JPH02235478A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain automatic transmission of a document registered in advance by providing a means which reads a document registered in advance upon the receipt of an incoming call from a caller facsimile equipment and sends the document to the caller facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:After setting an original to an original read section 5, the operator operates a key entry section 4 to set the original registration mode. A main control section 1 starts the original read section 5 to read an original, stores a picture data into a picture memory 6 to set the automatic transmission mode thereby bringing the equipment into the standby state. On the other hand, when a receiver side makes a phone call to the above facsimile equipment, a call signal is inputted to a network control section NCU 31 of a transmission reception section 3 via a line 8 to close a line with the caller side. When the main control section 1 detects an incoming call, the section 1 reads a registered document (picture data) from the memory 8 to apply the processing to send it to the transmission reception section 3 and applies protocol communication to send and receive the picture data to/from the receiver side facsimile equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a mode of use of a facsimile machine.

(Conventional Technique) Conventionally, in communication between facsimile machines, the user sending a document dials and calls the recipient, and the calling party's facsimile machine then sends the document to the called facsimile machine. It was common.

FIG. 5 illustrates this conventional usage pattern. When sender A dials receiver B or C and specifies the receiver, the document is transferred from sender A's facsimile machine to receiver's facsimile machine B. It will also be sent to C. Therefore, receiving side B or C
However, it was not possible to designate sender A and receive desired information.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional form of communication between facsimile machines, the information sender specifies the receiver and sends the information. Therefore, it has not been possible for the receiver of information to specify the sender and receive desired information. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that automatically sends a document that has not been registered in advance upon receiving a call from the receiving side.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus that includes a document registration means for registering a document, an incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call from a calling side facsimile machine, and an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call from a calling side facsimile machine. document reading means for reading out a document registered in the document registration means when an incoming call is detected by the detection means; and transmission control for transmitting the document read by the document reading means to the calling side facsimile machine. It has a configuration including means.

(Operation) In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the document registration means registers a document. The incoming call detection means detects an incoming call from the calling side facsimile machine and notifies the document reading means of this. When an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection means, the document reading means reads out the document registered in the document registration means and passes it to the transmission control means. The transmission control means transmits the document read by the document reading means to the calling side facsimile machine.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile machine of the present invention. ．． 1 is a main control unit that performs various controls such as manuscript input/output, transmission/reception, and registration; 2 is a working memory of the main control unit 1; main memo 1; 3 is a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits and receives data, and controls line capture and release. The network controller 31 has a network control unit 31 that performs data modulation and demodulation, and a modem 32 that modulates and demodulates data. , 4 is a key input section for inputting dial information, registration information, operation mode information, etc.; 5 is a document reading section for reading the original I (document) and converting it into image data; 6 is an image memory for storing image data; 7 8 is a recording section that prints and outputs image data on recording paper;
is the line over which data is transmitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, the operator sets a document on the document reading section 5, and then operates the key manual section 4 to put the apparatus into the document registration mode and automatic transmission mode. Upon receiving this, the main control section 1 activates the document reading section 5 to read the document, stores the obtained image data in the image memory 6, and then sets the apparatus to an automatic transmission mode and puts the apparatus in a standby state.

On the other hand, on the receiving side, as shown in FIG. Make a call to the Kushimiri device.

As a result, the calling signal is transmitted via the line 8 to the network control unit (Network Control Unit, NCU) of the transmitting/receiving unit 3.
It is called. ) 31, and the NCU 31 closes the line with the receiving side (in this case, the calling side).The main control unit 1 receives the incoming call at step T1 in FIG. 2 by closing the line of the NCU 31. If detected, it is determined in step T2 whether the mode is reception mode or automatic transmission mode.In this case, since it is automatic transmission mode, the process advances to step T3, where the registered document (image data) mentioned above is read from the image memory 6, and transmission/reception is started. At the same time, in step T4, protocol communication for transmitting and receiving image data is performed between the facsimile machines on the receiving side.

At this time, on the receiving side, the receive button of the facsimile machine is pressed in step R2 to put the facsimile machine into the receive mode. Thereafter, in step T4, the image data read out from the image memory 1 is modulated by the modem 32, and then N
It is sent out onto the line 8 via the CU 31. The facsimile machine on the receiving side receives the image data sent over the line in step R3. Thereafter, in steps T5 and R4 of the sending and receiving facsimile machines, line release processing is performed and communication is terminated. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the main control section shown in FIG. At step 301, a call is waited for, and when a call is received, the process advances to step 302 where the call is automatically answered. It is determined whether the mode is the communication mode or the automatic transmission mode, and if the mode is the automatic reception mode, the process advances to step 303, where normal reception processing is performed and the processing is terminated. If it is determined in step 302 that it is the automatic transmission mode, the process advances to step 304 to read the registered document from the image memory 6, and transmits it to the receiving side C in step 305, thereby terminating the process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the recipient of the receiving facsimile machine. At step 401, the telephone number of the facsimile machine shown in FIG. 1 is input and a call is made from the receiving facsimile machine.

Next, when the line is connected to the other party's facsimile machine, in step 402, the receive button of the receiving party's facsimile machine is pressed to put the machine into a receiving mode. Then step 40
At step 3, it is confirmed that the desired document has not been received and is printed out from the recording section, and the process ends.

According to this embodiment, when a call arrives at the facsimile machine,
Since pre-registered documents can be sent to the calling party's facsimile machine, for example, a telephone number can be made public and the user can receive stock information or weather information by dialing the telephone number. The facsimile communication can be used in a wider variety of ways than before.

In the above embodiment, a document is input from the original reading section 5 and registered in the image memory 6, but the same effect can be obtained even if the document is input from a computer or the like and registered in the image memory 6.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention,
When receiving a call from the receiving side, it is possible to automatically send documents that have been registered in advance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing communication means between the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 and the calling side facsimile apparatus,
Fig. 3 is an operation flowchart of the main control unit shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the operator on the receiving side, and Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a usage pattern of a conventional facsimile machine. be. 1... Main control unit 3... Transmission/reception unit 4... Key human power unit 5... Manuscript reading unit 6... Image memory agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Ken Yudo Hajime Yamashita ~ r+) LIJ Tohitto Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A facsimile apparatus includes: a document registration means for registering a document; an incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call from a calling side facsimile machine; A facsimile device comprising: a document reading means for reading out a document registered in the means; and a transmission control means for transmitting the document read by the document reading means to the calling side facsimile device. .