JPH08204939A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To confirm reception with simple configuration without using any special communication equipment. CONSTITUTION: A reception confirmation reporting request and a return destination telephone number or the like are inputted by an operating part 1 on the transmission side. A communication control part 5 sets this information to a non-standard field (an NSS/NSF signal in the case of CCITTG-3 equipment, for example,) in a procedure signal to be hand-shaken with the reception side. At a communication control part 6 on the reception side, the reception confirmation reporting request is detected from this control signal and reported to a system control part 7. When a reception confirming report is requested, the system control part 7 stores facsimile image data in a storage part 8 and displays the reception and its receiving person on a display part 10. After the receiving person draws the image data out of the storage part 8, reception confirmation report information is sent by setting it to the procedure signal similarly to the transmission. On the transmission side, it can be confirmed by providing that reception confirmation report information that facsimile information is surely received.

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 a facsimile machine capable of surely confirming that transmitted facsimile information has been received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a facsimile apparatus of this type, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-225659 or 1-2 has been known.
The one described in Japanese Patent No. 520621 is known.
The former is to insert a communication device between facsimile terminals in order to send and receive facsimile information, and to control transmission notification and reception confirmation by this communication device. In the latter, the sending side sends the receipt confirmation message without sending the information for identifying the recipient of the facsimile information.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional system, (1) a special communication device other than the facsimile terminal is required, which is inconvenient, and (2) information for identifying the recipient is sent from the transmitting side. Since it is not sent, there is a problem that the certainty of the receipt confirmation information decreases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to make it possible to confirm receipt by a simple structure without using a special communication device. Another object of the present invention is to enable the sender to confirm that the specified recipient has surely received the facsimile information.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, a reception confirmation notification request signal for requesting the transmission of the reception confirmation notification information and the transmission destination of this request signal at the transmitter side. Means for generating a transmission destination signal indicating that the reception confirmation notification request signal and the transmission destination signal together with the facsimile image data are transmitted to the other device, and the reception confirmation transmitted from the other device in response to the reception confirmation notification request signal. And means for receiving notification information.

On the receiver side, means for identifying a receipt confirmation notification request signal for requesting transmission of receipt confirmation notification information and a destination signal indicating the destination of this request signal, and a receipt confirmation notification request signal and destination When a signal is received, a means for transmitting receipt confirmation notification information to the destination device after receiving the facsimile image data is provided.

The receipt confirmation notification request signal, the transmission destination signal, and the receipt confirmation notification information can be set to CCITT-compliant control signals (for example, NSS signals described later).

Further, an accumulating section is provided on the receiver side, and when a reception confirmation notification is requested, the facsimile image data is temporarily accumulated on the accumulating section on the receiver side. Then, when the drawing of the image data is completed, the reception confirmation notification is sent to the transmitting side.

[0009]

As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission side sends reception confirmation notification request information (for example, set to NSS signal) to the reception side. On the receiving side, after receiving the facsimile image data, as shown in FIG.
Set back to the signal).

When a reception confirmation notification request is issued, the image data is stored in the storage unit 8 on the receiving side, and the reception confirmation notification is returned when the image data is pulled out.
It is possible to know for sure whether or not the facsimile information has been received.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Both receiving and transmitting devices are shown in the figure.

First, on the transmitting side, 1 is an operation unit for instructing a transmission operation and receipt confirmation notification, 2 is a display unit for displaying an operation confirmation display and receipt confirmation notification, and 3 is a reading unit for reading a document. Reference numeral 4 denotes a system control unit (including a CPU, a memory, etc.) that controls the operation of the entire apparatus. The communication control unit 5 controls the exchange of signals and data, and for example, formats it into a CCITT-compliant signal and transmits it to the partner device.

On the receiving side, the communication control unit 6, the system control unit 7, the operation unit 9, and the display unit 10 are the same as those on the transmitting side. The storage unit 8 temporarily stores the received image data. Reference numerals 11 and 12 denote recording units (printers or the like) for recording the received data.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 2, on the transmitting side, the receipt confirmation notification request and the telephone number of the destination of the confirmation notification are input by the operation unit 1 (step 401). At this time, other information, for example, recipient identification information (recipient company name, person in charge, person code, etc.) may be input. These are non-standard signal fields (eg NSS / N in the case of CCITTG3 machine) in the procedure signal handshaked with the receiver prior to transmission of facsimile image data as receipt confirmation notification request information.
(SF signal) (step 402).

Thereafter, the call is made to the receiving side (step 40
3) Communication control is performed by the communication control units 5 and 6 (step 404), and receipt confirmation notification request information and facsimile image data are transmitted. After the facsimile image data is transmitted, the transmission operation ends.

4 and 5 are diagrams showing a communication control sequence, FIG. 4 is a sequence showing a facsimile image data transmission, and FIG. 5 is a sequence showing a receipt confirmation notification information transmission sequence. The symbols in the drawings are CCITTs. A conforming control signal is shown, and its contents are as follows.

CED (Called Terminal Identification Signal) Sent after the called terminal is connected to the line. NSF (Non-Standard Function Identification Signal) Identifies a specific user request that is outside the scope of the T Recommendation. CSI (Called Terminal Identification Signal) DIS (Digital Identification Signal) Indicates that the called side has a CCITT standard reception function. TSI (transmitting terminal identification signal) NSS (non-standard function setting signal) Command signal indicating a function set from non-standard functions displayed by NSC signal or NSF signal. TCF (Training Check) Check the training of the modem receiving the fax message and check if the channel is available at this transmission rate. CFR (Reception Ready Confirmation Signal) A response signal indicating that the procedure before sending a message is completed and message sending may be started. EOP (End of procedure signal) Indicates the end of page of a facsimile message and the absence of any other transmitted document. MCF (Message Acknowledgment Signal) An EOP acknowledgment indicating that the message has been completely received. DCN (disconnect command signal)

Next, the operation of the receiving side will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. When the communication control unit 6 receives a call from the transmission side (step 501), it receives and analyzes the NSS signal (50).
2), and sends the result to the system controller 7. By this, the presence or absence of the receipt confirmation notification request, the telephone number of the recipient of the confirmation notification, and the like can be known. The system control unit 7 checks whether or not there is a receipt confirmation notification request (step 503), and if there is no receipt confirmation notification request, performs normal reception processing (step 504). If there is a receipt confirmation notification request, the facsimile image data is stored in the storage unit 8
(Step 506) and the fact that the image data has been received is displayed on the display unit 10 (step 507). The display contents include recipient specific information (recipient company name, name, code, etc.) specified by the sender, data regarding image data, and the like.

The recipient develops the facsimile information accumulated in the accumulating portion 8 into a bit information and displays it on the display portion 10 or prints out from the recording portion 11 by a predetermined pull-out operation. When the pull-out operation is completed normally (step 508), a call is made to the telephone number to which the confirmation notice is returned, which is added to the receipt confirmation request information, and the receipt confirmation notice information is transmitted (step 50).
9). This receipt confirmation notification information includes at least recipient identification information.

Further, the receipt confirmation notification information includes a reception result indicating whether the reception is normal or abnormal. For example, when only a part of the image data can be received, or when the image data is not extracted even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the image data was accumulated in the accumulation unit 8, the reception side is notified as an abnormal result.

Finally, the sender, which has received the receipt confirmation notification information, displays this information on the display unit 2 or the recording unit 1
Record and output to 2. The transmitting operator sees the receipt confirmation notification information output from the display unit 2 or the recording unit 12,
Confirm that the fax information has arrived at a specific recipient.

The receiver side may return the receipt confirmation notification by image data. In this case, the receiving side is provided with means for converting the receipt confirmation notification information into image data, and the transmitting side prints out the received image data by the recording unit 12.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the receipt can be confirmed with a simple structure without using a special communication device. Furthermore, when a receipt confirmation notification request is made, the facsimile information is temporarily stored in the storage unit, and the recipient confirms receipt of the facsimile information after pulling out the facsimile information. The effect of being able to confirm the fact is obtained, and there is the effect of eliminating the waste of making a confirmation by calling a separate phone and improving the efficiency of work.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the transmission side of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the receiving side of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of image data transmission of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

5 is a reception confirmation notification information transmission sequence diagram of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation part (transmission side) 2 Display part (transmission side) 3 Reading part 4 System control part (transmission side) 5 Communication control part (transmission side) 6 Communication control part (reception side) 7 System control part (reception side) 8 Storage unit 9 Operation unit (reception side) 10 Display unit (reception side) 11 Recording unit (reception side) 12 Recording unit (transmission side)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for generating a receipt confirmation notice request signal for requesting transmission of receipt confirmation notice information and a destination signal indicating a destination of the request signal, and a facsimile image of the receipt confirmation notice request signal and destination signal. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a means for transmitting to a partner device together with data; and a means for receiving receipt confirmation notification information sent from the partner device in response to the receipt confirmation notification request signal. 2. A means for identifying a receipt confirmation notice request signal for requesting transmission of receipt confirmation notice information and a destination signal indicating a destination of the request signal, and the receipt confirmation notice request signal and the destination signal. And a means for transmitting receipt confirmation notification information to the destination apparatus after receiving the facsimile image data. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receipt confirmation notification request signal, the transmission destination signal, and the receipt confirmation notification information are set as CCITT-compliant control signals. 4. A facsimile system in which a transmitter confirms that a specific recipient has received the transmitted facsimile image data, wherein the transmitter requests a receipt confirmation notice and a return destination of the receipt confirmation notice. Receipt confirmation notification request information setting means for setting receipt confirmation notification request information, and means for generating the receipt confirmation notification request information set by the receipt confirmation notification request setting means as a communication procedure signal when transmitting the facsimile image data. Means for analyzing the procedure signal with the receipt confirmation notification request information set on the receiver side, and the facsimile image data when the procedure signal with the receipt confirmation notification request information set is received. And a table for displaying that the facsimile image data has been stored by the storage means. Means and a transmitting means for returning the receipt confirmation notification information to the destination when the facsimile image data accumulated in the accumulating means is extracted, and further, at the transmitter side, the receipt confirmation notification information is transmitted. A facsimile system comprising means for displaying or recording the receipt confirmation notification information when received.