JPH06133132A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To relieve the registration load by the operator by automating the registration of a new opposite party registered in advance in order to limit a communication opposite party to a specific type. CONSTITUTION:A telephone number of an opposite party or a destination confirmation number such as an ID code received together with a text from an ISDN or PSTN communication line via a communication control section 7 is detected and an SCU 1 discriminates whether or not the destination confirmation number represents a destination registered in a memory section 5, when the destination is a destination registered already, text data stored in the memory section 5 are read and printed out from a plotter section 4 and when the destination is a destination not registered yet, the plotter section 4 prints out a report in which destination information and part of the content of the text are printed out. The user checks the report and prints out all the text when the information is the required information and registers the destination automatically the memory section 5 and when undesired information, the user deletes the reception text data from the memory section 5 and the destination is not registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine capable of automatic reception and recording only a received electronic message from a destination registered in advance on a recording sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various applications have been developed and provided as various services with the remarkable spread of facsimile machines for transmitting image information via public telephone lines. For example, some of these services are direct mail. This is beginning to be used because the facsimile device can receive automatically and the communication cost is lower than that of mail.

However, although the side transmitting the direct mail has the above-mentioned merits, the side receiving the same does not necessarily have the merits. That is, not only the necessary information is received, but also when too many direct mails are received, the recording paper is wasted, and the result is that it is used without permission.

Therefore, conventionally, various means have been proposed and implemented as countermeasures against such problems. For example, a means for receiving the telephone number or ID code of the other party at the time of receiving the electronic message to check whether or not the message is registered in advance and permitting only the registered other party to receive the message is implemented. For this reason, if these functions are implemented, it is possible to certainly reject unnecessary message reception from an unknown party. However, regarding the other party with whom a new transaction has occurred, the telephone number and ID of the other party are registered in advance.
You need to register and put in code or both. However, if registration is not in time, even if there is a reception from the other party, you can refuse to receive it, or even if you want to receive a specific message from an unregistered party, you can not receive the message and it is inconvenient. there were.

Therefore, as a countermeasure in such a case,
As described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-172773, it has been proposed to temporarily record a part of data relating to a telegram and a partner on a recording paper. In the case of this conventional example,
Certainly, it was effective for the omission of reception of important information.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, a new destination as a communication partner of facsimile data must be registered in a predetermined area in advance. is there. In other words, every time a new partner is added,
Since the operator needs to perform this registration work, there is a problem that the operation becomes very troublesome.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and in order to limit a communication partner to a specific partner, the operator can automate the registration work of a new communication partner to be registered in advance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can reduce the registration work of the above.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 is
Input means capable of automatic reception, inputting a destination confirmation number such as a telephone number or an ID code for identifying a communication partner, registration means for registering the input destination confirmation number in a memory, and receiving a message. (EN) A facsimile device equipped with a discrimination means for discriminating whether or not a transmitting side is a registered partner and a message recording means for recording a received message on a recording sheet when the transmitting side is a registered partner. And a report creating means for creating a notification report indicating that a message has been received from an unregistered partner when the sender is an unregistered partner by the determining means, and a receiver. Selecting means for selecting whether to record or output the received electronic message data stored in the electronic message data storage means based on the contents of the report, and the selecting means. When you select the recording output of the signal data telegram, and records output by the message recording means,
The registration means is provided with an automatic registration means for automatically registering the destination confirmation number of the destination in a predetermined area of the memory.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, when the selecting means selects deletion of the received message data, a data deleting means for deleting the message data from the message data storing means is provided. It is characterized in that the other party confirmation number of the other party, which is provided and whose message data has been deleted, is not registered in the registration means. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, the report created by the report creating means includes a destination information area for displaying destination information such as the name and telephone number of the sender of the received message. , And a message content area for displaying a part of the content of the received message.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the received message data is stored in the message data storage means, and when the discriminator determines that the sender of the message data is an unregistered partner, the message is received from the unregistered partner. Notify the receiving user by report. Then, when the user recognizes that the received data is necessary information, he / she selects the record output of the electronic message data by using the selecting means and prints it out from the plotter section, and the destination confirmation number is stored in the predetermined memory area of the registering means. It is automatically registered. For this reason, even if the receiving side operator or the recipient does not have to perform the work of individually registering the destination to which the newly required message data is transmitted, the message is automatically received, and the message is received again from the same destination. In this case, normal automatic reception is performed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the user on the receiving side confirms the content of the electronic message data received from the unregistered destination by the report, and if it is recognized as unnecessary information, the electronic means data is deleted using the selecting means. Then, the electronic data is deleted by the data deleting means, and the destination confirmation number is not registered in the registration means. For this reason, since it is not automatically registered with respect to a user who sends information that is unnecessary for the user without permission, normal reception will not be performed from the next time, and it is possible to prevent waste of recording paper.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the report recorded and output from the plotter unit when a message is received from an unregistered partner is composed of the partner information area and the message content area. At a glance, it is possible to grasp the outline of the contents of the received message with the destination. As a result, it is possible to accurately determine whether the received message is required or not, so that the automatic registration of the other party based on the selection result of the selection means is accurately performed.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In Fig. 1, SCU (Syst
The em control unit) 1 is a unit that controls the entire facsimile system.

The operation unit 2 is a unit which is provided with various keys and switches for performing necessary operations at the time of transmission and reception and a display or a lamp display unit, and which inputs various data and outputs such as message display. The scanner unit 3 is CC
This unit is composed of a D (Charge Coupled Device) or the like, and is a unit that reads image information while optically scanning a document line by line and converts it into an electrical signal.

The plotter unit 4 expands compressed data such as received image information, and in the case of a thermal printer, for example, a unit for recording a picture or a character by applying heat to a thermal recording paper. Is. The memory unit 5 is
ROM (Read Only Me) that supplies the SCU1 program
mory), a work area necessary for the operation of the SCU 1, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that stores image data, and the like, and is a unit that controls them.

The image processing unit 6 performs various processes on the image data, and mainly encodes and compresses the transmission image data, decodes the compressed reception image data, and expands the DCR (code). It is a unit that includes a decryption unit).
The communication control unit 7 is a unit that is connected to a communication line, accesses the line, and executes a communication protocol such as G3 or G4. In this embodiment, the ID code is also checked.

The system bus 8 is a signal line for connecting the above-mentioned respective parts and exchanging data. Next, the operation will be described. First, the operator of the receiving side terminal of the facsimile device inputs the telephone number and / or the ID code of the other party who normally performs reception at the terminal in advance by using the ten-key pad or the like of the operation unit 2 and registers it in the memory unit 5. I'll do it.

The SCU 1 shown in FIG. 1 receives the registration data from the operation unit 2 and stores it in a predetermined area of the RAM of the memory unit 5. Therefore, when there is an incoming call to the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment from the other party's terminal, the incoming call is first detected by the communication control unit 7, and the SCU 1 is notified of that.
Here, the SCU1 judges the state of the entire system,
If the facsimile data can be received, the communication control unit 7
A response signal is sent to the device to instruct to start communication. The communication control unit 7 uses the called terminal identification signal (CED: Call).
ed Station Identification) and then non-standard function identification signal (NSF: Non-Standard Facilities) and digital identification signal (DIS: Digital Identification Si
gnal) are sent in sequence.

Further, the communication control section 7 sends a non-standard function setting signal (NSS: Non-Standard facilit
ies Set-up), digital command signal (DCS: Digital Co
mmand Signal) and transmission terminal identification signal (TSI: Tran)
smitting Subscriber Identification) and the like and notifies the SCU 1 of the contents. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, and shows the operation flow described below.

The SCU 1 receives the above-mentioned data of the communication partner from the communication control unit 7, compares the contents of the data with the previously registered partner information, and determines whether or not they correspond (step 100, Step 101). S
Based on the result of the above judgment, the CU 1 stores the information of the other party in a predetermined position of the memory unit 5 along with the distinction between the registered / unregistered state of the other party (step 102, step 10).
3). Then, the SCU1 continues the reception process,
The communication control unit 7 also continues the reception process. This communication control unit 7
Passes the received image information (telegram) to SCU1. Further, the SCU 1 stores the received electronic message in the memory unit 3 in association with the stored other party information.

In this way, when the message reception is completed (step 104) and the communication is completed, the SCU 1 determines whether or not the destination of the message just received is unregistered (step 105). The information of the other party is read from the memory section. Here, the SCU 1 records and outputs the received electronic message to the recording sheet as a normal process if the other party just read is already registered. This record output process is performed by SCU1
When the recording start instruction is given to the plotter unit 4, the memory unit 5
The electronic message data is read out and sent to the image processing unit 6, the compressed data is expanded and converted into raw data, and the raw data is sent to the plotter unit 4 for recording and output. Then, the recorded and output electronic message data is deleted from the memory unit 5 (step 106).

If the destination read by the SCU1 is not registered, the above-mentioned normal processing is not performed. That is, the SCU 1 reads out the information of the other party stored at the time of reception from the memory unit 5, develops the content into an image, and creates it as image information to be stored in a predetermined memory area. Then, the SCU 1 adds the electronic message received from the other party to the created image information as raw data according to the same method as described above to obtain image information up to A4 size. Furthermore, S
The CU 1 sends the image information created in this way to the plotter unit 4
Then, the plotter unit 4 outputs a telegram reception report of A4 size one page (step 107).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a message reception report from an unregistered partner. As shown in FIG. 3, when a telegram is received from an unregistered partner, such a report is printed out for one page, for example. For this reason,
The operator or receiver can check the outline of the contents of the received message and the information of the recipient at a glance just by looking at this report, and without wasting the recording paper, whether the received message is really necessary information. It can be determined whether or not (step 108, step 109).

When the operator or the receiver determines that the received message is unnecessary, the operator operates the operation unit 2 to display a dedicated screen, and after inputting the message number of the received message,
Specify deletion. As a result, the SCU 1 receives this information from the operation unit 2 and deletes the message from the memory unit 5 (step 110). However, the other party information and the information about communication are stored in the memory unit 5 as communication management information until they are printed out on a recording paper.

If the operator or the recipient recognizes that the received message is a necessary message, the operator operates the operation unit 2 to display a dedicated screen, input the message number of the message, and then designate printing. As a result, the SCU 1 receives this information from the operation unit 2, reads the message from the memory unit 5, and records and outputs it on the recording paper from the plotter unit 4 as described above.

In this embodiment, at the same time when the received message is recorded and output, as information for specifying the destination in the SCU 1,
For example, a telephone number, an ID code, or both are automatically registered in a predetermined memory area of the memory unit 5 that stores receivable destination information (step 111). Therefore, when the next telegram is received from the destination automatically registered as described above, it is treated as the reception from the registered destination, and the normal reception of recording and outputting the received telegram from the plotter unit 5 can be performed. . Of course, other than unregistered destinations other than the above, normal reception cannot be performed, so that the recording paper is not wastefully consumed, and it is possible to selectively select whether or not the information is necessary depending on the destination. You can now receive automatically.

[0027]

According to the invention of claim 1, when the received message data is stored in the message data storage means and the discrimination means discriminates that the transmission side of the message data is an unregistered partner, the unregistered partner is recognized. Notify the receiving user with a report that the message has been received. When the user recognizes that the received data is necessary information, he / she selects the record output of the electronic message data using the selecting means and prints it from the plotter section, and at the same time, the destination confirmation number is automatically stored in a predetermined memory area of the registering means. register. As a result, the recipient who sends the required data is automatically registered without the need for the operator or receiver to individually register the recipient who sends the new message data. The device can judge accurately by the destination and can receive automatically.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the user on the receiving side confirms the electronic message data received from the unregistered partner by the report and recognizes it as unnecessary information, the electronic message data is deleted using the selecting means. Is selected, the data deleting means deletes the electronic message data, and the partner confirmation number is not registered in the registering means. As a result, automatic registration is not performed for a user who sends information that is not needed by the user without permission, and normal reception is not performed from the next time, so that the recording paper is not wastefully consumed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when a message is received from an unregistered partner, the report recorded and output from the plotter section is composed of the partner information area and the message content area. It is possible for the user to grasp the outline of the other party information and the received electronic message contents at a glance. This makes it possible to accurately determine whether information is required or not, and it is possible to accurately perform automatic registration of the other party based on the result of the selecting means.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a message reception report from an unregistered partner.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 SCU (discrimination means, data deletion means) 2 operation section (input means, selection means) 3 scanner section 4 plotter section (message recording means, report generation means) 5 memory section (registration means, message data storage means, automatic registration means) ) 6 image processing unit 7 communication control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims: 1. Input means capable of automatic reception, for inputting a destination confirmation number such as a telephone number or ID code for identifying a communication partner, and registration means for registering the input destination confirmation number in a memory. And a facsimile device including a determining unit that determines whether the transmitting side is a registered partner when receiving a message, and a message recording unit that records a received message on a recording sheet when the transmitting side is a registered partner. In (1), a message data storage means for storing the received message data, and a report generation for generating a notification report indicating that a message has been received from the unregistered destination when the sender is an unregistered destination by the determination means Means, and a selection means for the user on the receiving side to select whether to record or output the received message data stored in the message data storage means based on the contents of the report. Automatic recording means for recording and outputting the received electronic message data by the selecting means, for recording and outputting by the electronic message recording means, and for automatically registering the destination confirmation number of the destination in the registration means in a predetermined area of the memory. And a facsimile machine. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data deleting unit that deletes the message data from the message data storage unit when deleting the received message data is selected by the selecting unit. A facsimile machine, characterized in that the deleted party confirmation number of the other party is not registered in the registration means. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the report created by the report creating means is a destination information area for displaying destination information such as a sender name and a telephone number of the received message, and a received message. A facsimile device characterized by comprising a message contents area for displaying a part of the contents of, and a message contents area.