JPH03187553A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of times for reoriginating a call and to make facsimile communication efficient by storing the telephone number of plural equipments installed addressing one destination and the success rate of the communication to be connected when calling this telephone number, and originating the call in order of the telephone number with the high success rate of communication. CONSTITUTION:A line 1a is connected through a call originating circuit 1 to a CPU 2 and a switch 3 for telephone number set, destination designation switch 4 and memory 5 are respectively connected to the CPU 2 as well. The telephone number of the plural equipments installed at the destination and the success rate of the connection when calling this telephone number are stored in advance and when the call is originated to the destination, the telephone number is sent out in order of the high probability. Thus, the number of times for reoriginating the call is reudced and the efficient communication can be executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having an automatic calling function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine sends a message to one destination.
The telephone numbers of a plurality of installed devices are registered, and the order in which the telephone numbers are read out when making a call is always fixed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional facsimile machine described above, if the first telephone number read out when making a call is the most frequently used among the registered telephone numbers, there is a high probability that the line will not be connected, and This method has the disadvantage that efficient communication cannot be achieved because a re-call is required.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile machine of the present invention has a means for pre-storing telephone numbers of a plurality of devices installed at a destination and a probability of connection when a call is made to the telephone number by inputting an operation, and and means for transmitting telephone numbers in order of highest probability.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Line 1a is connected to CPU 2 through calling circuit 1. Also,
Phone number setting switch 3. Destination specification switch 4. and memory 5 are also connected to the CPU 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory 5 of this embodiment. Telephone numbers (1 to 1) of multiple devices correspond to each destination (A to N).
A storage area is secured to store m). A storage area is reserved for each telephone number to store the communication success rate of connection when a call is made. When registering a plurality of telephone numbers for each destination in the memory 5, the CPU 2 is controlled by operating the telephone number setting switch 3.

Now, if the operator specifies destination A, for example, the CPU
2 reads from the memory 5 the device number 1, 703-4515671, which has the highest communication success rate among the destinations 3, and makes a call to the line 1a via the calling circuit 1. If the other party is not in use, communication with the other party is possible. If the other party is in use, the device number 2 r0 of destination A with the second highest communication success rate
3-451-5672J is read out and sent to the line by the calling circuit 1.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention stores the telephone numbers of a plurality of devices installed at one destination and the communication success rate of connection when a call is made to this telephone number, and selects a telephone number with a high communication success rate. By making calls in this order, re-calls can be reduced and facsimile communication can be made more efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining information stored in a memory of this embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Calling circuit, 2...CPU, 3...Telephone number setting switch, 4...Destination designation switch, 5...
memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for pre-memorizing the telephone numbers of a plurality of devices installed at a destination and the probability of being connected when a call is made to the telephone number according to an operation input; A facsimile device comprising: means for transmitting a number.