KR100542612B1 - Integrated Telecommunication Network Subscriber Module with Facsimile Signal Processing - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention has an ISDN (Primary Network Speed Interface) interface function and simultaneously transmits and receives faxes using a digital signal processing (DSP) processor and facsimile signal processing software without a separate fax data processing module. The present invention relates to a subscriber station module with a facsimile signal processing unit for developing a module in an industrial computer or a general computer built-in type and making it universally usable. It is connected to a telephone station, a private exchange, a key phone, and the like. And a line interface unit for interfacing the fax signal; A controller in charge of overall control of the system; A memory unit for storing a program capable of reading and writing a series of command processes in the control unit; A switching unit for switching voice, data and fax signals to respective units; A digital signal processor for processing voice and fax signals; A fax signal processor for processing fax data; And a computer interface unit for providing interfacing with a computer.

Fax, PRI, ISDN, PC

Description

Subscriber module of ISDN having a additional facsimile processing part}             

1 is a schematic block diagram of a module of an integrated information network subscriber equipment according to the prior art;

2 is a schematic block diagram of a module of an integrated information network subscriber device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a call processing method of an integrated telecommunication network subscriber device according to the present invention;

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10: telephone station, private exchange, key phone 11: line interface

12 computer interface unit 13 control unit

14 memory unit 15 switching unit

16: DSP (Digital Signal Processing) processing unit

17: FAX (facsimile) signal processing unit M: module

The present invention relates to a subscriber device module of an integrated telecommunication network, and more particularly, a facsimile signal processing unit for processing voice, data and fax without providing a separate fax data processing module in the integrated telecommunication network subscriber device module. The present invention relates to a subscriber station module.

A general digital telecommunications network, which is usually digital, provides two channels, so you can use a computer or fax at the same time you use a telephone.

The access service type of the integrated information communication network may be classified into a primary rate interface (PRI) and a basic rate interface (BRI).

PRI is a primary group access service. It is mainly used by circuit resellers and ISPs. It is a European method that uses 30 B channels and 1 D channel, and uses 23 B and 1 D channels. It is divided into the American way.

Here, the D channel carries control and signal information, and the B channel carries data, voice and other services.

BRI, on the other hand, is a basic speed service that is provided to homes or small offices and consists of two B-channels and one D-channel.

The present invention relates to an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) PRI service, and relates to a module for sending and receiving data, voice, and fax using this function. A general scheme will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a module of an integrated telecommunication network subscriber device according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a general integrated telecommunication network subscriber device is connected to a telephone station, a private exchange, a key phone 1, and the like, a line interface unit 2 for interfacing voice and data, a controller 3 for overall control of the system, Memory unit 4, which stores a program capable of reading and writing a series of command processing in the control unit 3, a switching unit 5 for switching voice and data signals to each unit, and a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) for processing voice signals It consists of the processing part 6.

In this configuration, the subscriber (s) must have a separate fax signal processor 7 to transmit and receive the fax signal.

If all of the computer users connected to the ISDN PRI subscriber module want to process the fax data, they need a 30-channel fax module that can handle the fax signal.

Therefore, the subscriber has to buy a separate fax transmission and reception module has a problem of cost increase.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is equipped with ISDN PRI interface function and at the same time to enable the FAX transmission and reception using the DSP processing unit and FAX signal processing software without a separate fax data processing module and basically an industrial computer B The purpose is to develop a module in a general computer embedded form so that it can be used universally.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comprehensive subscriber network module including a facsimile signal processing unit. A controller in charge of overall control of the system; A memory unit for storing a program capable of reading and writing a series of command processes in the control unit; A switching unit for switching voice, data and fax signals to respective units; A digital signal processor for processing voice and fax signals; And a fax signal processing unit for processing fax data.

The digital signal processing unit may provide an automatic response function, an interactive voice response, and a fax message processing function with respect to the transmitted and received voice signals.

The fax signal processor may image the fax signal to be transmitted to the digital signal processor, and receive the imaged fax data received from the digital signal processor to restore the fax signal.

The integrated telecommunication network subscriber device module further comprises a computer interface for providing an interface with a computer, which is mounted inside the computer to have a plug and play (PnP) function.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a module of an integrated telecommunication network subscriber device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 2, the integrated telecommunication network subscriber device is constituted by the integrated telecommunication network subscriber module (M) connected to a telephone station, a private exchange, and a key phone (1).

The module (M) includes a line interface (11) connected to a telephone station, a private exchange, and a key phone (10) for interfacing voice, data and fax signals; A computer interface unit 12 for providing interfacing with a computer; A controller 13 in charge of overall control of the system; A memory unit 14 for storing a program capable of reading and writing a series of command processes in the control unit 13; A switching unit 15 for switching voice, data, and fax signals to respective units; A digital signal processing (DSP) processor 16 for processing voice and fax signals; And a fax signal processor 17 for processing fax data.

The computer interface unit 12 is equipped with a Plug and Play (PnP) function to automatically recognize a module when mounted in a computer.

Looking at the operation of the device configured as described above are as follows.

The ISDN PRI Subscriber Device Module (M), connected to a telephone company, private branch exchange, or keyphone, accepts an Automatic Response System (ARS), an Interactive Voice Response (IVR), a Fax Management System (ARS) for incoming calls. System can be configured with FMS: FAX Management System. In this configuration, the flow for the basic incoming call is interfaced through the line interface unit 11 when the incoming call message is received from the telephone station and sensed by the control unit 13. The control unit 13 determines the type of the call and connects it to the DSP processing unit 16 through the switching unit 15.

The DSP processor 16 plays the voice message corresponding to each service type for the incoming call. If the incoming call is not a voice signal but a fax signal, the DSP processing unit 16 connects the incoming call to the FAX signal processing unit 17.

The fax signal processor 17 restores a signal applied through the DSP processor 16 to an original image signal and provides the user with a fax data format.

Such a series of processes can be summarized as the following steps.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a call processing method of an integrated telecommunication network subscriber device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, an initialization is performed by first turning on the power of a subscriber station (100).

When the initialization is completed, it detects whether there is an incoming call through the line interface unit 11 (110), and if an incoming call occurs, the incoming call is connected to the DSP processor 16 through the switching unit 4 (120). .

At this time, if the incoming call is compared to determine whether the voice signal is a voice signal, the DSP processing unit 16 processes the message corresponding to the service (ARS / IVR / FMS, etc.) for the function (140).

If the incoming call is not a voice signal in step 130, since the incoming call is a fax signal, the data processed by the DSP processor 16 is connected to the FAX signal processor 17 (150).

The FAX signal processor 17 provides the user with an image of the received data in the form of original fax data (160).

Thus, the fax signal processing unit is provided in the module of the integrated telecommunication network subscriber equipment, so that the subscriber (s) can use the fax service in addition to the voice service.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to separately install the FMS fax module in the general information communication network PRI subscriber module providing functions such as ARS / IVR service, thereby reducing the cost.

In addition, by integrating functions such as ARS / IVR / FMS into one module, it is easy to expand the system, thereby improving the competitiveness of the product.

Claims (5)

In a device that can be connected to a comprehensive information communication network that is connected to a predetermined Internet service provider in conjunction with a computer, A line interface unit connected to a telephone station, a private exchange, a key phone, and the like to interface voice, data, and fax signals; A controller in charge of overall control of the system; A memory unit for storing a program capable of reading and writing a series of command processes in the control unit; A digital signal processing unit for providing an automatic response, an interactive voice response, and a message processing function to the voice signal when the voice, data, and fax signals are input, and outputting the fax signal to a corresponding processing unit; A fax signal processor receiving the fax signal from the digital signal processor and restoring the fax signal into an image restoration signal; And And a switching unit for switching the voice, data, and fax signals to the digital signal processing unit. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the fax signal processing unit, If the fax signal input from the digital signal processing unit is a signal to be transmitted to the integrated information communication network, the fax signal is imaged and transmitted to the digital signal processing unit. If the fax signal is a signal received from the integrated information communication network, the fax signal is transmitted to the fax data. Matching information network subscriber module with a facsimile signal processing unit characterized in that the restoration in the form. The method of claim 1, And a facsimile signal processing unit further comprising a computer interface unit mounted inside the computer to provide an interface with the computer through a plug and play (PnP) function. delete

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