JPH11127334A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile equipment capable of rejecting the reception of unwanted communication by simple operation. SOLUTION: This facsimile equipment is constituted of a scanner 10 for reading out an original by prescribed linear density, a plotter 11 for recording and outputting received image information, an operation display part 12 provided with various operation keys and a display device, an image storage part 13 for storing image information, an encoding/decoding part 14 for compressively encoding image information and reproducibly decoding a compressed code, a network control part 16 provided with a MODEM and capable of executing a transmission procedure, a control part 17 for controlling the whole facsimile equipment, a ROM 18 for storing a program to be executed by the control part 17, and a RAM 19 for storing various parameters or the like necessary for control. When a received facsimile is an unnecessary one such as a direct mail, the facsimile equipment rejects the reception from the same destination thereafter by user's simple operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a P memory having a memory.
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for STN or ISDN.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus generally receives transmitted information passively. In order to eliminate unnecessary data from these received data and obtain only necessary data, a method of storing received data in a memory or the like and selecting the data is used.

[0003] As a conventional example of selecting the reception itself, there is a "facsimile apparatus" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-291960. In this conventional example, identification information of a destination to which reception is rejected, for example, a telephone number is registered in advance.

[0004]

However, in the above conventional example, when a direct mail or incorrect facsimile transmission data is received, an unnecessary received document is output to the facsimile machine on the receiving side.

In order to solve this problem, in the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6-291960, a user must manually input information for identifying a partner whose reception is to be rejected. Burden on the elderly. In addition, when the user inputs incorrect identification information, there is a problem that the reception refusal function does not work properly. Further, in the conventional example, since the notification of the caller number is not supported, even if the caller number is notified, it cannot be used. Although the user can set the partner whose reception is to be rejected by a simple operation, there is a problem in that if there is another reception before setting the reception rejection, it is impossible to determine which reception is the reception rejection.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can reject unnecessary communication by a simple operation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention uses a simple operation of a user when a received facsimile is unnecessary such as direct mail. Thereafter, reception from the same destination is rejected.

Further, it is preferable that the transmission source information and the reception number of the received facsimile are managed, and which reception facsimile is rejected for reception can be selected.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, if the facsimile received by the notification of the caller ID is an unnecessary one such as direct mail, the same caller ID can be obtained by a simple operation of the user. It is characterized by rejecting the reception from.

[0010] It is preferable that the transmission source information and the reception number of the received facsimile are managed to select which reception facsimile is rejected.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 4 show an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

<Structure> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the structure of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a scanner 10 for reading a document at a predetermined linear density, a plotter 11 for recording and outputting received image information, an operation display unit 12 having various operation keys and a display. An image storage unit 13 for storing image information, an encoding / decoding unit 14 for compressing / encoding image information and reproducing / decoding the compressed code, a network control unit 15 connected to a public line, and a modem. A communication control unit 16 for executing a procedure, a control unit 17 for controlling the entire facsimile machine, and a control unit 17
And a RAM 19 for storing various parameters and the like necessary for control.

An operation example of the facsimile apparatus having the above configuration will be described below with reference to FIGS. <Operation Example 1> In FIG. 2, when an incoming call is received in step S1, the control unit 17 issues a response instruction to the network control unit 15 (S1).
2) The information of the received transmission source is stored in the RAM 19 (S3), and is compared with the stored incoming call rejection data (S4).

If there is a mismatch at step S4 (S4
/ NO), and outputs the facsimile original received from the plotter 11 (S5). The user checks the output facsimile manuscript, and if it is unnecessary such as direct mail or incorrect facsimile, presses a predetermined key of the display operation unit 12, for example, a rejection key (S6 / YE).
S). When detecting this, the control unit 17 stores the transmission source information stored in the RAM 19 as reception rejection data (S7).

When there is an incoming call, a response is made, the received transmission source information is compared with the reception refusal data, and if they match (S4 / YES), the reception is performed but the facsimile document is not output but discarded. (S8).

<Operation Example 2> In the operation example 2 shown in FIG. 3, when a caller number is notified (S12 / YES) when an incoming call is received (S11), the control unit 17 stores the caller number in the RAM.
In addition to storing the data in the storage unit 19 and before responding, the stored data is compared with the stored reception refusal data (S13).

When the caller ID is not notified (S12 /
(NO), or, if notified but does not match the reception refusal data (S13 / NO), the processing after step S2 of the operation example 1 shown in FIG.

Thereafter, if the user presses the rejection key, the control unit 17 checks whether the caller number has been notified, and if so, stores it as reception rejection data. If the caller number is not notified, the information of the transmission source notified by the facsimile protocol is stored as reception rejection data.

When there is an incoming call, the caller number is notified, the reception rejection data is compared with the reception rejection caller number, and if they match (S13 / YES), the call is not answered (S13 / YES).
14).

If there is a reception, the control unit 17 obtains a different reception number for each reception, and if the caller number is notified to the RAM 19, it is notified. The information and the reception number are stored in association with each other, and the reception number is printed on a received document output from the plotter 11.

<Operation Example 3> In Operation Example 3 shown in FIG. 4, when the user presses the reception rejection key as in Operation Examples 1 and 2 (S21), the control unit 17 The stored reception numbers are displayed as a list (S22).
The user selects the reception number printed on the recording paper from the displayed list (S23). The control unit 17
The information of the transmission source associated with the selected reception number is stored as reception rejection data (S24). The subsequent processing at the time of an incoming call is the same as in the first and second operation examples.

The major difference between the above embodiment and the conventional example is that
In contrast to the prior art in which the user inputs identification information each time a recipient is to be rejected, the present embodiment allows the recipient to be rejected by a simple operation.

The above embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, it is not limited to this.
Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0024]

As is clear from the above description, claim 1
The facsimile apparatus of the invention described above rejects reception from the same destination thereafter by a simple operation of the user when the received facsimile is unnecessary such as direct mail. Therefore, the user can specify an unnecessary facsimile transmission source with a simple operation, and thereafter reject facsimile reception from the transmission source.

In addition, since all the information sent from the transmission source at the time of reception is stored and used as the data of the reception refusal destination, regardless of the presence or absence of the notification of the caller number or the caller name, The transmission source can be specified and the reception refusal function can be activated without the user being aware of the content of the transmitted information.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, if the facsimile received by the notification of the caller ID is an unnecessary one such as a direct mail, the same caller ID is obtained by a simple operation of the user. Refuse to receive from. Therefore, the user can specify an unnecessary facsimile transmission source without having to worry about whether or not the caller ID has been notified. , It is possible to reduce unnecessary use of the line.

Further, even when a plurality of receptions are made, setting of rejection of reception for a specific reception can be performed by a simple operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 scanner 11 plotter 12 operation display unit 13 image storage unit 14 encoding / decoding unit 15 network control unit 16 communication control unit 17 control unit 18 ROM 19 RAM

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus characterized in that if a received facsimile is an unnecessary one such as a direct mail, the facsimile apparatus rejects subsequent reception from the same destination by a simple operation of a user. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission source information and the reception number of the received facsimile are managed, and it is possible to select which reception facsimile is rejected. 3. If the facsimile received by notifying the caller ID is an unnecessary one such as a direct mail, the reception from the same caller ID is rejected thereafter by a simple operation of the user. Facsimile machine. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transmission source information and the reception number of the received facsimile are managed, and it is possible to select which reception facsimile is to be rejected.