JP2570486B2 - Conversation reservation non-response processor - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a conversation reservation non-response processing device, and particularly to a process for receiving a conversation reservation in facsimile communication when there is no response from a receiving side. Conversation reservation non-response processing device.

(Prior Art) In facsimile communication, after or during transmission of image information, there is a case where it is desired to call an operator of a partner station and to transmit a message such as a comment on the transmitted image information. A function used in such a case is a conversation reservation function. In the conversation reservation, after the image information is transmitted or during transmission, a message or a notification sound indicating that the conversation has been reserved can be output to the display unit or the sound generation unit of the partner device.

If the operator of the partner station that recognizes the message or the alarm picks up the handset, they can talk with each other by telephone.

However, when the operator of the receiving station is away from the place where the facsimile machine is installed, there is a problem that it is not possible to respond to the telephone reservation and that it is impossible to know that there is a telephone reservation.

In order to solve such a problem, when the telephone reservation cannot be answered, the notification unit indicates that the telephone reservation has been made, and the telephone reservation is returned when the operator who is away from the facsimile machine returns. There has been proposed a facsimile apparatus capable of knowing that there has been a problem (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-42659).

Also, after setting the transmission original, if the operator at the transmitting station needs to leave the facsimile machine, a message is recorded in the voice storage unit, and after the image information is transmitted,
A facsimile apparatus has been proposed in which the message is transmitted by dialing a telephone number of a partner station registered in advance (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-81876).

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

The apparatus described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 64-42659 has a problem that the operator of the transmitting station cannot contact the operator of the receiving station until the operator returns to the vicinity of the facsimile apparatus. was there.

Also, the apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-81876 has a problem in that if there is no person at the telephone destination, contact will be delayed.

As described above, when there is no person near the facsimile machine and the telephone of the other party, it is convenient because if the telephone number of the person to be contacted is known, the telephone can be conveniently called.However, conventionally, the telephone number is known at the transmitting station side. I couldn't do that.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to make it possible for a transmitting station to easily recognize a telephone number where an operator of a receiving station is present and to make necessary communication when a conversation reservation is not answered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a conversation reservation non-response processing device.

(Means and Actions for Solving the Problems) To solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a telephone number storage provided in a receiver when a receiving station fails to respond to a conversation reservation. Means for communicating at least the telephone number of the telephone number and the time data of the time data storage unit to the conversation reservation request source, and the transmitting station that has received the telephone number and the time data sets a preset conversation reservation non-response. It is characterized in that the processing at the time is performed.

In the present invention having the above configuration, the transmitting station can call the telephone of the telephone number received at the time of non-response of the conversation reservation and perform necessary communication as the processing at the time of non-response of the conversation reservation.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a facsimile apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 having a CPU and a ROM, an operation panel 2 for giving an operation instruction to the system control unit 1, and a storage unit for storing data necessary for the operation of the system control unit 1 and transmission / reception data A data storage unit 3 composed of an IC memory or a hard disk, a recording unit 7 for printing received information and storage information of the data storage unit 3, and a line control unit 4 for performing protocol control and transmission / reception of image information.
Are connected to the system bus 6.

The facsimile apparatus having such a configuration is connected to the telephone network 5 to perform desired image information transmission / reception.

Next, the function of the main part of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a receiver showing main functions of the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, an input unit 2a includes a plurality of keys provided on the operation panel 2 and code generation means for generating a predetermined code in response to depression of the keys.

The telephone number storage unit 8 stores a telephone number. This telephone number is an arbitrary telephone number that can be surely answered to the telephone communication at the time of non-answering the conversation reservation, and is input by the operator from the input unit 2a.

Similarly, in the designated time storage unit 9, a time at which it is considered that the telephone call can be answered reliably is input from the input unit 2a and registered.

The conversation reservation detecting section 10 detects the conversation reservation based on the protocol signal, and displays the fact on the display section 2b on the operation panel 2. The conversation reservation non-response detection unit 11 receives the conversation reservation detection signal detected by the conversation reservation detection unit 10, and thereafter monitors the off-hook of the handset 12.

If there is no off-hook, it is determined that a response to the conversation reservation request could not be made, and the telephone number and time data are read out from the telephone number storage unit 8 and the designated time storage unit 9 and transmitted to the transmitting station.

The transmitting station that has received the telephone number and time data executes a scheduled process when a conversation reservation is not answered.

Note that the designated time does not necessarily have to be registered, and in that case, the transmitting station receives only the telephone number of the receiver and executes the scheduled processing when the conversation reservation is not answered.

Next, a description will be given of a scheduled process when the conversation reservation is not answered.

2 to 4 are block diagrams showing functions of the transmitting station. 2 to 4, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts.

First, in FIG. 2, the telephone number and the designated time data received via the line control unit 4 are stored in the receiving station information storage unit.
Stored in 15. The telephone number detecting unit 13 and the designated time detecting unit 14 detect that the telephone number and the designated time data are received, respectively. In the recording unit 7, the telephone number and time data can be read out from the receiving station information recording unit 15 and printed.

Next, in FIG. 3, a detection signal of the telephone number and the designated time is input to the calling control unit 20. In response to the detection signal, the calling control unit 20 reads the designated time data from the receiving station information storage unit 15 and performs a comparison operation with the current time information supplied from the clock device 17.

The call control unit 20 outputs an activation signal to the display unit 2b and the notification unit 2c when the current time reaches the designated time.

The display unit 2b and the notification unit 2c respond to the activation signal,
It displays a scheduled message for causing the operator to pick up the handset 12 and emits a ringing tone.

Further, in response to the start signal, the receiving station information storage unit 15
Causes the calling unit 16 to read the telephone number.

After reading the telephone number, the calling unit 16 monitors the off-hook of the handset 12. When the off-hook of the handset 12 is detected, the calling unit 16 performs a calling operation for sending the telephone number to the line.

If no time is specified, the calling control unit 20
Receives only the telephone number detection signal. Call control unit 20
When the designated time detection signal is not input, the start signal is immediately output to perform a preparation operation for calling.

Further, the configuration shown in FIG. 4 can be added to the configuration shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the transmitting station has a voice storage unit 18 for storing a message to be transmitted to the receiving station and a voice transmitting unit 19 for transmitting the message.

The voice transmitting unit 19 receives a detection signal of a response signal to the calling signal transmitted from the calling unit 16 from the line control unit 4, reads the message from the voice storage unit 18, and transmits the message to the partner station.

Next, an example of a communication operation based on the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 6A is a sequence diagram showing a communication operation.

In the figure, a ringing tone is transmitted from a transmitting station, and a receiving station detecting the ringing tone transmits a non-standard function signal NSF. The non-standard function signal NSF includes information indicating whether or not there is a capability of transmitting a telephone number arbitrarily set by the own station in preparation for a non-response of the conversation reservation. As shown in the frame structure in FIG. 6 (b), "1" is set when the telephone number transmission capability exists, and "0" is set when the telephone number transmission capability does not exist.

On the other hand, the transmitting station that has detected that the non-standard function signal NSF has the telephone number transmission capability outputs a telephone number transmission instruction by the non-standard function setting signal NSS. As shown in the frame configuration in FIG. 6C, when the transmission of the telephone number is not instructed, "0" may be set in the telephone number transmission instruction bit.

Hereinafter, the procedure until the procedure interruption EOP signal Pri-EOP is transmitted is performed in a standard manner as illustrated in accordance with the recommendation T.30 of CCITT, and a description thereof will be omitted.

After the last image information PIX is transmitted, a procedure interruption signal Pri-EOP for instructing conversation reservation is transmitted. Procedure interruption EOP signal P
If there is no intervention by the operator of the receiving station even after sending the ri-EOP three times, the receiving station transmits the message confirmation signal MCF.
And the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage section 8 (FIG. 1) and outputs it to the transmitting station. FIG. 6D shows the frame structure of the MCF command.

When the transmitting station receives the message confirmation signal MCF, it transmits a line release command signal DCN to end the facsimile communication, and stores the telephone number included in the MCF command, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4. Such conversation reservation non-response processing is performed.

It is needless to say that FIG. 6 (d) can include not only the telephone number but also the specified time data.

In this embodiment, the conversation reservation request Pri-EOP is transmitted after the final image information is transmitted, and the communication is terminated. However, the conversation reservation request Pri-MPS is transmitted after the intermediate image information is transmitted.
May be sent.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operator of the transmitting station can call the telephone having a high probability of the presence of the person at the receiving station by looking at the telephone number printed out by the recording unit 7,
An automatic call can also be made based on the telephone number sent from the receiving station.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, even if the operator of the receiving station is away from the facsimile apparatus, a telephone in a place where the probability of the presence of the operator from the transmitting station is high can be appropriately changed. It is possible to call at the time and make necessary contact by telephone.

Also, at the time of the call, the operator of the transmitting station or the facsimile machine does not need to know in advance the telephone number of the place where the operator is likely to be present, which is convenient.

Further, as a process at the time of non-response of conversation reservation, for example, the transmitting station can send necessary communication to the receiving station by a registered message without the operator of the own station.

Therefore, according to the present invention, operators on the transmitting station side and the receiving station side can transmit necessary conversation information regardless of the installation location of the facsimile machine.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a receiving station showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 are functional block diagrams of a transmitting station showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a main part of the facsimile machine, FIG. 6 (a) is a sequence diagram showing an example of a protocol of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 (b), (c) and (d) show protocol signals. It is a figure showing a frame composition. 2 ... operation panel, 2a ... input unit, 3 ... data storage unit, 4 ... line control unit, 7 ... recording unit, 8 ... telephone number storage unit, 9 ... designated time storage unit, 10 ... … Conversation reservation detecting unit, 11… Conversation reservation non-response detecting unit, 12… Handset, 13
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… Voice storage unit, 19… Voice transmission unit, 20… Call control unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Nakajima 3-7-1, Funai, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office (72) Inventor Michiaki Yoshihara 3-7-1, Fuchu, Iwatsuki-shi, Saitama Fuji Xerox Shares (56) References JP-A-62-276962 (JP, A) JP-A-1-258540 (JP, A) JP-A-2-82824 (JP, A)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a contact, a conversation reservation non-response detection means for detecting that a conversation reservation cannot be responded, and a response to a detection signal from the conversation reservation non-response detection means. Receiving means for transmitting the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means to the transmitting station which is the conversation reservation request source; and receiving station information storing the telephone number transmitted from the receiving station side. A conversation reservation non-response processing device, comprising: a transmission unit having storage means and call control means for automatically calling according to the telephone number stored in the reception station information storage means. 2. The transmitting section has off-hook instruction means for giving information for prompting an operator to off-hook the handset, and monitoring means for detecting off-hook of the handset. 2. A conversation reservation non-response processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said automatic calling is performed in response to an off-hook of a handset. 3. A telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a contact, a designated time storage means for storing time data having a high possibility of response at the telephone number, and detecting that a conversation reservation could not be answered. A conversation reservation non-response detecting means for performing conversation reservation in response to a detection signal of the conversation reservation non-response detecting means, the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means and the time data stored in the designated time storage means. A receiving unit having means for transmitting to the requesting transmitting station; and a receiving station information storing means for storing the telephone number and time data transmitted from the receiving station side; and A transmission unit having off-hook instruction means for giving information to prompt the operator to off-hook the handset when the time indicated by the time data is reached. Story book non-response processing apparatus. 4. A transmitting unit, comprising: monitoring means for detecting an off-hook of a handset; and, when the monitoring means detects an off-hook, a calling unit for automatically calling according to a telephone number stored in the receiving station information storing means. 4. A call control means, comprising:
The conversation reservation non-response processing device described in the above.