JPH04302566A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To remove sounds unpleasant to ears and a misunderstanding such as the generation of abnormality in a telephone line and to make it possible to check the start of manual reception before a facsimile (FAX) equipment body after commanding the start of reception from a slave telephone set to the FAX equipment body in a FAX equipment capable of connecting the slave telephone set to the FAX equipment body. CONSTITUTION:If the start of reception is commanded from the slave telephone set to the FAX equipment body and the FAX equipment body starts manual reception when the FAX equipment body is set up to a manual receiving mode, a message indicating the start of manual reception is sent from a voice message part 13 to the slave telephone set.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine capable of connecting a slave telephone to the main body of the facsimile machine.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile machine to which a slave telephone can be connected to the main body of the facsimile machine, when the main body of the facsimile machine is set to manual reception mode,
The slave phone can command the facsimile machine to start receiving, and when the facsimile machine starts manual reception, the facsimile communication procedure signal is heard from the handset of the slave phone. Are known. In addition, there are known devices that are configured so that when the facsimile machine starts manual reception as described above, the slave phone is switched to the communication modem side of the facsimile machine by a relay, and the slave phone becomes silent. There is.

0003

However, in the conventional example described above, when the slave telephone instructs the main body of the facsimile machine to start reception, the communication procedure signal is transmitted and the facsimile goes silent, so there are the following problems.

First, there is a problem in that it is difficult to hear facsimile communication procedure signals when they are heard from the handset of a slave telephone. In addition, when the facsimile machine starts manual reception using a slave phone, if the handset of the slave phone becomes silent, it may be mistaken as an abnormality in the telephone line, and the manual Since it is not possible to determine whether or not reception has started, it is necessary to go to the facsimile machine itself to check after issuing a command to start manual reception, which reduces the effectiveness of remote reception.

[0005] According to the present invention, there is no difficulty in hearing after commanding the main body of the facsimile machine to start reception from the slave telephone, and there is no possibility that it is misunderstood that an abnormality has occurred in the telephone line, and furthermore, manual reception is possible. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine in which it is possible to confirm that the facsimile machine has been started without going to the main body of the facsimile machine.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a facsimile machine in which a slave telephone can be connected to the main body of the facsimile machine. When a start is commanded and the facsimile main body starts manual reception, the facsimile main body sends a message indicating that manual reception has started to the slave telephone.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing the main body of a facsimile machine.

In FIG. 1, a CPU 1 that controls the entire facsimile machine performs operation processing based on a program stored in a ROM 2, and a CPU 1 that controls the entire facsimile machine.
AM4, recording section 5, reading section 6, modem 7, NCU 8, operation section 10, display section 12, voice message section 13, pseudo C
It controls the I section 14.

The RAM 3 stores the binary data of "1" and "0" read by the reading section 6, stores the binary data for recording by the recording section 5, and stores the binary data for recording by the recording section 5. Binarized data to be modulated by and output to the telephone line 9 through the NCU 8 is stored. Further, the RAM 3 stores binary data obtained by demodulating an analog waveform input from the telephone line 9 by the modem 7.

[0010] The non-volatile RAM 4 is a RAM that stores data that should be saved even when the system power is turned off.
It is. The recording unit 5 includes a DMA control IC,
It is composed of a thermal head, etc., and prints out according to the recording data stored in the RAM 3.

[0011] The reading unit 6 includes a DMA controller, a CCD
, a control IC, etc., it binarizes the data read by the CCD, sequentially encodes the values, and sends them to the RAM 3. The modem 7 includes a clock generation circuit,
It modulates the transmission data stored in the RAM 3 and demodulates the analog signal input from the telephone line 9. Also, during reception operation, the modem 7 identifies the DTMF sent from the other party, evolves the data by 16, and stores it in the RAM 3.
It is sent to Under the control of the CPU 1, the NCU 8 connects the telephone line 9 to the modem 7 or the connected telephone 1.
0 for connection.

The operation section 11 includes a display section 101, a stop key 103 for stopping the processing operation, a start key 104 for starting the operation, a numeric keypad 105 for outputting the other party's telephone number to the telephone line 9, and a facsimile a manual/automatic slide switch 106 for switching the reception mode of the
Slider 1 that detects the width of the original placed on the original transport table
07. The display section 12 shows what state the device is in, and is composed of an LCD or the like. Note that since the slave telephone in the above embodiment is a common one, illustration of the slave telephone is omitted.

Next, the reception operation in the above embodiment and the operation when remote reception is performed will be explained.

First, during the facsimile standby state, the NCU
A calling signal enters the NCU 8 via a telephone line 9 connected to the NCU 8, and when the modem 7 determines that it is a calling signal, the facsimile apparatus main body and the connected telephone 9 ring.

FIG. 3 shows the connection telephone 9 in the above embodiment.
It is a flowchart which shows the operation|movement after sounding.

[0016] Automatic/manual changeover switch 10 of operation section 11
6 is set to automatic receiving side or manual receiving side according to the program in ROM2.
U1 makes a decision (S1). When the changeover switch 106 is set to the automatic mode, the main body of the facsimile apparatus is brought into a reception state and begins a facsimile reception operation. In addition, when the changeover switch 106 is set to manual mode (S2), the state of the hook switch of the slave phone is detected, and if it is on-hook, the slave phone goes off-hook while keeping the slave phone ringing. Wait until (S2).

[0017] When the slave phone goes off-hook, if the operator determines that it is a telephone (S3), a call is made (S2).
1) When the call ends and the slave phone goes on-hook, it returns to the facsimile reception standby state.

On the other hand, if the operator determines that it is a facsimile reception (S3), a remote reception operation is performed. That is, the operator instructs the main body of the facsimile machine from the slave telephone to start manual reception (S4). In response, the facsimile apparatus starts manual reception.

At this time, the state of the hook switch of the slave telephone is detected (S5), and if it is on-hook, the pseudo CI unit 14 sends a pseudo CI to the slave telephone (S11),
When the operator puts the slave phone off-hook (S5)
Then, the voice message section 13 outputs the message "Remote communication is available", which is fixedly registered in advance, to the handset of the slave telephone (S6), and returns to the standby state for facsimile reception.

[0020] After off-hooking the slave telephone (S2), the operator checks whether the slave telephone is off-hook in S5 after off-hooking the slave telephone (S2) and performing remote reception operation. This was done in consideration of the fact that it may decide that there is no need to do this and go on-hook. Even if the user goes on-hook after completing the remote reception operation in this manner, in the above embodiment, the voice message can be heard from the slave phone.

In the above embodiment, after the slave telephone instructs the main body of the facsimile machine to start reception, no communication procedure signal is sent from the handset of the slave telephone, so there is no difficulty in listening. In addition, since the handset of the child phone does not go silent, there is no chance of it being mistaken for an abnormality in the telephone line.Furthermore, a voice message is played on the handset of the child phone, indicating that manual reception has started. You can check the information without going to the facsimile machine itself.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the details of the remote reception operation in the above embodiment.

The remote reception codes "2" and "5" programmed in the ROM 2 are input to the modem 7 using tone signals, and the modem 7 determines the tone signals "2" and "5". Remote reception is accepted only in cases (S31, S32). In other words, the main body of the facsimile machine is instructed to start receiving. Alternatively, the main body of the facsimile apparatus may be instructed to start reception by pressing a start switch or the like provided on the slave telephone.

[0024]

According to the present invention, there is no difficulty in hearing after commanding the main body of the facsimile machine to start reception from the slave telephone, and there is no possibility that it will be mistaken for an abnormality in the telephone line. This has the effect that it is possible to confirm that manual reception has started without going to the main body of the facsimile machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an operation section and a display section in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation after the connection telephone 9 rings in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the details of remote reception processing of the facsimile machine in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RAM, 4...Nonvolatile RAM, 5...recording department, 6...reading section, 7...Modem, 8...NCU, 9...Telephone line, 10...Connection phone, 11...operation unit, 12...display section, 13...Voice message section, 14...Pseudo CI generation part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile device in which a slave telephone can be connected to a main body of the facsimile machine, when the main body of the facsimile machine is set to a manual reception mode, the slave telephone instructs the main body of the facsimile machine to start receiving, A facsimile device characterized in that, when the facsimile device main body starts manual reception, the facsimile device main body sends a message indicating that the manual reception has started to the slave telephone. 2. In claim 1, if the slave telephone is off-hook when the facsimile main body starts manual reception, the message is sent to the slave telephone, while the slave telephone is turned on-hook. If the facsimile machine is off-hook, the facsimile apparatus sends a calling signal to the slave telephone, and then sends the message to the slave telephone when the telephone is off-hook.