JPH04287562A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize a reception data with high emergency and importance quickly by storing a prescribed number of transmission destination numbers when the signal is sent by the facsimile equipment and recording the data of the storage number with highest priority when the number is received. CONSTITUTION:When an original is sent, the number of a transmission destination is stored in a transmission destination number storage section 7 and when the storage numbers exceeds prescribed numbers, older numbers are deleted. Moreover, a sender number with high priority inputted from an input section 3 in advance is registered to a sender number storage section 8. Upon the receipt of a data, a control section 9 retrieves a number of the storage section 7 and a number of the storage section 8 and the data of the number stored in the storage section 7 is read with highest priority and the data of the registration number in the storage section 8 is read with 2nd priority from the data storage section 4 and the data is processed by a recording processing section 6.

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 data storage function, and more particularly to a facsimile machine and an adapter for a facsimile machine that performs receiving and recording operations in priority order.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, in this type of facsimile machine, received data is stored once, and if the sender's telephone number matches a pre-registered one, it is immediately recorded, and if the sender's telephone number is not a pre-registered telephone number, the telephone number is There are those that display a number and record or erase received data by selection operation (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-77277), and those that record received data according to a predetermined priority after being stored. (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 62-2
96664) is known.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In both of these cases, the receiving side avoids receiving unnecessary data to eliminate waste of recording paper, and also records received data quickly based on its degree of urgency and importance. However, as facsimile machines become more widespread, there is a demand for further enhancement of their functions.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine and an adapter therefor that are more user-friendly.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile device of the present invention is a facsimile device having a main body or an adapter with a function of detecting a sender's telephone number, which includes a data storage section for storing received data, and a data storage section for storing received data, and a data storage section for storing received data, and for storing data on paper. a recording processing section for recording; a sender number storage section for registering the sender's telephone number in advance; and a destination number storage section for storing a predetermined number of receiver's telephone numbers in order from the most recent one when a transmission is performed. Regarding received and stored data, the phone number data stored in the destination number storage section is given top priority, and the phone number data registered in the sender number storage section is given second priority on paper. A facsimile device is characterized in that it includes a control unit for recording.

[0006]Furthermore, the facsimile device of the present invention is a facsimile device having a function to detect a sender telephone number in the main body or an adapter, and a sender number storage section for pre-registering sender telephone numbers with priorities. a data storage section that temporarily stores the data based on the priority order only when data of a registered telephone number is received; an input means; a recording processing section that records the data on paper; and a data storage section. A data monitoring unit that monitors whether the stored amount exceeds a predetermined amount, and a data monitoring unit that monitors whether the stored data amount exceeds the predetermined amount when data of a phone number with a higher priority than the sender phone number of the stored data is received. control to cause the data storage unit to delete the lowest priority data and store the received data, and to record the data from the data storage unit on paper according to the priority level when the output from the input means is received; This is a facsimile machine characterized by comprising a section.

[0007] In the facsimile device, when the sender's telephone number of the received data does not exist in the sender's number storage section,
It is preferable that a message indicating that reception is not possible is sent back.

[0008] The facsimile device may further include a deletion number storage section that stores a sender telephone number of the deleted data, and a display section that displays the telephone number stored in the deletion number storage section.

[0009]

[Operation] Generally speaking, a reply from the destination to which a facsimile has been sent is often the most important or urgent, but when sending a facsimile, this facsimile machine sends a predetermined number of phone numbers of the destination in order from the most recent to the most recent. The device is equipped with a destination number storage section to store the destination number, and when data is received, the telephone number data stored in the destination number storage section is recorded with the highest priority, so that urgent and highly important received data can be known quickly. Can be done.

Furthermore, in the adapter of the present invention, only the received data of the telephone number registered in advance in the sender number storage section is stored in the data storage section and then outputted to the facsimile machine, so that unnecessary data is not sent to the recipient. can be prevented from being received. Furthermore, the sender phone number assigned priority is registered in advance in the sender number storage unit, and data of a phone number with a higher priority than the sender phone number of the data stored in the data storage unit is received. At times, if the amount of data stored exceeds a predetermined amount, the data with the lowest priority is deleted and the received data is stored, so more important received data does not overflow from the data storage. You can receive the message without any trouble. The data is then output from the data storage unit to the facsimile machine in accordance with the priority order. Therefore, the facsimile machine inputs received data in order of importance, which is convenient for the user.

[0011] Furthermore, in the above adapter, if the sender's phone number of the received data is not registered in advance, a message indicating "unreceivable" is sent back to the sender, which is convenient for the sender. .

[0012]Furthermore, when the above-mentioned adapter is provided with a storage section for storing the sender's telephone number of the deleted data and a display section for displaying the stored telephone number, the sender's telephone number of the data that could not be received can be displayed. This is advantageous because the number is clear and the user can react accordingly.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. This invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a line interface that connects a line L and a facsimile machine according to a predetermined connection procedure, and 2 is an encoding/decoding unit that encodes transmitted data and decodes received data. 3 is an input unit equipped with a keyboard for inputting telephone numbers and various transmission/reception conditions; 4 is a data storage unit that temporarily stores received data; 5 is a reading unit that reads the original to be sent and processes the image; 6 is a reception unit. 7 is a recording processing unit that records the data on paper; 7 is a destination number storage unit that stores the phone number of the destination when sending a manuscript; and deletes the oldest phone number when the number of stored phone numbers exceeds a certain number; A source number storage section 9 stores the high priority source telephone number inputted from the input section 3;
This is a control unit that controls processing in the decoding unit 2, data storage unit 4, reading unit 5, recording processing unit 6, destination number storage unit 7, and transmission source number storage unit 8.

In such a configuration, the line L and the facsimile device are connected by the line interface 1 by signals according to the connection procedure, and the encoder/decoder 2 decodes received data and encodes transmitted data. . Further, the received data is stored in the data storage section 4. The transmitted manuscript undergoes image processing in the reading section 5 and is encoded in the encoding/decoding section 2. When a document is transmitted, the telephone number of the destination is stored in the destination number storage section 7, and when the number of stored telephone numbers exceeds a predetermined number, the oldest one is deleted. Further, in the sender number storage section 8, a sender telephone number with a high priority input from the input section 3 in advance is registered. When receiving data, the control section 9 searches the telephone number in the destination number storage section 7 and the telephone number in the source number storage section 8, and searches the telephone number stored in the destination number storage section 7. Data is given top priority, sender number storage section 8
The data of the telephone number registered in is read out from the data storage section 4 and recorded in the recording processing section 6 with next priority.

The above operation will be explained using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. First, when receiving data, the line L and the facsimile machine are connected in step 101 shown in FIG. 2, and then the received data is stored in the data storage section 4 (step 102). Then, the sender's telephone number is recognized (step 103), and if the recognized telephone number exists in the destination number storage section 7, the received data is outputted in the recording processing section 6. Also,
If the telephone number does not exist in the destination number storage section 7, it is checked whether it is registered in the transmission source number storage section 8 (step 105), and if it is registered, the received data is stored in the recording processing section 6. It is recorded on paper at . Further, if the telephone number is not registered in step 105, the received data is not recorded on the paper.

Next, when transmitting data, in step 201 of FIG.
is checked to see if it exists, and if not,
It is checked whether the telephone number exists in the destination number storage section 7 (step 202). If the telephone number does not exist, the telephone number is stored in the destination number storage section 7 (step 203). Further, if the telephone number of the transmission data is registered in the sender number storage section 8 in step 201 or stored in the destination number storage section 7 in step 202, the number is newly registered. Never.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a general-purpose G3 facsimile machine F.
This is a terminal adapter that connects to the SDN line. The facsimile machine F is provided with a recording processing section that records received data on paper as in the first embodiment. In addition, in adapter A, 11 is the terminal part of the ISDN line, 12 is an input part equipped with a keyboard for inputting a telephone number and various data processing conditions, and 13 is a transmission source telephone number outputted from the input part 12 with a priority order. 14 is a data storage unit that temporarily stores the received data according to the priority order when data of a telephone number registered in advance in the transmission source number storage unit 13 is received; 15 is a data storage unit 14 that is registered in advance; A data monitoring unit 16 monitors whether the amount of data stored in the data storage unit 14 exceeds a predetermined amount; If the amount of data stored in the storage unit 14 exceeds a predetermined amount, the data storage unit 14
This is a control unit that deletes the data with the lowest priority and stores the received data. Further, upon receiving the output from the input section 12, the control section 16 outputs the data from the data storage section 14 to the facsimile machine F via the code protocol conversion section 17 according to the priority order, and causes the recording processing section to record the data on paper. Further, when the sender telephone number of the received data does not exist in the sender number storage section 13, the control unit 16 returns a message meaning "unreceivable" or "not registered" to the sender. Further, 18 is a deletion number storage unit that stores the sender telephone number of data deleted in the data storage unit 14, and 19 is a deletion number storage unit that stores the telephone number stored in the deletion number storage unit in response to a command from the input unit 12. This is a display section for displaying information.

In such a configuration, when the receiver absence (answering machine) mode is set from the input section 12, the ISDN
The transmission source telephone number extracted from the D channel in the line termination unit 11 is searched in the transmission source number storage unit 13, and if the same number does not exist, the line termination unit 11 indicates that it is “unreceivable” or “not registered”. The message is sent back to the sender. When the sender number is registered in the sender number storage section 13, the received data is temporarily stored in the data storage section 14 and rearranged according to the priority order. When an instruction is received from the input unit 12, the data is sequentially sent to the facsimile machine F via the code protocol conversion unit 17 according to the priority order and recorded on paper. Also, the data storage unit 14 is controlled by the data monitoring unit 15.
is monitored, and if the amount of data stored in the data storage unit 14 exceeds a predetermined amount, the sender number of the next received data and the highest priority number registered in the sender number storage unit 13 are If the priority of the source number of the received data is lower than that of the lower priority, a message indicating "memory over" is sent back to the source through the line termination unit 11. Furthermore, if the priority of the sender telephone number of the received data is higher, the data with the lowest priority stored in the data storage unit 14 is deleted, and the newly received data is stored. . In this case, the sender telephone number of the deleted data is stored in the deletion number storage section 18, and when there is a display request from the input section 12, the display section 1
9 will be displayed.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the main parts of FIG. 4, where the data storage section 14 includes memories M1 and M2, and the control section 16 includes memories M3 and M4. 6 and 7 are explanatory diagrams showing an example of data storage allocation in the data storage unit 14. In these figures, the received data in which the sender telephone number is registered is written in byte units in order from the lower address of the memory M1 (RAM), and at the same time
The sender's telephone number, priority, data byte length, and start address are stored in the memory M3 of No. 6. Next, when one piece of data has been received, the firmware in the control unit 16 transfers the data that has been received so far to the memory M2 in order of priority, and at the same time sends the sender's telephone number, priority, The data byte length and start address are also converted and transferred to the memory M4 of the control unit 16 according to the priority order. Next, the received data is stored in memory M2, and the source number, priority, data byte length, and start address are stored in memory M4. When reception is complete, the received data is stored in memory M.
The source number, priority, data byte length, and start address are also transferred from memory M4 to memory M3 according to priority. In the same manner, the received data is stored in the memory M1 or the memory M2 in order of priority. In addition, in the memory M1 or M2 where the latest data is stored at the time of data reception, a predetermined memory address (
If there is data stored in the threshold (threshold), the lowest priority of the currently stored data is compared with the priority of the sender's phone number that is about to be received next, and the reception is started. If the sender's telephone number has a low priority, a message indicating "memory overflow" will be sent to the sender, and in the opposite case, the first address of the currently stored data with the lowest priority will be sent to the sender. The received data is stored in order from the beginning, and at the same time, the sender telephone number with the lowest priority stored in memory M3 or M4 is transferred to memory M5, and the sender telephone number, priority order, data byte length, and The start address is stored in the memory area where the lowest priority data was stored before reception.

The above operation will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the receiver absent "answering" mode is set in step 301, it is checked whether the sender telephone number of the received data is registered (step 302), and if it is registered, the data storage unit 4 If the remaining memory capacity of is greater than or equal to the predetermined value (step 303), the received data is stored in the data storage section 4 (step 303).
Step 304). Then, the stored data is rearranged (step 305), and when there is an instruction from the input unit 12 (step 306), the received data is sent to the facsimile machine F and recorded on paper (step 307). Next, the routine enters a standby state for input and data reception by the input unit 12 (step 308), and if there is an input from the input unit 12, the routine returns to step 307, and if data is received, the routine returns to step 301. In addition, if the sender telephone number of the received data is not registered in step 302, "unreceivable" or "not registered" is displayed.
A message indicating the following is sent back to the sender (step 309). Furthermore, if the remaining memory capacity of the data storage section 14 is below a predetermined value in step 303, the priority order of the transmission source telephone number of the received data and the data storage section 14
The priority order of the telephone number of the received data stored in is compared with the priority order of the telephone number of the received data, and if the priority order of the telephone number of the received data is high, the data with the lowest priority order is deleted from the data storage section 14, and the routine proceeds to step Proceed to 304. Further, in step 310, if the priority of the telephone number of the received data is lower than the priority of the telephone number of the data stored in the data storage section, a message indicating "memory overflow" is returned to the sender.

[0022]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the facsimile device of this invention,
Since data from recently transmitted destinations is output with priority, data with high urgency and importance can be obtained with the highest priority. Further, according to the adapter of the present invention, since only the data transmitted by the pre-registered telephone number is received, unnecessary data is not received. Furthermore, since received data is stored in the order of predetermined priority, it is possible to prevent important data from not being received due to insufficient memory capacity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the main parts of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of the main part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of the main part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Line interface 2 Encoding/decoding section 3 Input section 4 Data storage section 5 Reading section 6 Recording processing section 7 Destination number storage section 8 Sender number storage section 9 Control section

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claim 1: A facsimile machine having a function to detect a sender's telephone number in the main body or an adapter, comprising a data storage section (4) for storing received data, and a recording processing section (6) for recording the data on paper. , a sender number storage section (8) that registers the sender's phone number in advance, and a destination number storage section (7) that stores a predetermined number of sender's phone numbers in order from the most recent one when a transmission is performed. Then, regarding the received and stored data, give top priority to the telephone number data stored in the destination number storage section (7), and also give top priority to the data of the telephone number stored in the destination number storage section (8).
1. A facsimile device comprising a control unit (9) that records data of a telephone number registered on a sheet of paper with priority. 2. A facsimile machine having a function to detect a sender's telephone number in the main body or an adapter, comprising a sender's number storage section (13) for pre-registering a sender's telephone number with a priority order; a data storage section (14) that temporarily stores the data based on the priority order only when data of a telephone number has been received, an input means (12), a recording processing section that records the data on paper, and a data storage section. a data monitoring unit (15) that monitors whether the storage amount of the data exceeds a predetermined amount; If the amount exceeds the predetermined amount, the data storage section (14) deletes the lowest priority data and stores the received data, and when receiving the output from the input means (12), the data storage section (14) deletes the lowest priority data and stores the received data. 14) A facsimile apparatus comprising a control section (16) for recording data from 14) on a paper according to priority order. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit (16) returns a message indicating unreceivable reception to the sender when the sender's telephone number of the received data is not in the sender's number storage unit (13). . 4. A claim further comprising: a deletion number storage section (18) for storing a sender telephone number of the deleted data; and a display section (19) for displaying the telephone number stored in the deletion number storage section. The facsimile machine according to item 2.