JPH11331526A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sort the output bundles for every transmitter side and to improve the usability of a facsimile equipment which accumulates the image information received while a recording system has a fault and then records and outputs the accumulated images when the fault of the recording system is solved by identifying and recording the transmitting terminal identification signals at the time of reception and outputting en bloc the image information having the coincident transmitting terminal identification signals at the time of substitute output. SOLUTION: If a facsimile recording system has a fault due to deficiency of the recording paper, etc., when the substitute reception/output processing is carried out for a facsimile equipment, the substitute receiving image information received via a communication control part 10 is stored in an image memory 6. Meanwhile, the head pointer of the receiving image information and the transmitting terminal identification signals are stored in a parameter memory 7. Then the supply of the recording paper, etc., is carried out and the fault of the recording system is solved. When it's notified via a plotter part 4 that the fault of the recording system is solved and then recovered, a table is retrieved by the operation of a CPU 14 and the pointers of the memory 6 having the same identification signals are extracted for execution of the substitute processing.

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 efficiently outputs an image of image information accumulated by a substitute reception function when a failure occurs in a recording system due to running out of recording paper. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many facsimile apparatuses provided with an image storage apparatus have an alternate reception function for storing image information received when a failure has occurred in a recording system due to, for example, running out of recording paper. In this case, when the trouble of the recording system is removed by replenishing the recording paper or the like, all the image information accumulated by the substitute function is recorded and output. As a facsimile having such a proxy function, (1) For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-122479 filed by the present applicant discloses a proxy reception function in order to efficiently perform recording output and transfer of a proxy reception file. A facsimile control method is disclosed in which, when an image information file is stored in an image storage device, an alternate reception file processing menu is displayed on a liquid crystal display unit, and file output, file deletion, and the like are performed according to an item selected by a user. ing. Further, (2) a facsimile having a function of searching for temporarily stored received image data is disclosed in, for example,
Japanese Patent No. 6547 discloses that a transmitting terminal identification signal is identified at the time of receiving image data and a predetermined directory structure is defined based on the identified transmitting terminal identification signal so that the image data received in the memory can be reliably searched. Set, store the received image data under the set directory structure,
There is disclosed a facsimile apparatus capable of searching the received image data based on the directory structure.

[0003]

However, in the substitute output in the conventional example shown in the above (1), since the image information is output in the order of reception time after the recovery from the recording system failure, the image information of the same transmission source is output. Are scattered in the output bundle, and it is not possible to immediately obtain image information desired by an operator who has suffered a recording system failure. Further, in the conventional example shown in the above (2), although it is possible to individually select and display or print individual data from the stored data, it has a function of sorting and recording and outputting the data for each transmission source. is not. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The facsimile apparatus of the present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the invention according to claim 1 is to sort output bundles for each transmission source to improve convenience.

It is an object of the present invention to improve the convenience by outputting image information desired by an operator with priority.

It is an object of the present invention to improve the convenience by preferentially outputting image information desired by an operator and sorting the output bundle for each transmission source.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substitute receiving / recording apparatus for storing image information received when a failure occurs in a recording system and recording and outputting an image of the stored image information when the failure is resolved. In a facsimile apparatus having an output unit, a unit for identifying and storing a transmission terminal identification signal at the time of reception, and a unit for collectively outputting each image information whose transmission terminal identification signal matches at the time of proxy output are provided. Facsimile machine.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the image information received at the time of a failure in the recording system is stored, and when the failure is resolved,
In a facsimile apparatus provided with a proxy reception / output unit that records and outputs the image of the stored image information, a unit that inputs an operator identification ID and a transmission terminal identification signal, a unit that stores the operator identification ID and the transmission terminal identification signal, Means for storing the received image information together with the transmission terminal identification signal,
Means for identifying the operator from the input operator identification ID and the transmission terminal identification signal at the time of proxy output and outputting image information corresponding to the transmission terminal identification information; identifying the operator at the time of proxy output; A facsimile apparatus wherein the desired image information is preferentially output.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising means for collecting and sorting the image information for each transmission terminal identification signal and outputting the same. It is.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram including the components of the present invention. The facsimile of the present invention includes a document sensor 1, a scanner 2 connected to the document sensor, a paper sensor 3, a plotter 4 connected to the paper sensor, an operation display unit 5, an image memory 6 connected to each other via a bus 9. , Parameter memory 7, parameter memory battery 8, communication control unit 10, modem 11 connected to communication control unit, network control device 12 connected to communication control unit, encoding / decoding unit 1
3, a CPU 14, a ROM 15, a buffer memory 16, a character generator 17, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow of information in alternate reception / output of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
(B) shows a processing flow at the time of proxy output. For example, when a failure occurs in the recording system of the facsimile due to, for example, running out of recording paper, the substitute reception image information received via the communication control unit 10 is stored in the image memory 6 (S101).
At the time of recording, a head pointer of the received image information,
The transmitting terminal identification signal is stored in the parameter memory 7 in, for example, the format shown in Table 1 (S102).

[0011]

[Table 1]

Next, when the recording paper is replenished or the like and the trouble of the recording system is resolved, and the plotter unit 4 notifies that the trouble of the recording system is resolved and the system is duplicated, the operation of the CPU 14 causes the above-mentioned table 14 to operate. 1 is retrieved, a pointer of the image memory 6 having the same identification signal is extracted (S201), and proxy output processing is sequentially performed (S202). Each time the output is completed, the entry is deleted from Table 1 (S203), and it is determined whether or not there is an entry having a transmitting terminal identification signal in Table 1 (S204). The process is returned to and the process is terminated when the process runs out.

FIG. 3 shows a processing flow at the time of registering an operator ID / transmission terminal identification signal in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a processing flow at the time of proxy output. . Prior to the proxy reception / output processing, a display such as "Please register an operator identification ID" is performed on the operation display unit 5, and the operator is prompted to input the identification ID (S301). next,
It is determined whether or not the input has been completed (S302). When the input has been completed, a display such as "Please register a transmission terminal identification signal" is performed on the operation display unit 5, and the operator is notified of the transmission terminal identification symbol. The operator is prompted for an input (S303), and the operator identification I
The terminal identification signal is registered in a form corresponding to D, and is recorded in the parameter memory 7 in, for example, the format shown in Table 2 below. Then
It is determined whether or not the input has been completed (S304). At the stage when the input has been completed, "Do you want to add a transmitting terminal identification signal?"
(S305), and when the additional registration of the identification signal is no longer performed, when the substitute image information received via the communication control unit is recorded in the image memory 6, the head pointer,
The transmitting terminal identification signal is stored in the parameter memory 7 in, for example, the format shown in Table 2, and the registration of the operator ID / transmitting terminal identification signal is completed. As described above, the image information received when the recording system has failed is stored together with the operator identification ID and the transmission terminal identification signal.

Next, when the plotter unit 4 notifies that the failure of the recording system has been duplicated, a message such as "Please input an operator ID" is displayed on the operation display unit 5 (S40).
1) Prompt the operator for input, and the operator
Input. It is determined whether or not the input by the operator has been completed (S402). If the input has been completed, all the transmitting terminal identification signals corresponding to the input ID are extracted from Table 2 below (S403). Further, the above Table 1 is searched, and a pointer (image head pointer) of the image memory corresponding to any of the transmitting terminal identification signals, that is, having the same identification signal, is extracted (S404) and stored in the image head pointer. The proxy output process is sequentially performed on the images that have been processed (S405). Every time the output is completed, the entry is deleted from Table 1 (S406), and it is determined whether or not all the entries are gone (S407). When the entries are gone, the process is terminated. As described above, the operator who has solved the failure of the recording system at the time of proxy output is identified by the operator ID, and the transmission terminal identification signal is registered, whereby the image information desired by the operator can be output with priority.

[0015]

[Table 2]

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the image information received at the time of a failure in the recording system is stored, and an operator ID and an operator ID are stored prior to the alternate reception / output processing.
The terminal identification signal is registered in a form corresponding to
3) For example, it is stored in the parameter memory 7 in the format of Table 2 (S306). When the substitute received image information received via the communication control unit is stored in the image memory 6, the head pointer and the transmitting terminal identification signal are stored in the parameter memory 7 in the format of Table 1, for example.

FIG. 5 shows another processing flow at the time of proxy output in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. When the plotter notifies the user that the recording system has failed, a message such as "Please enter an operator ID" is displayed on the operation display to prompt the operator to input the operator ID. The ID is input via the operation display unit 5. Next, it is determined whether or not the input has been completed (S502).
The transmitting terminal identification signals corresponding to the input ID are sequentially extracted one by one from Table 2 above (S503). Further, the above Table 1 is searched, and a pointer (image head pointer) of the image memory corresponding to one of the transmission terminal identification signals, that is, having the same identification signal, is extracted (S504) and stored in the pointer. The proxy output process is sequentially performed on the existing images (S505). Every time the output processing is completed, the entry is deleted from Table 1 (S50).
6) It is determined whether there is an entry having a transmission terminal identification signal corresponding to Table 1 (507). If there is no entry, then a transmission terminal identification signal corresponding to the ID input in Table 2 is transmitted. It is determined whether there is any entry (508), and when all the entries have disappeared, the process is terminated. This is repeated for each transmitting terminal identification signal corresponding to the input ID. In the above processing, the operator who solved the recording system failure at the time of proxy output is identified by the operator ID.
And by registering the transmission terminal identification signal, the image information desired by the operator is given priority, and the image information having the same transmission terminal identification signal is grouped and sorted. Can be output.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the output bundle is sorted for each transmission source at the time of proxy output, so that the convenience can be improved. According to the second aspect, it is possible to preferentially output image information desired by an operator who has duplicated a recording failure at the time of proxy output, thereby improving convenience. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the image information desired by the operator who has duplicated the recording system failure is output preferentially at the time of proxy output, and the output bundle is sorted for each transmission source, thereby improving convenience. Can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart for alternate reception and output in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a processing flow chart when registering an operator ID / transmission terminal identification signal in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is another processing flowchart for proxy output in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of yet another process for proxy output in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Original sensor, 2 ... Scanner, 3 ... Paper sensor, 4 ...
Plotter, 5 operation display unit, 6 image memory, 7 parameter memory, 8 battery, 9 bus, 10 communication control unit, 11 modem, 12 network control device, 13 encoding / decoding unit , 14 CPU, 15 ROM, 16 buffer memory, 17 character generator.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a substitute receiving / outputting means for storing image information received when a failure occurs in a recording system and recording and outputting an image of the stored image information when the failure is resolved; A facsimile apparatus comprising: means for identifying and storing a transmission terminal identification signal; and means for collectively outputting image information having the same transmission terminal identification signal at the time of proxy output. 2. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a substitute receiving / outputting means for storing image information received when a failure occurs in a recording system and recording and outputting an image of the stored image information when the failure is resolved; Means for inputting an ID and a transmission terminal identification signal; means for storing an operator identification ID and a transmission terminal identification signal; means for storing received image information together with a transmission terminal identification signal; Means for identifying the operator from the transmission terminal identification signal and outputting image information corresponding to the transmission terminal identification information; identifying the operator at the time of proxy output; and preferentially outputting image information desired by the operator A facsimile machine characterized in that: 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for collecting and sorting the image information for each transmission terminal identification signal and outputting the image information.