JPH06326847A - Facsimile equipment with reception notice function - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To obtain a facsimile apparatus having a notification function of notifying a callee that a reception has been made while absent, and a function of prohibiting unnecessary notification. [Structure] A reception routine is executed to determine whether or not reception by the facsimile apparatus in which the transfer mode has been set has been normally completed. When the received data is image data, it is determined whether the communication is completed according to a predetermined procedure of facsimile communication. When the received data is voice data, the response voice preset in the facsimile device is output. It is determined whether the voice is received after being emitted. Next, the reception notification preparation routine is executed, and if the reception is completed normally, a simple notification that the reception has been received or a reception notification by transferring the reception data is made, but reception was not completed normally. In this case, the reception is not notified and the routine is terminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a reception notification function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Receiving means for receiving data and data storing means for storing data received by the receiving means,
There is known a facsimile apparatus with a reception notification function, which is provided with a reception notification means for automatically notifying a preset notification destination that the reception means has received data. The data received by the reception means is stored in the data storage means, and after the reception is completed, the reception notification means notifies the notification destination that the data has been received. The reception notification by the reception notification means includes simple notification for notifying the fact that the data is simply received, the feature of the received data, etc., and data transfer for transferring the reception data itself. In addition, the device that receives the notification at the notification destination includes, for example, a pager, a telephone, a facsimile device, and the like.

However, in the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus with the reception notification function, all notifications are made without distinction by reception, so that the communication line of the facsimile apparatus may be unnecessarily occupied. An example thereof is a case where notification is given regarding data that has not been normally received. In such cases, the data that the sender is trying to send is often not completely received. However, in the conventional facsimile machine, when the reception of data is completed,
It is informed that data has been received regardless of its termination status. Therefore, even if the sender attempts transmission again, the facsimile machine on the receiving side is used for notification to the notification destination and the line is closed, so that the transmission cannot be accepted. The same applies to the case where data or the like is notified although notification is not required such as direct mail. If unnecessary data or the like is notified, not only the line of the facsimile machine is occupied, but also unnecessary communication cost is incurred. In view of these problems, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a facsimile apparatus with a reception notification function that does not notify a notification destination of unnecessary data or the like.

[0003]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a facsimile machine with a reception notification function, which is provided with the reception means 1, the data storage means 2 and the reception notification means 3 as shown in FIG. The gist of the apparatus is to provide the operation prohibiting means 4 for prohibiting the operation of the reception notifying means 3 when each reception by the receiving means 1 satisfies a predetermined condition. The operation inhibiting means 4 may be provided independently of other means as shown in FIG. 1, or may be provided integrally with the reception notifying means 3 and the like.

[0004]

When the received data received by the receiving means 1 satisfies the preset condition as the data which does not need to be notified to the notification destination, the operation prohibiting means 4 prohibits the notification by the reception notifying means 3, If the conditions are not satisfied, the reception notification means 3 automatically notifies the notification destination of the reception.

The condition for prohibiting the notification by the operation prohibiting means 4 is, for example, that an abnormality such as an apparatus abnormality or a communication abnormality has occurred, and in the facsimile group 3 type apparatus, the communication by the recommended communication method is normally completed. It is prohibited when the facsimile machine detects that it has not done so. It is also possible to prohibit the received data when it does not satisfy the reception conditions preset in the facsimile apparatus. For example, if the fax machine can be set to notify the notification destination only when the data sent from a specific party is received, the reception notification is sent when the data is sent from a person other than the specific party. You can prevent it from being forgotten. Therefore, direct mail and the like can be eliminated.

[0006]

As described above, according to the present invention, unnecessary notifications of received data and the like to the notification destination can be eliminated, so that the line of the facsimile apparatus can be effectively used and communication is possible. The cost required can be saved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A facsimile apparatus having a reception notification function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Note that the reception notification includes a simple notification in which the facsimile device simply informs a preset contact that the data has been received, and a data transfer in which the received data is transferred to the preset facsimile device. FIG. 2 is a view showing the outer appearance of the facsimile apparatus. As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 10 of the facsimile apparatus includes a container-shaped lower cover 12 and an upper cover 14 that covers the lower cover 12.

A receiver 16 is attached to the lower cover 12 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a recording paper cassette 20 capable of accommodating a large number of recording papers 18 as recording media is set in the lower cover 12. The recording papers 18 are fed one by one from the recording paper cassette 20 by a paper feed roller 22, and then are fed to a recording device 30 by a recording paper feeding device 28 including a paper guide 24, a pair of feeding rollers 26, and the like. letter,
Images such as figures are recorded. Reference numeral 32 denotes a recording paper leading edge sensor, which is used for the recording paper 18 sent from the recording paper cassette 20.
Is detected, and the recording start timing of the recording device 30 is determined based on the detection.

The recording device 30 is provided in the upper cover 14. The recording device 30 includes a recording head 34, a platen 36 rotatably provided at a position facing the recording head 34, and an ink ribbon device 38. The recording head 34 is of a thermal type and has a large number of heating elements arranged in a line in a direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the recording paper 18. The platen 36 is rotated around a center line by a driving device (not shown) to feed the recording paper 18.

The ink ribbon device 38 includes a recording head 34.
The heat-sensitive ink ribbon 40 has a width corresponding to the recording range and the ink-ribbon feeding device 42 for feeding the heat-sensitive ink ribbon 40. The thermal ink ribbon 40 is fed in synchronization with the recording paper 18, and the thermal ink ribbon 40 and the recording paper 18 are fed together.
Feed and the thermal ink ribbon 40 by the recording head 34
An image is recorded on the recording paper 18 due to the pressure contact of the recording paper 18 and the heat generation of the heating element. The recording paper 18 on which the image has been recorded is guided by the paper guide 52, and the paper ejection tray 5
4 and discharged to the outside of the device. Reference numeral 56 denotes a recording paper ejection sensor, which detects that the recording paper 18 on which an image has been completely ejected is completely ejected by the recording paper ejection sensor 56 when a plurality of recording sheets are continuously recorded. Paper 1
8 starts to be fed from the recording paper cassette 20 to avoid paper jam.

The upper cover 14 also includes a document 6 to be transmitted.
An image reading device 62 for reading the image recorded in 0 is provided. The document 60 is placed on a document receiver 64 which is detachably attached to the upper cover 14, and is set between a pair of document guides 66 shown in FIG. The leading edge of the set document 60 is detected by a document sensor 68 provided in the upper cover 14, and the document 60 is composed of a pair of document feed rollers 70, a paper guide 72, etc. based on a reading start command. The images are sent one by one to the image reading device 62 by the feeding device 74.

The image reading device 62 irradiates the original 60 with light from the light source 76, collects the reflected light from the original 60 with the lens 78, reflects the reflected light with the mirrors 80 and 82, and enters the line image sensor 84. Then, the image of the original 60 is read line by line. Reference numeral 86 denotes a document leading edge sensor that detects the leading edge of the document 60, and the line image sensor 84 is controlled based on the detection of the leading edge of the document 60 by the document leading edge sensor 86. Original 6 after reading
0 is sent by a pair of discharge rollers 90, and the upper cover 14
It is discharged to the outside through the opening 92 formed in.

An operation panel 98 is provided on the upper cover 14 as shown in FIG. The operation panel 98 is provided with a liquid crystal display 100 and a keyboard 106. The keyboard 106 includes a ten-key pad 108, a function (FUNCTION) key 120, a set (SET) key 122,
It has various keys such as the cursor key 123. Further, on the upper side of the keyboard 106, a mode selection key 124, an AUTO lamp 126, a FAX / TEL lamp 128 and the like are provided.

The function key 120 is a key for instructing the start of display of various functions that can be executed by the facsimile apparatus, the cursor key 123 is a key for instructing selection of the function, and the set key 122 is for that function. Is a key for instructing the selection decision and the like. Further, the mode selection key 124 allows the facsimile apparatus to automatically receive image data, an automatic reception mode, a manual mode for receiving image data based on a user's operation,
If the data sent by one telephone line is image data, it can be automatically received, and if it is voice data, either the fax / telephone switching mode or the answering machine mode can be used to take a call by picking up the handset 16. This is a key to select whether to use in. If the automatic reception mode is selected, the auto lamp 126 is turned on, and if the fax / telephone switching mode is selected, the fax / tel lamp 128 is selected.
Is lit and neither is lit when the manual mode is selected, and both lamps 126 and 128 are lit when the answering machine mode is selected.

The present facsimile machine is controlled by the controller 130 shown in FIG. In the control device 130, the encoding / decoding control unit 140, the communication control unit 142, and the voice recording / playback control unit 144 are connected to the system control unit 148 by the bus 146. This control device 130
The operation panel 98, the recording device 30 and the image reading device 62 are connected to the printer, and the recording paper leading edge sensor 32, the recording paper discharge sensor 56, the document sensor 68, the document leading edge sensor 86, and the recording, though not shown. Various devices necessary for the operation of the present facsimile machine, such as the paper feeding device 28 and the document feeding device 74, are also connected.

The encoding / decoding control section 140 encodes and compresses the digital data representing the image of the original document 60 read by the image reading device 62 to shorten the transmission time, while it is externally encoded and input. The data is decoded into digital data before being encoded.

The communication control unit 142 is a control unit for exchanging signals with the communication device of the other party and executing a control procedure. A modem 150 is connected to the communication control unit 142. The modem 150 modulates a digital signal into an analog signal and transmits the analog signal via the network control unit 152.
4 and a modulation / demodulation mechanism 156 for demodulating an analog signal input from the external line 154 into a digital signal. The network control unit 152 automatically receives a call from the external line 154 at the time of receiving data, and automatically makes a call to the destination at the time of data transmission. A speaker 160 that outputs sound is connected.

The modem 150 also includes a voice digitizer 1 for converting voice analog data into voice digital data.
64 and a voice reproduction mechanism 166 for reproducing voice digital data into voice data.

Voice digitizer 164 of modem 150
And the audio reproduction mechanism 166 includes the audio recording / reproduction control unit 1.
Controlled by 44. Voice recording / playback control unit 144
Of the voice analog data input from the handset 158 and the external line 154.
Is converted into audio digital data, the converted audio digital data is stored in a storage area provided in the system control unit 148, the audio digital data is read from the storage area, and reproduced as audio data using the audio reproduction mechanism 166. Then, it outputs to the speaker 160 or the external line 154.

As shown in FIG. 6, the system control unit 148.
Has a CPU 168 for arithmetic processing, a ROM 169 storing a program, and a RAM 170 storing data and the like. The ROM 169 and the RAM 170 are shown in FIG.
The memory area shown in FIG. 8 is provided.

The ROM 169 has a system controller 148.
Main routine memory area 172 in which the main routine is stored, reception routine memory area 174 in which a reception routine that is a routine for receiving data is stored, and reception notification preparation routine in which a reception notification preparation routine for preparing reception notification is stored A memory area 176, a dial routine memory area 178 that stores a dial routine that calls the receiving device of the other side when making a reception notification, a reception notification routine memory area 180 that stores a reception notification routine that makes a reception notification, and the other side is in a reception state. If not, a redial routine memory area 182 in which a redial routine for redialing is stored, and a memory area for various routines related to system control are provided in addition to a memory area for routines related to reception notification.

Further, the RAM 170 has an image / sound data memory area 184 for storing image and sound data,
Received data management memory area 186 in which data for managing the transfer state of image data received in the data transfer mode is stored, ON / OFF of the reception notification mode, and reception notification type (simple notification, data transfer, etc.) are stored. A reception notification mode memory area 188, a dial memory area 190 in which a dial number of a reception notification destination is stored, and a management buffer memory area in which data for managing which data should be transferred at the time of data transfer is stored 192
In addition to the memory area related to the reception notification such as the flag area 194 for storing the ON / OFF state of the flag in the progress of the program, various memory areas related to the system control are provided.

As shown in FIG. 9, the image / audio data memory area 184 is provided with an image data memory area 200 for storing image data and an audio data memory area 202 for storing audio data. The voice digital data includes response voice digital data and message voice digital data, which are separately stored in the voice data memory area 202. The response voice digital data is the digital data of the response message that responds to the call made from the outside, and the subject voice digital data is
It is digital data of a message that is input from the outside. The image digital data includes both image digital data transmitted from the outside and image digital data obtained by reading the original 60, both of which are stored in the image / sound data memory 184.

The image data memory area 200 and the audio data memory area 202 for storing audio data are respectively provided with a management number area 204, a feature recording area 206 and a data area 208. The management number area 204 stores a management number that manages the order in which data is received, the type of data, and the like, and the feature recording area 206 distinguishes between transmitted data and input data, and transmitted. The origin of the data, the date and time of reception, and the nature of the received data are stored, and the data area 208 stores a series of data (hereinafter, referred to as a data group).

As shown in FIG. 10, the received data management memory area 186 is provided with a management number area 210, a transmission identification code area 212 and a feature recording area 214. The management number area 210 and the feature recording area 214 store the same information as the management number area 204 and the feature recording area 206 of the image / audio data memory area 184.
In 2 is stored a transmission identification code for identifying whether or not the data group to which the corresponding management number is attached has been received and notified. In this embodiment, the received data management memory area 186
Only information relating to image data is stored in. In the example of the figure, the transmission identification code 0 is attached to the image data group to which the management numbers of 1P and 2P are attached, indicating that the reception notification has been made. Further, the transmission identification code 1 is attached to the image data group to which the management numbers of 3P and 4P are attached, which indicates that the transfer has not been completed. By confirming the transmission identification code, the transfer status of the data group can be known.

The management buffer memory area 192 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the management number of the untransmitted data group managed by the received data management memory 186 is stored. In the example of the figure, the management numbers 3P and 4P of the untransmitted data group shown in FIG. 10 are stored. The management number is stored and erased as the program progresses.

Next, an operation procedure for making a reception notification of received data by the facsimile apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. When the answering machine mode is selected with the mode selection key 124 while the power of the facsimile apparatus is turned on, that effect is displayed on the liquid crystal display 100. Next, when the function key 120 is pressed, the functions that can be set in the answering machine mode are displayed. Therefore, the pressing operation is repeated until "Transfer ON / OFF" is displayed. When "Transfer ON / OFF" is displayed, move the cursor to the "ON" position with the cursor key 123,
The set key 122 is operated to set the reception notification mode.

When the reception notification mode is set, a display for selecting whether the reception notification is a simple notification or a data transfer is displayed on the liquid crystal display 100. Is selected and set with the set key 122. Further, in the case of a simple notification, when the notification destination is a pager, a display for selecting whether to send a message is displayed on the liquid crystal display 100.
Since it is displayed above, any one is selected with the cursor key 123 and set with the set key 122. Data relating to these reception notification modes is stored in the reception notification mode memory 188.
Stored in. Next, on the liquid crystal display 100, a message indicating that the dial number of the reception notification destination should be entered is displayed. Finish registration. If reception is made after these settings are completed, the reception notification destination is notified of that fact. Note that the reception notification setting can be canceled by using the mode selection key 124 to cancel the answering machine mode or by setting “OFF” in the answering machine mode “transfer ON / OFF”.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus when the reception notification mode is set will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the main routine of the system control unit 148.

In step 1 (hereinafter referred to as S1), it is determined whether or not there is any input to the facsimile device. If there is an input and the judgment is YES, S2 is executed, and if there is no input and the judgment is NO, S3 is executed.
In S2, it is determined whether the input is an incoming call. Here, the term "incoming call" means that a calling signal is sent to a communication terminal device such as a telephone, and the terminal device closes the telephone line in response to this. If the input is an incoming call, S4
If the input is not an incoming call, the receiving routine is executed in
After other processing is executed in 5, the process returns to S1. After the data is received in the reception routine of S4 and the line is released, the reception notification preparation routine is executed in S6. In the reception notification preparation routine of S6, preparation for reception notification such as confirmation of the reception notification mode is performed.

Subsequently, it is confirmed in S7 whether or not the reception notification is ready. It is determined whether or not the preparation confirmation flag indicating whether or not the reception notification preparation is performed is turned on in the reception notification preparation routine of S6. If the preparation confirmation flag is not ON, the reception notification is not required, so the program execution returns to S1. However, if the preparation confirmation flag is ON, the preparation confirmation flag is turned OFF in S8, and then the dial routine is executed in S9. To be executed. After the reception notification destination is called in the dial routine, S10 is executed. S1
At 0, it is determined whether or not the redial flag indicating whether or not to redial is turned on in the dial routine. The redial flag is ON and the judgment is YE.
If S, the process returns to S1, and if the redial flag is not ON, the reception notification routine is executed in S11, and then the processes from S1 are repeated.

If there is no input after the start and the judgment in S1 is NO, it is judged in S3 whether or not the redial flag is ON. If not, other processes are executed in S12, and the process returns to S1. , ON, the redial routine of S13 is executed. Subsequent to the execution of the redial routine, it is determined in S14 whether or not the incoming flag indicating whether or not the other party has arrived is turned on in the redial routine. If the incoming flag is ON and the determination is YES, S1
After the incoming flag is turned off in 5, the reception notification routine of S11 is executed. If the incoming flag is not ON, the process returns to S1.

The receiving routine of S4 will be described with reference to FIG. In the reception routine, in S101, it is determined whether the received data is image data. If the received data is image data, the received data is stored in the image data memory area 200 in S102, and if the received data is not the image data, it is audio data, so the received data is stored in the audio data memory area 202 in S103.
When the image and audio data are stored in the memory, the management numbers of the received data groups are assigned to the management number areas 204 of the respective memory areas 200 and 202, and the feature recording area 206 stores the management numbers of the data groups. The feature is stored, and the data of the data group is stored in the data area 208. After storing the received data, it is determined in S104 whether the reception is normally completed. Whether or not the reception is normally completed depends on whether the received data is image data or audio data. If it is image data, it is determined by whether the communication is normally completed according to a predetermined procedure of facsimile communication, and in the case of voice data, it is determined whether the voice is input after the response voice is uttered. To be judged. If the reception is normally completed, the normal end flag of the flag area 194 is turned on in S105, and then S106 is executed. If the reception is not normally completed, S106 is immediately executed. In S106, the line is released and the execution of the routine ends.

The reception notification preparation routine of S6 will be described with reference to FIG. In the reception notification preparation routine, S201
Then, it is determined whether the reception notification mode stored in the reception notification mode memory area 188 is ON. If the reception notification mode is ON, S202 is executed. If the reception notification mode is not ON, S202 to S206 are skipped, S207 is executed, and the normal end flag is OF.
F is executed and the routine is finished. In S202, it is determined whether the received data is image data. If the received data is image data, the information related to the data group received in S203 is the received data management memory area 18
6 is stored. The management number of the received data group is added to the management number area 210 of the received data management memory area 186, and the feature of the data group is stored in the feature recording area 214. Furthermore, after the untransmitted identification code 1 is added to the transmission identification code area 212, S204 is executed. If the received data is not image data and the determination is NO, immediately S2
04 is executed.

In S204, it is determined whether or not the normal end flag is ON. If the normal end flag is ON, S
If 205 is executed and the normal termination flag is not ON, the subsequent processing is skipped and S207 is executed to terminate the routine. In S205, it is determined whether or not the dial number of the reception notification destination is registered in the dial memory area 190. If the dial number of the reception notification destination is registered, the preparation confirmation flag of the flag area 194 is turned on in S206, the normal end flag is turned off in S207, and the execution of the routine ends. If the dial number of the reception notification destination is not registered, S207 is directly executed and the routine is ended.

The dial routine of S9 will be described with reference to FIG. In S301, it is determined whether or not the facsimile device is redialing. If redial is not in progress, the dial number of the reception notification destination is read from the dial memory area 190 in S302, and after a calling signal to the reception notification destination is issued, it is determined in S303 whether the reception notification destination has arrived. To be done. If the reception notification destination has arrived, the execution of the routine ends. If the reception notification destination has not arrived, S304 is executed and the routine execution ends.

In S304, redial conditions are set. The redial flag of the flag area 194 is turned on, the line is opened, the number of redials is set to m, the redialing time interval is set to t minutes, and the timer that independently calculates the time Is acquired, the previously set time interval is added to that time, and the first redial time is set. If the facsimile device is redialing in S301 and the determination is YES, the number of redials is reset to n = m + 1 in S305, and the routine is completed.

The redial routine of S13 will be described with reference to FIG. In S401, it is determined whether or not the time set for redialing has already passed.
When the time has passed, the reception notification destination is called in S402, and when the time has not passed, the execution of the routine ends. The call of the reception notification destination in S402 is S8.
The procedure is the same as the call of the reception notification destination in the dial routine of 1., and the reception notification destination is dialed after the dial number is read from the dial memory area 190.

At the next step S403, it is determined whether or not the reception notification destination has arrived. If the receiver is receiving an incoming call, S4
In 04, the incoming flag of the flag area 194 is turned ON, and S4
In 05, the redial flag is turned off and the routine is finished. If the reception notification destination has not arrived, S4
After the number of redials is increased in 06, S407 is executed. In S407, it is determined whether or not the redial is completed by redialing the set number of times. If the redial is completed, the redial flag is set to OF in S405.
If the execution of the routine is completed after the F is made and the redial is not completed, the current time is acquired and S is set at that time.
The redial time interval t set in the dial routine 8 is added to set the next redial time, and the routine ends.

The reception notification routine of S11 will be described with reference to FIG. Reception notification mode memory area 1 in S500
The data 88 is read, and it is determined whether the reception notification mode is the data transfer mode or the simple notification mode. If the reception notification mode is the data transfer mode, S5
01 is executed, and if the reception notification mode is the simple transfer mode, the pager having the message function is called in S502, and the routine is completed. If the reception destination is an ordinary telephone, the communication signal of the facsimile machine is emitted after the telephone is connected, so this dial tone is used as a ringing signal, but a pager or the like having a message function indicates a message. Need to send a signal. Therefore, if it is set to send a message such as the dial number of the facsimile machine, S
502 is executed, and the notification that the reception has been made is given. If the pager does not have a message function, the call itself is made by connecting the telephone.
502 is not executed.

In S501, the management number of the transmission identification code area 212 of the reception data management memory area 186 to which the untransmitted identification code 1 is added is the management buffer memory area 192.
Is read, and the B value, which is an index of the order in which the management number is stored in the management buffer memory area 192, is set to 0, and then S503 is executed. In S503, the (B + 1) th management number of the management numbers sequentially stored in the management buffer memory area 192 is read out, and S5 is read.
In 04, the data of the data group corresponding to the read management number is transmitted in units of page, and S505 is executed for each page. In S505, it is determined whether or not the transmission is normally completed. If the transmission is normally performed, S506 is executed, and if the transmission is not normally performed, S507 is executed.

In S506, it is determined whether or not the transmission of the entire data group corresponding to the read management number is completed. If the transmission is completed, S508 is executed, and if the transmission is not completed, S504. Return to. In S507, before the data group corresponding to the management number currently being processed, that is, 1
The code of the transmission identification code area 212 is 0 from the data group read out the second time to the data group read out the Bth time.
Then, the untransmitted state is released, and the management number stored in the management buffer memory area 192 is cleared. After that, S511 is executed to open the line, and the routine is finished.

In S508, the management buffer memory area 1
It is determined whether or not the data group corresponding to all the management numbers stored in 92 has been transmitted. If the data group corresponding to all the management numbers has been transmitted, S509 is executed,
If all the data groups corresponding to the management number have not been transmitted, S510 is executed. In S509, the code of the transmission identification code area 212 is 0 for the data group corresponding to all the management numbers stored in the management buffer memory area 192.
Then, the untransmitted state is released, and all the management numbers stored in the management buffer memory area 192 are cleared. After that, S511 is executed and the line is released,
Execution of the routine ends. In S510, the B value is increased in order to read the data group next to the data group that has been read so far. In this way, the management numbers are read one after another and the corresponding data groups are transferred sequentially.

As is clear from the above description, in this embodiment, the network control unit 152, the modem 150, the communication control unit 142, the recording control unit of the voice recording / playback control unit 144, and the encoding / decoding control. The decoding control unit of the unit 140 and the unit that executes S101 to S103 and S106 of the reception routine of the system control unit 148 form a reception unit. The image / sound data memory area 184 provided in the RAM 170 of the system control unit 148 constitutes a data storage means, and the network control unit 152, the modem 150, the communication control unit 142, and the sound recording / playback control unit 144. Reproduction control unit, the code control unit of the encoding / decoding control unit 140, and the reception notification preparation routine of the system control unit 148 in S201.
.. through S203, S205, S206, the dial routine, the redial routine, and the part for executing the reception notification routine constitute reception notification means. Further, S104 and S105 of the reception routine of the system control unit 148
And the part that executes S204 and S207 of the reception notification preparation routine constitutes the operation prohibiting means.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
For example, the image and audio data stored in the image / audio data memory area 184 does not necessarily have to be stored separately in the image data memory area 200 and the audio data memory area 202, and may be mixed in one memory area. May be stored. In addition, the reception data management memory area 18
The transmission identification code area 212 provided in No. 6 may be provided in the image / audio data memory area 184. The management buffer memory area 192 is not indispensable, and the reception data management memory 186 or the image / sound data memory area 1
The reception notification may be performed while confirming the untransmitted identification code 84.

Needless to say, the configuration of each flow chart is not limited to that described, but the conditions for prohibiting reception notification to the reception notification destination are not limited to those described in this embodiment. For example, in the present embodiment, the condition is set so that the operation of the notifying means is prohibited when the reception is not normally completed, but, for example, except when the signal of the reception required notification such as the ID code is included. A condition such as prohibiting the reception notification may be set in the. In addition, the present invention can be implemented in variously modified and improved modes based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the claims.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view conceptually showing the internal structure of the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an operation plate of the facsimile device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing control of the facsimile device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram conceptually showing the structure of a system control unit described in the block diagram.

FIG. 7 is a diagram conceptually showing a memory area formed in a ROM of the system control unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram conceptually showing a memory area formed in a RAM of the system control unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram conceptually showing the content of data stored in an image / sound memory area formed in the RAM.

FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of data stored in a received data management memory area formed in the RAM.

FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of data stored in a management buffer memory area formed in the RAM.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a main routine stored in the ROM.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a reception routine stored in the ROM.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a reception notification preparation routine stored in the ROM.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a dial routine stored in the ROM.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a redial routine stored in the ROM.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a reception notification routine stored in the ROM.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 LCD display 106 Keyboard 108 Numeric keypad 120 Function key 122 Set key 123 Cursor key 124 Mode selection key 140 Encoding / decoding control section 142 Communication control section 144 Voice recording / playback control section 148 System control section 150 Modem 152 Network control section 154 External line 169 ROM 170 RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving data, and data storing means for storing the data received by the receiving means,
In a facsimile device with a reception notification function, which comprises a reception notification means for automatically notifying a preset notification destination that the reception means has received data, a condition in which each reception by the reception means is predetermined A facsimile apparatus with a reception notification function, comprising an operation prohibition means for prohibiting the operation of the reception notification means when the above conditions are satisfied.