JPH0777407B2 - Facsimile device with communication confirmation function - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a communication confirmation function capable of sending reception journal information as a voice signal to a line.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a facsimile machine, the automatic reception state is set, and when the facsimile machine receives the automatic reception,
It is known that an answering recording is made when a phone call is received, and a facsimile and a phone call can be taken even when the phone is away. In such a facsimile machine, it was possible to listen to the recorded contents by telephone from outside, but regarding the facsimile,
I couldn't even tell what was sent, and even what was received while I was away.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and it is possible to appropriately receive a facsimile received during absence, such as a sender name, a telephone number, a communication date and time, and the number of pages. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device in which the contents of journal information can be easily confirmed by a voice signal by a telephone call from outside.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention relates to, in a facsimile apparatus, a storage unit for storing reception journal information for each communication in a memory, and communication of the reception journal information stored in the memory based on an instruction from a line. It is characterized in that it has a reading means for sequentially reading each of them, a converting means for converting the read reception journal information into a voice signal character by character, and a transmitting means for transmitting the voice signal to a line.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a line, 2 is a line control unit, 3 is a transmission control unit, 4 is a voice generator, 5 is a modem, 6 is a speaker, 7 is a ROM for recording programs and fixed information, and 8 is RA.
M, 9 are reception journal memories, 10 is a document reading section, 11
Is a recording unit, 12 is an operating unit, and 13 is a main control unit (CPU) that is in charge of controlling the entire operation. Receive journal memory 9
May be included in RAM8.

The operation of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the called party receives a call based on the ringing tone, it sends out a digital identification signal (DIS) (Step 1). When the digital command signal (DCS) is received from the calling side (Step 2), the normal facsimile procedure is executed and then the communication is terminated.

When the digital command signal (DCS) is not received in Step 2, the process proceeds to Step 3, and when the code signal requesting the reception journal from the line is received, the journal memory 9 is accessed to extract the first reception journal data, As will be described later, the name of the other party and the received date and time are converted into voice data, and the voice generator sends the voice signal as a voice signal from the modem 5 to the line 1 (Steps 5 and 6) and loops to Step 4.
This is repeated, and all the received journal data in the journal memory 9 is sent to the line as an audio signal, and the process ends.

When the code signal requesting the reception journal data is not received, if the voice signal is received in Step 8, the message is transmitted, the normal absence recording for recording the communication tone is performed, and the communication is ended.

When neither signal is received within the predetermined time, the time is over and the process ends.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining an example of converting the received code of the destination stored in the journal memory into a voice signal. As explained in Step 3 of FIG. 2, the code signal requesting the reception journal is received from the line and the flow starts. First, the CPU 13 accesses the journal memory 9, reads the destination name of the first journal data (Step 21), and stores it in the RAM 8.
Move from Step 22 to Step 23 to extract the character code of the first character. ROM7 with the extracted character code as an address
Access the voice data table stored in (Step2
4) Send the obtained voice pattern signal to the voice generator 4 (Step 25). Next, in step 22, the second character is extracted, the voice pattern signal of the character is read out, and the voice generator 4 sends the voice pattern signal to the voice generator 4. Repeat this to end all characters.

In the flowchart of FIG. 2, voice conversion of the date and time is performed next, but this voice conversion can be similarly performed in the flowchart of FIG.

By repeating Step 4 to Step 6 in FIG. 2, all the journal data can be sequentially sent to the sound generator 4. The voice pattern signal input to the voice generator 4 is sent to the line 1 via the modem 5 by the transmission controller 3 controlling the line controller 2 based on a command from the CPU 13.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of outputting sound from a speaker. When the journal button for instructing the voice output of the reception journal is selected from the operation buttons of the operation unit 11 when the power of the facsimile apparatus is ON (Step 11), as in Step 4 to Step 6 described in FIG. 2,
With respect to all the received journal data stored in the journal memory 8, audio is output from the speaker in steps 12 to 14. Therefore, the journal data can be known without being printed out. In this case, not only the received data but all the journal data may be output as voice.

Of course, it is possible to respond to either instruction from the line or instruction from the operation button,
The audio output signal may be output from a line or a speaker.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the memory contents of the journal memory 9. In this case, it is the name of the recipient who received the facsimile and the date and time data, and “−” is “gatsu”, “, The voice data table may be configured such that "" is pronounced as "Nichi", ":" is pronounced as "Ji", and ";" is pronounced as "Hun".

Further, the content of the memory is not limited to this, and it is possible to store appropriate data such as adding the total number of pages of each received document and output it in response to a request.

(Effects of the Invention) As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus, it is possible to listen to voice journal data of a facsimile received while absent by voice from outside the home using a telephone. There is an effect that the reception of the facsimile can be easily confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of outputting to a line, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of outputting voice from a speaker. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an example of voice conversion, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of memory contents of an example of a journal memory. 1 ... Line, 2 ... Line control unit, 3 ... Transmission control unit, 4
...... Voice generator, 5 …… Modem, 6 …… Speaker, 7
...... ROM, 8 ...... RAM, 9 ...... Reception journal memory, 10
…… Original reading section, 11 …… Recording section, 12 …… Operation section, 13 ...
… Main control unit (CPU).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing reception journal information for each communication in a memory, reading means for sequentially reading reception journal information stored in the memory for each communication based on an instruction from a line, and read reception journal. A facsimile apparatus having a communication confirmation function, comprising: a conversion unit for converting information character by character into a voice signal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the voice signal to a line.