JPH11225277A - Image communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent received information from being printed on recording paper and observed by a 3rd party so as not to have communication secrecy leaked in a facsimile equipment by presetting permission of printing on the recording paper by a password, and by printing out the received information onto the recording paper when its printing is permitted. SOLUTION: An information storage section 7 of a master set of the image communication system stores image information received from an external line, a control section 3 controls the information storage section 7 and a print section 6 or the like according to a program stored in a ROM 4. An operation section of the master set enters permission of substitute reception of each slave set and permission of printing by each slave set based on a password, and the result is stored in an operation storage section 9. The master set prints out received information addressed to each slave set depending on the permission of the print of each slave set or does not print out the information by storing the information to the information storage section 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alternate reception function of an image communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus.
More specifically, at the time of proxy reception of image communication transmitted / received via an external line or the like, the received information signal is printed on a recording sheet in accordance with an instruction previously set and stored in the operation storage unit, or a certain information signal is printed. Prohibits printing on recording paper and stores it in the information storage unit, and permits printing of the received information signal only when the password of the addressee of the information is input by the operation unit and printing is permitted, It is related to the technology of strictly keeping the secret of communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus, there is a technique in which, when receiving, when recording becomes impossible due to clogging of a recording sheet, running out of recording paper, or the like, alternate reception is performed by a built-in memory. For example, JP-A-2-14668 discloses that a plurality of pieces of information alternately received in a memory are divided and output on one sheet of recording paper or a display device, and the information received alternately is selectively output on recording paper. A technique is disclosed in which only information desired by an operator is output, and information is extracted in a shorter time than in a conventional method of sequentially outputting all information. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-235574 discloses a technique for transferring received data to a transfer destination according to a transfer destination instruction from an external telephone function when the received data is stored in a storage unit by a facsimile function. I have. Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-1050065 discloses that facsimile reception data is temporarily recorded in a memory section without being printed on a recording sheet, and the recorded data is read out and printed on a recording sheet or recorded again in a memory section. Is disclosed. Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 59-94468 discloses a technique for automatically transmitting information to be transmitted to a preset destination facsimile apparatus when the receiving facsimile apparatus becomes unreceivable in the facsimile apparatus. In such a conventional technique, there is an inconvenience that received information that requires confidentiality can be freely viewed by a third party.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus, information received is automatically printed on a recording paper and viewed by a third party to prevent the secret of communication from leaking. At this time, whether or not printing on the recording paper is permitted is input in advance to the operation storage unit via the operation unit with a personal identification code, and the reception information is recorded only when the operator inputs the personal identification code for printing permission. It is to provide a technique of printing on a paper.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image receiving apparatus, comprising: an information storage unit for storing image information received from an external line; A printing unit for printing a signal, a control unit for controlling the information storage unit and the printing unit in accordance with a program preset in the first storage unit, and an operation for storing an operation signal such as printability input by the master unit operation unit A base unit provided with a storage unit and a transmission / reception unit for communicating with the slave unit, and a slave unit including a control unit for controlling operation of the device in accordance with an instruction input by the slave unit operation unit and a transmission / reception unit for communicating with the base unit In the master unit operation unit, whether or not alternate reception of each slave unit is possible is set by a password, and whether or not printing of each slave unit is also set and stored in the operation storage unit, and printing of each slave unit is performed. Child, depending on whether or not Some Rui printing the received information sent to is not to print stored in the information storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substitute receiving function of the image communication apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the operation signal such as printability stored in the operation storage unit of the master unit is transmitted and received between the master unit and the slave unit. The information is input from the slave unit operation unit to the operation storage unit of the master unit via a function and stored. Furthermore, the substitute receiving function of the image communication apparatus according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in claim 1 or 2, when storing the reception information addressed to each slave unit in the information storage unit, An identification code for identifying whether or not the received information is addressed to the slave unit is attached and stored in the information storage unit, and the desired reception information addressed to the slave unit is read out from the information storage unit and printed on a recording sheet. To be displayed.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing a facsimile apparatus which is an embodiment of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an internal circuit configuration of a facsimile apparatus main body serving as a parent machine.

Next, FIG. 1 will be described in detail. A signal from an external line is supplied to a modem 2 via an NCU (Network Circuit Unit) 1. The modem 2 modulates and demodulates image information transmitted and received by the facsimile apparatus via an external line. The control unit (CPU) 3 is connected to a ROM (first storage unit) 4 which is a program memory for operating the facsimile apparatus.
U) 3 operates according to the program stored in the ROM 4.
The control section (CPU) 3 includes a scanner section 5 for reading a document, a printing section 6 for printing image information supplied from the modem 2 via an external line on recording paper, and a supply section from the modem 2 via an external line. Information storage unit 7 for storing image information to be transmitted, operation unit 8 provided with operation buttons for inputting whether or not proxy reception is possible and whether or not printing is possible, and operation storage unit for storing these operation operations 9, a display unit 10 for displaying operation operations and the like is connected. Further, an air modem 11 used for wireless communication with the slave unit is connected to the control unit 3. Reference numeral 12 denotes a communication antenna.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the slave unit. An air modem 14 used at the time of communication with the master unit is connected to a stage subsequent to the antenna 13. A control unit (CPU) 15 for controlling the operation of the circuit of the slave unit is connected to an operation unit 16 for inputting whether or not the facsimile machine can perform alternate reception and whether or not printing can be performed on the slave unit side. The display unit 17 for displaying is also connected.

The information storage unit 7 in the master unit is configured to be able to store all facsimile reception signals sent to the master unit and several slave units via an external line. that time,
For example, each of the slave unit A, the slave unit B, and the slave unit C has a password code.
001 ”,“ 002 ”, and“ 003 ”correspond to each other.To fax from the external line to the slave A, multiply by the dial number of the master and then multiply by the secret code“ 001 ”of the slave. In this way, it is possible to transmit a fax to the slave A. Also, when storing the information data of the fax reception in the information storage unit 7, it indicates which slave the information data is addressed to. An identification code, for example, “001”, “002”, “003”, indicating that the data is addressed to the slave A, the slave B, or the slave C, is added to the head of the information data. By doing so, it is possible to determine which slave unit the information is addressed to, and by specifying the slave unit using this identification code as a clue, the reception information data of only the specific slave unit is stored. Read from the unit 7 and displayed on the display unit 10. If the information is stored in the information storage unit 7 in the order of reception at the time of facsimile reception, the information storage unit 7 can be used for the slave unit A and the slave unit. The storage element can be used very effectively as compared with the case where the storage device is used separately for B and C.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a setting operation for causing the master unit to perform reception reception of the slave unit or to receive a facsimile addressed to the slave unit. First, for example, using the operation button of the operation unit 8 of the master unit,
001 "is set so that the slave unit A can receive and store data from the external line. When the password of the slave unit A is input by telephone dialing from the external line, the head of the reception information data is set. Is set so that the identification code of the slave unit A is assigned to the information storage unit 7.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when a call is received via an external line in a state where such settings are made. That is, in step (a), it is checked whether or not there is a recording sheet, and if there is a recording sheet (Yes), the process proceeds to step (b), and it is checked whether or not designated reception from a slave unit or an outside line is performed. If it is not the designated reception (No), the process proceeds to step (c), normal fax reception is performed, printing is performed, and the process ends when the reception is completed. If there is no recording paper in step (a) (N0), and if it is designated reception from a slave unit or an outside line in step (b) (Yes), proceed to step (d),
It checks whether or not the designation from the slave unit or the external line that has been received is acceptable for alternate reception. If yes (Yes), the process proceeds to step (e) to perform alternate reception and receive the information in the information storage unit 7 of the master unit. Store the information. If the alternate reception is not possible (No) in step (d), the process proceeds to step (c), and the FAX reception ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation method for reading and printing the stored signal from the information storage section 7 storing the information signal received by each slave unit and the operation thereof. First, using the operation button of the operation unit 8 of the master unit, for example, the personal identification number “001” of the slave unit A is input, and the printing permission of the information addressed to the slave unit A is set. That is, the setting is made such that the information data with the identification code of the slave unit A is read from the information storage unit 7 and printed on the recording paper. Then, when the operation button for starting printing is pressed, printing starts, and when the information signal stored in the information storage unit 7 ends,
Printing also ends. An operation signal indicating whether or not printing is possible is input to the operation unit 16 of the slave unit, and wireless communication between the master unit and the slave unit is performed.
It can be stored in the operation storage unit 9 of the master unit.
Further, the information storage unit 7 may be provided in each slave unit.

[0013]

As described above, the proxy reception function of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention is such that, in the image communication apparatus, at the time of proxy reception, whether or not printing on the recording paper is permitted is determined in advance through the operation unit using a personal identification code. The information is automatically printed on the recording paper only when the operator inputs the password code for printing permission in the operation storage unit. And the confidentiality of the communication is completely strictly observed. Also, when storing the reception information addressed to each slave unit in the information storage unit, the reception information data is stored in the information storage unit with an identification code for identifying which reception unit is the reception information addressed to. Reception information addressed to a slave unit desired by a specific operator who knows the personal identification code can be read from the information storage unit and printed on a recording paper or displayed on a display.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of a master unit showing an image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of a slave unit showing the image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a setting operation of a proxy reception in a proxy reception function of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation in a proxy reception function of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a printing operation in a proxy reception function of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 NCU 2 Modem 3, 15 Control unit 4 ROM (first storage unit) 5 Scanner unit 6 Printing unit 7 Information storage unit 8, 16 Operation unit 9 Operation storage unit 10, 17 Display unit 11, 14 Air modem 12, 13 Antenna,

Claims (3)

[Claims] An information storage unit for storing image information received from an external line; a printing unit for printing the received image information signal; and an information storage unit and a printing unit according to a program preset in a first storage unit. A control unit for controlling, an operation storage unit for storing operation signals such as printability input by the master unit operation unit, and a master unit provided with a transmission / reception unit for communicating with the slave unit; A control unit that controls the operation of the device in accordance with the instruction and a slave unit that includes a transmission / reception unit that communicates with the master unit. Whether or not printing is possible for each slave unit is also set and stored in the operation storage unit, and depending on whether or not printing is possible for each slave unit, reception information transmitted to the slave unit is printed or the information is printed. Do not print by storing in the storage Image communication apparatus according to claim. 2. An operation signal such as printability stored in the operation storage unit of the master unit is input from the slave unit operation unit to the operation storage unit of the master unit via a transmission / reception function between the master unit and the slave unit. The image communication device according to claim 1, wherein the image communication device is stored. 3. When the received information addressed to each slave unit is stored in the information storage unit, the received information data is stored in the information storage unit by attaching an identification code for identifying which slave unit is the received information. 3. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the received information addressed to the slave unit is read out from the information storage unit, printed on a recording sheet, or displayed on a display unit.