JPH0618429B2 - Equipment - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus capable of outputting reception management data.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional forms of facsimile reception include a normal one that outputs a hard copy of an image at the same time as it is received, and a one that temporarily stores received image data and handles the recipient or its document. There was a confidential version that could output a hard copy of an image after confirming that it was possible.

However, in such a conventional case, there are the following inconveniences.

That is, in the normal case, not only the addressee but anyone can take out the hard copy, so it is difficult to find out who took it out, and it may be time-consuming or missing.

Also, in the case of confidential items, the confidential code for confirming the person who takes out the person is usually only known to a specific person, so when the person is absent, the person cannot take out the confidential code, which causes a problem in the paperwork, and the storage unit. Had the inconvenience that it was forever occupied and could be used.

In particular, even if the document is not particularly important, it is often handled confidentially in order to reliably deliver it, and the above-mentioned inconvenience frequently occurs.

Aim This invention aims to eliminate such inconvenience.

Configuration Next, the configuration of the present invention will be described based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the whole.

In the figure, the construction of the transmitting portion, which is not directly related to the present invention, of the construction of the facsimile apparatus is omitted.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a network control unit for controlling connection between a telephone line and a device, 2 is a modulation / demodulation unit for modulating / demodulating image data, 3 is a compression / reproducing unit for compressing / reproducing image data, and 4 is A buffer unit for the image output unit 5, 5 is an image output unit that outputs a hard copy of image data and hard copy of reception management data, 6 is a storage unit that can store image data for a plurality of pages, and 6a is a storage unit. 6 is a page management unit that manages pages, 7 is a control unit that controls the entire apparatus, 8 is a key input unit that inputs take-out-person identification information such as department codes and individual codes, and 9 is a magnetic ID card. A magnetic card input unit for inputting, 10 is a management data storage unit for storing the contents of reception management data, 11 is a real-time information generation unit for outputting real-time information such as clock information and calendar information, 1 Is a character generator used when outputting the contents of the management data storage unit 10 as a hard copy.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram when the control unit 7 shown in FIG. 1 is realized by a microcomputer.
The key input unit 8, magnetic card input unit 9, real-time information generation unit 11, and character generator 12 shown in FIG. 1 are also shown.

In FIG. 2, 13 is a microcomputer (CP
U), 14 are read-only memories (ROM) in which system programs are written, 15 is a random access memory (RAM) for system control, and 16 is a system bus.

Management data storage unit 10 and page management unit 6a in FIG.
Are actually configured in RAM 14.

That is, the history management table shown in FIG. 3 (a) is configured as the management data storage unit 10, and the page management table shown in FIG. 3 (b) is configured as the page management unit 6a.

Each of these tables is configured in the required number.

The history management table shown in FIG. 3 (a) indicates one communication and is composed of 31 bytes and has the following contents.

Information of presence / absence of reception indicating whether or not hard copy output of image data is possible is stored in b0 of the 0th byte, and “1” is set when reception is present.

Information on the presence / absence of reception management data indicating whether or not the reception management data can be output is stored in b1 of the 0th byte, and "1" is set when it is present.

The 1st to 20th bytes are sender information, the 21st to 23rd bytes are reception date and time, the 24th to 26th bytes are hardcopy output date and time of image data, and the 27th and 28th bytes are hardcopy of image data. Identification information, the 29th byte is the number of pages in one communication, and the 30th byte is 1
The number of the page management table corresponding to the page is entered as a code.

The page management table shown in FIG. 3 (b) shows one page of image data, is composed of 10 bytes, and has the following contents.

Information on the presence or absence of reception indicating whether or not the hard copy output of the image data is possible is stored in b0 of the 0th byte, and "1" is set when reception is present.

Document modes such as linear density and paper size are in the 1st and 2nd bytes, the opening address of the storage unit 6 in which the page is stored in the 3rd to 5th bytes, the end address in the 6th to 8th bytes, and 9 In the byte, the number of the page management table of the next page or the information without the next page is stored as a code or other form.

4A and 4B are flowcharts showing the operation of the control unit 7.

Next, the operation will be described.

At the time of reception, the image data is stored in the storage unit 6 through the network control unit, the modulation / demodulation unit 2, the compression / reproduction unit 3, and the buffer unit 4.

At the time of this reception, one free history management table is prepared, and the sender information, the reception date and time, and the page management table number corresponding to the first page are written.

At the same time, the page management table is prepared by the number of received pages, and each content is written.

, When the reception is completed, the page number of one communication is written, and b0 of the 0th byte is “1” indicating reception.
Is set to.

Similarly, the 0th byte b0 of the page management table is also set to "1" indicating that there is reception.

The free status of the history management table is 0 b
It is determined that both 0 and b1 are "0", and the empty state of the page management table is determined when b0 of the 0th byte is "0".

The received image data is output as a hard copy in response to a hard copy output request. In this case, the operator confirms "reception" with display means (not shown), and the operator's own identification information is input to the key input unit. Enter with 8.
When a magnetic ID card is used, the magnetic card input unit 9 is used for input.

By inputting the extraction person identification information and pressing the start button (not shown), a hard copy of the image data is output.

In this case, the image data stored in the storage unit 6, that is, the first byte b0 of the page management table is "1".
The image data shown in the 3rd to 8th bytes of the table is stored in the buffer section 4 together with the modes shown in the 1st and 2nd bytes in the order shown in the 9th byte. Then, the image data is sent to the image output unit 5, and a hard copy of the image data is output.

The output request of the hard copy of the image data may be issued not only for all of the data stored in the storage unit 6, but also for some of the data, for example, the transmission source and the reception date and time are limited.

At the time of hard copy output of this image data, the copy output date and extractor identification information are written in the history management table,
When the output is completed, b0 of the 0th byte is reset to "0" indicating no reception, and b1 is set to "1" indicating reception management report.

When the output is completed, the 0 byte b0 of the page management table is reset to "0" indicating no reception and becomes empty.

Note that such processing is performed only for the image data output as a hard copy, and such processing is not performed for the remaining data when only a part of the image data is output.

The reception management data is output as a hard copy when the reception management data is requested.

An output request for reception management data is made by the operator confirming that "reception management data exists" by means of a display means (not shown) and pressing a reception management data output button (not shown), whereby a hard copy is output. To be done.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a hard copy format of the reception management data.

When there is an output request for the reception management data, the contents of all the tables in which b1 of the first byte of the history management table is "1" are converted into characters by the character generator 12, and the buffer unit 4 is set. It is sent to the image output unit 5 and the hard copy is output.

When the output of this reception management data is completed, b1 of the 0th byte of the history management table is reset to "0" indicating that there is no reception management data, and becomes empty.

In addition to the request by the operator, the reception management data output request is automatically issued as a condition that the history management table is full.

Further, if either the page management table or the history table is empty at the time of reception, the flow is shifted to the fail flow.

The content of the fail flow may include not accepting the reception, and notifying the operator and the partner device of the fact.

The information written in the page management table and the history management table is rewritten to new information at the next writing, so it is not erased in particular, but if necessary, after each hardcopy output It may be forcibly erased.

Further, the output request of the reception management data can be made for a limited part such as the sender, the hard copy output date and time of the image data, and the like. The received content can be output.

In the above embodiment, the image data is shown as being electrically stored, but a hard copy may be output at the time of reception and stored in the stacker.

It is also possible to use both of them, such that they are electrically stored at the time of reception, and stored as a hard copy in the stacker when the storage section becomes full.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although all received items are managed, what is to be managed is distinguished from those to be managed, and only those which are instructed to be managed by the transmitting side are managed. You can also do it.

In this case, the instruction from the sender that management is required is
A single frequency signal can be sent or a binary code can be sent using CCITT G3 standard NSS.

Further, in the above embodiment, the takeout person identification information is input by either the key input or the magnetic ID card input, but it is also possible to make sure by checking the coincidence of both inputs by using both together.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to surely manage the received hard copy.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are a history management table and page management. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table, FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are flowcharts showing the operation of the control unit, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format of reception management data. Storage unit ... 6, control unit ... 7 Key input unit ... 8, magnetic card input unit ... 9 Management data storage unit ... 10 Real-time information generation unit ... 11

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing image data for a plurality of pages, a real-time information generation unit for outputting real-time information such as clock information and calendar information, and input of sender identification information such as department code and personal code. An input unit, a management data storage unit that stores reception management data relating to the reception of image data, and a control unit. The control unit stores the image data in the storage unit when the image data is received. The management data at the time of reception including the real-time information from the real-time information generation unit is stored in the management data storage unit, and at the time of outputting a hard copy of the received image data, an output request of the hard copy and input of the sender identification information of the sender When there is a problem, a hard copy is output and the real-time information from the real-time information generation unit and the information for identifying the person who took out the information is output. Storage management data at the time of extraction including information and the like, and control to output the contents of the management data at the time of storage stored in the management data storage unit when an output request for reception management data is made. A facsimile machine characterized by.