JPH0630219A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To heighten the security of a document and to perform an operation when output is performed smoothly by outputting a document name or a receiver name received from a transmission origin as a report, and confirming it on a liquid crystal display device. CONSTITUTION:SAF memory 6 stores picture information data, and an operation board 7 is provided with every kind of operation key and every kind of display to operate facsimile equipment. A DCR 8 performs encode compression on a picture signal, and also, decodes encode-compressed picture information to an original picture signal. A modem 9 modulates image data decoded by the DCR 8, and demodulates the image data received from a line. An NCU 10 performs the switching of a line to the modem 9 and a telephone line.

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 enables smooth operation when outputting a document received in a memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Known documents describing the prior art relating to the present invention include, for example, JP-A-62-269551, JP-A-62-189862, and JP-A-62-157471. . JP-A-62-269
The "facsimile image data transmission device" of Japanese Patent No. 551 publication adds variable information such as a comment that differs depending on the recipient by adding individual information such as a comment or message that cannot be supplemented by image information to be transmitted as header information. Is to be added and sent separately from the text of the facsimile. Also, JP-A-62-18986
The "information addition method of the facsimile transmitter" of the publication No. 2 is
By storing the destination information and the additional information corresponding thereto in the destination information storage unit and the additional information storage unit, the additional information can be freely set for each destination. In each of the above-mentioned publications, a free comment and a character corresponding to each destination are transmitted, and the characters are embedded in image information and transmitted.

Further, in the "facsimile device" of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-157471, only the address and the file number are output on the recording paper at the time of receiving the image information, and the designation is made at the time of taking out the received image information. Only the received image information of the specified file number is output so that each recipient can communicate for the time being with respect for privacy. That is, it is like a confidential reception with a personal ID, and outputs a report notifying that the reception has been made.

Recently, some facsimile machines have a function of receiving all the received documents in a memory and manually outputting them as needed. By using this function, the confidentiality of the document can be maintained, but when receiving normally, the only thing that can be known at the time of reception is that the other party (sending machine such as TSI or NSS (TSI)) Source) information only. Further, since a facsimile waiting for such a function requires a relatively large memory capacity, it is often shared by a plurality of people. If you use this function in the above situations, you may mistakenly output a document addressed to another person because only the information such as the name of the sender is known at the time of output. There is a problem that the effect of enhancing the property is halved.

[0005]

[Purpose] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and enables a document name received from a sender and a recipient name to be output as a report or to be confirmed on a liquid crystal display (LCD). To increase the confidentiality of documents,
Moreover, the present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a facsimile apparatus which is capable of smoothing the output operation.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides (1)
The destination name registered in the one-touch dial, the character code input from the operation port during the transmission operation, and several types of character code strings can be registered in advance, and the character code selected from the character code strings during the transmission operation. Among these, a transmission means for transmitting any one or a combination thereof in an NSS (non-standard function setting signal) frame is provided, and further, (2) a character received by the liquid crystal display device at the time of outputting the list of files received in the memory is displayed. Confirmation is possible, the character is described in the report, and the report is automatically output during or after the reception, and (3) NSF
A bit indicating whether or not memory reception is performed is provided in the inside (non-standard function identification signal), and the normal NSS (TS
In addition to I), sending the character, further,
(4) Sending the character instead of the normal NSS (TSI) when the memory receiving bit in the receiving NSF is on, and (5) urging the memory receiving during NSS. A bit of meaning is provided, and when the memory receiving bit in the NSF is turned on, and when the transmitting side has the function of transmitting the character code, the bit in the NSS is turned on to perform the transmission operation. thing,
Further, (6) In (5), it is possible to select whether to receive the memory only when the bit in the NSS is set, and to print immediately or otherwise receive the memory in the other cases. It is a thing. Hereinafter, description will be given based on examples of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, in which 1 is a CPU.
(Central processing unit), 2 is a ROM (Read Only Memory),
3 is a RAM (Random Access Memory), 4 is a scanner,
5 is a plotter, 6 is a SAF memory (image information memory), 7
Is an operation port, 8 is a DCR (encoding / decoding unit), 9 is a modem, and 10 is an NCU (Network Control Unit). CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1
Performs the control processing of each part of the facsimile apparatus and the facsimile transmission control procedure processing, and also automatically detects the abnormality of the apparatus and sets the abnormal reception mode.
A ROM (Read Only Memory) 2 stores a control processing program executed by the CPU 1 and various data necessary for executing the processing program.
RAM (random access memory) 3 is a CPU 1
It constitutes the work area of. The scanner 4
The original image is read at a predetermined resolution, and the plotter 5 is for recording and outputting the image at a predetermined resolution.

The SAF memory 6 is for storing image information data, and the operation port 7 has various operation keys for operating the facsimile apparatus and various display devices. The DCR8 is for encoding and compressing the image signal and for decoding the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal. The modem 9 modulates the image data decoded by the DCR8, And for demodulating the image data received from the line, and the NCU 10 switches the connection between the line and the modem 9, and the telephone line.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a protocol flow when the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention operates. In the figure,
NSF is a non-standard function identification signal (Non-Standard Facilitie
s) and TSI are transmission terminal identification signals (Transmitting SubsCr
iber, Identification), NSC are non-standard function setting signals (N
on-Standard Facilities Set-up), TCF is Training Check, CFR is Confirmation to Receive signal, PLX is image information signal, EOP is procedure end signal (End Of Procedures), M
CF is a message confirmation signal (Message Confirmation),
DCN is a disconnection command signal (Disconnect).

First, the invention according to claim 1 will be described. For the address insertion function, the name of each destination is registered in the one-touch dial / speed dial, and you and the department name are entered in the department code. For example, as the destination name of One-touch 01, "Materials Suzuki", If you register in the department code 001 like "Planning Department Kato" and enter the department code 0001 during operation and send using one-touch 01, in the image information, "Materials Department Suzuki Planning Department Kato" It is a function that can be inserted and sent. In the present invention, the destination name registered in this way is transmitted as a character code in NSS.

Also, for example, some document names are registered in advance in the transmitter. In this case, 1: “Catalog”, 2: “Quotation”, 3 ::
Register as "Invoice", 4: "Important Document", etc. At the time of transmission, in operation, a number is selected from these and transmitted, so that the character code is transmitted in the NSS. Here, the method of specifying by number has been described as an example, but it may be registered at random and scrolled to be selected at the time of operation, or stored in the one-touch key or the like separately from the destination information. Good.

[0012] Further, for example, such as a personal facsimile, which does not have much registration area, or when there is not much opportunity to send, it is sent to a recipient who is not registered in one-touch dial or the like, or a document name is registered. Even in the case where the character code does not exist, the character code can be transmitted as described above by inputting it in the operation at the time of transmission. In the above description, the kanji is used as the character, but katakana or alphabet may be used, or both the kanji and katakana may be registered and the one to be transmitted may be switched according to the display function of the partner device. Next, the description of claim 2 will be described. The character code transmitted as described above is stored on the receiving side as shown in FIG. 3, for example. Using this data, the recipient name such as sender information (NSS (TSI)), the document name, the document number, etc. are printed on the received document list as shown in FIG. The recipient may directly input the document number to output the document, or if he / she wants to output the document without displaying the list, as shown in FIG.
You may make it output a document, checking on a D display. Also, while the memory is being received, the plotter is
Since the operation by OB is possible, by outputting the report as shown in FIG. 6 during this time, the recipient can quickly know that the document addressed to him / herself has been received. If the system cannot output the report during reception, the report may be output after the end of reception.

Next, the invention described in claim 3 will be described. In the above examples, since the recipient name and the document name are sent out in the NSS, the time required for sending becomes slightly longer. However, if the other device does not receive the memory, these data are not very useful. So during NSF,
By assigning the bit indicating "memory receiving" and sending the above data only when this bit is ON,
Prevents wasteful transmission time.

Next, the invention according to claim 4 will be described. If the bit is set, NSS (TS
If the configuration is such that the recipient name or the document name is transmitted instead of I) or the like, the function of the present invention can be easily realized, and extension of the transmission time by using this function can be prevented. It

Next, the invention according to claim 5 will be described. When using the function as described above, it is not possible to know who the recipient data, document name, etc. have not been sent to. Therefore, in the NSF of the receiving side as in claim 3, When the “memory receiving” bit of “1” is ON and the transmitting side sends the character code of the recipient's name, the bit such as “There is a name etc., receive memory” in NSS is turned ON and sent.

Next, the invention according to claim 6 will be described. For this, the number of character bytes may be set to 0 without providing any particular bit. On the receiving side, this bit is ON
It is also possible to control so that when it is sent by, the memory is received, and in other cases, it is immediately printed out.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects. (1) Effects corresponding to claims 1 and 2; The operation at the time of outputting a document received in the memory becomes smooth, and the confidentiality of the document is also improved. (2) Effects corresponding to claims 3 to 6; By providing a function ON / OFF bit on the protocol, the extension of the transmission time when this function is not used is eliminated, or even when it is used, the transmission time is extended. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in communication cost due to the use of the function.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a protocol flow when the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention operates.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of storing received data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of operation guidance when outputting a list of files received by a memory according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a received document list according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a memory reception report according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU (central processing unit), 2 ... ROM (Read Only)
Memory), 3 ... RAM (Random Access Memory), 4 ...
Scanner, 5 ... Plotter, 6 ... SAF memory (image information memory), 7 ... Operation port, 8 ... DCR (encoding / decoding unit), 9 ... Modem, 10 ... NCU (Network Control Un)
it: network controller).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A destination name registered in a one-touch dial, a character code input from an operation port during a transmission operation, and several kinds of character code strings can be registered in advance, and a character code string can be selected during the transmission operation. A facsimile apparatus, characterized in that it is provided with a sending means for sending any one or a combination of the generated character codes in an NSS (non-standard function setting signal) frame. 2. A character received by a liquid crystal display device can be confirmed when a list of files received by a memory is output,
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character is described on a report, and the report is automatically output during or after the reception. 3. An NSF (non-standard function identification signal) is provided with a bit indicating whether or not memory reception is performed, and only when the bit in the NSF on the receiving side is on at the time of transmission,
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character is transmitted in addition to the normal NSS (TSI). 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character is transmitted instead of a normal NSS (TSI) when the memory receiving bit in the NSF on the receiving side is on. 5. When a bit for urging a memory reception is provided in the NSS, the memory reception bit in the NSF is on, and when the transmission side has a function of transmitting the character code. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a transmission operation is performed by turning on a bit in the NSS. 6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the memory reception can be performed only when the bit in the NSS is set, and in other cases, immediate printing or memory reception can be selected. .