JPH06217100A - Communication system device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To discriminate an address just viewing a received document. CONSTITUTION:A synthesizing means 15 synthesizes the received document and individual identification information read from an individual information storage section 11, displaying the individual identification information on the received document. The individual identification information received from a terminal 3 connected by an extension line 9 or from a terminal 2 connected by a LAN 6 is registered in an individual information storage section 11. Further, as the individual identification information is transmitted to the terminal 3 by the individual identification information request o the terminal 3 connected by the extension line 9, the individual identification information can be confirmed by the connected other terminal 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system device, and more particularly to a communication system device having a facsimile function for adding identification information for distinguishing destinations to a received document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile machines have become widespread in offices, but a plurality of people often share one facsimile machine. Therefore, the contents of the received document are confirmed to determine who is the document.

[0003]

However, it is time-consuming and not easy to distinguish the destinations by checking the contents of the document. On the other hand, in the ISDN facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-90252, the destination information preset for the subaddress included in the received information is output as a destination information list, and the received document and the destination are output. The destinations can be easily determined by comparing the information lists and determining the destinations.

In the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus, there is no need to check the contents of the original by outputting the destination information list. However, since the received original cannot be classified unless the received original and the destination information list are compared, only the received original is received. Could not determine the destination.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above disadvantages, and by combining the personal identification information and the original, the communication having a facility function capable of easily discriminating the destination only by looking at the received original. The purpose is to obtain a system unit.

[0006]

In the communication system apparatus according to the present invention, the personal information storage unit records personal identification information and the like, and the destination reading unit stores the personal information from the personal information storage unit based on the information for the destination received together with the manuscript. Read personal identification information,
The synthesizing unit synthesizes the received document with the personal identification information read from the personal information storage unit.

It is preferable that the synthesizing means synthesizes the personal identification information only on the first page of the original or on all the pages of the original.

The registration means registers the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the extension in the personal information storage unit,
The personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the LAN is registered in the personal information storage unit.

The destination reading means transmits the personal identification information registered in the personal information storage unit to the requested terminal device by the personal identification information request from the terminal device connected by the extension.

[0010]

In the present invention, the received original and the personal identification information read from the personal information storage unit are combined and the personal identification information is displayed on the received original.

Furthermore, by synthesizing the personal identification information only on the first page of the manuscript or by synthesizing the personal identification information on all the pages, the individual manuscripts of the second and subsequent pages are personalized when unnecessary. The identification information can be omitted.

Further, since the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the extension is registered, it is possible to easily register the personal identification information and the like from another terminal device connected by the extension.

Further, since the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the LAN is registered, the personal identification information and the like can be easily registered by another terminal device connected by the LAN.

Further, since the personal identification information is transmitted to the requested terminal device by the personal identification information request of the terminal device connected by the extension, it is possible to confirm the personal identification information from the other connected facsimile device. .

[0015]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the communication system device 1 is connected to the document creation device 2 via the LAN 6, to the external facsimile device 5a via the ISDN 8a, to the external facsimile device 5b via the PSTN 8b, and to another facsimile device via the extension 9, for example. Connected to 3.

The communication system device 1 includes a main control unit 10, a personal information storage unit 11, an information storage unit 12, a destination reading unit 13,
The registration unit 14, the synthesizing unit 15, the operation display unit 16, the printer control unit 17, the LAN control unit 18, the digital line control unit 19, the analog line control unit 20, the scanner 21, and the plotter 22 are included.

The main controller 10 controls the entire system. The personal information storage unit 11 stores the personal identification information sent from the other facsimile device 3 connected via the extension 9 or the document creation device 2 connected via the LAN 6. The destination information includes personal identification information in which the destination department and name are represented by characters, a telephone number of an extension telephone of another facsimile machine 3 connected by the extension 9 and a subaddress corresponding to the personal identification information. The information storage unit 12 stores information such as originals and subaddresses received from the external facsimile machines 5a and 5b. The destination reading means 13 uses the subaddress received together with the original document from the external facsimile machines 5a and 5b, or the personal information storage section 11 based on the personal identification information request from another facsimile machine 3 via the extension 9.
Read individual identification information from. Registration means 14 is extension 9
The personal identification information or the like sent from the other facsimile apparatus 3 via the personal computer or the personal identification information sent from the document creation apparatus 2 via the LAN 6 is stored in the personal information storage unit 11. The synthesizing unit 15 synthesizes the personal identification information read by the destination reading unit 13 from the personal information storage unit 11 on the basis of the subaddress received together with the original document, which is stored in the information storage unit 12 and received from the external facsimile devices 5a and 5b. To do. The operation display unit 16 displays the registered personal identification information and the like. The printer control unit 17 is connected to the printer-4 and controls the printer-4. The LAN control unit 18 is connected to the document creating apparatus 2 via the LAN 6 and controls the LAN 6. The digital line controller 19 is connected to the external facsimile device 5a or the like via the ISDN 8a, controls the G4 communication protocol, and transmits / receives data. The analog line controller 20 is connected to the external facsimile machine 5b via the PSTN 8b and to the other facsimile machine 3 via the extension 9, and controls the G3 communication protocol to transmit and receive data.

The communication system device 1 is, for example, ISDN 8a.
When a document or the like is received from the external facsimile device 5a via the, the information received by the information storage unit 12 is accumulated,
The synthesizing means 15 synthesizes the destination information with the document information accumulated in the information accumulating section 12, and, for example, the analog line control section 20.
To send the document information to the internal facsimile apparatus 3 via the extension 9.

In the document receiving operation of the communication system device 1 described above, the operation from the storage of the information received by the information storage unit 12 to the transmission of the combined document to the internal facsimile device 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It will be described with reference to FIG.

The received information stored in the information storage unit 12 includes a subaddress for extracting the personal identification information from the personal information storage unit 11 (step S1), and the received subaddress is stored in the personal information storage unit 11. If registered (step S2), the destination reading unit 13 reads the personal identification information corresponding to the received subaddress from the personal information storage unit 11. When the synthesizing means 15 is set to synthesize the personal identification information on all pages of the received document (step S3), the personal identification information read by the destination reading means 13 is stored in the information storage section 12. The document received from the external facsimile apparatus 5a is combined with the upper part of all pages of the document (step S4), and the document information is sent to the analog line controller 20. The analog line control unit 20 calls another facsimile device 3 connected via the extension 9 based on the called number included in the information received from the external facsimile device 5a, and returns a response from the other facsimile device 3. If there is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the document 23 in which the personal identification information is combined is transmitted to another facsimile apparatus 3 and output.

If the personal identification information is not set to be combined with all the pages of the received document, it is combined with the upper part of the first page of the received document stored in the information storage section 12 ( In step S5), the manuscript information is transferred to the analog line control unit 20.
Send to.

When the received information accumulated in the information accumulating section 12 does not include a sub address for extracting the personal identification information from the personal information storing section 11 (step S1), or the received sub address is the personal information storing section 11 If it is not registered in (step S2), the synthesizing means 1
5 sends the manuscript information to the analog line control unit 20 without synthesizing the destination (step S6).

When the address reading unit 13 combines the personal identification information read from the personal information storage unit 11 with the original received from the external facsimile apparatus 5a, the synthesizing unit 15 shows an example of address synthesizing shown in FIG. Instead of synthesizing the personal identification information on the upper portion of the received document as described above, the personal identification information may be synthesized on the side of the received document 23 as shown in the example of the destination synthesis in FIG.

In the above description, the case where the original is received from the external facsimile apparatus 5a connected via the ISDN 8a has been described, but the same applies when the original is received from the external facsimile apparatus 5b connected via the PSTN 8b. To work.

Alternatively, the original combined with the personal identification information may be transmitted to the external printer 4 via the printer control section 17 without transmitting the original to the other facsimile apparatus 3 and printed out.

Next, the operation of registering the personal identification information from the facsimile machine 3 connected via the extension 9 will be described.

The facsimile machine 3 connected via the extension 9 reads the original document of the personal identification information and, via the extension 9, along with the telephone number of the own machine input from the operation display section and the subaddress used for the personal identification information to be registered. It is transmitted to the communication system device 1. Registration means 14 of communication system device 1
When receiving personal identification information and the like, reads the personal information storage unit 11, and if not registered, registers the received information in the personal information storage unit 11. If it is registered, the communication system device 1 returns the registered message to the facsimile device 3.

Next, the operation for retrieving the personal identification information registered in the personal information storage unit 11 from the facsimile machine 3 connected via the extension 9 will be described.

When searching from the facsimile machine 3 connected via the extension 9, the facsimile machine 3 transmits the telephone number of itself and the subaddress to be searched for to the communication system apparatus 1 to make a search request. The destination reading unit 13 of the communication system device 1 reads the personal identification information from the personal information storage unit 11 based on the received sub-address, and the analog line control unit 20 transmits the read information to the facsimile device 3 that has issued the search request. The facsimile device 3 outputs the received personal identification information.

In the above embodiment, the case of registering or retrieving from the facsimile apparatus 3 connected via the extension 9 has been described, but the document preparing apparatus 2 connected via the LAN 6 can also perform registration or retrieval similarly. can do.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the received original and the personal identification information read from the personal information storage unit are combined, the personal identification information is displayed on the original.
Even if you do not read the contents, you can easily sort by destination.

Further, since the personal identification information is synthesized only on the first page of the document or the personal identification information is synthesized on all pages, the personal identification information can be put on the document as needed.

Further, since the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the extension is registered, the personal identification information can be easily registered by the other terminal device connected by the extension, and the connection by the extension line is made. It is possible to use the information of the other terminal device that has been created.

Further, since the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the LAN is registered, the personal identification information can be easily registered by another terminal device connected by the LAN. It is possible to use the information of the other terminal device that has been created.

Further, in response to a request for personal identification information of a terminal device connected by an extension, the personal identification information is transmitted to the requesting terminal device, so that the personal identification information can be confirmed from other connected terminal devices. It is easy to check for registration omissions.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of destination composition.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of destination combination.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Communication System Device 2 Document Creating Device 3 Facsimile Device 4 Printer-5 External Facsimile Device 10 Main Control Unit 11 Personal Information Storage Unit 12 Information Storage Unit 13 Destination Reading Means 14 Registration Means 15 Combining Means 16 Operation Display 17 Printer Control 18 LAN control unit 19 Digital line control unit 20 Analog line control unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A personal information storage unit, a destination reading unit, and a synthesizing unit, wherein the personal information storage unit records personal identification information and the like.
The destination reading means reads the personal identification information from the personal information storage unit based on the destination information received together with the original document, and the combining means combines the received original document and the personal identification information read from the personal information storage unit. Communication device. 2. The communication system apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the synthesizing means synthesizes the personal identification information only on the first page of the received original or on the entire page of the original. 3. The communication system apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising registration means for registering personal identification information received from a terminal device connected by an extension in a personal information storage unit. 4. The communication system apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the registration means registers the personal identification information received from the terminal device connected by the LAN in the personal information storage unit. 5. The destination reading means transmits the personal identification information registered in the personal information storage unit to the requested terminal device by the personal identification information request from the connected terminal device. 4. The communication system device according to 4.