JPH07154564A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the facsimile equipment able to attain reception notice of communication data to a specific sender having a radio call receiver by sending an identification code of the radio call receiver registered from a sender side. CONSTITUTION:A sender stores an identification code of a radio call receiver 37 with a display function preserved by a sender to a RAM 23 with cross reference to a password of a sender of an original. When an original is sent, an identification code of the receiver 37, a transmission ID code and picture data stored in a transmission reception memory section 24 are sent. Furthermore, at the end of transmission, partial picture data including the transmission ID code are outputted from a recording section 25. On the other hand, upon the receipt of the picture data and the transmission ID code, a receiver side prints out the transmission ID code and the reception time on a received original and sends the reception notice of the picture data and the transmission ID card to the receiver 37. Thus, the sender recognizes that the transmission original is received by a recipient or the state of the received original.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and in particular, when receiving communication data from a specific sender who has a mobile wireless device, the specific sender is notified and received. The present invention relates to a facsimile device having a function of notifying a transmission ID code that specifies communication data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional facsimile apparatus, there is known an apparatus having a so-called communication management report function capable of confirming a communication history of communication date / time, communication partner, number of originals, success / failure of communication and the like. In addition, in the facsimile mail device, the communication ID that differs for each communication on the sending side
When the code is set and input, the image data is transmitted and stored in the facsimile mail device, and the reception file is extracted at the reception side, the reception side indicates that the transmission mail specified by the communication ID code is extracted by the reception side. A device having a so-called delivery completion notification function of notifying is known. However, even if you can know the success / failure of communication in the communication management report,
I couldn't know if it actually came into the intended hands of the other person. On the other hand, with the widespread use of wireless calling systems (tone system, number display system, message display system), compact and high performance wireless pager (pager)
Is widespread. In this system, there is a control station in each area, and a plurality of transmission stations (base stations) are arranged under the control station to ensure delivery of calling radio waves. When a subscriber leaves the desk or goes out, he carries a receiver with the same calling number (identification number) as a regular telephone, and when making a wireless call, he or she enters the calling number from the regular telephone and the base station Radio signals are transmitted and called. Further, with respect to the receiver with a display, it is possible to display numbers, symbols and the like by inputting from a touch-tone phone or the like. Therefore, there has been proposed a method of notifying the end state of facsimile transmission through a radio paging receiver. For example, JP-A-4-312
In the apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 069, an image signal read from a transmission original and modulated is transmitted to a line, the image signal received from the line is demodulated and printed out on a recording paper. At the time of this reception, the character recognition unit reads the telephone number of the notification destination (general telephone or radio call receiver) written in advance at a predetermined position of the transmission document, and the message unit outputs a message corresponding to the transmission result. . Then, the transmission control unit calls the telephone number of the notification destination to the line at the end of transmission of the transmission document and transmits the message to the connected line. In this way, when a large number of originals are transmitted using the fax machine by automatically calling the sender's telephone number read from the transmitted original and transmitting a message at the end of each transmission,
The sender can know the transmission end state without being in the spot.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, although it is possible to know the success / failure of communication in the communication management report, it is possible to know whether or not the communication has actually reached the intended partner. There wasn't. In addition, in the delivery notification in the facsimile mail device, this function can be used only by the subscribers of the facsimile mail, and generally, the delivery confirmation in the facsimile communication depends on the telephone confirmation of the parties concerned. Furthermore, if the method of automatically calling the telephone number read from the transmission original and notifying the sender of the transmission end status by the radio call receiver etc., it is still possible to know the success / failure of communication. However, it was not possible to know whether or not it actually fell into the hand of the intended opponent. An object of the present invention is to improve such problems, to set and register the identification number of the sender's radio call receiver in the sending side facsimile device in advance, and automatically give the sending ID code to each sending image data. At the same time, a copy of the transmission document in which the transmission ID code is printed on a part of the transmission document is recorded and output, and the identification number, the transmission ID code, and the image data are transmitted from the transmission side. It is possible to receive a transmission ID code and image data, and automatically notify the holder of the radio call receiver of the transmission ID code that identifies the transmission original and the reception completion of the reception original or the state of the reception original. It is possible to provide a facsimile device capable of (not only the sender can recognize the success / failure of communication but also the receipt notification of the receiver or the state of the received document). .

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is provided with an identification code (telephone number) of a password and a radio call receiver (37 in FIG. 1) having a display function corresponding to the password. Means (23 in FIG. 1) and a means (2 in FIG. 1) for automatically assigning a different transmission ID code to the image data for each communication.
1) and means for transmitting the registered identification code, image data, and transmission ID code (29 to 31 in FIG. 1).
Etc.), means for compressing and accumulating a part of image data of a transmission original (24, 28 etc. in FIG. 1), and means for expanding the transmission ID code into bitmap data (23, 36 in FIG. 1).
Etc.) and means for developing the accumulated partial image data into bitmap data and overwriting and combining the transmission ID code developed into the bitmap data at a predetermined position on the bitmap data (23, 36 in FIG. 1). Etc.), means for recording the combined image data (25 in FIG. 1), and when the registration password is input and the document transmission operation is performed, the identification code, the transmission ID code, and the image data are transmitted to the communication partner. And a means for controlling to record the composite image data when the transmission is normally completed (see FIG. 1).
21) and are provided. Further, a means for measuring the time when the image data is received (35 in FIG. 1), a means for receiving the identification code of the radio paging receiver with a display function, the image data, and the transmission ID code attached to the image data ( (29 to 31 in FIG. 1) and its transmission ID
A means (23 in FIG. 1) for storing the code, the identification code, and the reception time as a set, and a means (25 in FIG. 1) for printing the transmission ID code and the reception time at a predetermined position of the corresponding received document. , Means for transmitting data to the radio paging receiver (29 to 32, etc. in FIG. 1), and when the identification code, the image data and the transmission ID code are normally received, the transmission ID code and the reception time of the image data are received. When a document is printed out and the transmission ID code and the reception time are input, a means for notifying the radio call receiver of the receipt of image data and controlling the transmission ID code to be transmitted (see FIG. 1). 21) and is provided. Further, on the receiving side, the transmission ID code, the identification code, and the reception time are stored separately, and when the identification code, the image data, and the transmission ID code are normally received, the reception time of the transmission ID code and the image data is calculated. When the received original is printed out and the transmission ID code is input, it is checked whether or not there are a plurality of reception image data having the transmission ID code. Retrieving the identification code, notifying the radio call receiver of the receipt of the image data and transmitting the transmission ID code, and when there are a plurality of them, displays the input request of the reception time,
The identification code corresponding to the input reception time and its transmission ID code is searched, the reception of the image data is notified to the radio call receiver, and the transmission ID is transmitted.
It is characterized by controlling to send the code. Further, the receiving side is provided with means for storing a plurality of messages (23 in FIG. 1) and means for selecting an arbitrary message from these messages (32 in FIG. 1), and the identification code, image data When the transmission ID code and the reception time of the image data are normally received, the transmission ID code and the reception time of the image data are printed out on the received document. When the transmission ID code, the reception time, and the selected message are input, the wireless call is made. It is characterized by controlling the receiver to send out the message and the transmission ID code.

[0005]

In the present invention, the identification code of the radio call receiver with a display function possessed by the sender is stored in the RAM in association with the password of the original sender, and after the original is read, the transmission ID code is sent to the image data. Is automatically added, and the transmission ID code is overwritten on the first page or a part of the first page of the transmission original compressed and accumulated by the compression / decompression unit to be combined. When transmitting a document, the sender inputs a password from the operation unit and performs a document transmitting operation, so that the facsimile code of the other party is transmitted by a predetermined method to a transmission ID different for each communication within a certain range from the identification code of the radio call receiver. Send code and image data. Further, at the end of transmission, since the first page of the transmission document on which the transmission ID code is printed is output from the recording unit, it is possible to recognize the transmission ID code of the transmission document and to know the success or failure of the communication. On the other hand, on the receiving side, the identification code, the transmission ID code, and the image data of the radio paging receiver are received, and the timekeeping unit measures the reception time, and the transmission ID code, the identification code of the mobile radio, and the reception time are integrated. It is stored in the RAM as a set of data. In addition, a transmission ID code that identifies the received document and the reception time can be printed on the printout of the received document, and when the recipient receives the received document in his or her own hand, it recognizes that it is in the document receipt notification mode. it can. Then, by inputting the transmission ID code and the reception time, the identification code of the radio call receiver corresponding to them is searched, the receipt of the document is notified to the radio call receiver, and the transmission ID code is transmitted. . In addition, the receiving side stores a plurality of messages in the RAM (for example, the ones indicating the states of the sharpness of the received document, the degree of shading, etc.), and the receiver selects the desired one from the messages from the operation unit. However, since it can be sent to the radio paging receiver with a display function possessed by the sender, it is possible to easily notify the sender of the state of the received document as seen by the recipient. Therefore, when the receiver performs the operation of notification of receipt of the manuscript, the sender judges that the manuscript received by the receiver is the manuscript or the received manuscript indicated by the display of the radio paging receiver with a display function. You can easily know the state of.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The CPU 21 controls the entire apparatus according to a program stored in the ROM 22, and includes a RAM 23, a transmission / reception memory unit 24, and a recording unit 2.
5, reading unit 26, buffer memory unit 27, compression / decompression unit 2
8, communication control unit 29, network control unit 30, and operation unit 31
To control. The RAM 23 is used as a work area of the CPU 21, and in the present embodiment, the identification code (telephone number) of the radio call receiver (pager) held by the sender at the time of transmission and the corresponding password, and the sender side A message to be sent (for example, "the thin line portion is unclear", "lower case portion is crushed", or the like indicating the state of the received document) is registered. Transmission / reception memory unit 2
Reference numeral 4 has an image memory area for storing binary image data read by the reading unit 26. The recording unit 25 is composed of a laser beam printer unit or a thermal printer unit, a recording paper conveyance system, and the like, and records received image data or image data when a document is copied. In particular, in this embodiment, a part of the transmission document on which the transmission ID code is recorded is printed out so as to display the transmission ID code during transmission. The reading unit 26 includes a CCD line sensor and a document feeding system, and reads a document image. The compression / decompression unit 28 temporarily stores the binarized data read by the reading unit 26 in the buffer memory unit 27, performs data compression coding, and converts the compression code received via the public telephone line into binary image data. Restore. The compression code obtained by the data compression coding by the compression / decompression unit 28 is sent to the public telephone line via the modem 30 under the control of the communication control unit 29.
Further, the compression code received via the public telephone line is decompressed into binary data by the compression decompression unit 28 and sent to the recording unit 25. The modem unit 30 performs modulation / demodulation of image data and the like, and the network control unit 31 has a public telephone line interface function such as DC loop control, selection signal transmission, and incoming call detection. 30 or a telephone (not shown). The clock unit 35 measures the current time, has a function of transferring the current time information as code data in response to a request from the CPU 21, and provides the reception time data when printing the reception time on the received document. To do. The character generator 36
ROM that stores bitmap data of alphanumeric and kana characters, CPU for printing transmission ID code and reception time
21 provides the bitmap data of the character requested by 21. The operation unit 32 includes a key input unit 33 for performing various inputs using a ten-key pad, function keys, etc., a current time and an operating state by an LCD, etc., and a plurality of received originals having the same transmission ID code at the time of reception. And a display unit 34 for displaying. Particularly, in this embodiment, the pager identification code, that is, the function key for registering the telephone number and the password of the sender, and the function key for setting the transmission in the original receipt notification mode are provided. It should be noted that, in reality, the transmitting side device and the receiving side device are configured as the same facsimile device. Therefore, when describing the configuration of the transmitting side device or the receiving side device, the reference numerals shown in FIG. Are commonly used. Further, it is assumed that the facsimile user of this embodiment carries the radio pager (pager) 37 with a display function.

Next, the transmission operation of this embodiment will be described. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the transmission operation in the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the transmission original is set in the reading unit 26 (201) and the original receipt notification mode is selected and input from the operation unit 32 (20).
2) Displaying that the document is to be sent in the original receipt notification mode, and prompting the user to enter the sender's password and the receiving facsimile telephone number (203). Whether or not the document receipt notification mode is set is displayed by using, for example, a control signal (NSF signal or the like) of a communication protocol. When necessary information such as password and telephone number is entered in this way (204, 2
05), the call signal and the selection signal are transmitted after the start key is pressed (206, 207). Then, when there is an incoming call response from the receiving side, the call setting ends (208), and the transmission ID
The code is automatically set and stored in the RAM 23 (209).
Thereafter, the pager telephone number of the sender, the transmission ID code, and other communication conditions corresponding to the entered password are transmitted according to the original receipt notification mode set previously (210). Next, it is confirmed whether or not the receiving side has the original receipt notification mode (211), and the image data of a predetermined length is read from the beginning of the original to be compressed, and the transmitting / receiving memory unit 24 is provided.
(212), the transmission original is read, and the image data is transmitted (213). In this way, when the transmission of the image data is completed (214) and the normal reception response signal from the receiving side is received (215), the line disconnection signal and the call termination signal are sent out (216). Next, the image data of a predetermined length previously stored in the transmission / reception memory unit 24 is restored to bitmap data, and the current transmission ID code stored in the RAM 23 is expanded into bitmap data. Overwrite at a predetermined position on the bitmap data (21
7). The combined image data is output from the recording unit 25 (218), and the accumulated image data is erased from the memory (219). If no response signal is obtained in step 215, communication error processing is performed (22
0).

Next, the receiving operation of this embodiment will be described. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the receiving operation in the embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, when a call signal from the transmitting side is detected (401), a response signal is sent to perform call setting (402), the original receipt notification mode, the pager telephone number of the sender, the transmission ID code, etc. Receiving various communication conditions, mutual function identification and communication possible condition identification are performed (403). If the result of the function identification and the communicable condition identification is OK (404), the data of the time when the data link is established is read from the clock unit 35 (4).
05), the received transmission ID code, pager number,
And the data link establishment time is stored in the RAM 23 (406) and the facsimile image data is received (40).
7). In this case, each data may be stored as a set. Then, upon normal reception (408), the image data is restored to bitmap data, the transmission ID code expanded in the bitmap data and the data link establishment time are overwritten at the predetermined position, and output from the recording unit 25. (409). When the reception of all the image data is completed (410), the transmission side is notified of the normal reception (411), the line disconnection signal of the transmission side facsimile is received, the termination signal is transmitted, and the communication is terminated (412). ). After that, when the recipient picks up the received original addressed to himself from the received original tray, the recipient recognizes that it is in the original receipt notification mode by printing the transmission ID code on the received original (413),
The document receipt notification function button is pressed (414). As a result, the previously registered transmission message is displayed on the operation unit 32, and the message selection request is displayed (41
5). The recipient selects and inputs the outgoing message (41
6) and further input the transmission ID code (417,
418). If there are a plurality of transmission ID codes (419), the reception time written on the received document is input (420, 421), and the CPU 21 searches for the sender pager telephone number corresponding to the input data ( 422).
Next, the sender pager telephone number thus obtained is sent as a selection signal, and the command and data for displaying the previously selected send message and send ID code on the pager are sent as DTMF signals. (42
3) Then, the call end signal is transmitted to terminate the communication with the pager service provider (423). Finally, the transmission ID code for this communication (communication for which notification of receipt of the original document has been completed),
The reception time data and the sender pager telephone number data are erased from the RAM 23 (425). If the identification result is not OK in step 404, error processing is performed (426).

According to this embodiment, when the sender is on the side of the facsimile apparatus, a partial image with a transmission ID code can be obtained as a transmission result, and if the pager 37 is carried, Since the message from the recipient and the transmission ID code are displayed, it can be confirmed that the intended recipient has certainly received the original.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the identification code of the radio call receiver with a display function possessed by the manuscript sender can be registered corresponding to the password, and after the sent manuscript is read, the transmission ID code is automatically added to the image data. The transmission ID code can be overwritten and printed on the first page or a part of the first page of the transmission original. In addition, the sender inputs a password at the time of transmitting an original and performs a transmission operation, so that a transmission ID code and image data which are different for each communication within a certain range and the identification code of the radio call receiver are transmitted to the facsimile machine of the other party by a predetermined method. Can be sent. As a result, a part of the transmission image data overwritten with the transmission ID code can be output and the success or failure of communication of the document specified by the transmission ID code can be known. Also, on the receiving side, the identification code of the radio paging receiver, the transmission ID code,
Image data is received, the reception time is measured, and the transmission I
The D code, the identification code, and the reception time can be stored as a set of data, and the transmission ID code and the reception time that specify the reception original can be printed on the recording output of the reception original. Then, when the recipient receives the received original document in his / her own hand, by inputting the transmission ID code and the reception time, the corresponding identification code is searched, and the reception notification and the reception notification are given to the radio paging receiver. Send the transmission ID code. Therefore, the manuscript sender needs a complicated procedure to confirm that the manuscript specified by the transmission ID code has been received by the display of the radio call receiver with a display function when the receiver performs the operation of the receipt notification. You can know without doing. In addition, the receiving side can store a plurality of messages, select a desired message from them, and send it to the radio call receiver with a display function held by the sender. It is possible to easily notify the sender of the status and the like. In this way, the sender can easily know not only the success or failure of communication, but also the fact that the transmission original has been received by the recipient or the state of the reception original as seen by the recipient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a transmission operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a transmission operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a part of a flowchart showing a receiving operation in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a part of a flowchart showing a receiving operation in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 CPU 22 ROM 23 RAM 24 Transmission / Reception Memory Section 25 Recording Section 26 Reading Section 27 Buffer Memory Section 28 Compression / Decompression Section 29 Communication Control Section 30 Modem 31 Network Control Section 32 Operation Section 33 Key Input Section 34 Display Section 35 Timekeeping Section 36 Characters Generator 37 Radio call receiver

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for registering a password and an identification code of a radio call receiver with a display function corresponding to the password, and a transmission ID different for each communication with respect to image data.
Means for automatically giving a code, means for transmitting the registered identification code, image data, and transmission ID code, means for compressing and accumulating a part of image data of a transmission document, and the transmission ID code To bit map data, and means for expanding the accumulated partial image data to bit map data and overwriting and synthesizing the transmission ID code expanded to bit map data at a predetermined position on the bit map data. , A unit for recording the combined image data, and when the registration password is input and the document transmission operation is performed, the identification code, the transmission ID code, and the image data are transmitted to the communication partner, and the transmission is normally completed. And a means for controlling so as to record the composite image data. 2. A means for measuring the time when the image data is received, a means for receiving the identification code of the radio paging receiver with a display function, the image data, and a transmission ID code attached to the image data, and the transmission. ID code, identification code,
And a means for storing the reception time as a set, and the transmission I
A means for printing the D code and the reception time at a predetermined position of the corresponding received document, a means for transmitting data to the radio pager, and a normal transmission of the identification code, the image data and the transmission ID code. The reception time of the code and the image data is printed out on the received document, and when the transmission ID code and the reception time are input, the reception of the image data is notified to the radio call receiver and the transmission I
And a means for controlling to send a D code. 3. A means for measuring the time when image data is received, a means for receiving an identification code of a radio paging receiver with display function, image data, and a transmission ID code attached to the image data, and the transmission. A means for storing the ID code, the identification code, and the reception time; a means for printing the transmission ID code and the reception time at a predetermined position of the corresponding received document; a means for transmitting data to the radio paging receiver; When the identification code, the image data and the transmission ID code are normally received, the reception time of the transmission ID code and the image data is printed out on the received document, and when the transmission ID code is input, the reception with the transmission ID code is received. It is checked whether or not there are a plurality of image data, and if there is not a plurality of image data, the identification code corresponding to the transmission ID code is searched and the wireless call is made. Notifying the receiver of the receipt of the image data and transmitting the transmission ID code. When there are a plurality of transmission data, the reception time input request is displayed and the input reception time and the transmission ID code are handled. And a control means for notifying the radio call receiver of the receipt of the image data and controlling so as to send out the transmission ID code. 4. A means for measuring the time when the image data is received, a means for receiving the identification code of the radio paging receiver with display function, the image data, and a transmission ID code attached to the image data, and the transmission. ID code, identification code,
And a means for storing the reception time as a set, and the transmission I
A means for printing the D code and the reception time at a predetermined position of the corresponding received document, a means for storing a plurality of messages, a means for selecting an arbitrary message from the plurality of messages, and the radio paging receiver. Means for transmitting data, said identification code, image data and transmission I
When the D code is normally received, the transmission ID code and the reception time of the image data are printed out on the received document, and the transmission I code is transmitted.
A facsimile comprising a D code, a reception time, and a means for controlling the radio paging receiver to send the message and the transmission ID code when the selected message is input. apparatus.