JPH1098604A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide facsimile equipment in which destination information is registered while remarkably reducing the burden on the operator. SOLUTION: Destination information stored in a destination information memory 13 is sent to a designated receiver side terminal equipment by a transmission control section 7 with a command of a control section 1 in the case of a transmission operation. In the case of a reception operation, a polling reception request is outputted by a command of the control section 1, destination information stored in a transmitter side terminal equipment is received efficiently and registered to a destination information memory 13. When destination information such as a telephone directory or an abbreviation dial or the like is registered only for a main terminal equipment of a facsimile communication system, the information is registered automatically to other terminal equipments as required so as to relieve the burden on the operator for the operation. In the case of transmitting the destination information, the destination information is transmitted while the security is secured by the selective designation of the control section 1, and the destination information is sent efficiently to other designated transfer destination than the designated receiver side terminal equipment simultaneously while reducing the communication cost.

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 transmitting and registering destination information such as a telephone directory and speed dial.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a facsimile communication system in which a plurality of terminals are connected to each other via a communication line has been widely used. For example, in a company having a large number of business offices, a facsimile machine provided at each business office and the head office is provided. The terminals are configured to be connectable to each other via a communication line, and image information is transmitted and received between business offices or between a head office and business offices. In this case, in order to smoothly and efficiently transmit and receive between the offices or between the head office and the office, each facsimile terminal registers destination information such as the telephone directory and speed dial of all other facsimile terminals. It is necessary to. As described above, when the destination information regarding the other facsimile terminal is registered, the operator of the facsimile terminal can easily and quickly transmit the image information to be transmitted to the destination.

[0003]

However, registering destination information of all other facsimile terminals in each facsimile terminal imposes a heavy burden on the operator as the scale of the facsimile communication system increases. .

The present invention has been made in view of the current state of registration of destination information in a facsimile terminal constituting a facsimile communication system as described above, and its purpose is to register the destination information by an operator. Is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of greatly reducing the number of times.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when operating as a transmitting terminal, a plurality of terminals transmit to a destination based on the stored destination information. Connected to each other via a communication terminal and a receiving terminal designated as, transmitting image information to the receiving terminal, when operating as a receiving terminal, a transmitting terminal that becomes a transmitting side in the plurality of terminals, A facsimile apparatus connected to each other via the communication line based on the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal and receiving image information transmitted from the transmitting terminal; Destination information transmitting means for transmitting destination information from the plurality of terminals to a designated receiving terminal; and transmitting the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal from a transmitting terminal serving as a transmitting side in the plurality of terminals. Receive destination information And, it is characterized in that it has a receiving registration means for registering as a destination information.

[0006] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the reception registration means receives and registers the destination information by a polling reception request. It is a feature.

[0007] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention is different from the first aspect of the invention in that the receiving side information specified by the destination information transmitting means when the destination information is transmitted. In addition to the terminal, a transfer destination specifying means for specifying a transfer destination of the destination information is provided.

[0008] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to a fourth aspect is directed to a facsimile apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the destination information transmitting means transmits the facsimile information. A selection specifying means for selecting and specifying the other party information is provided.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a data format used in the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of the identifier of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the data structure of the telephone directory and speed dial of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transmitting terminal of the present embodiment,
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the receiving terminal according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the transfer operation at the relay station according to the present embodiment.

The facsimile terminal according to the present embodiment has the configuration shown in FIG.
A ROM 12 in which a program for a facsimile transmission / reception operation is stored via a bus B in a control unit 1 for controlling the entire operation, and various data are written and read during the transmission / reception operation. A RAM 3, a parameter memory 11 for storing various parameters, an encoding / decoding unit 8 for performing encoding / decoding operations, and a communication control unit 7 for controlling transmission / reception are connected. And
The control unit 1 and the communication control unit 7 are connected to a modem 9 that performs a modulation / demodulation operation during transmission and reception. The control unit 1 and the modem 9 are connected to a network control device 6 that controls a line.

Similarly, in the facsimile terminal according to the present embodiment, the control unit 1 stores, via the bus B, a destination information memory 1 in which destination information such as a telephone directory and speed dial is stored.
3. An image memory 10 for storing image data, an operation display unit 2 on which various operations are performed by an operator and various displays are performed during operation, a plotter 5 for performing a printing operation based on image data, and a document image A scanner 4 for reading is connected. In this embodiment, a plurality of facsimile terminals as shown in FIG. 1 are connected to each other via a communication line.

By the way, in the facsimile terminal of the present embodiment, the control unit 1 transmits the destination information stored in the destination information memory 13 to the receiving terminal, Receives the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal from the destination information memory 13
, A destination registering means for specifying a destination other than the receiving terminal designated by the destination information transmitting means when transmitting the destination information, and a destination information transmitted by the destination information transmitting means. A selection designation means for designation is provided.

The data format used for transmission and reception in the present embodiment is, as shown in FIG.
0, data 31, and end code 32,
0, as shown in FIG. 3, is designated corresponding to the telephone directory and the speed dial, and the telephone directory and the speed dial file are as shown in FIG.

The operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be described. When the facsimile terminal transmits the destination information stored in the destination information memory 13, the operator operates the operation display unit 2 to input a destination information transmission command and input a destination telephone number. Is performed, the control unit 1 detects the destination information transmission command, and according to the transmission program related to the destination information read from the ROM 12,
The destination information selected and specified by the selection specifying means is read from the destination information memory 13, and the read destination information is encoded by the encoding / decoding unit 8.

Then, in step S1 of FIG. 5, a format as shown in FIG. 2 is created based on the destination information in accordance with a command from the control unit 1, and data is compressed in step S2. A transmission protocol of the destination information is established with the facsimile terminal, and the communication control unit 7 transmits the destination information excluding the information kept secret by the selection designation unit to the modem 9 and the network control unit 6.
Via the communication line to the destination facsimile terminal.

On the other hand, when the facsimile terminal receives the destination information, in step S11 of FIG. 6, a call from the source facsimile terminal in accordance with a command from the control unit 1 causes a reception protocol of the destination information to be received. Is established, and in step S12, the communication control unit 7 receives the destination information via the network control device 6 and the modem 9, and stores the destination information in the RAM 3. Next, when the reception is completed, the control section 1 reads out the destination information from the RAM 3 and expands the data in step S13.
The format is analyzed in step S14, and the received destination information is stored in the corresponding area of the destination information memory 13.

When the facsimile terminal transmits destination information, if there is a destination to which destination information is to be transferred in addition to the designated destination, the operator sets
A transfer command is input at the same time as the operation of specifying the telephone number of the transmission destination, and the operation of specifying the input of the telephone number of the transfer destination is performed on the operation display unit 2. In this case, the transmission of the destination information to the designated destination facsimile terminal, the reception of the destination information at the destination facsimile terminal, and the reception At the same time, the relay station establishes a protocol with the transfer destination facsimile terminal in step S21 of the flowchart of FIG. 7 and receives the destination information in step S22. In step S23, the information is transferred to the destination facsimile terminal. Then, in the transfer destination facsimile terminal that has received the destination information, as described above, the data is decompressed in step S24, the format is analyzed in step S25, and the received destination information is determined in step S26. Is the destination information memory 1
3 is stored in the corresponding area.

Further, in the present embodiment, the facsimile terminal on the receiving side can request transmission of the destination information to the facsimile terminal as the transmission source by polling. When a polling command is input in the section 2 and a facsimile terminal as a transmission source is designated, a polling signal is output. In this case,
In the facsimile terminal that is the transmission source, data format creation and compression are performed for the destination information, the obtained data is stored in the RAM 3, and a state in which a response to a request by a polling signal is set is set, as described above. Then, the destination information is transmitted to the facsimile terminal requesting the transmission.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, destination information such as the telephone directory and speed dial of all facsimile terminals is registered and stored in one main terminal of a plurality of facsimile terminals constituting the facsimile communication system. And, in other facsimile terminals, without imposing an operational burden on the operator, automatically receive the destination information by polling reception request or by voluntary transmission from the main terminal,
It becomes possible to register in the destination information memory 13. Also, in this case, the destination information can be simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of facsimile terminals at a reduced transmission cost by specifying the transfer destination specifying means of the control unit 1, and the destination information can be transmitted by specifying the selection specifying means. Is selected and transmitted, so that the confidentiality of the destination information can be maintained.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when operating as a transmitting terminal, a plurality of terminals communicate with a receiving terminal designated as a destination via a communication line based on the stored destination information. Connected to each other, transmit image information to the specified receiving terminal, and when operating as a receiving terminal,
A transmitting terminal, which is a transmitting terminal among a plurality of terminals, is connected to each other via a communication line based on destination information stored in the transmitting terminal, and receives image information transmitted from the transmitting terminal. However, when operating as a transmitting terminal, the stored destination information can be transmitted from a plurality of terminals to a designated receiving terminal by the destination information transmitting means. By means, the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal can be received from the transmitting terminal that is the transmitting side among the plurality of terminals and registered as the destination information. If the information is registered and stored in one main terminal, it can be automatically registered in another terminal as needed, and the operational burden on the operator can be greatly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect obtained by the first aspect of the present invention, the reception registering means receives and registers the destination information in response to the polling reception request, so that the destination information is stored. It is possible to efficiently transmit the destination information from the main terminal that performs the communication to another terminal.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect obtained by the first aspect of the present invention, the receiving side terminal designated by the destination information transmitting means at the time of transmitting the destination information by the destination specifying means. In addition to this, it is possible to specify the destination of the destination information, so that the main terminal storing the destination information can efficiently transmit the destination information to a plurality of other terminals by reducing the communication cost. It becomes possible.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect obtained by the first aspect of the present invention, the destination information transmitted by the destination information transmitting means by the selection specifying means is provided. Is designated, the confidentiality of specific destination information can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a data format used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of the identifier of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of a telephone directory and speed dial in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the transmitting terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the receiving terminal of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a transfer operation in the relay station of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Operation display part 4 Scanner 5 Plotter 6 Network control device 7 Communication control part 8 Encoding / decoding part 10 Image memory 13 Destination information memory

Claims (4)

[Claims] When operating as a transmitting terminal, based on stored destination information, a plurality of terminals are connected to a receiving terminal designated as a destination via a communication line, and the image information is transmitted to the receiving terminal. Transmit to the receiving terminal, when operating as a receiving terminal, a transmitting terminal to be a transmitting side in the plurality of terminals, based on the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal, the communication line A facsimile apparatus that is connected to each other via the transmission side terminal and receives image information transmitted from the transmission side terminal, and the stored destination information is transmitted from the plurality of terminals to a designated reception side terminal. Transmitting means, and receiving and registering means for receiving the destination information stored in the transmitting terminal from a transmitting terminal that is a transmitting side in the plurality of terminals, and registering the destination information as the destination information. Feature Facsimile device that. 2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reception registration means receives and registers said destination information in response to a polling reception request. 3. A transfer for designating a transfer destination of the destination information to the facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, in addition to a receiving terminal specified by the destination information transmitting means when transmitting the destination information. A facsimile apparatus comprising a destination designation means. 4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection designation unit for selecting and specifying said destination information transmitted by said destination information transmission unit. A facsimile machine characterized by the above.