JPS61222356A - Relay management record returning system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send a relay management record without awaiting a character code of same format by converting the relay management record comprising a character code into picture information, compressing it and returning the said picture information to a request station. CONSTITUTION:When a relay station facsimile equipment 2 completes the multiple address communication to a destination station facsimile equipment 3, a relay management recording memory 10 stores the result of the multiple address communication in the form of character code. Then a converting circuit 13 reads the relay management recording from the memory 10 and reads a character pattern corresponding to the character code from a memory 12 to convert the relay management record into binary picture information. A line memory 14 outputs the binary picture information to a compression circuit 15 at each line. Then the compressed picture is sent to the facsimile equipment 1 of the request station via a line control circuit 11.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention is a relay management record return method that converts the relay management record, which was conventionally returned in character code, into image information, compresses it, and returns it to the requesting station. According to the present invention, even if the requesting station's facsimile machine does not have a character code of the same format, it is possible to return the relay management record.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a relay management record return system in a facsimile machine having relay broadcast communication means.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, relay management records in relay broadcast communications have been returned using the methods shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

In FIG. 2, numeral l is the requesting station, 2 is the relay station, 3, 4
．． Reference numeral 5 indicates each facsimile machine of the destination station specified by the requesting station. In such a facsimile communication network, when transmitting an image signal with the same content from the facsimile 1 of the requesting station to multiple facsimiles 2゜3.4.5 belonging to the same area, the facsimile 1 of the requesting station is first transferred from the facsimile 1 of the requesting station to the facsimile of the relay station. The relay station facsimile 2 transmits destination information 7 specifying the facsimile of the destination station to be transmitted along with the image signal 6 to the facsimile 3.4.5 of each destination station based on this image signal 6 and destination information 7. Broadcast the image signals 8, 8.8 to When the relay station facsimile 2 completes the relay broadcast communication, it returns the relay management record signal 9 representing the relay result to the requesting station facsimile 1 as a character signal. The return of this relay management record signal 9 by the facsimile 2 of the relay station is as follows:
Conventionally, this was done as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 10 is a relay management record memory that stores relay management records represented by character codes, and reference numeral 11 is a line for transmitting character signals output from the relay management record memory 10 to the line. It is a control circuit. On the other hand, facsimile L of the requesting station receives the relay management record transmitted as a character signal from facsimile 2 of the relay station based on the character code of the same format, and
As shown in the figure, it is displayed and recorded as a character.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As described above, in the conventional relay management record return method, the facsimile 2 of the relay station transmits as a character signal, and the facsimile 1 of the requesting station receives and records it based on the character code of the same format. . However, with the conventional relay management record return method, there is a problem that if the requesting station's facsimile 1 does not have the same format character code as the relay station's facsimile 2, the relay management record cannot be received or recorded. be. In particular, as the number of facsimile machines has increased in recent years, there has been a great demand for relay communication between different types of machines, but there is a problem in that no technical means have been proposed to meet such social demands.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the technical means therefor are as follows.

This is accomplished by a relay management record return method in which a relay management record composed of character codes is converted into image information, compressed, and the compressed image information is returned to the requesting station.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a relay management record return system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 indicates a requesting station and reference numeral 2 indicates a facsimile of a relay station. Also, code 10
Reference numeral 12 denotes a relay management record memory for storing relay management records in the form of character codes, and 12 a character pattern memory in which character patterns of characters used in the relay management records are stored as binary information. A conversion circuit 13 converts a character code into image information based on each piece of information stored in the relay management recording memory 10 and the character pattern memory 12.

Further, reference numeral 14 is a line memory that stores the image information converted by the conversion circuit 13, and 15 is a compression circuit that compresses the image information stored in the line memory 14.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a line control circuit for transmitting the image information compressed by the compression circuit 15 to the line.

Next, a method for returning relay management records in this relay station facsimile 2 will be explained.

First, when the relay station facsimile 2 finishes broadcast communication to the destination facsimile 3, the relay management record memory 10
A conversion circuit 13 stores the results of broadcast communication such as the destination station code, date and time of communication, and the number of communication sheets as a character code.
reads the relay management record represented by a character code from the relay management record memory IO, reads the character pattern corresponding to the character code from the character pattern memory 12, and converts the relay management record into binary image information. Convert to The line memory 14 outputs the converted binary image information to the compression circuit 15 line by line. The image information compressed by the compression circuit 15 is transmitted to the facsimile 1 of the requesting station via the line control circuit 11. In this way, the facsimile 1 of the requesting station receives the relay management record as image information.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The relay management record return system of the present invention converts a relay management record composed of character codes into image information and returns it to the requesting station. Therefore, according to the relay management record return system of the present invention, even if the requesting station's facsimile machine does not have the same format character code as the relay station's facsimile, the relay station will send the relay management record to the requesting station. It is something that can be sent.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a relay management record return method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are block diagrams showing a conventional relay management record return method, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a relay management record return method according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is a relay management record to be recorded. 1-...Facsimile of requesting station 2...Facsimile of relay station 3.4.5...Facsimile of destination station 6...Image signal 7...Destination information 9...Signal 10 of relay management record ... Relay management recording memory 11 ... Line control circuit 12 ... Character pattern memory 13 ... Conversion circuit 14 ... Line memory 15 ... Compression circuit

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Storage means for storing received images, relay broadcast communication means for broadcasting received images to destination stations specified by the requesting station, and relaying for returning the results of the relay broadcast communication to the requesting station. In a facsimile apparatus having a management record return means, the relay management record return means converts and compresses the relay management record composed of character codes into image information, and returns the compressed image information to the requesting station. A relay management record return method featuring: