JPH0670077A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable correspondence without taking extra time by clearly recognizing whether all pages are gathered or not at the time of taking out stored document information from a remote location. CONSTITUTION:This equipment is provided with a facsimile control means for controlling the operation of the equipment, a received document storage means 4 for storing received documents, a PB tone detection means 2 for detecting a PB tone (a selecting signal in a push-button dial line) and a PB tone analysis means 3 for analyzing the PB tone detected at the PB tone detection means 2. Further, this equipment is provided with a received document transmission means 5 for transmitting the stored received documents and a message adding means 6 for adding a message to the final page of the document to be transmitted at the received document transmission means 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a memory receiving function, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having an automatic incoming call function connected to a general subscriber line and a PB tone detecting function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus of this type, a PB tone sent from a calling terminal is detected by a PB tone detecting means, and the result is analyzed by a PB tone analyzing means. The stored received document information is all transmitted to the calling terminal by the received document transmitting means.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine, when the document information received from a remote place and accumulated is acquired, the document information cannot be accumulated because all pages or a terminal error occurs. There is a drawback that it is necessary to judge whether the page exists by looking at the received document.

[0004]

A facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a facsimile control means for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, a received document storage means for storing received document information, and a PB tone for detecting a PB tone. Detecting means, PB tone analyzing means for analyzing the PB tone detected by the PB tone detecting means, received document transmitting means for transmitting the stored document information, and document transmission by the received document transmitting means. Message adding means for adding a message to the last page, and the PB tone from the device is transmitted to the P
When the stored document information is transmitted to the device by the received document transmitting means according to the result of the detection by the B tone detecting means and the analysis by the PB tone analyzing means, the accumulated document information is in the middle due to a terminal abnormality. When only the pages are stored, the message is added to the last page of the document information transmitted by the message adding means.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are sequence diagrams showing a communication control procedure of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an additional message according to the present embodiment.

In this embodiment, a facsimile control means 1 for controlling the operation of the apparatus, a received document storage means 4 for storing received documents, and a PB tone detection for detecting a PB tone (a selection signal on a push dial line). Means 2 and P
The PB tone analyzing unit 3 for analyzing the PB tone detected by the B tone detecting unit 2, the received document transmitting unit 5 for transmitting the stored received document, and the final page of the document transmitted by the received document transmitting unit 5 And a message adding means 6 for adding a message.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 2, when the facsimile control means 1 of the B station by the apparatus of the present embodiment detects the ringer from the A station, facsimile communication is started, the phase shifts to the phase B of the control procedure, and the initial identification signals (CED, NSF, CSI, DIS) is transmitted, and an incoming command from station A is waited for. Upon detecting an incoming command, the facsimile control means 1 instructs the received document storage means 4 to
Notify the start of storage of received documents. The received document storage means 4 starts the storage and monitors the occurrence of a terminal abnormality. When a terminal abnormality occurs during reception, the received document storage means 4 sets the terminal abnormality occurrence information and notifies the facsimile control means 1 of the terminal abnormality occurrence. Then, the facsimile control means 1 ends the communication.

In FIG. 3, when the facsimile control means 1 of the B station by the apparatus of this embodiment detects the ringer from the A station, facsimile communication is started, and phase B of the control procedure is started.
Then, the initial identification signal is transmitted, and an incoming command from station A is waited for. At this time, PB indicating a request to send the received document from station A
When a tone is transmitted, the PB tone detecting means 2 outputs this P
The B tone is detected, the PB tone received by the PB tone analysis means 4 is analyzed, and the facsimile control means 1 is notified. Upon receiving this notification, the facsimile control means 1 makes a voice response to the station A so as to press the communication switch. A
After the completion of the voice response to the station, the facsimile control section 1 notifies the received document transmitting means 5 that the stored received document is to be transmitted, and shifts to facsimile communication (transmission).

The received document transmitting means 5 is the received document storing means 4
The received document stored by is read out and transmitted to the station A through the facsimile control means 1. At this time, the message adding means 6 confirms the terminal abnormality occurrence information during the accumulation of the received document accumulating means, and if the terminal abnormality occurs during the accumulation, all pages can be accumulated in the last page of the accumulated received document because the terminal abnormality occurs. Add a message to the effect that it did not exist. When the message addition is completed, the facsimile control procedure 1 is notified of the message addition end, and the facsimile control means 1 ends the communication.

In this way, the PB tone sent from the calling terminal is detected by the PB tone detecting means 2,
Based on the result of analysis by the PB tone analyzing means 3, the received and accumulated document accumulated by the received document accumulating means 4 is transmitted to the calling terminal by the received document transmitting means 5. At this time, if the received and stored document cannot be stored in all pages due to the occurrence of a terminal error, the message adding unit 6 can add a message as shown in FIG. 4 to the last page.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, facsimile control means for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, received document storage means for storing received documents, and PB tone detection means for detecting PB tones are provided. The PB tone analyzing means for analyzing the detected PB tone, the received document transmitting means for transmitting the stored received document information, and the message adding means for adding a message to the last page of the transmitted document information are stored. The effect is that it is possible to clearly understand whether all the pages are complete when taking out the provided document information from an outside place and to deal with it without spending extra time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a communication control procedure of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a communication control procedure of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an additional message according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile control means 2 PB tone detection means 3 PB tone analysis means 4 Received document storage means 5 Received document transmission means 6 Message addition means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile control means for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, a received document storage means for storing received document information, a PB tone detection means for detecting a PB tone, and the PB tone detection means. PB tone analysis means for analyzing the detected PB tone, received document transmission means for transmitting the stored document information, and message addition means for adding a message to the final page of the document transmitted by the received document transmission means. When the PB tone from the device is detected by the PB tone detecting means and the accumulated document information is transmitted to the device by the received document transmitting means according to the result of analysis by the PB tone analyzing means, When the stored document information is stored up to an intermediate page due to a terminal error, the final page of the document information to be transmitted by the message adding means is sent. A facsimile device characterized by adding a message to a page.