JPH0539072U - Facsimile device with telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When a facsimile transmission is interrupted during a call, appropriately handle the facsimile transmission,
The purpose is to eliminate the waste of holding the previous call for a long time. A protocol signal for transmitting data of a telephone number of a calling source from a facsimile device B of a calling source after receiving a call signal from the facsimile device B interrupted during a call with an external telephone A The storage unit 4 is configured to store the data of the caller telephone number output from the signal generation circuit 1b and transmitted from the facsimile machine B of the caller.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a facsimile machine with a telephone.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Recently, a service with a call waiting function called so-called call waiting has been widely spread. The interrupt call service is a service in which when a call is made from another device during a call on a telephone, the exchange side notifies the caller of the call and the call to the other device can be arbitrarily switched. Is. Therefore, it is the actual situation that the conventional facsimile machine with a telephone is not provided with any special function for dealing with such an interruption call.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Therefore, in the conventional facsimile apparatus with a telephone, when the facsimile transmission is interrupted during a telephone call, for example, when switching to the facsimile communication, another telephone call is put on hold during the facsimile communication. However, since the communication time of the facsimile communication is generally long, it is wasteful and time-consuming to hold other calls for a long time during the facsimile communication. If the facsimile communication is started once and then the call is switched to the original telephone on the way to solve this problem, the facsimile communication will become an error and a problem will occur. Therefore, in the present invention, when a call is interrupted by a facsimile machine equipped with a telephone, when the facsimile communication is interrupted during the telephone call, the facsimile communication is appropriately dealt with and the previous call is made. The purpose is to eliminate the waste of holding for a long time.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A facsimile device with a telephone according to the present invention, which has been proposed to achieve the above-mentioned object, is provided by a facsimile device of a calling source after receiving an interrupt call signal interrupted during a telephone call. A protocol signal for transmitting the number data is output from the protocol signal generation circuit, and the calling source telephone number data transmitted from the calling facsimile machine is stored in the storage unit. ing.

[0005]

[Action]

 In the facsimile machine with a telephone characterized by the above configuration, if the facsimile communication from another place is interrupted during a telephone call, the communication mode is switched to the facsimile communication mode after receiving the interrupt call signal transmitted from the exchange. As a result, the protocol signal generation circuit operates to send a specific protocol signal to the interrupting call-originating facsimile machine and instruct the caller-source telephone number data to be transmitted. Then, in response to this, when the data of the calling party telephone number is transmitted from the calling machine of the calling party, the data of the calling party telephone number is stored in the storage unit. Therefore, if the calling telephone number is stored in the storage unit and then the facsimile communication is terminated and the telephone line is switched again, the original call can be immediately returned to, and the original caller waited for a long time. I will not let you. On the other hand, since the data of the caller telephone number received by the facsimile communication is stored in the storage unit, the telephone number is called when the original call is completed, and the facsimile of the caller is received by polling reception. It is possible to pull out a facsimile manuscript from the device, or to prompt for facsimile transmission by telephone contact or the like, without causing any inconvenience.

[0006]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a facsimile apparatus F with a telephone according to the present invention. The telephone-equipped facsimile apparatus F includes a facsimile main body Fa including a facsimile communication control unit 1 and a signal processing unit 3 connected to a telephone line L, and a telephone 2 including a handset 2a and a call circuit 2b. Has been done. The facsimile communication control unit 1 includes a line control unit 1a for switching and connecting the telephone 2 and a modem 1d for transmitting and receiving image data to the telephone line L, a protocol signal generation circuit 1b for outputting a special protocol signal described later, and It is provided with a protocol signal detection circuit 1c for receiving a protocol signal from a facsimile machine of a communication destination.

The signal processing unit 3 is composed of a CPU and the like, and has a function of operating each of the image reading unit 6 and the print output unit 7 to control each unit so as to perform a general facsimile operation. It is also configured to exert the following functions. That is, the signal processing unit 3 activates the protocol signal generation circuit 1b when the handset 2a is picked up and the facsimile communication mode is switched in response to the interrupt call signal during the off-hook communication. , Outputs a special protocol signal instructing the facsimile device of the calling source to transmit the data of the calling source telephone number to the facsimile device F, and correspondingly, outputs the special protocol signal of the calling source. When the telephone number data of the calling party is sent from the facsimile device by push tone (DTMF), etc., this is detected by the protocol signal detection circuit 1c, and the data of the telephone number of the calling party is stored in the storage unit. 4 is controlled so that it is automatically stored. The calling party telephone number data stored in the storage unit 4 can be appropriately displayed on a display unit 8 including a liquid crystal display or the like.

The signal processing unit 3 also has a function of program-controlling the protocol signal generation circuit 1b, the protocol signal detection circuit 1c, and the like so as to execute the polling reception function. Here, the execution of the polling reception function is not only performed by manually operating a specific function key of the key operation unit 5, but in addition to that, the data of the calling telephone number is stored in the storage unit 4 described above. When the connection of the telephone line L is released after the calling, the caller's facsimile device is automatically called while referring to the data of the caller's telephone number, and the facsimile of the caller is called. The program may be controlled in advance so that polling reception from the device can be automatically executed. That is, in the latter case, after the call is completed, a series of actions from the automatic call to the facsimile device interrupted during the call to the polling reception can be automated.

Next, a description will be given of an example of use of the facsimile device F with a telephone having the above-mentioned configuration when the interrupted call service called a so-called kit phone is received. First, as shown in FIG. 2, when an interrupt call signal is transmitted from the exchange 9 while the facsimile apparatus F is talking with the telephone A, if the hook switch is operated, as shown in FIG. Since the telephone exchange 9 switches the telephone line LA to the LB side, the line between the facsimile device with telephone F and the facsimile device B is connected. Then, since the protocol signal according to the predetermined facsimile communication procedure is output from the facsimile device B, the facsimile device F operates the start key (communication button) to switch to the facsimile communication mode. In this case, it is possible to put the handset 2a in the on-hook state and automatically switch to the facsimile communication mode. Then, both facsimile devices F and B send and receive protocol signals to and from each other, and the protocol signal generation circuit 1b of the facsimile device F sends the data of the caller telephone number to the facsimile device B of the caller. It outputs a specific protocol signal that instructs the device F to transmit. In response to this, the facsimile machine B of the caller sends the telephone number of the caller, that is, concrete numerical data such as 661-5212 to the facsimile machine F by push tone (DTMF) or the like. Although transmitted, the data is received by the protocol signal detection circuit 1c and recorded in the storage unit 4. The communication with the facsimile apparatus B may be temporarily terminated at this stage, and the facsimile apparatus F disconnects the line with the facsimile apparatus B. After that, the exchange 9 immediately switches the telephone line from LB to LA as shown in FIG. 4, and resumes the call with the telephone A that has been held. As a result, the holding time of the telephone A can be shortened and the waste of time can be prevented.

Next, when the call with the telephone A is terminated and the line is disconnected, the facsimile device F refers to the data of the telephone number of the facsimile device B which is the calling source stored in the storage unit 4. Then, the automatic call for polling reception is performed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to automatically receive the image data of the transmission original 10 from the facsimile device B on the facsimile device F side and print it out on the recording paper 11. Therefore, even if the facsimile machine B does not make a redial call to the facsimile machine F, the transmission original data can be quickly received. The polling reception may be performed by transmitting the image data stored in the storage unit of the facsimile apparatus B (so-called memory transmission).

Steps 100 to 121 of the flow chart shown in FIG. 6 show a series of operation procedures of the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus F. Among them, in Step 107, the data of the caller telephone number is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus B. A protocol signal for transmitting to the facsimile device F is transmitted from the facsimile device F. Steps 200 to 203 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 show a procedure for performing normal facsimile communication without interruption when the facsimile device F is in an on-hook state. In such a case, the general protocol signals are merely mutually transmitted in step 201, and the signal transmission for transmitting / receiving the data of the calling telephone number is not performed. The present invention does not necessarily need to automatically perform a series of operations up to polling reception as in the above embodiment. For example, of course, polling reception may be performed by a manual key operation after the end of the call, but without performing polling reception, for example, the telephone in the storage unit 4 is automatically dialed to the calling facsimile machine side. You may call the number to call and request a facsimile re-communication.

[0012]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the facsimile device with a telephone according to the present invention, even when the facsimile communication is interrupted during a call, the data of the telephone number of the originator of the facsimile communication is stored and the operation is temporarily terminated. By doing so, the holding state of the previous call is not prolonged, and when the call ends, the call originator of the facsimile transmission can be appropriately polled and other contact responses can be made, and efficient call and There is an effect that facsimile communication can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a facsimile device with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a call state in a series of examples of use of the facsimile machine with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which mutual transmission is performed with a facsimile machine interrupted during a call in a series of usage examples of the facsimile machine with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of making a call again among a series of usage examples of the facsimile device with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of performing polling reception with respect to the previous facsimile machine in a series of usage examples of the facsimile machine with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a usage example of a facsimile apparatus with a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of facsimile communication in a normal on-hook state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile communication control unit 1a Line control unit 1b Protocol signal generation circuit 1c Protocol signal detection circuit 2 Telephone 3 Signal processing unit 4 Storage unit F Facsimile device with telephone A External telephone B External facsimile device

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. After receiving an interrupt call signal interrupted during a call, a protocol signal generating circuit outputs a protocol signal for transmitting data of the caller telephone number from a caller facsimile machine. A facsimile apparatus with a telephone configured to store data of a telephone number of a calling source transmitted from the facsimile apparatus of the calling source in a storage unit.