JPH0723159A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid the reception disable state for long time transmission of a sender by using a circular board transmission function to send picture data to a first destination along with number information for plural destinations and there after allowing a receiver to send data to other destinations sequentially. CONSTITUTION:It is informed to the other destination equipment party by a preprocedure to the effect that a transmission function about to send is a circular board transmission and a receiver side confirms it. Then a first destination number of the other party and succeeding number string of the other destination party to be circulated are operated and the picture data added as telephone number information to first or last of intrinsic picture data are sent to the first destination of the other party. On the other hand, the receiver side stores the received data in a storage memory and the picture data and the receiver side number and a succeeding receiver side number are called and they are used for succeeding transmission. The data to be sent at this time are data with number information except the first number from among pieces of telephone number information added to the picture data. The operation is sequentially repeated and same document is sent to plural destinations.

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 more particularly to a facsimile machine having a memory section for storing received image data and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile apparatus. Reference numeral 31 is a reading section for optically reading a document and converting it into an electric signal, and 32 is a memory section for storing image data and the like. Reference numeral 33 denotes a communication control unit which is a connection unit for controlling communication, which is a connection unit with a line, 34 denotes a recording unit which prints data stored in a memory on recording paper, 35 denotes an operation panel unit for operation, and 36 denotes each of these units. It is a central control unit for controlling.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the image data converted into an electric signal by the reading unit 31 is stored in the memory unit 32 and transmitted via the communication control unit 33. This is the memory transmission function. Further, in the case of reception, it is stored in the memory unit 32 from the communication control unit 33 and printed by the recording unit 34. Generally, in this case, the image data stored in the memory is automatically erased when transmission or recording is completed. The broadcast transmission function is a function of accumulating image data for one call in the memory unit 32 and performing transmission to many destinations by one accumulating action.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of the broadcast transmission function, and the contents of the procedure shown in the figure are as follows. 1. Place the original. 2. To specify the time, press the "FAX function" or "Next page" key and select the time. 3. Press the "Select / Set" key, specify the time with the dial buttons, and press the "Time OK" key. 4. Press the "Broadcast" key. 5. Dial the telephone number of the other party. 6. After that, press the "Broadcast" key and dial the telephone number of the other party. Press the "Start" key. In the above, when the time is not specified, 1. → 4. →
5. → 6. It will be operated in the order of.

Next, the function of this broadcast transmission will be described. The data sent from the reading unit 31 is accumulated in the memory unit 32 and is stored in the memory unit 32 to each of a plurality of destinations designated by the operation. Image data is transmitted by each call. At the end of each transmission, the memory unit 3
The image data is not erased from 2, and after the designated transmission operation is all performed, the broadcast transmission function ends and the image data in the memory is erased.

[0006]

Since the conventional facsimile apparatus is configured as described above, in the case of the broadcast transmission, the transmitting side apparatus uses the line for a long time. Therefore, during the broadcast transmission, there are problems that reception from other devices cannot be performed, and that the cost of line capture is concentrated only on the sender.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to transmit to a plurality of destinations without making a call from the first caller to all the destinations. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a facsimile apparatus whose operation method is simplified.

[0008]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the first sender informs the first receiver that the special function of the circulation board transmission function is provided, and then the image is displayed. At a specific position such as the beginning of the data, a sequence of multiple telephone numbers including the destination in each transmission of the circulation transmission sequence input in the operation is added as information, and this is transmitted together with the image data, and each recipient Is
A telephone at a specific position among a plurality of telephone number strings in the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequence when the received image data is taken into the memory at the same time when the call ends, that is, one communication ends. Automatically picking up the number and using it for the next call, identify the image data that excludes the earliest telephone number in the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequence from the plural telephone number strings fetched in the above memory. It is added to the position and transmitted to the next destination.

Further, according to the present invention, the plurality of telephone number strings transmitted as a part of the image data in each of the above transmissions do not include the telephone number of the destination in the transmission.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the telephone number of the destination in each transmission of the circulation transmission sequence for circular plate transmission is stored in the one-touch address memory of each corresponding receiver for each circulation transmission sequence. The first caller stores fixed information indicating which of the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequences,
The image data is transmitted together with the image data, and each recipient uses the telephone number information of the address corresponding to the fixed information in the one-touch address memory for the next call transmission.

[0011]

In the circulation board transmission function according to the present invention, when the first sender inputs the telephone numbers of a plurality of destinations to be transmitted in the circulation transmission sequence and performs the transmission operation, the image data is started together with the telephone number information of the plurality of destinations. Only one destination is sent, and after that, the receiver of that one destination sequentially sends to other destinations, so that it can be sent in a circular manner, and the same document is sent to multiple destinations. In this case, the sending operation is not dependent on only one sender. In addition, the caller's long-time transmission does not keep the reception disabled state, and the telephone charge is not concentrated on one caller unlike the conventional broadcast transmission.

Further, according to the present invention, the telephone number of the destination in each transmission of the circulation transmission sequence for transmitting in a circulation board is stored in the one-touch address memory of each corresponding receiver for each circulation transmission sequence. By the way, the first sender sends fixed information indicating which of the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequences is the sequence information together with the image data, instead of the telephone number information, and each receiver
By using the telephone number information of the address corresponding to the fixed information in the one-touch address memory for making a call for the next call transmission, the operation of the caller can be greatly simplified.

Further, according to the present invention, even when the same document is sent to a plurality of destinations, the sending operation does not depend on only one sender.

[0014]

EXAMPLES Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the operation on the receiving side of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
An example of the operation of the caller side of is shown. That is, in FIG. 1, S1 is a CI sent by the exchange so that the receiving side can automatically receive the FAX transmission from the sending side.
A step of detecting a signal by the receiver, and a step S2 of transmitting the identification signal CED of the called station indicating that the called station is a device capable of receiving the CI signal after detecting the CI signal,
S3 is a step of sending a CED signal and then sending a signal of a function declaration, that is, a signal indicating the speed, paper size, circular plate transmission / reception function, confidential transmission / reception function, etc. that can be received by the own station. The step of receiving the signal of the transmission declaration indicating the function to be transmitted to the transmitting side which has received the signal of the function declaration of step S3, and the step S5 of transmitting the signal of the function declaration transmitted from the transmitting side to the circulation board. S6 is a step of receiving the image data, S7 is a step of ending the reception, S10 is a step of printing the received data, and S8 is a step of calling the information at the top of the image data and making a call. Step, S9 is a step of transmitting from the address data next to the called information,
S11 is a step of checking if it is another special function when it is not the circulation board transmission function in step S5, S1
2 is a step of performing a receiving operation such as confidential reception when there is another special function in step S11, S13
Is a step of performing a normal receiving operation when the special function is not selected in step S11.

Further, each procedure in FIG. 2 showing an example of the operation on the sending side is as follows: (a) setting a document; (b)
Press the circulation key, (c) dial the first recipient's phone number, (d) press the circulation key, enter the recipient's phone number, and press start when completed.

FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram showing the flow at the time of transmission, and FIG. 5 (b) shows the data in the memory for image data when the transmission is received and the received data is stored in the memory. It shows the state. In FIG. 5 (a), P is the pre-procedure, T is the telephone number information, F is the original image data, L is the post-procedure, and C is a single procedure consisting of transmitting these P, T, F, and L respectively. It is communication. Further, in FIG. 5B, B1 is telephone number information used for dialing in this transmission, and B2, B3, ... Are telephone number information for transmitting in order thereafter.

Next, the operation will be described. On the sending side, (a) Set the original, press the (b) Circular key, (c) Dial the first recipient's telephone number, (d) Press the Circular key and then press the other party. When the operation of inputting the above telephone number and pressing the start button when completed is completed, first, in the flow chart of FIG.
A call is made from the sender to the receiver for the first telephone number of the other party entered in (c). Then, on the receiving side,
In the flowchart of FIG. 1, steps S1 and S2
Then, after the above CI signal is detected and the CED signal is transmitted, in step S3, the function declaration signal is transmitted from the receiving side, that is, the receiving speed and the size of the receiving paper that can be received by the own station. , Declaration such as circular board transmission / reception function, confidential transmission / reception function, etc. is transmitted. On the receiving side,
The pre-transmission procedure P shown in Fig. 5 (a) indicates that the transmission function from the transmission side is the circulation board transmission function.
1 is declared to the other device by the receiving side, and in the flowchart of FIG. 1, the receiving side performs an operation of receiving this in step S4, and in step S5, the declaration from the transmitting side and the above-mentioned sending from the receiving side to the transmitting side are performed. Can be received by own station,
Receiving speed, size of receiving paper, circular board transmitting / receiving function,
The confidential transmission / reception function is compared with the declaration, and as a result, the reception side also confirms that the function that the transmission side attempts to transmit is the circulation board transmission function.

Thereafter, the telephone number information to all the destinations for the circulation board transmitting function, which has been input by the operation of the above (c) and the operation of the above (d), that is, for transmitting the information in a circular form. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), a sequence of a plurality of telephone numbers including destinations in each transmission in the circulation transmission sequence is added as telephone number information T at the beginning or end of the original image data F, The transmission operation of the image data F is performed, whereby the transmitter side can complete the transmission by one call (one communication C).

On the other hand, on the receiver side (first receiver side), when the data sent from the transmitting side is temporarily stored in the storage memory and then taken into the storage memory shown in FIG. 5 (b). As the information of the specific position address in the memory area E for storing all the image data including the original image data F and the telephone number information T, the telephone number information at the determined position in the telephone number information T, That is, in this case, the telephone number information B2 next to the telephone number information B1, which is the destination of the transmission, of the plurality of telephone number strings T including the transmission destinations of the circulation transmission sequence is called, and the telephone number information B2 is called. To enter the transmission operation. And the data transmitted at this time is
From the telephone number sequence information T, the telephone number information sequence B2, B3, ... Excluding the earliest telephone number B1 in the circulation transmission sequence is added to the image data F.

Similarly, in the second receiver, the first
The original image data F sent from the receiver for the first time,
The telephone number information string B2, B3, ...
Phone number information in a fixed position, that is,
The telephone number information sequence B3 next to the telephone number information B2 is called, and this telephone number information is transmitted using B3, and as the data to be transmitted at this time, the telephone number sequence information B2, B3, ... Of the above, the telephone number information sequence B3, ... Excluding the earliest telephone number B2 in the circulation transmission sequence is added to the image data F. By repeating this operation in the same manner, the same document can be transmitted to a plurality of destinations by the continuous receiving / transmitting operation.

In the facsimile apparatus of the first embodiment as described above, a circulation board transmitting function is provided, and the first sender sequentially inputs the destinations to which he / she wants to transmit, and the transmission operation is performed.
Only the first first receiving destination is transmitted including the information of the destination to be sequentially transmitted, and after that, the received receiving destination is configured to sequentially transmit to the next receiving destination. Even when one sender transmits to a plurality of destinations, it is possible to perform the transmission only by transmitting to one destination, and the operation of the sender can be greatly simplified. In addition, it is possible to prevent the caller from continuing to be in an unreceivable state because the sender has been transmitting for a long time. Furthermore, as in the conventional broadcast transmission, the telephone charge is concentrated on one sender. The effect of never happening is obtained.

Example 2. In the first embodiment, as the telephone number information to be added to the image data, a plurality of telephone number strings B1, B2, B3, ... Including all the destinations in each transmission of the circulation transmission sequence are added. However, this is the telephone number of the destination in the transmission, that is,
It is very good that the first transmission does not include the telephone number B1.

Example 3. In addition to simplifying the caller operation, the third embodiment of the present invention is provided with a function of transmitting the telephone number information of the transmission destination together with the image data as in the first and second embodiments. As in the conventional one-touch dial, each receiver is provided with a function of previously registering the telephone number of the destination in the memory, and the functions of the both are combined and used.

That is, according to the third embodiment, the respective next telephone numbers to be used for transmitting the circulation board of each sequence to each receiver in advance are stored in the one-touch address memory of the receiver for each circulation transmission sequence. Make sure to enter each of the numbers, and instead of the phone number information for the first caller,
Since the fixed information that indicates which sequence of each circulation transmission sequence is the information of the memory position of the one-touch dial information, it is input by pressing the button for one-touch dial, and each receiver sequentially inputs this memory position. It is possible to easily realize the circulation board transmission function of a specific group by calling up the information of (1) and transmitting it with the telephone number as the destination.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 (a) shows a memory area O in which a telephone number such as a one-touch dial is stored in each receiver for performing circulation board transmission in each of the above-described sequences, and includes C1, C2, C3. , Is one-touch dial information (the one-touch dial information of the telephone number of the next destination set in each receiver in order to perform circulation board transmission of each circulation transmission sequence S1, S2, S3, ... In the memory area O). Therefore, C1,
The contents of C2, C3, ... Are different for each receiver).

FIG. 6 (b) is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 5 (b) and shows the inside of the image data storage memory area for storing the data received by each receiver, and D1 is the circulation. Board transmission is performed by the circulation transmission sequence S1, S2, S3, ...
It is the information of the memory position of the one-touch dial information, which is transmitted together with the image data as the information indicating which one of the sequences, and in this case, the address information of the one-touch dial information C1 of FIG. 6 (a). Therefore, this information D1 is fixed data in each transmission. Then, in FIG. 6B, the portion other than the fixed address information D1 is the original image data F.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, each circulation transmission sequence S1, S2, S3, ...
In order to perform the circular transmission, the following caller telephone numbers C1, C2, C3, ... Are input, and the first caller transmits the circular notice board in which sequence of each sequence, not the telephone number information. As information on whether to perform the operation, only the information of the memory position of the one-touch dial information, for example, the address information of C1, is used as the C
Input is performed by pressing the button at the position 1 and each receiver sequentially receives the fixed information D1 due to the pressing of the button at the position C1, and the one-touch dial storage area O in each receiver is received. The telephone number information in this memory location C1 in the inside is called, and the image data F is transmitted to the destination of the called telephone number, with the address information D1 indicating the memory location in the above C1 added and transmitted. By repeating this in sequence, it is possible to transmit the circular notice board of a specific group.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the circulation board transmitting function of the first embodiment is combined with the function of previously registering the telephone number in the memory like the conventional one-touch dial. There is an effect that it is possible to easily realize the circulation board communication function, which is the communication within a specific group.

[0029]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the calling side informs the other side that the transmission function is a special function, and then the image data of Information such as the telephone number entered in the operation is added to a specific location such as the beginning, and this is sent together with the image data. The receiving side automatically obtains the information of the specific location in the memory as soon as the call ends. Take out,
Use that phone number for a call to the next station,
Since the procedure for transmitting the image data in the same memory is entered, the first sender inputs the destination to be transmitted,
When the send operation is performed, the transmission is performed only to the first destination, and after that, the circular board transmission function that the receiver transmits is performed, and when one sender transmits to multiple destinations. However, it is possible to send just by sending to one destination, greatly simplifying the operation of the caller, preventing unavailability due to long-term transmission, and like conventional broadcast transmission. The effect is that the telephone charges do not concentrate on one caller.

Further, instead of the telephone number information, an in-memory information position address (telephone number address for one-touch transmission, etc.) is input and transmitted, and each next destination number is sent to the receiver at the same designated address position. The caller's operation can be further simplified by inputting in the.

Further, according to the present invention, even when the same document is sent to a plurality of destinations, there is an effect that the sending operation does not depend on only one sender.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of a facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation example showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation example of a conventional broadcast transmission.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow at the time of transmission in the first embodiment (FIG. 5 (b)), and the inside of the image data memory when the reception side receives the transmission and stores the received data in the memory. 6 is a diagram showing the state (FIG. 5 (b)).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a memory area for accumulating a telephone number such as a one-touch dial in each receiver in the third embodiment (FIG. 6 (a)), and image data for accumulating data received by each receiver. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing the inside of the storage memory area.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 reading unit 2 memory unit 3 communication control unit 4 recording unit 5 operation panel unit 6 central control unit P pre-procedure T telephone number information F original image data L post-procedure C one-time communication C1, C2, C3, ..., partner One-touch dial information of the previous telephone number B1, B2, B3, ..., Telephone number information E Memory area for image information storage O Memory area for one-touch dial storage D1 Fixed information (address information of C1)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus, on the sending side, the first recipient is informed in a pre-procedure that it is a special function called a circulation board transmission function, and then, at a specific position of the image data, a circulation board When a sequence of multiple telephone numbers including the destination in each transmission is added to the circulation transmission sequence for transmission to, and this is transmitted together with the image data, and the receiving side captures the received image data in memory. Of the plurality of telephone number sequences in the sent circular transmission sequence, the telephone number at a specific position is called as the telephone number for the next transmission, and the plurality of telephone number sequences stored in the memory are called. A facsimile apparatus, characterized in that one of the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequences excluding the earliest telephone number is transmitted as a part of image data. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of telephone number strings transmitted as a part of the image data in each transmission do not include a destination telephone number in the transmission. Facsimile machine. 3. The facsimile machine stores the telephone number of the destination in each transmission of the circulation transmission sequence for transmission in a circulation board in the one-touch address memory of each corresponding receiver for each circulation transmission sequence. The sending side sends fixed information indicating which of the above-mentioned circulation transmission sequences together with the image data, and the receiving side sends an address corresponding to the sent fixed information in the one-touch address memory. A facsimile machine characterized in that the telephone number information of is used for making a call for the next call transmission.