JPS6062266A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform to a person who made a reservation know that a facsimile device becomes free by telephone when so, and operate the device effectively by allowing reservations for transmission to be made at the operation part of the device or the telephone set of the operator. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile device is provided with the 1st line wire for communication with opponent-side devices, network control part 9, extension 10 for communication with plural telephone sets, and network control part 11. A circuit switching part 12 for switching between the external wire 8 and extension 10 is connected to the control parts 9 and 11, and the operation part 13 and a memory part 14 for storing telephone numbers of persons who make reservations for transmission are connected to the switching part 12 through a control part 15. The DC holding detection part of this control part 15 detects the free state of the external wire 8, and the telephone number of an extension registered in the memory part 14 is read out to let a person in a queue know that through the control part 11. Further, the control part 15 is provided with an emergency interruption register, reservation register, etc., to allow an emergency interruption, thus operating the device effectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, in particular, to a facsimile machine that can be reserved for transmission when the facsimile machine cannot be used because it is in the process of transmitting or receiving data. The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can sometimes send a message to a telephone owned by a person making a transmission reservation.

Technical Background and Problems Conventionally, when a facsimile machine is installed, a user goes to the location where the facsimile machine is installed with a document to send, but if the facsimile machine is in use, the user cannot send the document. , so I had to start over again. In some cases, you may have to come back several times.

In order to eliminate this inconvenience, methods have been studied and put into practical use such as extracting a signal from the facsimile IJ device to indicate that it is in use and lighting up a lamp to inform the surroundings that it is in use. However, although this method is good for use around facsimile machines, it is not useful when the locations are on different floors, such as the first and second floors, or in different buildings.

(C) Object and Structure of the Invention In order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the object of the present invention is to make it possible to make transmission reservations from the operation panel of the facsimile machine or from the evening machine of the user, and to make it possible to make transmission reservations when the facsimile machine is idle. The objective is to provide a facsimile machine that allows reservation holders to be notified by phone number 11 (11).

To this end, the present invention provides a facsimile machine having a first communication line, a first communication line, and a first network part for communicating with the other party's facsimile machine. A second telephone line and a second network for communicating in! 1
a sub-section, a line switching section for switching all of the first telephone line and the second telephone line, a memory section for storing all the telephone numbers of the telephones of the persons making transmission reservations, and detecting the availability of the first telephone line and storing the telephone numbers from the memory section. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control section that extracts a telephone number and notifies the telephone corresponding to the telephone number that the facsimile machine is available.

(2) Embodiment of the Invention FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

This facsimile device 1 includes a reading section 2, a band compression section 3,
recording section 4, band expansion section 5, transmission control section 6, modem section 7,
It is equipped with a telephone line (hereinafter referred to as an outside line) 8 for communicating with the other party's facsimile machine and a network control section 9 for controlling the outside line, and these elements are similar to conventional facsimile machines.

The facsimile device 1 of the present embodiment further includes a telephone line (
(hereinafter referred to as an extension) 10, and a network control unit 11 that controls all extensions.
, a line switching section 12 that switches between an outside line and an internal line, an operation section 13 that can make a reservation for transmission, a memory section 14 that stores all the telephone numbers of the person making a reservation for transmission;
A control section 15 that controls the operation section 13 and the memory section 14 is provided.

If the facsimile machine I is receiving or transmitting via the outside line 8, even if the user comes to the location where the facsimile machine I is installed with the original to be sent, the facsimile machine cannot be fully used. Registering the phone number of the user's smartphone telephone in the memory section 14 by operating the numeric keypad of the section 13 is performed not only by the operation section 13 but also by the telephone number connected to the extension 10. In this case, the network control unit 11,
Registration is performed in the memory section 14 via the line switching section 12 and the control section 15. If a transmission reservation is made for a number of seconds, the data will be registered in the memo 1 section 14 in the reserved order. Even if there are multiple transmission reservations that have been canceled, emergency interruption reservations can be made.

When the transmission reservation is made as described above, when the facsimile machine 1 completes communication with another facsimile machine and the outside line 8 becomes vacant, the control unit 15 detects this and stores the data from the memory unit 14. It retrieves all registered telephone numbers and calls the telephone with the 'iij' number via the network control unit 11 and extension 10e.The control unit 15 notifies the user that the facsimile machine is free, for example by using +S voice. The user who receives the notification can go to the location where the facsimile machine is installed and send the document.When this transmission is completed, the next reservation person will be notified that the facsimile machine is vacant ( Reported.

If multiple transmission reservations are made, the above operations are performed in accordance with the reservation order. However, if there is an emergency interrupt reservation, the control unit 15 gives priority to other transmission reservations, and stores the relevant transmission reservations from the memory unit 14. Take out the model 1 episode number and call the corresponding telephone to make a report. Therefore, the emergency interrupt reservation holder can use the facsimile machine with priority over other reservation holders.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit 15 in detail, and the same elements as in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same numbers.
The control section 15 includes a DC holding detection section 16 that detects that the outside line 8 is free, and a connection detection section 17 that detects that the extension 10 is connected to the telephone to be called. The DC hold detection unit 16 determines that the outside line 8 is free by completely detecting that the DC hold on the outside line 8 has been released, and the connection detection unit 17 determines that the outside line 8 is free by detecting that the DC hold on the extension line 10 is released. Assuming that a plurality of transmission reservations have been input from the operation unit 13 that the Ogie that determines that the extension 10 is connected, the telephone number registration recorder that constitutes the memory unit 14 has a plurality of lightning , the talk number is registered. At this time, the operation unit 13 operates the reservation reno star 18'',
(As a result, the DC holding detection section 16 is kept in the operating state. When the DC holding detection section 16 detects that the outer m8 is empty, it controls the Zotsunoyupa?tan signal sending section 19. Then, the telephone number registered in the registered phone number register 23 is retrieved.The button signal sending section 19 sends the retrieved telephone number to the network control section 11, and calls all the corresponding butshuphone telephones via the extension line 10.

On the other hand, the connection detection section 17 detects that the extension 10 is connected to a telephone set, that is, detects that the corresponding telephone set is being called, and causes the voice code memory 20 to output all voice codes. After the voice code is converted by the voice converter 21Jζ, the voice code is converted by the network controller 11 and 1) 10k.
The message is then sent to the calling telephone, notifying the user that the facsimile machine is available. After receiving the notification, the user goes to the location where the Factor j IJ device is installed and sends the manuscript.

If multiple transmission reservations are made, the above operations are repeated in order from the first reservation, but when an emergency interrupt reservation is made, the emergency interrupt reservation register 22 is set and the DC hold detection circuit 16 is set. put into operation. When the DC holding detection circuit detects that the outside line 8 is vacant, the bushing controls the tongue signal sending section 19 to take out the telephone numbers of emergency interrupt reservation users from the registration register 23 with priority. The signal sending section 19 sends the retrieved telephone number to the network control section 11, calls the emergency interrupt reservation person's telephone telephone via extension 10, and, as mentioned above, sends a voice notification that the facsimile machine is free. do. Therefore, the emergency interrupt reservation holder can use the facsimile machine in preference to other reservation holders.

In FIG. 2, only transmission reservations made from the operation section 3 of the facsimile IJ device have been described, but as explained in FIG. 1, transmission reservations can also be made from the telephone connected to the extension IO. Telephone number registration register 23,
The reservation register 18 and the emergency interrupt reservation register 22 are connected to the network control unit 11 (not shown).
Transmission reservations from telephones are made via the network control section 11.

Although an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention has been described above based on FIGS. 1 and 2, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications and variations can be made within the scope of the present invention.
Of course, changes are possible. For example, the notification to the user can be made by chime instead of voice.

"Effects of the Invention": As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, when the facsimile IJ device cannot be used because it is in the process of sending or receiving, the When a transmission reservation can be made from a telephone connected to a facsimile machine, and when the facsimile machine becomes vacant and transmission is possible, the facsimile machine notifies the telephone of the person making the transmission reservation, and the reservation person After receiving the notification, the user can go to the location where the facsimile IJ device is installed and send the document, so there is no need to go to the location where the facsimile is installed many times, which is very efficient.

Furthermore, since emergency interruption reservations can be made with priority to multiple transmission reservation users, in the case of an emergency, even if there are multiple transmission reservations, they can be used with priority.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the specific configuration of a control section. In the figure, ■ is a facsimile machine, 8 is an outside line, 9 and 11
Vi network control section, IO is an extension, 12 is a line switching section, 13 is an operation section, 14 is a memory section, 15 is a control section, 16 is a DC holding detection section, 17f'i connection detection section, 18 is a reservation register, 19Fi Bushu? 20 is a voice code memory, 21 is a voice converter, and 22 is an emergency interrupt reservation register. Patent applicant Hiroshi Mori (1 other person), agent patent attorney of Fujitsu Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile device comprising a first telephone line and a first network control unit for communicating with a facsimile machine of the other party, the second telephone line and a second network control unit for communicating with a plurality of telephones, and the first telephone line. and a line switching unit for switching a second telephone line, a memory unit for storing the telephone number of the telephone of the person making the transmission reservation, and a memory unit for detecting the availability of the first telephone line and extracting all telephone numbers from the memory unit, and storing the telephone number in the telephone number. A facsimile device comprising: a control unit that notifies a corresponding telephone that the facsimile device is available.