JPH04351060A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the communication cost by sending a page designated for each destination subject to relay transmission. CONSTITUTION:A buffer memory 3 stores picture information 6 of relay multiple address transmission received from a master station equipment. A storage section 2 stores a start and an end page number and a destination telephone number sent as to the picture information 6. A main control section 1 controls a modulation section 4 and a network control section 5 and applies relay transmission to picture information of a page designated for each destination.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine that stores image information.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of facsimile machine, a relay station device that receives a relay instruction transmits all the information from the first page to the last page of the document to all the destinations to which relay broadcast transmission is to be performed. The page was being sent as a relay broadcast.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine, the device at the relay station that received the relay instruction sent all pages to the destination of the relay broadcast. The drawback was that it was not possible to change the page to be sent.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The facsimile apparatus of the present invention is a facsimile machine comprising a storage means for band-compressing and storing received image information, and a means for controlling the stored image information on a document page basis. In the device, multiple telephone numbers of relay broadcast destinations are sent from the master station device at the same time as the relay broadcast transmission document, and the start page number and end page to be sent to each of the relay broadcast destinations. and means for transmitting the accumulated image information, and relays the page designated by the start page number and end page number to each of the relay broadcast destinations. and means for broadcast transmission.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment has a plurality of telephone numbers of relay broadcast destinations sent from a remote location at the same time as a relay broadcast transmission document, and the destination of each telephone number. The storage unit 2 stores the start page number and end page number to be transmitted to the page. Further, the page control unit 8 manages the pages of the document stored in the buffer memory 3, and the main control unit 1 controls the page control unit 8 and the modulation unit 4.
and the network control unit 5.

The operation of this embodiment is realized by the control method of the main control section 1 and the management method of the page control section 8.
After the pages are managed by the page control unit 8, the buffer memory 3
A plurality of telephone numbers of relay multicast transmission destinations that are simultaneously sent, and a start page number and an end page number to be transmitted to each telephone number are stored in the storage unit 2. The main control unit 1 uses the page control unit 8 to retrieve from the buffer memory 3 page by page pages of the relay broadcast transmission image information 6 from the transmission start page to the transmission end page for each telephone number stored in the storage unit 2. After being modulated by the modulation unit 4, it is sent from the network control unit 5 to the line 7, and the designated pages are sequentially relayed and broadcasted to all destinations for which relay broadcasting has been instructed.

FIG. 2 shows a facsimile procedure when the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment performs a relay instruction transmission operation with a start page number and an end page number added to each destination of a relay broadcast. Reference numeral 10 indicates the facsimile device of the relay station that instructs relay broadcast transmission, 11 and 12 indicate the destination of the relay broadcast transmission, pre-procedure 13 indicates a set of pre-procedure signals at the start of relay instruction communication, and image information 14 indicates the relay broadcast transmission. Image information of the report transmission document, post-step 1
5 is a set of post-procedure signals at the end of the relay instruction communication, 16 is a set of communication procedure signals and image information for the destination 11 of the relay broadcast transmission document, and 17 is a communication procedure for the destination of the relay broadcast transmission document. Shows a collection of signals and image information.

In the facsimile machine of this embodiment,
The phone number of destination 11, the page number to start sending to destination 11, the page number to end sending to destination 11, the phone number of destination 12, the page number to start sending to destination 12, and the page number to end sending to destination 12 in the previous step 13. , the relay broadcast document is transmitted from the master station 9 to the relay station 10 using image information 14. The relay station 10 performs relay transmission 16 of the relay broadcast document received from the master station 9 to the destination 11 from the transmission start page to the transmission end page. Thereafter, the relay station 10 sends the relay broadcast document received from the master station 9 to the destination 12.
Relay transmission 17 is performed from the transmission start page to the transmission end page.

0010

As explained above, according to the present invention, by providing the function of storing the start page number and end page number for each relay destination of image information received and stored from the master station, the relay destination Different pages of the specified relay broadcast document can be transmitted each time. This makes it possible to transmit different documents at once in response to a relay broadcast transmission instruction from a remote location, which has the effect of saving communication costs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control procedure for relay broadcast transmission according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Main control section 2. Storage section 3 Buffer memory 4 Modulation section 5 Network control section 6 Relay broadcast transmission image information 7 Line 8 Page control section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile machine comprising storage means for band-compressing and storing received image information, and means for controlling the stored image information on a document page basis, wherein the facsimile apparatus is capable of relay broadcast transmission from a master station device. means for receiving and storing a plurality of telephone numbers of relay broadcast destinations sent at the same time as the document, and a start page number and an end page number to be transmitted to each of the relay broadcast destinations; and means for transmitting the page specified by the start page number and the end page number to each of the relay broadcast destinations. facsimile machine.