allowing an automatic dial means to call a registered contact destination upon the receipt of an original from a registered reception scheduled party to notify the reception in a voice message. CONSTITUTION:When a signal processing section 6 discriminates it that an original received by a facsimile equipment A is an original from a reception scheduled party registered in advance in a reception destination registration memory 4, an automatic dial means 2 calls telephone sets T1-Tn being contact destinations registered through a private branch of exchange. When a telephone set replies the call, a voice message output means 3 is operated to inform it to the opposite party that an original scheduled to be received is reached from the reception scheduled party. When the original is sent from a registered party ***, a voice message such as 'an original comes from ***' is used for the notice. When there is any error in the transmission of the original, a message such as '** page of the original is not correctly sent' is noticed in voice.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides a facsimile machine with a novel configuration that automatically notifies pre-registered contacts when manuscript data is transmitted from a scheduled recipient. Regarding.

[Prior Art] In recent years, facsimiles have become widely used for communicating business documents, but when a document is received by such a facsimile, a reception bell usually rings to notify the recipient of the reception. However, it is wasteful in terms of schedule and work efficiency to have to go to the fax machine to check for DMs and even unimportant documents every time the reception bell rings. If you receive a document from a business partner, you will want to immediately check its contents.

Such demands are likely to increase in the future, given the recent situation in which many documents are being sent by facsimile instead of traditional mail.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.If the facsimile recipients who wish to be contacted and their contact information are registered in advance, the registered reception schedule The aim is to provide a new facsimile machine that automatically sends a voice message to the registered contact information when the original document has been received.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile of the present invention proposed includes a contact registration memory in which telephone numbers and extension numbers of contacts are registered, and a telephone number of a scheduled recipient. A scheduled reception destination registration memory, an automatic calling means for automatically calling a contact registered in the contact registration memory, a voice message output means for notifying the end of reception by a voice message, and the received manuscript data is stored in the above registration memory. The present invention is characterized by comprising a signal processing section that activates the automatic calling means and the voice message outputting means when a message is sent from a scheduled destination registered in .

In the facsimile of the present invention, once a telephone number or extension number is registered in the contact registration memory, and the telephone number of the intended recipient is registered in the intended recipient memory, the facsimile will be used every time a document is received. You can contact us as many times as you like.

[Function] According to the facsimile of the present invention, if a contact address and a scheduled recipient are registered, when a document is received from the registered recipient, the automatic calling means automatically calls the registered contact. It will notify you by voice message.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the main structure of the facsimile A of the present invention, in which 1 indicates a registration memo 1c for registering the telephone number and extension number of a contact, and 2 indicates an automatic call to the registered contact. Automatic calling means 3 is automatic calling means 2 for
This is a voice message output means for sending a voice message to a contact called by a person, and is composed of a recording tape and a voice synthesis IC.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a scheduled reception destination registration memory in which the telephone number of the scheduled reception destination is registered, and 7 denotes an image storage memory for reading out and temporarily storing the original scanned by the image reading section 5. Note that 6 is a signal processing section composed of a CPU, and is configured to send out the original document stored in the image storage memory 7 or read and scanned by the image reading section 5 through the external line IE.

Note that in this figure, only the main parts of the facsimile machine A constituting the present invention are shown.

Figure 2 shows that manuscript data can be sent from facsimile A to an external facsimile (not shown) through telephone line AE, and when a manuscript is received from a pre-registered recipient,
This figure shows the configuration of an extension communication system that notifies an extension telephone, which is a contact point registered in advance, of this fact via a private branch exchange 8.

In this extension communication system, the private branch exchange 8 has two external lines A E 1. βE2 has been introduced, and the external line nE
1 is directly connected to facsimile A, and outside line E2 is connected to private branch exchange 8.

The private branch exchange 8 has multiple telephones T1 to Tn as contact points.
are respectively assigned extension numbers and connected to the private branch exchange 8 via extension l.

In such a system, when a call is made from the outside to facsimile A through the outside line 6E1, facsimile A automatically receives the call, receives the transmitted original data, and prints the received original data at the print output unit. Further, by setting a document in the image reading unit of facsimile A and dialing the destination's telephone number, the scanned document data can be transmitted to the dialed destination via the outside line ff1E1.

When the signal processing unit 6 determines that the document received by the facsimile machine A is from a scheduled recipient registered in advance in the recipient registration memory 4, the automatic calling means 2 sends a call to the facsimile via the private branch exchange 8. When one of the telephones T1 to Tn of the registered contacts is called, and the called telephone answers, the voice message output means 3 is activated, and the person who answered with that telephone receives the manuscript to be received from the intended recipient. Notify that.

For example, if the manuscript is sent from the registered Kimoto*, you will be notified by voice message saying, ``The manuscript has arrived from Zero**.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a series of operations in this case. Step 100 is to register the contact's telephone number and extension number in the contact registration memory 1, and step 101 is to register the telephone number and extension number of the intended recipient. Register.

Register the contact phone number and extension number, and also register the phone number of the intended recipient.

In this way, facsimile A's contact registration memory 1
After completing the registration in the scheduled reception destination registration memory 4, when facsimile A arrives, the document data is received. and,
The signal processing unit 6 determines whether the received document data is the scheduled reception destination registered in the scheduled reception destination registration memory 4, and if so, activates the automatic calling means 2 and transfers the received document data to the contact registration memory 4. A call is made to the contact registered in step 1, and when the telephone of the contact receives the call, the voice message output means 3 is further activated to notify by voice message that the manuscript has arrived from the intended recipient. Note that the time-up at 107 is for returning the control operation to the beginning if the contact is not received after a predetermined period of time when the contact is called at the end of transmission (see steps 100 to 108 above).

The facsimile machine of the present invention configured as described above has a function of automatically contacting the recipient when a document is received from the intended recipient. It is possible to provide a function that allows notification by voice message.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the main parts of facsimile B, which is equipped with such an automatic notification function for transmission results. 1 is a registration memory for registering the contact telephone number and extension number; 2 is a registration memory. 3 is a voice message output means for sending a voice message to the contact called by the automatic call means 2, and 3 is a voice message output means for sending a voice message to the contact called by the automatic call means 2. It is made up of. Reference numeral 6 denotes a signal processing section composed of a CPU, which sends out originals stored in the image storage memory 4 or read and scanned by the image reading section 6 through an external line IE;
is an image storage memory for reading and temporarily storing the original document read and scanned by the image reading section 5.

Although this type of facsimile B does not have a memory for registering a scheduled recipient in which the telephone number of a scheduled recipient is registered compared to the one with the proposed configuration, other configurations are similar to the facsimile A of the present invention. . In addition, the extension communication system is also installed on a second line.
A configuration similar to that shown in the figure can be used.

With facsimile B having such a configuration, if you set the original in the image reading unit 5 or set the transmission of the original data stored in the image storage memory 7 and register the contact information, the transmission of the original will not be completed. When the transmission result is confirmed due to a transmission error or a transmission error, the automatic calling means 2 automatically calls the registered contact and notifies the contact by voice message.

That is, when the document transmission is completed, the automatic calling means 2 of facsimile B calls the registered contact telephone through the private branch exchange, and when the called telephone answers, the voice message output means 3 is activated and the telephone answers. Notify the other party of the transmission result of the placed original.

In other words, if the set original has been successfully sent to the specified destination, a voice message such as ``The original has been successfully sent to zero** will be answered, and if there is an error in sending the original, the message will be answered. ``The **page of the manuscript has been sent correctly and a message such as ``Mazenj'' will be notified by voice.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of operating procedures in the transmission result notification function, including step 200.
If you want to save a contact's phone number or extension number to Contact Registration Memory 1.
register. For facsimiles without a memory transmission function, such contact information may be registered in 15 lines every time a document is set in the image reading unit, and for facsimiles with a memory transmission function, each time a document is stored, or every time a document is stored. It may be possible to perform this individually by calling .

In this way, after registering the contact phone number and extension number, it is determined whether the manuscript data has been sent to the specified destination, and when the transmission of the manuscript data is completed, the automatic calling means 2 is activated. A call is made to the contact registered in the contact registration memory 1, and when the telephone of the contact receives the call, the voice message output means 3 is activated and the result of transmitting the manuscript is notified by voice message.

Note that the time-up in 206 is for returning the control operation to the beginning if the contact is not received after a predetermined period of time when the contact is called at the end of transmission (see steps 200 to 207 above).

[Effects of the Invention] With the facsimile machine of the present invention, when a document is sent from the intended recipient, the facsimile machine of the present invention can contact the contact information registered in advance, which improves work efficiency and is extremely convenient. be.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing only the essential configuration of the facsimile of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an extension communication system configured using the facsimile of the present invention, and FIG. A flowchart explaining the contact operation when received. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing only the main structure of another facsimile machine that automatically communicates the result of document transmission, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the automatic communication operation of the result of document transmission. (Explanation of symbols) A...Facsimile machine of the present invention...Contact registration memory 2...Automatic calling means 3...Voice message output means 4...Reception destination registration memory 5...Image reading Section 6...Signal processing section 7...Image storage memory p...Extension (telephone line)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A contact registration memory in which the telephone number and extension number of the contact are registered, an automatic calling means for automatically calling the contact registered in this memory, and a scheduled receiver in which the telephone number of the scheduled receiver is registered. a registration memory, a voice message output means for notifying the end of reception by a voice message, and an automatic calling means and a voice message output means when the manuscript data is transmitted from a scheduled destination registered in the registration memory. What is claimed is: 1. A facsimile machine equipped with an automatic notification function for receiving a document, characterized in that it is equipped with an activated signal processing section.