JPH05103134A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the counter measures of a reception side by providing an office number judgment means and a means storing reception information from a terminal whose office number is unregistered and performing an automatic printing of the only preliminarily fixed part of the reception information. CONSTITUTION:A control part 11 detects the office number of a calling terminal and notifies an office judgement means 3 of it, and the means 3 judges whether the number is registered in an office number registration means 2 or not. When it is registered, the means 3 makes a storage means 4 and a print means for the time for memory reception 5 inactive and forms a picture by operating a printing part 14. When it is not registered, the means 3 and the printing part 14 are made inactive and the total information and the serial number of the number of reception are collectively stored in the means 4. Next, by operating the means 5, a picture by about 10mm from the end of recording paper for serial numbers, date and hour of reception, the information on preliminarily set storage holding time, office numbers and reception picture quantity is printed in the recording paper by the printing part 14.

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 improvement of a receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In facsimile communication, as a general rule, the calling side and the called side perform the transmission control procedure processing defined by T30 of CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) and handshake to transmit image data. Is possible. For this reason, as in recent years, when facsimile machines are not limited to business use, but also spread to individuals and households, direct mail by strangers and mischiefs frequently occurs, not only wasting paper, but also making arrangements for them. It is expected that there will be a time loss due to equipment, etc.

As a countermeasure against this, there has been proposed a facsimile apparatus having a direct mail preventing function by accepting only image transmission from a calling terminal registered in advance.

[0004]

However, according to this conventional device, no matter how important the transmission contents are, if the calling terminal is not registered, the reception is not accepted, so that the user uses this device. There was an inconvenience that I felt uneasy. It is an object of the present invention to propose a facsimile apparatus which can reasonably solve the above problems.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present application, a station number determining means for determining whether or not the station number of the calling terminal is registered, and a call for which the station number is not registered It is characterized by having a storage means for storing all received information from the terminal and a memory receiving print control means for automatically printing only a predetermined part of the received information.

[0006]

With the above configuration, when there is a transmission from the unregistered calling terminal in the direct mail countermeasure reception mode, the storage means stores all the received information under the control of the station number determination means that detects this. On the other hand, the memory reception print control means causes the print means to automatically print only the predetermined part of the received image, the identification information regarding the calling terminal, the received date and time, and the received image.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a control unit for controlling the entire transmission / reception of a facsimile, 12 is an operation panel unit, 13 is a receiving unit, 14 is a printing unit, and 15 is used for storing a destination number and abbreviated number at the time of transmission. RAM, 16 is a ROM for storing control programs, 17 is an auto dialer for dial reception, 18 is a modem, 19 is an NCU for controlling the line, and other devices such as a reading device and a recording paper conveying means are provided. However, since their configurations, operations, and the like are the same as those of the facsimile apparatus according to the related art, description thereof will be omitted.

Next, 2 is a station number registering means having a station number registering section and a station number storing section, 3 is a station number judging means, and 4 is a timer 4.
1 is a built-in storage unit, 5 is a memory reception print control unit, and 5 is a mode switching unit between normal reception and direct mail countermeasure reception, which constitutes the subject of the present invention. The operation of the facsimile apparatus will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition,
This flow chart shows the procedure of processing the received contents for each received item. Now, if there is a reception, it is judged whether or not it is in the direct mail countermeasure reception mode (S1). The operation when the mode is not switched to the direct mail countermeasure reception mode is the same as that of the conventional facsimile machine. That is, under the operation of the switching means 6, the station number determination means 3, the storage means 4, and the memory reception print control means 5 are inoperative. Then, all the contents received by the receiving unit 13 according to the procedure for normal facsimile reception are formed into an image on the recording paper by the printing unit 14 under the control of the control unit 11 (S10).

Next, the operation in the case of switching to the direct mail countermeasure reception mode will be described. In this mode, the station number of the other party such as the customer, the head office, the business partner, etc., which is normally transmitted by the user, is registered and stored in the station number registration means 2 prior to the reception. When there is a reception in this state, the control unit 11 detects the station number of the calling terminal from the calling terminal identification signal included in the received signal and notifies the station number determination means 3 of the detected station number. Upon receiving the notification, the station number determination means 3 determines whether the number is registered in the station number registration means 2 (S2). If it is registered, the station number judging means 3 deactivates the storage means 4 and the memory reception print control means 5 and activates the printing section 13 to confirm the contents transmitted. The entire image is formed (S10). That is, it is no different from the normal reception mode. On the other hand, if not registered, the station number judging means 3 disables the printing unit 13 and stores all the transmitted information together with the serial number of the number of receptions from the unregistered calling terminal in this state. It is stored in the means 4 (S3). Further, the timer 41 in the recording means 4 is turned on (S4). Next, by operating the memory reception print control means 5, the summarized information about the received image, that is, the serial number of the number of receptions from the unregistered calling terminal, the reception date and time, and the storage retention time preset by the user Information, calling station number, received image amount, and leading edge of recording paper (first reception)
An image of about 10 mm from is printed on the recording paper by the printing unit 14 (S5).

FIG. 3 shows a state of printing in this way. In the figure, the serial number of reception 17, the date and time of reception and the set storage time are printed on the first line, the station number of the calling terminal and the amount of the received image are printed on the second line, and the beginning of the contents received after that is printed. An image is formed for about 10 mm. Then, the user who sees the summarized transmission information specifies the serial number only for the received image which is judged to be necessary for him / her, and performs the print command operation to the memory reception print control means 5 (S6). As a result, all the received contents of the serial number recorded in the storage means 4 are image-formed on the recording paper (S7). After this, the received contents in the storage means 4 are automatically erased (S8). On the other hand, the user should leave the received contents judged to be unnecessary, but in this case, the timer 41 is activated (S
9) After the time preset by the user, the stored contents of the storage means 4 are automatically erased (S8).

In addition to the above, when the transmission information from the calling terminal having the unregistered station number is recorded in the recording means 4 at the time of receiving the memory, the CCIT is connected to the calling terminal under the control of the control unit 12.
Various signals are exchanged in accordance with the procedure of T30 of T, and similarly, the amount of the received image is obtained from both the various signals and the transmission duration time by the built-in timer. 13. The station number judging means 3 is immediately in a standby state for the next reception, and the calling terminal newly registered when the reception information summarized under the control of the memory reception print control means 5 is printed. When there is a reception from the terminal, a signal indicating that the call is being made is made only for a very short time until the printing is completed.
Further, the designation of the station number to be registered in the station number registering means 2 is performed by switching the push button section for designating the destination station number of the operation panel section from the transmission mode to the registration mode. However, since these functions are not directly related to the gist of the present invention and can be sufficiently realized by the current technology, the description thereof will be omitted.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. In other words, for example, if it is sent from a foreign country, direct mail is unlikely. Therefore, if the calling terminal is in a foreign country, all images are formed. It may also have other functions such as forming an image of 10 mm further from the above portion. Further, it is a matter of course that other constituent elements or means such as capable of displaying the stored contents on a separately provided CRT under the user's operation may be provided.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, only the transmission content desired by the receiving side is image-formed,
The facsimile device has less need for the receiving side to cope with the image formation of unnecessary information, the consumption of recording paper is small, and the work involved in arranging storage paper is also small.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the same.

FIG. 3 is also an example of image formation in the memory reception mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Control Section 12 Operation Panel Section 13 Receiving Section 14 Printing Section 15 RAM 16 ROM 17 Auto Dialer 18 Modem 19 NCU 2 Station Number Registration Means 3 Station Number Judging Means 4 Storage Means 41 Timer 5 Memory Reception Printing Control Means 6 Switching Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A station number judging means for judging whether or not a station number of a calling terminal is registered, a storage means for storing all received information from a calling terminal whose station number is not registered, and a predetermined one of the received information. And a print control means for receiving a memory that automatically prints only a part thereof.