JPH0654111A - Reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wire line system facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve functionality by storing the identification information on a calling side, outputting and transmitting the transmission request of a facsimile signal to other facsimile equipment based on the identification information on the calling side after the reception of a facsimile broadcasting signal is completed and automati cally obtaining also the information from the facsimile equipment of a wire transmis sion system. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment A responds the effect that it is not capable of performing a desirable reception from a voice synthesis part 17 because it is receiving a broadcasting to a device B when the calling of a facsimile transmission via a wire system from other facsimile equipment B is present during the reception of the broadcasting. Receiving it, the equipment B transmits the information on the telephone number in use, etc., to the equipment A. At this time, the equipment A stores the information in a RAM 3, it reads the information on the telephone number, etc., of the device B stored in the RAM 3 when the reception of a desired facsimile broadcasting program is terminated and it transmits a calling signal to the equipment B. Receiving the calling, the equipment B transmits the information that it was not capable of transmitting previously to the equipment A and the printing is performed at a printing part 10 in the device A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a function of receiving a facsimile broadcast and a function of transmitting / receiving a facsimile signal to / from a wired system, and more particularly to a reception arbitration method for a facsimile broadcast and a wired facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, facsimile broadcasting is being studied for practical use, and a facsimile broadcasting receiver is being prototyped by each manufacturer.

Facsimile broadcasting uses broadcast waves to make public information, such as newspaper information and other documents, graphics,
It transmits photographic information and the like. Facsimile broadcasting is expected to be a powerful information transmission means in the future, which has the characteristics of broadcasting such as broadcastability, promptness, and wide area, as well as recordability and preservation as a print medium.

In the above facsimile broadcasting, it is also planned that each broadcasting station inserts a program number corresponding to each program and broadcasts.

Generally, a facsimile broadcasting receiving apparatus is realized by providing a conventional wired facsimile apparatus with a tuner, a demodulator, etc. for receiving the facsimile broadcasting, and the contents of the received facsimile broadcasting or the facsimile signal from the wired system. Can be printed and recorded, or information can be transmitted to other wired facsimile machines as in the conventional case.

[0006]

However, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, when a facsimile signal is received and called from a wired system during reception and printing of the facsimile broadcasting, the printing of the facsimile broadcasting is stopped. It suffices to switch to the wired facsimile signal reception mode for printing. However, in general, the information of the facsimile broadcast is unlikely to be broadcast the same contents many times, and it is not always possible to receive the information at a time convenient for oneself, so the facsimile broadcast is received with priority. There is a need.

If the facsimile broadcast is received with priority and the content thereof is printed, printing and recording cannot be performed even if a facsimile signal is received and called from a wired system, and therefore, the information should be received immediately. However, the called party cannot know it. In this case, there is a problem that the information to be transmitted does not reach the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side unless it is retransmitted according to the judgment of the calling side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile signal after receiving a facsimile broadcast when a facsimile signal is received and called from a wired system while receiving the facsimile broadcast. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly functional facsimile broadcasting and a reception arbitration method for a wired facsimile capable of automatically receiving a facsimile signal from a wired system.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has improved a facsimile apparatus as follows.

That is, in the case where the reception of the facsimile broadcast and the reception of the wired facsimile signal compete with each other, in the facsimile apparatus which selects and receives one of them, the facsimile broadcasting signal is being received via the wired transmission line during reception. When a facsimile signal is received and called from another facsimile device, the identification information of this calling side is stored,
After the reception of the facsimile broadcast signal is completed, a facsimile signal transmission request is output to the other facsimile device based on the identification information of the calling side, and the other facsimile device is caused to transmit the facsimile signal. .

[0011]

According to the present invention, when a facsimile signal is received and called from another facsimile device via a wired transmission line while receiving a facsimile broadcast signal, the calling side identification information is stored and the facsimile is stored. After the reception of the broadcast signal is completed, a facsimile signal transmission request is output to the other facsimile device based on the identification information of the calling side, and the facsimile signal is transmitted to the other facsimile device. After the information of (1) is obtained, the information from the wired transmission type facsimile machine can be automatically obtained.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wired facsimile according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an operation flow chart showing the reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wired facsimile of this embodiment. The reception arbitration method will be described after an example of a hardware configuration for realizing the reception arbitration method is described below.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a functional block diagram of a facsimile apparatus which realizes the reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wired facsimile according to the embodiment. The facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment can be realized by the hardware configuration of a general facsimile apparatus used by being connected to a wire system and the hardware configuration required for receiving a facsimile broadcast.

Referring to FIG. 4, the facsimile apparatus includes a CPU 1 for outputting a control command to the constituent parts of the entire apparatus,
ROM 2 storing a program for controlling the device
And a RAM 3 for storing switching information for switching between reception of facsimile broadcasting or reception of a wired facsimile signal, and a RAM 3 for storing a telephone number of a facsimile apparatus on the calling side of a wired system, and network control for controlling a telephone line connection. Part 4
A modem 5 for modulating / demodulating a digital signal for transmitting / receiving a facsimile signal to / from a wired system; a decoding unit 6 for expanding a compressed and transmitted code string; a reading unit 7 for reading an original; A transmission mechanism section 8 for controlling the paper feed of the original to the section 7, a reception mechanism section 9 for controlling the paper feed of the recording sheet to the printing section 10, the content of the received facsimile broadcast or the content of the facsimile signal received from the wired system. And a keyboard for performing data input for setting control for switching to display or recording of a facsimile broadcast program and data input for setting reservation information of a facsimile broadcast program in a desired time zone. 11 and
A tuner 12 that converts a facsimile broadcast signal into an IF signal, which is modulated into a high-frequency signal, and performs detection, a demodulator 13 that performs demodulation of DQPSK (differential 4-phase phase modulation) or the like on the detection output of the tuner 12, and demodulation An error correction unit 14 that performs a code error correction in a space or the like using an error correction method on the demodulation output output from the device 13, and a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, a CRT display, etc. for the content of the received facsimile broadcast. Display unit 15 that displays using
And a voice synthesizer 17 for outputting a voice message to a wired facsimile machine on the calling side,
Each component is connected by a transmission line 16. Speech synthesizer 1
Reference numeral 7 does not have to output a voice message, but may be means for outputting a message in a character code, for example.

The components mainly related to the reception of the facsimile broadcast are a tuner 12, a demodulator 13, an error correction unit 14, a decoding unit 6, a display unit 15, a receiving mechanism unit 9, a printing unit 10 and an RA.
It is M3.

The components mainly related to the transmission and reception of facsimile signals to and from the wired system are RAM 3, network control unit 4, modem 5, decoding unit 6, receiving mechanism unit 9, printing unit 10, transmitting mechanism unit 8 and reading unit. The part 7 and the voice synthesizer 17.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment has a configuration in which the wired facsimile and the broadcasting facsimile are integrated. By doing so, it is possible to share the parts that can be shared separately, and to make them smaller than having them separately.

The operation of the reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wired facsimile according to this embodiment will be described below. A facsimile signal is multiplexed with a television signal, and the transmitted facsimile broadcast multiple radio waves are received by using a conventional antenna for receiving television broadcasts that a receiver has, and the high frequency signal output from the antenna is It is supplied to the tuner 13.

The high frequency signal supplied to the tuner 12 is I
After being converted into an F signal and detected, the detected signal is then supplied to the demodulator 13 for DQPSK demodulation. The demodulated output is supplied to the error correction unit 14 to perform error correction of the code and to supply the code to the decoding unit 6 to expand the code string that has been compressed by the code string to restore the facsimile data. After that, the restored facsimile data is printed by the printing unit 5 according to the information from the RAM 3.
Are supplied to and printed on, or stored in the RAM 3, or supplied to and displayed on the display unit 15.

Next, an example of a reception arbitration method (reception sequence) in the case where a call for facsimile reception from a wired system is received while receiving a facsimile broadcast will be described using the time sequence of FIG. When the selection for the desired program of the facsimile broadcast (step 20) is selected by the facsimile apparatus A, the reception is started (step 21) and the received information is printed by the printing unit 10. Receiving (step 21)
When a call for facsimile transmission (step 22) is sent from the other facsimile device B to the facsimile device A via the wired system, the facsimile device A is receiving the facsimile broadcast (step 21). On the other hand, the voice synthesizing unit 17 outputs a message indicating that the desired reception cannot be made and responds (step 23).

Facsimile apparatus B that received the message
Sends information such as its own telephone number to the facsimile device A (step 24). Facsimile device A that has received this information stores this information in RAM 3. When the facsimile device A finishes receiving the desired facsimile broadcast program (step 25), the facsimile device A sends RA
Information such as the telephone number of the facsimile device B stored in M3 is read out, and a calling signal is transmitted to the facsimile device B based on this information (step 26).

Facsimile apparatus B, which has received the call from facsimile apparatus A, starts transmission of a facsimile signal which could not be transmitted before to facsimile apparatus A (step 27). Upon receiving the facsimile signal (step 28), the facsimile device A can print the desired data by the printing unit 10.

The operation of the reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and wired facsimile will be described below in detail with reference to the operation flowcharts of FIGS. If facsimile A receives a broadcast (step 31 in FIG. 1), demodulator 1
Facsimile signal is extracted from 3 (see step 3 in FIG. 1).
2) Next, the error correction unit 14 performs error correction on the code string,
Further, the decoding section 6 performs decoding (step 33 in FIG. 1). The decrypted facsimile data is printed by the paper feeding mechanism of the receiving mechanism 9 in the printing unit 10 (step 3 in FIG. 1).
4).

Facsimile device B is facsimile device A
A call is made and a call is made to the effect that the user wants to perform facsimile transmission to (2) (step 50 in FIG. 2).

While receiving the broadcast, the facsimile A confirms whether or not a facsimile signal is sent from the wired system (step 35 in FIG. 1), and if not sent, it proceeds to step 38 in FIG. 1 to broadcast one page. It is confirmed whether or not the reception is completed, and if it is sent, the process proceeds to step 36 in FIG. 1 to output a message from the voice synthesizing unit 17 indicating that the desired reception cannot be performed, and the facsimile device B is transmitted via the telephone line.
(Step 36 in FIG. 1).

Facsimile apparatus B confirms whether or not facsimile apparatus A can receive (step 51 in FIG. 2),
If it can be received, the facsimile device B transmits information such as the telephone number of its own facsimile device to the facsimile device A (step 52 in FIG. 2).

Next, the facsimile device A receives the identification information such as the telephone number from the facsimile device B and stores the identification information in the RAM 3 (step 37 in FIG. 1). After that, in step 38 of FIG. 3, it is confirmed whether or not the information for one page of the desired facsimile broadcast has been received. If not, the processes of steps 32 to 38 in FIG. If one page has been received, the process proceeds to step 39 in FIG.
The identification information such as the telephone number of the facsimile device B stored in the RAM 3 is read, a transmission request is transmitted to the facsimile device B, and the line is connected to the facsimile device B (step 39 in FIG. 1).

Facsimile apparatus B confirms whether there is an incoming call from facsimile apparatus A (step 5 in FIG. 2).
3) If there is an incoming call, the original is read by the operation of the transmission mechanism unit 8 and the original reading unit 7 (step 54 in FIG. 2), and the read signal is encoded by the processing instruction of the CPU 1 (step 2 in FIG. 2). 55), the encoded data is supplied to the modem 5, modulated, and transmitted via the network controller 4 (FIG. 2).
Step 56). The processing of steps 54 to 56 is continued until the transmission of the facsimile signal for one page is completed (step 57).

Next, when the facsimile signal from the facsimile apparatus B is received by the network control section 4, the received facsimile signal is supplied to the modem 5, demodulated and supplied to the decoding section 6 (step 40 in FIG. 1). The facsimile data decrypted by the decrypting unit 6 is supplied to the printing unit 10 (step 41 in FIG. 1). Next, the receiving mechanism unit 42 and the printing unit 43 operate to print on the recording paper (step 42 in FIG. 1). Next, it is confirmed whether or not the reception of the facsimile data for one page is completed, and if it is not completed, the processes of steps 40 to 42 in FIG. 1 are continued (step 4 in FIG. 1).
3). When the reception from the facsimile device B is completed, the processing is completed.

As described above, while the facsimile device A is receiving the facsimile broadcast, the facsimile device B rejects the reception when there is a call for the facsimile transmission, and after the facsimile broadcast is received. Since the facsimile data can be received from the facsimile B, the information of the facsimile broadcast and the facsimile information from the wired system can be obtained without complicating the operation.

In the above embodiment, the method of dealing with the case where the facsimile apparatus A receives a facsimile transmission call from the wired system while the facsimile apparatus A is receiving the facsimile broadcast is explained. Conversely, while receiving the facsimile data from the wired system. In addition, when the desired facsimile broadcast is started and the information of the facsimile broadcast is desired to be obtained, the reception of the facsimile data from the wired system may be interrupted, but when the reception of the facsimile data from the wired system cannot be interrupted. May be the RAM 3 or another dedicated RAM, but the information of the facsimile broadcast is temporarily stored by such storage means,
RAM after receiving the facsimile data from the wired system
It is also possible to read the information stored in 3 and print it on the printing unit 10 or display it on the display unit 17.

In the case of performing reservation reception for a desired program for facsimile broadcasting, desired reservation information (program number, broadcasting start time, broadcasting time, and facsimile broadcasting while receiving the facsimile broadcasting from the keyboard 11). If there is a call for facsimile transmission from the device, priority information such as which of the broadcast and the facsimile from the wired system to receive with priority, control information for printing or displaying the received data) Input and input this input data to RAM3
If the desired facsimile broadcast, which is stored in, is started, the facsimile broadcast or the facsimile data from the wired system can be preferentially received based on the information in the RAM 3. As described above, by setting information such as a program number relating to a desired broadcast program in advance, the desired program can be surely recorded even when the user is not in the display or recorded broadcast time zone.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a facsimile signal is received and called from another facsimile device via a wired transmission line while receiving a facsimile broadcast signal, the calling side Stores identification information,
After receiving the facsimile broadcast signal, a facsimile signal transmission request is output to the other facsimile device based on the identification information of the calling side, and the other facsimile device is caused to transmit the facsimile signal. Since the information from the facsimile apparatus of the wire transmission system can be automatically obtained after the information of the broadcasting is obtained, the highly functional facsimile apparatus can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an operation flowchart showing a reception arbitration method for a facsimile broadcast and a wired facsimile according to this embodiment.

2 is an operation flowchart of the facsimile apparatus B according to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a time sequence diagram according to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram according to FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... network control unit,
5 ... Modem, 6 ... Decoding section, 7 ... Reading section, 8 ... Transmission mechanism section, 9 ... Reception mechanism section, 10 ... Printing section, 11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Tuner, 13 ... Demodulator, 14 ... Error correction section, 15 ... Display unit, 16 ... Transmission path, 17 ... Voice synthesis unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus which selects and receives either one of reception of a facsimile broadcast and reception of a wired facsimile signal through a wired transmission line while receiving the facsimile broadcast signal. When a facsimile signal is received and called from another facsimile machine, the identification information of the calling side is stored, and after the reception of the facsimile broadcast signal is completed, the other facsimile machine is called based on the identification information of the calling side. On the other hand, a reception arbitration method for facsimile broadcasting and a wired facsimile, characterized by outputting a transmission request of a facsimile signal and causing the other facsimile device to transmit the facsimile signal.