JPH02276342A - Control system for time difference recalling for facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently transfer information via facsimile by recalling the facsimile plural times at the intervals of a time, which is several times as long as that in the daytime, at night in the case of recalling operation. CONSTITUTION:When information cannot be transmitted from a picture storage device 6 because of the abnormality like paper running-out etc., in a facsimile controller 2, the picture storage device detects the present time by a block device; and when the present time is in the daytime, the picture storage device 6 judges that the time to the abnormality recovery of the facsimile controller 2 is shorter, and time intervals at which the facsimile controller 2 is recalled are set to the shorter time to recall the facsimile controller 2 several times, and transmission is retried. When the present time is at night, time intervals are set to the time which is several times as long as that in the daytime, and the cause of abnormality is removed in the recall period, and the probability that information which cannot arrive is transmitted to the destina tion is reduced. Consequently, abnormality is recovered and the terminal can be called before the failure of the arrival of information through abnormality occurs in the facsimile controller at night when there are only a small number of maintenance mens.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine equipped with a transfer image information storage device, and in particular to a method for controlling the recall time difference of a facsimile machine for image information transfer according to daytime and nighttime. This invention relates to a recall time difference control method for facsimile machines.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a network configuration diagram of a facsimile machine equipped with a conventional image storage device. In the figure, (1) to (
4) is a facsimile control device connected by a signal line, (5) to (8) are each facsimile control device (1) to (
4) is equipped with an image storage device, (9) to (12) are switchboards 1 that call the facsimile control device to which image information is transferred, and (13) to (16) connect each facsimile control device and each image storage device. signal lines, (17) to (20
) is a signal line connecting each image storage device and each exchange, (2
1) to (26) are signal lines connecting each exchange.

Next, the operation will be explained. For example, when transferring image information from facsimile control device (1) to facsimile control device (2), first, the signal lines between each facsimile control device (1) and (2) are connected to each other by switchboards (9) and (10). . The image information on the transfer side is transferred from the image storage device (5) to the facsimile control device (1) via the signal line (13).
Then, it is sent to the exchange (9) via the signal line (17) and transferred to the signal line (21). Therefore, the transferred image information is stored in the image storage device (6) via the destination exchange (10) and the signal line (18), and then transferred to the facsimile control device (2) via the signal line (14). Ru.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventionally, a facsimile control device equipped with an image storage device using a telephone line has transferred image information as described above, but if an abnormality such as paper out or paper jam occurs in the facsimile control device to which the information is being transferred, Until this abnormality is resolved, the stored information cannot be transferred from the image storage device to the facsimile control device, and if it is not transferred even after a certain number of transfer operations, the information will be discarded and the image information will not arrive (see below) There is a problem in that after a message indicating that the image information has not been delivered is returned to the sender, the sender is required to judge the status of the transfer destination and transfer the image information again, which is a time-consuming process.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and therefore aims to provide a staggered recall control method for a facsimile machine that can eliminate the trouble on the part of the sender and efficiently transmit image information to the other party. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] A staggered recall control method for a facsimile machine according to the present invention stores transferred image information in facsimile machines connected via a communication line network and installed in various places. a clock device that measures the current time in each of these image storage devices; a usage determination device that determines whether the facsimile device to which stored image information is to be transferred is unusable; Correspondingly, the present invention is implemented by comprising a recall time difference determining means for determining a time difference for recalling the facsimile machine.

[Effect]

The image storage device according to the present invention obtains the current time from the clock device when the usage determining means determines that the facsimile device is in use or cannot be used due to some abnormality and cannot receive stored information; If there are many maintenance personnel, such as during the daytime, when the abnormality needs to be resolved in a short time, the recall time interval of the facsimile machine using the recall time difference determining means may be shortened, and maintenance may be performed during the night. If there are few staff members and it will take a long time to resolve the problem, by increasing the recall time interval of the facsimile machine using the recall time difference determining means, the problem can be resolved before the number of calls that result in non-delivery. , and it becomes possible to call the facsimile machine.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a network configuration diagram of a facsimile machine that implements the staggered recall control method for facsimile machines according to this embodiment. In the figures, parts that are the same as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or equivalent parts. In the figure, (5a) to (8a) are image storage devices in this embodiment, and clock devices (
In addition to 27) to (30), the facsimile control apparatus includes use determination means and recall time difference determination means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment based on the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, if there is no abnormality in the facsimile control device to which the image information is transferred, the image information is stored in the destination image storage device via the signal line and the exchange, and then transferred to the facsimile control device as before.

For example, if the facsimile control device (2) has an abnormality such as paper out, and the image storage device (6) cannot send information, that is, if it is not in the READY state, conventionally, after re-calling several times, the failure occurs. were sent to the information source. However, in this method, the image storage device knows the current time using a clock device, and if the current time is during the daytime when facsimile maintenance personnel (operators) are present, it is necessary to wait until the problem is resolved from the occurrence of an abnormality in the facsimile control device (2). It is determined that the time is short, and the facsimile control device (2) is called again several times with a shortened time interval to attempt transmission. If the facsimile control device (2) becomes READY within the set number of re-calls, the information will be sent, and if the facsimile control device (2) does not reach the READY state even after repeating the set number of times, the information will not reach the destination. Submit information.

However, if the time when the facsimile control device is not in the Y state in RE8 is nighttime, and there are fewer maintenance personnel than during the daytime, and it takes time to resolve the problem after it occurs, then the If the number of re-calls is set, the abnormality may not be resolved within these re-call periods and a non-delivery message may be sent to the other party. Therefore, if the abnormality occurs at night, the recall time interval is set several times longer than during the daytime, and the cause of the abnormality is removed during the recall period, reducing the probability that non-delivery information will be sent to the other party. . Therefore, even if an abnormality occurs in the facsimile control device at night when there are few maintenance personnel, the abnormality can be avoided before non-delivery occurs, and the terminal can make calls.

Further, in the above embodiment, a facsimile control device has been described, but a personal computer or other terminal device may be used, and the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a facsimile machine is unavailable and a recall operation is performed at several time intervals, the time interval during the night time is several times longer than that during the daytime. Since it is configured to be longer and multiple recall operations are performed, there is a lower probability that the recall operation will be completed before the facsimile machine is back in use at night, which has the effect of allowing efficient facsimile transmission of information. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a staggered recall control method for a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the staggered recall control method, and FIG. 3 is a device implementing the conventional method. FIG. In the figure, (1) to (4) are facsimile control devices;
(5a) to (8a) are image storage devices, (9) to (12)
) is an exchange, (13) to (26) are signal lines connecting each device, and (27) to (30) are timing devices. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Agent Masuo Oiwa Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] Facsimile machines connected via a communication line network and installed in various locations are equipped with image storage devices that store transferred image information, and each of these image storage devices is equipped with a clock device that measures the current time and a stored image. The facsimile device is equipped with a usage determining means for determining whether the facsimile device to which the information is to be transferred is unusable, and a recall time difference determining means for determining the time difference for re-calling the facsimile device in accordance with the time when the facsimile device is determined to be unusable. Features a staggered recall control method for facsimile machines.