JPS6310874A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable transmission to be performed without a waiting time, if even one facsimile equipment available to receive exists in a designated communication address group, by grouping telephone numbers of the facsimile equipments of the communication address in advance, and registering them. CONSTITUTION:In case of being impossible to perform connection to a callee side due to a fault in the facsimile equipment in busy, or of the callee side, a control part 4 collates the telephone number stored in a storage part 3 with the telephone number designated by an operator, and recognizes a group to which a designated telephone number belongs. Furthermore, the control part 4 issues a command to a transmission/reception part 3 to read out the telephone numbers in a recognized group sequentially from the storage part 3, and to issue a call, and makes it issue the call repeatedly until the connection to the callee side is completed. And the control part instructs a picture information input/output part 1 and the transmission/reception part 2 to send a bit of picture information inputted by the picture input/output part 1 at the time of completing the connection to the callee side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a facsimile machine capable of re-calling operation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine automatically re-calls the called party after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after making a call, as a countermeasure in the event that transmission is not possible due to busyness or other reasons when making a call to a specified communication destination. Is going.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

With the conventional facsimile machine described above, if a facsimile machine cannot connect to the called party's facsimile machine and there is a facsimile machine nearby that has another phone number that can receive the call, the message cannot be automatically sent to the facsimile machine that can receive the call. , the disadvantage is that the calling side is forced to wait for transmission.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can prevent a calling party from having to wait for transmission.

[Means for solving problems]

The facsimile device of the present invention includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of telephone numbers in predetermined groups, and a telephone number in the group corresponding to the call designation according to the call designation until line connection is completed. It is configured to include a control section that sequentially reads and makes calls.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, 1 is an image information input/output section, 2 is a transmitting/receiving section,
3 is a storage section, and 4 is a control section.

The storage unit 3 stores a plurality of telephone numbers divided into a plurality of groups.

The control unit 4 notifies the transmitting/receiving unit 2 of the telephone number of the communication destination designated by the operator, and causes the transmitting/receiving unit 2 to make a call to that telephone number. When the line connection with the called party is completed, that is, when the communication destination is available for reception, the control unit 4 controls the image information input/output unit 1 and the transmitting/receiving unit to transmit the image information input by the image information input/output unit 1. Control 2.

If the called party cannot be connected due to a busy call or a failure of the called party's facsimile machine, the control unit 4 compares the telephone number stored in the storage unit 3 with the telephone number specified by the operator. , recognize the group to which the specified phone number belongs.

Further, the control unit 4 instructs the transmitting/receiving unit 2 to sequentially read out the telephone numbers in the recognized group from the storage unit 3 and make a call, and causes the call to be made repeatedly until the connection with the called party is completed.

When the connection with the called side is completed, the image information input/output section 1 instructs the image information input/output section 1 and the transmitting/receiving section 2 to transmit the input image information.

As explained above, in this embodiment, the case where the operator specifies a telephone number has been described. The present invention can also be applied to.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the facsimile device of the present invention, by grouping and registering the telephone numbers of the communication destination facsimile devices in advance, at least one facsimile device within the specified communication destination group can receive the data. If there is, it has the effect of being able to send data without waiting time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Image information input/output section, 2... Transmission/reception section, 3... Storage section, 4... Control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A storage unit that stores a plurality of telephone numbers in predetermined groups, and a control that sequentially reads and calls telephone numbers in the groups corresponding to the call designation in accordance with the call designation until line connection is completed. A facsimile device comprising: