JPH08251423A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a facsimile equipment in which individual confidentiality of information transmission is realized by revising received image data processing for each of transmission opposite parties. CONSTITUTION: The facsimile equipment 10 uses a TSI detection section 14 to monitor the presence of reception of a transmission terminal equipment identification signal TSI from a facsimile equipment 20 and detects the reception of the transmission terminal equipment identification signal TSI, the received transmission terminal equipment identification signal TSI is informed to a reception image processing control section 13. The received image processing control section 13 collates the transmission terminal equipment identification signal TSI informed by the TSI detection section 14 with a list of transmission terminal equipment telephone numbers (TSI information) registered in advance in a received image processing registration section 11 and stores received image data of a mail box designated by an item 2 corresponding to a coincident item 1. When the received image data stored in the mail box are desired to be printed out, it is conducted by inputting a password corresponding to the TSI received by an operator of the facsimile equipment 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a disk (memory) storage function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional facsimile machines have been studied for various functions in order to prevent unintentional disclosure of received image data. As a typical function thereof, there is a password communication (confidential communication) function. With this function, the received image data is not immediately recorded, but is temporarily stored in the disk (memory), and then the received image data is recorded by inputting a predetermined password, thus realizing highly confidential image data communication. There is.

However, if both the transmitting and receiving terminals do not have the same password communication (confidential communication) function, this function has no value. In order to eliminate such inconvenience, the facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-52579 has conventionally used a transmission terminal identification signal (TSI) of a facsimile transmission control signal specified by the international standard ITU-T recommendation. And the TSI detected during reception control and the transmission terminal telephone number (TSI) stored in advance in the parameter memory on the receiving side.
(Information) and only when both match, the received image data is stored in the disk (memory), and the received image data is recorded and output by inputting a predetermined password. It enables confidential communication even if it has no function.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, if the TSI information matches, any received image data is stored in one disk (memory), and when one password is input, that received image data is stored. Since all received image data stored in the disk (memory) is recorded and output, there is a problem that individual confidentiality cannot be achieved for a plurality of TSI information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
By changing the received image data processing for each sender,
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can realize individual confidentiality of information transmission.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a transmission terminal telephone number, a reception image processing method and a password which are individually set for each of a plurality of transmission terminals are provided for each transmission terminal. A registration unit that is registered in advance as a list, a storage unit that stores the received image data, a detection unit that receives and detects a transmission terminal identification signal from the transmission signal of the transmission terminal, and a transmission terminal identification signal that is notified from the detection unit. And the transmission terminal telephone number registered in the registration section are compared and collated, and when they match, the designated storage area of the storage means designated by the registration reception image processing method corresponding to the matching registration transmission terminal telephone number. And a control unit that stores the received image data.

Further, according to the present invention, the input password and the password registered in the registration unit are compared and collated, and when the both coincide, the stored image data is stored from the recording area of the storage means corresponding to the coincident registered password. The configuration has an output means for reading and outputting.

[0008]

In the present invention, the transmission terminal identification signal received from the transmission terminal and the transmission terminal telephone number registered in the registration section are compared and collated, and when they match, the registered transmission terminal telephone number is matched. Since the received image data is stored in the designated storage area of the storage unit designated by the registered received image processing method, the received document (image data) can be easily organized.

Further, in the present invention, when the input password matches the registration password, the stored image data is read out from the recording area of the storage means corresponding to the matching registration password, and thus the storage means does not match the password. It is possible to prevent the output of the stored image data in the storage area.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment
0 is a communication control unit 11, a character input unit 12, a received image processing registration unit 13, a TSI detection unit 14, a received image processing control unit 15,
Mailboxes 16a to 16d and print output unit 17
Consists of The character input unit 12 is composed of a keyboard or a keypad, and inputs arbitrary characters of the operator (for example, destination telephone number, password, etc.). Each of the mailboxes 16a to 16d is a storage means and is composed of a disk or a memory.

To explain this embodiment, first, prior to actual reception, the telephone number (TSI information) of a specific transmitting terminal, the received image processing method corresponding to each telephone number, and the received image data are disclosed. A password for enabling access to is registered in advance in the reception image processing registration unit 13 using the character input unit 12.

FIG. 2 shows an example of registration of the received image processing registration unit 13 applied to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the reception image processing registration unit 13 is composed of three registration items of items 1, 2 and 3, and the transmission terminal telephone numbers from the telephone numbers A to D are registered in the item 1, and the item 2 is registered. In the item 1, the received image processing method for each terminal of each telephone number is registered, and in item 3, the access password of the terminal of each telephone number of item 1 is registered. The received image processing method of item 2 indicates where in a plurality of mailboxes in the disc the received image data is stored. In the example of FIG. 2, when the TSI information matches the telephone number A, for example, the mailbox A in the disk
The received image data will be stored in. The mailboxes A to D (16a to 16d in FIG. 1 and item 2 in FIG. 2) may be disks (or memories) different from each other or different areas in the same disk (or memory).

Returning to FIG. 1 again, when a call is made from the facsimile device 20 and communication is started,
After being connected to the line, the facsimile device 10 as the called terminal sends the digital identification signal DIS to the facsimile device 20 from the communication control unit 11 in the same manner as in the conventional case in order to inform the reception capability of the facsimile device 10.

Then, the facsimile device 20 sends the information of the sending terminal telephone number as a sending terminal identification signal TSI in the facsimile transmission control signal in order to identify itself to the receiving side facsimile device 10, and further sends it out by DIS. The transmission method is determined according to the received reception capability, the transmission capability of the transmission side facsimile device 20 and the operator's will, and the transmission is started by designating the transmission method by the digital command signal DCS.

The TSI detector 1 in the facsimile machine 10
4 monitors the presence or absence of reception of the transmission terminal identification signal TSI from the facsimile transmission control signals from the facsimile device 20 input via the communication control unit 11, and detects that the transmission terminal identification signal TSI is received. , And notifies the received transmission terminal identification signal TSI to the reception image processing control unit 15. The reception image processing control unit 15 lists the transmission terminal identification number TSI notified from the TSI detection unit 14 and the transmission terminal telephone numbers (TSI information) registered in advance in the reception image processing registration unit 13 (items in FIG. 2). 1) and the received image data processing of item 2 corresponding to the matched item 1 is performed.

For example, the reception image processing control unit 15 is
When the transmission terminal identification number TSI notified from the detection unit 14 matches the telephone number B of item 1 in FIG. 2, the received image processing method of item 2 corresponding to the telephone number B as the received image processing method, that is, the mailbox B. The image processing is controlled so that the received image data is stored in (16b in FIG. 1). As a result, the facsimile device 20 that is the transmission terminal
The image data from the communication control unit 11 and the TSI detection unit 14
And the mailbox B via the received image processing control unit 15.
16b is stored.

When recording and outputting the received image data stored in the mailboxes 16a to 16d, the operator of the facsimile apparatus 10 receives the password corresponding to the TSI by using the character input unit 12 and the received image processing control unit. It is done by inputting in 15. That is, the input password is notified to the reception image processing control unit 15 and compared here with the password (item 3 in FIG. 2) registered in the reception image processing registration unit 13, and when both match. The image data stored in the mailbox designated by item 2 corresponding to the matched password is read out and recorded and output by the print output unit 17.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even if the password matches the registered password, all the image data stored in the mailbox is not recorded and output, but matches the input password. Since only the image data from one facsimile device corresponding to the registered password is recorded and output, individual confidentiality of information transmission can be realized.

Further, in this embodiment, since the received image processing method is registered for each transmitting facsimile apparatus,
Detailed information can be transmitted for a sending facsimile machine, and received documents can be easily organized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the number of mailboxes 16a to 16d is four.
Needless to say, it is also possible to provide these mailboxes in one disk (or memory).

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the image data received is stored in the designated storage area of the storage means designated by the registered received image processing method corresponding to the registered transmitting terminal telephone number that matches the received transmitting terminal identification signal, the received image processing method is transmitted. Since it can be selected according to the terminal identification signal, detailed information can be transmitted for each transmission partner, and the received document (image data) can be easily organized, it is possible to efficiently use the recording paper or the built-in disk.

Further, according to the present invention, when the input password matches the registration password, the stored image data is read out from the recording area of the storage means corresponding to the matching registration password, and is output. Since it is possible to prevent the storage image data in the storage area of the means from being output, it is possible to realize the security and confidentiality of information for each transmission partner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a registration example of a received image processing registration unit in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Facsimile device 11 Communication control part 12 Character input part 13 Received image process registration part 14 TSI detection part 15 Received image process control part 16a-16d Mail box 17 Print output part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A registration unit in which a transmission terminal telephone number, a reception image processing method, and a password individually set for each of a plurality of transmission terminals are registered in advance as a list for each transmission terminal, and received image data. A storage unit for storing, a detection unit for receiving and detecting a transmission terminal identification signal from a transmission signal of the transmission terminal, the transmission terminal identification signal notified from the detection unit, and the transmission terminal registered in the registration unit. The telephone number is compared and collated, and when they match, the received image data is stored in the designated storage area of the storage means designated by the registered reception image processing method corresponding to the registered registered transmission terminal telephone number. A facsimile machine having a control unit. 2. An input password and a password registered in the registration unit are compared and collated, and when the two match, the stored image data is read from the recording area of the storage means corresponding to the matching registered password. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means for outputting. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage areas of the storage means are areas of different storage media or different areas of the same storage medium.