JPH0879480A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a facsimile equipment which can detect such voice signals as the wrong calls, etc., other than a communication procedure signal by transmitting this procedure signal after a call is received and recording the signals other than the communication procedure signal when these signals are received within a prescribed time. CONSTITUTION: When a wrong call is received during the holding in an automatic reception mode, a main control part 1 detects the voice signal of the opposite party side (incoming side) while a communication procedure protocol is carried out. Then the part 1 converts the detected voice signal into a digital signal and stores it in a RAM 9. At the same time, a fact that the corresponding communication is carried out and a wrong call is detected is written into a communication management report. Furthermore the voices can be reproduced from a voice converter 11 through a key operation part 7 and a speaker 12. When the voice signal is detected, the relevant wrong call information is stored in a communication management memory. So that the facsimile communication is correctly managed and also the corresponding calling subscriber can be specified when the voice signal is recorded and reproduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine capable of recognizing an erroneous telephone call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, while a facsimile is waiting in an automatic reception state, a calling signal is received from a calling station to connect a line, and after transmitting and receiving a predetermined communication procedure with the calling station, facsimile information is received. I am trying.

[0003]

However, the facsimile is connected to a normal telephone in addition to the facsimile, and when the caller makes a mistake in the telephone number and makes a call to the facsimile, the caller is called. The facsimile only ignores this and sends a communication procedure signal even if something is said, and there is a problem that the called party does not even know that there was a wrong call.

Recently, there is a facsimile machine with an answering machine function, which automatically switches between call recording and reception of fax millimeter information. It is switched after sending a message indicating a call or a facsimile transmission. If a facsimile call is received and facsimile reception is immediately started, as in the case of a dedicated facsimile machine, a wrong telephone call cannot be confirmed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems and provide a facsimile apparatus capable of detecting a voice signal such as a wrong telephone call which is not a facsimile communication procedure signal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 transmits a communication procedure signal after an incoming call during standby by automatic reception, and transmits a signal other than the communication procedure signal within a predetermined time. This is a facsimile apparatus provided with a recording means for recording this signal when is detected.

A second aspect of the invention is the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the recorded information is stored in the communication management memory together with the reception time information and the information indicating that there is a wrong call.

A third aspect of the present invention is the facsimile apparatus according to the first or second aspect, which is provided with means for reproducing the voice signal recorded by the recording means.

[0009]

According to the above construction, when an incoming call is received by automatic facsimile reception, the voice signal other than the communication procedure is checked, and when the voice signal is detected, the wrong telephone information is stored in the communication management memory. By properly managing the facsimile communication and recording and reproducing the voice signal, the calling party can be specified.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention, in which 1 is a main control unit (CPU), a modem 2,
It is connected to the public line 4 via the line control unit 3. The main control unit 1 includes a reading unit 5 for reading a transmission document, a display unit 6 such as an LCD, a key operation unit 7 for operating transmission / reception, a ROM 8 in which a program is stored, communication management, and a voice signal described later as digital information. A RAM 9 as a recording unit and a printing unit 10 are connected, and a speaker 12 is connected via a voice converter 11.

In the above, when performing facsimile transmission first, the main control unit 1 reads the transmission document by the reading unit 5, and the facsimile information of the other party is transmitted via the modem 2, the line control unit 3 and the public line 4. If a call is received via the line control unit 3 and the modem 2 at the time of automatic transmission by facsimile transmission, a protocol of a predetermined communication procedure is performed with the facsimile of the transmission destination, and then the facsimile information is printed by the printing unit 10. To print.

The main control unit 1 creates a communication management report indicating a communication destination ID, transmission / reception, communication time, number of sheets, result, etc. for each communication of the transmission and reception, and stores the communication management report in the RAM 9 for a predetermined call. When the number of times is reached or the key operation unit 7 is operated, the communication management report is output from the print unit 10 or displayed on the display unit 6.

When an erroneous call is received during automatic reception instead of facsimile transmission / reception, the main control unit 1
During the protocol of the communication procedure, the voice signal of the other party (callee) is detected, this voice signal is digitally converted and stored in the RAM 9, and at the same time, in the communication management report,
In addition to describing that there is the communication and that the call is a wrong call, the voice can be reproduced by the speaker 12 from the voice converter 11 by operating the key operation unit 7.

The flowchart of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

During automatic reception standby 20, the presence / absence of a ringing signal is detected by the judgment of step 1, and if there is a ringing signal (yes)
s), the line is connected to the facsimile 21 and the timer T is set to 2.6 seconds, and at the same time, the timer T1 is set to 40 seconds 22. Next, in step 2, it is determined whether or not there is a signal (voice) other than the communication procedure signal. If there is a voice signal individually (yes), start recording the line sound 23, if not (no), in step 3, it is determined whether the timer T has elapsed 2.6 seconds, and the time is up (yes). If there is, a CNG signal from the calling station is received and a called station identification signal (CED) is transmitted 24, and then a digital identification signal (DI
S) is sent 25, and then the timer T is set to 3 seconds 26
In the meantime, if the digital command signal (DCS) is detected in the communication procedure, that is, the determination of step 4, (yes)
In step s), the recording is stopped and the recording erasing 27 is performed at step 2, the facsimile image reception recording 28 is performed, the post-communication procedure 29 is performed, and then the line is opened 30. See also step
If the digital command signal (DCS) is not detected in the judgment of No. 4 (no), it is judged whether or not there is a signal (voice) other than the communication procedure in step 5, and if there is (yes), st
Following the recording made in ep2, recording of line sound is started 31 and 3 is determined in step 6 when the timer T counts up.
It is judged whether or not seconds have passed, and if 3 seconds have passed (yes
s) In step 7, it is determined whether or not the T1 time (40 seconds) has elapsed. If 40 seconds have elapsed (yes), recording is stopped 32 and the line is opened 30.

Next, after opening the line 30, a communication management report is created. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, in step 8, it is determined whether or not the current automatic reception has received an image, and if it is an image reception (yes), the other party, the date and time, and the number of sheets in the communication management table. , Store result etc 31
If the image signal is not received (no), it is determined in step 9 whether the audio signal is recorded, and if it is recorded (y
es), "Machigaidewa" is stored 32 in the communication management table as the date and time, and the result is set to 20 during automatic reception.

As shown in FIG. 3B, this communication management table is stored separately for transmission and reception. In the case of this example, the reception management table 35 includes the reception order, destination, date and time, number of sheets, and result. , Recording No. And the like are stored and appropriately printed out by the printing unit 10. The management table 35 is a 1-byte character code such as an ASCII code, and the wrong call is displayed in katakana. At this time, since the communication protocol is not made, the destination ID and the number of sheets are blank.

Next, a case will be described in which a wrong call is confirmed from the communication management table while waiting for automatic reception in FIG. s
With no ringing signal at step 1 (no), step 1
Moving to judgment of 0, it is judged whether or not the communication management display request key is inputted, and if the request key is inputted (yes,
s), as shown in FIG. 4A, No. of the communication management table for reception shown in FIG. Record number 36 of 1
To display 37 on the display device. This display content is displayed as indicated by reference numeral 38 in FIG. Next, in step 10, when the next item is scrolled by the key operation, No. The received content of No. 2 is displayed as indicated by reference numeral 39 in FIG. Since the display 39 of the communication content is the MATCHAI DENWA, by operating the reproduction key by operating the key of step 10, the judgment of step 11 is made and the corresponding recording number. The recording of is reproduced 39. This reproduction also makes it possible to identify who is the calling party of the wrong telephone.

When scrolling the management table, s
In step 11, the record number is sequentially incremented to move to the last record, and then it is returned to waiting 20.

[0021]

In summary, according to the present invention, when a call is received by automatic facsimile reception, a voice signal other than the communication procedure is checked, and when the voice signal is detected, the wrong telephone information is stored in the communication management memory. By storing the information, facsimile communication management can be correctly performed, and by recording and reproducing the voice signal, the calling party can be specified.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 2 and a communication management table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 2 and communication contents of a communication management table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main control section 9 RAM (recording means) 12 speaker

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recording means for transmitting a communication procedure signal after an incoming call during standby in automatic reception and recording the signal when a signal other than the communication procedure signal is detected within a predetermined time. Facsimile machine. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recorded information is stored in the communication management memory together with the reception time information and the information indicating that there is a wrong call. 3. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for reproducing a voice signal recorded by the recording means.