JPH11177800A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile equipment with which a transmission source telephone number reported from a line is registered as the transmission destination and is effectively utilized. SOLUTION: When an incoming signal is received, a facsimile equipment 1 acquires and temporarily stores the transmission source telephone number reported from the line through a primary response by a call originating telephone number notice service, facsimile communication is started, and a transmission source name transmitted from the facsimile equipment of an opposite is acquired and temporarily stored. When an incoming call is not a polling transmission request, image information is received, and when facsimile reception is finished, corresponding to selection, the acquired transmission source telephone number of name is registered in a RAM 4. When the transfer destination is registered is the RAM 4, information is transferred to that transfer destination. If the incoming call is the polling transmission request, the image information in the image memory is read, polling transmission is performed to the party registered on the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4 and corresponding to selection, the acquired transmission source telephone number is registered in the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4 as the member of a polling group related to the transmitted image information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus that effectively utilizes a calling telephone number notification service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus transmits a destination telephone number to be used for facsimile communication to a destination of a telephone number at the time of transmission or manually by a user in advance, or stores the destination telephone number in a memory. The data is stored together with the destination name and the like, and at the time of transmission, the user selects the destination telephone number stored in the memory and transmits it.

Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus registers a manually input destination telephone number in a memory corresponding to a one-touch number or abbreviated number manually input from an operation unit, and allows a user to transmit the telephone number when transmitting. By simply instructing a registered one-touch number or abbreviated number, an automatic call is made to the designated destination, thereby simplifying the calling operation and improving operability.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, since the other party's telephone number is manually entered, erroneous entry of the other party's telephone number cannot be avoided, and If a telephone number is entered, a call is made to the wrongly entered destination as it is, or after being registered in the memory, a call is made. Not only is it impossible to perform facsimile transmission properly, but also There is a problem that the input destination is annoying.

[0005] On the other hand, in the telephone network today, a caller telephone number notification service for notifying the receiver of information such as the telephone number of the caller (hereinafter referred to as ID information as necessary) has been planned. It is in the practical stage.

In this calling telephone number notification service, an ID receiving terminal activation signal is transmitted from a line exchange to a receiving terminal, and when a primary response is received from the receiving terminal, calling ID information (information such as a source telephone number) is received. When a receiving completion signal is received from the receiving terminal, a normal calling signal is transmitted, and when there is a secondary response, normal communication is started.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
The source telephone number notified from the line by the calling telephone number notification service is obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means, and the destination name is obtained by the destination name obtaining means from the facsimile control signal transmitted from the other party facsimile apparatus. By storing the source telephone number and the destination name in the destination storage means in correspondence with each other, the destination telephone number can be automatically registered appropriately without erroneous input such as manual input. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine capable of automatically registering a new telephone number in a destination storage means once receiving a call even if the telephone number is changed, thereby improving the usability. And

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, at the time of an incoming call, if the incoming call is a polling transmission request, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the destination name obtained by the destination name obtaining means are displayed. By grouping each image information as a polling transmission destination and storing it in the destination storage means, the destination of the polling request can be easily and easily managed for each image information, and direct mail transmission by facsimile can be easily performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of performing the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system in which a telephone number and a destination name of a transmission destination are input from an operation means for inputting a telephone number and a destination name of a transmission destination, and a call originating telephone number obtained by a source telephone number obtaining means. The other party telephone number automatically registered based on the outgoing phone number notification service by adding the discriminating information for distinguishing between the original phone number and the sender name acquired by the sender name acquiring means and storing it in the other party storage means. Etc., or the phone number of the other party registered by manual input operation when the phone number of the other party is changed and the old phone number or the other party name is deleted. In addition, it is possible to appropriately and easily judge unnecessary phone numbers of destinations based on discrimination information such as phone numbers in which a plurality of phone numbers with the same destination name are registered, and to improve usability. And its object is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can further improve Ri.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided inquiry information as to whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are registered in the destination storage means. To the notifying means, and in response to an instruction operation as to whether or not to perform registration from the operating means, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the By deciding whether or not to register in the destination storage means, rejection of automatic registration of the destination telephone number in the destination storage means is selected, and unnecessary destination telephones such as in the case of a reception-only facsimile machine are selected. It prevents the number from being automatically registered, and prevents the number of destinations that can be registered by manual registration from being limited by rejecting automatic registration when the recipient and the recipient are different. To further improve And its object is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when a transfer destination telephone number is registered in the destination storage means in correspondence with the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition means, facsimile reception from the destination is possible. After temporarily storing the image information in the image information storage means, the image information is transmitted by facsimile to the destination of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the destination storage means in correspondence with the source telephone number. It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of automatically determining whether or not to transfer received image information in facsimile communication between facsimile apparatuses, performing appropriate transfer processing, and further improving usability.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are stored in the destination storage means as the source telephone number to be transferred. Informing the notification means of whether or not to register, the notifying means, and temporarily storing the received image information in the image information storage means in response to the instruction operation of whether or not to perform the registration from the operating means, and then setting the transfer destination To control whether or not to perform a transfer process for transferring to the destination, and whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means can be registered in the destination storage means. By appropriately determining whether or not the received image information is to be transferred, the telephone number that is used to determine whether or not the received image information is to be transferred is automatically registered according to the selection to further enhance the usability. To improve And its object is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus which is connected to a line for providing an outgoing telephone number notification service and transmits / receives image information to / from a partner facsimile apparatus by a predetermined facsimile communication procedure. In the case of an incoming call, a source telephone number obtaining means for obtaining a source telephone number notified by the calling telephone number notification service, and obtaining a destination name from a facsimile control signal transmitted from the destination facsimile apparatus Destination name obtaining means, a destination storage number storing destination telephone number and destination name, and, at the time of an incoming call, the source telephone number and the destination name obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means Control means for storing the destination name acquired by the acquisition means in the destination storage means in association with the destination name,
With the provision of the above, the above object is achieved.

According to the above arrangement, at the time of an incoming call, the source telephone number notified from the line by the source telephone number notification service is obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means, and the facsimile control signal transmitted from the other party facsimile apparatus. The destination name is obtained by the destination name obtaining means, and the source telephone number and the destination name are associated with each other and stored in the destination storage means. In addition to automatically registering the other party's phone number, even if the other party's phone number is changed, once received, the new phone number can be automatically registered in the other party's storage means. , The usability of the facsimile machine can be improved.

In this case, for example, the facsimile apparatus has a polling transmission function of transmitting image information when an incoming call accompanied by a polling transmission request is received from a partner facsimile apparatus. Image information storage means for storing image information, wherein the other party storage means uses the telephone number and the other party name of the polling destination as the polling destination for each of the pieces of image information stored in the image information storage means. When the incoming call is a polling transmission request, the control unit obtains the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining unit and obtains the destination name obtaining unit The destination name set as the polling transmission destination may be grouped for each image information and stored in the destination storage unit. .

According to the above arrangement, at the time of an incoming call, if the incoming call is a polling transmission request, the transmission source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the destination name obtained by the destination name obtaining means are transmitted by polling. Since the destinations are grouped for each image information and stored in the destination storage means, the destination of the polling request can be easily and easily managed for each image information, and direct mail transmission by facsimile is easily performed. be able to.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 3, the facsimile apparatus further includes an operation means for inputting a telephone number of the transmission destination and the name of the destination, and the destination storage means includes: The destination telephone number and the destination name input from the operation means are also stored,
The control unit may include the destination telephone number and the destination name input from the operation unit, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining unit, and the transmission source obtained by the source name obtaining unit. It may be that the discriminating information for discriminating from the original name is added and stored in the destination storage means.

According to the above arrangement, the destination telephone number and the destination name input from the operating means for inputting the telephone number and the destination name of the transmission destination and the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means. Since the discriminating information for discriminating the number and the caller name acquired by the caller name acquisition means is added and stored in the other party storage means, the other party telephone number or the like automatically registered based on the caller telephone number notification service. Or
Alternatively, it is possible to easily identify whether the telephone number is a registered telephone number or the like that has been manually input and registered, and when the telephone number of the telephone number is changed and the old telephone number or the telephone name is deleted, the same is performed. Judgment is appropriately made based on discriminating information such as a telephone number in which a plurality of telephone numbers of the destination name are registered, and erasing of unnecessary destination telephone numbers is appropriately and easily performed, thereby further improving usability. Can be done.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 4, the facsimile apparatus further includes a notifying unit for notifying predetermined information, and an operating unit for performing a predetermined instruction operation, and the control unit includes: Informing the notification means whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are registered in the destination storage means. The source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining unit and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining unit in response to an instruction operation of whether to perform registration from the operating unit. It may control whether registration in the destination storage means is possible or not.

According to the above configuration, the inquiry information as to whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are registered in the destination storage means is notified. Notifying to the means, and responding to the instruction operation whether or not to register from the operating means, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the destination of the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means Since registration in the storage means is performed, rejection of automatic registration of the other party's telephone number in the other party's storage means is selected, and an unnecessary other party's telephone number is automatically set as in the case of a reception-only facsimile machine. Registration can be prevented, and when the recipient and the recipient are different, automatic registration can be refused and the number of recipients that can be registered by manual registration can be prevented from being limited. , Use us It can be further improved.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 5, the facsimile apparatus further includes image information storage means for storing image information, and the destination storage means is associated with a source telephone number. The control unit also stores the destination telephone number of the received image information, and the control unit stores the destination telephone number in the destination storage unit corresponding to the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition unit. Once registered,
After temporarily storing the image information received by facsimile from the destination in the image information storage means, the destination of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the destination storage means corresponding to the source telephone number May be transmitted by facsimile.

According to the above configuration, if the transfer destination telephone number is registered in the destination storage means in correspondence with the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition means, the image received by facsimile from the destination is obtained. After the information is temporarily stored in the image information storage means, facsimile transmission to the destination of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the destination storage means corresponding to the source telephone number is performed. Also in the facsimile communication, it is possible to automatically determine whether or not to transfer the received image information, perform the transfer processing appropriately, and further improve the usability.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 6, the facsimile apparatus has a notifying means for notifying predetermined information, an operating means for performing a predetermined instruction operation, and an image information storage means for storing image information. The destination storage means also stores a transfer destination telephone number of the received image information in association with the caller telephone number, and the control means acquires the caller telephone number acquisition means. Inform the informing means whether or not to register the source telephone number and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means as the source telephone number of the transfer target in the destination storage means. In response to an instruction operation from the operation unit as to whether or not to perform registration, after temporarily storing the received image information in the image information storage unit, whether or not to perform a transfer process of transferring the received image information to the transfer destination as well as Serial outgoing may be one that controls the acquired obtained whether registration in the destination storage means of said source name of the source telephone number and the sender name obtaining means based on the telephone number acquisition means.

According to the above arrangement, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are registered in the destination storage means as the source telephone number to be transferred. The notification information is notified to the notification means, and the received image information is temporarily stored in the image information storage means in response to the instruction operation for registering from the operation means, and then transferred to the transfer destination. Control is performed to determine whether or not to perform transfer processing, and whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means can be registered in the destination storage means. It is possible to appropriately determine whether the received image information is the target received image information, and it is possible to automatically register a telephone number that is used to determine whether the received image information is the transfer target received image information according to the selection. Availability It is possible to improve.

[0025]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus 1 to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied. It is.

In FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 1
PU (Central Processing Unit) 2, ROM (Read O
nly Memory) 3, RAM (Random Access Memory) 4,
Operation display unit 5, image reading unit 6, image output unit 7, encoding /
Decoding unit 8, image memory 9, modem 10, network control unit 1
1, communication control unit 12, source telephone number detection / storage unit 13
And a transmission source name detection / storage section 14 and the like.

The ROM 3 stores a basic processing program as the facsimile machine 1, and also includes a destination information acquisition / storage control processing program, which will be described later, and various data and system data necessary for executing these processing programs. Etc. are stored.

The CPU (control means) 2 controls each part of the facsimile machine 1 based on a program in the ROM 3 while using the RAM 4 as a work memory, executes processing as the facsimile machine 1, and executes a process to be described later. Execute destination information acquisition / storage control processing.

The RAM (destination storage means) 4 is used as a work memory of the CPU 2 as described above, and also includes a source telephone number and a source name detected by a source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 described later. The source name detected by the detection / storage unit 14 is stored in the destination storage area in association with the source telephone number and the source name, and the destination information, which is the destination information input from the operation display unit 5, is stored. The telephone number is stored in the destination storage area in association with the destination name. The RAM 4 stores the source telephone number input from the operation display unit 5 and the destination telephone number in association with each other in the destination storage area, and the source telephone number detected by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13. And source name detection
The source name detected by the storage unit 14 is stored in the transfer destination storage area in association with the destination telephone number input from the operation display unit 5 and the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13.
Source telephone number and source name detected by
4 is associated with the image information in the image memory 9 for each polling group and stored in the polling destination storage area as a polling destination. Furthermore, RAM4
Stores the destination telephone number in the abbreviated / one-touch storage area in association with the abbreviated number or the one-touch number.

The operation display unit (operation means, notification means) 5
It has various operation keys such as a numeric keypad, a start key, a one-touch key, and a function key, and also has a display (for example, a liquid crystal display). From the operation keys, input operations of various commands such as a transmission operation are performed. Means), the contents of the command input from the operation keys or the facsimile machine 1 to the facsimile machine 1
Various information to be notified to the operator is displayed. Especially,
An operation of setting whether or not to automatically register the source telephone number detected by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 and the source name detected by the source name detection / storage unit 14 in the RAM 4 is performed. The CPU 2 registers the content of the setting of the automatic registration in a predetermined area of the RAM 4.

The image reading section 6 is, for example, a CCD (Charge).
An image scanner or the like using a coupled device is used, and generally includes an ADF (automatic document feeder). On the ADF, a plurality of originals are set.
The ADF feeds the set documents one by one to the document reading position of the image reading unit 6. The image reading section 6 scans a document conveyed from the ADF and reads an image of the document at a predetermined resolution.

As the image output unit 7, for example, a thermal recording device using a thermal element or an electrophotographic recording device is used, and the received image, the image read by the image reading unit 6, necessary management files, and the like are used. Is output on recording paper.

The encoding / decoding unit 8 is for improving the efficiency of storing the image information in the image memory 9 and shortening the transmission time, and encodes the image information according to a predetermined encoding method. In addition, the encoded image information is decoded.

The image memory (image information storage means) 9 is composed of, for example, a hard disk or the like, and stores the image information of the original read by the image reading section 6 and the received image information.

The modem 10 is connected to the communication control unit 12 and the network control unit 11, and performs modulation of a transmission signal and demodulation of a reception signal.

The communication control unit 12 operates under the control of the CPU 12, exchanges facsimile control signals with a facsimile machine of the other party, and executes a facsimile communication procedure.

A line L, for example, a public telephone line or the like, is connected to the network control unit 11 so that a call from the line L is automatically received and an automatic call processing to the line L is performed. Do.

This line L is connected to an exchange which provides a calling telephone number notification service, notifies the called party of the calling party's telephone number, and sends the called party's telephone number together with a predetermined calling party telephone number non-notification number. When the destination phone number is sent,
A caller telephone number notifying service for notifying the caller telephone number is provided.

The source telephone number detection / storage unit (source telephone number acquisition means) 13 operates under the control of the CPU 2 and
The transmission source telephone number notified by the transmission telephone number notification service provided by the line L is acquired and temporarily stored in the transmission source telephone number temporary storage area of the internal memory.

The transmission source name detection / storage unit (destination name acquisition means) 14 operates under the control of the CPU 2 and transmits a TTI (Transmitte
When the destination name is transmitted by (r Terminal Identification) or the like, the destination name is acquired and temporarily stored in the source name temporary storage area of the internal memory.

When there is an incoming call accompanied by a polling transmission request from the partner facsimile device, the facsimile device 1
A polling transmission function for transmitting image information in the image memory 9 associated with the destination to the destination registered in the destination storage area of M4 is provided.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The facsimile apparatus 1 is characterized in that a source telephone number and a source name notified at the time of an incoming call are registered in the RAM 4 and used at the time of transmission.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile apparatus 1 receives an incoming signal (step S1).
The CPU 2 causes the network control unit 11 to make a primary response, and causes the transmission source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 to acquire the transmission source telephone number notified from the line L by the transmission telephone number notification service. When the source telephone number is notified from the line L, the source telephone number detection / storage section 13 detects this and stores it in the temporary storage area of the source telephone number in the internal memory (step S2).

Next, the CPU 2 controls the modem 10, the network control unit 11 and the communication control unit 12 to start facsimile communication according to a predetermined protocol, and when the source name is transmitted from the partner facsimile machine, The transmission source name detection / storage unit 14 obtains the transmission source name. That is, the source name detection / storage unit 14 checks whether the destination name is transmitted by the facsimile communication protocol, and when the destination name is transmitted, acquires the destination name and stores it in the internal memory. Is stored in the destination name temporary storage area (step S4).

The CPU 2 checks whether the request is a polling transmission request (step S5). If the request is not a polling transmission request, the CPU 2 determines that the reception is a normal reception, continues the facsimile communication procedure, and is transmitted from the partner facsimile apparatus. The image information is sequentially received (step S6). When all the image information is received, a normal facsimile control procedure is executed, and the facsimile reception ends (step S6).
7).

Next, the CPU 2 checks whether or not to automatically register the telephone number of the other party (step S8). Whether or not to perform the automatic registration is set by the operator by operating the keys on the operation display unit 5.
PU2 registers in RAM4. The CPU 2 uses this RAM
By searching the setting contents of 4 whether or not there is automatic registration,
Checks whether to automatically register the destination phone number.

In step S8, when performing automatic registration of the destination telephone number, the CPU 2 detects the source telephone number.
The source telephone number stored in the temporary source telephone number storage area of the storage unit 13 is registered in the destination storage area of the RAM 4 (step S9), and the source name temporary storage area of the source name detection / storage unit 14 is registered. Is stored in the destination storage area of the RAM 4 in association with the source telephone number. At this time, an on-line automatic registration flag (identification information) indicating that the telephone number is a telephone number registered by automatic registration is set for the telephone number to be automatically registered. Sets an off automatic registration flag to the source telephone number registered in the destination storage area of the RAM 4 by key operation, that is, the destination telephone number. This automatic registration flag is used when displaying the other party's telephone number on the display of the operation display unit 5 at the time of operation such as transmission or change / deletion of the registered contents. The discrimination information as to whether or not the selected telephone number is displayed is used as reference information for selecting a transmission destination.

Also, the source telephone number is not notified from the line L, and the source telephone number is
If the caller telephone number is not stored in the temporary caller telephone number storage area of No. 3, there is no caller telephone number to be registered.
2 ends the process as it is and returns to step S1.

Next, the CPU 2 detects the caller telephone number.
It is checked whether the source telephone number obtained from the storage unit 13 matches the source telephone number stored in the destination storage area of the RAM 4 (step S10), and the source telephone number stored in the destination storage area is checked. If it matches, the transfer destination telephone number registered corresponding to the source telephone number in the destination storage area is obtained, and the transfer processing for transferring the received image information to the destination telephone number destination is performed. The process ends (step S11).

At step S10, the caller telephone number is detected and
If the source telephone number obtained from the storage unit 13 does not match the source telephone number stored in the transfer destination storage area of the RAM 4, the CPU 2 determines that the reception is normal facsimile reception, and terminates the processing as it is. The process returns to step S1.

If the request is a polling transmission request in step S5, the CPU 2 causes the source telephone number detection / storage unit 1
Based on the source telephone number obtained in step 3, the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4 is searched, image information associated with the source telephone number is read out from the image memory 9, and polling transmission is performed to the destination (see FIG. 3). Step S1
2).

When polling transmission is completed normally, the CP
U2 executes a normal facsimile communication procedure, terminates the facsimile communication (step S13), and checks whether or not to perform automatic registration of the destination telephone number (step S14).

In step S 14, when automatically registering the destination telephone number, the CPU 2 stores the source telephone number stored in the source telephone number temporary storage area of the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 in the RAM 4. It is registered in the polling destination storage area as a member of the polling group associated with the transmitted image information, and the process ends, returning to step S1 (step S15). At this time, when the sender name is stored in the sender name temporary storage area of the sender name detection / storage unit 14, the sender name is made to correspond to the sender telephone number and the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4 is stored. Register with. In registering the source telephone number in the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4, the automatic registration flag is set to ON.

Further, the transmission source telephone number is not notified from the line L, and the transmission source telephone number is not transmitted.
If the caller telephone number is not stored in the temporary caller telephone number storage area of No. 3, there is no caller telephone number to be registered.
2 ends the process as it is and returns to step S1.

If automatic registration of the other party's telephone number is not to be performed in step S14, the process is terminated and the process returns to step S1.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, when receiving an incoming call, obtains the source telephone number notified from the line L by the calling telephone number notification service, and receives the facsimile transmitted from the other party facsimile apparatus. The destination name is obtained from the control signal, and the source telephone number and the destination name are associated with each other and stored in the destination storage area of the RAM 4. Therefore, it is possible to automatically register the other party's phone number properly without erroneous input like manual input, and even if the other party's phone number is changed, once it is received, it will automatically be A new telephone number can be automatically registered in the destination storage area of the RAM 4, and the usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be improved.

When the facsimile apparatus 1 receives a call, if the call is a polling transmission request, the facsimile apparatus 1 obtains the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 and the destination telephone number detection / storage unit 14. Since the destination names that have been polled are grouped for each image information as polling transmission destinations and stored in the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4, it is possible to easily and easily manage the destinations for which polling has been requested for each image information. And direct mail transmission by facsimile can be easily performed.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 1 detects and stores the destination telephone number and destination name input from the operation display unit 5 and the source telephone number and source name acquired by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13. Since the discriminating information for discriminating the caller name obtained by the unit 14 is added to the caller name and stored in the callee storage area or the polling destination storage area of the RAM 4, the caller telephone automatically registered based on the caller telephone number notification service It is easy to identify whether the phone number is a phone number or a phone number of the other party that has been manually entered and registered. When erasing, it is appropriate and easy to make an appropriate decision based on the distinction information such as the telephone number in which a plurality of telephone numbers with the same destination name are registered, and to delete unnecessary destination telephone numbers. Performed, it is possible to further improve the usability.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 1 converts the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number detection / storage section 13 and the source name acquired by the source name detection / storage section 14 into RA.
Inquiry information about whether or not to register in M4
In response to an instruction from the operation display unit 5 to determine whether or not to perform registration, the source telephone number and the source name detection / storage unit 14 acquired by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 The registration of the source name acquired in the RAM 4 is determined whether or not the automatic registration of the destination telephone number in the RAM 4 is rejected, and an unnecessary destination such as a reception-only facsimile machine is selected. It is possible to prevent the destination telephone number from being automatically registered, and to prevent the automatic registration from being performed and restricting the number of destinations that can be registered by manual registration when the recipient and the recipient are different. Can be prevented, and the usability can be further improved.

Further, when the facsimile apparatus 1 registers the transfer destination telephone number in the transfer destination storage area of the RAM 4 corresponding to the caller telephone number acquired by the caller telephone number detection / storage section 13, the facsimile apparatus 1 After the image information received by facsimile from the destination is temporarily stored in the image memory 9, the image information is transmitted by facsimile to the destination of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the transfer destination storage area of the RAM 4 corresponding to the source telephone number. Therefore, even in facsimile communication between facsimile machines of different manufacturers, it is possible to automatically determine whether or not to transfer received image information and to perform appropriate transfer processing, thereby further improving usability.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 1 converts the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number detection / storage section 13 and the source name acquired by the source name detection / storage section 14 into RA.
Inquiry information as to whether or not to be registered as a transfer source telephone number in the transfer destination storage area of M4 is displayed on the display of the operation display unit 5, and an instruction operation as to whether or not to register from the operation display unit 5 is performed. Accordingly, after temporarily storing the received image information in the image memory 9, whether or not to perform the transfer process for transferring to the transfer destination is determined, and the source telephone number and the source obtained by the source telephone number detection / storage unit 13 are obtained. Since the registration of the source name acquired by the name detection / storage unit 14 in the transfer destination storage area of the RAM 4 is controlled, it can be appropriately determined whether or not the received image information is the transfer target reception image information. At the same time, the telephone number for determining whether the received image information is the transfer target received image information can be automatically registered according to the selection, and the usability can be further improved.

Although the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0064]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, when a call is received, the source telephone number notified from the line by the source telephone number notification service is obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means, and the other party facsimile is obtained. The destination name is obtained from the facsimile control signal transmitted from the apparatus by the destination name obtaining means, and the source telephone number and the destination name are associated with each other and stored in the destination storage means. You can automatically register the other party's phone number without erroneous entry, and even if the other party's phone number is changed, once you receive it,
A new telephone number can be automatically registered in the destination storage means, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, when the incoming call is a polling transmission request, if the incoming call is a polling transmission request, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the destination name obtained by the destination name obtaining means are obtained. The destination name is grouped for each piece of image information as a polling transmission destination and stored in the destination storage means, so that the destination of the polling request can be easily and easily managed for each piece of image information. E-mail transmission and the like can be easily performed.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the destination telephone number, the destination name, and the source telephone number are input from the operating means for inputting the telephone number and the destination name of the transmission destination. The source telephone number obtained by the means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are added and stored in the destination storage means. It is easy to identify whether the phone number is the other party's phone number or the other party's phone number, etc. that has been manually entered and registered. When deleting a destination name, appropriate judgment is made based on distinguishing information such as telephone numbers in which multiple telephone numbers with the same destination name are registered, and deletion of unnecessary destination telephone numbers, etc. is performed appropriately. One easily performed, it is possible to further improve the usability.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, whether the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are registered in the destination storage means. Notifying the notifying information to the notifying means, and obtaining the calling telephone number and the calling name obtaining means obtained by the calling telephone number obtaining means in accordance with the instruction operation of whether or not to register from the operating means. Whether the registered sender name can be registered in the destination storage means is selected, so that rejection of automatic registration of the destination telephone number in the destination storage means is selected, which is unnecessary as in the case of a reception-only facsimile machine, etc. Can be prevented from being automatically registered, and when the recipient and the recipient are different, automatic registration is refused and the number of recipients that can be registered by manual registration is limited. Prevent It can be, it is possible to further improve the usability.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, if the transfer destination telephone number is registered in the destination storage means in correspondence with the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means, After temporarily storing the image information received by facsimile from the other party in the image information storage means, the image information is transmitted to the other party of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the other party storage means corresponding to the source telephone number. Also, in facsimile communication between facsimile machines of different manufacturers, it is possible to automatically determine whether or not to transfer received image information and to perform appropriate transfer processing, thereby further improving the usability.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the invention, the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means are transferred to the destination storage means. The informing information as to whether or not to register as the caller telephone number is notified to the notifying means, and the received image information is temporarily stored in the image information storing means in response to an instruction operation as to whether or not to register from the operating means. Then, whether or not to perform transfer processing for transferring to the transfer destination and whether to register the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means in the destination storage means. Since the permission / rejection is controlled, it is possible to appropriately determine whether or not the received image information is to be transferred, and to automatically register a telephone number that is used to determine whether or not the received image information is to be transferred according to the selection. You It can be, it is possible to further improve usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a destination information acquisition / storage control process by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile machine 2 CPU 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 Operation display part 6 Image reading part 7 Image output part 8 Encoding / decoding part 9 Image memory 10 Modem 11 Network control part 12 Communication control part 13 Source telephone number detection / storage part 14 Source name detection / storage unit 15 Bus

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus connected to a line for providing a calling telephone number notification service and transmitting / receiving image information to / from a partner facsimile apparatus according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure. Source phone number obtaining means for obtaining a source phone number to be obtained, destination name obtaining means for obtaining a destination name from a facsimile control signal transmitted from the destination facsimile apparatus, and a telephone number of a destination. Destination storage means for storing the destination name, and, at the time of an incoming call, the destination telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition means and the destination name acquired by the destination name acquisition means in correspondence with each other. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to store in a destination storage unit. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus includes a polling transmission function of transmitting image information when an incoming call accompanied by a polling transmission request is received from a partner facsimile apparatus, and image information storage means for storing the image information. Further, the destination storage means stores the telephone number and the destination name of the polling transmission destination as a polling transmission destination in a group for each of the image information stored in the image information storage means, and the control means When the incoming call is a polling transmission request, when the incoming call is a polling transmission request, the source telephone number acquired by the originating telephone number acquisition unit and the destination name acquired by the destination name acquisition unit are used as the polling transmission destination. A facsimile apparatus, wherein information is grouped and stored in the destination storage means. 3. The facsimile apparatus further comprises operating means for inputting a telephone number of the transmission destination and the destination name, and the destination storage means stores the destination telephone number inputted from the operation means. And the destination name are also stored, and the control unit controls the destination telephone number and the destination name input from the operation unit and the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition unit and the source telephone number. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein identification information for distinguishing the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means is added and stored in the destination storage means. 4. The facsimile apparatus includes: a notifying unit for notifying predetermined information; an operating unit for performing a predetermined instruction operation;
The control unit further includes a step of determining whether or not to register the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition unit and the source name acquired by the source name acquisition unit in the destination storage unit. The informing information is notified to the notifying unit, and the source telephone number and the source name obtained by the source telephone number obtaining unit are obtained in response to an instruction operation from the operating unit as to whether or not to perform registration. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls whether or not registration of the source name acquired by the unit in the destination storage unit is possible.
A facsimile apparatus according to any one of the above. 5. The facsimile apparatus further comprises image information storage means for storing image information, wherein the destination storage means also stores a transfer destination telephone number of the received image information in association with a caller telephone number. When the transfer destination telephone number is registered in the destination storage unit corresponding to the source telephone number acquired by the source telephone number acquisition unit, the control unit sends a facsimile message from the destination. After temporarily storing the received image information in the image information storage means, facsimile sending to the destination of the transfer destination telephone number registered in the destination storage means corresponding to the source telephone number. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: 6. The facsimile apparatus includes: a notifying unit for notifying predetermined information; an operating unit for performing a predetermined instruction operation;
Image information storage means for storing image information, the destination storage means also stores a telephone number of a transfer destination of the received image information in association with a caller telephone number, and the control means, Whether or not to register the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means in the destination storage means as the source telephone number to be transferred; The notification information is notified to the notifying means, and the received image information is temporarily stored in the image information storing means in response to an instruction operation from the operating means as to whether or not to perform registration, and Whether to perform a transfer process for transferring, and whether or not the source telephone number obtained by the source telephone number obtaining means and the source name obtained by the source name obtaining means can be registered in the destination storage means. Control Facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that.