JPH08298584A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To recognize a new terminal number by the voice from an opposite party and to automatically enable the transmission by the new terminal number when an originating call is performed without bowing that the terminal number of an opposite party facsimile is changed to a new number. CONSTITUTION: This facsimile equipment is provided with an opposiste machine identification part 1 identifying whether an response opposite party is a facsimile equipment or not at the time of performing a facsimile transmission, a voice recognition part 2 recognizing the voice signal transmitted from an opposite terminal equipment when a response opposite party is not the facsimile equipment and a transmission part 3 performing the facsimile transmission to the terminal number recognized by the voice recognition part 2. The facsimile equipment is provided with a change notification part notifying the terminal number after a change of an opposite party.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention recognizes the voice of the other party and automatically switches to the new terminal number when a call is made without knowing that the destination facsimile machine has been changed to a new terminal number due to relocation or the like. The present invention relates to a facsimile device configured to transmit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When the terminal number of a destination facsimile machine is changed due to relocation or the like, if the user does not know that, the old terminal number before the change will be called.
At that time, if the old number is newly assigned to the telephone, there is no fear of transmitting it to another person's facsimile, but the receiving side suffers a great deal of trouble. In particular, in the case of a fax machine that has the function of automatically re-sending multiple times when normal transmission is not possible, you will repeatedly receive an incorrect call, and there is no way to notify the other party. , Becomes a great annoyance. In addition, recently, after changing the terminal number, the switching center often provides a notification service of the transfer destination terminal number to the calling party to the number without assigning the old terminal number to another for a certain period. For example, "The phone number has been changed. The new phone number is ○○○○"
A voice message like this will be notified, so
The user needs to hear the new terminal number and call again to the facsimile machine of that terminal number.

[0003]

However, even in the case where the transfer destination terminal number notification service is provided, in the device which automatically performs the facsimile transmission as described above, the user on the transmission side is near the device. Since there are few cases, there is a drawback that the voice number changing service is completely useless.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems in the conventional facsimile apparatus as described above, and a call is made without knowing that the destination facsimile apparatus has been changed to a new terminal number. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that can automatically transmit to a facsimile machine having a new terminal number based on a voice received via a line.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides, as a first means, a facsimile transmission,
Recognized by the partner identification unit that recognizes whether the responding partner is a facsimile device, a voice recognition unit that recognizes the signal transmitted from the partner terminal device when the responding partner is not the facsimile device, and the voice recognition unit. It is characterized in that it is provided with a transmission unit for performing facsimile transmission to a terminal number. Also, in the second means, in the above facsimile device,
It is characterized in that a change notification unit for notifying the changed terminal number identified by voice recognition of the signal from the other party by the display means or the like is provided. According to a third means of the present invention, in the first means, a destination registration unit for registering a destination terminal number in association with a one-touch key or an abbreviated number, and a terminal number registered in the destination registration unit. And a registration number changing unit for automatically changing the terminal number of the other party registered in the other party registration section when the voice recognition section identifies that the other has been changed.

[0006]

With the above construction, the first means
When a call is made without knowing that the destination facsimile machine has been changed to a new terminal number, the new terminal number can be recognized by the voice received from the line and automatically transmitted to the facsimile machine having the new terminal number. In addition to the above, the second means can notify the user of the changed terminal number of the other party who tried to transmit at that time. In the third means, when the destination whose terminal number has been changed is the destination registered in the destination registration unit, the terminal number of the destination registration unit is automatically changed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but before that, the construction of a general conventional facsimile to which the present invention is applied will be explained. Figure 7
FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional general facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus shown here manages and controls the entire apparatus according to a built-in program.
And an operation display unit 12 including a keyboard for an operator to give an instruction to the facsimile device and a display means for the facsimile device to give a message or the like to the operator,
The image information read by the scanner 14, the image information data further compressed by the encoding / decoding unit (DCR) 18, the received compressed image data, and further the image information decompressed by the DCR 18 are temporarily stored. RA to keep
The received image information expanded by M13 and DCR18 is RA
A network control unit (NCU) 16 for setting up a call between a plotter 15 that outputs via M13 and a remote facsimile device via a public telephone network, and communication control for performing facsimile transmission / reception according to the G3 transmission procedure. It comprises a unit 17, a modem 19 including a low speed modem and a high speed modem, an image memory 20 for storing image information, and the like.

When transmitting a facsimile with such a facsimile device, first, the image information is read into the RAM 13 by the scanner 14 under the control of the control unit 11. The image information is compressed by the DCR 18 and stored again in the RAM 13. Further, the control unit 11 obtains the calling designation information such as the destination designated by the operation display unit 12, and the NCU 16 to which the destination information is passed sets up a call with the designated destination.
Subsequently, the communication control unit 17 executes the phase B via the low speed modem, and then shifts to the phase C. In Phase C, the compressed image information data in the RAM 13 is modulated by the high speed modem in the modem 19 and sent through the NCU 16.

At the time of reception, when a call is set up by the NCU 16, the process shifts to phase B, and after a predetermined communication is performed via the low speed modem, the process shifts to phase C. In Phase C, the compressed image information data is received, the image information data is stored in the RAM 13 via the NCU 16 and the communication control unit 17, further expanded by the DCR 18, and then output to the plotter 15 via the RAM 13. To be done.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the essential parts showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned facsimile. As shown in the figure, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment is
The communication control unit 17 is characterized by including a partner identification unit 1 for identifying whether or not the response partner is a facsimile machine, and a voice recognition unit 2. The voice recognition unit 2 recognizes that the other party is not a facsimile machine by the other machine identification section 1 and performs voice recognition of a reception signal transmitted from the other party's terminal device. The reception signal includes a terminal number. If so, it has a function of recognizing this. The recognized new terminal number of the other party is supplied to the transmitting unit 3, and the facsimile is transmitted by this number.

The transmitter 3 is composed of a controller 11 and a communication controller 17.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described based on the operation flow shown in FIG.

In the facsimile transmission, first, based on an instruction from the control unit 11, a call is sent to the other party via the NCU 16 (S1). In response to this call, if the partner machine is a facsimile machine and it is not in use, it is automatically connected and the polarity of the power supply of the office line is reversed.

When the NCU 16 detects this, the communication control unit
The 17 transmits a CNG signal (in the case of G3 transmission procedure) to the partner machine via the NCU 16, and a standard facsimile signal such as a CED signal is received from the partner machine (S2).

When the CED signal is returned in response to these CNG signals, the partner identification unit 1 in the communication control unit 17 determines that the partner terminal device is a facsimile device (S3), and the following normal operation is performed. A facsimile transmission procedure is executed (S4), and the process ends.

On the other hand, when the other party is in a call or when a call is made to a terminal number for which the corresponding number does not exist, connection with the other party is not made and the power source polarity is not reversed. In this case, the transmission is suspended (not shown in FIG. 2). Also,
Even if the partner terminal hooks off and the line polarity is reversed, if the terminal is not a facsimile machine, for example, the CED signal is not returned, and therefore the partner machine identification unit 1 identifies that the partner is not a facsimile machine. . At that time, assuming that the signal from the other party is the telephone number transfer guidance (relocation destination terminal number notification service) of the exchange (S2), the partner identification unit 1 determines that the voice signal is input ( In step S3), the control unit 11 is notified to that effect. Upon receiving this notification, the control unit 11 causes the voice recognition unit 2 to start voice recognition of the received signal (S5).

As shown in FIG. 1, the voice recognition unit 2 has an NC.
An analog signal from the line is input via U16. This analog signal is converted into digital data in the voice recognition unit 2, and when an instruction from the control unit 11 is received, a voice pattern registered in the voice recognition unit 2 from “0” to “9”, The received voice digital data is patterned by the same method and then compared.

As a result of performing the voice recognition as described above,
When a valid terminal number is not detected (S6, N
o), the control unit 11 determines that “transmission is abnormally terminated”, outputs a message to that effect to a display unit in the operation display unit 12 (S11), and ends.

On the other hand, when a valid terminal number is detected (S6, Yes), the control section 11 stores the terminal number acquired from the voice recognition section 2 in a predetermined area in the RAM 13 (S7), Disconnect the line via NCU16 (S
8).

Subsequently, the control section 11 gives the NCU 16 the terminal number in the RAM 13 and instructs the NCU 16 to make a call to the facsimile machine of the terminal number. After that, the NCU 16 automatically makes a call (S9), and then the communication control unit 17 executes a normal facsimile transmission procedure to transmit the facsimile to the facsimile apparatus having the new terminal number given by the exchange (S10). ).

In the above, the other machine is connected,
In addition, there may be a case where the partner machine identification unit 1 receives a signal other than the facsimile signal, even though the polarity of the power source is reversed (S2). For example, in a facsimile in which the facsimile function and telephone function can be switched and used, when the telephone function is selected, or the terminal number used as a facsimile device until then, the old number is changed due to relocation. It may be used as the number of another telephone, but in this case also, the voice signal is received from the partner terminal. Even in such a case, the voice recognition process is performed (S3, S5). At this time, if a valid telephone number cannot be acquired by the partner device identification unit 1,
Alternatively, when it is judged that the other machine is not a facsimile machine, immediately to the operator of the other terminal, for example, "If the telephone number has been changed, please tell me the number after the beep" The changed number may be positively acquired by transmitting a voice message. According to this method, even if, for example, the telephone number of a completely stranger has been changed, there is a high possibility that the changed telephone number will be given because it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of a wrong call.

When the new telephone number after the change is notified from the other party's telephone, the same operation flow as above (S
6 to S10), the facsimile is automatically transmitted to the facsimile apparatus having the new terminal number. If a valid terminal number cannot be obtained from the partner terminal (S6), the process ends abnormally (S7).

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the voice recognition unit recognizes the new terminal number notified from the exchange or the partner telephone, and the facsimile apparatus having the new terminal number without human intervention. You can send a fax to.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the essential parts of a facsimile apparatus showing a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, a change notification unit 4 is provided in addition to the first embodiment. The change notification unit 4 is composed of, for example, the control unit 11 and the plotter 15, and when receiving the voice message indicating that the new terminal number has been changed from the exchange as described above, it recognizes the number and, for example, The change notification as shown in FIG. 4 is output to the plotter 15.

The change notifying section 4 may be composed of the control section 11 and the display section. In this way, in the second embodiment, since the user is notified of the change in the terminal number of the facsimile machine, it is possible to make a call to the new terminal number thereafter.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the essential parts of a facsimile apparatus showing a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, a destination registration unit 5 and a registration number changing unit 6 are provided. The destination registration unit 5 is provided in the RAM 13 as shown in FIG. 5, and as shown in FIG.
The terminal number of the other party is registered in association with the one-touch key number or the abbreviated number (not shown). When sending a fax, when specifying the destination terminal number, the operation display
When the one-touch key in 12 is pressed, the control unit 11 refers to the destination registration unit 5 and acquires the corresponding destination terminal number,
The terminal number is given to NCU16 to make a call.

The registration changing unit 6 is provided in the control unit 11, and when the voice recognizing unit 2 identifies the changed terminal number after making a call using a one-touch key or the like, the registration number changing unit 6 determines the number such as the one-touch key. The terminal number is acquired and the corresponding terminal number of the partner registration unit 5 is changed. Therefore, thereafter, the facsimile can be transmitted to the desired destination facsimile machine based on the changed terminal number by merely instructing the destination using the one-touch key or the speed dial as in the conventional case.

In the above description, when the partner device connected by calling the old terminal number is a telephone set, a voice message as described above is issued so that the partner telephone set can input a new terminal number by a push button. Notifying the caller is also one method. In this case, the facsimile machine may be equipped with a PB (push button) signal detecting means. As described above, since the push button signal identification means alone cannot support voice number notification from the exchange such as the transfer destination terminal number notification service, it is more functional to use the voice recognition means together. Will.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
First, since the means for recognizing the voice from the other party's terminal and acquiring the number is provided, even if the other party's facsimile machine makes a call without knowing that the new terminal number has been changed, It is possible to recognize the new terminal number from the received voice and automatically send it to the facsimile machine of the new terminal number.

Secondly, in addition to the above, since the user can be notified of the changed terminal number of the other party, the user can thereafter transmit to the changed terminal number.

Thirdly, when the destination whose terminal number has been changed is the destination registered in the destination registration unit, the terminal number of the destination registration unit is automatically changed. It is possible to prevent a call from being made.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flow diagram of the facsimile apparatus showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an output of a facsimile device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a data configuration diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration block diagram showing an example of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... partner identification unit, 2 ... voice recognition unit, 3 ... transmission unit, 4 ...
Change notification section, 5 ... Partner registration section, 6 ... Registration number change section,
11 ... Control unit, 13 ... RAM, 15 ... Plotter, 17 ... Communication control unit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile machine identifying unit for identifying whether or not a responding partner is a facsimile device during facsimile transmission, and a voice recognizing unit for recognizing a voice transmitted from the partner terminal device when the responding partner is not a facsimile device. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a transmission unit that performs facsimile transmission to a terminal number recognized by the voice recognition unit. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1,
A facsimile apparatus comprising a change notifying section for notifying a changed terminal number identified by voice recognition of a signal from the other party by means of display means or the like. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1,
When the other party registration unit that registers the other party's terminal number in association with the one-touch key or the abbreviated number and that the terminal number registered in the other party registration unit has been changed by the voice recognition unit, A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a registration number changing unit that automatically changes the terminal number of the destination registered in the destination registration unit.