JPH1155486A - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can easily broadcast a facsimile and an electronic mail. SOLUTION: A central processing unit 13 reads out a destination that has not been transmitted from a broadcast transmission management unit 19, reads out destination information corresponding to the destination from a destination storage unit 18, and reads a transmission mode identification unit 14. Notify. The transmission mode identification unit 14 identifies whether the transmission destination is an electronic mail or a facsimile. If the electronic mail is an electronic mail, the mail communication control unit 10 transmits the generated electronic mail to the receiving terminal 4 via the Internet 2. If it is a facsimile, the facsimile communication control unit 9 transmits the facsimile data to the receiving facsimile 5.

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 function of transmitting an electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, there is an increasing demand for a facsimile apparatus having an electronic mail function capable of communicating original data read by facsimile via the Internet. In a conventional facsimile machine, when transmitting the same original to a plurality of facsimile and e-mail recipients having different reception formats, first, only a plurality of facsimile recipients are selected, a normal facsimile broadcast transmission is performed, and then an electronic facsimile transmission is performed. Only multiple e-mail recipients were selected to broadcast e-mail.

[0003]

However, in such a configuration, since the broadcast transmission must be separately performed to the other party of the facsimile and the e-mail, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and time-consuming. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can easily broadcast a facsimile and an electronic mail.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a mail communication control unit for transmitting electronic mail; a facsimile communication control unit for transmitting facsimile data;
A destination storage unit that stores an e-mail address and a facsimile number of a transmission destination, a broadcast transmission management unit that can transmit a document to a plurality of destinations, and a transmission mode identification unit that identifies whether the transmission destination is an e-mail or a facsimile. It has.

With this configuration, it is possible to realize a facsimile apparatus that can easily broadcast a facsimile and an electronic mail.

[0007]

A facsimile apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention stores a mail communication control unit for transmitting electronic mail, a facsimile communication control unit for transmitting facsimile data, and an electronic mail address and a facsimile number of a transmission destination. It includes a destination storage unit, a broadcast transmission management unit that can transmit a document to a plurality of destinations, and a transmission mode identification unit that identifies whether the destination is an electronic mail or a facsimile.

[0008] According to this configuration, it is possible to select a facsimile and an e-mail partner in a mixed manner and to transmit the selected mail.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 and 3 denote ISPs (Internet Service Providers) connected to the Internet 2 via a telephone line network 6, 4 a receiving terminal for receiving e-mail, 5 a receiving facsimile, 7 is a line controller for dialing the telephone line network 6, etc., 8 is
A facsimile data generation unit for converting the read document data into data for facsimile communication, 9 a facsimile communication control unit for performing facsimile communication, 10 a mail communication control unit for performing e-mail communication, and 11 a read document data Is a mail generation unit that converts e-mail into data for e-mail communication.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a scanner reading section for reading a document. A central processing unit 13 controls the entire facsimile apparatus. A transmission mode identification unit 14 identifies whether the other party is a facsimile or an electronic mail. Reference numeral 15 denotes an image memory for temporarily storing read document data. Reference numeral 16 denotes an LCD display unit for confirming when selecting a transmission destination, setting a communication mode of the transmission destination, a facsimile number, an e-mail address, and the like. Reference numeral 17 denotes a key input unit for selecting a destination, inputting a communication mode of the destination, a facsimile number, an e-mail address, and the like. Reference numeral 18 denotes a destination storage unit that stores a communication mode, a facsimile number, an e-mail address, and the like of the transmission destination. Reference numeral 19 denotes a broadcast transmission management unit that controls a transmission destination and the like at the time of broadcast transmission.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The communication mode, facsimile number, and e-mail address of each transmission destination are input by the user in the destination storage unit 18 in advance.

First, the user sets a document to be transmitted on the scanner reading section 12 (S1). Next, when the user operates the key input unit 17 while checking on the LCD display unit 16, selects a plurality of transmission destinations, and performs broadcast transmission setting,
The selected destination is stored in the broadcast transmission management unit 19 (S2).

Next, when the user presses the transmission start key in the key input section 17, the central processing unit 13 issues a reading operation start request to the scanner reading section 12, and the reading operation of the document is started (S3). ). Scanner reading unit 1
The document data read in step 2 is stored in the image memory 15 so that the document does not need to be read many times during broadcast transmission (S4).

Next, in S5, the central processing unit 13 reads out the destination that has not been transmitted from the broadcast transmission management unit 19, reads out the destination information corresponding to the destination from the destination storage unit 18, The transmission mode identifying unit 14 is notified. The transmission mode identification unit 14 identifies whether the transmission destination is an e-mail or a facsimile.
If facsimile, the process proceeds to S9 (S5).

In step S6, the mail generation section 11 reads the original data from the image memory 15 and converts the data into a data format that can be transmitted by electronic mail. Thereafter, when the line controller 7 connects to the ISP 1 via the telephone network 6, the e-mail generated by the mail communication controller 10 is transmitted to the receiving terminal 4 connected to the ISP 3 via the Internet 2. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S8 (S7).

In S9, the facsimile data generator 8 reads the original data from the image memory 15 and converts it into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile. Thereafter, when the line controller 7 connects to the receiving facsimile 5 via the telephone line network 6, the facsimile communication controller 9 transmits the generated facsimile data to the receiving facsimile 5.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to S8 (S10).

At S8, the central processing unit 13 reads out the information of the broadcast transmission management section 19 and checks whether or not the transmission has been made to all the selected destinations. Perform advance transmission. When the transmission has been completed to all the other parties, the broadcast transmission processing ends.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the line control unit 7, the facsimile data generation unit 8, the facsimile communication control unit 9, the mail communication control unit 10, the mail generation unit 11 A scanner reading unit 12, a central processing unit 13, a transmission mode identification unit 14, an image memory 15, an LCD display unit 16, a key input unit 17, a destination storage unit 18, a broadcast transmission management By providing the unit 19, it is possible to select a facsimile and an e-mail partner in a mixed manner, and to broadcast them.

[0020]

According to the present invention, a facsimile and an e-mail partner can be mixedly selected and broadcasted easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 facsimile communication control unit 10 mail communication control unit 14 transmission mode identification unit 18 destination storage unit 19 broadcast transmission management unit

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mail communication control unit for transmitting an electronic mail, a facsimile communication control unit for transmitting facsimile data, a destination storage unit for storing a destination e-mail address and a facsimile number, and a plurality of destinations. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a broadcast transmission management unit capable of transmitting data to an electronic mail; and a transmission mode identification unit that identifies whether a transmission destination is an electronic mail or a facsimile.