JPH10248007A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the facsimile equipment in which reception of a facsimile document is informed only a specific cordless slave set designated in advance and the cordless slave set simply awaits and confirms the reception of the facsimile document in the case of receiving the facsimile document from a specific opposite party. SOLUTION: In the case that a main control means 1 allows a facsimile communication control means 6 to receive a facsimile document, when a telephone number of an opposite party and a telephone number of an opposite facsimile equipment from which the facsimile document is received are coincident with each other, a cordless slave set 7 whose identification number is stored in a cordless slave set number storage means 3 is called. Then the main control means 1 allows a facsimile document notice means 5 to inform a fact of the reception of the facsimile document to the cordless slave set 7 with the identification number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus in which a plurality of cordless slave units are connected to a master unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-346561. This is because a base unit connected to a telephone line, a cordless slave unit connected to the base unit via radio waves, a facsimile communication unit connected to the telephone line, and a facsimile communication operation performed by the facsimile communication unit. And control signal generating means for causing the cordless handset to perform an alerting operation via the radio wave when the start is performed. And
According to this, since confirmation of facsimile reception can be performed by the cordless handset, there is an advantage that reception standby of facsimile becomes convenient.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, when a facsimile apparatus is shared by a plurality of cordless handsets, if the facsimile reception is performed by the parent machine, the facsimile reception must be performed for all cordless handsets. As a result, even if a facsimile document not addressed to itself is received, it will be notified unnecessarily, and the notification of reception of the facsimile document addressed to itself will be notified to other cordless handsets other than the cordless handset. There was a problem that it was also made to the handset.

[0004] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and when a facsimile document is received from a specific destination, it can be notified only to a specific cordless child device designated in advance. It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus in which the reception of a facsimile and the confirmation of facsimile reception can be easily performed by the cordless handset.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a telephone number storing means for storing a telephone number of a destination in a base unit, A cordless cordless handset number storing means for storing an identification number of a cordless cordless handset to be called when the telephone number and the telephone number of the other party's facsimile received coincide with each other; A cordless wireless control unit for performing communication control and a facsimile communication control unit for controlling facsimile communication are provided, and when a facsimile is received through the facsimile communication control unit by the main control unit, the telephone number of the destination and the When the received fax number matches the telephone number of the other party's facsimile, the cordless handset with the identification number is called. Is, the facsimile document received notification means is obtained by that received by facsimile so as to notify the cordless handset of the identification number.

In a facsimile apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, the base unit stores the telephone number of the other party's facsimile in the telephone number storage unit, and the cordless child unit identification unit stores the telephone number of the cordless child unit. An operation button for storing a number is provided.

A facsimile apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the base unit is provided with a voice notifying unit for notifying the cordless handset of a received facsimile document by voice.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus, the cordless handset is provided with a receiver for reproducing an audio signal output from the audio notifying means.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination, and 3 denotes a telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means 2. Cordless cordless handset number storage means for storing identification numbers of a plurality of cordless cordless handsets 7A to 7N to be called when the telephone number matches the telephone number of the other party's facsimile machine received by facsimile, and 4 designates cordless cordless handsets 7A to 7N. Wireless control means for controlling the wireless communication of the cordless handset 7A to 7
F is a facsimile document reception notifying means for notifying N that a facsimile document has been received, 6 is connected to a telephone line,
Facsimile communication control means for performing facsimile communication, 1
Is a main control unit as a main control unit for controlling the operation of each of these units, and A is a master unit.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when the facsimile communication control means 6 receives a facsimile document, the main control means 1 sends the facsimile communication control means 6 a telephone number of the destination, which is a transmission station identification (TSI) signal received from the facsimile, and the operator in advance. The registered telephone number is compared with the telephone number in the telephone number storage means 2. If the telephone numbers match, the cordless wireless unit corresponding to the identification number in the cordless child unit number storage means 3 registered in advance by the operator is controlled by the cordless wireless control. In the case where at least one of the cordless handsets 7A to 7N is wirelessly connected by the means 4, the facsimile document reception notifying means 5 notifies one of the cordless handsets 7A to 7N that the facsimile document has been received. .

FIG. 2 shows the master unit A and the cordless slave unit 7.
Specific examples of A to 7N are shown, and reference numeral 7 denotes a cordless slave unit that represents one of these cordless slave units 7A to 7N. In the figure, 11 is a line control unit (NCU) connected to a telephone line, and 12 is a line control unit 11.
And a modem connected between the communication circuit 13 for modulating and demodulating transmission and reception signals. The communication circuit 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a line call and an extension call with the cordless handset 7. Reference numeral 14 denotes a radio frequency (RF) circuit that performs a wireless communication call with the cordless handset 7.

Further, reference numeral 15 denotes a voice notifying means comprising a voice synthesizing circuit or the like, which outputs by synthesizing a specific voice to be transmitted to the cordless handset 7, for example. Reference numeral 16 denotes a memory for storing the telephone number of the other party input by the operation of the operation button 17 by the operator and the identification number of the cordless handset 7 that needs to be notified of facsimile reception.
Reference numeral 18 denotes a microprocessor (CPU) corresponding to the main control means 1 shown in FIG.
It controls the operations of the modem 12, the speech circuit 13, and the like.

The line control unit 11, the modem 12, and the communication circuit 13 correspond to the facsimile communication control means 6 shown in FIG. 1, and the radio frequency circuit 14 corresponds to the cordless radio control means 4 shown in FIG. Also, memory 1
Numeral 6 includes a telephone number storing means 2 and a cordless cordless handset number storing means 3 shown in FIG.
Constitutes the facsimile document reception notifying means 5 shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in the cordless handset 7,
Reference numeral 9 denotes a radio frequency circuit for performing radio communication / communication with the master unit A,
Reference numeral 0 denotes a communication circuit for making a line call and an extension call with the base unit A. Reference numeral 21 denotes a speaker connected to the communication circuit 20 for ringing a bell upon receiving a wireless call from the base unit A;
Is a microphone for voice input for making a call from the cordless handset 7 side, 23 is a receiver for receiving a voice notification of facsimile document reception on the cordless handset 7 side, 24 is an operation button for calling operation, 25 is a radio frequency circuit 19 and It is a microprocessor that controls operations of the communication circuit 20 and the like.

Next, the operation will be described. First, by operating the operation button 17 of the base unit A, the telephone number of the other party's facsimile and the identification number of the cordless handset to be called when receiving a facsimile document are input through the microprocessor 18 and stored in the memory 16. Keep it. Here, when the microprocessor 18 of the base unit A detects an incoming signal from the telephone line via the line control unit 11,
The line is closed by the line control unit 11 and the modem 1
2 starts the reception of the facsimile document. At this time,
The contents (telephone number) of the TSI signal of the other party are stored in the memory 16. Upon completion of the reception of the facsimile document, the microprocessor 18 determines whether or not the telephone number of the destination facsimile stored in the memory 16 and inputted by the operator matches the telephone number in the TSI signal of the destination at the time of facsimile reception. Are checked, and when they match, the cordless handset 7 corresponding to the identification number of the cordless handset input by the operator is wirelessly called to the cordless handset 7 via the radio frequency circuit 14.

On the other hand, when the microprocessor 25 of the cordless handset 7 receives a radio call from the base unit A via the radio frequency circuit 19, it makes the speaker 21 ring the calling bell. Also, the microprocessor 25
When a call operation is performed by the operation button 24, the cordless handset 7 is set to the state of the extension call with the base unit A by the call circuit 20, and the fact that the state of the extension call is set by the radio frequency circuit 19 is notified to the base unit A. Notice.

Further, the microprocessor 18 of the base unit A
Detects that the cordless cordless handset 7 has entered the extension communication state through the radio frequency circuit 14,
The reception of the facsimile document indicates that the radio frequency circuit 1
4, the cordless handset 7 is notified by an audio signal.
This allows the receiver 23 of the cordless handset 7 to output, for example, a voice message indicating that a facsimile document has been received, such as "a facsimile document has been received."

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the above-mentioned embodiment, the operator of the cordless handset 7 is notified that the facsimile document has been received by voice output from the receiver 23.
By turning on or blinking the LED 26 of the cordless handset 7, the notification can be made in parallel or independently of the sound output from the receiver 23.

[0019]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a telephone number storing means for storing a telephone number of a destination in a master unit, and a destination receiving facsimile of the telephone number of the destination. Cordless cordless handset number storing means for storing the identification number of the cordless cordless handset to be called when the telephone signal of the facsimile matches, cordless wireless control means for calling the cordless cordless handset and performing wireless communication therewith And facsimile communication control means for controlling facsimile communication, provided by the main control means, when facsimile reception through the facsimile communication control means,
When the telephone number of the other party and the telephone number of the other party's facsimile that received the facsimile match, the cordless cordless handset of the identification number is called, and the facsimile document reception notifying means notifies the facsimile document reception that the facsimile was received. Because it was configured to notify the slave unit,
If you receive a facsimile document from a specific recipient,
This can be notified only to the specific cordless handset designated in advance, and the cordless handset can easily perform the facsimile reception standby and the facsimile reception confirmation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the base unit stores the telephone number of the other party facsimile in the telephone number storage unit, and stores the identification number of the cordless sub unit in the cordless sub unit number storage unit. Since the operation button for storing is provided, it is possible to easily specify a cordless handset requiring a facsimile document reception notification, and to reliably perform the reception notification only for the cordless handset.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the base unit is provided with a voice notifying means for notifying the cordless handset of receiving a facsimile document by voice. An effect is obtained that the message of the facsimile document can be reliably wirelessly notified to the cordless handset using a separately prepared recordable / reproducible audio output device.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the cordless handset is provided with a receiver for reproducing the sound signal output from the sound notifying means, the cordless handset can receive a facsimile document from the master handset. The effect is obtained that the message can be easily and reliably recognized on the cordless handset side by listening to the voice.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another specific example of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A parent device 1 main control means 2 telephone number storage means 3 cordless handset number storage means 4 cordless wireless control means 5 facsimile document reception notification means 6 facsimile communication control means 7, 7A to 7N cordless handset 15 voice notification means 17 operation buttons 23 Receiver

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus for notifying a plurality of cordless handsets connected thereto from a base unit that facsimile reception has been received, wherein said base unit stores telephone number of a destination. A cordless cordless handset number storing means for storing an identification number of a cordless cordless handset to be called when the telephone number of the other party and the telephone number of the other party facsimile received match, and calling the cordless cordless handset Cordless wireless control means for performing wireless communication control of the cordless handset, facsimile communication control means for controlling facsimile communication, and, when facsimile reception is performed through the facsimile communication control means, the telephone number of the other facsimile receiving the facsimile reception And the telephone number of the other party stored in the telephone number storage means A facsimile machine, comprising: calling a cordless handset having the identification number when coincident with the main body, and instructing the facsimile document reception notifying means to notify the cordless handset having the identification number that the facsimile has been received. apparatus. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the master unit is provided with an operation button for storing the telephone number of the other party facsimile in the telephone number storage unit and for storing the identification number of the cordless slave unit in the cordless slave unit number storage unit. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the master unit is provided with voice notification means for notifying the cordless handset of the reception of the facsimile document by voice. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cordless handset includes a receiver that reproduces an audio signal output from the audio notification unit.