JPH03280785A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To wait for the empty of an opposite party and to automatically call the party by storing the selective number of a facsimile as a transmission destination and the contents of transmission when the facsimile of the transmission destination is used. CONSTITUTION:A registration circuit 5 registers the telephone number of the facsimile of a transmission destination inputted from a keyboard 4 and the contents of a transmission original to be inputted thereafter in a registration device 3 by switching a registration key 41 in a keyboard 4. A reading circuit 6 is actuated when the telephone number and the transmission original are registered in the circuit 3 and automatically dials the telephone number read at every predetermined time interval. After that, a response signal is received from a facsimile at the incoming side, the registered transmission original is read and transmitted. At this time, even when a caller does not perform a call operation many times, the transmission original can be automatically transmitted.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to facsimile.

[Conventional technology]

With traditional facsimile, when a caller wants to send a document, if the destination's fax machine is busy, the caller dials the destination's fax number again after a certain period of time until the called party's fax machine answers. The call operation was repeated.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional facsimile system described above, if the sender is sending documents and the destination's facsimile is in use, the caller dials the destination's facsimile number again after a certain period of time, and the destination's facsimile is The disadvantage is that the calling operation must be repeated after a period of time until a response is received.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that stores the selection number of the destination facsimile and the transmission contents when the destination facsimile is in use, and automatically sends the message when the other party is available.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile machine of the present invention comprises: a storage device; a step for registering the selection number of the destination facsimile and the contents of the sending message in the storage device; When the selection number is registered in the storage device, the selection number Ii is dialed at predetermined time intervals, and When receiving a response signal, the apparatus has a means for transmitting the contents of the transmission document registered together with the selection number.

[Effect]

When you turn on the registration switch, dial the selected number of the destination facsimile using the dial keys, and enter the original to be sent manually, the machine automatically dials the selected number memorized at a predetermined interval and waits until the other party is free. Since the fax machine connects and sends the contents of the document to be sent, there is no need to repeat the call until the other party's fax machine becomes available.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an exchange connection relay system of an embodiment of the facsimile according to the present invention.

Facsimile of this embodiment 11.12. ~, 1n includes a handset 2, a storage device 3, a keyboard 4, a registration circuit 5, and a reading circuit 6, and the keyboard 4 includes a registration key 41 for registration in the storage device 3, and a dial. It includes numeric keys 42 for.

◇The recording circuit 5 stores, by switching the registration key 41 in the keyboard 4, the facsimile telephone number of the destination manually input from the keyboard 4 and the contents of the transmission document inputted after the telephone number. Register for 3. The succession circuit 6 is activated when a telephone number and a transmission document are registered in the memory circuit 3, reads out the registered telephone number and dials 'Ah' at predetermined time intervals, and then,
When a response signal is received from the facsimile on the sending side, the transmission original registered with the telephone number is read out and sent. The exchange 13 has 1-ranks 71 and 72.

=7n, tone trunk 8, number information receiving receiver 9, υ1 gentleman 21-roller 10, replacement network 1-network control device 11, central processing unit 12, replacement network 14 have.

1-Rank 71 72° ~, 7n are respectively f)) Kushimiri 11.12. ~, 1n, facsimile IV 12. ”, 1n goes off-hook (-), it is activated, and the calling information is sent to the Ill controller 1.
It goes to 0 and turns 1 from trunk 8 to 7.
The dial information from the facsimile side is transferred to the number information receiving receiver 9. When an exchange connection is established, changes in the status of the facsimile machine are monitored, and when a response/disconnection is detected, the signal is sent to the 1+a controller. 10
Transfer to. In addition, trunks 71, 72 . 7n sends a ringing signal when a call is received via the exchange network 14, and when the directly connected facsimile of the called party answers, it returns a response signal along with the response to the calling party, and then returns the facsimile of the called party to the facsimile of the called party. - Monitor disconnection and detect disconnection.
Then, the controller 10 for 11- is notified.

The tone trunk 8 outputs a dial tone, a busy tone, a ringback tone, and a call 8 according to instructions from a controller 10. The number information receiving receiver 9 receives the numbers dialed from the facsimile machines 11.1z, 11. .12° ~, 1n status information to trunk 71
．． 72, to 7n, and reports it to the central processing unit 12, which instructs the output of the specified tone for tone 1-rank 8, and further outputs the specified tone to the trunk 1112.
, ", 1n, the detected cutting information is transferred to the central ffi implanted stomach 12. The replacement screw l-work control device 11 transfers the detected cutting information to the replacement network 14 under the instruction of the central processing unit 12.
control exchange connections. The exchange network 14 is controlled by the exchange network control device 11 and connects between trunks and with the number information receiver 9.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to 1) in FIG. 1.

Now, assume that facsimile 11 is transmitting to facsimile 12. The caller is the handset 2 of the facsimile 11
When off-hook, the trunk 71 is activated, the controller 10 detects this, and the central processing unit @12
Report to. The central processing unit 12 instructs the exchange network control unit 11 to connect the trunk 71 and the tone trunk 8 (2) and to send a dial tone from the tone trunk 8 to the originating facsimile 11 via the connection (2). At this time, the trunk 71 and the receiver 9 for receiving number information
is connected in advance along with the tone trunk 8 connection via connection ■, and when the caller enters the telephone number of the called party's facsimile 12 using the number keys 42 on the keyboard 4 of the facsimile 11, the tone trunk 8 connection ■ is disconnected, and the number of the called facsimile 12 is stored in the number information receiving receiver 9 via the exchange 13. The accumulated number information of the receiving facsimile 12 is stored in the central processing unit 12 via the controller 10, and at the same time, the central processing unit 12 controls the exchange network! Instruct the device 11 to disconnect the connection (■) and, if the trunk 72 of the called facsimile 12 is already connected to the trunk 7n to another facsimile 1n, to connect the trunk 71 and the tone trunk 8 (■), and then 10 is instructed to send the busy tone from the tone trunk 8 to the handset 2 of the facsimile 11 via connection (2). When the caller hears the busy tone and puts the handset 2 on-hook, the connection (2) is disconnected. Here, the caller switches the registration key 41 on the keyboard 4 of the facsimile machine 11 and sends the telephone number of the called party's facsimile machine 12 and the contents of the transmitted document to the calling party's facsimile machine 11.
It is registered in the storage device 3 of. After a certain period of time, the originating facsimile 11 is automatically transferred to the trunk 71 by the continuous output circuit 6.
The telephone number of the facsimile machine 12 of the called party stored in the storage device 3 is sent out. At this time, if the facsimile 12 on the called side is idle, the connection between the trunk 72 and the trunk 7n is disconnected, and the trunk 71 activated by the facsimile 11 on the calling side is connected via the exchange network 14. The telephone number of the facsimile 12 on the called side, which is connected to the tone trunk 8 through the connection ■, and which is stored in the storage device 3 of the facsimile 11 on the calling side and sent out by the readout circuit 6, is transmitted via the connection ■ connected in advance. The information is stored in the number information receiving receiver 9, and at the same time, the connection (2) is disconnected. The accumulated telephone number information of the facsimile 12 is stored in the central processing unit @12 via the controller 10. The central processing unit 12 instructs the exchange network controller @11 to disconnect the connection (2) and to connect the trunk 71 and the trunk 72 (3). Due to the connection between the trunks 71 and 72, a response signal is sent from the facsimile 12 on the called side to the facsimile 11 on the calling side via the connection (2). The contents are transmitted to the facsimile machine 12 on the receiving side, and when the transmission is completed, a disconnection signal is sent to the trunk 71. As a result, the connection ■ is also disconnected.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in the present invention, when the destination facsimile is in use, the fax sender stores the phone number of the destination facsimile and the original to be sent in the storage device of the sender's facsimile. This has the effect that the user can automatically send the original without having to make a number of call operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an exchange connection relay system of an embodiment of the facsimile according to the present invention. 1+, 12. ~． In...Facsimile, 2...Handset, 3...Storage device, 4...Keyboard, 41...Registration key 42...Numeric key 5...Registration circuit, 6...Reading Circuit, 71, 72, ~, 7n...Trunk, 8...Tone trunk, 9...Receiver for receiving number information 10...1lllli control-11...Exchange network III+@ device, 12 ...Central processing unit, 13...Switching machine, 14...Switching network. Special applicant: L1 O Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile, a storage device; means for registering the selection number of a destination facsimile machine and the contents of a transmission document in the storage device; a switch that connects the dial input to the means for registering; and, when the selection number is registered in the storage device, dialing the selection number at predetermined time intervals and receiving a response signal from the called facsimile machine; The facsimile machine is characterized in that it has means for transmitting the contents of the transmission document registered together with the selection number.