JPH0983701A - Facsimile equipment and relay broadcast transmission method using the facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate relay broadcast transmission and also to shorten the time needed for transmitting the relay broadcast transmission result to an instructing station. SOLUTION: When an instructing station 7 starts the relay broadcast transmission, telephone number, a communication mode and the relay instruction transmission information are produced and sent to a relay station 8. The station 8 registers the received telephone number and communication mode of the instructing station in an instructing station telephone number store area and produces the relay broadcast transmission information based on the service number shown on the line where the instructing station telephone number is registered and the original information contained in the relay instruction transmission information. The relay broadcast transmission information is sent to the broadcast stations 9a to 9c. When the transmission result information are received from the broadcast stations, the preceding service number is compared with the service number stored in the transmission result information area. If the equality is confirmed between both service numbers, the relay result information is sent to the station 7 based on the instructing station telephone number and the communication mode registered in the line corresponding to the service number of the instructing station telephone number register are in a memory 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus capable of relay broadcast transmission and a relay broadcast transmission method using the facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the inter-facsimile machine communication, a relay broadcast transmission in a facsimile machine means a facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as an instruction station) from a transmission source facsimile machine to another facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as a relay station) provided at a relay point. This is a method of transmitting to a plurality of facsimile devices (hereinafter, referred to as a broadcasting station) via the.

Conventionally, in a relay broadcast transmission performed by using a facsimile machine having a relay broadcast instruction function as an instruction station and a facsimile machine having a relay broadcast function as a relay station, the relay station broadcasts a relay broadcast. After the transmission is completed, the result of the relay broadcast is transmitted from the relay station to the instruction station. That is, since the relay station must know the telephone number of the instruction station, the instruction station has a function of transmitting its own telephone number to the relay station when instructing the relay broadcast.

Further, according to the conventional facsimile apparatus,
When performing communication between facsimile devices, the receiving facsimile device is configured to specify a communication mode (communication method) to the transmitting facsimile device.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional relay broadcast transmission, the relay station side specifies the communication mode used when transmitting the result of the relay broadcast from the relay station to the instructing station. Since the instruction station does not specify the communication mode, if the relay station does not specify the communication mode, the relay station sends G3 mode to G4 to the instruction station.
Mode-> PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Networ
k) Facsimile communication is tried in the order of mode,
When the communication is successful, the result of the relay broadcast is transmitted in the communication mode.

That is, the communication mode that the instruction station can receive is G
In the case of the 4 mode or PSTN mode, since the result of the relay broadcast transmission is transmitted in the receivable mode at least after the transmission in the G3 mode is attempted, the time required for transmitting the result of the relay broadcast is There was a problem that it would be long. It is also possible to register in advance the communication mode used by the instruction station at the relay station,
There is a problem that the registration operation is complicated.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily perform relay broadcast transmission and to transmit the result of relay broadcast transmission from the relay station to the instruction station. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus that can reduce the time required and a relay broadcast transmission method using the facsimile apparatus.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a facsimile apparatus that operates as an instruction station at the time of relay broadcast transmission, and instructs the relay station to perform relay broadcast transmission. In this case, an operation mode transmitting means for transmitting the operation mode information together with the image information is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus that operates as a relay station during relay broadcast transmission, the image information transmitted from the relay broadcast instruction station is broadcast to the broadcast station. Means and result transmitting means for transmitting the result of the broadcast transmission to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted together with the image information from the instruction station.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the facsimile device according to the second aspect, further comprising a storage unit for storing the operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station.
The result transmission means is configured to transmit the result of the broadcast transmission to the instruction station based on the operation mode information stored by the storage means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a relay broadcast transmission method for a facsimile apparatus, wherein when the instruction station instructs the relay station to perform the relay broadcast transmission, the operation mode information is transmitted together with the image information, and the relay station performs the transmission. After the broadcasted image information is transmitted to the broadcast station, the result of the broadcast transmission is transmitted to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the flow of data between facsimiles when relay broadcast transmission is performed by the facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment. In the figure, a facsimile device 7 (hereinafter, referred to as an instruction station) that operates as an instruction station, when performing a relay broadcast transmission,
It has a communication mode transmitting section 1 as a communication mode transmitting means for transmitting relay instruction transmission information including information on a communication mode to a facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as a relay station) 8 which operates as a relay station. The relay instruction transmission information is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in, area 17 for storing the relay instruction identification code
An area 18 for storing the designated station telephone number, an area 19 for storing the communication mode, and an area 20 for storing the information of the transmission document.

The relay station 8 is a storage means for performing processing for registering the designated station telephone number and communication mode stored in the relay instruction transmission information sent from the designated station 7 in the designated station telephone number storage area in the memory 3. Storage unit 2 and a facsimile device (hereinafter, referred to as a broadcast station) 9a to operate the transmission document information stored in the relay instruction transmission information as a broadcast station.
A relay broadcast unit 5 as a broadcast transmission means for transmitting to 9c;
The relay result information created by the tallying unit 6 using the tallying unit 6 that creates the relay result information based on the transmission result information sent from the broadcasting stations 9a to 9c and the communication mode registered in the memory 3. To the instruction station 7, and a result transmitting unit 4 as result transmitting means.

The designated station telephone number storage area in the memory 3 is
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, an area 11 for storing a service number corresponding to a row for storing a telephone number, an area 12 for storing a designated station telephone number, and an area 1 for storing a communication mode.
And 3.

The relay broadcasting unit 5 stores the designated station telephone number stored in the memory 3 and the designated station telephone number in the memory 3 when sending the information of the transmission document to the broadcasting stations 9a to 9c. Area 20 of the service number of the selected line and relay instruction transmission information
The relay broadcast transmission information is created from the transmission document information stored in, and is transmitted to the broadcast stations 9a to 9c.

The totaling unit 6 stores, in the memory 3, the service number stored in the transmission result information sent from the broadcasting stations 9a to 9c, and the instruction station telephone number and the communication mode corresponding to the service number. Then, the relay result information created by referring to the retrieved instruction station telephone number and the communication mode is sent to the instruction station 7.

The relay broadcast transmission information is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, an area 22 for storing the telephone number of the instruction station 7, and an instruction station telephone in the memory 3 corresponding to the telephone number stored in the area 22. The number storage area includes an area 23 for storing a service number and an area 24 for storing transmission document information sent from the instruction station 7 as relay instruction transmission information. Further, the relay result information is composed of an area 29 for storing the relay result, as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

The broadcast stations 9a to 9c receive the relay broadcast transmission information sent from the relay station 8 by a normal method, and send the result of the reception as transmission result information to the totaling unit 6 of the relay station 8. . The transmission result information includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, an area 26 for storing the service number stored in the area 23 of the relay broadcast transmission information sent from the relay station 8 and a transmission sent by the relay station 8. An area 27 for storing the transmission result of the manuscript information.

The broadcast transmission procedure executed in the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the instruction station 7 when the broadcast transmission is executed, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the relay station 8.

When the operator issues an instruction to perform broadcast transmission at the instruction station 7 and starts this procedure, the telephone number and communication mode of the instruction station 7 are confirmed (step S
30), the confirmed telephone number and communication mode are stored in areas 18 and 19, respectively, and relay instruction transmission information is created (step S31). The generated relay instruction transmission information is sent to the relay station 8 (step S32). After transmitting the relay instruction transmission information, the instruction station 7 waits until the relay result information is transmitted from the relay station 8, and when the relay result information is received (step S33), this procedure is ended.

On the other hand, when the relay instruction transmission information is received at the relay station 8 (step S34), an area in which the telephone number of the instruction station telephone number storage area in the memory 3 is not registered is searched. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the telephone number is registered in the line for the service number n in the designated station telephone number storage area (step S35), and if the answer is YES, move to the next line (step S35). S351) and step S35 are executed again. When the answer to step S35 is NO, the area 18 in the received relay instruction transmission information is received.
The designated station telephone number stored in (1) and the communication mode stored in the area 19 are registered in the row of the designated station telephone number storage area where it is determined that the telephone number is not registered in step S35 (step S35). S36). Then, the transmission manuscript information stored in the area 20 of the relay instruction transmission information, the service number of the line in which the instruction station telephone number is registered in step S36, and the transmission manuscript information stored in the area 20 in the relay instruction transmission information Relay broadcast transmission information is created from the information, and the created relay broadcast transmission information is sent to the broadcast stations 9a to 9c.
(Step S37).

After transmitting the relay broadcast transmission information, the relay station 8 waits until the transmission result information is transmitted from the broadcast stations 9a to 9c (step S38). When the transmission result information is received, step S36 in the designated station telephone number storage area.
The service number of the line in which the designated station telephone number is registered is compared with the service number stored in the transmission result information area 26 (step S39). When the service numbers do not match as a result of the comparison (when the answer to step S40 is NO), the process moves to the next line (step S401) and step S40 is performed again. If the service numbers match (YES in step S40), the instruction station telephone number and the instruction station registered in the row corresponding to the service number in the instruction station telephone number registration area in the memory 3 are stored. By referring to the communication mode of No. 7, the relay result information is transmitted to the instruction station 7 (step S41), and this procedure ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when relay broadcast transmission is performed, the instruction station 7 to the relay station 8
Since the communication mode is instructed with respect to and the relay result information is transmitted to the instruction station 7 using the instructed communication mode, it is not necessary to try the facsimile communication while changing the communication mode. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time for transmitting the relay result information without significantly changing the existing electronic component. In addition, since the communication mode of the instruction station 7 is sent to the relay station 8 every time relay broadcast transmission is performed, complicated operations such as the relay station 8 pre-registering the communication mode of the instruction station 7 can be omitted,
Relay broadcast transmission can be easily performed.

[0025]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, the operation mode information is transmitted together with the image information when instructing the relay station to perform the relay broadcast transmission. There is an effect that complicated broadcast operations such as pre-registering the communication mode of the instruction station can be omitted and relay broadcast transmission can be easily performed.

According to the facsimile apparatus of claim 2, since the result of the broadcast transmission is transmitted to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station, the facsimile communication is tried while changing the communication mode. There is no need. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time required to transmit the result of the relay broadcast transmission from the relay station to the instruction station without drastically changing the existing electronic components. Also,
The effect that the operator can omit the complicated operation such as pre-registering the communication mode of the instruction station and easily perform the relay broadcast transmission can be obtained.

According to the relay broadcast transmission method of the facsimile apparatus of claim 4, the operation mode information is transmitted together with the image information when the instruction broadcast is instructed to the relay station at the instruction station, and the operation mode information is transmitted at the relay station. After the image information transmitted from the instruction station is broadcast to the broadcast station, the result of the broadcast transmission is transmitted to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station. Therefore, since it is not necessary to attempt communication using a communication mode that cannot be used, the time required to transmit the result of relay broadcast transmission from the relay station to the instruction station can be shortened, and the operator can The effect that the relay broadcast transmission can be easily performed by omitting the complicated operation such as registering the communication mode of the instruction station in advance is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a data flow between facsimile devices when performing relay broadcast transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relay instruction transmission information sent from an instruction station to a relay station.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a designated station telephone number storage area stored in a memory of a relay station.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of transmission result information sent from a broadcast station to a relay station.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relay result information sent from a relay station to an instruction station.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relay broadcast transmission information transmitted from a relay station to a broadcast station.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an instruction station when performing relay broadcast transmission.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a relay station when performing relay broadcast transmission.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Communication Mode Transmission Unit 2 Storage Unit 3 Memory 4 Result Transmission Unit 5 Relay Broadcast Unit 7 Instruction Station 8 Relay Stations 9a, 9b, 9c Broadcast Station

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus that operates as an instruction station during relay broadcast transmission, comprising operation mode transmission means for transmitting operation mode information together with image information when instructing the relay station to perform relay broadcast transmission. A facsimile machine characterized by. 2. In a facsimile apparatus which operates as a relay station during relay broadcast transmission, broadcast transmitting means for broadcasting image information transmitted from a relay broadcast instruction station to the broadcast station, and the instruction station. And a result transmitting means for transmitting the result of the broadcast transmission to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted together with the image information from the facsimile apparatus. 3. A storage unit for storing operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station, wherein the result transmission unit outputs the result of the broadcast transmission based on the operation mode information stored by the storage unit. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the facsimile apparatus is configured to transmit to an instruction station. 4. The instruction station transmits operation mode information together with image information when instructing a relay station to perform relay broadcast transmission, and the relay station broadcasts the transmitted image information to the broadcast station. A relay broadcast transmission method for a facsimile apparatus, comprising: transmitting the result of the broadcast transmission to the instruction station based on the operation mode information transmitted from the instruction station.