JPH0265545A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the time for preceding and succeeding procedures having been applied for each communication by arranging a picture data so as to be made correspondent to each destination station applying relay multiple address and applying relay multiple address to a picture data in the lump for each destination station at each preset time. CONSTITUTION:When a relay command signal or the like is received, a picture data to be sent is stored in a picture storage section 7. Then the picture data and each destination station commanded by the relay command signal are arranged so as to be made correspondent to each other and the arranged data are stored in a data storage section 8. The data storage section 8 consists of a 'number' column representing the order of transmission, a 'destination station' column representing a telephone number and name of a destination station, a 'picture data number' column representing number of picture data to be subjected to relay multiple address and a 'picture data name' column representing the name of the picture data. When a relay start signal is outputted, a data corresponding to '1' of the 'number' column is read from the data storage section 8, and dialing is given to the destination station and a call signal is sent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a relay TFI function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, facsimile machines have a relay broadcasting function that receives information such as manuscripts and images (hereinafter referred to as image data) from a transmitting station and transmits the image data as is to multiple destination stations! (hereinafter referred to as a relay station) is known. In this type of relay relay, the operator of the originating station selects a destination station in advance, and then transmits a relay instruction signal instructing relay relay to the relay station, and transmits the image data.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in relay stations, even if relay instruction signals for the same destination station are frequently received from the originating station, the relay station performs a relay broadcast to the destination station every time it receives a relay instruction signal. In particular, the time required for pre-procedures performed for each communication accumulates and becomes a long time. Therefore, there are problems in that the transmission costs incurred by the relay station become large and the time the device is occupied becomes long.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that relays and broadcasts image data in batches for each destination station.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides a facsimile device that relays and broadcasts image data to a destination station selected based on a relay instruction signal from a transmitting station, including an image storage unit that stores a plurality of image data, and a a data organizer that organizes the iim data so that they correspond to each other; a data storage unit that stores the data organized by the data organizer; and a timer that outputs a medium M instruction signal every time a preset time is reached;
The apparatus includes a relay control means for relaying and broadcasting the image data stored in the image storage section at once to each of the destination stations when the middle 1 instruction signal from the timer section is input.

(Function) According to the facsimile device having the above configuration, based on the relay instruction signal from the transmitting station, the image data is organized so as to correspond to each destination station that performs relay broadcasting, and the image data is transmitted at a preset time phase. Data is relayed to each destination station all at once.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this facsimile device includes a network control section 1, a modem section 2, an encoding section 3, a decoding section 4, a reading section 5, a recording section 6, an image storage section 7, and a data storage section 8i18.
, operation section 9, clock section 1o, control program storage section 11,
and a central control section 12 equipped with data organizing means and relay control means.

The network control unit 1 connects the 11th telephone line to this device when a calling signal from the calling station is received, receives a relay instruction signal, and releases the telephone line from this device when the communication ends. It is something. The modem section 2 modulates the transmission signal from this device, transmits it to the telephone line via the network control section 1, and demodulates the received signal from the telephone line.

The image storage unit 7 stores the received image data signal &! It is something to remember. The data storage section 8 stores data organized in the central v1 section 12.

The operation unit 9 is used to operate the device from the outside. The timer 1o outputs a relay instruction signal every time a preset time is reached. That is, for example, the timer unit 10 controls the image storage unit 7 every time a preset time is reached, at a preset constant time interval, and every time the number of times the relay instruction signal is received reaches a preset number. Each time the storage capacity of is full.

Alternatively, a relay instruction signal is output every time the storage capacity exceeds a predetermined value.

The central tray unit 12 operates based on the program stored in the control program storage unit 11 or the operation by the operation unit 9. 6, image storage section 7, and data storage section 8.

The encoding section 3 encodes the image signal input from the reading section 5 and outputs it to the central control section 12. The decoding section 4 decodes the received coded signal into an image signal and outputs it to the recording section 6.

The reading section 5 reads image signals from a document etc., and encodes the image signals from the encoding section 3.
This is what is output to. The recording unit 6 prints on a recording M etc. based on the image signal from the decoding 8114.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step s1, it is determined whether a relay instruction signal is output from the timer 1o, and if it is not output,
In step s2, a calling signal from the calling station is received, and it is determined whether a relay instruction signal has been received.

If the relay instruction signal etc. is not received, step $1
The process returns to , and it is determined again whether the relay instruction signal has been output. Then, until the relay instruction signal is output or the relay instruction signal etc. is received, steps St,
The process of S2 is repeated.

On the other hand, when a relay instruction signal or the like is received in step s2, the image data sent in step s3 is stored in the image storage section 7. Next, step S4 performs the above ii!
The iim data and each destination station designated by the relay instruction signal are organized and stored in the data storage unit 8 so as to correspond to each other. After that, return to step S1 and step 8 again.
Repeat steps 1 and below.

Here, the operations organized and stored in the data storage section 8 will be explained using an example shown in FIG. 3.

First, for example, the destination station 11 A 11. “8°l, 11 CII,”
D” is instructed to relay and broadcast the image data “P”, and the second relay instruction signal sends the destination stations “B” and “D”
11 E II indicates 18 that the image data "■" should be relayed and broadcast, and the third relay instruction signal sends the destination station A.
Assume that an instruction is given to relay and broadcast image data "■" to ""B", "C", and "E". Note that it is assumed that the relay instruction signal is output after the third relay instruction signal is received.

The data storage unit 8 includes a "number" field indicating the order of transmission;
It consists of a ``Destination station'' field that shows the telephone number and name of the destination station, a ``Image data number J field'' that shows the number of image data to be relayed, and an ``Image data name'' field that shows the name of the image data. There is. Note that the number of pieces of image data corresponding to the above-mentioned "number of image data" is separately stored in the data storage section 8.

When the first relay instruction signal is received, as shown in FIG. 3(a), the destination stations "A" to "D"
1" to "4' in the "Number" column.

are stored in the "destination station" column for each column up to. In addition, “1” is stored in the “Number of image data” column, and “
The name of the image data "■Pa" is stored in the "Image data name" field.The image data itself is stored in the image storage section 7 in a corresponding manner.

When the second relay instruction signal is received, the "Number of image data" column for destination station "B" in the "Destination station" column is changed to 2'', as shown in FIG. 3(b). , the name of the image data "■" is added to the "Image data name" field. Also, the "Number of image data" column for the destination station "D" in the "Destination station" column is changed to "2P," The name of the image data “■” is also added to the “Data name” field. Furthermore, the “Number”
5" is added to the column, the destination station "E" is stored in the "destination station" field, and "iii!i image data rj1.
"1" is stored in JH, and the name of the image data storage section is stored in the "image data name" column.

When the third medium $1 instruction signal is received, as shown in FIG. changed,
The name of the image data "■" is added to the "Image data name" column. In addition, for destination station “B” in the “destination station” column, “
The "Number of image data" field is changed to 3°, and the name of the image data "°■" is added to the "Image data name" field. Furthermore, the "number of image data" jump for the destination station 110" in the "destination station" column is changed to 2, and the name of image data "■" is added to the "image data name JR". Further, the "number of image data" field for the destination station "E" in the "destination station" field is changed to "2", and the name of the image data "■" is added to the "image data name" field.

Further, upon receiving the relay instruction signal, the image storage unit 7 stores the image data “■′°, °゛■IZII■°.

are stored sequentially.

Then, when the relay instruction signal is output in step S1, 1" in the "number" column is set as the destination station to be relayed and broadcasted first in step S5. Next, in step S
8, the data corresponding to 1" in the "Number" column is read from the data storage unit 8 from the data shown in FIG. Sent.

Next, in step S8, it is determined whether or not it is possible to communicate with the destination station "A". If communication is not possible, that is, if the destination station "A" is not available or is busy,
In step Sf5, without performing the processing in steps S9 to S14, "
The number Jlfm is set to "2". At step Sw,
[It is determined whether the destination station of 2nd party of number @J is the destination station that relays and broadcasts to the R invasion, and if it is determined that it is not the destination station that relays and broadcasts after II, the process returns to step S8 and the "No. Step 81 based on the data for 2'° in column J
Perform the following processing.

Then, at step Sta, R4! ! When it is determined that the processing has been completed for the destination stations relaying and broadcasting up to 5'' in the "number" column in the case of FIG. 3, the process returns to step S1 and the processing from step 81 onward is repeated again.

On the other hand, if it is possible to communicate with the destination station "A" in step S8, a pre-procedure for transmitting image data is performed in step $9.

This pre-procedure is as shown in FIG.
It begins by sending a 0H7 CNG signal to the destination station. Next, the CED signal of 2100H7 from the destination station,
In addition, digital signals such as NSF signal, C5I signal and DSI signal are returned. In response to these reply signals, the central a station transmits the digital signals NSC signal, CIG signal, D
A C5 signal, a TRINING signal and a TCP signal are transmitted. Then, the above pre-procedure ends when the CFR signal is returned from the destination station.

When the pre-procedure of step S9 is completed, in step S special, "2" in the "number of image data" column for the destination station
is read out, and this "2" is set as the number of image data X. Next, in step S11, the number of image data X is “
It is determined whether the value is 1″ or more.

In the above case, the number of image data
In the "Image data name" field for ", the name of the image data "■" is first read out, and the corresponding image data "■" is read out from the image storage unit 7, and the TRINING signal indicating the transmission of image data is sent. It is then transmitted to destination station "A".

Next, in step S13, the image data W1. 1" from X
is subtracted, and the process returns to step S1t, where it is determined again whether the number of image data X is greater than or equal to "1".

In the above case, the number of image data " The corresponding image data "■" is read out from the image storage section 7 and transmitted to the destination station 11 A'l following the TRINrNG signal. Thereafter, in step 5tlI. "1" is subtracted from the image data number X again, and the process returns to step S11. In the above case, the image data number X becomes "O",
The middle Jt! circulation to destination station #A'' is completed, and step SH
to move to.

Then, in step S14, a post-transmission procedure for image data is performed.

The subsequent procedure is as shown in Figure 4, upon receiving the EOP signal indicating the end of image data transmission, the destination station transmits the MCF signal, which is a digital signal, and in response, the relay station transmits the DCN signal, which is a digital signal. This is done by being sent. Note that FIG. 4 shows the case where the number of image data is one, and the post-procedure is similarly performed even when the number of image data is plural.

After the procedure after step S14 is performed, step S31
In Step 5, 2'' in the "Number" column is set as the destination station to be relayed next, and in Step Sm it is determined whether it is the destination station to be relayed and broadcasted last. In the case of FIG. 3, the destination station with °2" in the "Number" column is not the last destination station to relay and broadcast, so the process returns to day S, and step 88 is based on the data for 2" in the "Number" column. The following processing is performed. Then, the image data "■°゛, "■", ■" are sequentially transmitted to the destination station "B".

In this way, the processes from step S8 to step 816 are repeated, and after R, the image data for the destination station to be relayed and broadcast is transmitted, that is, in the case of FIG. 3, the image data for the destination station "E" is transmitted! By transmitting the Ha data "■" and "■°', all image data is transmitted to all destination stations "A 11 to "E" as shown in FIG.

In this way, relay I! using a conventional facsimile machine is possible. 1
In contrast, in the present invention, image data is transmitted all at once to the destination station each time a preset time is reached, whereas the image data is transmitted to the destination station every time a relay instruction signal is received. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 6, multiple pieces of image data can be transmitted to the destination station in one pre-procedure and post-procedure, and as shown in Fig. 4, each piece of image data can be sent to the destination station. The number of pre-procedures and post-procedures performed for each transmission can be reduced compared to the case where the pre-procedure and post-procedure are performed for each transmission.

(Effects of the Invention) The present invention organizes image data so that it corresponds to each destination station that performs relay broadcasting, and relays the image data in a preset poem to each destination station at once. It is possible to reduce the time required for pre-procedures and post-procedures that are performed for each communication, reduce transmission costs for relay stations, and shorten the time occupied by equipment for relay broadcasting.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile device according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the block diagram in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the operation in which image data is organized and stored in a data storage unit so as to correspond to each destination station.
Figure 4 is a diagram explaining the transmission procedure when there is one piece of image data, Figure 5 is a diagram explaining the relationship between each destination station and image data, and Figure 6 is when there are two pieces of image data. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a transmission procedure. 7... Image storage unit, 8... Data storage unit, 10...
- Timekeeping section, 12... central control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile machine that relays and broadcasts image data to a destination station selected based on a relay instruction signal from a transmitting station, an image storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of the image data;
a data organizing means for organizing the image data so as to correspond to each destination station; a data storage section for storing the data organized by the data organizing means; and outputting a relay start signal every time a preset time is reached. and relay control means for collectively relaying and broadcasting the image data stored in the image storage section to each of the destination stations when a relay start signal from the timing section is input. A facsimile device characterized by: