JPS62256570A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the labor and the time related to handling of a facsimile equipment by detecting discrimination information of an originating subscriber sent from the line side by an incoming call display control means which discriminates the originating subscriber and displaying the incoming call in accordance with this discrimination information. CONSTITUTION:Telephone numbers (ID) of desired originating subscribers and voice information indicating calls from originating subscribers are registered in a memory 10. When the incoming call occurs, the originating ID coming from an exchange is compared and collated with each registered ID; and if there is the registered ID coinciding the originating ID, voice information corresponding to this registered ID is read out from the memory 10, and a voice designated by this voice information is outputted from a speaker 12 to display the incoming call. Consequently, an operator clearly discriminates the originating subscriber by this incoming call display. Thus, the labor related to facsimile communication is considerably reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine with an improved call display method.

(Prior Art) In recent years, with the promotion of office automation, facsimile machines have come into widespread use. However, in conventional facsimile machines, when an incoming call occurs, the incoming call is displayed by either generating a ring tone from a parallel telephone or detecting the ring signal by installing a ring signal detection circuit and a ring tone generation circuit in the facsimile machine itself. This was done by emitting a predetermined audible sound when the For this reason, although the operator could know that an incoming call had occurred, he or she could not know who the caller was, which caused various inconveniences when using the service. . For example, if you are answering an incoming call from a specific caller, you may be able to determine whether the call is from this specific caller or another caller when the incoming call is displayed. The operator had to make a judgment by looking at the caller's name written on the received document, for example. For this reason, the operator has to go to the device and check each time an incoming call occurs, even if the caller is not a specific caller, and has to interrupt administrative processing in the meantime. This made the work extremely tedious.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventional facsimile machines have the problem that when an incoming call occurs, the caller cannot be identified until the received document is seen, making it difficult to use. The present invention has focused on this point, and provides a facsimile machine that can identify the caller by displaying an incoming call, thereby reducing the operator's effort and time involved in facsimile communication operations, thereby improving operability. This is what I am trying to do.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an incoming call display control means for identifying a calling party in a facsimile reception mode after an incoming call occurs, and this means enables The system detects the identification information of the calling party and displays an incoming call according to this identification information.

(Function) As a result, when an incoming call occurs, the operator can know who the caller is from the incoming call display, and this eliminates the need to check the received manuscript each time an incoming call occurs. Accordingly, the effort and time involved in handling the facsimile device can be reduced.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine in an embodiment of the present invention. This device includes a reading scanning section 1 having a line sensor, and an image signal output from the reading scanning section 1 is encoded by an encoding section 2 and then introduced into a transmitting/receiving section 4 via a control section 3. do. This transmitting/receiving section 4 consists of a modulation/demodulation circuit (MOD) 41 and a network contour circuit (NCU>42), and transmits the encoded image signal to the MOD4.
1, then passes through NCU 42 to digital network line 5.
Send to. Note that 6 is a telephone desk which is alternatively connected to the facsimile machine by the NCU 42 to the telephone f25. On the other hand, when image data arrives via line 5, the facsimile machine transfers this image data via NCtJ42 to MOD4.
After being demodulated in step 1, the signal is guided to the decoding section 7 via the 1Ii11t111 section 3, decoded by the decoding section 7, and then introduced into the recording scanning section 8, where it is recorded on recording paper as a received original.

The device also includes an input section 9 consisting of, for example, a key switch, a memory 10 consisting of a RAM, a voice synthesis circuit 11 for displaying an incoming call, and a speaker 12. Among these, the input section 9 is used for inputting the telephone number of the other party when making a dial call, as well as the telephone number of the caller (caller ID) for displaying an incoming call and voice information representing the name of the caller. used to input. The memory 10 also stores the call 10 and voice information inputted from the input section 9 in a predetermined format in association with each other. FIG. 3 shows an example of the storage state, where A indicates the calling ID name, C indicates voice information, and B indicates the number of words, phrases, etc. constituting this voice information.

By the way, the control section 3 is equipped with, for example, a microcomputer as a main control circuit, and has incoming call display control means 31 in addition to transmission/reception control means and reading/recording control means necessary for facsimile communication as its functions. ing. This incoming call display control means 31 controls to store the calling ID and voice information input in a predetermined format from the input unit 9 in the memory 10, and also controls to store the calling ID and voice information inputted in a predetermined format from the input unit 9, and to send the calling ID and voice information from the digital network exchange when an incoming call occurs. Telephone number (calling I
D) is compared with each calling ID (registration 10) registered in advance in the memory 10, and when there is a matching registered ID, the voice information is stored in the memory 10 in association with this registered IQ. This control is performed by supplying the audio information to the audio synthesis circuit 11 and causing the speaker 12 to generate audio in accordance with the audio information.

Next, the operation of the device configured in this way will be explained. It is assumed that the memory 10 has registered therein the calling IDs of a plurality of desired callers and their corresponding voice information.

During standby, the control unit 3 repeatedly performs predetermined monitoring control such as incoming call monitoring and outgoing call monitoring. In this state, a calling signal arrives from the exchange via the line 5, and this calling signal is sent to the NCU.
When the incoming call detecting unit 42 detects the incoming call, the control unit 3 determines that an incoming call has occurred and shifts to incoming call display control. That is,
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, first, in step 2a, the calling ID sent from the exchange is inputted via ~1OD41, and the buffer? is temporarily stored in memory 10, and then stored in memory 10 in step 2b.
Select and read one registered ID registered in . Then, in step 2C, the calling ID and the read registration ID are compared and verified, and if they match, the process moves to step 2d. On the other hand, if they do not match, the process moves to step 2f, where it is determined whether all the registered IDs registered in the memory 10 have been compared, and if the comparison has not been completed, step 2f
Returning to step b, the registered IO that has not been compared is selected and compared with the calling tD in step 2C.

Now, as a result of this comparison, the registration 10 that matches the calling ID
When found, υJi! 11 section 3 reads out the corresponding voice information from the memory 10 in step 2d and outputs it to the voice synthesis circuit 11, thereby causing the voice synthesis circuit 11 to generate a voice signal corresponding to the voice information and outputting the voice signal from the speaker 12 to the incoming call. Outputs a sound indicating that this has occurred. For example, if call ID 1 is sent from a switch in a digital network, voice information 1 corresponding to call ID 1 is read out from memory 10 and supplied to voice synthesis circuit 11. The incoming call is displayed by generating a voice, for example, "We have received an incoming call from caller 1." Similarly, when each of the other calls 102 to IDn is sent, the speaker 12 outputs a voice representing the caller's name in accordance with the voice information 2 to n, respectively. Thus, an incoming call display is provided that individually represents the calling party. The audio information reading vl all operation is performed in step 2e by dividing each word or phrase while monitoring the registered numbers M1 to Mn.

On the other hand, the registered IQ that matches the calling ID in step 2f above
If it is determined that there is no registered ID, the III m unit 3 moves to step 2Q, where it reads the voice information corresponding to the “No registered ID” from the memory 10, and outputs the voice specified by this voice information, for example, “An incoming call has occurred. ” is output from the speaker 12 via the speech synthesis circuit 11. This allows the operator to know that there is an incoming call from an unregistered caller.

As described above, in this embodiment, the ID of a desired caller and the voice information indicating that there is an incoming call from this caller are each registered in the memory 10, and when the incoming call occurs, the voice information is received from the exchange. When the calling ID is compared with each registered IQ and there is a matching registered ID, the audio information corresponding to this registered ID is read from the memory 10 and the audio specified by this audio information is output from the speaker 12. Since the incoming call is displayed, the operator can clearly identify the caller from this incoming call display.

Therefore, it is no longer necessary to go to the device and check the received document every time a call arrives, and as a result, for example, only when a call arrives from a specific caller who was waiting to receive a call, a person can go to the device to pick up the received document. This greatly reduces the effort involved in facsimile communication.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, a digital network is used and the caller is recognized using the calling ID sent from the exchange, but if a general subscriber telephone network is used, facsimile reception control By transmitting specific identification information from the calling party using a non-standard procedure, the receiving party compares and verifies this identification information with pre-registered identification information! You may also try to understand it. Further, in the above embodiment, the incoming call is displayed by generating a voice representing the calling party's name, but the calling party's name may be displayed on a display device.
Further, when an audible tone is used to indicate an incoming call, the caller may be identified by varying the cycle, tone, or generation time of the ringing tone. In addition, the control procedure and control contents of the control unit, the configuration of the incoming call display means, the means for identifying each caller, the structure of caller identification information, the means for registering the same, etc. do not depart from the gist of the present invention. It can be implemented with various modifications within the range.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, the present invention provides an incoming call display 1lI11 for identifying a calling party in the facsimile receiving mode after an incoming call has occurred.
111 means is provided, and this means detects the calling party's identification information sent from the line side and displays an incoming call display according to this identification information, thereby identifying the calling party from the incoming call display. As a result, it is possible to provide a facsimile device that can reduce the labor and time of an operator involved in facsimile communication operations and improve the ease of handling.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the control procedure and control contents of the control unit of the device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the memory. It is a diagram. 3...control unit, 31...incoming call display control means, 4...
・Transmission/reception unit, 41...Modulation/demodulation circuit (MOD), 42・
...Network control circuit (NCU), 5...Digital network line, 6...Telephone, 9...Input section, 10...Memory, 11...Speech synthesis circuit, 12...Speaker . Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 A B C Figure 3

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In facsimile reception mode after an incoming call occurs,
1. A facsimile machine comprising an incoming call display control means for detecting identification information of a caller sent from a line side and displaying an incoming call in accordance with this identification information. (2) When using a digital network, the incoming call display control means receives the calling party's identification information sent from the exchange after an incoming call occurs and checks it with the pre-registered identification information, so that both pieces of information match. The facsimile machine according to claim 1, wherein when the facsimile machine receives an incoming call, it displays an incoming call display indicating the caller. (3) A patent claim in which the incoming call display control means determines the identification information of the calling party sent by a non-standard procedure from the calling side device after an incoming call occurs, and displays an incoming call display corresponding to this identification information. The facsimile machine according to item (1). (4) The incoming call display control means displays only that an incoming call has occurred when the calling party corresponding to the identification information sent from the line side is not registered. The facsimile machine described in (1).