JPH0556249A - Facsimile device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit a transmitting user and a receiving user to check the state of the transmission/receiving of original information at an arbitrary liaison telephone number and to reduce the users' burden in communication fee, in a facsimile device transmitting/receiving the original information. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile device on the transmission side reads out a state notification signal corresponding to the state of the transmission out of the state notification signals stored in a data memory 9 after the completion of the transmission, and transmits the read-out signal to the liaison destination of the transmission user inputted at the time of starting the transmission and stored in the data memory 9 via a communication control circuit 3. The facsimile device on the transmission side transmits the notification destination information to the receiving user inputted at the time of starting the transmission and stored in the data memory 9 along with the transmission of the original information. The facsimile device on the receiving side receiving the notification destination information reads out the state notification signal out of the state notification signals stored in the data memory 9 after the completion of the receiving and transmits it to the notification destination of the receiving user receiving the information via the communication control circuit 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device for notifying the end of facsimile communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in facsimile communication, after transmitting / receiving manuscript information, a sender or a receiver can visually recognize whether or not the transmission / reception is normally performed. That is, the sender of the manuscript information outputs the management report after finishing the transmission, and the receiver is informed that the manuscript information has been received from the receiving side facsimile device which has finished receiving the manuscript information, for example. (For example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2-271774
(See Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-265371). Alternatively, the above-mentioned confirmation can be made by notifying that the original has been transmitted from the transmitting-side facsimile device that has finished transmitting the original information (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2-265371)
(See the official gazette).

[0003]

However, in the former prior art described above, when the sender makes the above-mentioned confirmation, if the facsimile machine is installed at a distant position, the transmission state of the transmitting side facsimile machine is changed. In order to know, there is a problem that the management report must be output by going to the installation position of the facsimile device.

Further, in the latter prior art described above, there is a problem that the person who receives the receipt notification is always the same regardless of the recipient of the original information, and the original original recipient is not directly notified. If the device calls the recipient again after the transmission of the manuscript information to notify the end of the transmission, there is a problem that the telephone charge becomes high when the communication destination is far away.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and the sender and the receiver of the manuscript information can confirm the transmission / reception of the manuscript information at any contact point and bear the communication charge. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus that can reduce the number of printers.

[0006]

According to the present invention, an input means for inputting original information, a transmitting means for transmitting the original information input by the input means to a specific destination, and the original by the transmitting means Detection means for detecting a transmission state of information, report destination storage means for storing a report destination of the transmission state, and a state notification signal indicating the transmission state for transmitting to the report destination after the operation of transmitting the document information is completed. And reporting means.

Further, according to the present invention, input means for inputting manuscript information, notification destination storage means for storing a notification destination of the reception state of the manuscript information, manuscript information input by the input means and the notification destination storage means. And a receiving means for receiving the document information and the notification destination transmitted by the transmitting means, and a status notification signal indicating the reception status by the receiving means. And a reception notification means for transmitting to the notification destination after the reception operation is completed.

[0008]

After the transmission is completed, the facsimile apparatus on the transmission side sends the status report signal indicating the status of the transmission to the report destination of the sender stored in the report destination storage means by the transmission report means. Further, in the facsimile machine on the transmission side, the transmission means transmits the notification destination stored in the notification destination storage means together with the transmission of the document information, and the facsimile machine on the reception side receives the notification destination, and the reception side facsimile apparatus finishes the reception. , The status notification signal indicating the status of reception is sent to the previously received notification destination by the reception notification means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes an operation circuit in which various switches for operating the facsimile machine such as instructions for reading and transmitting document information and inputting a telephone number of a transmission destination are arranged. Reference numeral 10 denotes transmission and reception of document information. A display circuit for displaying operation instructions and an operation procedure relating to 4), a reading circuit such as an image sensor for inputting a document to be transmitted as binary document information,
Reference numeral 7 denotes an output circuit such as a thermal printer which outputs the decoded document information stored in a page memory 6 described later to a recording sheet, and 6 denotes the document information read by the reading circuit 4 or the document which is received and decoded. A page memory 5 stores and holds a plurality of pages of information on a page-by-page basis, and reads and encodes document information stored in the page memory 6, or decodes encoded information received from a partner device and stored in a code memory 8. A code / decoding control circuit 8, a code memory 8 for storing coded document information received via the communication control circuit 3 and a document information to be transmitted coded by the code / decoding control circuit 5 and a modem 3 A detection means, a transmission means, a reception means, a transmission reporting means, and a reception notification means for executing the communication control procedure of the facsimile apparatus including NCU and transmitting / receiving the encoded information to / from the communication line. The communication control circuit 9 stores the contact information to the sender or the receiver at the end of transmission and a voice message as a status notification signal sent at that time, a report destination storage means, a notification destination storage means, and a status notification signal storage. A data memory 1 as means is a main control circuit which is connected to each component and controls the entire facsimile apparatus.

A description will be given of a case where an apparatus having such a configuration communicates with a facsimile apparatus having the same configuration to perform a transmission report to the sender and a reception notification to the recipient.

First, the operation of sending a report to the sender in the sending facsimile will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 (a) and 3.

FIG. 2 (a) is a diagram showing a structure for sending a transmission report to the sender by the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. After transmitting a document from the transmitting side facsimile apparatus 201 to the receiving side facsimile apparatus 203, an arbitrary transmitting side apparatus is provided. Receive the report on the phone (eg, phone 202).

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, when the main control circuit 1 detects insertion of a document into the reading circuit 4 and input of a destination telephone number into the operation circuit 2 (step 301), the sender is notified of the end of the communication. A message asking whether or not to report is displayed on the display circuit 10. Here, when the main control circuit 1 detects that the operator has set the operation circuit 2 to report the message displayed on the display circuit 10 to the sender (step 302), A message requesting the input of the telephone number of the report destination (for example, the telephone number of the telephone set 202) is displayed on the display circuit 10, and the operator waits for the telephone number input. The main control circuit 1 is the operation circuit 2
The telephone number of the report destination is input from the numerical switch arranged at (step 303), and when it is detected that the original reading start switch is pressed, the telephone number of the report destination is stored and held in the data memory 9, and The reading circuit 4 is instructed to start reading the document information.

In the reading circuit 4 instructed by the main control circuit 1 to start reading the document information, the document information is read by the image sensor and stored in the page memory 6 as binary document information.

When the main control circuit 1 confirms that the storage of the document information in the page memory 6 is completed, the transmission condition is satisfied by pressing the transmission start switch or various special transmission functions (for example, time designated transmission). Waiting (for example, arrival of the designated transmission time), when the above conditions are satisfied, the communication control circuit 3 is controlled to connect the line with the receiving side facsimile apparatus 203 (step 304), and confirm the communication capability (step 304). Step 305) is performed.

Then, when the main control circuit 1 detects the reception capability of the receiving side facsimile device in the confirmation of the communication capability, it instructs the encoding / decoding circuit 5 to start the encoding corresponding to the reception capability.

In the encoding / decoding control circuit 5 instructed by the main control circuit 1 to encode the original information, the original information is read from the page memory 6 and encoded in accordance with the receiving capability of the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side. The converted document information is output to the encoding memory 8.

In the main control circuit 1, the communication control circuit 3
The document information stored in the encoding memory 8 is transmitted via the (step 306).

When the transmission of the document information by the communication control circuit 3 is completed, the main control circuit 1 controls the communication control circuit 3 in the same manner as described above to disconnect the communication line with the receiving side facsimile apparatus 203 (step 307). ..

At this time, the main control circuit 1 has the communication control circuit 3
The communication control circuit 3 detects the transmission state indicating whether the transmission in step S3 has been normally completed, and the setting at the start of communication (step 30
2, 303), when the report at the end of communication is set, the communication control circuit 3 is instructed to report to the sender.

The main control circuit 1 reports the transmission status to the sender.
In the communication control circuit 3 instructed by the above, the telephone line is connected to the telephone number of the sender report destination stored in the data memory 9 (step 309), the response of the other party (sender) is confirmed (step 310), and the data in advance Reading and sending of a message (for example, "when transmission ended normally," transmission to XX ended normally "etc.") according to the transmission state from the voice message stored in the memory 9 (step 3)
11) are sequentially performed, and the line is disconnected after sending (step 312).

By the above operation, the sender who transmits the original document by the facsimile apparatus waits for the completion of the original document transmission on the spot by registering his / her contact information in addition to various operations for transmitting the original document at the start of transmission. Instead, the transmission status can be confirmed at the contact (for example, the telephone 202) registered in the facsimile apparatus 201.

Next, the operation of the reception notification to the receiver in the facsimile machine on the receiving side will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2B and 4.

FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a configuration in which the recipient receives a notice of receipt of the original from the receiving side facsimile apparatus 203 in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. The recipient receives the original information and recipient notification destination information (for example, recipient information). After the telephone number (telephone number of the telephone set 204) is transferred from the transmitting side facsimile apparatus 201 to the receiving side facsimile apparatus 203, the receiving side facsimile apparatus 2 (for example, the telephone 204) is transferred to the receiving side facsimile apparatus 2.
Receive notification from 03.

The following is a detailed example.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, the main control circuit 1 is a reading circuit 4
When the insertion of a document into the document and the input of the destination telephone number (step 401) to the operation circuit 2 are detected, a message asking whether to notify the recipient of the end of the communication is displayed on the display circuit 1
Display to 0. Here, the main control circuit 1 is the display circuit 1
When it is detected that the operator has set the operation circuit 2 to report the message displayed to 0 to the receiver (step 402), the telephone number of the notification destination (for example, the telephone number of the telephone 204). A message requesting the input of a telephone number is displayed on the display circuit 10 and the operator waits for a telephone number input. Then, when the main control circuit 1 detects that the telephone number of the notification destination is input from the numerical switch arranged on the operation circuit 2 (step 303) and then the document reading start switch is pressed, the telephone of the notification destination is notified. The number is stored and held in the data memory 9, and the reading circuit 4 is instructed to start reading the document information.

In response to an original reading instruction from the main control circuit 1, the reading circuit 4 starts reading the original information, and the read original information is output to the page memory 3.

When the reading circuit 4 finishes reading and storing the document information, the main control circuit 1 depresses a transmission start switch or various special transmission functions (for example,
Wait until the transmission condition in the time designated transmission) is satisfied (for example, arrival of the designated transmission time), and when the condition is satisfied, the communication start to the communication control circuit 3 and the code It instructs the decoding control circuit 5 to read and encode the document information.

In the operation of transmitting the manuscript information, similarly to the transmission operation described above, the communication control circuit 3 connects the communication line (step 404) and confirms the communication capability (step 4).
05), and the encoding / decoding circuit 5 encodes the document information according to the reception capability of the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side detected by the confirmation of the communication capability, and outputs the document information via the communication control circuit 3 (step 406). ) Is done in order.

Here, in this transmission operation, the main control circuit 1 is instructed to notify the receiving state to the receiver in the setting at the start of communication (step 403), and the communication capability is confirmed (step 405). When it is detected that the receiving side facsimile apparatus has the function of the present invention, the receiving side facsimile apparatus is made to send the recipient notification destination telephone number information stored in the data memory 9 through the communication control circuit 3. ..

The function confirmation in the present invention uses the non-standard function (setting) frame shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 501 is a facsimile control section for distinguishing between non-standard function frames and non-standard function setting frames, and 502 is a facsimile information section for inputting information according to non-standard functions. In this embodiment, in the communication capability confirmation at the start of communication, the receiving side facsimile device has a capability of receiving the notification destination telephone number from the receiving side facsimile device in the facsimile information part of the non-standard function frame to the transmitting side facsimile device. The facsimile machine on the transmitting side, which has received the notification, transmits the notified telephone number of the receiving side in the facsimile information section of the non-standard function setting frame.

When the communication control circuit 3 detects the end of the transmission of the document information, the main control circuit 1 controls the communication control circuit 3 to disconnect the communication line (step 407) and ends the communication.

On the other hand, in the receiving facsimile machine, when the main control circuit 1 detects an incoming call (step 411) from the transmitting facsimile machine through the communication control circuit 3, the communication control circuit 3 is connected to the communication line. (Step 41
2) Instruct to confirm the communication capability (step 413).
The main control circuit 1 confirms the communication capability by controlling the communication control circuit 3 and, in addition to the confirmation of the document size and the like, a non-standard function shown in FIG. If the recipient's notified telephone number is detected in the facsimile information section 502 of the non-standard function frame by checking the frame, the notified telephone number is stored in the data memory 9.

The communication control circuit 3 is controlled by the main control circuit 1.
When the communication line is connected with and the reception of the manuscript information is started (step 414), the received manuscript information is once stored in the encoding memory 8 and then decoded by the encoding / decoding control circuit 5, It is printed by the output circuit 7 through the page memory 6.

Then, when the main control circuit 1 confirms that the communication control circuit 3 has finished receiving the original, it controls the communication control circuit 3 to disconnect the communication line and terminates the communication (step 41).
5).

At this time, if the main control circuit 1 detects the notification destination telephone number in the communication capability confirmation at the start of communication by the communication control circuit 3 (step 416), the reception of whether the reception is normally completed or not is received. The state is detected by the communication control circuit 3 (step 417), and the communication control circuit 3 is instructed to notify the recipient of the reception state.

Main control circuit 1 notifies the recipient of the reception status
In response to the instruction, the communication control circuit 3 connects the telephone line to the notified telephone number stored in the data memory 9 (step 418) and confirms the response of the other party (recipient) (step 41).
9) Read out and send out a message corresponding to the reception state from the voice message stored in the data memory 9 in advance (for example, "when the document is normally completed," the document is normally received ")" (step 420). Are sequentially performed, and after transmission, the line is disconnected (step 421).

By the above operation, the sender who sends the original document to the facsimile apparatus 203 on the receiving side registers the contact information 204 of the recipient by various operations of sending at the start of sending.
At the end of transmission, the recipient can be notified without having to reconnect to the telephone line and make a telephone call.

In addition, the telephone line connection for receiving notification to the receiver is generally made from a receiving side facsimile device (for example, within the same private network) located near the receiver's notification destination. Therefore, the burden of the communication charge can be reduced as compared with the case of making a call connection from the sending side facsimile device side to contact.

In the above embodiment, as a report to the sender and a notification to the receiver, at the end of the transmission or reception operation, the message corresponding to the state is always sent, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the contact may be made only when the transmission / reception is normally completed, or only when the transmission / reception is not normally performed.

In the above embodiment, the report destination and the notification destination of both the sender and the receiver are connected to the same private network as the sender or receiver facsimile machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be directly connected to the public line.

Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the report to the sender and the notification to the receiver have been described independently, but both functions may be provided at the same time.

[0047]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when transmitting manuscript information, a report destination for reporting the transmission status is registered, and after the transmission is completed, the transmission status is reported to the registered report destination. Therefore, the sender can confirm the transmission status at any position without waiting for the end of the transmission at the installation position of the facsimile device.

Further, the transmitting side facsimile device registers a notification destination for notifying the recipient of the transmission of the manuscript information and transmits it together with the manuscript information, and the receiving side facsimile device receives the manuscript information and the notifying destination and receives it. Since the reception state is notified to the notification destination after the end of step 1, the receiver can receive the notification at any position without going to the installation position of the facsimile device for confirmation of reception.

Further, the reception notification to the receiver is generally made by the receiving side facsimile apparatus installed near the receiver by connecting the line, so that the sender is notified by connecting the line. The fee can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram for explaining an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram for explaining an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a frame format diagram of contact information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Control Circuit 2 Operation Circuit 3 Communication Control Circuit 4 Reading Circuit 5 Encoding / Decoding Control Circuit 6 Page Memory 7 Output Circuit 8 Code Memory 9 Data Memory 10 Display Circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting document information, a transmitting unit for transmitting the document information input by the input unit to a specific destination, and a detection for detecting a transmission state of the document information by the transmitting unit. Means, report destination storage means for storing a report destination of the transmission state, and transmission report means for transmitting a state notification signal representing the transmission state to the report destination after the operation of transmitting the document information is completed. And a facsimile machine. 2. A state notification signal storage means for storing a plurality of state notification signals, and a selection means for selecting a state notification signal according to the transmission state from the state notification signal storage means,
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the status notification signal is selected by the selection means in accordance with the transmission status from the status notification signal storage means. 3. Input means for inputting manuscript information, notification destination storage means for storing a notification destination of the reception status of the manuscript information, manuscript information input by the input means, and the notification destination storage means. Transmitting means for transmitting a notification destination to a specific destination, receiving means for receiving the document information and the notification destination transmitted by the transmitting means, and receiving operation of a status notification signal indicating the reception status by the receiving means A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a reception notification unit that is later transmitted to the notification destination. 4. A state notification signal storage means for storing a plurality of state notification signals, and a selection means for selecting a state notification signal according to the reception state from the state notification signal storage means.
4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the status notification signal is selected by the selection means from the status notification signal storage means according to the reception status.