JPH0766918A - Facsimile system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically transmit voice information to a designated terminal by providing a control means for transmitting picture information to the designated terminal, and also, transmitting voice information, as well to the designated terminal, in a facsimile store equipment. CONSTITUTION:Facsimile terminals 11-15 transmit a d receive picture information and voice information. A line switching network 2 connects lines of the terminals 11-15 and a facsimile store equipment 3, and executes a communication. The facsimile store equipment 3 executes control for transmitting the picture information and the voice information transmitted from the terminals 11-15 to other terminal. That is, a CPU 32 stores the picture information transmitted from the terminals 11-15, and the voice information, in an image memory 33 and a voice information memory 34, respectively, and also, executes control for transmitting the stored picture information and voice information to the terminals 11-15. Accordingly, at the time of transmitting the picture information to the facsimile store equipment 3 from the terminals 11-15, it can be transmitted by adding the voice information, and in the facsimile store equipment 3, the voice information can be transmitted to the designated terminals 11-15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile system for transmitting and receiving image information and voice information between a terminal and a facsimile storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile system,
A destination station terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a destination station) via a facsimile storage device from a source station terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a source station)
When sending the image information to the operator, if the contact information accompanying the image information is to be conveyed, the operator of the transmitting station directly contacts the operator of the destination station by telephone etc. separately from the transmission of the image information. I was going to do it.

Also, when notifying the operator of a terminal different from the destination station that the source station has transmitted the image information to the destination station, the operator of the source station communicates with the destination station. Had contacted the operator of another terminal directly.

[0004]

However, in addition to the transmission of image information from the source station to the destination station or another terminal in this way,
If the operator of the originating station makes a direct contact with the destination station or the operators of other terminals by telephone or the like, it takes time and effort for the operator of the originating station.
Since communication is performed by telephone separately from the transmission of image information, there has been a problem that communication costs are high.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, in the facsimile system of the present invention, the terminal comprises image information input means for inputting image information and voice information input means for inputting voice information. Sending means for sending an identification signal for identifying whether or not to add voice information to the image information and transmitting the image information, the image information input from the image information input means, and the voice input from the audio information input means Image information for storing the image information, and transmission means for transmitting the information to the facsimile storage device together with information designating a terminal for transmitting the image information and the voice information, respectively. Storage means, voice information storage means for storing voice information, detection means for detecting the identification signal sent from the sending means, and identification signal detected by the detection means A recognition unit for recognizing whether or not voice information is added to the image information, and the image information and the voice information transmitted from the facsimile terminal by the transmission unit, respectively, to the image information storage unit and the voice information storage. When the identification signal is detected by the detection unit and the voice information is added to the image information by the recognition unit, the image information is transmitted to the designated terminal, And control means for controlling the transmission of the voice information to the designated terminal.

[0006]

In the present invention, when transmitting image information from the terminal,
The image information, the voice information, and the information designating the terminal for transmitting these information are transmitted to the facsimile storage device by the transmission means, and in the facsimile storage device, the control means transmits the image information to the designated terminal and The voice information can also be transmitted to the designated terminal.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the facsimile system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of this embodiment.

The facsimile terminals 11 to 15 send and receive image data as image information and message messages as voice information. The line switching network 2 connects the lines of the facsimile terminals 11 to 15 and the facsimile storage device 3 via the line switching network 2, and the facsimile terminal 11
15 to 15 communicate with the facsimile storage device 3.

The facsimile storage device 3 controls the transmission of the image information and voice information transmitted from the facsimile terminals 11 to 15 to another facsimile terminal. The facsimile storage device 3 includes a communication control device 31,
Central processing unit CPU (Central Process)
ing Unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 32 and a memory 33.

The communication control device 31 is a facsimile terminal 1
It controls the communication between the facsimile storage device 3 and the facsimile storage devices 1 to 15. The CPU 32 operates as a whole of the facsimile storage device 3, for example, the image information memory 33 stores the image data transmitted from the facsimile terminals 11 to 15.
, The message message is stored in the voice information memory 34, the image information stored in the image information memory 33 and the message message stored in the voice information memory 34 are transmitted to the facsimile terminals 11 to 15. This is to control such as turning on.

The image information memory 33 is used for the facsimile terminal 1
The image data transmitted from 1 to 15 is stored, and the stored image data is transmitted to the designated facsimile terminal.

The voice information memory 34 stores a message message transmitted from the facsimile terminals 11 to 15, and the stored message message is transmitted to the designated facsimile terminal.

Next, as an example of the facsimile terminals 11 to 15, the main configuration of the facsimile terminal 11 is shown in FIG.
Will be explained. The facsimile terminals 12 to 15
Also has the same configuration as the facsimile terminal 11.

The main control unit 110 has an image information input means 111.
Image data input from the above, message message input from the voice input means 113, and transmission terminal designation information input means 11
The information input from 5 is transmitted to the facsimile storage device 3, or the image data or message message is received and output from the image information output unit 112 or the voice information output unit 114, respectively. .

The image information input unit 111 inputs and reads image data to be transmitted to another facsimile terminal. The image information output unit 112 outputs the image data transmitted from another facsimile terminal.

The voice information input section 113 is for inputting a message message to be transmitted to another facsimile terminal. The voice information output unit 114 receives a message message transmitted from another facsimile terminal and the facsimile storage device 3.
Is output.

The operation unit 115 is a facsimile terminal for transmitting information specifying a facsimile terminal to which image data is input from the image information input unit 111 and a message message input from the voice information input unit 112. The information for specifying is input.

Further, in this embodiment, a service code indicating whether or not a message message should be added when image data is transmitted is inputted. In other words, if the service code "1" is input, it means message message addition,
If the service code "2" is entered, a message is displayed.
Suppose you don't add Ji.

The communication control section 116 controls communication with the facsimile storage device 3. Next, the main configuration of the CPU 32 of the facsimile storage device 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

The detection unit 321 detects the service code input from the operation unit 115 of the facsimile terminal. The recognition unit 322 transmits a message message when transmitting the image data from the service code detected by the detecting means.
It is to recognize whether or not the image is added to the image data.

The data control unit 323 controls transmission of image data and message messages and storage of data based on the result of the recognition means. Management table 32
4 is the ID or TEL No. of the terminal that transmits the image data designated by the terminal. The presence / absence of a terminal for transmitting a message message is stored and managed.

The operation of the facsimile system of this embodiment will now be described. Here, image data is transmitted from the facsimile terminal 11 to the facsimile terminal 13 via the facsimile storage device 3, and then the facsimile terminal 11 transmits the image data. A case where a message message is transmitted to the facsimile terminal 12 via the facsimile storage device 3 will be described.

First, the operation of the facsimile terminal 11 when transmitting image data and message messages from the facsimile terminal 11 to the facsimile storage device 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The original of the image data is set in the image information input section 111 by the operator of the facsimile terminal 11, and a call is made to the facsimile storage device 3 (step 401).

When the facsimile terminal 11 receives a signal indicating that the call from the facsimile terminal 11 has been received from the facsimile storage apparatus 3 (step 402), the facsimile storage apparatus 3 receives the service code.
A guidance voice such as "Please enter the service code" such as a tone signal or voice sent from is output from the voice information output unit 114, and a message message is displayed by the operator of the terminal 11. A service code "1" for communicating image data with a message, an ID indicating a facsimile terminal 11 which is a transmitting station, and a facsimile terminal 13 which is an image data transmission destination.
ID or TEL No. , ID or TEL N indicating the facsimile terminal 12 to which the message message is notified
o. Is input and sent to the facsimile storage device 3 (step 403).

Next, when the message terminal is ready to receive the message message, the facsimile terminal 11 receives the message message input permission signal transmitted from the facsimile storage device 3 (step 404). The operator inputs a message message such as "Sent an emergency message to the facsimile terminal 13" from the voice information input unit 113, and first, the message message is transmitted to the facsimile storage device 3. It is performed (step 405). In addition, this message message input is the input of a specific code, or
It shall end when the time runs out.

Then, when the input of the message message is completed, an answer signal indicating the start of the facsimile procedure sent from the facsimile storage device 3 is sent by a tone signal or a voice message such as "message message input completed communication. Please press the switch. "Or the like is output from the voice information output unit 114 (step 406).

Then, when the communication switch is pressed and the fact is notified to the facsimile storage device 3, image data communication between the facsimile terminal 11 and the facsimile storage device 3 is started (step 407).

As described above, the message message and the image data between the facsimile terminal 11 and the facsimile storage device 3 are displayed.
Communication will be performed. Next, the operation of the facsimile storage device 3 when receiving image data and a message message from the facsimile terminal 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When an incoming call from the facsimile terminal 11 is detected (step 501) and the service code "1" transmitted from the facsimile terminal 11 is detected by the detecting portion 321 (step 502), the recognizing portion is detected. It is determined by 322 that there is a message message, and the voice information memory 3
The memory area for the message message in 4 is secured (step 503).

Next, a message message input permission signal for permitting the input of the message message is transmitted to the facsimile terminal 11 (step 504), and the transmitted message message from the facsimile terminal 11 is received, When the input of the message is completed due to the input of a specific code or the time-out (step 505), the message terminal and the facsimile terminal 12 which is the notification destination of the message transmitted from the facsimile terminal 11 are transmitted. ID or TEL N indicating
o. And are stored in the voice information memory 34 (step 5).
06).

Then, the facsimile storage device 3 notifies the facsimile terminal 11 of an answer signal indicating the start of a facsimile procedure, such as a tone signal or a voice message, "message message input completed, press the communication switch." When the guide voice is transmitted (step 507) and the communication switch is pressed in the facsimile terminal 11, the facsimile storage device 3 is transferred from the facsimile terminal 11.
Then, the image data transmission is started. The image data transmitted from the facsimile terminal 11 is the ID or TEL No. indicating the facsimile terminal 13 which is the destination of the image data. It will be stored together with the image information memory 33.

Now, a method of managing image data and message messages will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, in the management table 324, the ID or TEL No. of the facsimile terminal which is the destination station for transmitting the image data is transmitted. And the presence or absence of a message message are stored in association with each other.

If there is a message message, the address of the voice information memory 34 in which the information indicating the notification destination of the message message is stored is stored, and the message message is transmitted to that address. Facsimile terminal ID or TEL No. The address of the voice information memory 34 in which the message message is stored is stored.

Next, receiving from the facsimile terminal 11,
When the image data stored in the image information memory 33 is transmitted from the facsimile storage device 3 to the designated facsimile terminal 13, if there is a message message stored in the voice information memory 34, The message is
It is transmitted to the facsimile terminal 12. Facsimile storage device 3 after transmitting image data to the facsimile terminal 13
The operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the service code "1" is detected by the detector 32.
1 and the recognition unit 322 determines that a message message is added to the image data transmitted from the facsimile storage device 3 to the facsimile terminal 11 (step 701). The facsimile terminal 12 for transmitting the message and the message message for transmitting are searched and recognized (step 702).

Next, a call is made to the facsimile terminal 12 (step 703) and the facsimile terminal 12
When an incoming call is detected (step 704), the line between the facsimile terminal 12 and the facsimile storage device 3 is connected.

In the facsimile storage device 3, the data control unit 323 sends a predetermined message to the facsimile terminal 12 such as "Please check the message message from the facsimile storage device 3". After sending the message, the message message stored in the voice information memory 34 is sent (step 705).

When the transmission of the message is completed, the line is disconnected (step 706). As described above, in the present embodiment, when image data is transmitted from the facsimile terminal 11 to the facsimile storage device 3, a message message is transmitted together with the image data and the facsimile storage device 3 is transmitted.
Can automatically transmit the message message to the designated facsimile terminal 12 after transmitting the image data to the designated facsimile terminal 13, so that the operator of the facsimile terminal 11 can After transmitting the data to the facsimile storage device 3, only one communication to the facsimile storage device 3 is performed without making another call to transmit a message to the facsimile terminal 13, and not only the image data is transmitted. It is possible to automatically transmit a message message to a designated facsimile terminal.

In this embodiment, the case where the image data and the message message are transmitted has been described. However, when the service code "2" is input and the message message is not added, the facsimile is performed. A message message is displayed on the terminal 11.
It is also possible to input only the image data without inputting the image data and to only transmit the image data to the designated facsimile terminal in the facsimile storage device 3.

Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been made assuming that the facsimile terminal for transmitting image data and the facsimile terminal for transmitting a message are different.
Even when the image data and the message message are transmitted to the facsimile terminal to which the same external telephone is connected, the same effect as described above can be obtained. Furthermore, as another embodiment, an external telephone may be connected to the facsimile terminal to exchange message messages.

[0042]

As described above, according to the facsimile system of the present invention, when the image information is transmitted from the terminal to the facsimile storage device, it is possible to add a message message and transmit the image information. Then, since it becomes possible to send the image information to the specified terminal and also to send the message message to the specified terminal, the operator of the terminal, which is the transmitting station, sends the image information to
In addition to the transmission of image information, there is no need to directly contact the destination station, which is the terminal that transmitted the image information by telephone, etc., or the operator of another terminal. It is possible to automatically send not only the information but also the message message to the designated terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile terminal 11 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a CPU 32 of the facsimile storage device 3 of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the structure of.

FIG. 4 shows a facsimile storage device 3 from a facsimile terminal.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile terminal according to the present invention when transmitting image data and a message message.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile storage device 3 in the present invention when receiving image data and a message message from the facsimile terminal 11.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a method of managing image data and message messages according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile storage device 3 in the present invention after transmitting the image data to the facsimile terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 to 15 ... Facsimile terminal, 110 ... Main control unit, 111 ... Image information input unit, 112 ... Image information output unit, 113 ... Voice information input unit, 114 ... Voice information Output unit, 115 ... Operation unit, 116 ... Communication control unit, 2 ... Circuit switching network, 3 ... Facsimile storage device, 31 ... Communication control device, 32 ... CPU,
321 ... Detection unit, 322 ... Recognition unit, 323 ...
.Data control unit, 324 ... Management table, 33 ...
Image information memory, 34 ... Voice information memory.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile system in which a terminal and a facsimile storage device are connected via a line, wherein the terminal includes image information input means for inputting image information, voice information input means for inputting voice information, and image information input means. Sending means for sending an identification signal for identifying whether or not to add voice information to the information, and image information input from the image information input means and voice information input from the voice information input means And a transmission means for transmitting the image information and the voice information to the facsimile storage device together with information designating a terminal for transmitting the image information, and the facsimile storage device stores the image information. Voice information storage means for storing voice information, detection means for detecting the identification signal sent from the sending means, and identification information detected by the detection means. A recognition means for recognizing whether or not voice information is added to the image information by a signal, the image information and the voice information transmitted from the facsimile terminal by the transmission means, respectively, the image information storage means and the voice information. When the identification signal is detected by the detection unit and stored in the storage unit, and the recognition unit recognizes that voice information is added to the image information, the image information is transmitted to the designated terminal. And a control means for controlling the transmission of the voice information to a designated terminal. 2. The facsimile system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal for transmitting the image information and the terminal for transmitting the voice information are the same terminal from the facsimile storage device. 3. The control means, when the recognition means recognizes that the voice information is not added to the image information, controls the control means to transmit the image information to a designated terminal. 1. The facsimile system according to 1.