JPH03183254A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a failure in relay indication transmission due to a push tone signal erroneously caused by an operator by pre-liminarily registering a push tone signal string, which will be sent to a facsimile equipment of the other party and indicates the relay indication transmission function, to automatically judge the sending timing. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile equipment in a reception station which automatically terminates a call sends a called station identification signal (CED) and an initial identification signal (NSF, CSI, DIS). A facsimile equipment (transmission station 1) receives and analyzes these signals; and when it is recognized that the reception station 3 can receive the relay indication by the push (PB) tone signal, the push tone signal indicating the relay indication is automatically sent by a relay indication transmitting means 12 and a PB tone transmitting means 12 in accordance with the number preliminarily registered in a PB signal display number storage means 11. When recognizing the push tone signal, the reception station 3 sends a confirmation signal. The transmission station 1 confirms this ACK tone and executes the normal protocol of facsimile hereafter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine that transmits a relay instruction by automatically transmitting a touch tone based on a pre-registered number.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to use this type of push-tone signal to send a relay instruction to a remote device, a person judges the push-tone signal sending timing and sends the push-tone signal to the remote device from a telephone or the like.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional system described above, a human determines the timing for transmitting a push-tone signal, and at that timing, the human operates a telephone or the like to generate a push-tone signal sequence representing a relay instruction transmitting function. Because the operator was sending the message to the other party's facsimile machine, the timing of sending the pushtone signal was incorrect, or the pushtone signal sequence representing the relay instruction sending function was incorrect due to an operational error, and the operator was unable to send the relay instruction as desired. There was a drawback.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel method that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the conventional technology, reduces the situation in which relay instructions cannot be sent by push-tone signals due to operator error, and saves labor. The objective is to provide a facsimile machine that is of the highest quality.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes means for storing a push-tone signal sequence representing a relay instruction transmission function to be sent to a destination facsimile apparatus, and a means for storing the push-tone signal sequence. The bottom of the tank is equipped with means for automatically determining the sending timing and means for transmitting the push-tone signal in accordance with the timing.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention and explaining an overview of relay instruction transmission.

The transmitting station instructs the relay station to relay the communication format in which the transmitting station requests the relay station to send the document to the specified multiple destinations (31, 32,...3N) in sequence. It's called sending.

Referring to FIG. 1, a transmitting station 1, a relay station 2, a receiving station 31
~3N are connected as shown. The transmitting station 1 includes a PB signal display number storage means 11 that stores numbers (0, 1, . . . 9, *, #, etc.) representing pre-registered push tone signals (PB tone signals); Relay instruction sending means 12 that sends a relay instruction by automatically sending out a touch tone signal based on the pre-registered number.
and a PB-tone transmitting means 13 for transmitting a push-tone signal.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, an example will be described in which the operator specifies transmission of a relay instruction using a touch tone signal, a call is made from the transmitting station 1 side, and the receiving station 3 automatically receives the call. The facsimile machine of the receiving station 3 that received the call automatically receives the called station identification signal (CHD) and the initial identification signal (NSF, C5I).
, Dis).

The facsimile device (transmitting station 1) of the present invention receives and analyzes these signals, and the receiving station 3
When it is recognized that it is possible to receive a relay instruction using a tone signal, the relay instruction transmitting means 12 and PB)-tone transmitting means 13 generate a push tone representing a relay instruction according to the number registered in advance in the PB signal display number storage means 11. Send signals automatically. When the receiving station 3 (31 to 3N) recognizes the push tone signal, it sends out a confirmation signal (tone to AC). The transmitting station 1 confirms this ACK) and thereafter executes a normal facsimile protocol to transmit a relay instruction to the receiving station 3 via the relay station 2.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, a pushtone signal sequence representing a relay instruction transmission function to be sent to a destination facsimile machine is registered in advance, and the timing for transmitting the pushtone signal sequence is automatically determined. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the situation in which relay instructions cannot be transmitted using push-tone signals due to operator error, and the operator does not have to input the push-tone signal sequence each time relay instructions are sent using push-tone signals. This has the effect of saving labor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram for explaining an overview of relay instruction transmission, and FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In the facsimile machine, means for transmitting a touch tone signal, means for storing a pre-registered number (0, 1, . . . , 9, *, #, etc.) representing a push-tone signal; 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising means for transmitting a relay instruction by automatically transmitting a touch tone signal based on a registered number.