JPH05219395A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To limit a person able to extract a reception original from a memory by providing confidentiality even to an original implementing usual memory reception. CONSTITUTION:A main control section 1 registers a check code inputted from a touch panel 7 to a main storage section 2. Upon the receipt of an output command of a received original inputted to a picture memory 8, the main control section 1 compares a check code inputted from the ouch panel 7 with the registered check code and reads the received original from the picture memory 8 only when they are coincident and outputs the original from a display section 6 or a recording section 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a memory receiving function, and more particularly to a structure for limiting individuals who can retrieve a document received by a memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document received by a facsimile machine of this type in a memory is read out from the memory and displayed on a display section, regardless of who performs an output operation, unless the output system apparatus is abnormal. The printer prints on recording paper and outputs it. For this reason,
If you want to send a confidential document to a specific individual to the above-mentioned facsimile machine, send it to the individual by using mailbox communication etc., and copy the document other than the individual from the memory of the receiving facsimile machine. I had to make sure I couldn't get out. However, in order to perform this mailbox communication, the sending and receiving side facsimile devices must have a mailbox communication function, and even if there is, the operation is more troublesome than normal communication,
It had the drawback of being difficult to use. Therefore, it is an inexpensive method that does not have a mailbox communication and the like so that the received document can be taken out from the memory only by a specific individual or a certain range of individuals by giving confidentiality to the received document in a normal memory. It is requested by the model.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, the received original document when the normal memory reception other than the mailbox reception is performed can be taken out from the memory by anyone who performed the output operation. However, there is a drawback in that the original document received by the memory cannot be completely confidential.

In view of the above, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and provides a facsimile apparatus in which a manuscript that has been normally received by a memory is provided with secrecy and the individuals who can take out the received manuscript from the memory can be limited. Has an aim.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus having a memory receiving function, registration means for registering identification information, identification information input when an output request of a received original input in the memory is requested, and It comprises a comparison means for comparing with the identification information registered in the registration means, and a control means for reading out the received document from the memory and outputting it only when both the identification information are matched by the comparison means.

[0006]

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the registration means registers the identification information. The comparing means compares the identification information input at the time of requesting the output of the received document input to the memory with the identification information registered in the registration means.
The control means reads out the received document from the memory and outputs it only when the comparing means matches the two pieces of identification information.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a main control unit for controlling transmission / reception of image data and output control of received originals in the image memory 8. Reference numeral 2 is a main storage unit for storing various data such as check codes. Reference numeral 3 is for reading the originals and converting them into image data. A reading unit, 4 is a recording unit (printer) for printing image data on recording paper and outputting the same, 5 is a communication control unit for making a call, receiving a call, and transmitting / receiving data, and 6 is a display of various data and images and a keyboard. Is a touch panel for designating keys on the keyboard displayed on the display unit 6, and 8 is an image memory for storing image data. An input unit independent of the display unit such as a keyboard may be used without using the touch panel 7.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the setting operation of the check code for limiting the individuals who can take out the received document input to the image memory 8 in this apparatus will be described. When the power of the device is turned on, the main control unit 1 displays a standby keyboard on the display unit 6. The operator operates this keyboard with the touch panel 7 to give a check code input command to the main control unit 1. As a result, the main control unit 1 proceeds from the wait for the check code setting instruction in step 201 shown in FIG. 2 to step 202, where the display unit 6 displays the screen as shown in FIG. The operator looks at this screen and inputs the check code (four-digit number) to be registered from the touch panel 7. The main control unit 1 waits for the input of the check code in step 203, and when the check code is input, the step 2
In step 04, the check code input from the touch panel 7 is written in a predetermined area of the main storage unit 2 and registered.

When the communication control unit 5 receives an incoming call, the main control unit 1 connects the line with the other party, performs predetermined protocol communication, and then receives the sent original document via the communication control unit 5. Then, the received document is input to the image memory 8.

As described above, when the document input to the image memory 8 is taken out, the operator gives an instruction to output the received document from the touch panel 7 to the main controller 1. As a result, the main control unit 1 proceeds to step 402 after waiting for the received image output instruction in step 401 shown in FIG. 4, and displays the screen as shown in FIG. The operator looks at this screen and inputs the check code from the touch panel 7. The main control unit 1 waits for the input of the check code in step 403. When the check code is input as described above, the process proceeds to step 404. The main control unit 1 compares the check code input from the touch panel 7 with the check code registered in the main storage unit 2 in step 404, determines whether the two check codes match, and does not match. If so, the process proceeds to step 406. If they match, the process proceeds to step 405. In step 405, the received document is read from the image memory 8 and displayed on the display unit 6, or sent to the recording unit 4 and printed on recording paper for output, and then the process ends. On the other hand, if the process proceeds to step 406, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 6 to warn that the received document cannot be output because the check code is different, and the process proceeds to step 407. In step 407, it is determined whether or not the check code has been input the second time. If it is not the second time, step 403
Returning to step 2, if it is the second time, the process ends.

According to the present embodiment, the check code can be registered in advance in the main storage unit 2 of the apparatus, and the registered check code and the registered check code can be registered when the received document input to the image memory 8 is output. Only when the same check code is input, the received document is read from the image memory 8 and output to the display unit 6 or the recording unit 4, so that only the individual who knows the check code receives the document in the memory. Can be taken out, and the document received in the memory can be made confidential. Moreover, in the case of this example, since the communication of the manuscript may be a normal method, the operator on the transmitting and receiving side is not burdened and is applied to the inexpensive device having no mailbox communication function to the memory receiving manuscript as described above. The confidentiality can be provided, and the individuals who can take out the received document from the image memory 8 can be easily restricted.

[0012]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to limit the number of individuals who can take out the received original document from the memory by giving confidentiality to the original document which is normally received by the memory.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a check code registration operation of the main control unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an output operation of a memory-received document of the main control unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a screen displayed on the display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing still another screen example displayed on the display unit shown in FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Main control unit 2 ... Main storage unit 3 ... Reading unit 4 ... Recording unit 5 ... Communication control unit 6 ... Display unit 7 ... Touch panel 8 ... Image memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus having a memory receiving function, registration means for registering identification information, identification information input when requesting output of a received document input to the memory, and the registration means are registered in the registration means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: comparison means for comparing the identification information with each other; and control means for reading out the received document from the memory and outputting the read document only when both the identification information are matched by the comparison means.