JPH0638005A - G4 facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To speedily prepare required measures by announcing communication information required for transmission such as the required number of recording paper sheets and time to occupy a facsimile equipment or the like to the user side of a reception side G4 facsimile equipment before image data are transmit ted. CONSTITUTION:At a G4 facsimile equipment F on the side of a transmission party receiving set-up information, processing for call setting is started and on the other hand, information stored in a final individual part element 24 is displayed on a display part. Therefore, the user can recognize has many recording paper is required for an original to be received from now and how long an equipment Fa is occupied, and the measures for it can be made proper. At the G4 facsimile equipment Fa on the reception side, CAL showing that the call setting processing is under execution, PROC and CONN showing a response is continuously returned to the G4 facsimile equipment F and after the CONN is confirmed here, CONN and ACK is sent.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a transmission destination (reception side).
The present invention relates to a G4 facsimile apparatus capable of notifying a user of a G4 facsimile apparatus of necessary communication information related to transmission prior to transmission of image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently developed G4 facsimile machines handle a large amount of transmission data handled in one communication, and normally, prior to transmission, the original is scanned for reading and image data is temporarily stored in a memory. , Then the other party (reception side)
I am trying to call the G4 facsimile machine of
In this transmission destination G4 facsimile apparatus, the number of recording sheets required for reception, the time required for reception (time when the G4 facsimile apparatus is occupied), and the like are unknown, and it is difficult to handle.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention proposed in view of the above circumstances is to provide a required number of recording papers to a G4 facsimile apparatus of a transmission destination (reception side) prior to transmission of image data. Information necessary for communication such as communication time is transmitted, and this information is displayed so that the user can take necessary measures in advance.
4 to provide a facsimile machine.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A G4 facsimile apparatus of the present invention proposed to achieve the above object is a communication required for reception based on a data amount when image data scanned and scanned is encoded and stored in a memory. The information is calculated, and when the protocol with the destination G4 facsimile apparatus is executed, the above information is incorporated into the setup information and the destination G4 is transmitted.
It is configured to include a signal processing unit for transmitting to a facsimile device and displaying it.

[0005]

By encoding the image data and storing it in the memory, the signal processing unit can easily know the amount of data after compression. Therefore, the required number of sheets of recording paper, the required communication time, etc. are calculated from the amount of data and calculated. The created information is incorporated in the setup information in the communication performed for the protocol execution prior to the transmission of the image data by utilizing the D channel with the transmission destination G4 facsimile apparatus. Then, prior to the reception of the image data to be received, the transmission destination (reception side) G4 facsimile apparatus is instructed to immediately display this information on the display unit including a liquid crystal display or the like.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a G4 facsimile apparatus F according to the present invention.
Is a signal sequence showing an example of a circuit switching procedure performed by calling the G4 facsimile machine Fa of the transmission destination from
The G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention is used for communication such as the number of recording papers and communication time required to print out the image data to be transmitted in the setup information in the first protocol execution. The necessary information is incorporated, and a command is sent to the destination G4 facsimile apparatus Fa so that the information is displayed prior to the reception of the image data to be received. Such a function is performed by the signal processing unit including a CPU and the like included in the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention, and the basic configuration will be described below first.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is the signal processing section described above. The signal processing unit 1 is provided with a G4 mode communication control unit 2, a G3 mode communication control unit 3, a codec 4 for encoding or decoding image data, a memory 5 including a ROM and a RAM, and a key operation unit 6. An image reading unit 7, a display unit 8 including a liquid crystal display, a print output unit 9, and the like are connected to each other via a data bus 10.

The G4 mode communication control unit 2 is an ISDN.
This is for performing facsimile communication with another G4 facsimile device via the ISD, and the communication control unit 2 uses, for example, INS64, an ISD in which a time division method is adopted.
Two data channels (B
A B channel controller 2a for controlling the signals of channels 1, B2) and a D channel controller 2b for controlling the signals of one signal channel (D channel) are provided. The G3 mode communication control unit 3 is additionally provided to enable facsimile communication with a G3 facsimile apparatus via a general analog line network.
Is provided with a modem 3a for transmitting / receiving image data, a line controller 3b for controlling switching between the modem 3a and the telephone 11, and the like.

When performing facsimile communication with another G4 facsimile apparatus, if all of the original document to be transmitted is read and scanned by the image reading unit 7 in advance, the read and scanned image data is encoded by the codec 4. While being stored in the memory 5, the signal processing unit 1
Judge the amount of data after compression from the capacity required for this storage,
Based on this data amount, information necessary for communication such as the number of recording sheets required for print output in the case of decoding and the communication required time for transmission is calculated.

A procedure for the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention having such a configuration to perform circuit switching after calling the transmission destination G4 facsimile apparatus Fa as shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
The setup information transmitted first by using the D channel for executing the protocol from the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, circuit-switched to one common unit element 20 instructing call setting. 4 different for each
It has a configuration in which two individual part elements 21 to 24 are connected. In the first element 21 of the individual part elements 21 to 24,
The bearer (communication path) attributes such as the switching mode and the transfer speed necessary for packet switching are designated, and in the subsequent element 22, the channel (B1, B2 or D) used in the call is designated,
In the next element 23, the transmission destination G4 facsimile machine Fa
In the last element 24, various communication services that can be arbitrarily used between users are inserted. As described above, the information necessary for communication such as the required number of recording sheets and the required communication time calculated by the signal processing unit 1 is used as the display unit (in FIG. 2) of the transmission destination G4 facsimile apparatus Fa. In the last element 24, a command to display the image data to be received is displayed together with the command (see reference numeral 8).

The G4 facsimile apparatus Fa, which is the destination of the transmission, which has received the setup information, starts the processing for call setting, while displaying the information entered in the last individual section element 24 on its display section. Therefore, this G
The user of the 4Facsimile device Fa can know in advance how many sheets of the document to be received will extend over the recording sheet and how long the G4 facsimile device Fa will occupy for reception. it can. Therefore, appropriate measures can be taken based on these findings.

In the G4 facsimile apparatus Fa of the transmission destination (reception side), subsequently, a CALL PROC for notifying that the call setting processing is being executed, and that the called party is being called is notified. ALERT, CONN for notifying that the called party has answered, etc. are returned to the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention, and the G4 facsimile apparatus F of the present invention is returned.
Then, after confirming the CONN and transmitting the CONN ACK, the image data is transmitted using the B channel (B1 or B2). Since the D channel becomes empty during transmission of image data, it is possible to use the D channel to temporarily suspend a call or exchange various kinds of information between users. After the transmission of the image data is completed, the DISC, B requesting the call release using the D channel again.
The REL that notifies the completion of the channel disconnection and requests the release of the call number and the REL COM that notifies the completion of the release of the B channel and the release of the call number are mutually communicated, and the communication is ended.

[0013]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the G4 facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the user of the G4 facsimile apparatus of the transmission destination (reception side) can receive the image data before receiving the image data. Since it is possible to know the number of recording sheets required for printout of the image data to be received from now on, the time when the G4 facsimile apparatus is occupied for receiving the image data, and the like, based on these findings,
You will be able to take necessary measures in advance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a signal sequence showing an example of a circuit switching procedure performed when a G4 facsimile apparatus according to the present invention calls a transmission destination G4 facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a G4 facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of setup information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Signal processing unit 5 ... Memory 8 ... Display unit

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Communication information necessary for reception is calculated from the amount of data when the scanned and scanned image data is encoded and stored in a memory, and the above information is set up when a protocol with a destination G4 facsimile apparatus is executed. A G4 facsimile machine equipped with a signal processing unit that is incorporated into a G4 facsimile machine to be transmitted to and displayed on a destination G4 facsimile machine.