JPH06303376A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Received originals are sorted into multiple receiving trays according to senders and discharged. [Structure] A destination key storage unit 7 stores a tray in which a previously received document is discharged. When receiving a document or the like, the tray identifying means 10 identifies the receiving tray next to the receiving tray that previously ejected the received document. The input / output control unit 12 is a tray specifying unit 1.
The received document is discharged to the reception tray specified by 0. Also,
The destination key storage unit 7 stores the telephone number of the calling side corresponding to each reception tray. The trace specifying means 10 detects the telephone number included in the TSI signal received together with the document from the telephone number stored in the destination key storage unit 7 and specifies the received trace.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly, to classification of received documents by sender in a facsimile machine having a multistage receiving tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a conventional facsimile apparatus has a single receiving tray and cannot discharge a received original document to a different place. Therefore, the received original document is output as it is or is sorted into its communication unit. The data is output overlaid on one reception tray. Therefore, the operator on the receiving side needs to collect the documents output from the facsimile apparatus each time they are output, and manually sort the documents while checking the documents.

[0003]

However, even if the received originals are sorted and output for each communication unit, a plurality of originals are stacked, so that the first few sheets of other originals are mistakenly selected. It may be added at the end of the previous manuscript and classified. In addition, depending on the content, it may be difficult to determine to whom a person other than the person in charge is addressed, and it is not easy to check and distinguish the manuscript because it is easy to make a classification error.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above drawbacks, and the received originals are sorted into a plurality of receiving trays for each sender and discharged, so that the received originals can be reliably and easily sorted. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

In a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, a discharge destination storage unit stores a tray in which a previously received document is discharged, and a tray specifying unit discharges a previously received document when a document or the like is received. The reception tray next to the received reception tray is specified, and the input / output control unit discharges the received document to the reception tray specified by the tray specifying means.

Further, the paper discharge destination storage unit stores the telephone number of the calling side corresponding to each reception tray, and the tray specifying means stores the telephone number included in the TSI signal received together with the document etc. at the paper discharge destination. The input / output control unit detects the telephone number stored in the unit and specifies the receiving tray to discharge the received document, and the input / output control unit discharges the received document to the receiving tray specified by the tray specifying unit.

[0007]

In the present invention, the paper discharge destination storage unit stores the tray in which the previously received document is discharged. When receiving a document or the like, the tray identifying means identifies the receiving tray next to the receiving tray that previously ejected the received document. Since the input / output control unit discharges the received document to the receiving tray specified by the tray specifying means, the received document and the like can be discharged to the receiving tray different for each receiving unit.

Further, the paper discharge destination storage unit stores the telephone number of the calling side corresponding to each reception tray. The tray identifying means detects the telephone number included in the TSI signal received together with the document or the like from the telephone number stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit and identifies the receiving tray for ejecting the received document. Since the input / output control unit discharges the received document to the reception tray specified by the tray specifying means, it is possible to discharge a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to each reception tray.

[0009]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the facsimile machine 1 has a telephone line 3
Connected to an external facsimile machine 2 via
As shown in the explanatory view of FIG. 2, it has a discharging unit 4 including multi-stage receiving trays 4a to 4n for discharging received documents and the like.

The facsimile apparatus 1 includes a main control section 5, an operation display section 6, a discharge destination storage section 7, a communication control section 8, a received document storage section 9, a tray specifying means 10, a plotter 11, an input / output control section 12, and It has a scanner 13. The main controller 5 controls the entire system. The operation display unit 6 inputs a telephone number or the like. The discharge destination storage unit 7 stores the tray that has received the previously received document.
Remember the number. The communication control unit 8 controls communication with the telephone line 3, and the external facsimile apparatus 2 is connected via the telephone line 3.
Send and receive documents, etc. As shown in the explanatory diagram of FIG. 3, the received document storage unit 9 stores the document received from the facsimile apparatus 2 via the communication control unit 8 and the TSI signal received together with the document in a corresponding manner. The tray identifying means 10 identifies the tray number next to the tray number stored in the discharge destination storage unit 7 and sends it to the input / output control unit 12. The plotter 11 prints the document stored in the received document storage unit 9. Input / output control unit 1
2 controls the received document to be discharged to the reception tray of the reception tray number received from the tray specifying means 10. The scanner unit 13 reads a transmission document.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus 1 having the above-described structure when receiving and storing a document from the external facsimile apparatus 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The communication control unit 8 is an external facsimile device 2
When an incoming call is detected (step S1), the received document storage unit 9 stores the received TSI signal in the TSI storage unit 9a (step S2). When the communication control unit 8 receives the document information subsequent to the TSI signal (step S3), the received document storage unit 9 stores the received document information in the image information storage unit 9b corresponding to the TSI storage unit 9a storing the TSI signal. (Step S4).

Here, since the TSI signal includes the telephone number of the calling side, the received document storage section 9 associates the received document information with the telephone number of the facsimile apparatus 2 which transmitted the document information. Remember.

Next, the operation of printing and discharging the received document will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When there is a received document in the received document storage unit 9 (step S11), the tray identifying means 10 reads the tray number stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 (step S12),
The next tray number stored in the discharge destination storage unit 7 is specified (step S12), and the specified tray number is sent to the input / output control unit 12 (step S13).

The input / output control unit 12 operates the solenoid of the receiving tray corresponding to the receiving tray number sent from the tray specifying means 10, and the printed received document is discharged from the corresponding receiving tray-4c. (Step S14).

The plotter 11 prints the received document stored in the received document storage unit 9 and sends the printed received document to the paper output unit 4 (step S15). The input / output control unit 12 discharges the printed document from the receiving tray-4c according to the receiving tray number sent from the tray identifying means 10. Therefore, the printed document sent from the plotter 11 is driven by the drive guide plate. The sheet is conveyed by the sending roller 15 attached in parallel with 14 and discharged from the receiving tray-4c (step S1).
6).

Here, the received document from the external facsimile apparatus 2 is divided into receiving units and different receiving tray-4a.
It is discharged to ~ 4n.

In the above embodiment, the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 stores the tray number of the previously received document, and the tray identifying means 10 stores the tray number next to the tray number stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit 7. Although the tray number is specified and sent to the input / output control unit 12, the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 receives the telephone number of the other party.
You may make it memorize | store in correspondence with 4a-4n.

In this case, the discharge destination storage unit 7 stores the telephone number of the calling side corresponding to each of the reception trays 4a to 4n input from the operation display unit 6. The tray identifying means 10 searches the telephone number stored in the discharge destination storage unit 7 for the calling side telephone number included in the TSI signal received together with the document from the external facsimile apparatus 2 and stores it in the discharge destination storage unit 7. When the telephone number included in the TSI signal received from the stored telephone number is detected, the tray number corresponding to the telephone number is specified. When the tray identifying means 10 cannot detect the telephone number included in the TSI signal received from the telephone number stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit 7, it identifies the tray number of the receiving tray at the top.

The operation of discharging the received document with the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When there is a received document in the received document storage unit 9 (step S21), the trace identifying means 10 reads the TSI signal stored in the TSI storage unit 9a of the received document storage unit 9 (step S22) and converts it into a TSI signal. The included calling side telephone number is searched from the telephone numbers of the respective receiving trays stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 (step S23).

For example, when the tray-identifying means 10 detects that the telephone number corresponding to the received tray-4c in the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 matches the telephone number of the calling side included in the TSI signal (step S24), the reception tray number of the reception tray-4c is sent to the input / output control unit 12 (step S2).
5).

When the tray identifying means 10 cannot detect the same telephone number as the telephone number included in the TSI signal from the paper discharge destination storage unit 7 (step S2).
4), the tray identifying means 10 sends the reception tray number of the top reception tray-4a to the input / output control unit 12 (step S).
26).

The input / output control unit 12 activates the solenoid of the receiving tray corresponding to the receiving tray number sent from the tray specifying means 10, and the printed received document is discharged from the corresponding receiving tray-4c. (Step S2
7).

The plotter 11 prints the received document stored in the received document storage unit 9 and sends the printed received document to the paper output unit 4 (step S28). The input / output control unit 12 conveys the printed document sent from the plotter 11 by a sending roller 15 mounted in parallel with the drive guide plate 14,
It is discharged from the reception tray-4c (step S29).

Here, when the TSI signal received from the external facsimile apparatus 2 and the telephone number set in the discharge destination storage section corresponding to each of the reception trays-4a to 4n match, the reception tray-4a to 4a. Since the printed document is discharged from 4n, the reception trays-4a to 4n receive the received documents-4a to 4n.
Only the document of the calling source corresponding to 4n is discharged.

In the above embodiment, each reception tray-4a is used.
Although the telephone number of the calling source corresponding to 4n is stored in a fixed position, as shown in the explanatory view of FIG. It may be stored by storing each of the receiving trays-4a to 4n so as to correspond to a plurality of telephone numbers on the calling side, and output the transmission sources separately for each group.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a document or the like is received, the received document is ejected to the reception tray next to the reception tray from which the previously received document was ejected. It is possible to discharge received documents and the like. Since the received document is ejected from the different trays for each receiving unit, the received document can be automatically classified and ejected.

The tray identifying means detects the telephone number included in the TSI signal received together with the document from the telephone number stored in the discharge destination storage section, and the input / output control section detects the telephone number detected by the tray identifying means. Since the received document or the like is discharged to the receiving tray corresponding to the number, the received document can be automatically classified according to the telephone number of the calling side and discharged.

Further, the paper discharge destination storage unit stores a plurality of calling side telephone numbers and reception tray numbers assigned to the telephone numbers, and associates the plurality of telephone numbers with each reception tray. Can be discharged. It becomes possible to output the call destination for each group, and when the sender side is determined for each recipient, the classification becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a discharging unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a received document storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when a received document is stored.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation when a received document is printed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a paper discharge destination storage unit according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile device 2 Facsimile device 3 Telephone line 4 Ejection section 4a-4n Reception tray 5 Main control section 6 Operation display section 7 Ejection destination storage section 9 Received document storage section 10 Training specification means 12 Input / output control section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A multi-stage receiving tray for accumulating received documents, a discharge destination storage section, a tray specifying means, and an input / output control section,
The paper discharge destination storage unit stores the tray of the previously received document, and the tray specifying means specifies the receiving tray next to the receiving tray of the previously received document when the document or the like is received, and controls the input / output. The facsimile machine is characterized in that the section discharges the received document to the reception tray specified by the tray specifying means. 2. A multi-stage receiving tray for accumulating received documents, a discharge destination storage section, a tray specifying means, and an input / output control section,
The discharge destination storage unit stores the telephone number of the calling side corresponding to each reception tray, and the tray specifying means receives the T number received together with the document and the like.
The telephone number included in the SI signal is detected from the telephone number stored in the paper discharge destination storage unit to specify the receiving tray for discharging the received document, and the input / output control unit sets the receiving tray specified by the tray specifying means. A facsimile machine characterized by discharging received documents.