JPH0326059A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain communication with an opposite communication party immediately after the equipment restores to the normal state by storing an ID of the opposite communication party and outputting the voice giving a call even when the facsimile reception is disabled. CONSTITUTION:When a call comes from other facsimile equipment via a line 1, a communication control section 2 controls a network control section 3 to receive the call and to apply facsimile protocol control to the opposite communication party. In this case, an expanded ID or a standard ID included in a protocol signal is extracted and stored in a communication ID storage section 4. An electric voice signal storage section 7 stores a voice signal corresponding to the ID and a voice signal synthesis section 5 retrieves the electric voice signal storage section 7 based on the ID of the opposite communication party stored in the communication ID storage section 4 to synthesize the voice signal corresponding to the ID and the synthesized voice is outputted from a voice output section 8. Even when a fault such as paper jamming takes place and the facsimile reception is disabled, since a recording section 5 have recorded the ID of the opposite communication party, from which opposite communication party the call comes is recognized after the normal state is restored.

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 that performs an alarm operation in the event of a failure.

? Conventionally, facsimile machines of this type ignore incoming calls when facsimile reception is impossible, such as when the paper runs out or there is a paper jam around the paper ejection port.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional facsimile machine mentioned above ignores incoming calls when it becomes impossible to receive facsimile.
At that time, even if a call was sent from another facsimile machine, the call could not be received, and the facsimile operator could not know from which party the call was sent. This has caused major problems in handling important work matters.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention has a means for automatically receiving a call using a ringing signal, and a means for responding to the automatic receiving when facsimile reception is impossible, and detecting an extended ID or standard ID detected from the 7 fax call procedure signal of the other party. means for storing, means for converting the audio signal corresponding to the ID into an electrical audio signal and storing it; means for searching the electrical audio signal stored in the means and synthesizing the audio signal; and means for outputting the signal as audio.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

When a call is received from a facsimile terminal or the like of the other party via the line 1, the communication control section 2 controls the network control 3 to receive the call, and then performs procedure control with the other party. At this time, the extension code υ or the standard ID included in the procedure signal is extracted and sent to the communication ID storage section 4, and the communication ID storage section 4 stores the extension ID1 or the standard ID. The electrical audio signal storage section 7 stores audio signals corresponding to the above IDs. The audio signal synthesis section 5 searches the electrical speech synthesis section 7 based on the ID of the communication partner recorded in the communication ID storage section 4 and synthesizes an audio signal corresponding to the ID. The combined audio signal is outputted from an audio output section 8, which is comprised of, for example, a speaker.

By doing this, even if you are unable to receive a fax due to a malfunction such as running out of recording paper or a paper jam near the recording paper ejection port, you can receive a call and receive the IDI of the other party.
In order to memorize the ID of the other party, the audio output section 8 will notify the other party's ID if the above-mentioned malfunction occurs by replenishing the recording paper and canceling the paper jam, etc. and the system returns to a normal state.

Note that the above-mentioned extended ID or standard ID usually has a telephone number, the name of its own office, etc. registered therein, so that the facsimile operator can know which party is making the call.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention receives a call even when facsimile reception is impossible, memorizes the communication ID and outputs the voice, and after the device becomes normal, the facsimile operator can There is an advantage that the stored ID can be confirmed and the communication partner can be contacted immediately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Line, 2... Communication control unit, 3... Network control,
4... Communication ID storage unit, 5... Recording unit, 6... System control unit, 7... Electrical audio signal storage unit, 8...
・Audio output section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for automatically receiving a call based on a ringing signal; means for responding to the automatic call when facsimile reception is not possible; and storing an extended ID or standard ID detected from the facsimile procedure signal of the other party; means for converting the audio signal into an electrical audio signal and storing it; means for searching the electrical audio signals stored in the means to synthesize the audio signal; and means for outputting the audio signal as an audio signal. A facsimile device characterized by: