JPH04245846A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the transferring operation of facsimile equipment provided with a function to transfer receive picture data stored in a storage means to the remote party of a telephone number stored in the storage means only in the case that a person concerned demands it. CONSTITUTION:Only when the person concerned transmits a remote control signal, the receive picture data stored in the picture data storage means 13 is transferred to the remote party of the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 8 on the basis of a transmission command included in that remote control signal. Besides, the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 8 is rewritten into the telephone number included in the remote control signal which the person concerned transmits, and the receive picture date stored in the picture data storage means 13 is transferred to the remote party of the rewritten telephone number.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a memory function for storing received image data.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventional facsimile machines with a memory function store received image data in a storage means such as a magnetic disk or semiconductor memory, and also store the telephone number of the destination to which the received image data is transferred. Some devices have a transfer function that stores the received image data in advance in the storage means and then transfers the image data to the other party whose phone number is also stored in the storage means. .

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the case of the conventional facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned transfer function, there is no party to whom the image data should be received at the other end of the telephone number stored in the storage means. Even when , the received image data is automatically sent to the other party,
There were problems such as the image data being known to outsiders while the person concerned was not present.

[0004] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can transmit received image data stored in a storage device to a destination having a telephone number stored in the storage device only when the party concerned requires it. It is to be.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first aspect of the present invention is an image data storage means for storing image data, and a telephone number of a destination to which the image data stored in the image data storage means is to be sent. A telephone number storage means, a remote control signal receiving means for receiving a remote control signal (comprised of DTMF, etc.) sent via a telephone line, and a remote control signal receiving means sent during remote control. includes a command to transmit the image data stored in the image data storage means, and after the connection line with the other party to whom the remote control signal was sent is opened, the telephone number The facsimile apparatus is characterized in that it includes a transmission control means for transmitting the image data to a destination having a telephone number stored in a storage means.

A second aspect of the present invention is an image data storage means for storing image data, a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination to which the image data stored in the image data storage means is to be sent; remote control signal receiving means for receiving a remote control signal sent via a telephone line; and image data stored in the image data storage means in the remote control signal sent during remote control. When a command to transmit is included, after the connection line with the destination to which the remote control signal was sent is opened, the remote control signal is sent to the destination of the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means. a transmission control means for transmitting the image data; and when the remote control signal includes a telephone number of the destination to which the image data is to be transmitted, the telephone number storage means includes the remote control signal; The facsimile apparatus is characterized in that it includes a telephone number storage control means for storing telephone numbers.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the first aspect of the present invention, only when a party concerned transmits a remote control signal composed of DTMF or the like, the facsimile device uses the image data storage means based on the transmission command included in the remote control signal. An operation is performed to transmit the received image data stored in the telephone number storage means to the other party having the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the telephone number storage means of the facsimile device stores the telephone number included in the remote control signal transmitted by the party concerned, and the transmission command included in the remote control signal is stored in the telephone number storage means of the facsimile device. Based on this, the received image data stored in the image data storage means is transmitted to the destination of the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a facsimile machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile device includes a telephone section 1 that performs telephone functions, a facsimile section 2 that performs image data transmission and reception functions, a relay 3 that switches and connects a telephone line 5 to the telephone section 1 and facsimile section 2, and a remote control section 1 that performs a telephone function. It is composed of a control circuit 4 that controls the telephone section 1 and facsimile section 2 according to a remote control signal composed of DTMF or the like when a control signal or other control signal is transmitted, an operation panel (not shown), etc. There is.

The telephone section 1 stores a telephone circuit 6 having a normal telephone function, a DTMF receiver 7 for receiving remote control signals and other control signals, and a telephone number of a destination to which image data is to be transmitted. It is composed of a telephone number storage circuit 8.

The facsimile section 2 also includes a transmitting/receiving circuit 9 that transmits and receives image data, modulates the image data to be transmitted into a signal in a predetermined format, and demodulates the received image data into a signal in the original format. A printing section 11 prints out received image data, a document reading section 12 reads an image of a transmission document inputted from the outside, and an image data storage means 13. The image data storage means 13 is used both for storing image data read by the document reading section 12 and for storing transmitted image data.

The control circuit 4 includes a remote control means 14
, telephone section control means 15 , and facsimile section control means 1
It consists of 6. The remote operation control means 14 controls the telephone section control means 15 and the facsimile control means 16 according to the control signal received by the DTMF receiver 7 of the telephone section 1.
The telephone section control means 15 has a function of controlling the operation of the telephone section 1 when receiving a control signal, and the facsimile section control means 16 has a function of controlling the operation of the facsimile section 2 when receiving a control signal. have each.

In addition, an operation panel (not shown) is provided with a mode selection function for switching the facsimile machine between a normal mode, which is the normal operating state, and an absent mode, which is the operating state when the user is away.

Next, the operation of the facsimile machine in the absence mode will be explained.

In this absentee mode, the telephone line 5 is connected to the telephone section 1 by the relay 3, and the signal sent from the other party is received by the telephone circuit 6.

When the received signal indicates the transmission of image data, the telephone line 5 is switched and connected to the facsimile section 2 by the relay 3 under the control of the telephone section control means 15 of the control circuit 4. In this state, the image data transmitted from the other party is sent to the facsimile unit 2 under the control of the facsimile unit control means 16 of the control circuit 4.
The image data is received by the transmitting/receiving circuit 9, further processed by the signal processing section 10, and then stored in the image data storage means 13.

In this way, the image data storage means 13
The operation when a user of this facsimile device remotely controls the received image data stored in the facsimile device from a telephone outside the home and transfers it to another facsimile device, for example, a facsimile device that is located outside the user's home, is shown in FIG. This is done according to a flowchart.

A call is made from a remote telephone to the present facsimile machine, and the facsimile machine detects the incoming call using the control circuit 4 and controls the telephone section control means 15 to hold the line and enter a remote control signal receiving state.

[0020] Following the starting step S1, step S
2, when a remote control signal is transmitted from the telephone outside the home via the telephone line 5 and the relay 3, the remote control signal is received by the DTMF receiver 7 of the telephone section 1 and sent to the control circuit 4 in step S3. Remote operation control means 1
given to 4. This remote control signal includes a command to transmit the image data stored in the image data storage means 13 and the telephone number of the destination to which the data should be transmitted, such as a facsimile machine at the user's location. In the next step S4, under the control of the remote operation control means 14, the telephone section control means 15 converts the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage circuit 8 of the telephone section 1 into the telephone number included in the remote control signal. Control is performed to rewrite it to a number.

Thereafter, in step S5, the telephone line 5 is temporarily disconnected by the telephone unit control means 15 of the control circuit 4, and in the next step S6, the telephone line 5 is switched off by the relay 3 to the telephone circuit 6 of the telephone unit 1. A calling signal is sent to the other party having the rewritten telephone number stored in the telephone number storage circuit 8.

In the next step S7, the telephone line 5 is switched and connected to the facsimile section 2 by the relay 3, and the received image data stored in the image data storage means 13 is controlled by the facsimile section control means 16 of the control circuit 4. After being read out by the signal processor 10 and subjected to signal processing by the signal processing unit 10, the signal is sent from the transmitting/receiving circuit 9 to the telephone line 5 via the relay 3.
The information is sent to the other party, for example, a facsimile machine at the user's location. When the transmission is finished, the process moves to step 8, and the transfer process is completed.

[0023] The operation in the normal mode is similar to that of a general facsimile machine, and the explanation will be omitted here.

In the above embodiment, the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage circuit 8 is rewritten by transmitting a remote control signal from a telephone outside the home, and the received image data is sent to the other party of the rewritten telephone number. Although the case where the image data is transferred has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the image data may be transferred only to the destination of the phone number stored in the phone number storage circuit 8 in advance without rewriting the phone number by remote control. You may also do so.

Further, a plurality of telephone numbers may be stored in the telephone number storage circuit 8, and when image data is transferred by remote control, the destination of each of those telephone numbers may be sequentially called and transferred. good.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first facsimile device of the present invention, only when a party concerned transmits a remote control signal composed of DTMF or the like, the transmission command included in the remote control signal is Based on this, the received image data stored in the image data storage means is transmitted to the other party whose telephone number is stored in the telephone number storage means, so that the received image data does not reflect the intentions of the parties concerned. You can avoid being automatically transferred to another destination regardless of the situation.

Further, according to the second facsimile device of the present invention, the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means is rewritten to the telephone number included in the remote control signal transmitted by the party concerned. Based on the transmission command received by the user, the received image data stored in the image data storage means is
Since the image data is sent to the destination with the rewritten telephone number, the destination of the image data can be freely specified by remote control.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a facsimile machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of transferring received image data by the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1　Telephone department 2 Facsimile department 4 Control circuit 5　Telephone line 7 DTMF receiver 8 Telephone number storage circuit 13 Image data storage means

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: An image data storage means for storing image data; a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination to which the image data stored in the image data storage means is to be transmitted; remote control signal receiving means for receiving a sent remote control signal, and a message indicating that the image data stored in the image data storage means should be transmitted in the remote control signal sent during remote control. When the command is included, the image data is transmitted to the other party having the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means after the connection line with the other party to which the remote control signal was sent is opened. 1. A facsimile device comprising a transmission control means. 2. Image data storage means for storing image data; telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination to which the image data stored in the image data storage means is to be transmitted; remote control signal receiving means for receiving a sent remote control signal, and a message indicating that the image data stored in the image data storage means should be transmitted in the remote control signal sent during remote control. When the command is included, the image data is transmitted to the other party having the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means after the connection line with the other party to which the remote control signal was sent is opened. and when the remote control signal includes a telephone number of a destination to which the image data is to be transmitted, the telephone number storage means stores the telephone number included in the remote control signal. A facsimile device comprising telephone number storage control means.