JPH04369958A - Facsimile equipment for transmission notification - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the facsimile equipment for transmission notification capable of transmitting a facsimile document to the destination as fast as possible. CONSTITUTION:A transmission control part 3, under the control of a control part 5, connects to the opposite facsimile equipment with a telephone number stored in a dial memory 11. Then, the control part 5 controls a scanner part 1 and transmits a document from the scanner part 1 to a line through a transmission control part 3. When the control part 5 decides that the transmission of the entire document is completed, it controls the transmission control part 3 to disconnect the line with the opposite facsimile equipment, and dials the notification destination telephone number stored in a notification memory 13. When the control part 5 confirms the off-hook of the telephone set of the notification destination, it transmits a notification sound according to the code number of the notification memory 13 to the notification destination telephone set by controlling notification sound means 25 and 27 and the transmission control part 3. Thus, the notification destination can confirm the arrival of the facsimile document.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transmission notification facsimile device that can notify a destination facsimile device of the transmission of a document, drawing, etc. by using a telephone near the destination.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a facsimile machine optically reads a manuscript containing documents, drawings, etc., converts it into digital data, and sends the data to the other party's facsimile machine via a telephone line, or A manuscript or the like is obtained by recording data transmitted from a facsimile machine via, for example, a telephone line on paper.

By the way, when such a facsimile machine is used by a large number of people, in order to ensure that the document to be sent is delivered to the destination recipient, it is necessary to call the destination recipient once and then send the facsimile document. Communicate that
After that, it is common practice to use the facsimile machine to transmit the document to the other party's facsimile machine, and then call the destination party again to confirm whether the document has been received.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, with the above-described method of checking whether or not a document has been received, if there is no facsimile machine near the destination recipient, it is difficult to immediately check whether or not a facsimile document has been received. The drawback is that it cannot be done.

[0005] Furthermore, when using the above-mentioned confirmation method, for example, if you receive a notification over the phone that a facsimile document will be sent, when you go to check the facsimile machine, you will find that the document has not been sent, However, the disadvantage is that you have to go to the facsimile machine to check.

Furthermore, if there is no notification that a facsimile document will be sent, there is a drawback that even if the document has been received, if no one confirms it, the received document may not reach the recipient for several hours. There is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission notification facsimile device which eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and can reliably and quickly deliver a facsimile document to a desired person.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the transmission notification facsimile device of the present invention includes a scanner unit that optically reads a manuscript containing documents, drawings, etc. and converts it into digital data; a transmission control section capable of dialing in the telephone number of the destination and transmitting digital data and other audio from the scanner section to the communication line; a dial memory storing the telephone number of the destination facsimile device; and a notification. a notification memory for storing the previous telephone number and the code number of the called party; a notification sound means capable of transmitting a notification sound corresponding to the code number of the notification memory; Connect to the other party's facsimile machine using the phone number stored in the dial memory and send the original, and when all the originals have been sent, call the notification destination phone number stored in the notification memory and respond to the code number in the notification memory. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control section that can send a notification sound to a notification destination telephone by means of a notification sound means.

[0009]

[Operation] With the above structure, the transmission control section connects to the other party's facsimile machine using the telephone number stored in the dial memory. Next, the original is sent from the scanner section. When the transmission of all documents is completed, the transmission control section disconnects the line with the facsimile machine, and then calls the notification destination telephone number stored in the notification memory. When the notification destination telephone is off-hook, a notification sound corresponding to the code number of the notification memory is sent to the notification destination telephone by a notification sound means. This allows the destination to confirm that the facsimile document has arrived.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be explained below with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a transmission notification facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. The transmission section of the transmission notification facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is configured as follows. That is, the document set in the transmission notification facsimile device is optically read by the scanner section 1.

The scanner section 1 converts the read original into an electrical signal, converts it into binary digital data at a certain level, and then supplies it to the transmission control section 3. Transmission control section 3
an encoder 31 that encodes the digital data;
It consists of a modem 32 that converts the data from the encoder 31 into audio data for the telephone line, and a line control device 33 with an auto dial that connects the modem 32 and the telephone line.
The digital data can be sent to the telephone line as voice data.

Furthermore, the control section 5 is composed of a microcomputer or the like, and centrally controls the operation of the apparatus according to a program stored in the ROM 7 in advance. This control section 5
is connected to a RAM 9, and the RAM 9 stores data necessary for performing the above-mentioned control operations.

The control section 5 includes a dial memory 11, a notification memory 13, a sender memory 15, a key input section 17, a calendar clock 19, a page counter 21, a character generator 23, and a voice memory 25. and a speech synthesizer 27 are connected.

The dial memory 11 can store the telephone number of the facsimile machine of the other party. The notification memory 13 is
Data for notifying that a facsimile document has been sent is stored on a telephone set near the recipient of the notification. The sender memory 15 stores data for notifying the sender when transmitting a document. The key input unit 17 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number, etc., and function keys for performing predetermined operations.

The calendar clock 19 displays the year, month, day, and time, and also provides the time at which the original is sent. The page counter 21 provides data for adding pages to a document when sending the document. The character generator 23 converts various digital data into character data such as letters and numbers. The voice memory 25 stores, as announcement data, an announcement to the effect that a facsimile document has been sent to the recipient. The speech synthesizer 27 converts the announcement data from the speech memory 25 into speech.

The voice synthesis device 27 is controlled by the control section 5, and can send the voice signal to the telephone line via the line control device 33 of the transmission control section 3. Note that the scanner section 1 is connected to a page counter 21. Further, the character generator 23 and the audio memory 25 constitute notification sound means.

The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be explained. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. The operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 1. First, when a document is set in the transmission notification facsimile machine (step S101), the control section 5 starts its operation.

Next, enter the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine from the numeric keypad of the key input section 17, for example, "03 (4).
567) 8901'' (step S102), and the control unit 5 determines whether or not ``#'' has been input (step S103). Memorize the number (step S
104).

[0020]Then, the control unit 5 determines whether or not the start button of the key input unit 17 has been pressed (step S1).
04), if the start button is not pressed, the control unit 5 again performs the process of determining the input from the key input unit 17 (step S
101).

Next, when "#" on the numeric keypad of the key input section 17 is pressed after the telephone number of the facsimile machine, the key input section 17 displays the message of the recipient notifying that the facsimile document has been sent. Telephone number, for example "03 (
4567) 8905" is input, the control unit 5 determines whether this has been input (step S106), and at the same time determines whether "#" has been input (
Step S107), if it is not "#", it is stored in the notification memory 13 as the telephone number of the destination recipient (step S107).
108).

[0022] Further, after the called party's telephone number, "#" is added.
” is input, the two digits of the recipient's code number, for example “05”, is promised to be input, so the control unit 5 stores this in the notification memory 13 (step S10).
9 to S110), when the input of the two-digit code number is completed (step S111), flag F is set to "1" (step S112), and the process moves to determining whether the start button of the key input section 17 has been pressed. (Step S11
3).

When the start button is pressed (steps S105, S113), the control unit 5 retrieves the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine from the dial memory 11,
For example, take out "03 (4567) 8901" and give it to the line control device 33 to dial (step S114).
).

Here, when the destination facsimile device does not go off-hook (step S115) and rings ten times or more (step S116), the control unit 5 controls the line control device 33 to temporarily disconnect the line. Decided (Step S)
103), after a certain period of time (step S117)
, if the number of calls is within three times (step S119),
The process moves on to giving the telephone number to the line control device 33 again and dialing it (step S114), but when the number of calls reaches three times, the line is disconnected and a redialing instruction is issued (step S120), and the process ends.

On the other hand, when the off-hook occurs (step S115), the control section 5 gives the data of the document read by the scanner section 1 to the transmission control section 3, and transmits the documents one after another (steps S121, S122). . Next, when the scanner section 1 has finished transmitting all the originals (step S122), the control section 5 controls the line control device 33 to disconnect the line (step S123), and the flag F is set to "
If the number is not 1" (step S124), there is no need to call the other party, so all processing ends.

Further, when the control section 5 determines that the flag F is "1" (step S124), the control section 5 retrieves the telephone number of the notification destination party from the notification memory 13 and gives it to the line control device 33, and sends it to the notification destination party. dial the telephone number (step S125). When someone answers the phone at the notification destination (step S126), the callee code from the notification memory 13 and the voice announcement data from the voice memory 25, for example, "A facsimile document has been sent to the person with code number 5." The data is extracted and given to the speech synthesizer 27.

Thereby, the speech synthesizer 27 sends out the announcement to the telephone line via the line control device 33, and continues to do so unless it is on-hook (steps S127, S128). Here, when the notification destination telephone is on-hook (step S128) and all announcements have been completed (step S129), the line is disconnected (step S134) and the entire process can be completed. Become.

[0028] If all the announcement data has not been sent (step S129), the process moves to dial processing (step S125) to ensure that the recipient of the notification reaches the recipient. For example, if the phone of the recipient of the notification does not go off-hook even after 10 or more rings (step S130), the line is disconnected (step S131), and after a certain period of time has elapsed (step S1
32), if the number of calls is within three times (step S13)
3) The telephone number is given to the line control device 33 again and the process moves to dialing (step S125), but when the number of calls reaches three times, the line is disconnected and a redialing instruction is issued (step S134), and the process ends. do.

[0029] In the above embodiment, the notification sound means uses an announcement to notify that a facsimile document has been transmitted, but it may also emit a tone of 800 [Hz] for each code number, for example. In this case, the configuration is simpler than the above embodiment.

[0030] In addition, when the ring tone can be adjusted, as in the case of a private branch exchange (PBX), the notification tone means may be configured to give a special control tone after dialing the telephone number, such as ``ring, ring, If a short ring tone such as "Rin" can be output, the ring tone may be outputted a number of times according to the code number, and the recipient of the notification may be identified by the ring tone. In this case, there is no need to take the telephone off-hook each time. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0031]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, even when a large number of people use a facsimile machine, the facsimile document can be reliably and quickly delivered to the recipient by the notification sound. It becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Scanner section 3 Transmission control section 5 Control section 7 ROM 9 RAM 11 Dial memory 13 Notification memory 15 Source memory 17 Key input section 21 Page counter 23 Character generator 25 Voice memory 27 Speech synthesis device

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A scanner section that optically reads a document containing documents, drawings, etc. and converts it into digital data, and a scanner section that is capable of dialing in a telephone number of the other party, and that receives digital data from the scanner section and other information. a transmission control unit capable of transmitting audio, etc. to a communication line; a dial memory that stores the telephone number of the destination facsimile device; and a notification memory that stores the telephone number of the destination and the code number of the recipient;
A notification sound means capable of transmitting a notification sound according to the code number in the notification memory, and controlling the operation of the scanner section and the transmission control section to connect to the other party's facsimile machine using the telephone number stored in the dial memory and send the original. and a control unit that can call the notification destination phone number stored in the notification memory when the transmission of all documents is completed, and send a notification sound corresponding to the code number in the notification memory to the notification destination phone using a notification sound means. A transmission notification facsimile device comprising: