JPH0435456A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cope with troublesome telephone, etc., such as direct mail or the like by providing a management information storage means storing the information of a caller's telephone number with the communication result information of the contents corresponding to a communication state. CONSTITUTION:Management information storage means 5 and 7 are provided to store the information of the caller's telephone number with the communication result information with the contents corresponding to the communication state. In this case, since the management information storage means 5 and 7 store the information of the caller's telephone number together with the communication result information, the callee can know the caller's telephone number by printing the information of the caller's telephone number together with the communication result information at a printer part 8 and displaying it on a display panel by the facsimile equipment. Thus, the telephone number of the troublesome telephone, etc., such as the direct mail or the like is unrevealed to the callee and the communication reject against this telephone number can be requested to the telephone station so that the excessive use of printing paper by receiving unnecessary picture information during the absence of a user, and the reception of necessary picture information can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that communicates image information using a communication line in which a public service is implemented in which information about a calling party's telephone number is transmitted to a called party. It is related to the device.

Conventional technology The image information is transmitted and received via a communication line such as a telephone line, which includes a reading section and a printing section that prints the image information. In some areas, public services are implemented in which information about the caller's telephone number is sent to the called party, contributing to the prevention of prank calls and nuisance calls.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, prank calls and nuisance calls can be prevented in a communication line in which information about a caller's telephone number is transmitted to a called party.

However, since facsimile machines receive image information even when the user is away, they end up receiving and printing unnecessary image information, such as from direct mail, which can waste printing paper and printing unnecessary images. Something has happened that impairs the reception of information.

Once the caller's phone number is known, this can be handled by having the management information storage means request information on the caller's phone number. However, as described above, even if the calling party's telephone number information is transmitted prior to the image information in the facsimile machine, this information cannot be notified to the called party.

Some facsimile machines transmit the caller's telephone number along with image information, but since the transmitted telephone number is set on the device by the user, it may be different from the actual telephone number. Although it can be entered, it is not useful for identifying nuisance calls.

Means for Solving the Problem In a facsimile machine that communicates image information using a communication line in which information about the caller's telephone number is transmitted to the called party before the communication signal, the caller's telephone number is Management information storage means is provided for storing the information along with communication result information having contents corresponding to the communication status.

Since it is stored together with the communication result information, the called party can know the caller's telephone number by printing the caller's telephone number information together with the communication result information on the printer unit or displaying it on the display panel. .

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 4. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the facsimile machine 1 of this embodiment is connected to a communication line 2 on which a public service is implemented in which information on a telephone number of one caller is transmitted to a called party.

Here, as illustrated in FIG. 3, an NCU (Network Control Unit) connected to this communication line 2
It) 3 is connected to CPU (Cent
ralProcessing IJnit) 5 is connected, and these circuit components 4 and 5 have a ROM (Re
ad OnlyMemory) 6, RAM (Rando
m Access Memory) 7, printer section 8,
A scanner section 9 and a calling party telephone number receiving section 10 connected to the NCU 3 are connected. In this facsimile device 1, the circuit components 5, 7, etc. form a management information storage means.

In such a configuration, this facsimile device 1 has the following functions:
Image information of a document (not shown) read by the scanner unit 9 is transmitted to another facsimile machine 11 via the communication line 2 in the same manner as a conventional facsimile machine.

Therefore, the operation when image information is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 1 of this embodiment from another facsimile apparatus 11 which is a caller will be described below based on the flowchart illustrated in FIG. First, in this facsimile device 1,
When the input of a calling signal from the communication line 2 is detected by the NCU 3, the modem 4 and the calling party's telephone number receiving unit 10 are connected to the communication line 2.
The information on the calling party's telephone number that is first input from this communication line 2 is temporarily stored in the RAM 7 via the calling party's telephone number receiving section 10. When this time storage operation is completed, the next image information input as binary data is transferred to the printer section 8 and printed out. and,
When these series of operations are completed, communication result information regarding the contents of the operations is stored in the RAM 7 together with information on the calling party's telephone number, and the facsimile machine 1 returns to the standby state.

Therefore, in this facsimile device 1, for example, when the user performs a key operation as desired, communication result information is read out from the RAM 7 together with information on the calling party's telephone number and stored in the ROM.
6 is converted into character information by the character generator,
The information is sequentially transferred to the printer section 8 and printed out as a communication management report 12. Then, this communication management report 1
2, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the caller's telephone number 14 is written together with communication result information 13 consisting of reception time, etc., so by visually checking this, the called party can identify the caller. You can know the phone number of Therefore, the called party will know the telephone number of the nuisance call such as direct mail, and it will be possible to request the telephone office to refuse communication to this telephone number, and unnecessary image information will be sent to the called party while the user is away. It is possible to prevent unnecessary consumption of printing paper or damage to the reception of necessary image information.

In the facsimile device l of this embodiment, the information on the caller's telephone number temporarily stored together with the communication result information is printed out as the communication management report 12, but
The present invention is not limited to the above structure, for example,
A facsimile device (not shown) that displays and outputs the above-mentioned information on a display panel can also be implemented.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a facsimile machine that communicates image information using a communication line in which information about a caller's telephone number is transmitted to a called party before a communication signal. By providing a management information storage means that stores information on the caller's phone number along with communication result information corresponding to the communication status, the printer unit can store the caller's phone number information together with the communication result information as a communication management report. By printing it out or displaying it on a display panel, the called party can know the telephone number of the caller, which has the effect of making it possible to deal with nuisance calls such as direct mail.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a flowchart, FIGS. 2 and 3 are block diagrams, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of a communication management report. l...Facsimile machine, 2...Communication line, 5, 7
... Management information storage means 1.1 m Figure 177, Figure %3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine that transmits image information using a communication line in which the caller's telephone number information is sent to the called party before the communication signal, the caller's telephone number information is adapted to the communication situation. 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: management information storage means for storing communication result information of the received contents together with communication result information.