JPH0766985A - Facsimile equipment having confidential reception function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain re-transmission from a destination even when an error takes place at the reception of confidential information by providing an error detection means and revising the confidential reception information once received with information sent again only when error in confidential information is detected. CONSTITUTION:Received confidential information is stored in a confidential box 10 in a memory of a facsimile equipment. When a communication error takes place while the confidential information is being received, only a page received normally is stored in a reception picture data storage section 16 similarly to the conventional facsimile equipment and '1' is set to an error presence management flag storage section 11. That is, an error flag is set. When a re- transmission request is received by the confidential box 10, since the error flag is set, the confidential reception is started. When the 2nd reception of confidential information is terminated without causing an error, '0' is set to the error presence management flag storage section 11 as soon as the communication is finished to clear an error flag.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device having a confidential reception function, and more particularly to a facsimile device having a confidential reception function capable of performing processing when a communication error occurs during confidential reception.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus having a confidential reception function has been provided. In such a facsimile machine, confidential reception information is stored in a memory, and only a person having a predetermined password on the receiving side can view the received data.

A conventional method of receiving confidential information in a facsimile apparatus having a confidential reception function will be described with reference to FIG.

First, after setting the call, when it is found that the other party wants to transmit confidential information, it is determined in step S101 (hereinafter abbreviated as step) whether the passwords of the confidential boxes storing the confidential information match. Is checked (S103). If they do not match, reception is prohibited and the call is released (No in S103, S107).

Next, when the passwords match (S1
Yes in 03), it is checked whether there is a mail in the box specified by the password. If a mail has already been received here, duplicate reception is prohibited and the call is canceled (Yes in S105, S107).

When the above conditions are satisfied (N in S105
o), confidential reception is started (S109).

During the confidential reception, a communication error may occur due to the other party's original document JAM, communication failure, or the memory full of the own station. In this case, when the recording unit is a page printer such as a laser beam printer, only the data of the page that can be normally received is stored in the confidential box, and the other data is discarded (S111 to S117).

The above operation is the same in a format in which transmitted data is stored in a memory together with a password without checking the password, a message indicating that confidential reception has been performed is displayed, and then the entered password is checked and printed. Is.

[0009]

In a conventional facsimile apparatus having a confidential reception function, when a trouble such as a scanner trouble or a paper jam (JAM) at the time of document conveyance occurs on the confidential information transmitting side as described above. However, even if an attempt was made to perform confidential transmission again, the data at the time of the trouble was recorded in the confidential reception memory, so that it could not be resent. In order to avoid such a situation, if a memory structure that can store a plurality of received data is used, retransmission is possible, but this requires a large amount of image memory, and the information management for that becomes complicated and the cost increases. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and has a confidential reception function that enables low-cost and re-transmission from the other party even if an error occurs when receiving confidential information. It is an object to provide a facsimile machine.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus having a confidentiality reception function, a storage unit for storing received confidential information, and an error detection for detecting an error when receiving the confidential information. And a means for changing the confidential information stored in the storage means based on the newly received confidential information only when the error detecting means detects an error occurrence.

In a facsimile apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect is further provided.
Receiving confidential information: means for storing specific information of the other party, means for determining whether or not the newly received confidential information is transmitted from the other party having the specific information stored in the storage means, and a new determining means And a control unit that controls the confidential information changing unit to operate only when it is determined that the confidential information received in step 1 is transmitted from the other party having the specific information stored in the storage unit.

[0013]

In the facsimile apparatus having the confidential reception function according to the first aspect, the confidential reception information once received is changed by the retransmitted information only when the error detecting means detects an error in the confidential information.

In the facsimile apparatus having the confidentiality receiving function according to the second aspect, the confidential information of the confidential information is received only when it is determined that the newly received confidential information is transmitted from the other party having the specific information stored in the storage means. Can be changed.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is an external view of a facsimile apparatus having a confidential reception function according to the present invention. Referring to FIG.
The operation panel 60 at the top of the facsimile apparatus main body 400 is provided with an LCD (liquid crystal display) 620, a ten-key pad 613, and the like that indicate the operating state.

A tray 401 on the upper portion of the main body 400 of the facsimile apparatus is used for placing a document for transmission. The original placed on this is fed by an automatic paper feed mechanism (A
DF) and is carried inside the main body 400 and read by the image scanner. Then, the read document is discharged onto the tray 402. A tray 403 is provided on the back surface of the main body 400 to eject recording paper after printing. Although not shown, a memory reception lamp and a memory reception cancel button are also provided on the operation panel 60.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the operation panel 60. The names and functions of each part are shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Referring to FIG. 3, the operation panel 60 is provided with a function item key 602, and the designation of "confidential transmission" according to the present invention is prepared as one item of the function item key 602. The function keys are also used to specify the printing of confidentially received contents.

Referring to FIG. 4, the operation panel 60 includes a ten-key 613, a one-touch key, and an alphabet key 614.
And programmable key, alphabet key 615
Is provided, a telephone number, a destination name, a confidential password, etc. are input using these ten keys 613 and alphabet keys 614, 615. Also, the LCD 6
On the screen 20, "MAIL BOX TX" is displayed during confidential transmission and "PRINT DOCUME" is displayed during confidential reception.
The word "NT IN MAIL BOX" is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus having a confidential reception function according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, printer controller 70 including a CPU and the like
3 controls the print engine 705 to create an image on a sheet. NCU (Network Control Unit) 70
Reference numeral 2 controls data communication using a telephone line. The controller 701 includes a CPU and a memory for temporarily storing received document data, and controls the operation of the entire facsimile apparatus. The confidential box 10 used in the present invention is provided in the memory.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure in the confidential box 10. The confidential box 10 shown here is
You can think of it as one file in memory. The header part of the confidential box 10 is composed of the following data.

11: error presence / absence management flag storage unit (1: error present,
0: No error) 12: Receiving destination telephone number storage 13: Receiving destination name storage 14: Reception date and time storage 15: Receiving page number storage All received image data in the confidential box 10 except for the header The storage unit 16. It should be noted that the conventional confidential box is not provided with a unit corresponding to the error presence / absence management flag storage unit 11 shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a receiving method at the time of confidential reception. With reference to FIG. 7, the reception start operation when there is no mail in the confidential box 10 is exactly the same as the case shown in FIG. 9 in the conventional example (S11 to S11).
S19). Even when a communication error occurs during the reception, only the page that was normally received is stored, and the other pages are discarded (Yes in S21, S23), as in the conventional example. In the present invention, at the same time, the error flag is set by setting "1" in the error presence / absence management flag storage unit 11 (S25).

In this state, if the same confidential box 10 receives a retransmission request (Yes in S15), an error flag is set (Yes in S29), and confidential reception can be started (S31, S19).

In the step of preparing confidentially received data change of S31, when the confidentially received data is overwritten, it means erasing the previous data, and when additionally writing, the write pointer is set at the end point of the file (confidential box). Means to go.

If the re-confidential reception ends normally without an error (No in S21), the error flag is cleared by setting "0" in the error presence / absence management flag storage unit 11 at the same time as the communication ends. Because (S3
3) The following confidential transmission requests are prohibited.

Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining a modified embodiment of the facsimile apparatus having the confidential reception function according to the present invention. Even if there is a mail in the confidential box 10, if the error flag is set, the process up to the step of accepting the next confidential reception is the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 (S41 to S49).

In the modified embodiment, thereafter, the receiving party telephone number stored in the receiving party name storage unit 13 in the confidential box 10 is collated with the destination telephone number currently requested for confidential transmission. Only when they match, confidential reception is started (Yes in S53, S55, S47). As a result, the restart of confidential reception can be limited to the other party who has previously caused a communication error.

In the above embodiment, the other party requesting the re-transmission of confidential information was collated by using the other party's telephone number. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may carry out using.

[0031]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus having the confidentiality reception function according to the first aspect of the present invention, the confidentiality reception information can be changed only when the error detecting means detects an error, and therefore the confidentiality can be obtained at a low cost. It is possible to provide a facsimile device having a confidential reception function that enables the other party to retransmit even if an error occurs during information reception.

In the facsimile apparatus having the confidential reception function according to the second aspect, the specific information of the confidential reception destination is stored, and the specific information stored in the transmission destination when the confidential information retransmission request is made. Re-confidential reception is performed only if As a result, confidential reception can be resumed only to the other party that has caused the communication error, and thus it is possible to provide a facsimile device having a confidential reception function that can re-receive confidential information only when necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an operation panel of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the contents of an operation panel.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the contents of an operation panel.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a data configuration of a confidential box.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a conventional facsimile device having a confidential reception function.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 confidential box 11 error presence / absence management flag storage unit 12 reception destination telephone number storage unit 13 reception destination name storage unit 14 reception date / time storage unit 15 reception page number storage unit 16 received image data storage unit 60 operation panel 400 main body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing the received confidential information, an error detecting unit for detecting an error occurrence at the time of receiving the confidential information, and a new reception only when the error detecting unit detects the error occurrence. A facsimile machine having a confidentiality reception function, including confidential information changing means for changing the confidential information stored in the storage means based on the confidential information. 2. The storage means further stores identification information of a recipient of the confidential information, and whether or not the newly received confidential information is transmitted from the opponent having the identification information stored in the storage means. And a means for deciding whether or not the confidential information newly received is transmitted from the other party having the specific information stored in the storage means. The facsimile apparatus having the confidential reception function according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for controlling.