JPH07115529A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the facsimile equipment in which the processing of a reply to facsimile reception from unspecified many opposite parties is executed without input of a destination telephone number by the operator even when a facsimile signal is to be sent. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment is provided with a function (storage section 6) storing information such as a TSI (telephone number; number identifying a terminal equipment) and NSS for sender side and with, a function of dialing and sending a signal based on the information on the reception of a facsimile signal, and with a function making dialing and transmission based on the information to the opposite party so as to allow the operator to save trouble of input of a destination telephone number and to prevent mis-dialing and transmission due to misentry, and also with a function (display section 4) displaying the information such as TSI and NSS at transmission, then even when the operator inputs the destination telephone number directly and makes dialing and transmission, mis-input is checked before dialing.

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 storing a telephone number (terminal identification number) of a partner transmitting apparatus and other information when receiving.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile machine, when a facsimile reception from a large number of unspecified parties must be sent as a reply to each of the parties, an operator describes it in a received image or various reports. I had to answer the phone number of the person being called.

[0003]

Therefore, conventionally, in the above-mentioned case, the operator has to input the telephone numbers of the other parties to the unspecified large number of parties and transmit it, which is very difficult for the operator. It has the drawback of being time-consuming. Further, since the operator inputs the other party's telephone number, there is a possibility of an erroneous call due to an operation error such as an erroneous input.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even when a reply regarding facsimile reception from an unspecified number of parties must be transmitted by facsimile, the processing can be performed without the operator inputting the telephone number of the other party. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides means for storing information such as TSI (telephone number; number for identifying a terminal) or NSS of a partner transmission side when receiving a facsimile, and for the partner, By providing a means for transmitting a call based on such information, it is possible to save the operator the trouble of inputting the other party's telephone number and prevent the transmission of a wrong call due to an erroneous input. is there.

Further, by providing a means for displaying information such as TSI and NSS at the time of transmission, even when the operator directly inputs the other party's telephone number and makes a call transmission, it is possible to check an erroneous input before making a call. It was made possible.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram showing a control circuit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this facsimile machine is
A power supply unit 1 for supplying power to each unit of the apparatus, a reading unit 2 for reading a transmission original and the like, and a recording unit 3 for outputting a received image and the like.
A display unit 4 such as an LCD for displaying various information, an operation unit 5 for an operator to input various keys, a storage unit 6 for storing various information, and a microcomputer system unit 7 for controlling the entire apparatus. , A MODEM / NCU unit 8 that performs modulation / demodulation processing of transmission / reception data, line control, and the like.

2 and 3 are flow charts showing the operation at the time of reception and the operation at the time of transmission in the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

First, in the receiving operation of FIG. 2, in S1,
The presence / absence of NSS on the partner transmission side is determined. The NSS includes information for identifying the partner terminal, such as the partner user abbreviation. Then, if there is an NSS, a part or all of the information of the NSS is stored in the storage unit 6 in S2. Further, even when there is no NSS, the information "no NSS" is stored (S3).

Next, in S4, it is judged whether or not there is a TSI (telephone number; a number for identifying the terminal) on the transmitting side of the other party. If there is a TSI, the information of the TSI is stored in the storage unit 6 in S5. . Even if there is no TSI, in S6, "T
Information "no SI" is stored (S6).

Next, in step S7, the image is received, and in step S8, it is determined whether the reception is normally performed. If the image is normally terminated, the reception process is terminated. When the processing ends in error, the NSS and TSI information stored in S2 and S5 is cleared in S9.

Next, in the transmission operation of FIG. 3, first, S
At 10, the telephone number (TSI) stored at S5 and the information for identifying the partner terminal such as the user abbreviation stored at S2 are displayed on the display unit 4. The operator visually confirms the destination in S11, and if appropriate, operates the start key or the like to shift to the operation of calling (S12) and transmitting (S13). If the user does not want to call the destination displayed in S11, he / she operates the stop key or the like to return to the standby mode.

Although the first embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first embodiment, and modifications such as those described in (1) to (28) below are possible. Is.

(1) In the above-described first embodiment, TS is performed in S6.
If there is no I, empty information of "no TSI" is stored, but if there is no TSI, communication may be interrupted and the line may be opened.

(2) In the first embodiment described above, NS is selected in S3.
If there is no S, blank information of "no NSS" is stored, but if there is no NSS, communication may be interrupted and the line may be opened.

(3) In the above-described first embodiment, the telephone number of the other party and the information of the other party's terminal are displayed on the display unit 4 in S10, but this display may not be performed.

(4) In the above-described first embodiment, the transmission is performed in S13, but the transmission operation may not be performed here.

(5) In the above-described first embodiment, the NSS and TSI information is cleared when the receiving operation is not normally completed. However, even if the information is not cleared, it can be used in the transmitting operation. Good.

(6) In the first embodiment, as an example of the method of displaying the information of the NSS and TSI received from the partner terminal and stored, the information may be always displayed after the reception is completed. Alternatively, another display, for example, a clock display, a standby display, a transmission mode display, or the like may be alternately displayed.

(7) In the first embodiment, as an example of a method of displaying the information of the NSS and TSI received and stored from the partner terminal, when it is detected that a document is inserted next for transmission. , May be displayed.

(8) In the first embodiment, as an example of the method of displaying the information of the NSS and TSI received and stored from the partner terminal, a certain specific key or a group of keys is determined. It may be displayed when the button is pressed.

(9) In the first embodiment, as an example of a method in which the operator visually confirms the destination in S11 and, if appropriate, makes a call (S12) or send (S13) operation, sets the original. Alternatively, a particular key or group of keys may be pressed by a predetermined method.

(10) In the first embodiment, S11
As an example of a method in which the operator visually confirms the destination and, if appropriate, shifts to a call (S12) and transmission (S13) operation, a document is set, and after a certain period of time, the call is started. You may

(11) In the first embodiment, S11
As an example of a method for returning to the standby mode when you do not want to make a call to the destination displayed in, a specific key or a specific key group may be pressed in a predetermined method.

(12) In the first embodiment, S11
As an example of the method of returning to the standby mode when the user does not want to call the destination indicated by, the once inserted document may be pulled out.

(13) In the first embodiment, S11
As an example of the method of returning to the standby when the user does not want to call the destination displayed in, when the operation procedure as in the modification (9) is adopted, the operation is returned to the standby after a certain period of time without any operation. You may

(14) In the first embodiment, S11
Even when the user does not want to make a call to the destination indicated by, the operation may be shifted to the next operation without returning to the standby.

As an example thereof, it is conceivable that a key input of a telephone number to be called is accepted and a call is made to a telephone number different from the displayed one.

(15) In the above-mentioned first embodiment, the telephone number (TSI) and the information (NSS) for identifying the partner terminal.
Although the number is limited to one destination, information regarding a plurality of destinations is stored in the storage unit 6 by managing the serial numbers such as the reception number and the communication number, and the information is selected from the plurality of destinations in S10 of FIG. You may do it.

(16) In the above-described first embodiment, S in FIG.
In 10, since the telephone number (TSI) and the information (NSS) for identifying the partner terminal are displayed on the display unit 4, the operator did not need to input the partner telephone number.
However, even when the operator directly inputs the telephone number, by checking the telephone number input by the operator and the telephone number stored in the storage unit 6, a check is made before the operator makes an erroneous input. It is possible to

(17) In the modification (15), as an example of a method of managing the information for identifying the telephone number and the partner terminal, the information may be managed in the order of reception.

(18) In the modification (17), if the information to be stored this time is the same as that stored in the past,
The current one may not be stored, or the past one may be deleted.

(19) In the modified example (15), as an example of the method of managing the information for identifying the telephone number and the partner terminal, the telephone numbers may be managed in ascending order or descending order.

(20) In the modified example (15), as an example of the method of managing the information for identifying the telephone number and the partner terminal, the information for identifying the partner terminal is managed in "aiueo order" or "alphabetical order" or the like. You may do it.

(21) In Modification (15), as an example of selecting from a plurality of destinations in S10 of FIG. 3, one of a large number of managed information is displayed, and if it is not intended, By the predetermined operation, for example, the information managed by the methods of modification (17), modification (18), and modification (19) are sequentially called and displayed, and when the intended one comes out, for example, Modifications (9), (10)
You may make it select by the method of and call.

(22) In the modification (15), as an example of selecting from a plurality of destinations in S10 of FIG. 3, all of a plurality of managed information are displayed and the intended one is designated by the cursor operation. After that, for example, the modified example (9),
You may make it select by the method of a modification (10), and make a call.

(23) In the modified example (15), as an example of selecting from a plurality of destinations in S10 of FIG. 3, a part of a plurality of managed information is displayed and the intended one is displayed. If there is no, you can display other parts of multiple managed information by a specific operation, repeat this until the intended one is displayed, and when the intended one comes out,
After instructing it by the cursor operation, for example, the method of the modified example (9) or the modified example (10) may be selected to make a call.

(24) Even in the case where the operator of the modification (16) directly inputs the telephone number, by comparing the telephone number input by the operator with the telephone number stored in the storage unit 6, the operator As an example of checking before making an erroneous input call, the telephone number input by the operator is compared with the telephone number stored in the storage unit 6, and when there is no match, a warning is displayed on the display unit. It is also possible to give a warning to the operator such as turning on a warning lamp for issuing a warning or making a warning sound.

(25) In the above-described first embodiment, S in FIG.
If there is no telephone number of the other party in 4, the telephone number cannot be displayed on the display unit 4 (for example, it is displayed in a blank space) in S10 of FIG. 2 and the information for identifying the other terminal (for example, user abbreviation or member number) are registered, even if there is no other telephone number in S4 of FIG.
A telephone number is searched from the information of NSS of S2, and S1 of FIG. 3 is searched.
It is also possible to display the other party's telephone number on the display unit 4 at 0.

(26) In the modification (25), as an example in which the telephone number of the communication partner and the information for identifying the partner terminal (for example, user abbreviation or member number) are registered in the storage unit 6 in advance, In addition to the area for storing the telephone number received from the partner terminal and the information for identifying the partner terminal, an area for previously registering the telephone number of the contact partner and the information for identifying the partner terminal may be provided.

(27) In the modification (25), as an example in which the telephone number of the communication partner and the information for identifying the partner terminal (for example, user abbreviation or member number) are registered in the storage unit 6 in advance, The telephone number of the communication partner and the information for identifying the partner terminal are registered in advance in a part (or the whole area) of the area for storing the telephone number received from the partner terminal and the information for identifying the partner terminal. Good.

(28) As another example of the modification (25), the telephone number of the communication partner and information for identifying the partner terminal (for example, user abbreviation or member number) are registered in the storage unit 6 in advance. Information that identifies the telephone number of the communication partner or the terminal of the other party can be registered in correspondence with the key, and if there are multiple keys (that is, information), use this information to register information of the other party. It may be used as.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By storing the information of the other party's sender at the time of receiving a facsimile, and calling and transmitting to the other party based on that information, it is possible to save the operator the trouble of entering the other party's telephone number, and to make an incorrect input. This has the effect of preventing erroneous calling and erroneous transmission.

Also, by displaying the information of the other party's sender stored at the time of receiving the facsimile at the time of sending, even when the operator directly inputs the other party's telephone number and makes a call transmission, a mistaken input is checked before making a call. This has the effect of preventing erroneous calls.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a receiving operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a transmission operation of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Power supply part, 2 ... Reading part, 3 ... Recording part, 4 ... Display part, 5 ... Operation part, 6 ... Storage part, 7 ... Microcomputer system part, 8 ... MODEM / NCU part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. When a facsimile is received, the storage device has storage control means for storing information on the sender side and call control means for calling a telephone number in the stored information according to a predetermined operation. And a facsimile machine. 2. A facsimile apparatus comprising: storage control means for storing information on the transmitting side and display control means for displaying the information on the transmitting side in response to a predetermined operation when receiving the facsimile.