JPH0750735A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the facsimile equipment which confirms the end of sending originals as soon as the transmission is ended by reading the transmission management information from a storage means according to a reception end signal to be sent from a destination terminal corresponding to the original picture information of the final page and recording, outputting it. CONSTITUTION:The management information IDI to the opposite party stored in a RAM 6 for sending a picture signal and a facsimile picture signal are sent to a line from an output terminal 9 through a modem 8. At the reception side, when an MPS signal of a control signal showing the transmission of the next page and later after the 1st page comes, a control signal MCF showing the reception of the picture signal of the 1st page is sent to the transmission side. At the transmission side, when accepting the MCF signal, the information required to the management of the sending source stored in the RAM 7 for confirming transmission is stored by a reception part 3 under the control of a CPU 1. The picture signals of the next page and later are similarly sent in succession and a control signal showing the transmission is to be ended by the original is sent.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which can confirm that a document has been transmitted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile apparatus, the means for confirming that the original has been transmitted has been to put a stamp indicating that the original has been transmitted on the front surface or the back surface of the original every time one original is completely transmitted. The stamp indicating that the document has been sent is stamped on the document if the document travels for a certain distance after the leading edge of the document is detected, or is automatically stamped on the document when it is attached to the transport roller and the transport roller makes one revolution. Was.

[0003]

However, the conventional means for confirming that the original has been transmitted has the following problems. (B) A stamp is stamped on the front or back of the original, so the transmitted original becomes dirty. (B) With regard to the mechanism in which only the transmitting side determines that the transmission is completed, the stamp indicating that the transmission has been completed is stamped on the document even if the receiving side has some trouble. (C) It is necessary to purposely provide the facsimile device with a mechanism of a stamp indicating that the transmission has been completed. (D) Since the only thing that can be confirmed is that the transmission has been completed, there is no way for the sender to confirm even if it is sent to the wrong place. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can more securely confirm the completion of document transmission without polluting the transmission document.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a transmitting means for sequentially transmitting image information of a plurality of pages of an original to a destination terminal, and a last page transmitted by the transmitting means. Storage means for storing transmission management information based on a reception completion signal sent from the destination terminal before sending the original image information, and a reception completion signal sent from the destination terminal corresponding to the original image information of the last page According to the above, the recording means reads the transmission management information from the storage means, and records and outputs the transmission management information.

[0005]

With the above arrangement, the present invention makes it possible to surely confirm the completion of the transmission of the original without contaminating the transmitted original with a stamp or the like. Also, the transmission management information is stored based on the reception completion signal received before the transmission of the original image information of the final page, and the transmission management information stored according to the reception completion signal corresponding to the original image information of the final page is read and recorded. Since it is output, the transmission management information can be recorded and output immediately after receiving the reception completion signal corresponding to the last page, and the sender can instantly grasp the transmission result.

[0006]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation unit in which management information such as destination dial, number management, transmission date and time, and transmission source is automatically generated by a part of the operator, and a part is automatically generated by a built-in timer, a character generator, or the like. is there. Reference numeral 2 is a transmission unit for reading and scanning a transmission original (not shown), 3 is a reception unit for recording and scanning on a reception recording paper (not shown), 4 is a CPU for controlling the overall operation timing, and so on. A compression / decompression unit that compresses (encodes) and expands (composites) image signals. Further, 6 is an image signal transmission RAM for temporarily storing the image signal compressed by the compression / expansion unit 5, 7 is a header portion of the same image signal,
That is, it is a transmitted confirmation RAM for storing a compressed image signal of the leading end portion (usually 2 to 15 cm) of the original.
Reference numeral 8 is a modem that performs modulation / demodulation, and 9 is an output terminal to the line.

Next, FIG. 2 showing a communication control procedure for this operation will be described.
It will be explained with reference also to. First, the operator sets the dial of the destination (reception side) using the operation unit 1 and presses the FAX transmission button. After confirming the connection with the destination, the management information (destination dial number, destination name) , Sender name, sender dial number, number of communications, date and time of origin, etc. are generated, and the information (source name, sender dial number) necessary only for managing the other party (receiving side) is the image signal transmission RAM 6 Memorized in. On the other hand, information required only for managing the sender (destination dial number, destination name) is stored in the transmitted confirmation RAM 7. Information necessary for managing both the other party and the sender (the number of communications, the sending date and time) is the RAM for image signal transmission.
6 and the RAM 7 for confirmation of completion of transmission. next,
The transmitting unit 2 scans and scans the document, compresses the image signal by the compression / decompression unit 5, and then stores the image signal in the image signal transmission RAM 6 and the transmitted confirmation RAM 7. The RAM 7 may have a capacity sufficient to store the image signal of the header portion of the document as described above. Then, the management information IDI and the facsimile image signal A for the destination stored in the image signal transmission RAM 6 are transmitted.
Is transmitted from the output terminal 9 to the line through the modem 8.
The MPS is a control signal indicating that the original on the first page (indicated by the image signal A) is continuously transmitted on and after the next page. In the present embodiment, the originals on two pages are continuously transmitted to the same destination. It shows the status of transmission. When receiving the MPS signal, the receiving side sends a control signal MCF indicating that the image signal A of the first page has been received to the transmitting side. When the transmitting side receives this MCF signal, the CPU 1
The information necessary for managing the sender stored in the sent confirmation RAM 7 (for example, the destination dial number, the recipient name, the number of communications, the date and time of the call, etc.) and the image signal of the header portion of the image signal A A'is expanded by the compression / expansion unit 5 and stored in the reception unit 3 within the time indicated by A in FIG. Therefore, at the sender, the time and place of the original is kept as a permanent record.
Moreover, it is confirmed that the other party (reception side) has received (M
Since such transmission management information is recorded after (by the CF signal), more reliable management is realized.

Next, on the next page, similarly, the management information ID ₂ of the other party and the image information B are transmitted to the other party, and the management information required by the sender and the image information B'in the header portion of the original are transmitted in the same manner as described above. Is transmitted, and a control signal EOP indicating that the transmission is completed at this document is transmitted. When the MCF signal is sent from the receiving side in the same manner as described above, the receiver section 5 records the origin of the second page within the time shown in B of FIG. The DCN signal indicates a line disconnection signal. Here, as for the source recording, the recording may be started before the MCF signal is sent from the receiving side, but it is confirmed that the recording is started at the receiving side after receiving the MCF signal. Since only the recorded information remains as the sender record, reception confirmation and sender management can be performed together, which is effective.

[0009]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the transmitting means for sequentially transmitting the image information of the originals of a plurality of pages to the destination terminal and the original image information of the final page transmitted by the transmitting means. Storage means for storing the transmission management information based on the reception completion signal transmitted from the destination terminal before the transmission of, and the storage according to the reception completion signal transmitted from the destination terminal corresponding to the document image information of the final page. By providing the recording means for reading out and recording and outputting the transmission management information from the means, it is possible to surely confirm the completion of the transmission of the original without contaminating the transmitted original with a stamp or the like. Further, the transmission management information can be recorded and output immediately after receiving the reception completion signal corresponding to the final page, and the sender can instantly grasp the transmission result.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the communication control procedure of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Operation unit 2 Transmission unit 3 Reception unit 6 Image signal transmission RAM 7 Transmission completion confirmation RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transmission means for sequentially transmitting image information of a plurality of pages of a document to a destination terminal, and a reception transmitted from the destination terminal before the transmission of the last page of the document image information transmitted by the transmission means. Storage means for storing transmission management information based on a completion signal, and the transmission management information is read from the storage means and recorded and output according to a reception completion signal sent from the destination terminal corresponding to the original image information of the last page. A facsimile machine equipped with recording means.