JPH1169124A - Troublesome preventing facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the facsimile equipment that receives information of a fault in a called party facsimile equipment or mis-dialing at the sender side facsimile equipment. SOLUTION: The equipment is provided with a guidance transmission section 5 that sends a guidance to a speech destination, a PB signal reception section 6 that receives a PB signal from the speech destination, a voice transmission/ reception control section 3 that controls the guidance transmission section 5, the PB signal reception section 6 and a handset 7, and a control section 4 that controls a FAX transmission reception section 2 and a voice transmission reception control section 3. Then at transmission of FAX, a guidance is given to a means that stops FAX transmission or calls the handset of the sender side facsimile equipment and FAX stop or calling of the handset 7 is conducted according to a FAX reject or handset call request received from a called telephone set as a reply.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an annoying facsimile apparatus having a control function that can be controlled from a destination telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a facsimile transmission having an automatic redialing function, a conventional technique capable of preventing erroneous dial transmission to a non-facsimile (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 7-23131).
Will be described.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a conventional annoying facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus shown in the figure performs a line interface 1 having a detection circuit for detecting a momentary interruption of a line current, and performs back tone detection, dial tone detection, ring back tone detection, silence detection, voice detection, and significant signal detection. Modem 2 with detection circuit
, Microcomputer system 3 and document reading unit 4
And a power supply circuit 5, an operation panel 6 for performing key input, a recording unit 7, and a warning device 8 for warning a user.

[0004] Voice transmission (telephone) by facsimile transmission
If the error is detected, the error is terminated without waiting for redialing, thereby preventing erroneous dialing to a non-facsimile by the automatic redialing function. Further, when it is recognized as an erroneous dial, a warning is issued when the dial number is used, so that the user can be alerted of the erroneous dial, prompting the user to correct the dial number, and smoothly using the dial number.

[0005] However, in this FAX apparatus, the responding party is F
If it is a telephone instead of an AX, the receiving side cannot control the transmitting FAX or make a telephone connection.

[0006]

Some problems with the prior art are listed below.

[0007] The first problem is that, when the receiving FAX is out of paper or fails, it is not possible to know where the FAX was received from. Therefore, it is not possible to inform the transmitting side of the abnormality of the receiving FAX. The transmitting FAX repeats retransmission until normal reception is possible.

[0008] The reason is that, usually, when the FAX is not in a state where it can receive normally, it does not respond, so that the transmission destination cannot be known. Further, even if the telephone is answered, the signal of the fax transmission procedure cannot be discriminated by a person.

[0009] The second problem is that if the sending FAX has a function of notifying retransmission stop or an alarm when the sending FAX determines that the telephone is answered, and the retransmission is stopped or an alarm is issued, the sending FAX is in a state of F
Each time the AX-equipped telephone answers the call, retransmission is stopped and an alarm is notified.

[0010] A third problem is that if the transmission side FAX makes an erroneous dial and the other party is a telephone, the receiving side telephone does not know where the FAX is from, so that the error cannot be notified. For this reason, the transmitting side cannot determine whether it is an erroneous dial or an abnormality of the partner terminal.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
When receiving a fax, the receiving phone calls the FA of the sending fax.
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of making a telephone call such as stopping X transmission or calling a handset of a transmitting facsimile.

[0012]

The present invention provides a communication control unit,
In a facsimile apparatus having a facsimile transmission / reception unit and a handset,
A guidance sending unit for sending guidance to a called party, a PB signal receiving unit for receiving a PB signal from the called party, a voice sending / receiving control unit for controlling the guidance sending unit, the PB signal receiving unit, and the handset; A control unit is provided for controlling the FAX transmission / reception unit and the voice transmission / reception control unit in accordance with the received PB signal.

With this configuration, the PB received from the destination
If the signal is a signal indicating that FAX reception is rejected, FAX transmission is stopped, retransmission processing is stopped, and the fact is displayed on the operation display unit. If the PB signal received from the called party is a signal indicating telephone connection, FAX transmission is stopped, retransmission processing is stopped, and a telephone call is made so that a telephone call can be made.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a troublesome facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a communication control unit 1 for transmitting and receiving FAX information and voice information through a public network, a FAX transmission and reception unit 2, a voice transmission and reception control unit 3, A control unit 4 for controlling these, a guidance sending unit 5, a PB (push button) signal receiving unit 6, a handset 7, and an operation display panel on which an operator performs various key inputs and displays communication and device status. 8 is provided.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the sending-side FAX device in the present embodiment.

First, a timer is started (S1),
An outgoing connection to the partner device is started (S2), and the state waits (S3).

Guidance for prompting the other party to react when the other party answers, for example, "Send a FAX." 1 "for rejection of reception," 2 "for calling the other party's phone
Please switch to FAX when receiving FAX. Is transmitted from the guidance transmitting unit 5 (S4). Next, the timer is started and the other party waits for a response (S
5).

In the case where the PB signal receiving unit 6 receives the rejection '1' or the timer times out, the line is released as a partner abnormality (S10), the retransmission of the FAX is stopped, and an error notification is displayed on the display panel 8. Error processing such as display is performed (S11), and the process ends. When a call of the other party's telephone is called, when "2" is received, a timer is started as a telephone connection request (S7), and the handset 7 is called (S8). If the call is answered at this point, a call state is established (S9). If the timer times out here, the line is released (S10) and error processing is performed in the same manner as the timer time-out and reception of "1". When the called handset 7 does not respond, the message is stored in the answering machine and the message can be reproduced by operating the operation display panel.

If the timer times out or the BT (busy tone) is received by the PB signal receiving unit 6, the line is released as a communication error (S12), error processing is performed, and the processing ends.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the inconvenience-prevention facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment.

This apparatus includes a communication control unit 21 for transmitting and receiving FAX information and voice information through a public network, a FAX transmitting and receiving unit 22, a voice transmission and reception control unit 23, a control unit 24 for controlling these, a guidance transmitting unit. 25, a DP (dial pulse) signal receiving unit 26, a handset 27, and an operation display panel 28 on which the operator performs various key inputs and displays communication and device status.

The operation of this embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment in that a PB (push button) signal
By replacing the P (dial pulse) signal receiving unit 26, the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the transmission-side FAX can be controlled by the dial pulse signal from the destination telephone. I do.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the inconvenience preventing facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment.

This apparatus includes a communication control unit 31 for transmitting and receiving FAX information and voice information through a public network, a FAX transmission and reception unit 32, a voice transmission and reception control unit 33, a control unit 34 for controlling these, a guidance transmission unit. 35 and the voice recognition unit 3
6, an handset 37, and an operation display panel 38 on which the operator performs various key inputs and displays communication and device status.

The operation of this embodiment differs from that of the first embodiment in that the voice recognition unit 36 is replaced with the PB (push button) signal reception unit 6, so that "rejection" and " By identifying the utterance of the vocabulary registered for control such as "telephone" by the voice recognition unit on the transmission side, the transmission side FA
Except that the X device can be controlled, the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

The first effect is that the transmission / reception handset of the transmission-side FAX can be called by a control signal from the reception-side telephone, and the transmission-side FAX abnormality or the transmission-side FAX erroneous dial can be immediately transmitted to the transmission-side. it can.

The second effect is that the FAX transmission of the transmitting FAX is stopped by the control signal from the receiving telephone, so that retransmission due to erroneous dialing can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a nuisance prevention facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the annoying facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the annoying facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a conventional annoying facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21, 31 Communication control unit 2, 22, 32 FAX transmission / reception unit 3, 23, 33 Voice transmission / reception control unit 4, 24, 34 Control unit 5, 25, 35 Guidance transmission unit 6 PB (push button) signal reception unit 26 DP (dial pulse) signal receiving unit 36 Voice recognition unit 7, 27, 37 Handset 8, 28, 38 Operation display panel

Claims (6)

[Claims] A facsimile apparatus having a communication control unit, a facsimile transmission / reception unit, and a handset, a guidance transmission unit for transmitting guidance to a destination, a PB signal reception unit for receiving a PB signal from the destination, and a guidance transmission. A facsimile transmission / reception control unit for controlling a facsimile transmission / reception unit and a voice transmission / reception control unit in accordance with a PB signal received from a called party; apparatus. 2. When a PB signal received from a called party is a signal indicating rejection of FAX reception, FAX transmission is stopped.
2. The inconvenience preventing facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the resending process is stopped and the fact is displayed on the operation display unit. 3. The inconvenience prevention FAX according to claim 1, wherein when the PB signal received from the called party is a signal indicating a telephone connection, the transmission of the FAX is stopped, the retransmission processing is stopped, and the telephone is called. apparatus. 4. The inconvenience preventing facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the called handset does not answer, the message can be stored in the answering machine and the message can be reproduced by operating the operation display panel. 5. The PB signal receiving section is a DP signal receiving section, and a signal received from a communication destination is a DP signal.
The facsimile prevention facsimile apparatus according to any one of the above items. 6. The PB signal receiving unit according to claim 1, wherein the PB signal receiving unit is a voice recognizing unit, and the signal received from the called party is a voice signal registered in advance such as “reject” or “telephone”. Annoying fax machine.