JPH0556203A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically judge whether a calling opponent is a facsimile equipment or a telephone device, to receive a facsimile document in the case of the facsimile equipment, and to transfer the call to a preliminarily registered telephone number to ensure communication between the transfer destination and the calling telephone set in the case of the telephone set. CONSTITUTION:After automatically receiving a call from an unspecified individual, a FAX/TEL judgement part 15 judges whether the calling opponent is a facsimile device or a telephone set, and when the opponent is judged to be the telephone set, an automatic TEL transfer part 16 transfers the call to the preliminarily registered transfer destination number. Thus, the calling individual can make communication with an aimed individual.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine connected to an exchange having a call transfer function, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a ringer detecting means and an automatic dial calling means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a facsimile machine of this type is set to receive an incoming call automatically, if a telephone call is made to the facsimile machine by mistake, the facsimile machine will detect the ringer signal, and the line will be transferred to the facsimile machine side. The called party cannot talk on the telephone because the operation starts to move to the receiving system of the facsimile document that will be sent from the calling party. I had to hang up the telephone call and could not achieve the purpose of having a conversation. Also, when the called party disconnects the call from the telephone, the facsimile machine of this type does not know that the call has been disconnected, and the line of the facsimile machine is connected for a specified time. It was not possible to send to the device or receive from other fax machines.

[0003]

As described above, when a facsimile machine having the conventional ringer signal means and automatic dialing / calling means is erroneously dialed from the telephone, the facsimile machine set to automatically receive an incoming call is When a ringer signal is detected, the line is switched to the facsimile machine side, and the line is connected for a specified time (about 35 seconds) to send a facsimile response signal and receive a facsimile document from the other party. Even if the dialed party notices that he / she has called the facsimile machine and hangs up the telephone, the facsimile machine is still connected to the line for the specified time, and within this specified time, the facsimile document is sent to another party. , The fax document cannot be sent because the line is connected, and another phase Since the line is connected even when trying to receive a facsimile document from, the facsimile document cannot be received, and there is a time when the function of transmitting or receiving the facsimile document as the facsimile device cannot be performed. There is a drawback that ends up.

Further, there is a drawback in that the other party who dials the facsimile apparatus in which the automatic incoming call is set by mistake cannot talk with the intended person.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the prior art. Especially.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprises a ringer signal detecting means connected to an exchange having a call transfer function, an automatic dial calling means, and an unspecified one. When the call connected from the other party is a telephone, the call transfer means transfers the telephone number registered in advance, and when the other party is a telephone, the transfer destination number storage means stores the transfer destination telephone number. , FAX / T for judging whether the call connected by calling from an unspecified party is a facsimile or a telephone
EL judgment means, voice response means for sending a voice message for holding the called party until it judges whether the called party is a facsimile or a telephone, and the above-mentioned respective constituent means are controlled to be unspecified. Automatically determines whether the call from the other party is a facsimile or a telephone, and when it is judged to be a facsimile, facsimile communication is executed, and when it is judged to be a telephone, it is transferred to a pre-registered transfer destination telephone number. And an automatic TEL transfer means for performing the operation.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a switchboard, 11 is a ringer signal detection unit, 12 is a line switching unit, and 1 is a line switching unit.
3 is an automatic dial calling unit, 14 is a voice response unit, and 15 is F
An AX / TEL determination unit, 16 is an automatic TEL transfer unit, and 17 is a facsimile control unit.

The operation of one embodiment having such a configuration will be described below. When there is a call from a partner (telephone or facsimile machine) not shown, the ringer signal detection unit 11 detects this call signal (ringer signal) and instructs the line switching unit 12 to switch the line to the FAX side. .. The line switching unit 12, which has received the line switching command,
Facsimile controller 1 after switching the line to the FAX side
Notify 7 that the line has been switched. Facsimile control unit 17 notified that line switching has been completed
Notifies the FAX / TEL determination unit 15 of a request to execute the FAX / TEL automatic determination processing. The FAX / TEL determination unit 15 notified of the FAX / TEL automatic determination processing request
The voice response unit 14 is notified of the voice message transmission request. The voice response unit 14 notified of the voice message transmission request transmits the already registered voice message to the line. When the transmission of the voice message is completed, the voice response unit 14 notifies the FAX / TEL determination unit 15 that the transmission of the voice message is completed.

The FAX / TEL judging unit 15 which has been notified that the sending of the voice message has been completed activates a timer in order to judge whether the called party is a facsimile machine or a telephone within a specified time, and Call terminal identification signal (defined as CED signal in CCITT),
And a digital identification signal (defined as a DIS signal in CCITT), and receives a facsimile control signal from the other party. Here, when the other party is a facsimile apparatus, the FAX / TEL determination unit 15 determines that the calling tone (CITT is CCITT from the other facsimile apparatus.
In order to receive an NG signal), the other party determines that it is a facsimile machine, and thereafter executes a protocol procedure with the other party's facsimile machine to receive the transmitted facsimile document.

When the other party is a telephone, CNG
Since the signal is not sent, the timer running at the start of operation times out, and the FAX / TEL determination unit 15
Judges that the other party is a telephone, interrupts the protocol procedure control, and notifies the automatic TEL transfer unit 16 of the call transfer request together with the transfer destination telephone number registered in advance. Automatic TEL transfer unit 16 notified of call transfer request
Performs hooking operation to the exchange having the call transfer function, and sends FAX / T through the automatic dial calling unit 13.
The transfer destination telephone number notified from the EL determination unit 15 is dialed to make a call transfer. When the call transfer operation is completed, the automatic TEL transfer unit 16 notifies the FAX / TEL determination unit 15 that the call transfer is completed.

FAX notified of the completion of call transfer
The / TEL determination unit 15 uses the ringer (tonal) signal detection unit 1 in order to monitor the response of the transfer destination telephone.
A ringback tone signal disconnection detection request is notified to 1. The ringer (tonal) signal detection unit 11 notified of the ringback tone signal disconnection detection request monitors the disconnection of the ringback tone signal, and when the ringback tone signal is disconnected, the FAX / TEL determination unit 15 notifies that fact. To notify. The FAX / TEL determination unit 15 that has been notified that the ringback tone signal has been disconnected determines that the transfer destination telephone has responded, and the line switching unit 12 TELs the line.
Switch to the side and complete a series of operations. CCITT here
Is the International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee.

[0014]

As described above, when the facsimile apparatus of the present invention automatically receives an incoming call from an unspecified partner, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention automatically determines whether the partner is a facsimile or a telephone. , In order to receive the facsimile document sent from the other party by executing the protocol procedure control when it is a facsimile, and to transfer the call to the telephone number registered in advance when the other party is a telephone,
Even if you accidentally dial from the telephone, you can talk to the person you want.

According to the present invention, further, when dialed from the telephone, the time when the facsimile document to be transmitted by another party cannot be received in order to transfer the call to the telephone registered in advance and release the line. The effect of reducing the

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram at the time of automatic TEL transfer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Exchanger 11 ... Ringer signal detection unit 12 ... Line switching unit 13 ... Automatic dial calling unit 14 ... Voice response unit 15 ... FAX / TEL determination unit 16 ... Automatic TEL transfer unit 17 ... Facsimile control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having ringer signal detecting means and automatic dialing means connected to an exchange having a call transfer function, which is registered in advance when a call connected by a call from an unspecified party is a telephone. A call transfer means for transferring to a telephone number of the other party, a transfer destination number storage means for storing a transfer destination telephone number to be transferred when the other party is a telephone, and the call connected by calling from the other party is a facsimile or a telephone FAX / T to judge whether
It has EL judgment means and voice response means for sending a voice message for making the other party wait until it is judged whether the called party is a facsimile or a telephone, and controls the above-mentioned configuration means to make a call from an unspecified party. The call is automatically connected to the other party, a voice message is sent to the other party, while it is automatically judged whether the call is a facsimile or a telephone, and when it is judged as a facsimile, facsimile communication is executed, Further, a facsimile machine having automatic TEL transfer means for transferring to a transfer destination telephone number registered in advance to an exchange having a call transfer function when it is judged as a telephone.