JPH0797808B2 - Transmission notification system in facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a transmission notification method capable of automatically informing the reception side of the transmission after transmission by a facsimile apparatus.

<Prior Art> Conventional facsimile devices have been improved in operability such as one-push transmission, and various measures have been taken to reduce human involvement in transmission.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, according to the conventional facsimile apparatus, whether or not the transmission image information is accurately output to the partner receiver even if the transmission operability is improved and high-speed transmission is possible. The confirmation is made by the sender calling the other party, and human involvement cannot be omitted in this confirmation work.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of notifying that the transmission is automatically performed via the other party's telephone after the facsimile transmission.

<Means for Solving Problems> A configuration for achieving the above object will be described with reference to the basic conceptual diagram shown in FIG. 1. The present invention provides a facsimile device and a facsimile transmission by the facsimile device. A voice data storage device that stores voice data indicating that the call has been performed, a voice output device, a storage unit that stores dial numbers of a plurality of called stations on the receiving side, and a called station of the number based on the set dial numbers. A facsimile machine which is a first called station, and which is provided with an automatic dialing device for automatically connecting a line to the telephone and a selecting device for selecting a dial number to be set in the automatic dialing device from the contents of the storage device. A line connection is made with the device and an automatic dialing device to transmit the image data by facsimile, and after the transmission to the first called station is completed, a transmission end signal is generated. Then, the automatic dialing device operates in response to the transmission end signal, connects the line to the telephone for call which is the second called station different from the first called station, and stores the facsimile stored in the voice data storage device. The audio data indicating that the transmission has been made
It is characterized in that it is automatically transmitted to the receiving side telephone which is the called station.

<Operation> At the time of facsimile transmission, from the dial numbers stored in the storage means d, by selecting the dial number of the call telephone on the desk of the person on the receiving side, for example, the telephone number for the call after facsimile transmission The telephone is automatically called, a voice is notified that the facsimile transmission is completed, and the facsimile transmission is confirmed without the involvement of the person in charge on the transmitting side.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

The device is mainly composed of a facsimile device 1, an automatic dial device 2 and a voice generator 3, and additionally, a transmission filter 6,
A network control unit (NCU) 7, a transmission side telephone 8 connected to the facsimile apparatus 1, and the like, and a reception side that is a first called station via a transmission side exchange 9 and a reception side exchange 10 as described later. A line can be connected to the facsimile device 4 and the telephone sets 5 ... 5 for receiving the call which are the second called station.

The facsimile device 1 is a known device, and includes a system control circuit 11 for controlling the entire system, an image reading device 12, a data storage device 13 for storing the read data, an encoding circuit 14 for encoding the stored contents, A modem 15 that modulates coded data at the time of transmission and demodulates at the time of reception, a decoding circuit 16 that decodes data coded by a partner device at the time of reception, and an image recording that records received data. The device 17 and the like are provided.

The automatic dialer 2 is constructed by a dial number storage device 21 in which a plurality of second called station telephone numbers are stored in advance, and a sender selects a desired number from a plurality of stored telephone numbers. , A dial number buffer 22 for temporarily storing the number information, and a dial via the network control device 7 based on the telephone number information supplied from the dial number buffer 22 in response to a command from the system control circuit 11 described above. It is provided with an automatic dial device 23 which sends out a signal and connects the line with the corresponding telephone 5.

Further, the voice generator 3 is a voice data storage device that stores a message indicating that the facsimile transmission has been performed as voice data.
31, a voice output device 32 for outputting the stored contents, and a voice control circuit 33 for controlling them.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of the system by the system control circuit 11.

The sender first selects and sets the telephone number of the person to be notified of the facsimile transmission destination from the second called station telephone numbers stored in the dial number storage device 21. As a result, the telephone number is stored in the dial number buffer 22. Next, the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine 4, which is the first called station to which the image data is to be transmitted, is input by the transmitting side telephone 8. The input telephone number information is supplied to the transmitting side exchange 9 via the network control device 7, whereby the line with the receiving side exchange 10 is opened and the facsimile machine 1
Is connected to the receiving side facsimile device 4. At this time, the receiving side facsimile device 4 sends a tone signal of, for example, 2100 Hz to the transmitting side facsimile device 1 to inform that the called station is a facsimile terminal. When the sender gives a transmission command in response to this tone signal, the image reading device 12 reads the image of the original, photoelectrically converts it into binary data, and stores the image data in the data storage device 13 for encoding. After the data is compressed by the circuit 14, it is guided to the modem 15 and then to the line via the transmission filter 6 and the network controller 7.

The reception side facsimile device 4 sequentially records the signals received by the decoding circuit and the image recording device as image data.

When the image data transmission as described above is completed, that is, when there is no document to be read, the transmission side facsimile apparatus 1 sends a DCN signal for notifying the reception side facsimile apparatus 4 of the end of the facsimile transmission and closes the facsimile line. After sending this DCN signal, the second called station telephone number information previously stored in the dial number buffer 22 is supplied to the automatic dial device 23, and the dial number based on the information is supplied via the network control circuit 7. , The line with the corresponding telephone 5 is opened by each of the exchanges 9 and 10, and after detecting the polarity reversal of the line (confirming the response of the other party), under the control of the voice control circuit 33,
The voice data stored in advance in the voice data storage device 31 is supplied to the voice output device 32, for example, "Click here ○○
○ Company. We have sent it by fax, so please check it. , Etc. are sent to the line via the transmission filter 6 and the network control device 7 and output to the second called station telephone 5. When the output of this message is completed, the second called station line is disconnected and the transmission operation is terminated.

The voice generator 2 can also be configured by a tape recorder or the like.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, in the facsimile transmission, by simply selecting the dial number of the telephone for communication of the person in charge at the other side by the selecting means, the transmission side after the facsimile transmission. Since the facsimile device automatically notifies that the data has been sent via the other party's telephone set, the person in charge of the transmission does not need to perform confirmation work after the transmission, reducing human involvement during facsimile transmission. be able to. Moreover, since the destination dial number is selected from those stored in the storage means,
It is possible to reliably make a voice report of the facsimile transmission to a desired partner without causing a wrong number or the like.

Further, since a voice report is sent from the facsimile machine on the transmitting side to the telephone for communication on the other side, if the company name of the transmitting side is inserted in the voice, the person in charge on the receiving side can check the image data before viewing it. There is also an advantage that it is possible to know that there is a facsimile transmission from a company or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic conceptual diagram showing a configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a system operation procedure by the system control circuit 11. 1 ... Facsimile device 2 ... Automatic dialer 3 ... Sound generator 4 ... Reception side facsimile device 5 ... 5 ... Call telephone 7 ... Network control device 9,10 ... Switch 11 ... System control circuit 21 …… Dial number storage device 22 …… Dial number buffer 23 …… Automatic dial device 31 …… Voice data storage device 32 …… Voice output device 33 …… Voice control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device, a voice data storage device for storing voice data indicating that a facsimile transmission has been performed by the facsimile device, a voice output device, and a memory for storing dial numbers of a plurality of receiving called stations. Means, an automatic dial device for automatically connecting a line to a called station of the number based on the set dial number, and a selecting means for selecting a dial number to be set in the automatic dial device from the contents of the storage means. The facsimile device is connected to the receiving side facsimile device, which is the first called station, by a line by the automatic dial device to perform facsimile transmission of the image data, and the transmission to the first called station is completed. After that, the transmission end signal is generated,
The automatic dialing device operates in response to the transmission end signal, connects a line to a telephone for communication which is a second called station different from the first called station, and is stored in the voice data storage device. A transmission notification method in a facsimile apparatus, wherein voice data indicating that a facsimile transmission has been performed is automatically transmitted to the receiving side call telephone which is the second called station by the voice output apparatus.