JPH04302253A - Multifunctional telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To unnecessitate information transfer through a paper sheet by storing data received by data communication and executing the automatic FAX transmission of the stored data according to a polling request. CONSTITUTION:An NCU part 1 connects/disconnects an external telephone set B. The said part 1 switches a data signal and a FAX signal, and an HY part 13 synthesizes the data signal and the FAX signal as well. The FAX signal is stored in a FAX part 3 as image data, and the data signal is stored in a data communication part 4. Next, a control part 5 reads out the personal identification number of a transmitting destination, when the coincidence can not be obtained, the polling request is executed, the received data are read out of the memory card of the data communication part 4 and converted to the image data, and FAX communication is executed through an IF connector 8. The image data in the memory card are read out of the FAX part 3 and transmitted. According to this method, it is not necessary to temporarily print the input data.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multifunction telephone device that stores data received through data communication and automatically transmits the stored data by FAX in response to a polling request.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information data (text or graphics) transmitted through data communication is printed using a printer or the like. When transmitting this information by fax, the printed data is read by a fax machine, and the read data is transmitted by fax.

0003

However, such conventional devices always require the use of paper, and if it is not necessary to store the printed paper, it is a waste of paper resources. Also, if you want to obtain this received data while you are out, you can ask someone else to send it to you, but as mentioned above, it will be sent via paper, so the contents will be exposed to the eyes of others. However, depending on the circumstances, this may cause problems. The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that automatically sends data received through data communication to a forwarding destination by facsimile without going through another person.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve these problems, the present invention provides a data processing function that stores information data received through data communication, and a function that automatically stores stored information when a polling request is received. It also has a sending function for sending faxes.

[0005]

[Operation] Text and graphic data received through data communication are stored, and the stored data is automatically faxed to a destination by polling.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. This device consists of an NCU section 1 for connecting lines and external telephones, a telephone section 2 for making calls, a FAX section 3 for making FAX communications, a data communication section 4 for data communications, a control section 5 for overall control, and a display. It is comprised of a display section 6 for performing operations, an operation section 7 for performing necessary key operations, etc., and an interface connector 8 for transmitting and receiving interface signals with external devices.

The NCU unit 1 is composed of contacts for switching between telephone signals and FAX or data signals, contacts for connecting and disconnecting external telephones, and a hybrid circuit for synthesizing data signals and FAX signals. .

[0008] The telephone section 2 is composed of parts such as a handset, a speaker, a ringer, etc., and a telephone circuit. The telephone circuit is comprised of various circuits for receiving calls, making calls, amplifying voice, holding processing, sending out dial signals, etc.

The FAX section 3 includes a CPU, a modem, an image sensor, a thermal head, a ROM, a RAM, an original detection section,
It consists of a recording paper detection section and the like. The data communication section 4 is composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, DSP, AFE, etc. The control section 5 is composed of a ROM, RAM, CPU, interface section, etc. Display section 6 is LCD
It consists of a unit, a backlight, and an adjustment section to adjust them. The operation unit 7 is composed of LEDs, keys, etc.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the receiving operation of this device. In step 100, timer transmission processing is performed and a line for data communication with a predetermined destination is connected. Then, in step 101, data from the connected party is received. This data is, for example, text format or graphic format data.

[0011] The received data is stored on a memory card as shown in step 102. Note that this memory does not necessarily have to be a memory card, but since memory for fax is usually for emergency use, its capacity is small and can only store a few pages, and it is used only for storing received data. Utilization efficiency is poor due to However, memory cards with a large storage capacity are easily available, and if they are removable, they can be used for other purposes when memory reception is not necessary, making them extremely efficient. A memory card is used here.

[0012] Upon completion of data reception, step 103
Since it is determined that data reception has finished,
In step 104, the line is released and the receiving operation ends.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation when reading and transferring stored data by polling. When an incoming call is detected as shown in step 200 in FIG. 3, a voice message is sent out as shown in step 201. This message has, for example, a content such as "Yes, this is ◎◎. I'm currently out of the office. Please tell me your requirements after the beep."

After hearing this voice message, the user enters a password in step 202, which is verified in step 203, and if it matches a pre-registered password, the voice message transmission is stopped as shown in step 204. will be held.

[0015] Here, the user makes a polling request using a toll saver or the like, as shown in step 205. As a result, the received data is read from the memory card as shown in step 206, and the read received data is converted into image data and transmitted by FAX as shown in step 207.

At this time, the data obtained through data communication is generally displayed on a liquid crystal display, but since the display area of the liquid crystal display is about one-third of the display area of a fax, it is not possible to send the data as is. If you do so, the screen may become too small and difficult to read depending on the displayed content. For this reason, when converting to image data, the density in the horizontal direction is tripled, three lines in the vertical direction are copied, and the data is sent in accordance with the density of the FAX.

Note that in FIG. 2, the data received through data communication is stored as is, read out, and then converted into image data; however, the received data may be converted into image data and stored. The configuration may be determined as appropriate depending on how the stored data is used. For example, if real-time transfer is not required, converting to image data and storing it will save processing time during transfer. Note that instead of collecting the other party's signal using a timer, the data may be collected by automatically receiving a call and transferring the data.

If the passwords do not match in step 202, then in step 205, predetermined processing is performed in cases other than polling requests.

[0019]

As explained above, the present invention stores data received through data communication, and automatically sends the stored data by fax in response to a polling request, thereby making it possible to transfer information via paper. This eliminates the need for paper resources to be wasted, and has the effect of maintaining confidentiality since the contents can be transferred without being exposed to the eyes of others.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

[Figure 2] Flowchart showing data reception operation

[Figure 3] Flowchart showing the operation of polling and transmitting stored data

[Explanation of symbols]

1 NCU section 1 2　Telephone department 3 FAX department 4 Data communication department 5 Control section 6 Display section 7 Operation section 7 8 Interface connector

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A multifunctional telephone device equipped with a FAX function, a data communication function, and a telephone function, which includes a data processing function for storing information data received through data communication, and a data processing function for storing information data received when a polling request is received. automatic fax
A multifunctional telephone device characterized by having a sending function.