JPH0537765A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a sender station side to recognize a current time of a reception station by informing clock information at the reception station side from the reception station side to the sender station side. CONSTITUTION:A clock 20 counts a time and the clock information obtained from the clock 20 is collected and stored by a communication management memory section 21 together with the result of facsimile communication implemented by a communication control section 15. The clock information at the reception station side collected and stored is informed to the sender station side via the communication control section 15 according to the G3 communication control procedure.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a function of totalizing transmission / reception results, and more particularly to a facsimile machine which prints out a totalization result with a transmission / reception time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus for communicating still images with each other has been widely used. However, this facsimile apparatus performs communication according to an international standard, for example, a communication control procedure (communication protocol) of G3. ing. As a conventional facsimile apparatus of this type, there are those described in, for example, JP-A-54-73510, JP-B-63-36709, and JP-B-63-58422.

In the facsimile machines described in these publications, the original document to be transmitted is set in the main body of the apparatus, the partner station is dialed and called by the telephone, and then the original document is decomposed into pixels and read. Send information to the receiving station. On the other hand, at the receiving station, the image information sent is printed out on recording paper by the plotter. At this time, the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting station side stores the result of the facsimile transmission including the transmission time and the like in a predetermined memory by using its own clock function. On the other hand, the clock information such as the transmission time is sent from the transmitting station side to the receiving station side together with the image information. Then, the facsimile machine on the receiving station side prints the reception time on the reception copy output from the plotter based on the clock information sent from the transmitting station side, and stores the reception result in a predetermined memory. To do. (This is described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-36709).
Thus, the facsimile device stores the result of the facsimile communication performed by itself, regardless of transmission / reception.
Here, the stored results of the facsimile communication are totaled, and are printed out on the recording paper by the plotter together with the transmission / reception time. The printed and printed recording paper is used as a communication management report to grasp when and where the original was sent and when and where the original was received.

By the way, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, not only domestic communication but also overseas communication are frequently performed because of its operation convenience. For this reason, in the case of overseas communications, if the receiving station creates a communication management report using the clock information sent from the sending station, the transmission start time etc. according to the standard time of the country set by the sending station will be displayed. Is printed as is. As a result, the communication management report on the receiving station side contains various types depending on the originating country.For those in the same country, the reception time according to the standard time of the home country, and for those received from overseas are the respective transmission times. The time of reception according to national standard time is recorded. Therefore, in the case of communication with overseas, regarding each reception time,
There was the inconvenience that it was troublesome because the time difference and day difference with the sending country had to be converted.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-58422, the receiving station side that receives a document from abroad identifies the communication partner country and corrects the time difference of the clock information sent from the transmitting station side. A facsimile machine that does this is described.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, the transmitting station side that has transmitted the original document overseas uses the clock function of the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting station side, and It only manages the date, time, and minute of the manuscript sent, and the date and time are all printed on the communication management report according to the time on the sending station side.

For this reason, the local date and time on the receiving station side, such as what day, hour, and minute the reception started, and what time and what the reception ended, could not be easily recognized on the transmitting station side. Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 provides a facsimile apparatus in which the transmitting station side can know the local time of the receiving station by notifying the transmitting station side of the clock information on the receiving station side. Is intended.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which manages the transmission time on the transmitting station side by means of the clock information on the receiving station side only for overseas facsimile transmission. It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which ignores the clock information on the receiving station side and manages the transmission time based on the clock information of the transmitting station itself in domestic facsimile transmission.

[0009]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In order to achieve the above purpose, a clock that measures time and G
A communication control section for performing facsimile communication in accordance with the communication control procedure standardized as No. 3, and a communication management memory section for totalizing and storing the result of the facsimile communication performed by this communication control section together with clock information obtained from the clock.
In the facsimile apparatus including the above, the clock information on the receiving station side is added to the communication control procedure, and the clock information on the receiving station side is notified to the transmitting station side.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 2 has a detecting means for detecting a country code included in the communication control procedure, a country code of the transmitting station and a country code of the receiving station. And a determination means for determining whether or not they match, and when the country codes do not match, the clock information on the receiving station side is stored in the communication management memory unit on the transmitting station side.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that when the country codes match, the clock information of the transmitting station itself is stored in the communication management memory section.

[0012]

In the invention having the above structure, the clock information on the receiving station side is added to the communication control procedure, and the clock information on the receiving station side is notified to the transmitting station side. Further, in the invention according to claim 2 having the above configuration, the country code included in the communication control procedure is detected, and it is determined whether or not the country code of the transmitting station and the country code of the receiving station match. ,
If the country codes do not match, the clock information on the receiving station side is stored in the communication management memory unit on the transmitting station side.

Further, in the invention of the third aspect having the above configuration, when the country codes match, the clock information of the transmitting station itself is stored in the communication management memory section.

[0014]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below based on examples.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3. First, the configuration will be described. In FIG. 1, the system control unit 1
1 controls the entire facsimile apparatus according to a predetermined program. The system memory unit 12 stores a work area and data necessary for controlling the system control unit 11.
The image buffer memory unit 13 is, for example, a RAM (Random A
ccess memory), and stores image information related to facsimile communication. Encoding / decoding unit 14
Encodes the image information to be transmitted by a predetermined method and compresses the amount of the information, and restores the encoded received image information to the original image information.

The communication control unit 15 carries out facsimile communication according to a predetermined transmission control procedure, for example, a communication control procedure (communication protocol) standardized as G3. The network control unit 16 connects with a communication line network (for example, a public telephone line network) to form a line loop. The operation display unit 17 includes various operation keys for an operator to arbitrarily operate the facsimile apparatus, such as a one-touch dial key or a speed dial key, and various display devices for displaying a message or the like from the facsimile apparatus to the operator. It is arranged. The scanner unit (reading unit) 18 decomposes the transmission document into pixels with a predetermined resolution, and converts each pixel into a monochrome image signal. The plotter unit 19 records an image on recording paper at the same resolution as the scanner unit 18 and outputs the image.

The clock 20 measures time, and the clock information obtained from the clock 20 is stored in the communication management memory unit 21 together with the result of the facsimile communication performed by the communication control unit 15. The clock information on the receiving station side that has been aggregated and stored here is notified to the transmitting station side via the communication control unit 15 according to the G3 communication control procedure.
The pattern generation unit 22 develops a pattern of the stored data into image data in order to print out the communication management information stored in the communication management memory unit 21.

The detecting means 23 detects the country code included in the G3 communication control procedure. The judging means 24 judges whether or not the country code of the transmitting station and the country code of the receiving station match. If the determining unit 24 determines that the country codes do not match, the system control unit 11 stores the clock information on the receiving station side in the communication management memory unit 21 on the transmitting station side.
Further, when the determining unit 24 determines that the country codes match, the system control unit 11 ignores the clock information on the receiving station side and stores the clock information of the transmitting station itself in the communication management memory unit 21. .

FIG. 2 is an address correspondence diagram showing an example of tabulation of the communication management memory unit 21. Communication management memory unit 21
2, the transmission management unit 31 and the reception management unit 3
It is divided into two. The transmission management information TXM and the reception management information RXM are storage addresses of m and n, respectively.
The No. (area No.) is designated, and the management information k of each file No. is added for each communication. Address TXM (m) of these transmission management information TXM, reception management information RXM
Address RXM (n) of file, management information k of file No.
Are all managed by the system control unit 11.

Now, showing the case where one communication in the case of transmission is performed, the date is in the area (address) of TXM (m) and the file No. = k, T is in the area of TXM (m + 1).
Address (or dial information) in the area of XM (m + 2), start time in the area of TXM (m + 3), TXM
The number of sheets is stored in the area (m + 4) and the end time is stored in the area TXM (m + 5), and the transmission management information TXM for one communication is stored.

In this embodiment, the address TXM
As the start time and end time stored in (m + 3) and TXM (m + 5), the local time at the receiving station side is stored in the case of overseas transmission. After storage, system control unit 1
In order to prepare for the next transmission, 1 changes the address TXM (m) for storing date information to TXM (m + 6) and the management information k of the file number to k + 1, for example.

Next, when reception is carried out, the reception management unit 32 receives the date in the area of RXM (n) and the file number = RXM (n + 1) in the area of RXM (n), like the transmission management unit 31.
k, RXM (n + 2) area, transmission terminal identification signal TS
Source dial information included in I (Transmitting Subscriber Identification) or non-standard function setting signal N
Destination confirmation display RTI (Receiver Termi) included in SS
destination information, RXM (n +
The start time is stored in the area 3), the number of sheets is stored in the area RXM (n + 4), and the end time is stored in the area RXM (n + 5), and the inter-reception information RXM for one communication is stored.

The m value of the start address TXM (m) of the transmission management information TXM managed by the system control unit 11 and the n value of the start address RXM (n) of the reception management information RXM are stored for one communication. Since the area is "6", it is assumed that the (maximum address value-6) of each of the transmission management unit 31 and the reception management unit 32 is not exceeded, and within that range, m
When the value and the n value are the maximum, they are returned to the minimum values and cyclically expanded.

Next, the operation will be described. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing a communication control procedure of the present embodiment. FIG. 3A is the communication flow thereof, and FIG. 3B is the NSF (D) shown in FIG.
The bit allocation contents of FIG. 6C are the bit allocation contents of the MCF (D) shown in FIG. Figure 3 (a)
In the first step, the transmitting station first sets the original to be transmitted, dials and calls the transmission. On the other hand, when the receiving station receives a call, the non-standard function identification signal NSF (Non-Standard Facilities), the digital identification signal DIS (Digital Identification Signal), the called terminal identification signal CSI (Called Subscriber Identification)
To the transmitting station. At this time, the non-standard function identification signal NS
Non-standard function identification signal N indicating the date and time of the receiving station on part of F
SF (D) is also returned at the same time ... This non-standard function identification signal N
An example of bit assignment of SF (D) is shown in FIG. 3 (b), and clock information on the receiving station side, that is, year / month / day / hour / minute information is notified to the transmitting station side by FIF (facsimile information field). The clock information notified here indicates the reception start time.

On the transmitting station side, a non-standard function identification signal NSF
The contents of (D) are stored as management information, and the non-standard function setting signal NSS (Non-Standard Facilities Set-u) is stored.
p) is transmitted, and a digital command signal DCS (Digital Comma
and Signal) and a transmission terminal identification signal TSI (Transmit
Training by ting Subscriber Identification). At this time, the non-standard function setting signal NSS is notified that the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is recognizable. On the receiving station side, if the above training is normally received, a reception preparation confirmation signal CFR (Confirmation to Receiv
e) is returned. The transmission side starts transmitting the image information PIX. ... When the transmission is completed, the procedure end signal EOP (End of Procedures) is transmitted from the transmitting station side. When the reception station normally completes the reception, the message confirmation signal MCF (D) (MC) is sent only when the non-standard function setting signal NSS is recognizable as the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D).
F: Message Confirmation) is transmitted. Other than that,
The normal message confirmation signal MCF is returned. An example of the bit assignment of the message confirmation signal MCF (D) is shown in FIG. 3 (c), and the clock information of the receiving station side, that is, the date / time information is notified to the transmitting station side by FIF (facsimile information field). To be done. The clock information notified here represents the reception end time.

On the transmitting station side, the message confirmation signal MCF,
When MCF (D) is received, disconnection command signal DCN (Disc
onnect) to end. Incidentally, in the above communication flow, when the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is not returned, the normal communication is performed. When there are several originals on the transmitting station side, the communication flow is repeated (similar to the standard G3 communication control procedure).

In the communication flow, when the facsimile apparatus of the receiving station does not have the function of this embodiment, the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is not sent and the normal G3
Although communication is performed, in this case, the message confirmation signal MCF (D) is not transmitted in the communication flow, and the message confirmation signal MCF (D) is not received at the transmitting station side. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a communication management report printed out according to this embodiment. In the figure, the local reception time and end time are printed for overseas transmissions to New York and Toronto, and the domestic reception time and end time are printed for domestic transmissions to Osaka and Hokkaido. There is. The receiving time and the ending time of the transmitting station itself are separated from the local time by ().

Next, the operation of the transmitting station side of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the transmission processing of this embodiment. First, on the transmitting station side, the dial information input from the operation display unit 17 is transmitted to the line (step S
1), start communication.

After sending the dial, the receiving station waits for the non-standard function identification signal NSF and the digital identification signal DIS, and the phase process of the G3 facsimile communication control procedure is performed (step S2). Here, the non-standard function identification signal N
Upon receiving the SF and the digital identification signal DIS, facsimile communication is started (step S3). At this time, the transmitting station stores various communication management information in the communication management memory unit 21.
Will be stored in (step S4). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, TXM (m) is dated, and TXM (m +
File No. = k in 1), address in TXM (m + 2), start time in TXM (m + 3), TXM (m + 4)
Store the number of sheets in each. Here, file No.
Are treated as serial numbers managed by the system control unit 11 for each communication. Now, as an example, file No. = k. The date and start time are set by the system control unit 11
It is own clock information managed by. The number of sheets stored is "1" at this point. In addition, as the destination, the telephone number dialed from the operation display unit 17 or the name registered corresponding to the one-touch key or the like present on the operation display unit 17 is stored.

Next, in the non-standard function identification signal NSF returned from this receiving station, the non-standard function identification signal NSF
When the presence of (D) is recognized (step S5), the country code of the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is collated (step S).
6) If the country on the transmitting station side is different from that on the receiving station side, T
The data of the date of XM (m + 1) and the start time of TXM (m + 3) are rewritten to the date and hour / minute data included in the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) shown in FIG. 3B. When the presence of the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is not recognized in the determination of step S5, step S5
The processing of 6 and S7 is not performed.

Next, the transmitting station side sends a non-standard function setting signal N
Until SS (or digital command signal DCS) is sent (step S8) and the reception preparation confirmation signal CFR is received,
Phase processing is performed (steps S9 and S10), and after receiving the reception preparation confirmation signal CFR, the image information PIX is transmitted (step S11). When the first original has been transmitted and there is an original to be continuously transmitted (step S12),
The current number data of TXM (m + 4) of the communication management memory unit 21 is incremented by 1 and stored again (step S1).
3) Return to step S8 to send the next page.

On the other hand, when the transmission of all the originals is completed in the judgment of step S12, the transmitting station side sends the procedure end signal EOP.
(End of Procedures) is transmitted (step S1)
4). After the procedure end signal EOP is sent, a message confirmation signal MCF (Message Confirmation) from the receiving station side is waited, and if the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is present (step S15), the message confirmation signal MCF is received. , Wait for MCF (D). That is, the phase process of the G3 facsimile communication control procedure is started (step S1).
7) When the message confirmation signals MCF and MCF (D) are received (step S18), the end time of TXM (m + 5) of the communication management memory unit 21 is shown only when the country code is different in the determination of step S6. The time and minute data included in the message confirmation signal MCF (D) shown in 3 (c) is rewritten (step S18).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S15 that the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) does not exist, normal phase processing is performed (step S19), and the message confirmation signal MCF is received (step S20). The time / minute data of the clock information of the transmitting station itself is stored in TXM (m + 5) (step S21). Subsequently, the transmitting station increments the value of the communication management address, that is, the m value of TXM (m) by +6 and the k value of the file number by +1 (step S22). As a result, in the next transmission, the transmission management information TXM is stored from the area (address) of m + 6, and the file number becomes k + 1.

Finally, the transmitting station sends a disconnection command signal DCN (step S23), and ends the process. As described above, in this embodiment, by notifying the transmitting station of the local time at the receiving station, the transmission management information at the transmitting station side can be managed at the local time of the receiving station, and the transmitting station side You can find the local time of the receiving station at.

Further, in the present embodiment, the transmission time on the transmitting station side is managed by the clock information on the receiving station side only for overseas transmission, so the local time on the receiving station side is printed on the communication management report. This makes it possible to easily manage the delivery date and time. Further, by being managed in local time, it is possible to raise the local time awareness of the operator and the caller.

Next, the operation of the receiving station side of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the receiving process of this embodiment. First, the receiving station side starts reception upon receiving a call (step P1), and the non-standard function identification signal NSF,
After responding NSF (D), digital identification signal DIS, called terminal identification signal CSI, etc. to the transmitting station side (step P
2), the phase process is started (step P3), the non-standard function setting signal NSS and the digital command signal D from the transmitting station side.
It waits for the reception of CS and the transmission terminal identification signal TSI (step P4).

When the non-standard function setting signal NSS, the digital command signal DCS, etc. are received, the first reception management data is stored in the communication management memory unit 21 (step P5). That is, RMX (n) is the date, RXM
The file No. = k managed by the system control unit 11 is displayed in (n + 1), and the transmission source confirmation display information RTI on the non-standard function setting signal NSS or the transmission terminal identification signal TSI is displayed in RXM (n + 2). The source telephone number
Furthermore, RXM (n + 3) is the start time, RXM (n +
The number 1 is stored in 4) (step P).
6). However, the date, time, etc. at this time are all clock information of the receiving station itself.

Next, the reception preparation confirmation signal CFR is transmitted (step P7), and after the phase process (step P7).
8) The image information PIX is received (step P9). Next, after the fiaze process (step P10), the procedure end signal EOP is waited (step P11), and after the reception of the image information of the first sheet, the reception of the additional document is recognized, that is, when the multi-page signal MPS or the like is received ( Step P1
2), the current number data of RXM (m + 4) is incremented by 1,
Store (step P13). The same applies to receiving a large number of sheets.

When the transmission end message EOP is received in the judgment of step P11, the message confirmation signal MCF (D) shown in FIG. 3 (c) is transmitted by the non-standard function setting signal NSS received in step P4. Whether or not to do so (step P14), depending on the necessity, the message confirmation signals MCF and MCF (D) are transmitted (step P15), or only the message confirmation signal MCF is transmitted (step P16).

After sending the message confirmation signal MCF in step P15 or P16, time information is stored in RXM (n + 5) as the end time (step P1).
7). Next, the management file number of the system control unit 11
k is incremented by +1 and the n value of RXM (n) is incremented by +6 (step P18), and phase processing is started (step P
19), receiving the disconnection command signal DCN from the transmitting station side, the reception ends (step P20).

After the above processing, the communication management report is printed out. The information stored in the communication management memory section 21 is expanded into image data by the pattern generating section 22 and output by the plotter section 19. It The output instruction of the communication management report may be an operator's operation or automatic output after a predetermined number of communications, but the output instruction is not particularly limited in the present embodiment. Also, the details of the output operation of the communication management report are not particularly limited.

In the G3 facsimile communication control procedure, in order to surely communicate the clock information as code data, in this embodiment, the non-standard function identification signal NSF (D) is used.
However, this can be additionally assigned to the FIF of the NSF of the conventional machine, and in this embodiment, an example of notifying the time on the receiving station side is embodied. Further, the transmission station side may be configured to calculate the end time based on the reception start time of the reception station without using the message confirmation signal MCF (D).

Further, in the above embodiment, the local time of the receiving station is prioritized only for the overseas transmission, but the present embodiment can be applied when there is a time difference even in Japan.

[0043]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the clock information on the receiving station side is added to the communication control procedure, and the clock information on the receiving station side is added to the transmitting station. Since it is notified to the side, the delivery date and time can be managed by the local time of the receiving station, and the awareness of the local time of the operator and the caller can be increased.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, the country code included in the communication control procedure is detected, and it is determined whether the country code of the transmitting station and the country code of the receiving station match. If the country code does not match, the clock information on the receiving station side is stored in the communication management memory section on the transmitting station side, so check the transmission time at the local time of the receiving station only for overseas transmission. be able to.

According to the facsimile machine of the third aspect of the present invention, when the country codes match, the clock information of the transmitting station itself is stored in the communication management memory unit. Can manage the delivery date and time based on the same standard time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3.

FIG. 2 is an address correspondence diagram showing an example of aggregation of a communication management memory unit.

3 is a diagram showing a communication control procedure of the present embodiment, FIG. 3 (a) is its communication flow, FIG. 3 (b) is the bit allocation content of NSF (D) shown in FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 13C shows the bit allocation contents of the MCF (D) shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a communication management report printed out according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a transmission process of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a reception process of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 System control unit 15 Communication control unit 20 clock 21 Communication management memory unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A timepiece which measures time, a communication control section which performs facsimile communication according to a communication control procedure standardized as G3, and a timepiece which obtains the result of the facsimile communication performed by this communication control section from the timepiece. In a facsimile apparatus provided with a communication management memory unit that aggregates and stores together with information, a clock information on the receiving station side is added to the communication control procedure, and the clock information on the receiving station side is notified to the transmitting station side. Characteristic facsimile machine. 2. A detecting means for detecting a country code included in the communication control procedure, and a judging means for judging whether or not the country code of the transmitting station and the country code of the receiving station match. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the country codes do not match, the clock information on the receiving station side is stored in the communication management memory unit on the transmitting station side. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the country codes match, the clock information of the transmitting station itself is stored in the communication management memory unit.