JPH06326789A - Communication apparatus having automatic incoming informing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely inform the reception to a remote location irrespective of whether a message is registered or not, and to efficiently operate a paging function by sending out a reception informing signal by dialing automatically to a telephone number of an automatic incoming notice destination registered in advance. CONSTITUTION:When an incoming call is received from a telephone line 46, it is subjected to automatic incoming, data is stored in a memory 39, or recorded in a reproducing/recording part 40, and when the reception is finished, if a paging function is set in advance, automatic dialing is executed to a paging destination registered in a telephone number storage part 36. When an answer comes from the paging destination, if a message of a wmessage storage part 37 or a DTMF signal for a pocket bell is registered in advance, a prescribed data sending-out operation is executed. On the other hand, in the case it is not registered, the operation is finished by sending out an electronic sound for informing the incoming. In such a way, irrespective of whether the message is registered or not, a fact that the reception is executed can be transmitted surely to a person being in a remote location, and the paging function can be operated efficiently.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device such as a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a communication device having an automatic incoming call notification function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication device such as a facsimile machine, when a voice message or image data is received while absent, after automatically dialing (calling) a telephone number of an automatic incoming call destination registered in advance, There is one that has an automatic incoming call notification function that can notify a person on the go that data has been received by sending a pager ID DTMF signal or a pre-registered voice message. is there. In addition, in some facsimile machines equipped with such an automatic incoming call notification function, a facsimile transmitter sends a telephone number of an automatic incoming call notification destination to a facsimile receiver, and the receiver side reads the telephone number to notify the automatic incoming call notification. Some of them automatically dial the destination first and send a voice message to the effect that there is an incoming call (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 59).
-52864).

[0003]

However, in the automatic incoming call notification function of the conventional facsimile apparatus as described above, if the ID signal or the transmission message is not registered in the memory in advance, the dial operation is simply performed to go out. There was a problem that it was not possible to reliably convey the reception to the person inside. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and even if the ID signal and the transmission message are not registered in the memory in advance, by sending a signal notifying that the automatic incoming call destination has been received, An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device having an automatic incoming call notification function capable of surely informing an inside person that the reception has been received.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention detects a call signal from a calling terminal through a line and automatically receives the call, and voice data or image data from the calling terminal is detected. A call signal that detects a ringing signal from the calling terminal through the line in a communication device that has an automatic incoming call notification function that stores or records the number and automatically dials the number of the called terminal registered in advance after communication is completed. A detection unit, a line control unit for connecting / disconnecting the terminal device to / from the line, and a voice / audio data accumulating voice data or image data from the calling terminal.
An image data storage unit, a playback / recording unit for playing and recording voice data or image data, a telephone number storage unit for preregistering a telephone number of an automatic call destination, and a message storage for preregistering voice information or a message code. Section, an automatic dial control section for automatically dialing a telephone number registered in the telephone number storage section, a signal transmitting section for transmitting a signal to a called terminal, and an automatic incoming call notification operation for performing an automatic incoming call notification operation. If a message is not registered in the message storage unit in advance, the control unit controls the automatic incoming call destination to send a signal notifying that there is a reception from the signal sending unit after the automatic calling operation. It is a thing.

[0005]

According to the above construction, when the ringing signal detector detects a ringing signal from the calling terminal through the line, the line controller automatically controls the incoming call, and the calling terminal follows the determined transmission control procedure. The voice data or image data sent from the device is stored in the voice / image data storage unit or recorded in the playback / recording unit, and after the communication is completed, the automatic dial control unit is automatically registered in the telephone number storage unit in advance. Automatically dial the phone number of the incoming call destination. If the voice information or the message code is registered in the message storage unit in advance, the voice information or the message code is output. If the voice information or the message code is not registered, the control unit confirms that the signal transmission unit has received. By controlling so as to send out a signal to inform, the person who is out is informed of the reception.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a perspective view and a side sectional view of a facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment. The main body 1 of the facsimile apparatus includes a lower cover 2, an upper cover 3, a frame (not shown), a handset 4, and a recording paper cassette 6 in which recording paper 5 is detachably accommodated. On the upper surface of the main body 1, an operation panel 7, an original insertion slot 9 into which an original 8 is inserted, an original guide 11 and an original table 10 on which the original 8 is set are provided. The operation panel 7 is provided with various operation keys such as a start key, a copy key, a function key, etc. for performing transmission / reception operation, dial operation, setting of various functions and the like.

A recording device 15 and a document reading device 23 are provided in the main body 1. The recording papers 5 in the recording paper cassette 6 are sent out one by one by a paper feed roller 12 and sent to a recording device 15 by a paper guide 13, a pair of feed rollers 14 and the like, and an image such as characters and figures is recorded. . In the vicinity of the paper guide 13, a recording paper leading edge sensor 16 for detecting the leading edge of the recording paper 5 is provided in order to determine the recording start timing of the recording device 15.

The recording device 15 comprises a recording head 17, a platen 18, and an ink ribbon device 19. The ink ribbon device 19 is a thermal ink ribbon 19a.
And an ink ribbon feeding device 19b. The recording paper 5 on which the image is formed is guided by the paper guide 20 and is sent to the paper discharge table 21 and discharged outside the apparatus. A recording paper discharge sensor 22 is provided near the paper guide 20.

The document 8 set on the document table 10 has its leading edge detected by the document sensor 24.
The image is fed to the image reading device 23 by the feed rollers 25 and 26, the paper guide 27, and the like. When the leading edge sensor 28 provided near the paper guide 27 detects the leading edge of the original 8, the reading of the original 8 is started, and the read original 8 is discharged from the discharge port 29 to the outside of the apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the control unit of the facsimile apparatus. The main body of the control unit is the CPU 31,
A microcomputer 34 including a RAM 32 and a ROM 33, which are connected to each other via a bus 35. The CPU 31 controls various parts of the facsimile apparatus according to a control program, including detection of various sensors and various calculations. The RAM 32 is provided with a telephone number storage section 36 for registering a telephone number of an automatic incoming call destination, a message storage section 37 for registering a transmission message and a DTMF signal (message signal) for pager. The ROM 33 stores a control program for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus.

The microcomputer 34 includes an operation panel 7 as an input device, a voice / image memory 39 for storing received voice data and image data, an image reading device 23 for reading image data of a document, and a voice / image memory 39. A reproducing / recording unit 40 for reproducing the audio data stored in the recording medium or recording the received image data on the recording paper 5 or the like, various sensors 41, compression encoding the image data at the time of transmission, and a compressed image at the time of reception. Encoding for decoding data /
The decryption control unit 42 is connected.

Further, a communication controller 43 is connected to the microcomputer 34. The communication control unit 43 exchanges a facsimile control signal with a destination facsimile machine and executes a control procedure. This communication control unit 43
Is connected to a telephone line 46 via a modem 44 and a network control unit 45. Further, the handset 4 is connected to the network control unit 45. The modem 44 modulates the transmission signal into a form suitable for transmission on the telephone line 46 at the time of transmission, and demodulates the modulated signal sent from the telephone line 46 at the time of reception. The network control unit 45 automatically calls the communication partner, and detects a call signal from the calling terminal through the telephone line 46 to automatically receive the call.

An automatic incoming call notification (hereinafter referred to as paging) operation in the facsimile apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. When a call signal from the calling terminal through the telephone line 46 is detected, an automatic incoming call is received, and the voice data or image data sent from the calling terminal is stored in the voice / image memory 39, or the reproducing / recording unit 4 is used.
Record as 0. When the reception is completed, the telephone line 46 is disconnected once, and after the disconnection, it is checked whether the paging function is set (S1). Then, if the paging function is set, the telephone number of the paging destination registered in advance in the telephone number storage unit 36 is automatically dialed (S2), and if not set, the process ends without doing anything.

When automatic dialing is performed in S2 and a response from the paging destination is automatically detected, it is checked whether a voice message or a DTMF signal (message signal) for pager is registered in the message storage unit 37 (S3). If so, the voice message or the DTMF signal for pager is sent to the paging destination (S4), and the process proceeds to S6. On the other hand, if it is not registered, an electronic sound notifying that there is an incoming call is sent (S5) and the process proceeds to S6.

In S6, it is checked whether or not there is a remote control command input, and when a remote control signal (DTMF signal) is input, remote control operation is performed based on that signal (S).
7). This remote control operation includes, for example, transfer of received audio data or image data to a paging destination,
It includes confirmation of the number of received data, setting of various modes (incoming mode, etc.), registration setting of various ID numbers and telephone numbers, remote diagnosis function for hardware, and the like. When these remote control operations are completed, the telephone line 46 is opened (S
9), the operation ends. If the remote control signal is not input in S6, the time is counted to check whether the predetermined time has passed (S8). If the remote control signal is not input within the predetermined time, the telephone line 4 is not operated.
6 is released (S9), and the operation ends.

As described above, when the paging function is set, if a voice message or a pager DTMF signal (message signal) is not registered in the message storage unit 37, it means that an incoming call is received instead of the message. Sends out an electronic sound. As a result, regardless of whether or not the message is registered, it is possible to notify the person who is out and about that the message has been received, and an efficient paging function can be realized.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the paging function, that is, the automatic incoming call notification function is set, the reception is performed even if the voice information or the message code is not registered in the message storage unit in advance. Since the signal to notify the fact is sent, it is possible to surely notify the person who is out and about, and an efficient automatic incoming call notification function can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of the facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an automatic incoming call notification operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 31 CPU 32 RAM 33 ROM 36 Telephone Number Storage Unit 37 Message Storage Unit 39 Voice / Image Memory 40 Playback / Recording Unit 43 Communication Control Unit 45 Network Control Unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A call signal transmitted from a calling terminal through a line is detected to automatically receive an incoming call, and voice data or image data from the calling terminal is stored or recorded. In a communication device that has an automatic incoming call notification function that automatically dials the number of the call terminal, the call signal detection unit that detects the call signal from the calling terminal through the line, and connects and disconnects the terminal device and the line The line control unit, the voice / image data storage unit that stores the voice data or image data from the calling terminal, the playback / record unit that plays back and records the voice data or image data, and the telephone number of the call destination A telephone number storage unit to be registered in advance, a message storage unit to store voice information or a message code in advance, and an automatic dial for automatically dialing a telephone number registered in the telephone number storage unit. If a message is not registered in advance in the message storage unit when an automatic incoming call notification operation is performed, the call control unit, the signal sending unit that sends a signal to the called terminal, and the automatic incoming call destination A communication device having an automatic incoming call notification function, comprising a control unit for controlling to send a signal notifying that the signal has been received from the signal sending unit after the automatic calling operation.