JPS63211862A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a circular notice function which enables an operator to add the opinion of the operator etc., repeatedly to a fit of received information by patrolling designated plural locations of transmission in the designated order and communicating at the locations. CONSTITUTION:A communication control means (b) transmits the information of transmission destination and patrol communication order (patrol information) together with a bit of picture information to the following transmission destination based on the patrol communication order designated by a designation means (a). The communication control means (b) comprises a reception means (c), an information input means (d) to add a bit of new information to a bit of received information, and a transmission means (e) that transmits the information added/corrected through the means (d) to the following transmission destination. The information input means (d) comprises an input means (f) and a storage means (g) to store the received information, and executes the writing and the correction of information via a storage means (g). Further, the communication control means (b) decides whether an equipment at the transmission destination is of the same type as the self-equipment or not, and executes the patrol transmission herein described.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to facsimile devices.

[Prior Art] Conventional facsimile machines each have a transmitter and a receiver, and have a broadcast function that transmits the same information to multiple devices at once, or relays received information and transmits it to multiple devices. A device with a relay broadcast function is provided. However, such a broadcast function or relay broadcast function is
As shown in Figures (A) and (B), a plurality of receivers B-1 to B-3 and B-1 to B-4 are connected to a transmitter A in a tree shape (
This was achieved by connecting lines in a tree-like manner.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] Therefore, in the conventional facsimile machine as described above,
There was a drawback in that it was not possible to implement a circulation or patrol function in which the opinions of people who saw the information were added to the information sent from transmitter A one after another.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide a facsimile device that can sequentially communicate with and write information to a plurality of designated devices in a designated order. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a designation means for designating a plurality of transmission destinations and a cyclic communication order of each of the transmission destinations;
By transmitting the information on the destination and the cyclic communication order along with the image information to the next destination based on the cyclic communication order specified by the specifying means, the image information is sent to the destination specified by the specifying means in the specified order. and a communication control means that circulates and communicates.

[Function] Since the present invention performs communication by visiting a plurality of designated transmission locations in a designated order, it is possible to realize a circulation function in which opinions, etc. are added to received information one after another.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, a is a designation means for designating a plurality of transmission destinations and the order of cyclic communication for each of the transmission destinations. b sends the image information to the next destination based on the cyclic communication order specified by the specifying means a by transmitting the above-mentioned destination and cyclic communication order information (circular information) together with the image information. This is a communication control means that circulates and communicates to the destinations specified in the specified order.

The communication control means includes, for example, a receiving means C that receives the above-mentioned information, an information input means d that adds new information to the received information, and an information input means d that sends the information added and corrected by the information input means d to the next destination. and transmitting means e for transmitting data to.

Further, the information input means d has a storage means g for storing the information received together with the input means f, and the information is added and corrected via the storage means g. Further, the communication control means determines whether the sending device is the same model or not, and executes the cyclic transmission.

FIG. 3 shows a line connection configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in this figure, a plurality of receivers B-
1-B-5 are connected in a ring shape, and the transmitter A communicates by visiting a plurality of receivers specified in the specified order. Therefore, for example, information such as opinions can be added one after another to the transmitted information from the receiver side.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the circuit configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, which serves as the transmitter or receiver of FIG. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) such as a microprocessor that controls the entire device, and has a memory RAM for storing control procedures and processing data. The stored control procedures as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are stored in the memory RA in CPU i.
M is loaded, and the control operation according to the present invention is executed according to the procedure. The file device 2 stores received image information in addition to the above-mentioned control procedure (program). Reference numeral 3 denotes a human-powered device such as a keyboard device, which inputs telephone numbers and manually inputs instructions to the device from the user. 4 is an image reading device that reads image information of a document and converts it into an electrical image signal;
5 is a printer that prints out the received images and the like. 6
numeral 7 is an output device such as a CRT display for displaying communication information, images, etc., and numeral 7 is a modulation/demodulation device connected to the public line 8.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the communication format used in the embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, 11 is a communication protocol, 12 is image information, 13 is a destination pointer, and 14 is a destination list. ■,■ in the tour destination list 14.

■... indicates the order in which they go around, A, B, C...
indicates a phone number.

FIG. 6 shows the control procedure at the time of transmission according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows a control procedure at the time of reception according to an embodiment of the present invention. Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

As shown in FIG. 6, before sending, it is first determined whether the communication is to the same type of aircraft (step Sl). That is, based on the telephone number input by the user from the human-powered device 3, it is determined whether or not the machine is of the same type by referring to a table in the file 2 in which a list of telephone numbers of machines of the same type is stored in advance. If the determination in step S1 is affirmative, then it is determined whether the circulation information as shown in FIG. 5 has already been manually stored in the file device 2 (step S2
), if the determination is affirmative, transmission is performed using the circulation information using the communication format shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if step S2 is negative, the human-powered device 3 manually specifies the telephone number of the same type of aircraft to be patrolled (tour destination point) and the patrol order (tour destination list) (step S3). The patrol information thus obtained is transmitted together with image information through the public telephone line 8 in a communication format as shown in FIG. When the communication is not to the same type of aircraft, image information, etc. is transmitted without adding patrol information as in the past.

As shown in FIG. 7, the received information is temporarily stored in the file device 3 (step 511). Next, it is determined from the contents of the patrol destination list 14 whether or not the patrol communication is from the same type of aircraft (step 512). If the determination is affirmative, the user is asked to confirm the information received through the output device 6 or printer 5, When the operator confirms that the information can be passed on to the next user by operating the manual device 3 (
Step 513) Searches for traveling optical information in the traveling destination list 14 from among the received information, and if there is still traveling optical information after the user's own (step 514), the file device 3 is searched for the next traveling destination. The information read from is transmitted (step 515).

If there is no remaining list of visiting destinations 14, the visiting communication operation is terminated and the information stored in the file device 3 is deleted. By sequentially repeating the above sending and receiving operations in each device, a cyclic communication function of facsimile image information as shown in FIG. 3 is realized.

Furthermore, since the user can use the manual device 3 to modify and add information stored in the file device 3 after receiving a call, it is possible to realize a circulation function in which opinions, agreement signatures, etc. can be added one after another. Furthermore, the above-mentioned cyclic communication function operates only when the other party's device recognizes it as the same model as the sending device during normal facsimile operations, so it cannot be used with other normal facsimile devices. sufficient communication compatibility is maintained.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, communication is performed by visiting a plurality of designated transmission locations in a designated order, so that opinions, etc. can be posted one after another on the received information. It is possible to implement a circulation function that allows you to add notes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 2 (A) and (B) are line diagrams showing the line connection form of a conventional device, and Fig. 3 is a line connection form of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a format diagram showing the configuration of the communication format according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a transmission diagram according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the control procedure during reception according to the embodiment of the present invention. A...Transmitter, B-1 to B-5...Receiver, 1...CPU. 2... File device, 3... Human power device, 4... Image reading device, 5... Printer, 6... Output device, 7... Modulation/demodulation device, 11... Communication rules, 12 ... Image information, 13... Traveling light pointer, 14... Traveling light list. Part 2 of the Iashira device #Kohosen layer map showing the thoughts of the spring Mysterious blindness Hiroki Kai line line 7 of the I column Diagram 3 Figure 6 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) a) designation means for specifying a plurality of transmission destinations and the cyclic communication order of each of the transmission destinations, and b) next transmission based on the cyclic communication order specified by the specification means. communication control means for transmitting information on the transmission destination and the cyclic communication order together with image information to circulate and communicate the image information to the transmission destination specified by the specification means in the specified order; A facsimile device comprising: 2) In the apparatus according to claim 1, the communication control means includes: a receiving means for receiving the information; an information inputting means for adding new information to the received information; and an information inputting means for adding new information to the received information. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a transmitting means for transmitting the added and corrected information to the next destination. 3) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information input means has a storage means for storing the received information, and the information is added and corrected via the storage means. facsimile machine. 4) In the device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the communication control means determines whether or not the transmission source devices are of the same model, and when an affirmative determination is made, A facsimile apparatus characterized in that only the above-mentioned sending operation is executed.