JPH05244377A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically re-receive a defective page at a reception side by storing document data transmitted from a transmission side in a memory by a page unit and reading relevant page data from the memory in accordance with a re-transmission request to transmit it. CONSTITUTION:The controller 1 of a transmission side facsimile equipment executes the encoding of document data, modulates it in a MODEM circuit 9 and transmits it to the reception side. At this time, the controller 1 simultaneously allows a data memory 5 to store encoded transmission data. Data indicating the storage position of head data of the page in the data memory 5 is made to correspond to page data so as to be stored in a control memory 6. In a reception side facsimile equipment, page data which requests re-transmission is transmitted to the transmission side when reception record defect exists. The controller 1 at the transmission side reads storage start position data of the relevant page in the data memory 5 from the control memory 6 based on page data of the re-transmission request, reads data from the data memory 5 and transmits it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a facsimile machine, an abnormality in a signal during communication can be checked by the apparatus. Therefore, when an abnormality occurs, communication failure is displayed and re-sending is performed. In order to facilitate the operation of re-sending, it has been proposed that the original data read at the time of the first sending is stored in the memory, and the data after the abnormality occurs is read from the memory and re-sent. (See, for example, JP-A-60-43964).

[0003]

The above-mentioned re-transmission is performed when the transmitting side can grasp the communication failure, and when the reception recording is not normally performed due to the noise of the line, the trouble of the recording device, or the like. , Because the sender cannot know
The person on the receiving side called the transmitting side and requested that the page with the poor recording be retransmitted. However, if the sender cannot be contacted, he / she will not be able to re-send it immediately, and if he / she asks to resend it, there is a problem that the sender's hand is troubled.

[0004]

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and manages a memory for storing read transmission original data in page units and a storage position in the memory for each page. And a control means for controlling so that the data of the page requested by the retransmission request from the receiving side is read out from the memory and transmitted.

[0005]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, if the person on the receiving side discovers a recording defect and requests the transmitting side to retransmit, the page concerned is automatically received without the intervention of the person on the transmitting side. be able to.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine. (1) is a control device for controlling the entire facsimile machine, which is composed of a microprocessor, and which follows a program in a program memory (2) in which a processing program is stored. It controls each part. Further, the control device (1) performs signal processing of the read transmission original data and processing of the received signal, and also generates various control signals. Reference numeral (3) is a reading unit that optically reads a transmission original, converts the read black and white data into an electric signal, and supplies the electric signal to the control device (1). . A recording unit (4) drives a recording head such as a thermal head to perform printing under the control of the control device (1) based on a received signal, and is composed of a recording paper, a recording paper transfer mechanism and a recording head. (5) is original data read by the reading unit (3) or the control device (1)
In the data memory in which the signal-processed data and the like are stored, the writing and reading of data are controlled by the control device (1). Reference numeral (6) is a management memory for storing data for managing the storage position of the original data stored in the data memory (5) for each page, and the writing and reading of the data are controlled by the control device (1). ..

Reference numeral (7) is a keyboard composed of communication keys, various selection keys, ten keys, etc. The control device (1) which takes in the key signal controls according to the program of the program memory (2) according to the key signal. .. (8) is a display for displaying data input from the keyboard (7) or data processed by the control device (1).
It is composed of a dot matrix type liquid crystal display.
(9) is a modem circuit that modulates a signal sent to the telephone line (L) and demodulates a signal from the telephone line (L). (10)
On the telephone line (L) is a telephone (11) and a modem circuit (9)
A line switching circuit for switching and connecting the lines, which is composed of a relay circuit and is switching-controlled by the control device (1). The line switching circuit (10) has a built-in incoming call detection circuit, and when the bell signal of the incoming call is detected, the incoming call is notified to the control device (1).

Next, the operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described. The case where the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is provided on the transmitting side and the receiving side to perform communication will be described. The receiving side will be described by adding a dash symbol to the drawing number. When sending, set the document on the reading section (3), then
When the telephone (11) dials the receiving side facsimile device and confirms the response of the receiving side facsimile device, and operates the communication key of the keyboard (7), the control device (1) which detects the key signal switches the line. After controlling the circuit (10) and switching and connecting the telephone line (L) to the modem circuit (9), the reading unit (3) is controlled to start reading the original.
The read original data is subjected to signal processing such as predetermined encoding, modulated by the modem circuit (9) and transmitted to the receiving side. At the same time, the control device (1) sequentially stores the encoded transmission data in the data memory (5). When the data is stored in the data memory (5), the data indicating the storage position of the data memory (5) of the top data of the page is stored in the management memory (6) in association with the page data. On the other hand, in the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side, the received document data is decrypted and then received and recorded by the recording section (4 ').

At the time when the reception is completed, if there is a defect in the reception record such as a missing record in the reception record or an unidentifiable portion, the person on the reception side proceeds to the keyboard (7 ') in step (S1). In step (S2), the transmission request mode is set and the page number for which retransmission is requested is input, and in step (S2), the transmission side facsimile device is dialed. The control device (1), which has detected the incoming call from the receiving side facsimile machine in step (S10), proceeds to step (S11) and controls the line switching circuit (10) to connect the telephone line (L) to the modem circuit (9) side. After making a line connection by connecting to the
Proceeding to 12), a response signal is transmitted to the facsimile machine on the receiving side. When the person on the receiving side, who has detected the response of the transmitting side facsimile apparatus at the reception of the response signal in step (S3), operates the keyboard (7) to perform a key operation for requesting retransmission, the control apparatus (1 ') of the receiving side facsimile apparatus. ) Is the step (S
In 4), the data indicating the request for retransmission in the communication procedure,
The previously input page data requesting retransmission is transmitted to the transmitting side facsimile apparatus. Therefore, the control device (1) of the transmitting side facsimile device which has received the retransmission request signal,
In step (S13), it is detected that the request is a retransmission request,
In step (S14), based on the page data of the retransmission request, the management memory (6) to the data memory (5) of the corresponding page.
Reads the memory start position data of and stores it in the data memory (5)
Then, the data is read out, and the process proceeds to step (S15) for transmission. As a result, in the receiving side facsimile apparatus, the page data retransmitted in step (S5) is recorded by the recording unit (4 ').

[0010]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the original data transmitted from the transmitting side is stored in the memory on a page-by-page basis, and the corresponding page data is read from the memory and transmitted in response to a retransmission request from the receiving side. With such a configuration, when the reception record is defective, the retransmission request of the reception side can automatically re-receive the defective page without the intervention of the person on the transmission side, which is extremely practical. The effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation state of a receiving side facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation state of a transmitting side facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 control device 3 reading unit 4 recording unit 5 data memory 6 management memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory for storing the read transmission original data in page units, a means for managing the storage position in the memory for each page, and the page data requested by a retransmission request from the receiving side from the memory. A facsimile apparatus comprising control means for controlling reading and transmission.