JPS62114363A - Push-phone communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record stored pictures with the remote control using a push phone to confirm reception by giving a registered voice message to a receiver and giving a signal corresponding to its instruction contents to a CPU. CONSTITUTION:A line between an audio response unit 9 and the push-phone of the other party is connected, and the voice message of operation instruction registered in the receiver of the push phone of the other party is transmitted from the unit 9; and when the push tone of a depressed key is issued, a command is sent to a CPU 1 in accordance with information exchange between the unit 9 and the receiver of the other party if picture information sent from the unit 9 to the CPU 1 is stored in a disc memory 7. Thus, picture information in the memory 7 is read out under the control of the CPU 1 and pictures are recorded by a printer 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Ko Nukisou■ The present invention is based on a touch-tone communication method that allows a facsimile machine to confirm reception, output an image, etc. via a touch-tone telephone, When you want to record an image stored in the storage device of a machine, or check whether a received image is stored.

An operator must go to the site.

1. The present invention has been made with these points in mind, and it is possible to record images stored in a storage device or to confirm reception of a facsimile by using a touch-tone telephone. This provides a push-tone communication method.

In order to achieve the object, the present invention is applied to a system such as a facsimile machine controlled by a CPU.

The system's CPU sends a pre-registered operation instruction voice message called by the touchtone phone to the handset of the touchtone phone, determines the content of the instruction from the tone produced when the pushbutton is operated, and
A voice response means is provided to give an instruction signal corresponding to the instruction content.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for concretely implementing the push-tone communication method according to the present invention in a facsimile.
A printer 3 is connected to the PUI bus BUS through a printer interface 2, a scanner 5 is connected through a scanner interface 4, a disk memory 7 is connected through a disk controller 6, and data is sent and received from other facsimile systems. The CCUI O to perform is connected,
Further, an operation panel 8 is provided which can give the CPU an instruction to send a facsimile, an instruction to read a document image using the scanner 5, an instruction to record to the printer 3, an instruction to register image information to the disk memory 7, and the like. The printer interface 2 causes the printer 3 to record an image read by the scanner 5 or an image registered in the disk memory 7 in response to an image recording command from the CPUI. The scanner interface 4 causes the scanner 5 to read the original image in response to an image reading command from the CPUI. Disc controller 1-roller 6 is
The image information read by the scanner 5 or the image information received by the CCUIO is written in the disk memory 7 in response to a registration command from the CPUI, and the image information is read from the disk memory 7 in response to a read command from the CPUI. In the present invention, in such a facsimile system, the voice response unit 9 is particularly connected to the bus BUS of the CPUI.

This voice response means 1-9 can be called by a touch-tone telephone, and when it is called and the line is connected, it sends a pre-registered voice message of operation instructions to the handset of the touch-tone telephone. Accordingly, the content of the instruction is determined from the tone produced when the pushbutton of the touchtone phone is operated, and an instruction signal corresponding to the content of the instruction is given to the CPUI.

In a facsimile system configured in this way, 1
FIG. 2 shows an example of the operational flow when implementing the touch-tone communication method according to the present invention.

First, a call is made to the voice response unit 9 from a certain touchtone phone, thereby connecting the line between the voice response unit 9 and the other party's touchtone phone. Next, the voice response unit 9 sends out an operation instruction voice message ``Press push button 1 for reception confirmation, or press push button 2 for printout'', which is registered in advance in the handset of the other party's push-phone. When the pushbutton of the other party's touchtone phone is pressed accordingly,
The button tone at that time is received by the voice response unit 9, and it is determined based on the tone whether the push button 1 or the push button 2 is pressed.

At this time, when the push button 1 is pressed, the voice response unit 9 issues a reception confirmation command to the CPUI, which causes the CPUI to check whether the received image information is stored in the disk memory 7, and confirms whether the received image information is stored in the disk memory 7 or not. If the received image information is stored in the disk memory 7, the voice response unit 9 sends a response message "Received" to the handset of the remote touch phone, and the received image information is stored in the disk memory 7. If not, the voice response unit 9 will say “Not received”.
A response message is sent to the handset of the other party's touch-tone phone. Afterwards, the line to the other party's touch-tone phone is cut off.

Further, when the push button 2 is pressed at that time, the voice response unit 9 gives a voice message "Please input the number of prints" to the telephone receiver of the other party.

When the pushbutton of the other party's touchtone phone is pressed in response, the voice response unit 1 transmits the tone at that time.
-9, and the number of prints instructed by the tone is determined. Next, 1) the voice response unit 9 gives a voice message "Please enter your phone number" to the handset of the other party's touch-tone phone, and in response, receives a tone when the push button of the other party's touch-tone phone is pressed.

As a result, the read telephone number of the other party's touch-tone phone is memorized. Afterwards, the line to the other party's touch-tone phone is cut off.

When the number of prints is determined in the voice response unit 9, the voice response unit 9 issues a print command and a command for the number of prints to the CPU, thereby
The image information stored in the disk memory 7 is read out under the control of the PUI, and the image is recorded in the printer 4 based on the read out image information.

When the recording of images for the specified number of schools is completed, the CPU 1 gives a print completion signal to the voice response unit 9, which causes the voice response unit 9 to call the other party's touch-tone telephone according to the stored telephone number, and the other party's touch-tone telephone When the line is connected, the voice response unit 9 sends out a voice message saying "rPrint 1 - Completed". Afterwards, the line to the other party's touch-tone phone is cut off.

As described above, according to the touch-tone communication system of the present invention, it is possible to check the reception status of a facsimile using a touch-tone telephone from a location away from the facsimile without having to visit the facsimile every time.

Additionally, you can give remote printing instructions to the facsimile machine using a touch-tone phone, and for example, you can go to the facsimile machine to pick up the output recording paper after printing is completed, thereby eliminating waiting time during printing. You will be able to do this.

In the touch-tone communication method according to the present invention, it is possible to record images stored in a storage device, confirm reception of a facsimile, etc. by remote control using a touch-tone phone. It has this excellent advantage.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration for concretely implementing the touch-tone communication method according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) and (b) show operations when the present invention is implemented in the same system configuration example. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a flow. l...CPU 2...Printer interface 3
...Printer 4...Scanner interface 5
...Scanner 6...Disk controller 7°
Pad disk memory 8...Operation panel 9...Voice response unit i.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A voice message of a pre-registered operation instruction is called by the touchtone phone and given to the handset of the touchtone phone, and the content of the instruction is determined from the touchtone when the pushbutton is operated accordingly, and the system CPU responds to the content of the instruction. A touch-tone communication system that uses voice response means to give command signals.