JPH04273755A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly identify the propriety of facsimile transmission by means of a call operation from a cordless slave unit in the cordless slave unit and a facsimile equipment storing an incorporated telephone set. CONSTITUTION:At the time of transmitting facsimile information to an opposite device by using the cordless slave unit 2, transmission report information is stored in a memory in a control circuit 10 after the transmission terminates and the transmission report information is recorded on a recording paper one by one and is outputted. Transmission report information when facsimile transmission is executed by using the incorporated telephone set 1 is only stored in the memory and it is not outputted one by one. When the prescribed number of transmission reports are stored, all stored transmission report information are automatically outputted. When a prescribed key is operated, transmission report information which is previously stored in the memory is outputted.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device that performs facsimile transmission based on a dialing operation of a built-in telephone or cordless handset housed therein.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when performing facsimile transmission using this type of facsimile machine, first a document is set on the main unit, and a cordless slave unit that is wirelessly connected to the main unit and located at a distance from the main unit is sent to the main unit. When a call is made to the other party's device by a predetermined operation and a response from the other party's device is confirmed, image information of the document is transmitted to the other party's device by a predetermined operation. Thereafter, when the transmission is completed, the transmission report information is recorded on the recording paper. Further, when a facsimile transmission is performed by calling from a telephone set built into the main unit to a destination device, the transmission report information is similarly recorded on the recording paper.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional facsimile machine described above, transmission report information is output after the transmission is completed, both when a call is made from a telephone built into the main unit and when a call is made from a cordless handset. In order to
As a result, it is difficult to easily identify which phone the transmission report information originates from, and as a result, a person who operates a cordless handset at a location far from the main unit and sends a facsimile may be confused as to which phone was responsible for the transmission. There was a problem in that people felt uneasy as to whether or not the manuscript they wrote had actually reached the recipient.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve such problems, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is provided with a control means for outputting transmission report information at the end of facsimile transmission based on the calling operation of the cordless handset. It is something.

[0005]

[Operation] When a transmission original is set and a call operation is performed from the cordless handset, facsimile transmission is performed, and at the end of this transmission, transmission report information is output. As a result, since transmission report information is not output when making a call using the built-in telephone, it is possible to clearly identify whether or not facsimile transmission is possible using the cordless handset.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are block diagrams showing one embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. Note that FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the built-in telephone 1, main unit 3, and wireless interface 4, and FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the cordless handset 2.

In FIG. 1, a built-in telephone 1 includes a handset 1-1, a telephone call circuit 1-2, a ringing tone generating circuit 1-3, and a hook switch HS1. Also,
The main device 3 includes a control circuit 10 that performs various controls and has a memory for storing transmission reports during facsimile transmission, an incoming signal detection circuit 11, a dial signal transmission circuit 12, a hold tone transmission circuit 13, and facsimile communication. A modem 14, a power supply circuit 15, an audio IC 16, oscillation circuits 17 and 18 that generate dial tones and incoming signals, a PB receiver circuit 19, a CCD/head control section 20 that includes a CCD section and a head section and controls these sections, and a motor. a motor control section 21 that controls the motor, a sending document/recording paper sensor 22 that detects the presence or absence of a sending document and recording paper, various keys 23, a display circuit 24, and a relay 25.
, 26, etc. The wireless interface 4 also includes a wireless transmitter/receiver 4-1, a telephone call circuit 4-2, a wireless CPU 4-3, and a dialer 4 that generates a dial signal.
-4, a 16Hz detection circuit 4-5 for detecting an incoming signal, etc.

Next, in FIG. 2, the cordless handset 2 includes a CPU 30, a wireless transmitter/receiver 31, a mute circuit 32,
It is comprised of a transmitter/receiver section 33, an out-of-call detection circuit 34, an alarm sound generation circuit 35, an IDROM 36, a ringer generation section 37, various keys 40 to 45, lamps 46, 47, and the like.

In such a facsimile device, when transmitting a facsimile by making a call from the built-in telephone 1, first set the original to be sent and raise the handset, the hook switches HS1 and HS2 are closed, and the hook switch HS2 is closed. The control circuit 10 detects this, and the loop of the outside line L is closed, and the relay 25 is controlled to connect the outside line L and the extension telephone 1. continue,
When the dial key 23-4 is operated, the control circuit 10 detects this and causes the dial signal sending circuit 12 to send a dial signal corresponding to the operated dial number to the outside line L. Then, when the other party's device is called and the response from the other party's device is confirmed, the operation of the communication key 23-3 is detected and facsimile transmission is started. That is, the presence or absence of a transmission document is detected via the transmission document/recording paper sensor 22, and if there is a transmission document, the motor control section 21 controls the motor to capture the transmission document, and the CCD/head control section 20 receives the transmission document. On the other hand, image information is read from the transmission document, and this image information is transmitted to the other party's device via the outside line L using the modem 14.

[0010] Furthermore, when performing facsimile transmission by making a call from the cordless handset 2, the original to be sent is sent to the main unit 3.
When the outside line key 41 of the cordless handset 2 located at a distance from the main unit 3 is operated after being set to
1 to the wireless interface 4. On the other hand, the wireless CPU 4-3 in the wireless interface 4
When this operation signal is received via the wireless transmitter/receiver 4-1, the switch 4-7 is closed to close the call loop for the cordless handset 2. As a result, the control circuit 10 detects the closing of this call loop, closes the loop of the outside line L, and controls the relay 26 to connect the outside line L and the cordless handset 2. After that, cordless handset 2
When the dial key 40 of the CPU 30 is operated, this
is detected by the wireless transmitter/receiver 31, the wireless transmitter/receiver 4-
1, the wireless CPU 4- in the wireless interface 4
Sent to 3. When the wireless CPU 4-3 detects this dial operation signal, it drives the dialer 4-4 to send out a dial signal. Then, this dial signal is received by the control circuit 10 as a PB signal via an intermittent call loop for the cordless handset 2 or a PB receiver circuit 19, and as a result, a corresponding dial signal is transmitted from the dial signal sending circuit 12 to an outside line. Sent to L. In this way, when the other party's device is called and the response from the other party's device is confirmed, facsimile transmission is started by operating the FAX key 43.

Next, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the control circuit 10 of the facsimile machine configured as described above. Through the operations described above, a call is made from the cordless handset 2 to the other party via the outside line L, and after the other party answers, a call key (not shown) is operated to initiate a conversation with the other party. In this state, in step 50, it is determined whether the off key 44 of the cordless handset 2 has been pressed, and if the press is detected and the result is "Y", the call is terminated and the loop of the outside line L is opened, etc. Execute the process and transition to the idle state. If the press of the off key 44 is not detected, it is determined in step 51 whether the FAX key 43 is pressed to perform facsimile communication, and the FAX key 43 is detected to be pressed.
If pressing is not detected, the process returns to step 50, but
If the pressing of the FAX key 43 is detected and the determination is "Y", the process moves to step 52 and an alarm? to judge. This alarm means that an abnormality has occurred in the main unit 3 and facsimile communication cannot be performed. If it is determined as "Y", the process returns to step 50.

[0012] Also, is the main unit 3 normal or an alarm? but"
If the determination is "N", it is determined in step 53 whether there is a document to be transmitted based on the detection output of the transmission document/recording paper detection sensor 22, and if the determination is "Y", facsimile transmission is performed to the other party's device. After the facsimile transmission is completed, the transmission report information is recorded on recording paper in step 55. Note that this transmission report information includes transmission start time, transmission destination number, number of transmitted manuscripts, transmission result (acceptance/failure) information, and the like. If the original to be transmitted is not set and the determination in step 53 is "N", facsimile reception is performed in step 56, and the received image information is recorded on recording paper.

[0013] In this way, facsimile information is transmitted to the other party's device using the cordless handset 2, and after the transmission is completed, the transmission report is stored in the memory in the control circuit 10 and outputted one by one. It is. Note that when facsimile transmission is performed using the built-in telephone 1, the transmission report is only stored in the memory and is not outputted one by one. When a predetermined number of transmission reports are stored, all of the stored transmission report information is automatically output, and even if a predetermined key is operated, the transmission report information that has already been stored in memory will be automatically output. It is configured so that report information is output.

[0014]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, when a transmission document is set and a call operation is performed from the cordless handset, facsimile transmission is performed, and when the transmission is completed, transmission report information is output. Transmission report information is not output when making a call using a telephone, and as a result,
This has the effect that the operator can clearly identify whether facsimile transmission is possible using the cordless handset.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Built-in telephone 2 Cordless handset 3 Main unit 4 Wireless interface 4-1 Wireless transmitter/receiver 4-3 Wireless CPU 10 Control circuit 14 Modem 20 CCD/head controller 21 Motor controller 22 Transmission original/recording paper detection sensor 24
Display circuit 30 CPU 31 Wireless transmitter/receiver

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device comprising a built-in telephone, a main unit, and a cordless handset wirelessly connected to the main unit, and performs facsimile transmission based on a dialing operation of the built-in telephone or the cordless handset, wherein the cordless handset A facsimile device comprising: a control means for outputting transmission report information at the end of facsimile transmission based on a transmission operation of the machine.