JPH0514584A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To start the transmission or reception of the facsimile equipment automatically without the need for the operation of the facsimile equipment by the operator when a call to an opposite station is started or a call comes from the station to a radio telephone set after dialing from the radio telephone set. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment is provided with a state analysis section 6 analyzing the content of a state notice of a radio telephone set 8 sent to an equipment (e.g. the facsimile equipment) connecting directly to the radio telephone set 8 from the radio telephone set 8. When the state analysis section 6 recognizes the state of 'calling state of opposite station' of the radio telephone set 8 analyzed by the state analysis section 6 and the transmission is enable, the transmission is automatically started. When the section 6 recognizes that the state of the radio telephone set is 'calling from station', the reception is automatically started.

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 which can be connected to a portable radio telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine of this type has been connected to a portable radio telephone by an acoustic coupler or 2W-from a microphone and an earphone terminal of the portable radio telephone when performing facsimile communication using a radio telephone line.
It was connected to a mobile wireless phone via a 4W conversion adapter or the like.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional facsimile apparatus only transmits and receives the voice signal of the telephone line through the portable wireless telephone when performing communication using the wireless telephone line. Since the status of the incoming call from the station to the wireless telephone, the outgoing call from the mobile wireless telephone to the station, and the response of the partner station could not be detected by the facsimile machine side, reception or transmission of the facsimile automatically starts. It had the drawback of not being able to do it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a novel facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the conventional technology. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention sends a status notification of a radio telephone set sent from the radio telephone set to a device directly connected to the radio telephone set. If the state of the wireless telephone analyzed by the analyzing means and the analyzing means for analyzing the contents is recognizing that the partner station is calling after the call is made, and if the state is transmittable, the facsimile transmission is automatically started. Or a analyzing unit for analyzing the content of the status notification sent from the wireless telephone, and the status of the wireless telephone analyzed by the analyzing unit is being called from the station. When it recognizes this, it is configured to include a control unit that automatically starts reception of a facsimile.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be specifically described with reference to the drawings for each of its preferred embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the reading unit 1 converts the image information of the original into an electric signal, the encoding unit 2 reduces the data amount by utilizing the correlation of the image information read by the reading unit 1, and the recording unit 3 Print the image information sent from the other terminal on the recording paper,
The decoding unit 4 restores the encoded data sent from the partner terminal to the original image information, and the modem 5 uses the encoding unit 2
The image signal encoded by is modulated and output to the line, and the modulated image information sent from the partner terminal is demodulated to the original image signal. The status code of the telephone is analyzed, and the control unit 7 determines the reading unit 1, the recording unit 3, the modem 5 based on the information from the status analyzing unit 6.
To control.

The radio telephone 8 is a mobile telephone capable of sending a status code to the outside.

When the radio telephone 8 sends a status code as a start-stop synchronization serial communication signal, the status analysis unit 6 includes a shift register 61, a start bit detection circuit 62, and a clock generation unit 63 as shown in FIG. Composed. The state analysis unit 6 constantly receives the serial communication signal transmitted from the wireless telephone, and the start bit detection circuit 62 detects the start bit and sends the start signal to the clock generation unit 63, whereby the clock generation unit 63 is instructed. Generates a shift clock and shifts one frame of data to the shift register 6
Take in 1. Here, since the length of one frame is 8 bits, the clock is 8 bits from the clock generator 63.
It is sent out once. The clock cycle is set to the serial communication speed. At a timing slightly behind the clock,
An end signal is sent from the clock generator 63 to the controller 7.

FIG. 3 shows the timing relationship between the start signal, the shift clock and the end signal when the serial communication signal is received. Table 1 shows an example of correspondence between 8-bit status code and status.

[Table 1] First, one embodiment in the case of transmission will be described. In the standby state, when the operator makes a call from the wireless telephone 8 and starts calling to the partner station,
The status code "00000010" of "calling the partner station" is transmitted from the wireless telephone 8 by a serial communication signal. The state analysis unit 6 receives this, fetches the code data into the shift register 61, and sends an end signal to the control unit 7.

When the control unit 7 receives the end signal from the state analysis unit 6, the control unit 7 fetches the state code sent from the shift register 61 of the state analysis unit 6. Furthermore, the control unit 7
When recognizing that the fetched status code is "calling to the other station", the commander instructs the modem 5 and the reading unit 3 to start the transmission operation if the transmission is currently possible. Therefore, when a call is made from the wireless telephone 8, the facsimile automatically starts the transmission operation.

Next, as will be described with reference to an embodiment in the case of reception, when there is an incoming call from the station in the wireless telephone 8 in the standby state, the wireless telephone 8 sends a "calling to own station" by a serial communication signal. Status code "0000
0011 "is sent. The state analysis unit 6 receives this, fetches the code data into the shift register 61, and sends an end signal to the control unit 7.

When the control unit 7 receives the end signal from the state analysis unit 6, the control unit 7 fetches the state code sent from the shift register 61 of the state analysis unit 6. Furthermore, the control unit 7
When recognizing that the fetched status code is "calling by its own station", it instructs the modem 5 and the recording section 3 to start the receiving operation if it is in a currently receivable state.
Therefore, if there is an incoming call to the wireless telephone, the facsimile can automatically start the receiving operation.

[0015]

As described above, according to the invention,
When the call is sent from the wireless telephone and the call to the partner station is started, the effect that the operator can automatically start the facsimile transmission operation without performing the facsimile operation is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, when a call is made from the station to the wireless telephone, the operator can automatically start the facsimile receiving operation without operating the facsimile. The effect is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of a state analysis unit 6 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a timing diagram when receiving a serial communication signal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... reading unit 2 ... Encoding unit 3 ... Recording section 4 ... Decoding unit 5 ... Modem 6 ... State analysis unit 7 ... Control unit 8 ... Wireless telephone

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device capable of connecting to a wireless telephone, and analyzing means for analyzing the content of a status notification of the wireless telephone sent from the wireless telephone to a device directly connected to the wireless telephone. And a control unit for automatically recognizing that the state of the wireless telephone analyzed by the analyzing means is calling the partner station after the call is made and automatically starting the reception of the facsimile if the state can be transmitted. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 2. In a facsimile apparatus which can be connected to a wireless telephone, analyzing means for analyzing the contents of a status notification sent from the wireless telephone, and the status of the wireless telephone analyzed by the analyzing means is a station. And a control unit for automatically starting reception of a facsimile when it is recognized that the facsimile is being called.