JPH07297979A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the handling time for an original transmission work by retrieving a data base on the telephone number of an original transmission destination inputted by an extraction means, extracting the information on the transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number inputted from a base and adjusting an initial transmission condition. CONSTITUTION:When an original transmission is performed at the transmission time designated from an opposite party by the standard time, the telephone number of the opposite party is inputted by the key operation of an input device 11 and next, the transmission time shown by the standard time of the opposite party is inputted. After the transmission time is inputted, a country code and an area code are taken out from the telephone number of the opposite party, they are defined as keywords, the data base stored in a storage device 14 is retrieved and the time difference of a transmission origin and a transmission destination is extracted. Afterwards, the transmission time in the standard time of the transmission origin is determined by adding the time difference to the inputted transmission time and this determined transmission time is registered as the transmission time determined finally. Next, when the registered time comes, the original image read by the input device 11 is transmitted to the opposite party by a transmitter-receiver 13 via a telephone line 15 and a transmission operation is terminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a facsimile apparatus is set with a transmission mode having a plurality of selectable functions.
For example, as one of the functions set in the transmission mode, there is a function in which the transmission time is designated by the standard time at the transmission source and the original is transmitted to the other party at the designated transmission time. Also, as another function, there is a header information addition function of adding information regarding the document transmission such as the transmission time to the transmission document. Furthermore, as another one, there is a function of creating a cover page in which guide information for guiding information on document transmission to the other party is written and transmitting this cover page together with the document. A facsimile apparatus for executing the function of creating the cover page has been proposed by the same applicant as the applicant of the present invention.

When transmitting a document, the sender does not need to wait until the transmission time by designating the transmission time, and the header additional information function and the cover page creating function easily provide the information about the document transmission to the other party.

[0004]

However, since the standard time at the sender is used for the original transmission time, when there is a time difference between the sender and the other party, the original is received at the time specified by the other party. In order to do so, it is necessary to input the document transmission time in consideration of this time difference. Therefore, it is necessary to convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the transmission source, which is troublesome.

Further, when there is a time difference between the transmission source and the destination, the header additional information function and the cover page creating function easily give the information regarding the document transmission to the destination, but the destination transmits the information regarding the document transmission. It is necessary to convert the transmission time included in the above into the standard time of the other party, and it takes time and effort to recognize the information regarding the document transmission. In order to eliminate the trouble of the destination, the sender may input the original transmission time in consideration of the time difference, but as described above, the designated reception time of the destination is converted into the transmission time at the sender. Therefore, it is troublesome to send the document.

Further, when the source and the destination use different languages, the information about the document transmission is described in the language used at the source, so that the receiver at the destination easily obtains the information about the document transmission. I can't recognize. In order for the recipient to easily recognize the information related to the document transmission, the language used by the recipient can be specified in advance, and the function to create the information related to the document transmission in this language can be set. It is necessary to check and enter the language used, and it takes time and effort to send the manuscript.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can reduce the time and effort required for the preparation work for transmitting a document.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 is
Using a telephone number indicating a document transmission destination as a keyword, a storage unit that stores a database in which information regarding the document transmission destination is described, an input unit that inputs the telephone number and initial transmission conditions, and the input Extraction means for searching the database based on the telephone number of the original transmission destination and extracting information on the original transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database; and on the basis of the extracted information on the original transmission destination It is characterized by further comprising: transmission condition determining means for adjusting the initial transmission condition and determining the transmission condition; and transmitting means for transmitting the document to the document destination indicated by the input telephone number based on the determined transmission condition. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, the information regarding the document transmission destination described in the database indicates the difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination. It is characterized by being information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the information indicating the difference between the original transmission source area and the original transmission destination area is a time difference, and the original transmission destination is input to the input means. Inputting the telephone number and the transmission time at the original transmission destination as the initial transmission condition, the extraction means sets the original transmission source area and the original transmission destination area corresponding to the input telephone number from the database. The time difference is extracted, and the transmission condition determining means determines the transmission time at the original document transmission source as the transmission condition based on the time difference.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the information indicating the difference between the original transmission source area and the original transmission destination area is a time difference, and the original transmission destination is input to the input means. When inputting the telephone number and the time information creation relating to the document transmission as the initial transmission condition, the extraction means sets the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number input from the database. The transmission condition determining means determines that the transmission condition is to create time information relating to the document transmission at the time at the document transmission destination based on the time difference.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is a language used in the original document transmission destination. When a telephone number of the original transmission destination and a cover page creation as the initial transmission condition are input to the input unit, the extraction unit extracts a language used in the original transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, It is characterized in that the transmission condition determining means determines, as the transmission condition, to create a cover page in a language used in the original document transmission destination.

[0013]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the storage means stores a database in which information about the original transmission destination is described by using the telephone number indicating the original transmission destination as a keyword, and the input means stores the telephone number and the initial number. The transmission conditions are input, the extraction means searches the database based on the input telephone number of the original transmission destination, extracts information about the original transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, and transmits the transmission conditions. The initial transmission condition is adjusted based on the information about the extracted original document destination by the determining unit, the transmission condition is determined, and the original document destination indicated by the input telephone number is determined by the transmitting unit based on the determined transmission condition. Send to.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the information regarding the document transmission destination described in the database is information indicating the difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is a time difference, and the input means has the telephone number of the original document transmission destination and the initial transmission condition. When the transmission time at the original transmission destination is input as, the extraction means extracts the time difference between the original transmission source area and the original transmission destination area corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, The transmission condition determining means determines the transmission time at the original document transmission source as the transmission condition based on the time difference.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is a time difference, and the input means has the telephone number of the original document transmission destination and the initial transmission condition. When the time information creation relating to the document transmission is input as, the extraction means extracts the time difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database,
The transmission condition determining means determines, as the transmission condition, to create time information regarding the document transmission at the time at the document transmission destination based on the time difference.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is the language used in the original document transmission destination, and the telephone of the original document transmission destination is input to the input means. When a cover page creation is input as the number and the initial transmission condition, the extraction unit extracts the language used in the original transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, and the transmission condition determination unit outputs the original document. Creating a cover page in the language used at the destination is determined as the transmission condition.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 3 describes a time difference corresponding to a telephone number using a country code and an area code of a destination telephone number as keywords. It is a figure which shows the database.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment includes a transmission / reception apparatus 13 connected to a telephone line 15. The transceiver 13 executes a transmission mode and a reception mode. In the transmission mode, the document to be transmitted is read, and the image data indicating the image of the document is transmitted together with the image data from the central processing unit 12 to the destination device via the telephone line 15. In the reception mode, the image data sent from the destination device via the telephone line 15 is received, the received image data is recorded on the recording paper, and the data from the central processing unit 12 is recorded on the recording paper.

The central processing unit 12 comprises a microcomputer circuit including a microprocessor and an I / O interface. The central processing unit 12 controls the operations of the transmission / reception device 13, the input device 11, and the storage device 14 based on the control program, and also performs various operations such as one-touch dial information, sender name, destination name, transmission time, and transmission document registration. Manages data.

When the transmission time at the document transmission destination is input to the control program, the time difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number of the document transmission destination is stored in the storage device 14. A transmission condition changing program for extracting the transmission time at the original transmission source based on the time difference and determining the calculated transmission time as a transmission condition is included.

The storage device 14 stores various data such as a control program, one-touch dial information, sender's name, destination name, transmission time, transmission original registration, binary data to be transmitted, and reception binary data. And a database used for executing the transmission condition changing program. In this database, as shown in FIG.
The country code and area code of the destination telephone number are used as keywords, and the time difference between the source and the destination corresponding to the telephone number is described. When the destination belongs to the same area as the source, that is, the area where the time difference is "0", the area code is set to "NULL".

The input device 11 includes a scanner (not shown) for reading an image representing a transmission original, information regarding the original sender and information regarding the original transmission destination, and a keyboard (for giving instructions to the central processing unit 12). (Not shown)
Have and. The keyboard includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying information, a numeric keypad including “*” key, “#” key and numeric keys from “0” to “9”, a one-touch key, a stop key, and a clear key. , Set key, start key, scroll key, registration key,
It has alphabetic keys from "A" to "Z", and an instruction is issued by operating each key.

Next, the transmission time adjustment operation executed when the transmission time is designated by the standard time of the transmission destination in the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of adjusting the transmission time when the transmission time is specified by the standard time of the transmission destination in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

When a document is transmitted from the other party at the transmission time designated by the standard time, as shown in FIG.
The telephone number of the other party is input by operating the keys of the input device 11 (step S21).

Next, the key operation of the input device 11 inputs the transmission time indicated by the standard time of the other party (step S22).

After inputting the transmission time, the country code and the area code are extracted from the telephone number of the other party, the database stored in the storage device 14 is searched using the country code and the area code as keywords, and the data is transmitted to the sender. The time difference from the destination is extracted (step S23).

After the time difference is extracted, the time difference is added to the input transmission time to obtain the transmission time in the standard time of the transmission source, and the obtained transmission time is registered as the finally determined transmission time. (Step S2
4).

Next, when the registered transmission time arrives, the original image read by the input device 11 is transmitted to the destination via the telephone line 15 by the transmission / reception device 13 (step S25), and the transmission operation ends. .

As described above, when the original transmission time is entered in the standard time of the destination, the transmission time in the standard time of the destination is obtained by obtaining the time difference between the source and the destination from the database with the telephone number as a keyword. Since the transmission time is adjusted to the standard time of the transmission source, there is no need to convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the transmission source in consideration of the time difference. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor required for the document transmission work.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows transmission time information included in the information regarding the transmission time adjustment operation and the document transmission executed when the transmission time is designated by the standard time of the transmission destination in the second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows adjustment operation.

The facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment has the same configuration as that of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the transmission time at the document transmission destination is input to the control program for the central processing unit 12 to execute the processing. Then, the time difference between the area of the original transmission source and the area of the original transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number of the original transmission destination is extracted from the database (shown in FIG. 3) stored in the storage device 14, A transmission time changing program for calculating the transmission time at the original transmission source based on the time difference, and determining the calculated transmission time as the transmission condition, and the transmission time included in the header information of the transmission original for the calculated transmission A transmission condition information changing program for converting the time is included.

Next, the operation of adjusting the sending time and the operation of adjusting the sending time information included in the information related to the original transmission, which are executed when the sending time is designated by the standard time of the destination in the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment, will be described with reference to FIG. Will be described with reference to.

When the original is transmitted from the other party at the transmission time designated by the standard time, as shown in FIG.
The telephone number of the other party is input by operating the keys of the input device 11 (step S41).

Next, by operating the keys of the input device 11, the transmission time indicated by the standard time of the other party is input (step S42).

After inputting the transmission time, the country code and the area code are extracted from the telephone number of the other party, the database stored in the storage device 14 is searched using the country code and the area code as keywords, and the transmission source and The time difference from the destination is extracted (step S43).

After the time difference is extracted, the time difference is added to the input transmission time to obtain the transmission time in the standard time of the transmission source, and the obtained transmission time is registered as the finally determined transmission time. At the same time, the finally determined transmission time is set as the transmission time of the header information on the transmission document (step S4).
4).

Next, when the registered transmission time arrives, the registered transmission time is added to the original image read by the input device 11 as the transmission time of the header information, and the transmission original is transmitted by the transmission / reception device 13. The data is transmitted to the other party via the telephone line 15 (step S45), and the transmission operation ends.

As described above, when the original transmission time is entered in the standard time of the other party, the time difference between the source and the other party is obtained by obtaining the time difference between the source and the other party from the database having the telephone number as a keyword. Since the transmission time is adjusted to the standard time of the transmission source, there is no need to convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the transmission source in consideration of the time difference. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor required for the document transmission work.

Since the transmission time included in the header information is the transmission time indicated by the standard time of the other party, it is necessary for the other party to convert the transmission time contained in the information regarding the document transmission into the standard time of the other party. This eliminates the need to recognize information related to document transmission. In order to eliminate the trouble of this destination, at the sender, as described above,
There is no need to convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the sender.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a cover page in which information regarding the transmission time adjusting operation and the document transmission executed when the transmission time is designated by the standard time of the transmission destination in the third embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is described. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a cover page creating operation for creating a message in the language used by the other party, and FIG. 6 is a database in which the language used and the time difference corresponding to the telephone number are described using the country code and area code of the destination telephone number as keywords. FIG.

The facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the transmission time at the document transmission destination is input to the control program for the central processing unit 12 to execute the processing. Then, the time difference between the area of the original transmission source and the area of the original transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number of the original transmission destination is extracted from the database (shown in FIG. 6) stored in the storage device 14, A transmission time changing program for calculating the transmission time at the original transmission source based on the time difference and determining the calculated transmission time as the transmission condition, and the language used at the original transmission destination corresponding to the telephone number of the original transmission destination From the database (shown in FIG. 6) stored in the storage device 14, and the cover page in which the information related to the document transmission is described is written in the language used by the other party. It is included and cover page creation program for growth.

On this cover page, guide information for guiding the information about the document transmission to the destination is written,
The guide information includes information on the original document sender, information on the original document destination, and information on the original document transmission contents. The information about the original sender includes information indicating the sender name of the original, the company name of the original sender, contact information, and the like, and the information about the original destination includes the recipient name of the original manuscript, the recipient company name, and contact information. Information that indicates
The information regarding the content of the document transmission includes information indicating the transmission start date and time, the number of transmission documents, and the like.

In this database, as shown in FIG. 6, the country code and area code of the destination telephone number are used as keywords, and the language used and the time difference corresponding to the telephone number are described. When the destination belongs to the same area as the source, that is, the area where the time difference is "0", the area code is set to "NULL".

Next, in the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment, the transmission time adjusting operation executed when the transmission time is specified by the standard time of the destination and the cover page creating operation of creating the cover page in the language of the destination. Will be described with reference to FIG.

When a document is transmitted from the other party at the transmission time designated by the standard time, first, as shown in FIG.
The telephone number of the other party is input by operating the key of the input device 11 (step S51).

Next, by operating the keys of the input device 11, the transmission time indicated by the other party's standard time is input (step S52).

After inputting the transmission time, the country code and the area code are extracted from the telephone number of the other party, the database stored in the storage device 14 is searched using the country code and the area code as keywords, and the transmission source and The time difference from the destination is extracted and the language used at the destination is specified (step S53).

After extracting the time difference and specifying the language to be used, the time difference is added to the input transmission time to obtain the transmission time in the standard time of the transmission source, and the obtained transmission time is finally determined. The cover page is registered as the transmission time, and the cover page including the information about the original document sender, the information about the original document destination, and the information about the original document transmission contents is set to be created in the specified language (step S54). ). The transmission time included in the information about the document transmission contents is the registered transmission time.

Then, when the registered transmission time arrives, the cover page and the original image read by the input device 11 are sequentially transmitted to the destination via the telephone line 15 by the transmission / reception device 13 (step S55). ), The transmission operation ends.

As described above, when the original transmission time is input in the standard time of the other party, the transmission time in the standard time of the other party is obtained by obtaining the time difference between the source and the other party from the database having the telephone number as a keyword. Since the transmission time is adjusted to the standard time of the transmission source, there is no need to convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the transmission source in consideration of the time difference. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor required for the document transmission work.

Further, since the cover page is set to be created in the language used by the other party, the recipient at the other party can easily recognize the information regarding the document transmission, and at the same time, regarding the document transmission to the recipient. In order to easily recognize the information, it is not necessary to prepare the cover page in the language of the other party in advance.

[0056]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, the database is searched based on the telephone number of the document transmission destination input by the extracting means, and the telephone number input from the database is searched. The information about the corresponding document destination is extracted, and the initial transmission condition is adjusted based on the information about the document destination extracted by the transmission condition determining means, and the transmission condition is determined. You can

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect, the information about the document transmission destination described in the database is the information indicating the difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination. By extracting from the database, it is possible to carry out detailed adjustment work between regions due to differences in regions.

According to the facsimile machine of the third aspect, when the telephone number of the original transmission destination and the transmission time at the original transmission destination are input as the initial transmission conditions to the input means, the extraction means corresponds to the input telephone number. Since the time difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is extracted from the database, and the transmission time determining means determines the transmission time at the original document transmission source based on the time difference,
When the original transmission time is input in the standard time of the other party, it is not necessary to take into consideration the time difference and convert the designated reception time of the other party into the transmission time of the transmission source.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the fourth aspect, when the telephone number of the document transmission destination and the time information creation relating to the document transmission are input as the initial transmission conditions to the input means,
The extraction means extracts the time difference between the area of the original transmission source and the area of the original transmission destination corresponding to the entered telephone number, and the transmission condition determination means extracts the time difference between the original transmission time and the time at the original transmission destination. Since the creation of information is determined as the transmission condition, the other party does not need to convert the transmission time included in the information about the document transmission into the standard time of the other party, which makes it difficult to recognize the information about the document transmission. It does not hang. Further, in order to eliminate the trouble of the partner, the sender does not need to convert the designated reception time of the partner into the transmission time of the sender.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the telephone number of the document transmission destination and the cover page creation as the initial transmission condition are input to the input means, the extraction means
The language used in the original transmission destination corresponding to the entered telephone number is extracted, and the transmission condition determining means determines that the cover page is created in the language used in the original transmission destination as the transmission condition. Created in the language used, the recipient of the other party can easily recognize the information related to the document transmission, and in order to make the recipient easily recognize the information related to the document transmission, the cover page is previously written in the language used by the other party. No hassle to create.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a transmission time adjusting operation executed when the transmission time is designated by the standard time of a transmission destination in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a database in which a country code and an area code of a destination telephone number are used as keywords and a time difference corresponding to the telephone number is described.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of adjusting a transmission time and an operation of adjusting transmission time information included in information relating to document transmission, which is performed when a transmission time is designated by a standard time of a transmission destination in a second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. It is a flowchart showing.

FIG. 5 is a counterpart of a cover page in which information regarding transmission time adjustment operation and document transmission executed when the transmission time is specified by the standard time of the transmission destination in the third embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is described. It is a flow chart which shows cover page creation operation created in the language used previously.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a database in which a country code and an area code of a destination telephone number are used as keywords, and a used language and a time difference corresponding to the telephone number are described.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Input Device 12 Central Processing Unit 13 Transmitter / Receiver Device 14 Storage Device 15 Telephone Line

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a database in which information about the original transmission destination is described, with a telephone number indicating the original transmission destination as a keyword, and an input means for inputting the telephone number and initial transmission conditions. Extracting means for searching the database based on the inputted telephone number of the original transmission destination and extracting information on the original transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database; and the extracted original transmission destination. Transmission condition determining means for adjusting the initial transmission condition based on the information regarding the transmission condition and determining the transmission condition, and transmitting means for transmitting the document to the document destination indicated by the input telephone number based on the determined transmission condition. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information about the document transmission destination described in the database is information indicating a difference between the region of the document transmission source and the region of the document transmission destination. . 3. The information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is a time difference, and the input means has a telephone number of the original document transmission destination and a transmission time at the original document transmission destination as the initial transmission condition. When inputting, the extracting means extracts the time difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, and the transmission condition determining means determines the time difference. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transmission time at the original transmission source is determined as the transmission condition based on the above. 4. The information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is a time difference, and a telephone number of the original document transmission destination and time information relating to the original document transmission as the initial transmission condition are created in the input means. When inputting, the extracting means extracts the time difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, and the transmission condition determining means determines the time difference. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transmission condition is to create time information relating to the document transmission based on the time at the document transmission destination based on the above. 5. The information indicating the difference between the area of the original document transmission source and the area of the original document transmission destination is the language used in the original document transmission destination, and the input means has a telephone number of the original document transmission destination and the initial transmission condition. When a cover page creation is input, the extraction means extracts the language used in the original document transmission destination corresponding to the input telephone number from the database, and the transmission condition determination means covers the used language in the original document transmission destination. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein creating a page is determined as the transmission condition.