JPH06291960A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile equipment in which communication reject or the like is executed only to a specific opposite station whose communication is undesired (such as an opposite party sending a direct mail). CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment is provided with a control section 1 in which identification information (TSI) of a received caller station and identification information registered in advance in a RAM 2 as an opposite station whose communication is undesired are compared and when the comparison indicates coincidence, communication reject or false reception (such as memory reception of picture data and not printing data and deleting the content of memory or the like) is executed.

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 has been 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 apparatus is conceivable in which the procedure and data communication thereafter are continued, but when there is no match, the procedure is interrupted (communication refusal).

[0004]

However, as described above, when refusing communication with an unregistered partner, all communications other than the partner who is registered in advance to permit communication are rejected. Therefore, even if the sender is not the sender of the direct mail, the communication cannot be established unless it is registered at the called station. That is, it is not configured to reject the communication only to a specific partner station that does not want to communicate. In this way, in view of the fact that it is necessary to establish communication even with a partner who has not registered, it is conceivable to provide a switch for disabling the communication refusal mode. There is the inconvenience that you cannot use it unless you know in advance what you are sending.

In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of performing communication refusal or the like only to a particular partner station which does not want to communicate.

[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 which is not desired to communicate. It is characterized in that it is provided with a means for comparing the identification information and a means for controlling the communication to be refused or to be camouflaged when it is determined that the comparison result indicates a match.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, the communication information is rejected when it is determined that the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station not wishing to communicate with the received identification information of the calling station are compared with each other. Alternatively, the reception is performed by disguise, and the communication refusal can be performed only to a specific partner station that does not want to communicate.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following will describe one embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration of a facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus controls the entire facsimile and, as will be described later, normal reception and camouflage according to received calling station identification information. A control unit 1 capable of controlling switching between reception (communication refusal control may be performed instead of camouflage reception)
In addition to holding transmission data, reception data, telephone number, etc., a RAM 2 in which identification information of a partner station that does not want to communicate is stored, an auto dialer 3 for dialing, an NCU 4 for controlling a line, A reading unit 6 that optically reads the contents of a document set on a document table, a modem 7 that performs modulation / demodulation processing, and a thermal head that applies heat in dot units to recording paper to record image data,
A recording unit 8 for recording a journal report, and a ROM storing a program necessary for the operation of the control unit 1 described above.
9, an operation panel 10 including a numeric keypad, a one-touch key, a function key, and the like, and a display unit 11 including an LCD and the like.

To register the identification information of the partner station that does not want to communicate, for example, the operation of the function keys and ten-digit numeric keypad 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. Note that how to identify the partner station that does not want to communicate can be performed as follows. For example, the calling station identification information is stored for all receptions, and when the journal report is output, the calling station identification information is also printed. Then, when the direct mail is sent, the calling station that sent the direct mail can be known by looking at the above journal report. Therefore, the calling station information of the calling station can be obtained from the partner station that does not want to communicate. For this purpose, the user may register by the above method.

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 flowchart showing the reception process, journal report creation, and printing process performed by the control unit 1. First, determine whether there is an incoming call (S
1) If there is an incoming call, NSF, CSI and DIS are sent (S2) and NSS, TSI and DCS are received (S).
3). Then, the TSI is stored (S4), and it is determined whether or not the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station that does not wish to communicate matches the calling station identification information of the TSI. (S6). If there is no match, the process proceeds to the normal reception process (S7), while if there is a 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). That is, when selecting the highest transfer rate when determining the transfer rate with the calling station in training, even if
Even if an error may occur at the transfer rate, it informs the calling station that communication is possible at the maximum transfer rate, and when receiving image data thereafter, even if an error is detected, it is positive. After setting it to respond,
The process proceeds to the image data memory reception process (S12). Next, it is judged whether or not the image data is ended (S13), and if it is ended, the contents described in the journal report, for example, the TSI and communication time of the calling station are stored in the memory (S14),
The image data received by the memory is erased (S15), and the TSI stored in step 4 is erased (S1).
6) Return.

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, a journal report describing the type of reception (for example, normal reception, confidential reception, spoofing reception, communication refusal, etc.) in addition to the TSI and communication time stored in step 14 above. Print (S18). According to the above configuration, when the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station that does not want to communicate with the identification information of the calling station that has been received is compared and it is determined that they match, a spoofed reception is made. This is done, and the communication refusal can be performed only to a specific partner station that does not want to communicate.

In the present embodiment, as the forged reception, a method of receiving the memory and erasing the memory without performing printing is adopted. However, in addition to this, a method of executing the procedure but not recording the image data in the memory at all, As the procedure, a method of printing only a part of the image data or storing it in a memory and erasing the rest while executing it may be used. In addition, like this,
Since the communication procedure is executed to the end without interruption, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that occurs when the communication is rejected, that is, the situation in which the calling side determines that it has terminated abnormally and calls again. .

Further, since the journal report is created, it is possible to know from whom and when the unnecessary communication was received. In addition, since it is now possible to enable / disable spoofing reception during time zones, you can enable spoofing reception only during times when there are many direct messages, for example, at night, and disable spoofing reception during working hours. Can be selected.

The image data stored in the memory is discarded without being printed, and even if an error is included, there is no inconvenience. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if there is an error, the result is affirmative. Communication is performed, and communication is performed using the highest transmission rate to shorten the communication time. In addition, although the G3 facsimile has been described in the present embodiment, similar camouflage reception control can be performed also for the G4 facsimile based on the calling station identification information included in the setup message.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is determined that the identification information registered in advance as that of the partner station not wishing to communicate with the identification information of the calling station that has been received are in agreement. In such a case, the communication is rejected or a fake reception is performed, and the effect is obtained that the communication can be rejected only to a specific partner station that does not want to communicate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a reception process, journal report creation, and print process.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus as one 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 a partner station which does not want to communicate, and when it is determined that the results of this comparison match, A facsimile apparatus comprising: means for rejecting communication or controlling to perform a fake reception.