JPH07162575A - Facsimile control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save a picture transfer time by executing a specific notification method under a command of a recipient to allow the recipient of a facsimile signal to recognize a sender so as to confirm the sender in a way desired by the recipient. CONSTITUTION:When a facsimile signal is received and stored in a storage device of a facsimile equipment, the receiver facsimile equipment confirms whether or not a telephone number of a transmitter is in existence in signals CSI, CIG, and FIF of TSI. When no telephone number is found out, the recording of a call reception state such as a call reception time, a communication speed, a communication time and whether the communication is successful or failed is informed to a PC and the PC displays the call reception recording to a display device 313. When the telephone number is in existence, whether or not the telephone number is stored in a telephone directory of the facsimile equipment is checked. In this case, when the telephone number is not stored or a user name or the like is not stored, the telephone number is informed to the PC.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile control system for displaying the sender of a facsimile received image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been necessary for a receiver of a facsimile apparatus to print out all received images in order to know who is the sender of the facsimile original.
There is also a method of printing out only the upper part of the image, but the user can select only two methods of printing out a predetermined range or printing out the entire image.

[0003]

In recent years, with the spread of personal computers (hereinafter referred to as PCs), documents have been printed.
It is becoming common to create in C. As a result, P
In order to directly convert the document data on the C to a facsimile image and transmit the image, a PC and a facsimile device are often connected. In such usage, it is natural to use a PC as an interface between the facsimile device and the user.

For example, a communication result of an incoming facsimile or a received facsimile image may be viewed on a display device of a PC. In this case, what is not particularly required to be stored is only checked on the display device, and there is an advantage that toner, ink, and recording paper can be saved.

By the way, generally, when comparing character data and facsimile image data, the latter has a larger amount. Therefore, the user sets P as the sender of the received facsimile.
When trying to confirm with the C display device, it is more efficient to confirm with character data. However, the conventional facsimile apparatus that can be connected to the PC has only the function of sending the entire image and the received record to the PC for the reception facsimile.

On the other hand, in facsimile communication, a called terminal identification signal (CSI) and a calling terminal identification signal (CI) are used.
G), transmitting terminal identification signal (TSI) or non-standard function signal (NSF), non-standard function command signal (NSC), non-standard function setting signal (NSS), information about the sender such as a telephone number is character data. The facsimile device or the PC has a telephone directory in which the information about the communication partner is registered as character data.
Therefore, by collating these, it is possible to obtain the information regarding the sender of the receiving facsimile only with the character data.

When the information about the transmission source cannot be obtained as character data, there is a portion called the header portion for displaying the transmission source at the upper part of a normal facsimile image. Therefore, if that portion of the image is sent to the PC. Good. Further, when the information regarding the transmission source cannot be obtained from the header portion, all the images may be transmitted to the PC.

However, in the conventional facsimile apparatus,
There is nothing that enables the above control.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which allows a recipient of a facsimile to know the sender of the facsimile in a desired manner.

[0010]

The present invention enables the following two notification methods to be adaptively executed under the instruction of the recipient so that the recipient of the facsimile can know the sender.

1. CSI and C in facsimile communication
The recipient is notified of the telephone number information (character data) included in the IG and TSI through the display device. If the telephone number is registered in the telephone directory on the facsimile machine or the telephone directory on the PC, and there is more detailed information about the sender such as its name, it is also notified. The facsimile communication is a device manufactured by the same person.
When more detailed information (character data) about the sender is obtained by using F, NSC, and NSS, the information about the sender is notified by using the information as well.

2. A part of the received facsimile image is notified to the receiver through the display device. The recipient can define which part of what page to display.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration and connection state of a facsimile machine and a PC in one embodiment of the present invention.

It is assumed that the PC and the facsimile device are connected by an interface capable of bidirectional communication, and the software necessary for performing communication on the interface is stored in each.

The facsimile apparatus includes a main control section 301 for controlling the entire apparatus, a reading section 302 for reading an original and converting it into an electric signal, a recording section 303 for outputting an image on a recording sheet, and a partner via a line. A communication control unit 304 for exchanging transmission / reception data with the device, an operation unit 305 for an operator to input various keys, a display unit 306 for displaying various information, and a nonvolatile memory 307 for storing various data including a telephone directory 308. Interface with a PC (P
CI / F) unit 309.

On the other hand, the PC is a main control unit 3 which performs various processes.
10 and an interface (I /
The F) unit 311 and the non-volatile memory 312 that stores various data are included. In addition, a display device (C
The RT) 313 and the operating device (keyboard) 314 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the processing of the facsimile apparatus in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the processing of the PC in this embodiment.

First, when a facsimile reception is received and stored in a storage device (not shown) of the facsimile device, the receiving facsimile device receives the CSI, CIG, T from the transmitter.
It is confirmed whether or not there is a transmitter telephone number in the SI FIF (S1-1).

If there is no telephone number, the PC is notified of the arrival time, the communication speed, the communication time, and the record of the incoming call status such as the success or failure of the communication (S1-5, S2-3), P
C displays the incoming call record on the display device 313 (S2).
-7).

If there is a telephone number, it is checked whether or not the telephone number is stored in the telephone directory of the facsimile machine (S1-2). Then, if it is stored, it is confirmed whether or not information such as the name of the user corresponding to the telephone number is stored (S1-3). Also,
If the telephone number of the fax machine is not stored, or if the user name is not stored,
The telephone number is notified to the PC (S1-6, S2-2).

The PC performs a similar search for the telephone directory managed by the PC (S2-5). If the telephone number or user name is not stored in the PC's telephone directory, the PC
Displays the incoming call record and the telephone number (S2-6). When the user name and the like are stored in the facsimile telephone directory, the incoming call record, the telephone number, the user name and the like are notified to the PC (S1-4). In this case, or when the user name or the like is stored in the telephone directory of the PC, the PC displays the incoming call record, the telephone number, the user name and the like (S2-4).

Thereafter, the user issues an image display instruction to the PC.
If it is input to the facsimile device (S2-8), the PC requests the facsimile device to transfer the image area designated by the user (S2-9). The facsimile apparatus transfers the image to the PC (S1-) according to the image transfer request (S1-7).
8). The PC receives the transferred image (S2-10),
It is displayed (S2-11).

In the above-mentioned processing, the processing other than the image display instruction can be automatically performed between the PC and the facsimile apparatus, so that "the image display instruction is given according to each judgment result" or "moreover in that case". If a process of "changing the image area that can be specified for" is set in advance, a predetermined portion (header portion, first page, etc.) of the sender or the received image is automatically displayed on the display of the PC when the facsimile is received. It becomes possible.

CSI and CS in the above embodiment
Instead of or in addition to the G, TSI FIF telephone number, if the information of the area that each NSF, NSC, NSS FIF manufacturer can use freely is used, communication between facsimile machines by the same manufacturer Is
It is possible to know the user name, the telephone number, other information about the sender, etc. without searching the telephone directory, and it is possible to realize more efficient processing.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the user name is not stored in the facsimile machine but is stored in the PC, the user name is sent to the facsimile machine and displayed on the display section of the facsimile machine. The user name may be displayed.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The sender can be confirmed in the form desired by the receiver, and it is possible to save time for recording paper and image transfer. In addition, since the sender can be confirmed in the order of character data, header or 1-page display, and full-screen display, in the case of a partner who has already registered in the phone book, the partner can be efficiently confirmed using the character data from the phone book registration contents. It can be set to print immediately without displaying the full screen, or to automatically print out.

In addition, in the case of a person who is not registered in the telephone directory, the content can be estimated by displaying the header or one page, and in the case of a direct mail, the printout and even the full screen display are not performed. Live.

Further, by setting the reception contents, for example, the first page, to be automatically displayed at the end of the reception of the facsimile, it can be used as an automatic incoming call monitor, or displayed while adding only the header part. By doing so, it is possible to realize a more detailed reception result report than the conventional one, and various applications are possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the facsimile apparatus in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing of the PC in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 301, 310 ... Main control section, 302 ... Reading section, 303 ... Recording section, 304 ... Communication control section, 305 ... Operation section, 306 ... Display section, 307, 312 ... Nonvolatile memory, 308 ... Phonebook, 309, 311 ... I / F section, 313 ... Display device, 314 ... Operating device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A detailed information about a sender is received by collating information about a sender including a telephone number obtained from a predetermined procedure signal in facsimile communication with information such as a telephone directory stored in a facsimile machine. Information to the information processing device, or information about the sender including the telephone number obtained from a predetermined procedure signal in facsimile communication is sent to the information processing device, and this information is collated with the information stored in the information processing device. The receiver has a function of adaptively controlling the method of notifying the receiver of detailed information about the sender and the method of displaying a part of the received image according to the instruction of the receiver. Facsimile control method.