JP3109583B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present facsimile communication, there are a G3 system using an analog line and a G4 system using a digital line.
There is a method. In the G3 system, digital facsimile data is converted into an analog voice signal by a modem, and the data is transmitted and received via a general PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). On the other hand, in the G4 system, digital data lines, more specifically, ISDN
(Integrated Services Digital Network) to transmit and receive data in digital form.

[0003] Under such circumstances, a plurality of telephone numbers are provided by a dial service using ISDN or a joint installation of ISDN and PSTN so that one facsimile apparatus can be used jointly by many people or departments. Many business establishments receive originals sent to the same address using a single facsimile machine.

[0004]

In a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers, data is sent to a plurality of telephone numbers and the data is printed out. If there is more than one, it is not easy to determine to which telephone number the printed paper is addressed, and which telephone number must be determined by looking at the address or contents of the data, There is a problem that it takes a long time to sort those sheets by telephone number. The frequency and data volume of facsimile communication are expected to increase further with the spread of facsimile machines, and this problem is expected to become more acute.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers, it is easy to determine to which telephone number the data was sent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of performing the above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can receive data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers, and which can easily determine which party or department has sent the data. The purpose is to do.

Still another object of the present invention is a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of classifying paper on which received data is printed for each telephone number.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of telephone numbers. Means for printing the telephone number on a sheet together with the received image.

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the telephone number of the receiving party is printed on paper together with the received data. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine to which telephone number the facsimile data is sent by looking at the telephone number on the printing paper.

[0010] Another facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving by a plurality of telephone numbers, comprising: a table in which a correspondence between a receivable telephone number and a name of a receiving source is registered; It is characterized by comprising means for sometimes recognizing the telephone number of the receiving source, and means for printing the name corresponding to the recognized telephone number of the receiving source on a sheet together with the received image.

[0011] In another facsimile apparatus of the present invention, a table indicating the correspondence between the telephone number of the receiving source and the name of the receiving source is prepared, and the receiving source is referred to when receiving the data. The name of the receiving source is specified from the telephone number of the user, and the name of the receiving source is printed on a sheet together with the received data. Therefore, it can be easily determined to which destination the facsimile data is sent by looking at the name of the receiving source on the printing paper.

In still another facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the facsimile apparatus according to the above-described configuration,
It is characterized by further comprising means for sorting printed sheets.

In still another facsimile apparatus of the present invention, paper on which received data is printed is classified and discharged for each telephone number of a receiving source. Therefore, the printing paper can be automatically classified for each telephone number.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. The facsimile apparatus includes a cabinet 1 and a facsimile main body 2 disposed on the cabinet 1. The cabinet unit 1 has a built-in mechanism for sorting printing paper on which received data is printed. Further, on the side surface of the cabinet unit 1, discharge trays 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d are provided in four upper and lower stages.
The printing paper is sorted for each telephone number and discharged. The facsimile main unit 2 includes an operation panel 4 on which a user performs an operation input, a reading unit for a transmission original as described later, a storage unit for image data, and the like.

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention described below is provided in a certain business establishment, and is used jointly in three divisions having different telephone numbers in the business establishment: a sales section, a general affairs section, and an accounting section. It is assumed that it is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. This facsimile apparatus has a G3 and G4 facsimile communication function.

In FIG. 2, the main control unit 11 is specifically a CP
U, which is connected to hardware units described below via a bus 26 to control them and execute various software functions. Scanner
12 reads a document for transmission using, for example, a CCD,
The compressed image data converted into black and white binary is output via the codec unit 13.

The printer 14 is, for example, a printer device of an electrophotographic system or the like, and prints, as a hard copy, image data received by facsimile communication input via the codec unit 15 on paper. When printing the image data, the printer 14 also prints the telephone number of the receiver or the name of the receiver at a predetermined position on the sheet, in addition to the name of the sender, the telephone number, and the reception time. Here, information such as the sender's name, telephone number, and reception time is generally printed in a blank area above the paper on which the received image data is not printed. For example, the image data may be printed in a margin area below the sheet where no image data is printed.

The ROM 16 stores various software programs necessary for the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention in advance. The RAM 17 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, and stores temporary data generated when executing software. A number / name table 27 as shown in FIG.
Are set in an appropriate area of the RAM 17. The number / name table 27 shows, for example, the correspondence between the sales section and the telephone number X, the general affairs section and the telephone number Y, and the accounting section and the telephone number Z.

The image memory 18 comprises a DRAM or the like.
Stores image data to be transmitted or received image data. The operation panel 4 includes a character key, a numeric keypad (numerical keys), and a character key necessary for operating the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
It has speed dial keys, one-touch dial keys, and various function keys. The display unit 19 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a CRT display, and displays an operation state of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and displays image data of a document to be transmitted and received image data. .

The G3 modem 20 exchanges image data with an analog audio signal, and the audio codec 21 exchanges an analog audio signal with digital data.
The ISDN interface unit 22 has an interface function with an ISDN line 31 as a digital data line.
The ISDN interface unit 22 has an S-interface function and L
It is composed of an AP-D function. S-interface is
It means the interface at point S, and includes the protocol processing function, maintenance function, and interface function. LAP-
The D function controls the protocol for the ISDN D channel. The LAP-B function unit 23 controls an ISDN B-channel protocol to perform actual data communication.

The G3 modem 24 exchanges image data and analog audio signals with each other, and performs NCU (Network Control).
A unit (line control device) 25 controls the closing and opening operations of the PSTN line 32 as an analog data line, and connects the G3 modem 24 to the PSTN line 32 as necessary.

Next, the operation will be described. In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when a call is made, the telephone number of the receiving source is recognized, and the recognized telephone number, or
The name corresponding to the telephone number (in this example, any of the sales section, the general affairs section, and the accounting section) is printed together with the received data.
Further, the printed paper is sorted and discharged for each recognized telephone number. 4 to 6 are flowcharts showing the operation procedure in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

First, it is determined whether a call has occurred in either the G3 system or the G4 system (step S).
1) If it has occurred (S1: YES), it is connected to the line on which it occurred (in this example, either the ISDN line 31 or the PSTN line 32) (step S2). Then, it recognizes and stores the telephone number (in this example, any of the telephone numbers X, Y, Z or any other) of the incoming caller (step S).
3).

Next, the received image data is received (step S4), and the received image data is stored in the image memory 18 (step S5). Then, it is determined whether or not all the image data has been processed (step S6). If not all of the image data has been processed (S6: NO), the process proceeds to step S6.
Then, the process returns to step S4, and the operation of receiving and storing the image data is continued. On the other hand, when all the image data has been processed (S6: YES), the line is disconnected (step S7). Next, a printing process is performed on the paper (Step S8), and the printed paper is sorted into the discharge trays 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d for each telephone number and discharged (Step S9).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the printing process in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, that is, the operation procedure of the subroutine of step S8 in FIG. The number in RAM 17 based on the telephone number
The name table 27 is searched (step S11), and it is determined whether or not the name (in this example, any of the sales section, the general affairs section, and the accounting section) corresponding to the telephone number of the reception source exists in the number / name table 27. Is determined (step S12).

If the corresponding name exists (S
12: YES), the character code of the name is developed into image data (step S13), and the process proceeds to step S15.
If the corresponding name does not exist (S12: NO),
The numeric code of the telephone number is developed into image data (step S14), and the process proceeds to S15.

Then, data of the image stored in the image memory 18 is read out (step S15). An image obtained by combining the read image data with the image data of the character code (name) or the image data of the numeric code (telephone number) is printed on paper by the printer 14 (step S16). It is determined whether or not the processing for the image data for all pages has been completed (step S17). If the processing has not been completed (S17: NO), the processing returns to step S15 to read out the image data / page. Repeat printing in units.
If the processing for the image data for all pages has been completed (S17: YES), the entire printing processing ends.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the printed paper discharging process in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, that is, the operation procedure of the subroutine of step S9 in FIG. Recognition result of incoming phone number,
It is determined whether or not the telephone number X indicates the sales section (step S21). If the telephone number is X (S21: YES), the printed paper is discharged to the uppermost discharge tray 3a (step S21). S25), the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is not the telephone number X (S21:
NO), it is determined whether or not the telephone number is the telephone number Y indicating the general affairs section (step S22). If the telephone number is Y (S22: YES), the printed paper is discharged to the second discharge tray 3b from the top (step S26), and the process ends. On the other hand, if it is not the telephone number Y (S22: NO), it is determined whether or not the telephone number is the telephone number Z indicating the accounting section (step S23). If the telephone number is Z (S23: YES), the printed paper is placed in the second discharge tray from the bottom.
It is discharged to 3c (step S27), and the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is not the telephone number Z (S23: N
O), since the telephone number of the receiving source does not correspond to any of the telephone numbers X, Y, and Z in the sales section, the general affairs section, and the accounting section, the printed paper is discharged to the lowermost discharge tray 3d (step). S
24), the process ends.

In the above-described example, the names of the sales section, the general affairs section, and the accounting section are printed according to the telephone number. However, codes such as A, B, and C are printed according to the telephone number. You may do it.

[0034]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers according to the present invention, the received telephone number is printed on paper together with the received data. It is easy to determine whether the data is facsimile data obtained.

In another facsimile apparatus capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers according to the present invention, a table indicating correspondence between the telephone number to be received and the name of the receiving source is prepared. , The name of the receiving source is specified from the telephone number of the receiving source, and the name of the receiving source is printed on the paper together with the received data, so that the facsimile data is sent to any party or department. Can be easily determined.

In still another facsimile apparatus of the present invention capable of receiving data addressed to a plurality of telephone numbers, the paper on which the received data is printed is classified according to the telephone number of the receiving source and discharged, so Alternatively, printing paper can be automatically classified for each department.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a number / name table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of main processing in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a printing process in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a printed paper discharging process in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Facsimile main unit 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d Eject tray 4 Operation panel 11 Main control unit 14 Printer 16 ROM 17 RAM 18 Image memory

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] In a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of telephone numbers, means for recognizing a telephone number of a receiving source at the time of receiving, and means for printing the recognized telephone number of the receiving source on a sheet together with a received image. A facsimile machine comprising: 2. A facsimile apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of telephone numbers, a table in which a correspondence between a receivable telephone number and a name of a receiving source is registered, and a telephone number of the receiving source is recognized at the time of receiving. And a means for printing a name corresponding to the recognized telephone number of the receiving source on a sheet together with the received image. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for sorting printed sheets according to the telephone number of the receiving party.