JPH08321890A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To quicken the off-hook of an exterior telephone equipment even when a circuit for generating a pseudo bell sound to the exterior telephone equipment is not incorporated to a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION: The equipment is provided with an incoming call reporting message reproducing means 11 reproducing a speech such as 'Take up the receiver, please', in stead of the pseudo bell sound. Then a transmission-side terminal equipment is judged to be a telephone equipment at the time of call incoming, the incoming call reporting message reproducing means 11 is operated instead of the pseudo bell sound so as to prompt a user to off-hook the exterior telephone equipment 8. On the other hand, when the exterior telephone equipment 8 is placed far from the facsimile equipment, a radio transmitter is fixed to the facsimile equipment to send a radio signal to the exterior telephone equipment 8 to ring a pseudo bell from the main body of the exterior telephone equipment to quicken off-hook.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having no attached telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a facsimile machine which is not equipped with an attached telephone and is constructed so that an external telephone can be connected. In such a facsimile device, a linking signal is input, the printer device closes the line, and then it automatically determines whether the calling terminal is a facsimile device or a telephone. Automatically receive faxes as they are. On the other hand, in the case of a telephone, the pseudo bell generation circuit incorporated in the facsimile machine causes the external telephone to emit a pseudo bell sound to prompt the off-hook of the external telephone.

[0003]

However, in some European countries, it is prohibited by the telephone line standard to make a pseudo bell sound from an external telephone by a pseudo bell generation circuit built in the main body of the facsimile apparatus. That is, after the facsimile device once closed the line and determined that the calling side is the telephone, the pseudo bell sound can be generated only by the facsimile device. Therefore, the above method cannot be used, and it is necessary to encourage the user to go off-hook without ringing the bell on the external telephone.

Alternatively, when the external telephone is located far away from the facsimile machine, the voice or optical signal cannot be delivered by simply generating the voice or optical signal from the facsimile machine. Therefore, the external telephone should be taken off-hook. I can't urge you.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus that can prompt an external telephone to go off-hook.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a facsimile apparatus without an attached telephone to which an external telephone can be connected, which is provided with an incoming call notification message reproducing means, and when a call is received, a calling side terminal is provided. When it is determined that the machine is a telephone, the incoming call notification message reproducing means is operated in place of the pseudo bell sound, and a voice such as "I am calling" is generated.

When the external telephone is located far away from the facsimile machine, a wireless transmitter is attached to the facsimile machine to send a wireless signal to the external telephone to ring a pseudo bell from the external telephone body.

[0008]

With the above-described structure, the present invention does not send a bell signal by wire from the facsimile device to the external telephone.
Notify that the incoming call is from the telephone and prompt the user to take the external telephone off-hook.

Further, the external telephone is wirelessly informed that the incoming call is from the telephone, and the user is urged to take the external telephone off-hook.

[0010]

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is an NCU circuit unit for controlling a telephone line network, and 2 is a telephone line. An external telephone terminal 3 is used to connect the external telephone. Reference numeral 4 is a speaker amplifier, and 5 is a speaker for generating sound. Reference numeral 6 denotes an analog switch for operating the monitor function during facsimile transmission. 7
Is a modem. An external telephone 8 is connected to the external telephone terminal 3 of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

In the NCU circuit unit 1, 9 is a telephone line 2.
A bell signal detection unit for detecting a ringing bell signal coming from
Reference numeral 11 is an incoming call notification message reproducing unit, 10 is a line switch for closing the telephone line 2, 12 is a current source for supplying a line current to the telephone line connected to the external telephone terminal 3, and 13 is a line current. Is an on / off detection unit that detects an on-hook / off-hook of the external telephone 8 depending on the change of. Reference numeral 14 is a speech path switching unit that switches and connects speech paths between the telephone line 2 and the modem 7 or between the telephone line 2 and the external telephone 8.

Reference numeral 15 designates an image reading unit for reading a transmission document.
A printing unit 6 prints the received image. 17 is N
The control unit controls the CU circuit unit 1, the image reading unit 15, the printing unit 16, and other units.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control unit 17. In this example, the TEL / FAX mode will be described. In this mode, the automatic reception mode is set, and the processing shown in FIG. 2 starts when an incoming call arrives.

In FIG. 2, when a ringing bell signal arrives from the telephone line 2, the ringing bell rings at the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment and the external telephone 8 (step 100). The ringing bell signal is detected by the bell signal detecting section 9, and the detection signal of the bell signal detecting section 9 is sent to the control section 17. When the control unit 17 receives the detection signal from the bell signal detection unit 9,
In step 101, the line switch 10 is closed and the telephone line 2 is closed.

When the telephone line is closed in step 101, the process proceeds to step 102, in which the control unit 17 determines whether the calling terminal is a facsimile machine or a telephone.
If a facsimile signal (for example, a CNG signal) is detected here, it is determined that the calling terminal is a facsimile apparatus, and the process proceeds to step 103 to perform a facsimile reception procedure. When the facsimile reception is completed, step 10
Go to 4 and disconnect the line.

If it is detected in step 102 that a voice signal has been sent, it is determined that the calling terminal is a telephone. In this case, the process proceeds to step 105 and step 105
Then, the incoming call notification message reproducing unit 11 in the NCU circuit unit 1 is operated. As a result, the speaker 5 outputs a voice message such as "I have a call" as an incoming call notification message.

The user who hears the incoming call notification message recognizes that the calling terminal is a telephone and takes the external telephone 8 off-hook. When the external telephone 8 is hooked off, it is detected by the on / off detector 13. When the off-hook of the external telephone 8 is detected (step 106: Yes), the control unit 17 controls the call path switching unit 14 accordingly, and the call path switching unit 14 causes the call path between the telephone line 2 and the external telephone 8. Is formed. Therefore, the user can talk using the external telephone 8 (step 107). When the user ends the call and hooks the external telephone 8 on-hook, the process proceeds to step 108 to disconnect the line. If the off-hook of the external telephone 8 is not detected within a predetermined time after issuing the incoming call notification message (step 106: No), the process directly proceeds to step 108 to disconnect the line.

As another embodiment, when the external telephone is located far away from the facsimile apparatus, the wireless transmitter is attached to the facsimile apparatus and the wireless receiver is attached to the external telephone.

In this case, when it is detected in step 102 in FIG. 2 that a voice signal has been sent, an incoming call notification signal is transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the facsimile machine, and the wireless receiver of the external telephone sends this incoming call notification. A signal is received, and a pseudo bell is sounded from the external telephone body according to the incoming call notification signal to prompt the user to go off-hook. Further, not only the pseudo bell of the external telephone main body but also the external telephone may reproduce the incoming call notification message, or may generate an optical signal to prompt the user to go off-hook.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the external telephone can be urged to go off-hook even if the facsimile machine does not have a built-in circuit for generating a pseudo bell sound.

It is also possible to prompt the external telephone to go off-hook even when the external telephone is farther than the facsimile machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the facsimile apparatus in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 NCU circuit section 2 Telephone line 3 Terminal for external telephone 5 Speaker 7 Modem 8 External telephone 9 Bell signal detection section 11 Incoming call notification message playback section 10 Line switch 13 On / off detection section 14 Call path switching section 17 Control section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An external telephone terminal for connecting an external telephone, a bell signal detecting means for detecting a ringing bell signal coming from a telephone line, and a voice for notifying that an incoming call is coming from the telephone. An incoming call notification message reproducing means for reproducing the ringing signal, and when the bell signal detecting means detects a ringing bell signal, the telephone line is closed, and whether the calling terminal is a facsimile device or a telephone. If it is determined that the calling terminal is a facsimile machine, facsimile reception is executed, and if it is determined that the calling terminal is a telephone, a control means for operating the incoming call notification message reproducing means is provided. A facsimile machine characterized by being provided. 2. An external telephone terminal for connecting an external telephone, a speaker, a bell signal detecting means for detecting a ringing bell signal coming from a telephone line, and notifying that an incoming call is coming from the telephone. Incoming call notification message reproducing means for reproducing a voice, a line switch for closing a telephone line, and an on / off detecting means for detecting an on-hook / off-hook of an external telephone connected to the external telephone terminal. And a call path switching means capable of forming a call path between a telephone line and an external telephone, and when the bell signal detecting means detects a calling bell signal, the telephone line is closed by the line switch, Next, it is determined whether the calling terminal is a facsimile device or a telephone, and if it is determined that the calling terminal is a facsimile device, facsimile reception is performed. If it is determined that the calling side terminal is a telephone, the first notification means for activating the incoming call notification message reproducing means to output a voice from the speaker, and the first control means for the incoming call notification message After operating the reproducing means, when the on / off detecting means detects an off-hook of the external telephone, the speech path switching means is controlled to form a speech path between the telephone line and the external telephone.
And a control means of the facsimile machine. 3. An external telephone terminal for connecting an external telephone, a bell signal detecting means for detecting a ringing bell signal coming from a telephone line, and an incoming call for notifying the incoming call from the telephone. Wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting a notification signal, and when the bell signal detection means detects a calling bell signal, the telephone line is closed, and whether the calling terminal is a facsimile machine or a telephone. If it is determined that the calling side terminal is a facsimile machine, facsimile reception is executed, and if it is determined that the calling side terminal is a telephone, the wireless transmission means is operated to notify the incoming call notification signal. A facsimile apparatus comprising a control means for transmitting a call to an external telephone. 4. An external telephone terminal for connecting an external telephone, a bell signal detecting means for detecting a ringing bell signal coming from a telephone line, and an incoming call for notifying the incoming call from the telephone. Wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting a notification signal, and when the bell signal detection means detects a calling bell signal, the telephone line is closed, and whether the calling terminal is a facsimile machine or a telephone. If it is determined that the calling side terminal is a facsimile machine, facsimile reception is executed, and if it is determined that the calling side terminal is a telephone, the wireless transmission means is operated to notify the incoming call notification signal. Means for transmitting an incoming call notification signal from the wireless transmission means, and means for notifying the user of an incoming call according to the incoming call notification signal Facsimile apparatus according to claim phones with that connected to the external telephone terminal.