JPH06225107A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute efficiently re-communication after the occurrence of a communication fault by giving a recommendation to set an opposite equipment to be a state of polling transmission enable when the equipment is in the state of disable reception at the arrival of a call and starting polling reception from a receiver side automatically when the state is restored. CONSTITUTION:Upon the receipt of an incoming instruction from a communication control section 1, when the equipment is in a reception disable state, the main control section 4 requests preparation of a polling original to an opposite facsimile equipment. The control section 1 requests the intervention of the operator to the opposite equipment according to a facsimile communication protocol stipulated by the CCITT recommendations and urges the operator to set an original to be a polling transmission enable state. Then the control section 4 stores a received telephone number to a destination storage section 5. When the equipment state of disable reception is restored, the stored telephone number is read and the destination of the telephone number is called via the control section 1 and polling reception is executed. Then the re-transmission of an original not delivered yet is executed efficiently.

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 which restarts communication when a communication error occurs due to a malfunction of a facsimile receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile machine, when communication failure occurs due to an abnormality in a facsimile receiver and the facsimile communication cannot be completed, the operator on the transmitter side makes a gap. And try sending again, or
One of the calls was made periodically by the automatic resending function of the facsimile.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, since the transmitter determines the restart timing of the facsimile transmission, the abnormality on the receiver side is not recovered even when the transmission is tried again. There was a problem that the line could not be connected because the receiver side was in use.

[0004]

A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes a voice transmitting section for transmitting a prescribed voice signal to a line,
A signal receiving unit for converting a PB or DP signal received from the line into a logical signal and outputting the logical signal, and a request for intervention of an operator with respect to an opposing partner device according to a prescribed facsimile communication protocol, and the voice transmitting unit and the voice transmitting unit. A communication control unit that controls a signal receiving unit to receive and output a telephone number of the partner device, a destination storage unit that stores the received telephone number, and a communication control unit and a destination storage unit. And a main control unit for making a call based on the telephone number stored in the destination storage unit and executing polling reception.

Further, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention has a voice transmitting section for transmitting a prescribed voice signal to the line, a binary code analyzing section for converting a binary code signal in the facsimile communication into a logical signal and outputting the logical signal, and an opposite partner. An operator's intervention is requested to the device according to a prescribed facsimile communication protocol, the voice sending unit and the binary code analysis unit are controlled to detect the telephone number of the partner device, and a logical signal representing this telephone number. Is output based on the telephone number stored in the destination storage unit for controlling the communication control unit and the destination storage unit. A main control unit for calling and executing polling reception.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

[0007] FIG. 1 is a voice transmission unit for transmitting a voice signal requested by a voice output request from the communication control unit 1 to the line 6 and returning a voice output response to the communication control unit 1 when the transmission of the voice signal is completed. 2 and PB or D from the communication control unit 1
In response to the P signal detection request, reception of the PB or DP signal from the line is started, the received PB or DP signal is converted into a logical signal, and the PB / DP is notified to the communication control unit 1 as a PB or DP signal detection response. When a ring signal is detected from the signal receiving unit 3 and the line 6, an incoming call instruction is output to the main control unit 4, and facsimile communication is controlled in accordance with the contents of the incoming call request and the outgoing call request from the main control unit 4, and if necessary. The communication control unit 1 that controls the voice transmission unit 2 and the PB / DP signal reception unit 3 in response, and the telephone number notified by the telephone number writing request from the main control unit 4 are stored. It is configured to have a destination storage unit 5 that takes out the telephone numbers in the order of storage and notifies the result as a telephone number read response, and a main control unit 4 that controls the communication control unit 1 and the destination storage unit 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When detecting a ring signal from the line 6, the communication control unit 1 outputs an incoming call instruction to the main control unit 4. When the main control unit 4 receives the incoming call instruction, the main control unit 4 determines whether or not the device is in the receivable state, and when it is in the unreceivable state, the communication control unit 1 issues an incoming call request to the opposite facsimile. Request polling manuscript preparation. Upon receiving this incoming request, the communication control unit 1 executes a communication procedure for requesting intervention of the operator with respect to the opposite device according to the facsimile communication protocol defined by the CCITT recommendation.

When it is determined that the operator has intervened in the opposite device, the communication control unit 1 requests the voice transmission unit 2 to transmit a polling document preparation recommendation message by a voice output request. In response to this voice output request, the voice sending unit 2 prompts the operator of the opposite device to prepare the document to be sent in a state ready for polling transmission, and further uses the telephone number of the opposite device to use the telephone. Send a voice message prompting you to enter. Upon completion of sending the voice message, the voice sending unit 2 sends back a voice output response to the facsimile communication control unit 1.

Upon receiving the voice output response, the communication control section 1 outputs a PB / DP signal detection request to the PB / DP signal receiving section 3. The PB / DP signal receiving unit 3 starts receiving the PB and DP signals from the line 6 in response to the PB / DP signal detection request. The PB / DP signal receiving unit 3 allows the operator of the opposite device to operate in accordance with the above-mentioned voice message.
PB or D indicating the telephone number entered using the telephone
The P signal is sequentially received from the line 6, converted into a logical signal representing a telephone number, and notified to the communication control unit 1 as a PB / DP signal detection response. Upon receiving the PB / DP signal detection response, the communication control unit 1 notifies the main control unit 4 of the termination of the incoming call operation and the logical signal indicating the telephone number by the termination completion response.

When the main control unit 4 receives the incoming call termination response, it requests the destination storage unit 5 to write a logical signal representing the telephone number notified of by the telephone number write request. Upon receiving the telephone number writing request, the destination storage unit 5 stores the logical signals in the order of the requests.

When confirming that the unreceivable device state has been restored, the main control unit 4 outputs a telephone number read request to the destination storage unit 5. Upon receiving the telephone number read request, the destination storage unit 5 takes out logical signals representing the telephone numbers in the order in which they are stored, and as a telephone number read response, the main control unit 4
Notify to.

The main controller 4 outputs to the communication controller 1 a call request using the telephone number received by the telephone number read response as additional information to request the start of the polling reception operation. Upon receiving the call request, the communication control unit 1 calls the destination of the telephone number received as the additional information and executes polling reception.

In this way, it is possible to poll and re-receive a document that could not be received when a call arrived earlier.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a voice signal requested by a voice output from the communication control unit 1 is transmitted to the line 6, and a voice output unit 2 that returns a voice output response to the communication control unit 1 when the transmission of the voice signal is completed, In response to a signal analysis request from the communication control unit 1, a binary code signal is analyzed and converted into a logical signal,
When a ring signal is detected from the binary code analysis unit 7 that notifies the communication control unit 1 of this logical signal as a signal analysis response and the line 6, an incoming call instruction is output to the main control unit 4, and the incoming call from the main control unit 4 is received. A communication control unit 1 which controls facsimile communication according to the request contents of a request and a call request, and controls the voice transmission unit 2 and the binary code analysis unit 7 as necessary.
And a destination storage unit 5 that stores the telephone numbers notified by the telephone number writing request from the main control unit 4, takes out the telephone numbers in the order stored by the telephone number reading request, and notifies as a telephone number read response. It is configured to include a control unit 1 and a main control unit 4 that controls a destination storage unit 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When detecting a ring signal from the line 6, the communication control unit 1 outputs an incoming call instruction to the main control unit 4. When the main control unit 4 receives the incoming call instruction, the main control unit 4 determines whether or not the device is in the receivable state, and when it is in the unreceivable state, the communication control unit 1 issues an incoming call request to the opposite facsimile. Request polling manuscript preparation. When the communication control unit 1 receives the incoming call request, the communication control unit 1 sends a message to the opposite device according to the facsimile communication protocol defined by CCITT recommendation or the like.
Execute communication procedures that require operator intervention. When the communication control unit 1 detects a binary code signal during execution of the communication procedure, the communication control unit 1 outputs a signal analysis request to the binary code analysis unit 7 using the binary code signal as additional information.

In response to the signal analysis request, the binary code analysis unit 7 analyzes various binary code signals and converts them into logical signals, and notifies the communication control unit 1 by a signal analysis response. The binary code analysis unit 7 is a terminal identification signal (TSI, TSI,
CSI, CIG) is analyzed and the telephone number of the opposite device is notified as a logical signal. When the communication control unit 1 determines that the operator has intervened in the opposite device, the communication control unit 1 requests the voice transmission unit 2 to transmit a polling document preparation recommendation message by a voice output request. In response to this voice output request, the voice sending unit sends a voice message prompting the operator of the opposite facsimile machine to prepare the document to be sent in a state ready for polling transmission. Upon completion of sending the voice message, the voice sending unit 2 returns a voice output response to the communication control unit 1. Upon receiving the voice output response, the communication control unit 1 terminates the execution of the communication procedure, notifies the termination of the incoming operation by the termination completion response, and notifies the binary code analysis unit 7 during the execution of the communication procedure. The main control unit 4 is notified of a logical signal representing a telephone number.

When the main control unit 4 receives the termination completion response, the main control unit 4 requests the destination storage unit 5 to write a logical signal representing the notified telephone number together with a telephone number write request. Upon receiving the telephone number writing request, the destination storage unit 5 stores the logical signals in the order of the requests. Main control unit 4
When confirming that the unreceivable device state has been restored, outputs a telephone number read request to the destination storage unit 5.

Upon receiving the telephone number read request, the other party storage unit 5 takes out logical signals representing telephone numbers in the order in which they are stored and notifies the main control unit 4 as a telephone number read response. The main control unit 4 outputs to the facsimile communication control unit 1 a call request using the telephone number received by the telephone number read response as additional information to request the polling reception operation to start. Upon receiving the call request, the facsimile communication control unit 1 calls the destination of the telephone number received as the additional information and executes polling reception.

In this way, it is possible to poll and re-receive the original that could not be received when the incoming call arrived previously.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the device is in the unreceivable state at the time of the incoming call, the manuscript to be transmitted can be polled and transmitted to the operator of the opposite device. Is recommended as a voice signal, and when the status of the opposite device is restored, polling reception is automatically started from the receiver side, so even if transmission is tried again, the abnormality on the receiver side has not recovered Thus, there is an effect that the problem that the line cannot be connected because the receiver side is in use and the re-communication can be efficiently performed after the communication abnormality occurs in the facsimile communication.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Communication Control Section 2 Voice Transmission Section 3 PB / DP Signal Reception Section 4 Main Control Section 5 Destination Storage Section 6 Line 7 Binary Code Analysis Section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A voice transmitting unit for transmitting a regulated voice signal to a line, a signal receiving unit for converting a PB or DP signal received from the line into a logical signal and outputting the logical signal, and an operation with respect to an opposite device opposite A user's intervention according to a prescribed facsimile communication protocol, and a communication control unit that controls the voice sending unit and the signal receiving unit to receive and output the telephone number of the partner device, and the receiving telephone number. And a main control unit that controls the communication control unit and the destination storage unit to call and perform polling reception based on the telephone number stored in the destination storage unit. A facsimile machine characterized by. 2. A voice transmitting unit for transmitting a prescribed voice signal to a line, a binary code analyzing unit for converting a binary code signal in facsimile communication into a logical signal and outputting the logical signal, and an operator of the opposite partner device facing the operator. A communication control unit for requesting intervention in accordance with a prescribed facsimile communication protocol, controlling the voice sending unit and the binary code analyzing unit to detect the telephone number of the partner device, and outputting a logical signal representing this telephone number; , A destination storage unit that stores the telephone number of the destination device, and controls the communication control unit and the destination storage unit to make a call based on the telephone number stored in the destination storage unit to perform polling reception A facsimile apparatus having a main control unit that operates.