JPH04235449A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically receiving a polling at a set hour and minute every week with a single setting operation. CONSTITUTION:A day-of-the-week monitoring part and a clock monitoring part are provided, and when it is detected that the set hour and minute of the week are reached, an operation panel control part instructs the receiving of the polling for the telephone number of an opposite, and a communication control part executes the calling of the telephone number of the opposite and the receiving of the polling following it.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device that performs time-specified polling reception mainly used in facsimiles and the like.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile machine having a time-specified polling reception function. (3) is a decoding control unit that converts signals encoded according to the facsimile decoding method into image signals; (4) is a clock that manages hour and minute clock information; When the management section (5) receives a polling reception instruction from the operation panel section, it stores information such as the telephone number of the other party, obtains information from the clock monitoring section, and controls the polling reception operation. A control unit, (6) is an operation panel control unit that controls the interface with the user, and (7) is the above-mentioned clock monitoring unit that compares the hour and minute information of the clock management unit (4) with internally held information. It is.

Next, the operation will be explained. The operation panel control section (6), which has received an instruction to receive time-indicated polling from the user, notifies the polling reception control section (5) of the hour, minute, and telephone number of the other party. Polling reception control unit (5)
Then, memorize the other party's phone number, time, and minutes. On the other hand, the clock monitoring section (7) reads the hour and minute information from the clock management section (4) and compares this with the hours and minutes stored internally. If they are the same, an instruction to perform polling reception for the stored telephone number of the other party is given to the communication control unit (1). The communication control unit (1) makes a call to the specified telephone number of the other party, performs polling reception processing with the other party's terminal, and transfers the received encoded data to the decoding control unit (3). The decoding control unit (3) decodes the encoded data using the facsimile decoding method and sends it as an image signal to the print control unit (2).
Transfer to. The print control section (2) is the decoding control section (3).
The received image signal is printed, and the series of operations is completed.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional facsimile machine is configured as described above, even if polling reception is required at a fixed time every week, polling reception can be performed every week from the operation panel control section (6). There are problems in that the setting work is troublesome.

[0005] This invention was made to solve the above problems, and even if polling reception is required at a fixed time every week, it can be done every week with just one setting from the operation panel control section. An object of the present invention is to obtain a communication device that can perform polling reception processing at a set time.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A communication device according to the present invention includes a day of the week monitoring section that compares each day of the week output from an operation panel control section and a day of the week management section, and a day of the week output from the operation panel control section and a clock management section. and a clock monitoring unit that compares each of the hours and minutes, and causes the extended polling reception control unit to notify an instruction for polling reception to the telephone number of the other party when the days of the week, hours and minutes to be compared match. Based on this, the communication control unit can make a call to the other party's telephone number and perform polling reception with the other party's terminal.

[0007]

[Operation] The extended polling reception control section of the present invention stores hour, minute, day of the week, and other party's telephone number information from the operation panel control section, and receives standard input and operations from the internally held clock monitoring section and day of the week monitoring section. Entered week, time,
Based on the results of each comparison, the communication control unit instructs the communication control unit to perform polling reception, and functions to cause the communication control unit to initiate a call to the telephone number of the other party and start polling reception.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In Figure 1, (1) is a communication control unit that controls communication with the other party's terminal, (2) is a print control unit that prints image signals, and (3) is a signal encoded according to the facsimile decoding method. a decoding control unit that converts the image signal into an image signal (4
) is a clock management department that manages hour and minute clock information, (9
) is an extended polling reception control unit that stores information such as the telephone number of the other party when a polling reception instruction is notified from the operation panel unit, and controls the polling reception operation by obtaining information from the clock monitoring unit and the day of the week monitoring unit. , (6) is an operation panel control unit that controls the interface with the user, (8)
(7) is the day management section that manages the days of the week, and (7) is the clock management section (
(4) is the above-mentioned clock monitoring unit that compares the hour and minute information with the information held internally, and (10) is the above-mentioned day monitoring unit that compares the day of the week information of the day of the week management unit with the information held internally. be.

Next, the operation will be explained. The operation panel control section (6), which receives an instruction from the user for weekly time-specified polling reception, notifies the extended polling reception control section (9) of the day of the week, hour, minute, and telephone number of the other party. The extended polling reception control section (9) stores the day of the week, hour, minute, and telephone number of the other party. On the other hand, the clock monitoring section (7) reads the hour and minute information from the clock management section (4) and compares this with the hours and minutes stored internally. Further, the day of the week monitoring section (10) reads the day of the week information from the day of the week management section (8) and compares this with the day of the week stored internally. If the hours, minutes, and days of the week match, the extended polling reception control section (9) notifies the communication control section (1) of a polling reception instruction for the stored telephone number of the other party. The communication control unit (1) makes a call to the specified destination phone number,
It performs polling reception processing with the other party's terminal and transfers the received encoded data to the decoding control unit (3). The decoding control section (3) decodes the encoded data using a facsimile decoding method and transfers it as an image signal to the print control section (2). The print control section (2) prints the image signal received from the decoding control section (3). Extended polling reception control unit (9)
does not delete the day of the week, hour, minute, and telephone number of the other party, so this operation is performed every week.

[0010] In the above embodiment, a case of a facsimile machine has been described, but any communication device having a function of time-specified polling reception can be used, and the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a day monitoring section that compares each day of the week output from the operation panel control section and the day management section, and a day monitoring section that compares each day of the week output from the operation panel control section and the clock management section. and a clock monitoring unit that compares hours and minutes, and causes the extended polling reception control unit to notify an instruction for polling reception to the other party's telephone number when the day of the week, hour, and minute to be compared match. Based on
The communication control unit is configured to make a call to the other party's phone number and perform polling reception with the other party's terminal, so you can receive data at the set time and minute each week by simply inputting the weekly, hourly, and minute polling reception data on the operation panel. This has the effect of providing automatic polling reception.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Communication control section 4 Clock Management Department 6 Operation panel control section 7 Clock monitoring department 8 Day of the week management department 9 Extended polling reception control unit In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] An operation panel control unit that outputs the day of the week, hour, minute, and telephone number of the other party in response to an instruction to receive weekly time-specified polling; a day management unit that manages information on a reference day of the week; a clock management unit that manages information on hours and minutes, a day monitoring unit that reads the day of the week from the day management unit and compares it with the day of the week output from the operation panel control unit, and a time management unit that controls the time of the clock management unit. A clock monitoring unit reads the hours and minutes and compares them with the hours and minutes output from the operation panel control unit, and when the days of the week, hours, and minutes match, it notifies the other party's phone number of an instruction to receive polling. A communication device comprising: an extended polling reception control unit; and a communication control unit, which makes a call to a telephone number of the other party designated by the extended polling reception control unit, and performs polling reception processing with the other party terminal.