JPH06291912A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile equipment capable of preventing an unrequired content from being printed out onto recording paper due to a direct mail utilizing facsimile communication, avoiding a 2nd dialing due to interruption of a procedure to such an opposite party and providing information relating to controlling the avoidance of 2nd dialing to the user when the control avoiding the 2nd dialing is executed. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment is provided with a control section 1 comparing identification information (TSI) of a received dial station with identification information registered in advance in a RAM 2 as information of an opposite station whose communication is allowed and executing virtual reception processing not executing print processing of picture data even executing a procedure when the result of comparison indicates dissidence and controls generation of a journal report relating to the virtual reception.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Facsimile devices are used for unnecessary communication by direct mail or the like using facsimile communication, which hinders immediate communication from other calling stations, and is unnecessary. Since the contents are printed on the recording paper, there is a problem that the recording paper is wasted.

Therefore, the TSI sent from the calling station
(Calling station identification) is detected, the identification information of this calling station is sequentially compared with the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station that permits communication, and if there is a match,
A facsimile machine is conceivable in which the procedure and the data communication are continued and the procedure is interrupted when there is no match.

[0004]

However, as described above, if the procedure is interrupted during communication, the calling side may judge that the communication procedure has ended abnormally. In such a case, the facsimile machine on the calling side may call again, and the called side may repeatedly receive useless incoming calls.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can avoid a situation in which a calling facsimile apparatus makes a call again.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is registered in advance as the received identification information of the calling station and that of the partner station to which the communication is permitted. A means for comparing the identification information, a means for performing a camouflage reception process that does not print the image data while performing the procedure when it is determined that the comparison result does not match, and a journal for this camouflage reception. And a means for creating a report.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, the other party who is not registered in advance as the one that permits the communication is camouflagedly received, and for example, the image data sent by the other party is received in the memory. Since the memory is erased without printing, or only the procedure is executed and the received image data is not stored in the memory at all, the recording paper is prevented from being consumed with unnecessary contents. . Further, since the communication procedure is executed to the end without being interrupted, the calling side determines that the transmission is normally completed, and the calling again is avoided. Then, since the journal report relating to the forged reception is created, it is possible to know from what kind of partner and when the unnecessary communication was received.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration of the facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus controls the entire facsimile and, as will be described later, normal reception and camouflage according to the received calling station identification information. A control unit 1 that can perform switching control between reception and the like, a RAM 2 that stores transmission data, reception data, a telephone number, and the like, identification information of a partner station that is permitted to communicate, and an automatic dial transmission A dialer 3, an NCU 4 for controlling a line, a reading unit 6 for optically reading the contents of a document set on a document table, a modem 7 for performing a modulation / demodulation process, and a dot-by-dot heat on a recording paper by a thermal head. In addition to applying and recording image data, a recording unit 8 for recording a journal report related to forged reception and a program necessary for the operation of the control unit 1 are stored. And ROM9 are, ten keys, one-touch keys, an operation panel 10 provided with such function keys, and a display unit 11 made of LCD.

To register the identification information of the partner station to which the communication is permitted, for example, the operation of the function keys and the ten-key pad for several digits is called to call the identification information registration mode.
It can be performed by inputting a subscriber number, a maker code, a predetermined ID number, etc. by ten-key operation. In addition, instead of separately registering in this way, the other party who has registered the speed dial or the one-touch dial may be used as the other party to whom the communication is permitted as the identification information.

Further, switching between enabling and disabling the camouflage reception function can be performed by a predetermined key operation, and switching between enabling and disabling the camouflage reception function in a time zone designated by the user. Is also possible. This time zone can also be registered by operating the function keys and the ten-key pad for several digits to call the identification information registration mode, and entering the start time and end time using the ten-key operation, similar to the registration of the identification information described above. It has become.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the reception process and the journal report creation and print process relating to the camouflaged reception performed by the control unit 1. First, the presence or absence of an incoming call is determined (S1), and if there is an incoming call, NSF, CS
I, DIS is sent (S2), NSS, TSI, DCS
Is received (S3). Then, the TSI is stored (S
4) It is determined whether or not the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station to which the communication is permitted matches the calling station identification information of the TSI (S6). If there is a match, the process proceeds to the normal reception process (S7), while if there is no match, it is determined whether the spoofed reception is valid (S8). If it is not valid, the process proceeds to step 7, while if the camouflage reception is set to be valid, the time zone data is read (S9) and compared with the current time to determine whether it is within the valid time (S10). ). If it is not within the valid time, the process proceeds to step 7, while if within the valid time or there is no time zone setting, the camouflage reception mode is set (S11). In other words, in order to select the highest transfer rate when deciding the transfer rate with the calling station in training, even if an error may occur at that transfer rate, it is possible to communicate at that highest transfer rate. Is transmitted to the calling station, and upon receiving the image data thereafter, a positive response is set even if an error is detected, and then the process proceeds to the image data memory receiving process (S1).
2). Next, it is determined whether or not the image data has ended (S13),
Upon completion, the contents described in the journal report relating to the camouflaged reception, for example, the TSI and communication time of the calling station are stored in the memory (S14), and the image data received in the memory is erased (S15). The TSI stored in step 4 is erased (S16), and the process returns.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 1 that there is no incoming call, it is determined whether there is a report creation request (S1).
7) If there is a creation request, print a journal report related to camouflaged reception that describes the contents stored in step 14, TSI, communication time, communication time, number of sheets, communication mode, camouflaged reception, etc. (S18). . The journal report may be written together with reports for other receptions, and is printed out in the format shown in FIG. 2, for example.

According to the above configuration, the image data having unnecessary contents is received by the memory and, for example, the memory is erased after the communication is finished and the printing is not performed. Therefore, the recording paper is consumed by the unnecessary contents. Is avoided. Then, since the communication procedure is executed to the end without being interrupted, the calling side judges that the transmission is normally completed, and the calling again is avoided.

Further, since the journal report relating to the forged reception is created, it is possible to know from what kind of partner and when the unnecessary communication was received. It should be noted that the preparation of the journal report regarding the camouflaged reception may be performed by any method such as each time the camouflaged reception is performed, or at a fixed time every day, or according to a report preparation command by the operator, In addition to the printed report, the display report by the display unit 11 may be used.

Further, since the camouflage reception can be enabled / disabled in a time zone, the camouflage reception is set to be valid only in a time zone in which many direct messages are present, for example, at night, and the camouflage reception is disabled during working hours. It becomes possible to select such as. Since the image data stored in the memory is discarded without being printed, and there is no inconvenience even if it contains an error, in this embodiment, even if there is an error, a positive response is given. Moreover, the communication time is shortened by using the highest transmission rate.

In the present embodiment, the G3 facsimile has been described, but the G4 facsimile can also perform the same forged reception control based on the calling station identification information included in the setup message. Further, in the present embodiment, as the camouflage reception, the process of receiving the memory and erasing the memory without printing is performed, but a process such as simply executing the procedure and not storing the received image data in the memory at all is performed. It may be performed.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the recording paper from being consumed by unnecessary reception, and the communication procedure is executed to the end without interruption. It is judged that the transmission has been completed normally, re-calling is avoided, and a journal report regarding forged reception is created, so it is possible to know from whom the unwanted communication was received and when. The effect of being able to do is also played.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a process of receiving a journal report and a process of creating and printing a journal report for camouflaged reception.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a journal report related to forged reception.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 control section 2 RAM 8 recording section 10 operation panel

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[Submission date] May 20, 1993

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for comparing the received identification information of the calling station with the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station to which the communication is permitted, and when it is determined that the comparison results do not match, A facsimile apparatus comprising: means for performing a camouflaged reception process that does not print image data while performing the procedure; and means for creating a journal report related to the camouflaged reception.