JPH05276271A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly transmit a facsimile document and a drawing or the like to a facsimile receiver by automatically communicating a voice message as to the transmission of the document to the telephone set of the receiver by a telephone at the time of the completion of the transmission of the facsimile document. CONSTITUTION:A signal reception monitoring part 4 confirms the completion of a facsimile transmission, receives the command of a telephone line transmission operation from a processing control part 7, and receives a dial tone. A subscriber's number transmitting part 5 receives the command from the control part 7, and transmits a telephone subscriber's number. Then, the monitoring part 4 receives a ring back tone, and detects the response of a party to be called by the reversal of a telephone line. A voice message part 6 receives the command of a transmission communication message transmission from the control part 7, and transmits the voice message. And also, the monitoring part 4 receives a busy tone while the telephone line is busy, a recalling operation is repeated while the telephone line is busy, a connection with the other telephone subscriber is operated, and the voice message is transmitted.

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 notifies the end of transmission of a facsimile message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile apparatus does not have a function of automatically sending a transmission notice after the transmission of a facsimile message such as a document or a drawing is completed. I was informed by telephone that I sent it later.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, in order to prevent erroneous transmission and to notify the receiver of the transmission, a general telephone is used to confirm the transmission each time. .. For this reason, it is necessary to contact the recipient by telephone after waiting for the facsimile transmission to be completed, and the burden on the operator is large. If the contact is forgotten, the recipient does not notice the facsimile reception and delays taking out the facsimile. is there.

[0004]

A facsimile device of the present invention transmits a facsimile message by a means for storing a telephone number of a partner device transmitting a facsimile message by an operation input and a telephone number of a recipient of the message. And a means for storing the voice signal to the effect that the voice signal has been stored in advance, and a means for transmitting the voice signal to the telephone set having the telephone number of the called party who has made a call when the transmission of the facsimile message is completed.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

[0006] The input unit 1 is operated to input the facsimile number and telephone subscriber number of the other party who transmits the facsimile electronic message. The control unit 2 is a control unit for the input unit 1, the signal reception monitoring unit 4, the subscriber number sending unit 5, and the voice message unit 6.
The facsimile function unit 3 is a function unit for transmitting and receiving a facsimile. The signal reception monitoring unit 4 has functions of monitoring facsimile transmission completion, monitoring signal tones such as dial tone, ringback tone, and busy tone, and monitoring response. The subscriber number sending unit 5 has a function of accumulating / transmitting the partner telephone subscriber number. The voice message unit 6 has a ROM in which a transmission notification message is written and has a voice message sending function. The processing control unit 7 is a processor having a function of issuing a processing instruction to the signal reception monitoring unit 4, the subscriber number transmission unit 5, and the voice message unit 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Input section 1
The facsimile subscriber number of the destination to which the document is transmitted is input, and then the telephone subscriber number for contacting the destination is input to start facsimile communication (transmission). Facsimile communication is performed through a telephone line under the control of the facsimile function unit 3 in a normal procedure. The signal reception monitoring unit 4 confirms the end of facsimile transmission, receives a telephone line calling operation instruction from the processing control unit 7, and then receives a dial tone. The subscriber number sending unit 5 receives the telephone subscriber number sending instruction from the processing control unit 7, and sends the telephone subscriber number. Next, the ring back tone is received by the signal reception monitoring unit 4, and the callee's response is detected by reversing the telephone line.

The voice message unit 6 receives a transmission notification message transmission instruction from the processing control unit 7 and transmits a voice message. When the telephone line is busy, the signal reception monitoring unit 4 receives a busy tone. The operation in the busy state repeats the recalling operation (takes a timing depending on the busy state) to connect to the other telephone subscriber and send the voice message. After the voice message is sent, the telephone line number is disconnected and the contact telephone subscriber number entered in the input unit 1 is deleted.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the transmission of the facsimile document is completed, the telephone is automatically notified of the voice message of the transmission notification by the telephone of the facsimile receiver, thereby preventing the erroneous transmission of the facsimile and the facsimile of the other party. There is an effect that documents, drawings, etc. do not become stagnant in the device and can be quickly delivered to the facsimile receiver.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Section 2 Control Section 3 Facsimile Function Section 4 Signal Reception Monitoring Section 5 Subscriber Number Sending Section 6 Voice Message Section 7 Processing Control Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for storing a telephone number of a partner device transmitting a facsimile message by operation input and a telephone number of a recipient of the message, and means for previously storing a voice signal indicating that the facsimile message is transmitted. And a means for transmitting the voice signal to a telephone having the telephone number of the called party who has called and connected when the transmission of the facsimile message is completed.