JPH047963A - Picture receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm a communicated party for each received picture data without damaging versatility after reception is completed by storing the name of the communicated party as the control information of the received picture data. CONSTITUTION:When it is desired to confirm the communicated party for each received original stored in a memory card 13, an operator can use a relevant table display function. Namely, when it is instructed from the operator through an operation part 6, a main control part 7 writes the control information of the picture data of the received original from the card 13 through a memory card interface 10. Thus, a table display data is prepared on a memory 8 and displayed on a display part 5. This display shows the name of the communicated party included in the control information for each received original. Therefore, the operator can immediately confirm the communicated party for each received original without displaying or printing the contents of the received original.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image receiving device that receives image data through a line.

2. Description of the Related Art The signal sequence of the G3 procedure in this type of image receiving apparatus, a G3 facsimile and -IJ apparatus conforming to the T side of the ccITT recommendation, is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, TX is a transmitting facsimile device (transmitting station), and RX is a receiving facsimile device (receiving station). The facsimile machine uses optional signals such as called terminal identification (C8I), calling station identification (CIG), and sending terminal identification (C8I).
TRI) signals are transmitted and received.

Generally, such a facsimile device displays the identification signal C3I from the communication partner station, the contents of the TSI (telephone number), or displays the contents of the facsimile signal (telephone number) as communication history information. It is difficult to immediately confirm the communication partner from the contents of this display or printout.

It is also possible to send the name and company name using non-standard function newsletters (NSF, NSC, N5S) and display or print out the name and company name, but this is not possible if the name or company name is displayed or printed out. There is a problem with versatility because it cannot be applied between

There is no problem with versatility, and in order to easily confirm the communication partner, information representing the caller's telephone number and caller name is stored in memory in advance, and the received caller ID is stored in memory in advance. information(
retrieves the caller name corresponding to the phone number) from memory,
A method has been devised to output it as audio or display it on a display (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-256570).
issue).

According to this, the name (full name, company name, etc.) of the calling station that is the communication partner is output as a voice or image, so that the communication partner can be immediately confirmed. However, this only allows confirmation at the time of reception, and is not useful for the purpose of confirming the sender of a received document at any time after receiving the document.

This is because the caller's name is only output when the call is received, and is not saved after the call is received.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides an image receiving apparatus such as a facsimile machine that allows the communication partner of each received image data to be easily confirmed after reception is completed without sacrificing versatility. The purpose is to provide.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a device for receiving image data through a line, such as a G3 facsimile device, which includes a communication partner information storage means that stores communication partner information including a name or name. , a search means for searching the communication partner information storage means for communication partner information corresponding to the content of the identification signal received from the communication partner station, and the content of the identification signal received from the communication partner station and the communication searched by the search means. The apparatus is equipped with means for storing at least the name or name in the communication partner information together with the received image data or in another storage medium as management information for the received image data from the communication partner station.

Effect: According to the present invention as described above, the name or designation of the communication partner is stored as management information of received image data. Therefore, if you use the function of displaying or printing out a list of the contents of received image data, or displaying or printing out communication history, which is generally provided in an image receiving device such as a facsimile machine, the name or name of the communication partner can be displayed. Alternatively, since it can be printed out, the operator can immediately confirm the communication partner for each received image data without having to display or print out the received image data. In addition, when storing received image data and management information in a storage medium such as a memory card, this storage medium is attached to the image receiving device or another device that has a function of displaying a list of stored contents or printing out the same. In particular, it is possible to confirm the communication partner for each received image data.

In addition, there is no need for the communication partner station to transmit the name or name, and there is no need to introduce a non-standard procedure, so there is no problem with the versatility of the procedure.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, this facsimile device includes a network control section 1, a telephone function section 2, a modem 3, a compression/expansion section 4, a display section 5, an operation section 6, a main control section 7, In addition to components such as a memory 8, it has memory card interfaces 9 and 10, and a telephone directory search section 11.

The memory card interface 9 is an interface for a memory card 12 for storing a telephone directory, which is attached to and removed from the device, and the other memory card interface 10 is an interface for a memory card 13 for storing image data and its management information, which is attached to and removed from the device. It is.

This facsimile machine does not have a printer or scanner,
The configuration is such that document reading and document recording are performed by a scanner 14 and a printer 15 having an external memory card interface. The image data of the transmitted original is sent to the scanner 14.
writes to memory card 12, and this memory card 1
2 to the device. The image data of the received original is written to a memory card 13 attached to the apparatus, and this memory card 13 is attached to a printer 15 to be printed out.

A Fi telephone directory is stored in the memory card 12, and in this telephone directory, the name (company name, department name), telephone number, and facsimile number of the communication partner are registered as communication partner information. The contents of this telephone directory can be displayed on the display unit 5 as illustrated in FIG.

The telephone directory search section 11 is a section that searches the telephone directory in the memory card 12 based on the content of the identification signal (telephone number) from the communication partner station, and extracts the name or name of the communication partner with the same telephone number.

Main control section 7? "i. This is a part that controls communication procedures and operations of each part of the device, etc., similar to the main control part in a conventional facsimile machine. It writes image data and management information of a received document or a transmitted document to the memory card 13, or Control of readout 2 and creation of management information for received image data.
The main control unit 7 performs this.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above as a transmitting station and as a 918 station will be explained. In addition, the transmitting station and 1. τ Even if the conventional 03 faucn milli device is used, there is no problem in confirming the communication partner at the receiving station, which is the object of the present invention. In addition, the *G3 procedure shown in FIG. 5 is used.

In the transmitting station (Tx, ) and the facsimile machine U7, a memory card 13 that stores the image data of the transmitted document is used.
With the memory card 12 installed, use the telephone function 2 (2) to make a call to the facsimile machine serving as a receiving station (Rx').
The receiving station transmits a procedure signal consisting of FACED, NSF, C8I, and DIS.

When the transmitting station receives the C8I (called terminal identification signal), the main control unit 7 activates the stain directory search unit 1, and searches for information based on the contents of C8H, that is, the telephone number (this is stored in the memory 8). Searching the telephone directory is performed by the telephone directory search section 11.
When a facsimile telephone number matching the contents of the C8I is found, the name of the other party is read out and written into the memory 8. The retrieved name and C5IO contents are displayed on the display section 5 under the control of the statement control section 7.

Next, the transmitting station transmits NSS and TSI to the receiving station.

A procedure signal consisting of DC8 is transmitted.

When the receiving station receives the TSI (transmitting terminal identification), the main control section 7 activates the telephone directory search section 11 . The telephone directory search unit 11 searches the telephone directory stored in the memory card 12 and retrieves the contents of the TSH stored in the memory 8 (
When a facsimile telephone number matching the telephone number (telephone number) is found in the telephone directory, the name or designation of the other party is read out and written into the memory 8. This name or designation is T.
The display section 5 is displayed under the control of the main control section 7 together with the contents of the SI.
will be displayed. An example of the display is shown in FIG. In this example, the date, time, page being received, etc. are also displayed at the same time.

In this manner, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment displays the name of the communication partner even during communication, so that the operator can immediately confirm the communication partner.

Now, the receiving station receives the TCF (Tre+=
When training of modem 3 is completed from K, CFR is returned.

When the transmitting station receives the CFR, it reads the image data of the transmitted document from the memory card 13 under the control of the main control unit 7, compresses (encodes) it in the compression/expansion unit 7, and converts it into PTX.
The data is transmitted to the receiving station via modem 3.

At the receiving station, under the control of the main control section 7, the image data of the received document is decompressed (decoded) by the compression/expansion section 4 and written into the memory card 13. In addition, the main control unit 7 stores on the memory 8 the contents of the TSI (recipient's phone number), the name or name of the retrieved communication partner, as well as the date and time of reception, the number of originals, and the communication result (normal termination/abnormal termination). image data management information is created and written to the memory card 13.

The subsequent transmission/reception operations are the same as those of the prior art and will therefore be omitted.

Now, the facsimile machine of this embodiment has a memory card 1, as well as a facsimile machine having a received document storage memory.
It has the function of displaying a list of the contents of 3. When the operator wants to check the communication partner for each received document stored in the memory card 13, the operator can use this list display function.

When this function is instructed by the operator through the operation unit 6, the main control unit 7 reads the management information of the image data of the received document from the memory card 13 through the memory card interface 10, and displays the list display data on the memory 8. is created and displayed on the display unit 5 as illustrated in FIG.

As is clear from this display example, since the name of the communication partner included in the management information is displayed for each received document, the operator can
It is possible to immediately check the communication partner for each received document without leaving the document.

1. For other devices with similar storage content-list display or printout functions. A similar confirmation of the communication partner is also possible by inserting the memory card 13 as a storage medium and executing its function.

This facsimile IJ device is also equipped with the communication history display function that facsimile machines generally have, and by using this function, you can also display communication history information including the name or name of the communication partner. , it is possible to confirm the communication partner.

The present invention can be similarly applied to image receiving devices other than facsimile devices.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a device that receives image data through a line, such as a G3 facsimile machine, based on the contents of an identification signal received from the communication partner station. Search for corresponding information in the information, and store at least the name of the searched communication partner information and the content of the identification signal from the communication partner station together with the reception image data as management information of the reception image data; A record of received image data and management information stored in another storage medium, by displaying a list of the contents of received image data or by printing out a list, or by using a communication history display or printout function, or by storing received image data and management information. By setting the medium in another device that has a similar list display or printout function and having it execute the same function, the operator can display each received image data without having to display or print out the received image data. In addition to being able to immediately confirm the communication partner, there is no need for the communication partner station to transmit the name or designation, and there is no need to introduce non-standard procedures, so there are no problems with procedural versatility. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of displaying the contents of a telephone directory, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of display during reception, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a list display of the contents of the image storage memory card, and is an explanatory diagram of the signal sequence of the 03 procedure. 1. Network control section, 2. Telephone function section, 3. Modem, 4
...compression/expansion section, 5...display section, 6...operation section, 7
...Main control unit, 8...Memory, 9, 1.0...Memory card interface, 11...Telephone directory search unit, 1
2.13...Memory card. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and 1 other person
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a communication partner information storage means storing communication partner information including a name or name; a search means for searching the communication partner information storage means for communication partner information corresponding to the content of an identification signal received from the communication partner station; The content of the identification signal received from the station and at least the name of the communication partner information searched by the search means are stored together with the received image data as management information for the image data received from the communication partner station, or in another storage medium. An image receiving device comprising: means for storing images.