JPH04138769A - System for classifying facsimile automatic reception document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform classification by discharging a form from an output tray different from the output tray discharging the form of an interrupted document due to the occurrence of abnormality when receiving the other document in a state there is an interrupted document due to the occurrence of abnormality and discharging a form to the same output tray as the original one when the interrupted document is retransferred while the abnormality occurs. CONSTITUTION:When the abnormality occurs during the reception of data from facsimile equipment 3, an automatic reception abnormality detection means 105 detects the abnormality and starts operation, originating caller telephone number information at the point is obtained from an originating caller telephone number information acquisition means 103 to store in an abnormality generation telephone number information storage area 106. When it is an incoming call, for example, from facsimile equipment 4 different from the facsimile equipment 3, the comparison result in a telephone number comparison means 107 becomes noncoincident, and an output tray selection means 109 selects a second output tray 112 different from a first output tray 111 selected so far, and the form printed by a print means 108 is discharged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an automatic facsimile received document classification system.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, facsimile machines are capable of automatic reception processing, and can receive documents transmitted from other facsimile machines in an unattended state.

By the way, in conventional facsimile machines, the sheets printed and ejected during automatic reception are stacked on the output tray in the order received, and after multiple documents have been received, the The classification was performed manually based on the information on the number of documents to be sent, which was written on the sending slip attached to the beginning of each document by the sender.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, in conventional facsimile machines, printed sheets are stacked in the order in which they are received, and there was no particular problem as long as each document was successfully received and stacked in sequence. However, if an error occurs while a certain document is being received and the processing is interrupted, then another document is received, and then the document with the error is resent, information on the number of sheets sent, etc. It is not possible to easily classify based on the information (it is also not easy to confirm whether the document with the abnormality has been resent), and the contents of each sheet must be looked at and organized. The disadvantage was that it was time-consuming.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to classify documents in a manner that prevents them from being mixed with sheets of other documents when there is a document in which an abnormality has occurred during reception. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic facsimile received document classification system that facilitates the classification of received facsimile documents.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a telephone number comparison means that compares the originating telephone number of the document currently being received with the originating telephone number of the document that is currently being received due to an abnormality; If the comparison results do not match, an error has occurred and the paper is ejected to a different output tray from the output tray from which the paper was ejected, and if the comparison results match, an error has occurred. The apparatus includes output tray selection means for discharging the paper to the same output tray as the output tray from which the paper of the document that is currently being discharged is ejected.

[Effect]

In the facsimile automatic received document classification system of the present invention, the telephone number comparison means compares the originating telephone number of the currently received document with the originating telephone number of the document that is currently being received due to an abnormality. If the comparison results do not match, the output tray selection means outputs the paper to an output tray different from the output tray from which the paper of the document that is currently being outputted due to an abnormality occurs, and If they match, the paper is ejected to the same output tray as the one that ejected the paper of the document that is currently in the process of being ejected due to an abnormality.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus to which the facsimile automatic received document classification method of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes a facsimile machine 1 on the receiving side, and a facsimile machine 3 on the transmitting side connected via a telephone line 2. 4. It consists of 5. Note that the facsimile device 1 shows only the configuration related to reception;
The configuration related to transmission is omitted.

The facsimile machine 1 includes a receiving unit 101, a received data storage area 102, and a sender telephone number information obtaining unit 103.
, sender telephone number information storage area 104 , automatic reception abnormality detection means 105 , and abnormality occurrence telephone number information storage area 1
06, telephone number comparison means 107, printing means 108, output tray selection means 109, abnormal telephone number information erasing means 110, and output trays 111, 112, 113.
It is composed of. Note that the functions of each part will be explained through the following operations to avoid duplication.

Now, for example, from facsimile device 3 to facsimile device l
When a document is sent to the addressee, the receiving means 101 receives facsimile data arriving via the telephone line 2 and stores the received data in the received data storage area 102. Note that the received data includes sender telephone number information and image data.

On the other hand, when there is an incoming call from another facsimile machine, the sender's telephone number information acquisition means 103 sends the received data storage header 10
2 and stores it in the originator telephone number information storage area 104.

Further, while reception is being performed normally, the automatic reception abnormality detection means 105 does not operate, and the contents of the abnormality telephone number information storage area 106 remain invalid.

Therefore, the telephone number comparison means 107 does not perform a comparison operation because one of the inputs is an invalid value, and the output tray selection means 10
9 selects the first output tray 111 as a standard state, and discharges the paper printed by the printing means 108 thereto.

When the transmission from the facsimile device 3 is successfully completed and the transmission is performed from another facsimile device 4, etc., the same operation as above occurs, and the printed sheets are stacked on the first output tray 111 in the order in which they were received. Go.

On the other hand, if an abnormality occurs while receiving data from the facsimile machine 3, the automatic reception abnormality detection means 105 detects the abnormality and starts operating, and the sender telephone number information acquisition means 103 detects the abnormality and starts operating.
The caller telephone number information at that point in time is acquired from , and stored in the abnormal telephone number information storage area 106 .

When a call is received from another facsimile machine after the reception from the facsimile machine 3 is interrupted, the receiving means 101 transfers the received data to the received data storage area 1 in the same way as described above.
02, and the source telephone number information acquisition means 103 stores the current source telephone number information in the source telephone number information storage area 104.

The telephone number comparison means 107 starts operating because the two manual inputs are valid values, judges whether the two match or not, and provides the judgment result to the output tray selection means 109.

Now, if the call is received from, for example, a facsimile machine 4 that is different from the facsimile machine 3 in which the abnormality has occurred, the comparison result in the telephone number comparison means 107 will be inconsistent, and the output tray selection means 109 will select the first A second output tray 112 different from the output tray 111 is selected, and the paper printed by the printing means 108 is discharged thereto.

Therefore, other documents will not be piled up following the paper of the document that has been left in the middle due to the occurrence of an abnormality.

In addition, if the call is received from the facsimile machine 3 with an abnormality (this is mostly a case of retransmission), the comparison result in the telephone number comparison means 107 will be a match;
The output tray selection means 109 selects the first
The output tray 111 of is selected as is, and the paper printed by the printing means 108 is discharged thereto. Therefore, the documents that have been sent again are stacked up next to the sheets of documents that have been interrupted due to the occurrence of an abnormality.

Then, the document (
When the reception of the abnormal telephone number information storage area 106 is completed, the abnormal telephone number information erasing means 110 erases the contents of the abnormal telephone number information storage area 106 and makes it an invalid value.

After that, operations similar to those described above are performed.

In addition, since three output trays are provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to cope with the case where there are two documents that are incomplete due to an abnormality.

However, it goes without saying that the number of output trays is not limited to this.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the facsimile automatic reception document classification system of the present invention, if there is a document that is incomplete due to an abnormality and another document is received, an abnormality has occurred. If the paper is ejected to a different output tray than the one that ejected the paper for the partially completed document, and if an error occurs and the partially completed document is resent, the paper will be ejected to the same output tray as the original. Since the paper is ejected, it does not mix with paper from other documents, making it easy to check whether a document with an error has been sent again, and making it easier to sort the document. be.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus to which the facsimile automatic received document classification method of the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1...Facsimile machine 101...Receiving means 102...Received data storage area 103...Sender telephone number information acquisition means 104...
Caller telephone number information storage area 105...Automatic reception abnormality detection means 106...Abnormal telephone number information storage area 107...
-Telephone number comparison means 108...Printing means 109...Output tray selection means 110...Abnormal telephone number information erasing means lll-1
13...Output tray 2...Telephone concave lines 3-5...Facsimile machine

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A phone number comparison means that compares the sender phone number of the document currently being received with the sender phone number of the document that has been suspended due to an abnormality, and if the comparison results do not match, The paper is ejected to a different output tray from the one that ejected the paper of the document that is halfway due to an error, and if the comparison results match, the paper of the document that is halfway due to an error is ejected. and output tray selection means for ejecting paper to the same output tray as the output tray from which the paper was ejected. (2) Claim 1, further comprising a source telephone number information acquisition means that acquires the source telephone number information from the received data storage area and stores it in the source telephone number information storage area.
The facsimile automatic received document classification method described. (3) Automatic reception abnormality detection means that stores the sender's telephone number information in the abnormality telephone number information storage area when a reception abnormality is detected, and completes the retransmission of documents that have been left in the middle due to an abnormality. 3. The automatic facsimile reception document classification system according to claim 1, further comprising an abnormal telephone number information erasing means for erasing the contents of the abnormal telephone number information storage area when the abnormal telephone number information is stored.