JPH0575823A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically generate a telephone book even in the case that a call is originated from an external telephone by manual FAX transmission in FAX equipment provided with an external telephone connecting terminal. CONSTITUTION:In the manual FAX transmission using the external telephone 10, an external telephone on-hook.telephone number detection circuit 18 to detect the off-hook of the external telephone 10 and the telephone number of a dial signal and to input them to a CPU 17 is provided, and the CPU 17 operates at the off-hook of the external telephone 10 in the same way as in the past, and simultaneously, it stores the telephone number of the dial signal, and generates the telephone book from the telephone number and the name of an opposite party, the FAX equipment of the opposite party answers and sends. Thus, since the telephone book can be generated from the telephone number of the opposite party and the name of the opposite party even in the manual FAX transmission using the external telephone, the inputting work of telephone book data can be omitted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile (hereinafter referred to as "FAX") apparatus having an external telephone connection terminal, and more particularly to a FAX apparatus having a telephone directory management function in manual FAX transmission using an existing external telephone. ..

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a conventional FAX machine. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a telephone line connection terminal, and 2 is an external telephone connection terminal, to which a telephone circuit 9 and an external telephone 10 are respectively connected. Reference numeral 3 is a circuit for switching between the NCU circuit 4 inside the FAX machine and the external telephone 10 in response to a control signal from a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 7. The FAX machine connects the FAX machine to the telephone line 9 by calling. The call from the external telephone 10 is switched to connect the external telephone 10 to the telephone line 9. Reference numeral 5 is a key scan circuit for detecting a telephone number key and a FAX start / stop key for making an internal call, 6 is a key input board for a telephone number, FAX start / stop, off-hook, etc., and the CPU 7 described above is a detection key. The output of the scan circuit 5 controls the NCU circuit 4. Reference numeral 8 is an external telephone off-hook detection circuit for detecting the off-hook of the external telephone 10.
The PU 7 controls the switching operation of the switching circuit 3 by the output of the off-hook detection signal and the detection key scan circuit 5.

A manual FAX transmission operation in the FAX apparatus configured as above will be described. 1) Manual FAX transmission using the internal telephone of the FAX machine The caller off-hooks the internal telephone of the FAX machine by the receiver or the off-hook switch of the key input board 6.
When the CPU 7 detects the off-hook of the internal telephone of the FAX machine through the detection key scan circuit 5, the CPU 7 sets the switching circuit 3 to the A side and waits for a telephone number input from the key input board 6.

Next, when a telephone number is input, the CPU 7 controls the NCU circuit 4 to send a dial signal to the telephone line 9. The exchange analyzes the telephone number from this dial signal and calls the fax machine on the other side. Upon receiving the call signal, the other party responds to the calling side with a response signal. At this time, if the name of the other party (for example, XX company) is input to the other party's FAX apparatus, the other party's FAX apparatus transmits the name to the calling side FAX apparatus.

Upon receiving a series of response signals including the name of the other party, the FAX machine on the calling side stores the name of the other party and NC
Ring the handset of the internal telephone through the U circuit 4. The caller recognizes from this sound that he / she is connected to the fax machine of the other party, and turns on the switch for fax transmission start. CPU
When the detection key scan circuit 5 detects a FAX start, 7 starts transmission of FAX data, and after transmitting all data, automatically turns on hook and disconnects the line.

As described above, since all the telephone calling functions of the CPU 7 are managed, a telephone directory can be automatically created from the telephone number of the destination and the name of the destination sent from the destination. However, as shown in FIG. 4, since registration is performed in the order of calling, it is necessary to rearrange later according to the frequency of use in order to prioritize.

2) Manual FAX transmission using an external telephone When the caller off-hooks the external telephone 10, the off-hook detection circuit 8 on the FAX machine side operates to notify the CPU 7 of the off-hook. The CPU 7 sets the switching circuit 3 to the B side and faxes.
Waiting for transmission start, does not participate in the calling function.

The caller sends a dial signal by the external telephone 10 to call the FAX machine on the other side. Upon receiving the call signal, the other party responds to the calling side with a response signal. The caller hears the response signal from the external telephone 10 and hears the F
Recognizing that it is connected to the AX device, the switch for starting FAX transmission is turned on.

When the CPU 7 detects the FAX transmission start by the detection key scan circuit 5, the switching circuit 3
Is set as the A side, and the device information such as the communicable condition between the calling side and the other side FAX device is confirmed. At this time, the other party's F
If the other party's name (for example, XX company) is entered in the AX device, the other party's FAX device uses that name as the calling party's FA.
X device.

When the calling FAX machine receives a series of response signals including the name of the other party, it stores the name of the other party. After this, if the communication conditions of each other are satisfied, the FAX of the calling side
The device starts transmitting FAX data, and after transmitting all the data, it automatically goes on-hook and disconnects the line.

As described above, since the CPU 7 is not involved in the calling function of the telephone, when the external telephone 10 is used, the destination telephone number cannot be stored as telephone directory data. Therefore, it is not possible to realize a function of automatically creating a telephone directory from the destination telephone number and the destination name.

[0012]

In the conventional FAX machine, as described in the above-mentioned prior art, when the internal telephone is used, the CPU is directly involved in the calling function, so that the telephone directory data is stored. It was possible to create it, and the priority of the phonebook could be automatically rearranged according to the frequency of calling, but when using an external phone, the phonebook data cannot be created, so the external phone is used. If you do, the system using the automatic phonebook function will be disabled.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fax machine capable of automatically creating a telephone directory even in manual fax transmission using an external telephone.

[0014]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a fax machine according to the present invention responds to a call made to a fax machine at the other end when a manual fax transmission is performed by an external telephone. Providing a means to detect the telephone number and input it to the CPU,
The CPU recognizes and stores this telephone number, and automatically creates a telephone directory based on the destination data from the destination FAX machine. Furthermore, the telephone number is automatically called according to the frequency of making a call. The priority of the book can be rearranged.

[0015]

[Function] As in the above configuration, a manual F using an external telephone
In the case of AX transmission, the FAX machine has a dial signal detecting means on the telephone line to detect the telephone number of the FAX machine of the other party, and the telephone directory can be automatically created even when an external telephone is used. It is possible to improve the operability of the phonebook function by automatically rearranging the priorities according to the number of calls (frequency).

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a fax machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 to 6 have the same functions as those in FIG. 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. 17 is C
PU, 18 is an external telephone off-hook / telephone number detection circuit,
External telephone off-hook / telephone number detection circuit 18
In the manual FAX transmission using, the off-hook and the telephone number of the dial signal are detected and input to the CPU 17, and the CP
The U17 operates in the same manner as the conventional one by off-hooking the external telephone 10, and can recognize the telephone number and store it in the memory to create the telephone directory as in the case of using the internal telephone.

The operation of manual FAX transmission in the FAX apparatus configured as described above will be described. 1) Manual FAX transmission using the internal telephone of the FAX machine As in the conventional case, the CPU17 manages all the calling functions of the telephone, so the telephone number and the name of the other party are used to automatically make a telephone call. A telephone directory can be created and the priority of the telephone directory can be changed as shown in FIG. 3 depending on the number of calls.

2) Manual FAX transmission using an external telephone When the caller off-hooks the external telephone 10, the off-hook / telephone number detection circuit 18 on the FAX machine side operates to notify the CPU 17 of the off-hook, and the CPU 17 sets the switching circuit 3 to the B side. To When the caller sends a dial signal to the telephone line by the external telephone 10, the external telephone off-hook / hook of the FAX machine is
The telephone number detection circuit 18 operates in the same manner, and the CPU 17 recognizes the telephone number, stores it in the memory, and calls the FAX machine of the other party.

Upon receiving the calling signal, the other party responds to the calling side with a response signal. The caller recognizes from the response signal sound heard from the external telephone 10 that he / she is connected to the FAX device on the other side, and turns on the switch for FAX transmission.

When the CPU 17 detects the FAX transmission start by the detection key scan circuit 5, the switching circuit 3
Is set as the A side, and the device information such as the communicable condition between the calling side and the other side FAX device is confirmed. At this time, the other party's F
If the name of the other party (for example, XX company) is entered in the AX device, the FAX device of the other party uses that name as the FA of the calling side.
X device.

When the calling FAX machine receives a series of response signals including the name of the other party, it stores the name of the other party. After this, if the communication conditions of each other are satisfied, the FAX of the calling side
The device starts transmitting FAX data, and after transmitting all the data, it automatically goes on-hook and disconnects the line.

As described above, since the CPU 17 manages all the calling functions of the telephone, the telephone directory is automatically created from the telephone number of the destination and the name of the destination sent from the destination, and the call Depending on the number of times, the priority order can be changed as shown in FIG.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the FAX
By having a means for detecting the telephone number on the telephone line connecting the device and the external telephone, the FAX device can detect the dial signal from the external telephone. As a result, even in a manual FAX transmission using an external telephone, a telephone directory is automatically created from the detected telephone number and the destination name sent from the destination, and the telephone book data input operation can be omitted. Further, the priority order can be automatically rearranged according to the number (frequency) of calls made by the internal telephone and the external telephone, and the operation of the telephone directory function can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a fax machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional FAX machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the concept of priority order rearrangement in the FAX apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a concept of a telephone directory in a conventional FAX device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone line connection terminal 2 External telephone connection terminal 3 Switching circuit 4 NCU circuit 6 Key input board 10 External telephone 17 CPU 18 External telephone off-hook / telephone number detection circuit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having an external telephone connection terminal, which detects a telephone number of a destination when a call is made to the destination facsimile apparatus when a manual facsimile transmission is performed by an existing external telephone. A means for inputting to the central processing unit is provided, and the central processing unit recognizes and stores the telephone number and is capable of automatically creating a telephone directory based on the destination name data from the destination facsimile machine. A facsimile machine characterized by. 2. A facsimile apparatus having a terminal for connecting an external telephone, wherein when a call is made to the facsimile apparatus at the destination when manual facsimile transmission is performed by an existing external telephone including an internal telephone, A means for detecting a telephone number and inputting it to the central processing unit is provided, the central processing unit recognizes and stores the telephone number, and means for automatically creating a telephone directory by the destination name data from the destination facsimile machine. A facsimile machine characterized by having means for automatically rearranging the priority order of the telephone directory according to the frequency of phone calls.