JPH07283917A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the facsimile equipment which is prevented from being not abled to receive picture data because of restrictions on the storage capacity of a picture memory by automatically transferring picture data stored in the picture memory to another storage medium at the time of satisfying a prescribed condition. CONSTITUTION:When picture data is sent to the facsimile equipment, a CPU 11 controls an NCU 13 and a MODEM 17 to receive picture data. Received picture data is sent to a picture memory 16 through a system bus 12 and is stored there. If a transfer condition is satisfied at this time, the CPU 11 is connected to another storage medium, for example, a facsimile store and forward exchange preliminarily registered in the picture memory 16. The NCU 13 and the MODEM 17 are controlled to transfer the picture data stored in the picture memory 16 to the facsimile store and forward exchange. By this constitution, picture data stored in the picture memory 16 is automatically transferred to another storage medium when picture data is vicariously received in the case of the occurrence of trouble in the recording part.

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 an image memory for storing received image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus has an image memory for storing image data. Then, the received image data is stored in the image memory in the case of the memory confidential reception in which the sent image data is confidential, or the proxy reception in which the image data cannot be recorded due to a trouble in the recording system. .

[0003]

However, the capacity of the image memory for storing image data is limited. Therefore, when the image data stored in the image memory reaches a certain amount, the image data sent thereafter cannot be stored and cannot be received. For example, in a facsimile machine with suppressed functions, the storage capacity of the image memory is small, and thus it is easy to receive image data.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks and has a configuration in which the image data stored in the image memory can be transferred.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device in which image data cannot be received due to restrictions such as the storage capacity of the image memory.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine which can automatically take out transferred image data when a preset condition is met.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus provided with an image memory for storing image data, and stores image data stored in the image memory in another storage medium when a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is configured to automatically transfer to.

Further, the image data transferred to the other storage medium can be automatically taken out when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

[0008]

According to the above structure, the image data stored in the image memory is automatically transferred to another storage medium, for example, in the case of a proxy reception when a trouble occurs in the recording unit. There is. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a state in which image data cannot be received because it cannot be stored in the image memory.

Further, if the take-out condition is checked and the take-out condition is satisfied such as when the trouble of the recording unit is canceled and the printing state is restored, the image data transferred to another storage medium can be taken out automatically. ing. Therefore, the image data transferred to another storage medium can be automatically retrieved, and a convenient facsimile device can be realized.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a facsimile apparatus.
A CPU 11 controls the facsimile communication and the operation of the entire apparatus, and also controls the transfer of the image data stored in the memory and the extraction of the transferred image data. 12
Is a system bus, which is a transmission path through which image data output from the CPU 11 or image data input to the CPU 11 is transmitted. Reference numeral 13 is an NCU that captures or releases the line 14. A memory 15 stores a control procedure performed by the CPU 11. An image memory 16 stores image data. A modem 17 modulates or demodulates image data. Reference numeral 18 is a display unit for performing man-machine I / F, and 19 is a recording unit for printing image data.

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram showing a connection relationship between the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 and other equipment, and 21a to 21c.
Is a facsimile machine having the configuration described in FIG. 1 and is connected to the exchange 22 which switches the connection state of the line. Further, the exchange 22 is connected to a storage medium for storing image data, for example, a facsimile storage exchange 23. The facsimile storage exchange 23 functions as an external storage medium and provides a facsimile service such as an F network.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.

In the following description, the conditions for transferring the image data stored in the image memory of the facsimile apparatus are, for example, "at the time of proxy reception when a trouble occurs in the recording section and at the end of one communication". Set. In addition, the condition for taking out the transferred image data is set to “when printing is possible after the trouble in the recording unit is resolved”. Then, it is assumed that a trouble occurs in the recording unit and the facsimile apparatus is in the proxy reception state, and thus the image data sent is in the state of being stored in the image memory.

When image data is sent to the facsimile machine (FIG. 1) in such a state, in the facsimile machine, the CPU 11 controls the NCU 13 and the modem 17 to receive the image data. Then, the received image data is sent to the image memory 16 through the system bus 12 and stored therein.

After that, when one communication is completed, the CPU 11 checks the preset transfer condition. At this time, it is “at the end of one communication” and corresponds to the transfer condition. Therefore, the CPU 11 connects to another storage medium registered in advance in the image memory 16, for example, the facsimile storage exchange 23 of FIG. 2 through the exchange 22. Then, the NCU 13 and the modem 17 are controlled to transfer the image data stored in the image memory 16 to the facsimile storage exchange 23. At this time, the transferred image data is erased from the image memory 16. Then, the display section 18 displays "Reception was received during the abnormality of the recording system, and the image data was transferred to a predetermined storage medium" so that the user of the facsimile apparatus can understand.

When the trouble of the recording unit 19 is released after the image data is transferred, "when printing is possible when the trouble of the recording unit is removed" is satisfied, which is the extraction condition. in this case,
The CPU 11 connects the facsimile apparatus to the destination facsimile storage exchange 23 according to the procedure registered in the image memory 16 in advance. Then, it controls the NCU 13 and the modem 17 to transfer the facsimile storage exchange 2 as the transfer destination.
The image data is fetched from No. 3, and the image data is sent to the recording unit 19 for recording.

Here, the transfer processing for transferring the image data stored in the image memory will be described with reference to the flow of FIG.

First, it is judged whether or not there is "memory reception" for recording the image data in the image memory (step 30).
1) If there is no "memory reception", other processing is performed.
If there is "memory reception", the transfer condition is checked (step 302). For example, it is checked whether or not the transfer condition "at the time of proxy reception when a trouble occurs in the recording unit and at the end of one communication" is met. If the transfer conditions are not satisfied, other processing is performed. If applicable,
The image data recorded in the image memory is transferred (step 303).

At this time, a preset transfer procedure is carried out. For example, it connects to another recording medium such as a facsimile storage exchange through the exchange, confirms the connection, and transfers the image data (step 304). Then, the transfer result is confirmed (step 305). If the transfer is not completed, the process returns to step 303, and the transfer is performed again according to the transfer procedure. If the transfer is completed, the image data stored in the image memory of the facsimile is erased (step 306) and a memory area for storing the image data is secured. Then, the transfer flag is set in order to keep the history of transferring the image data (step 30).
7), the transfer process ends.

Next, the process of taking out the image data transferred to another recording medium will be described with reference to the flow of FIG.

First, in order to check whether or not there is transferred image data, it is judged whether or not the transfer flag is set (step 401). If the transfer flag is not set, it is determined that there is no transferred image data, and other processing is performed without performing the extraction processing.
If the transfer flag is set, the extraction condition,
For example, it is checked whether or not this corresponds to "when printing is possible after the trouble of the recording unit has been resolved" (step 402). If the extraction condition is not satisfied, another process is performed, and if the extraction condition is satisfied, the transferred image data is extracted (step 403).

The image data is taken out (step 4
Step 03) is carried out according to a preset take-out procedure.
First, the facsimile machine is connected to another recording medium, and after the connection, the image data is taken out (step 40).
4). When the takeout is completed, the result of the takeout is confirmed (step 405). If the takeout is not performed normally, the process returns to step 403 and the takeout is performed again.
If it is performed normally, the extracted image data is printed (step 406). Then, when printing is completed, the transfer flag is unset and the history of image data transfer is erased (step 407).

[0024]

According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid a situation where image data cannot be received because the image data cannot be stored in the image memory. Further, the transferred image data can be taken out, and a convenient facsimile device can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... CPU 12 ... System bus 13 ... NCU 14 ... Line 15 ... Memory 16 ... Image memory 17 ... Modem 18 ... Display section 19 ... Recording section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having an image memory for storing image data, wherein the image data stored in the image memory is automatically transferred to another storage medium when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Characteristic facsimile machine. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data transferred to the other storage medium is automatically taken out when a predetermined condition is satisfied.