1. An axle assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a chamber partially filled with fluid;
a differential rotatably supported in said chamber such that rotation of said differential causes flow of said fluid; and
a variable flow control mechanism disposed within said chamber and having a plate supported for movement relative to said differential and an actuator for moving said plate.
2. The axle assembly of claim 1 wherein said plate is moveable between a first position relative to said differential for reducing flow of said fluid and a second position relative to said differential for increasing flow of said fluid.
3. The axle assembly of claim 2 wherein said plate is biased by a biasing mechanism toward said second position.
4. The axle assembly of claim 1 wherein said plate is supported for sliding movement relative to said differential on a fence member secured to said housing.
5. The axle assembly of claim 4 wherein said housing includes an axle carrier and a cover secured to said axle carrier, and wherein said fence member is secured to at least one of said axle carrier and said cover.
6. The axle assembly of claim 1 wherein said differential includes a ring gear rotatably driven by a pinion shaft, and wherein said plate is moveable between a first position adjacent to said ring gear and a second position displaced from said ring gear, said actuator operable to move said plate in response to a control signal.
7. The axle assembly of claim 6 wherein said variable flow control mechanism further includes a control system operable for generating said control signal and actuating said actuator in response thereto.
8. The axle assembly of claim 7 wherein said actuator includes an electric motor.
9. The axle assembly of claim 7 wherein said control signal is based on one of a fluid temperature within said chamber and a rotational speed of said differential.
10. The axle assembly of claim 6 wherein said variable flow control mechanism further includes a fence on which said plate is supported for movement between its first and second positions.
11. The axle assembly of claim 10 wherein said housing includes an axle carrier and a cover secured to said carrier, and wherein said fence is secured to at least one of said carrier and said cover in proximity to teeth on said ring gear.
12. An axle assembly, comprising:
a housing partially filled with lubricating fluid;
a differential rotatably supported in said housing and having a ring gear; and
a plate supported by said housing for movement relative to said ring gear between a first position adjacent to said ring gear and a second position displaced from said ring gear for varying the flow of said fluid caused by rotation of said ring gear.
13. The axle assembly of claim 12 wherein said plate is biased by a spring toward its second position.
14. The axle assembly of claim 12 further comprising a power-operated actuator operable for moving said plate between its first and second positions, and a control system for actuating said actuator in response to a control signal.
15. The axle assembly of claim 14 wherein said control signal is based on at least one of a fluid temperature within said housing and a rotational speed of said differential.
16. The axle assembly of claim 12 wherein said housing includes an axle carrier and a cover secured to said carrier, and wherein said plate is supported for sliding movement relative to said ring gear on a support member secured to at least one of said carrier and said cover.
17. An axle assembly, comprising:
an axle housing including a carrier and cover interconnected to define a chamber partially filled with a lubricating fluid;
a differential rotatably supported within said chamber and partially submerged in said fluid; and
a variable flow control mechanism supported from one of said carrier and said cover within said chamber and having a plate moveable relative to said differential between first and second positions.
18. The axle assembly of claim 17 wherein said variable flow control mechanism further includes an actuator for controlling movement of said plate.
19. The axle assembly of claim 18 wherein said actuator is a power-operated device operable in response to a control signal generated by a control system.
20. The axle assembly of claim 19 wherein said control signal is based on at least one of a fluid temperature within said chamber and a rotational speed of said differential.
21. An axle assembly, comprising:
an axle housing defining a chamber;
a differential rotatably supported within said chamber;
a lubricating fluid disposed in said chamber such that a portion of said differential rotates through said fluid;
a plate supported within said chamber for movement between first and second positions relative to said differential; and
a power-operated actuator for moving said plate between its first and second positions to vary flow of said fluid that is generated in response to rotation of said differential.
22. The axle assembly of claim 21 wherein said differential includes a ring gear which rotates through said fluid, and wherein said plate is moveable relative to said ring gear between its first position adjacent thereto and its second position displaced therefrom.
23. A method of controlling the flow of lubricating fluid within an axle assembly, comprising:
providing an axle housing having a chamber partially filled with the fluid;
rotatably supporting a differential within said chamber such that a portion of said differential rotates through the fluid; and
moving a plate relative to said differential to vary flow of the fluid generated in response to rotation of said differential.
24. The method of claim 23 wherein said plate skims more of the fluid off of said differential in a closed position located proximate to said differential than in an open position displaced from said differential.
25. An axle assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a chamber;
a differential rotatably supported in said chamber;
a drive mechanism for driving said differential including a ring gear secured to said differential and a pinion shaft driving said ring gear;
a sump of fluid retained within said chamber such that rotation of said ring gear causes flow of said fluid; and
a variable flow control mechanism disposed between said ring gear and said fluid sump which includes a plate supported in said housing for movement relative to said ring gear, and an actuator for moving said plate.
26. The axle assembly of claim 25 wherein teeth on said ring gear generate flow of said fluid in response to rotation of said ring gear, and wherein said plate is moveable relative to said ring gear between a first position adjacent to said teeth and a second position displaced from said teeth.
27. The axle assembly of claim 26 wherein said variable flow control mechanism further includes a spring for biasing said plate toward one of its first and second positions, and wherein said actuator is operable to move said plate in opposition to the biasing of said spring.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
a scanner configured to scan a document and generate facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
a plotter configured to print a received facsimile image;
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the facsimile image transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
2. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a transmission control portion which, when image information is transmitted, reads the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserts information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information.
3. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a transmission control portion which, when image information is transmitted, reads the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserts information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information.
4. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search.
5. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said control portion, when finding said box, performs authentication operation using the password registered for said box, and, only when the authentication operation succeeds, agrees to accept the operation performed by the user.
6. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
a scanner configured to scan a document and generate facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
a plotter configured to print a received facsimile image;
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the facsimile polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
7. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search.
8. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said control portion, when finding said box, performs authentication operation using the password registered for said box, and, only when the authentication operation succeeds, agrees to accept the operation performed by the user.
9. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
a scanner configured to scan a document and generate facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
a plotter configured to print a received facsimile image;
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the facsimile image transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
10. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search.
11. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein said control portion, when finding said box, performs authentication operation using the password registered for said box, and, only when the authentication operation succeeds, agrees to accept the operation performed by the user.
12. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
a transmission control portion which, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reads the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserts information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
13. A facsimile apparatus provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
a transmission control portion which, when image information is transmitted, reads the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserts information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information, but, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reads the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserts information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
14. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
a transmission control portion which, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reads the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserts information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
15. A facsimile apparatus provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
a transmission control portion which, when image information is transmitted, reads the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserts information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information, but, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reads the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserts information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
16. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a box type is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes of a previously specified box type as targets of the search.
17. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
18. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
19. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
20. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a box type is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes of a previously specified box type as targets of the search.
21. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
22. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
23. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
24. A facsimile apparatus provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a box type is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes of a previously specified box type as targets of the search.
25. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
26. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
27. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein the registered box types includes a confidential type and said previously specified box type is the confidential type.
28. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search, and
wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
29. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search, and
wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
30. A facsimile apparatus provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein a password for authentication is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when searching for the box for which the same value as that of the input F-code is registered, treats only the boxes for which an effective password is registered or respective effective passwords are registered as targets of the search, and
wherein authentication use allowancerejection information is registered for each box, and, said control portion, when authentication use rejection is registered for the box found through the search, causes the search to fail.
31. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein display of the F-code for the user to confirm the F-code input by the user is a concealment form display such that only the number of digits of the input F-code is recognized.
32. A facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission;
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, wherein display of the F-code for the user to confirm the F-code input by the user is a concealment form display such that only the number of digits of the input F-code is recognized.
33. A facsimile apparatus provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said apparatus comprising:
an F-code input requesting portion which requests a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
a control portion which searches for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agrees to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agrees to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registers, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information,
wherein display of the F-code for the user to confirm the F-code input by the user is a concealment form display such that only the number of digits of the input F-code is recognized.
34. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
scanning a document and generating facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
printing a received facsimile image;
requesting a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission; and
searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agreeing to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the facsimile image transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
35. The method as claimed in claim 34, further comprising the step of, when image information is transmitted, reading the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserting information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information.
36. The method as claimed in claim 34, further comprising the step of, when image information is transmitted, reading the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserting information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information.
37. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
scanning a document and generating facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
printing a received facsimile image;
requesting a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agreeing to accept the facsimile polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
38. A method of controlling facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
scanning a document and generating facsimile image information corresponding to the scanned document;
printing a received facsimile image;
requesting a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document; and
searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agreeing to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the facsimile image transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agreeing to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information.
39. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
a) requesting a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
b) searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agreeing to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
c) when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reading the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserting information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
40. A method of controlling facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
a) requesting a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
b) searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agreeing to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agreeing to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
c) when image information is transmitted, reading the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserting information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information, but, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reading the F-code registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserting information indicating said F-code in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
41. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
a) requesting a user to input an F-code when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
b) searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, agreeing to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
c) when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reading the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserting information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
42. A method of controlling facsimile apparatus, provided with boxes each corresponding to an F-code which is received through a facsimile transmission procedure, executing a center-machine application using the corresponding box based on sub-address information when receiving image information, said method comprising the steps of:
a) requesting a user to input an F-code either when the user operates said apparatus for performing transmission or when the user operates said apparatus for producing a polling document;
b) searching for the box for which an F-code is registered, the value of which F-code agrees with the value of the F-code input by the user, and, only when finding said box, either agreeing to accept the transmission operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a transmission job relating to the transmission operation, identification information for said box as authentication information, or agreeing to accept the polling document producing operation performed by the user, and registering, in document managing information for managing a job relating to the polling document producing operation, identification information for said box as authentication information; and
c) when image information is transmitted, reading the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information, and inserts information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information, but, when a call is coming and polling reception is requested by the call originating terminal, reading the box name registered for the box corresponding to the authentication information registered in the document managing information corresponding to the specified document to be transmitted, and inserting information indicating said box name in at least any one page of the image information to be transmitted.
43. A facsimile apparatus having a plurality of confidential boxes, each confidential box characterized by a different F-code and different identification information, the apparatus comprising:
an input part that requests a prospective user to input an F-code when the prospective user seeks to use the apparatus to transmit confidential information; and
a control part that
searches among the plurality of confidential boxes for a confidential box whose characteristic F-code matches the F-code input by the prospective user and, if a confidential box characterized by the matching F-code is found,
enables the prospective user to transmit the confidential information only if the prospective user is authenticated by means of the characteristic identification information of the confidential box characterized by the matching F-code.
44. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 43, further comprising a transmission part that inserts the matching F-code into the confidential information when the confidential information is transmitted.
45. A facsimile apparatus having a plurality of confidential boxes, each box characterized by a different F-code and different identification information, the apparatus comprising:
an input part that requests a prospective user to input an F-code when the prospective user seeks to use the apparatus to produce a polling document; and
a control part that searches among the plurality of confidential boxes for a confidential box whose characteristic F-code matches the F-code input by the prospective user and, if a confidential box characterized by the matching F-code is found, enables the prospective user to produce the polling document only if the prospective user is authenticated by means of the characteristic identification information of the confidential box characterized by the matching F-code.
46. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 45, further comprising a transmission part that inserts the matching F-code into the polling document when the polling document is produced.
47. A facsimile apparatus having a plurality of confidential boxes, each box characterized by a different F-code and different identification information, the apparatus comprising:
an input part that requests a prospective user to input an F-code when the prospective user seeks to use the apparatus either to transmit confidential information or to produce a polling document; and
a control part that searches among the plurality of confidential boxes for a confidential box whose characteristic F-code matches the F-code input by the prospective user and, if a confidential box characterized by the matching F-code is found, enables the prospective user either to transmit the confidential information or to produce the polling document only if the prospective user is authenticated by means of the characteristic identification information of the confidential box characterized by the matching F-code.
48. The facsimile apparatus as claimed in claim 47, further comprising a transmission part that inserts the matching F-code into the confidential information when the confidential information is transmitted or inserts the matching F-code into the polling document when the polling document is produced.
49. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus having a plurality of confidential boxes, each box characterized by a different F-code and different identification information, the method comprising the steps of:
requesting a prospective user to input an F-code when the prospective user seeks to use the apparatus to transmit confidential information;
searching among the plurality of confidential boxes for a confidential box whose characteristic F-code matches the F-code input by the prospective user; and, if a confidential box characterized by the matching F-code is found,
enabling the prospective user to transmit the confidential information only if the prospective user is authenticated by means of the characteristic identification information of the confidential box characterized by the matching F-code.
50. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus having a plurality of confidential boxes, each confidential box characterized by a different F-code and different identification information, the method comprising the steps of:
requesting a prospective user to input an F-code when the prospective user seeks to use the apparatus to produce a polling document;
searching among the plurality of confidential boxes for a confidential box whose characteristic F-code matches the F-code input by the prospective user; and, if a confidential box characterized by the matching F-code is found,
enabling the prospective user to produce the polling document only if the prospective user is authenticated by means of the characteristic identification information of the confidential box characterized by the matching F-code.