JPH0815298B2 - Data communication device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a data communication device for image data, character code data, and the like.

[Conventional example] Conventionally, in a device of this type, for example, a facsimile device that performs image data communication, the received data is temporarily stored in a memory, and after the communication is completed, the operator prints the received data in the memory by a predetermined operation. It has been known.

In the case of such a device, the transmitting operator cannot know whether or not the receiving operator has received the data, and if the receiving operator wants to know whether or not the data has been received, it must be confirmed by telephone contact or the like. There was a drawback. In particular, in confidential communication in which data is transmitted only to a specific recipient, it is often confirmed that the data has been received.

[Purpose] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional example, and when it detects that the data from the transmission destination is output from the memory, it automatically displays a message indicating that the transmission destination has received the data. Intended to send.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment,
1,2,4,5 are the telephone number of the person who sent the confidential transmission,
User abbreviation, fixed text memory for storing secret code secret code, 3 for storing confidentially received image information, 6 for timing device, 7 for microcomputer and ROM, RAM for controlling the whole Is a CPU including peripheral devices, 8 is a key input device, 9 is a device for converting code data into image data, 10 is a transmission unit, and 11 is a printer.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the control operation of the CPU 7 in this embodiment. The program for performing the operation based on the flow chart is stored in the ROM (not shown) of the CPU 7.

 Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to FIG.

First, in the normal standby state, the CPU 7 waits for an operator's key operation while performing a predetermined standby process from the process 1 of step 20 to the process N of step 21. Now, when the operator performs an operation of outputting confidential image data stored in the memory 3 (including the input of a personal identification number) by the key of the key input device 8, in the judgment of steps 23 and 24, the numbers respectively input by the keys are determined. Whether it matches the personal identification number stored in the memory 5 in advance,
It is determined whether or not there is confidentially received image information in the memory 3, and the image data in the memory 3 is printed out by the printer 11 in step 25 only when both are satisfied.

When it is determined in step 26 that the printout is completed, the abbreviated name and fixed phrase of the confidential image recipient are read out from the memory 4, and the date and time data are read out from the clock device 6,
In step 27, the image data generator 9 creates image data as shown in FIG.

When this confidential image is transmitted, the other party's telephone number stored in the facsimile procedure signal TSI is stored in the memory 1. Therefore, this other party's telephone number is read from the memory 1, and the CPU 7 at step 28 The transmission unit 10 makes a call to the other party.

When the line is connected to the other party, the image data created in step 27 is transmitted in step 29 as a receipt of the confidential image.

This allows the confidential image sender to automatically confirm the acceptance of the image of the other party.

Although the facsimile device for communicating image data has been described as an example in the present embodiment, the confidential communication is generally a memory reception in the data communication such as teletex and personal computer communication. It can be implemented for all data communication devices that read data after communication is completed.

In the case of teletex or personal computer communication, a return message indicating that data has been output is created by code data.

[Effect] As described above, according to the present invention, when it is detected that the data from the transmission destination is output from the memory, a message indicating that the data has been received is transmitted, so that confirmation telephone contact or the like is performed. It is possible to notify the destination that the reception data has been output without fail.

When the message indicating that the data has been received is output from the memory, the message indicating that the data has been received is sent by making a new call based on the destination of the destination, so the data is output from the memory. Until then, other communication can be performed, and the receipt can be notified to the destination without lowering the communication efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an example of a message indicating the reception of a confidential image of this embodiment. It is a figure. 1,2,4,5 are memory for storing confidential image sender's telephone number, user abbreviation, fixed phrase, and secret code, respectively.
Is a memory for storing confidentially received image information, 6 is a time measuring device, 7 is a CPU for controlling the whole, 8 is a key input device, 9 is an image data generator for converting code data into image data, 10 Is a transmission unit, and 11 is a printer.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location H04N 1/32 Z

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory for storing data from a destination, an output means for outputting the data in the memory, a detecting means for detecting the end of data output by the output means, and a destination for the destination. When the identification means and the detection means detect the end of the data output by the output means, a new call is made based on the destination identified by the identification means, and a message indicating that the data has been received is transmitted to the destination. A data communication device comprising: a transmission unit.