JPH06233015A - Facsimile transfer equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile transfer equipment which can easily transfer the input or received picture information to the terminal equipment of an optional medium. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile transfer equipment 1 is connected to the facsimiles 11 and 12 and also to an image processor excluding these facsimiles via at least one of a public circuit 14, a LAN 10, and an individual interface. Then a register means is added to register the output device designation information in response to an optional number or an input device. Furthermore a transfer means transfers the input or received picture information to the output device registered by the register means by designating a number or an input device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile transfer device, and more particularly to an output device for an arbitrary medium by expanding the conventional speed dial function or newly providing an output device for each input device. The present invention relates to a facsimile transfer device that enables transfer of image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some facsimiles have a speed dial function, and by registering a destination telephone number, it is possible to send image information to the registered destination by one operation. .

Further, in a service system such as an electronic mail and a database, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-4684.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3, a technique has been proposed in which, when a mail document is registered or search conditions are registered, the output format as to which medium the delivery document is output to can be controlled from the sender terminal. .

[0004]

In the conventional speed dial function as described above, the speed dial instruction can be given only by the sending side facsimile device, and the destination is also limited to the facsimile device via the exchange network. There was a problem that Also in systems such as e-mail,
There was a problem that the output format could only be specified from the originating terminal.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to obtain a facsimile transfer apparatus which can easily transfer input or received image information to a terminal device of an arbitrary medium. is there.

[0006]

The present invention is a public line, L
In the facsimile and the facsimile transfer device connected to the image processing device other than the facsimile via at least one of the AN and the individual interface, the output device designation information is provided corresponding to at least one of an arbitrary number and an input device. It is provided with a registration means for registering and a transfer means for transferring the image information input or received by designating at least one of the number and the input device to the output device registered in the registration means. .

[0007]

By means of such means, this device can be connected to a network of different media and the image information input or received can be easily transferred to a terminal of any media based on an instruction from the main body or an external device. Is possible.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a network including a facsimile transfer device to which the present invention is applied. Although details will be described later, the facsimile transfer device 1 is connected to a telephone network by a line 14 and communicates with other facsimile machines A11, B12 and the like via the telephone network.

Further, for example, a bus such as GPIB or SCSI is connected to the hosts A2 and B3, a hard disk, a storage device 4 such as a magneto-optical disk, a printer 5, a scanner 6 and the like. Further, it is connected to the server 8, the terminal 9, etc. by a LAN such as Ethernet. These hosts, storage devices, input / output devices, servers, and terminals all input / output or process facsimile image data,
It can be accumulated.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the facsimile transfer apparatus 1. The CPU 20 follows the program stored in the ROM 21 and follows the facsimile transfer apparatus 1
Take overall control. The RAM 22 stores image information input or received, or stores various control data.

The scanner 23 reads a document and outputs image information data. The printer 24 prints image information data. The external input / output unit A is a bus interface circuit such as GPIB or SCSI. The external input / output unit B is, for example, an LA such as Ethernet or token ring.
It is an N interface circuit. The speed dial storage unit 27 is composed of, for example, a battery-backed RAM or a flash memory, and stores speed dial information described later.

The communication control unit 28 is composed of a communication control device, a network control device, and the like, and controls exchange with the telephone network and the facsimile of the other party, transmission control, procedure control, and the like. Encoding unit 29
Encodes (compresses) image information data according to a predetermined method. The decoding unit 30 also decodes (expands) the encoded image signal into the original image information data.

The enlargement / reduction unit 31 enlarges or reduces the input or received image information data in accordance with the specifications of the output device. The input unit 32 is composed of, for example, a panel switch, and an operator inputs a telephone number, an abbreviated number, various instructions, and the registration and deletion of abbreviated dial information are performed. The display unit 33 includes, for example, an LCD display device,
Displays the device status, entered key information, etc. Reference numeral 34 is a bus that connects the circuits inside the apparatus.

Next, the data will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing speed dial information stored in the speed dial storage unit 27. In this example, a plurality of output information can be registered for the speed dials 01 to 99, for example. In the basic item, output information when there is no output instruction for each input device (similar to the conventional speed dial) can be registered, and in the item for each input instruction, input devices A to Z ( Other output information can be registered.

The last row of the table is output information for semi-fixedly connecting the input device and the output device by simply registering the output device for each input. It is possible to register a plurality of output information in each output information column, and details of the output information are shown in FIG. Each output information has information items as shown in the figure. The telephone number is the destination subscriber number of the telephone network or the like similar to the conventional speed dial.

The output device information is information indicating the type of output device when a device other than the facsimile is designated. The output device address is an address of the output device and is, for example, terminal address information in a LAN or the like. The transfer mode (communication mode) is communication control information with the output device, such as a transmission speed, a signal format, and a type of transmission control procedure.

Information after the relay station information is for facsimile. The relay station is set when transferring image information through the station. The linear density and size are set when it is necessary to specify the output facsimile. It is possible to set the time when transmission is started in the time information. The result notification information is information about the device that should output the communication result.

A plurality of output information as shown in FIG. 4 can be registered in each output information column of FIG. If the facsimile is one telephone network and the output device is one other than the facsimile, one output information unit can be designated. This information can be set from the panel.

Next, the operation will be described. 5 and 6
3 is a flowchart showing an operation of receiving and transferring image information from a host in a facsimile transfer apparatus of the system as shown in FIG. 1, for example. In step S1,
Whether or not there is a speed dial instruction from the host is checked, and if there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step S6.
If there is no instruction, the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, it is checked whether or not the output designation information for each input device is registered. If there is no output designation registration, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is checked whether or not there is an output designation from the host, and if there is no designation, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, it is checked whether the data can be stored. The facsimile transfer device can perform polling ring storage, stored document transfer, and the like, and when the memory is empty, it can be stored. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S5, image information is received, stored in the memory, and processed. To finish. In step S4, if the storage is impossible, the process proceeds to error processing, the input device is notified of the error, and the process ends.

In step S6, it is checked whether or not the output designation information for each input device is registered. If the output designation information is not registered, the process proceeds to step S7 and the basic number corresponding to the shortened number in FIG. Determine the output destination by referring to the output information. If the output designation for each input device is registered in step S6, the process proceeds to step S8, and the abbreviated number and the output destination from the input device are referred to by referring to the output information in the column of the instruction for each input in FIG. decide.

If the output designation for each input device is registered in step S2, the process proceeds to step S9, and the output destination is determined from the input device by referring to the output information in the last line of FIG. . If an output is designated by the host in step S3, the process proceeds to step S10, and the output destination is determined according to the designation. From this point onward, it continues to FIG.

Turning to FIG. 6, in step S11, it is checked whether or not the output device designated by the output information is receivable (in the case of a plurality of outputs, at least one is confirmed), and it is possible. If so, step S1
Move to 2. In step S12, the image information is received from the host, and in step S13, the received image information is transferred to the designated output device. Note that step S1
2 and 13 may be performed at the same time. When storing the received image information, step S11 can be omitted.

In step S11, if the output device cannot receive, or if an output device that does not exist is designated, the process proceeds to step S14, and it is checked whether an error notification is necessary. If the error notification is necessary in step S14, the process proceeds to step S15, and the error notification is output to the output device specified in the output information.

In step S16, it is checked whether or not the communication should be interrupted. If the communication should be interrupted, the process proceeds to the interrupting process. If it should not be interrupted, the process proceeds to step S17 to receive image information from the host,
It is stored in a memory such as a RAM. In step S18, it is checked whether or not the designated output device can receive,
If it can be received, the process proceeds to step S13.

If the output device cannot receive in step S18, the process proceeds to step S19, and it is checked whether there is a timer setting instruction. If there is no instruction, the process returns to step S18. If there is, the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20,
Set a timer with a predetermined value.

In step S21, it is checked whether or not the designated output device is receivable. If it is receivable, the process proceeds to step S13. If the output device is unreceivable, the process proceeds to step S22. A transition is made to see if the timer has timed out.

If the timer has not timed out in step S22, the process returns to step S21.
If a time-out has occurred, the process proceeds to step S23.
In step S23, it is checked whether or not the error notification is necessary. If the notification is necessary, the step S23 is performed.
24, the error notification is output to the output device designated in the output information, and the interruption process is started.

The processing from step S18 onward is an example. For example, after the image information is stored in step S17, the state of the output device may be periodically monitored while performing other processing.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the following modifications are also possible. For how to specify the output destination,
If the input-by-input output instruction is registered, this is prioritized and adopted. However, whether or not the input-by-input output instruction information is adopted may be designated from the input device. The registration of the speed dial information is input from the panel of the facsimile transfer device and set. However, the speed dial information (output information) may be set and read from an external device such as a host.

In the example of FIG. 1, an example of connecting to a bus or a LAN is shown, but it may be connected to one or a plurality of hosts in a one-to-one relationship by an interface such as RS232C. The public network may also be an ISDN, a data exchange network, a PBX, a facsimile network. That is, the type of device to be connected and the connection form are arbitrary. It is also possible to transfer the received data without any processing, and it is also possible to handle data other than facsimile by agreement between the transmitting side and the receiving side.

If the registered or designated output device does not exist, for example, the input device is notified of the error in the registration or displayed on this device, and the communication is interrupted or accumulated. It may be possible to select whether to hold the output device until it is connected.

[0034]

According to the facsimile transfer apparatus of the present invention as described above, the input or received image information can be transferred to the terminal device of any medium other than the facsimile by the same simple operation as that of the facsimile. The effect is that you can do it. Therefore, the host side can perform the transfer to the device other than the facsimile by the same processing as the conventional one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system including a transfer device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a facsimile transfer device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing speed dial information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing details of output information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart (part 1) showing a receiving operation.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart (part 2) showing the receiving operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facsimile transfer device, 2 ... 3 Host, 4 ... Storage device, 5 ... Printer, 6 ... Scanner, 7 ... Bus, 8 ... Server, 9 ... Terminal, 10 ... LAN, 11, 12 ... Facsimile, 13 ... Telephone Net, 14 ... Line

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile transfer apparatus connected to a facsimile and an image processing apparatus other than a facsimile via at least one of a public line, a LAN, and an individual interface, and at least one of an arbitrary number and an input device. Correspondingly, registration means for registering the output device designation information, and transfer means for forwarding the image information input or received by designating at least one of the number and the input device to the output device registered in the registration means. A facsimile transfer apparatus comprising: 2. The facsimile transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation of the number is performed by an external device. 3. The facsimile transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit can register a plurality of output device designation information corresponding to the numbers. 4. The registration means can register at least one of a data format and a communication mode of the output device, and the transfer means stores the input or received image information.
4. The facsimile transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer is performed in a data format and a communication mode suitable for the output device designated by the registration means. 5. It is confirmed whether or not there is an output device registered in the registration means, and if it does not exist, the communication is interrupted or received by the storage means, and the output device is connected. 2. The facsimile transfer apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a confirmation means for selecting whether to hold up to. 6. It is confirmed whether or not there is an output device registered in the registration means, and if it does not exist or is not operating, and if there is an error in the output device designation,
2. The facsimile transfer apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notification means for notifying the input device that the output is impossible or at least displaying the information on the present device. 7. A means for executing at least one of reading and changing the output device designation information corresponding to at least one of an arbitrary number and an input device according to an instruction from an external device. 1. The facsimile transfer device described in 1.