JPH1013645A - Image communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically return transmission message data for informing a reception state by executing a processing from the incoming call of image data to the automatic return of message data with a prescribed step. SOLUTION: The equipment is provided with an incoming call detection means 1, a control means 2, a received information storage means 4, a retrieval means 6, a transmission message data storage means 8, an automatic original means 10, a message data transmission means 11 and a transmission indication means 12. When the detection means 1 detects an incoming call, the control means 2 establishes connection. Then, reception information 3 is received and the retrieval means 6 retrieves transmission source information 5 in information 3. Then, data is received and data received state information 9 is stored in the storage means 4. When message data 7 exits, information 5 is received from the storage means 4 and the origination means 10 originates it. The indication means 12 gives the indication to transmit data 7 stored in the storage means 8 to the origination means 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in image communication such as facsimile communication, unilateral communication of data from a transmission side to a reception side has been performed. Also, when trying to confirm whether the transmission data has arrived at the other party, it has to be performed by telephone or other communication means, which is troublesome. For example, when the other party has been absent for a long period of time, the facsimile communication alone did not even know that the other party was absent.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, there is no means for notifying the status of the receiving side to the transmitting side. Therefore, the transmitting side checks whether the transmitted data has reached the receiving side normally. In order to do so, the user has to make a phone call.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image communication apparatus capable of automatically returning transmission message data for notifying a reception state.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image communication apparatus comprising: an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call; a control means for controlling data transmission / reception; a received information storing means for storing transmitted received information; Search means for searching for transmission source information from the reception information storage means, transmission message data storage means for storing transmission message data to be returned to the transmission source, and, after receiving the reception data, the transmission means searched and notified by the search means An automatic transmission means for automatically transmitting message data for notifying a data reception state based on the original information, a message data input means for inputting a message, and a transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of message data.

Further, message data transmission is performed on a communication protocol.

[0007]

According to the present invention, transmission message data for notifying a reception state can be automatically returned.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an image communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart of a data receiving process of the image communication method, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a message data transmission process of the image communication method, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a message data creating process of the image communication method.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call, 2 is a control means for controlling data transmission / reception, 3 is received information, 4 is a received information storage means for storing received received information 3, and 5 is a received information. Source information included in information 3, 6
Is retrieval means for retrieving transmission source information 5 from the reception information storage means 4, 7 is message data, 8 is message data 7.
9 is data reception status information indicating the status of data reception, 10 is automatic transmission means for performing automatic transmission according to transmission source information 5, and 11 is a message for inputting message data 7. The data input means 12 is a transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of message data. The message data may be any of voice information, facsimile information, electronic mail information, and the like.

In the image communication apparatus configured as described above, the data reception processing will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, incoming call detection means 1
Waits until a call is detected (step 1). When the call is received and the connection is established by the control means 2, the process proceeds to the next step. If not, the process proceeds to disconnection (step 2). Next, upon receiving the reception information 3, the search unit 6 searches the transmission source information 5 in the reception information 3 (step 3). Further, data reception is performed (step 4). The data reception state information 9 is stored in the reception information storage means 4 (Step 5). Finally, it waits for disconnection (step 6).

Next, the message transmission process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, source information 5
If has been acquired, the process proceeds to the next step, and if not, the process ends (step 7).

Next, if there is message data 7 to be transmitted, the process proceeds to the next step, and if not, the process is terminated (step 8). Then, the transmission source information 5 is received from the reception information storage means 4 and transmitted by the automatic transmission means 10 (step 9). When the connection is established by the control means 2, proceed to the next step.
The process returns to the transmission process again (step 10). The transmission instruction unit 12 instructs the automatic transmission unit 10 to transmit the message data 7 stored in the transmission message data storage unit 8 (Step 11). Finally, the connection is disconnected by the control means 2 (step 12).

FIG. 4 shows a message creation process.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, if there is the message data 7 in the transmission message data storage means 8,
The process proceeds to the next step, and if not, the process proceeds to a message writing process (step 13). If there is a message, it is checked whether writing is possible, and if possible, the process proceeds to a message writing process, and if not, the process proceeds to a data reception state adding process (step 14).

Next, message data is input by the message data input means 11 (step 15). Finally, the data reception state information 9 is added from the reception information storage means 4 to the transmission message data storage means 8 (step 1).
6). The operation when the message data is facsimile information will be described below. First, an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting means 2, and a connection is established by the control means.

Next, in the communication pre-processing, the received information 3
Is stored in the reception information storage means 4. The reception information 3 is A
It is stored as character data such as SCII characters and may be prefixed with the source information 5 in advance, or the source information 5 may be stored in a fixed address area. After receiving all the received information 3,
The search unit 6 searches the source information 5 from the received information 3 stored in the received information storage unit 4. If the sender information 5 can be searched, the sender information 5 is notified from the reception information storage unit 4 to the automatic transmission unit 10. If the search cannot be performed, automatic transmission cannot be performed.

In the facsimile communication, information (reception information 3) such as transmission / reception capability is exchanged before and after data transmission. Among them, there is frame data such as NSS (non-standard function setting) / TSI (transmission terminal identification), and the transmission data includes a fax number on the transmission side (source information 5). Therefore, an automatic reply can be made based on this data.
The transmission of the message data after the automatic transmission is performed is the same as the normal facsimile communication.

However, when the automatic transmission is performed by the communication protocol, the line is first closed after receiving the data. next,
If message transmission is performed based on the transmission source information, message data can be returned. In electronic mail communication, a sender address and the like are included as header information before mail data. Therefore, an automatic reply can be made based on this data. Similarly, for PC communication,
Telephone number, service content, user I
If D and the password can be obtained, transmission message data for notifying the reception state can be automatically returned.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically return transmission message data for notifying the reception state without taking an action for confirming the reception state from the transmission side. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a data reception processing flowchart of the image communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a message data transmission process of the image communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a message data creation process of the image communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Incoming detection means 2 Control means 3 Reception information 4 Reception information storage means 5 Sender information 6 Search means 7 Message data 8 Transmission message data storage means 9 Data reception status information 10 Automatic transmission means 11 Message data input means 12 Transmission instruction means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call, a control means for performing control for data transmission / reception, a received information storage means for storing transmitted received information, and a search for searching transmission source information from the received information storage means Means for storing transmission message data to be returned to the transmission source; and for notifying a data reception state based on the transmission source information notified and retrieved by the retrieval means after receiving the reception data. An image communication apparatus comprising: automatic transmission means for automatically transmitting the message data described above, message data input means for inputting a message, and transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of message data. 2. An incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call, a control means for controlling data transmission / reception, a received information storing means for storing transmitted received information, and a search for searching for transmission source information from the received information storing means. Means, transmission message data storage means for storing transmission message data to be returned to the transmission source, and, after receiving the reception data, searching by the search means, calling the transmission source based on the notified transmission source information, and An image communication apparatus comprising: an automatic transmission unit for automatically transmitting message data indicating a data reception state.