JPS63316959A - Facsimile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive image information in a state intended by a reception side, by transmitting the image information stored once in a store and forward exchange to the terminal of another extension designated by the operator of the terminal at the reception side designated by a transmission side. CONSTITUTION:The image information sent from facsimile terminals FI1-FIn or facsimile terminals FO1-FOm connected to extensions LI1-LIn or line wires LO1-LOm to the store and forward exchange 2 are stored once in the memory 25 of the store and forward exchange 2, and they are read out from the memory 25 at a prescribed time, and are transmitted to the facsimile terminals FI1-FIn or the facsimile terminals FO1-FOm that are transmission destinations. At this time, the store and forward exchange 2 can re-transmit the image information stored in the memory 25 to the facsimile terminals FI1-FIn designated by the operator of the terminal (facsimile terminals FI1-FIn or telephone set) connected to the extensions LI1-LOn that are the reception sides. In other words, it is possible to store the image information by transmitting to a facsimile equipment provided with the function desired by the operator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile communication system, and more particularly to a facsimile communication system equipped with a store-and-forward device.

(Prior Art) Recently, as facsimile devices have become widespread, facsimile storage and forwarding devices have appeared that store image information from multiple facsimile terminals in memory and then transmit it to a designated destination. Is going.

In a facsimile communication system using such a facsimile storage and forwarding device, image information sent from a sending terminal to the facsimile storage and forwarding device is temporarily stored in a memory and then transmitted to a specified destination. In transmission from this storage/exchange device, priority is given to each image information by the transmission time specified by the sending terminal or by each image information (or terminal) from multiple sending terminals, and each image information is transmitted according to this priority. Send image information to the specified destination.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such conventional facsimile communication systems, the storage and forwarding device only sends image information to the destination specified by the sending terminal, so There was a problem in that it was not possible to receive data in the state intended by the receiver.

In other words, in conventional facsimile communication systems, the terminal-to-terminal relationship in facsimile transmission and reception was a so-called point-to-point relationship (point to ρ01nt). Even if you wish to record on plain paper, the receiving terminal (facsimile machine) specified by the sender 13 cannot receive the original in its original size, and if it is only equipped with a , a problem arises in that the receiving side cannot receive the data in the desired state.

(Purpose of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention has the purpose of transmitting the image information once stored by the storage/exchange device to another extension terminal designated by the operator of the receiving terminal designated by the transmitting side. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile communication system that can receive image information in a state in which images are displayed.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a storage and forwarding device connected to a plurality of facsimile terminals via a plurality of extension lines and an outside line, and the storage and forwarding device receives images from each facsimile terminal. In a facsimile communication system that receives information, temporarily stores it in a memory, and then transmits it to a predetermined destination, when the storage and forwarding device receives image information whose receiving terminal is a terminal connected to the extension, the storage and forwarding device The device is characterized in that when the device receives a transfer instruction specifying a predetermined terminal of the extension from the receiving terminal connected to the extension, the device sends the image information to the specified receiving terminal in accordance with the transfer instruction. It is something to do.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on examples.

1 to 3 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a facsimile communication system l,
The facsimile communication system 1 includes a storage and forwarding device 2, extensions L1+ to Lln and external lines LO and ~LOm connected to the storage and forwarding device 2, and facsimile terminals FI and ~Fin connected to the extensions LI+ to LIn. It includes facsimile terminals FO+ to FOm connected to an outside line.

The storage and forwarding device 2 includes an I/F section 21, a switch 22, a communication control section 23, a system control section 24, and a memory 25. The T/F unit 21 is connected to extension lines Lll to Lln and external lines LO, to LOm, and inputs and outputs analog signals. The exchange 22 has extension 11. ~Lln and outside line LO
, ~LOm, and the extensions L11 to LIn are connected to each other and the extensions L1. ~Lln is connected to outside lines LO and ~LOm. The communication control unit 23 is equipped with a modulator/demodulator, a compressor/regenerator, a 2 Kbyte double buffer memory, etc., and performs demodulation and redundancy suppression encoding of the image information transmitted from the terminal, while transmitting data to one side of the double buffer memory. When the image information is stored and becomes full, it performs an input operation of transferring it to the memory 25, and an output operation of storing the image information transferred from the memory 25 in one side of the double buffer memory, modulating it, and sending it out to a terminal. Furthermore, in this embodiment, extension L1. ~
It is assumed that the facsimile terminals Fl and ~Fin connected to Lln are equipped with a pushbutton type telephone, and the communication control unit 23 receives a pushbutton signal (P
It is equipped with a tone signal detector that detects the B-fold signal.

This is a tone signal that is a combination of a high frequency tone signal and a low frequency tone signal assigned to each numeric button and special buttons (*, #) of a PB double signal telephone. The system control unit 24 controls the 1/F unit 21, the exchange 22, the communication control unit 23, and the memory 25 to execute the sequence as the storage and exchange device 2, and also performs exchange operations and transmits image information according to the present invention. .

The memory 25 stores image information sent from the terminal,
Files are managed for each designated destination, and management information, etc. for each communication is stored. Furthermore, even if the stored image information and management information are sent to a predetermined destination, the memory 25 does not erase them immediately, but stores them for a predetermined period of time after receiving them. After the predetermined period of time has elapsed, when a deletion command or a write command is issued from the system control unit 24, the image information or management information in the memory 25 is deleted or rewritten.

Next, the effect will be explained.

In this facsimile communication system 1, extension Ll
facsimile terminals F1.l to Lln or external lines L01 to LOm. The image information sent to the storage/exchange device 2 from ~Fln or facsimile terminals FO, ~FOm is temporarily stored in the memory 25 of the storage/exchange device 2, read out from the memory 25 at a predetermined time, and sent to the destination facsimile terminal F11. ~Fin or facsimile terminal FO
, ~ Send to FOm.

The present invention transmits the image information received by the storage/exchange device 2 and stored in the memory 25 to a designated facsimile terminal from a terminal (facsimile terminal F1.-FIn or telephone) connected to extensions LI+ to Lln on the receiving side. FI+-Fin
It is unique in that it is sent to This effect will be explained below.

Now, the facsimile terminal FO of the outside line LO, ~LOm, ~
From one station of FOm, for example, facsimile terminal FO, to extension LI, facsimile terminal F1. -Fln, for example, a facsimile terminal FT, is designated and image information is transmitted to the storage/exchange device 2. The storage/exchange device 2 temporarily stores the image information and management information transmitted from the facsimile terminal FO, in the memory 25, and then stores the image information and management information transmitted from the facsimile terminal F1. The image information is transmitted from the facsimile terminal FO to the storage and forwarding device 2 using the normal communication procedure recommended by the CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee).

The storage/exchange device 2 stores the image information transmitted from the facsimile terminal FO in the memory 25, and upon completion of reception, disconnects the line. Thereafter, the designated facsimile terminal Fl is called at a predetermined time, and the image information stored in the memory 25 is transmitted to the facsimile terminal Fl. The facsimile terminal F11 records the transmitted image information on recording paper.

However, this facsimile terminal F1. However, suppose that you are recording in black and white on thermal recording paper, that you can only record up to A4 size, and that you do not have a power lid. On the other hand, it is assumed that a B4 size original is sent in color from the facsimile terminal FO, which is the sending side. in this case,
At the facsimile terminal F Summer, the image information of the B4 size color document is reduced to A4 size and recorded in black and white on thermal recording paper. However, facsimile terminal F
Since this image information is important, the operator of I, wishes to record it in color on plain paper without reducing it. now,
Facsimile terminal Fl connected to extension L[, ~Lln
, ~Fln, if facsimile terminal Fln has a function that satisfies this requirement, facsimile terminal F
1. The operator can instruct the storage/exchange device 2 to transmit the image information again to the facsimile terminal Fln. In other words, the operator uses the facsimile terminal FI
By operating a predetermined button on the telephone, a retransmission instruction can be given to the storage and forwarding device 2.

This retransmission instruction can be shown in the time chart shown in FIG. That is, facsimile terminal F1. The operator outputs an access request signal to the storage and exchange bag M2 to the I/F section 21 of the storage and exchange device 2 by pressing a predetermined button on the telephone, and this access request is sent to the I/F section 21 of the storage and exchange device 2.
When input to the system J and the control unit 24 via the F unit 21, the exchange 22 and the communication control unit 23, the system control unit 2
4 grants access permission if it is not busy. The exchange 22 receives access permission from the system control unit 24.
sends an access permission signal, such as a beep sound, to the facsimile terminal F1. via the I/F unit 21. output to the telephone.

Facsimile terminal F1. When the operator receives this permission signal, the operator presses the designated button on the telephone,
For example, by pressing *9 as the facsimile terminal Fln number, an output end undesignated signal is output, and the storage and forwarding device 2
An output end unspecified signal registration request is input to the system control unit 24 via the exchange 22. After the system control unit 24 registers management information such as unspecified output end in the memory 25,
The exchange 22 is notified of the completion of the designated terminal designation signal registration, and the exchange 22 instructs the 1/F section 21 to output the signal registration completion signal. In response to the output instruction, the I/F unit 21 outputs a designated terminal designation signal registration completion signal, for example, a beep sound, to the telephone of the facsimile terminal FI+. Each signal input from the above-mentioned telephone set has predetermined button operations corresponding to each signal, and when the operator operates the button according to the procedure, a tone signal indicating the predetermined signal content is generated. Output.

Thereafter, the storage/exchange device 2 transmits the image information to the designated extension terminal (facsimile terminal F11), as shown by the time chart shown in FIG.

The system control unit 24 then outputs a transmission command to the exchange 22 to the designated terminal (facsimile terminal Fin), and when the exchange 22 secures the line, the system control unit 2
Report to 4. The system control section 24 outputs a transmission command to the communication control section 23, and the communication control section 23 outputs a transmission request to the facsimile terminal Fin according to a predetermined communication procedure.

The facsimile terminal Fin grants transmission permission to this transmission request, and the storage/exchange device 2 transmits the image information recorded in the memory 25 to the facsimile terminal Fln. When the transmission of the image information is completed, the line is disconnected and communication is terminated. Facsimile terminal F that received image information from storage and exchange device 2
In, the original size is not reduced and the original is printed in color on plain paper.

In this way, according to instructions from the receiving operator, image information can be transmitted and recorded by a facsimile device equipped with the functions desired by the operator, and the functions of the facsimile terminals F1, -Fln connected to the storage and forwarding device 2 can be transmitted and recorded. can be fully utilized. Therefore, the functions of the facsimile communication system as a whole can be improved, and the convenience and usability can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the instruction function is transmitted using the button, but 1. (For example, as shown in FIG. 4, OMR (Optical
Mark Reader) The specified function written on the form 31 may be read by the facsimile terminal Fl,=FIn. In this case, the read specified function is added to the NSF (non-standard function identification signal) etc. on the protocol and transmitted to the storage and forwarding device 2.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a beep sound or a pino beep sound is used as an access permission signal from the storage/exchange device 2 or a specified terminal instruction signal registration completion signal, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an audio output device may be provided. , ``Please specify the destination ITa.'', ``Registration of the destination has been completed.'', etc. may be output by voice.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the received image information is temporarily output to the receiving terminal specified by the transmitting side, but the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the receiving terminal specified by the receiving side is outputted. Using an existing management report recording function, only the accumulated report shown in FIG. 5 may be transmitted and recorded.

In addition, to record this accumulation report, a format of image information as shown in FIG. You may let them.

(Effects) According to the present invention, image information can be received by a facsimile device equipped with the functions intended by the operator on the receiving side, and the convenience of the facsimile communication system can be improved, as well as the functions of the system. can be further improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the facsimile communication system of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram thereof, and FIG. 2 is an input of a transfer command from a receiving terminal to a storage/forwarding device. FIG. 3 is a timing chart showing the procedure for transmitting image information from the storage/exchange device to the designated extension terminal. FIG. 4 is a plan view of an OMR sheet used to issue function instructions, and FIG. 5 is a front view of an accumulation report indicating that the storage/exchange device has accumulated image information. 1...Facsimile communication system, 2...
... Storage and forwarding device, 21 ... I/F section, 22 ... Switching machine, 23 ... Communication control section, 24 ... System control section, 25 ...Memory, Ll, ~Lln...Extension, LO, ~LOm...External line, Fl, ~Fln...Facsimile terminal, FO,
~FOm・Old・・Facsimile terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has a storage and forwarding device connected to multiple facsimile terminals via multiple extensions and outside lines, and the storage and forwarding device receives image information from each facsimile terminal, temporarily stores it in memory, and then sends it to a predetermined destination. In a sending facsimile communication system, when the storage and forwarding device receives image information whose receiving terminal is a terminal connected to the extension, the storage and forwarding device transmits image information from the receiving terminal connected to the extension to a predetermined number of the extension. A facsimile communication system characterized in that upon receiving a transfer instruction specifying a terminal, image information is transmitted to the specified receiving terminal in accordance with the transfer instruction.