JP2007043257A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device capable of easily establishing correlation between an original document received by facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission and communication history data. <P>SOLUTION: When receiving facsimile transmission, received image data are stored in an image memory (step 102). Then a communication serial number is stored in a communication management memory; and the name of the opposite party, a communication mode, a reception time, and the number of received sheets are stored in a portion corresponding to the communication serial number in the communication management memory (step 103). Next, the received image data are printed out (step 104), and then, the communication serial number is printed on a bottom margin of a print sheet (step 105). By utilizing this communication serial number, communication detail information of the received original document can be displayed or printed out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal apparatus, and more particularly to a communication terminal apparatus that can easily take correspondence between a printed received document and a reception history.

  In recent years, computer communication networks that connect via a communication line such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and distribute electronic mail via the networked Internet or the like have been widely used. Since the communication procedure of the computer communication using the communication network is different, it is not possible to directly communicate from the facsimile apparatus to the computer communication network.

  However, even image data such as a document that is normally transmitted / received by facsimile communication can be transmitted / received via a computer communication network by converting it into an electronic mail format. An Internet facsimile machine with an e-mail function that enables transmission and reception has been developed.

On the other hand, recent digital multi-function peripherals such as copy function, facsimile function, print function, scanner function, etc., and communication terminal devices such as facsimile machines, when receiving faxes or Internet faxes, the destination name, communication mode, and reception Communication management information such as time and the number of received sheets is stored in a memory, and when necessary, it can be displayed on an operation screen of a communication terminal device or printed out (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .)
JP 2004-320575 A

  As described above, the conventional communication terminal device can display the communication management information on the operation screen or print it out. However, the communication management report usually has the other party's telephone number, communication time, number of sheets, communication The mode is only printed or displayed in the form of a table, and the correspondence between the received facsimile and the communication management information is bad. I had to find it from the number, and the work was complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can easily take correspondence between a received document received by fax or Internet fax and communication history data.

  In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a communication terminal apparatus comprising a control means for performing fax reception or Internet fax reception, wherein the control is performed at the time of fax reception or Internet fax reception. The means adds the ID of the reception history data to the received original and prints.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device comprising a control means for performing fax reception or Internet fax reception, wherein the control means is configured to receive reception history data when receiving a fax or Internet fax. A bar code indicating ID or detailed information is added to a received document and printed.

Furthermore, in the communication terminal device according to claim 3, in the communication terminal device according to claim 1 or claim 2, the control means sets the ID or barcode of the reception history data in the lower margin of the print paper. It is characterized by printing,
The communication terminal device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the communication terminal device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the control means prints the ID or barcode of the reception history data on the back surface of the print paper. It is characterized by.

  According to the communication terminal device of the first aspect of the present invention, when receiving a fax or Internet fax, the ID of the reception history data is added to the received document and printed. By using this ID, Since correspondence between the received document and the history data can be taken, detailed communication information can be easily obtained.

Further, according to the communication terminal device of the invention of claim 2 of the present invention, when receiving a fax or Internet fax, a barcode indicating the ID of the reception history data is added to the received document and printed. By reading the code with a scanner or the like, it is possible to display detailed communication information on the communication terminal device or print it out.
Furthermore, if a two-dimensional barcode is used as a barcode, the details of communication can be included in the barcode itself, so it is possible to display detailed communication information or print it out simply by reading the barcode. Is possible.

  Furthermore, according to the communication terminal device of the invention according to claims 3 and 4 of the present invention, the ID or barcode of the reception history data is printed on the lower margin or the back side of the print paper, so the ID of the reception history data Alternatively, the barcode does not overlap the print portion of the received document, preventing the received document from being unreadable, and reading the ID or barcode easily.

  Embodiments in which a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a digital multi-function peripheral will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration example of a system including a digital multifunction peripheral, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the digital multifunction peripheral.

  In the network configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a digital multifunction peripheral, 2, 3, 4... Are personal computers, 5 is a public switched telephone network (PSTN), 6 is a LAN (Local Area Network), and 7 is an Internet network. is there. The digital multi-function peripheral 1 has copy mode, printer mode, and fax mode functions, and also has a mail transmission function, and is connected to the PSTN 5 and the LAN 6. A plurality of personal computers 2, 3, 4.・ ・ Is connected. The LAN 6 is also connected to the Internet network 7, and the digital multi-function peripheral 1 can send and receive mail via the Internet network 7.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the digital multi-function peripheral 1. As shown in the figure, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 has a CPU 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, and a display. An operation unit 14, a reading unit 15, an image memory 16, a recording unit 17, a codec 18, a modem 19, a network control unit NCU 20 and a LAN interface (I / F) 21, and each unit is connected via a bus 22. Yes.

  The CPU 11 controls each part of the hardware of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 via the bus 22 and executes various programs based on the programs stored in the ROM 12. The ROM 12 performs various programs necessary for the operation of the digital multi-function peripheral. Operation messages and the like are stored in advance. The RAM 13 is configured by an SRAM or the like, and includes a communication management information storage unit 23 that stores temporary data generated during execution of the program and stores communication history data of fax transmission / reception or Internet fax transmission / reception.

  The display / operation unit 14 includes a display unit that displays an operation state of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 and displays operation screens of various functions, and a plurality of keys for operating the digital multi-function peripheral 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 31 includes an LCD display unit 31 constituting a display unit and a number of operation keys. The LCD display unit 31 is provided with a touch panel switch, and by pressing an item part displayed on the LCD display unit 31, a corresponding item can be selected and a function can be executed. As operation keys, a numeric keypad 32, a start key 33, a reset key 34, a stop key 35, a plurality of one-touch dial keys 36, a cross key 37, a return key 38, a set key 39, a FAX switching key 40, a copy switching key 41, Various keys such as a scanner switching key 42 are provided. Note that some or all of these operation keys can be substituted by the LCD display unit 31.

The reading unit 15 includes a reading document placing table such as an auto document feeder (ADF) or a flatbed scanner (FBS), reads a document with a scanner using a CCD or the like, and outputs dot image data.
The image memory 16 is configured using a DRAM or the like, and stores image data to be transmitted or received image data or image data read by the reading unit 15, and the recording unit 17 includes a printer device such as an electrophotographic system. Print out received data, copy original data, or print data sent from an external personal computer.

  The codec 18 encodes and decodes in accordance with a predetermined protocol. In order to transmit the image data of the read original, the codec 18 is encoded by the MH, MR, or MMR method, and decodes image data received from the outside. Also, encoding and decoding are also performed in correspondence with the TIFF method, which is an image format generally used as a file that can be attached to an e-mail.

  The modem 19 is connected to the bus 22 and has a function as a fax modem capable of facsimile communication. The modem 19 is also connected to the NCU 20 connected to the bus 22. The NCU 20 is hardware that closes and opens an analog line, and connects the modem 19 to the PSTN 5 as necessary.

  Furthermore, the LAN interface 21 is connected to the LAN 6 and receives data from an external personal computer or a signal from the Internet network 7 via the LAN 6, while transmitting signals and data to the LAN 6. Perform interface processing such as protocol conversion.

  The digital multi-function peripheral 1 has the above-described configuration. When transmitting a facsimile, the image data of the original is read by the reading unit 15, compressed by the codec 18, and stored in the image memory 16. The compressed image data is read from the image memory 16, modulated by the modem 19, and transmitted from the NCU 20 to the communication partner through the PSTN 5.

On the other hand, at the time of fax reception or Internet fax reception, the received image data is printed out. The operation of the CPU 11 at the time of fax reception or Internet fax reception will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The CPU 11 of the digital multifunction device 1 always executes the reception program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 to determine whether there is a fax reception or an Internet fax reception (step 101), and when a fax is received, The received image data is stored in the image memory 16 (step 102).

  Next, the CPU 11 stores the communication serial number (ID) in the communication management information storage unit 23 of the RAM 13, and the destination, the communication mode, the reception time, and the number of received sheets correspond to the communication serial numbers in the communication management information storage unit 23. (Step 103). Thereafter, the CPU 11 reads the received image data from the image memory 16, decodes it by the codec 18, prints it by the recording unit 17 (step 104), and then sets the communication serial number stored in the communication management information storage unit 23 on the print paper. Print in the bottom margin (step 105).

  As described above, when fax reception or Internet fax reception is performed, the communication sequence number of the received image data is printed in the lower margin of the paper on which the image data is printed as shown in FIG. The communication information of the received document can be easily displayed or printed out by inputting this communication serial number on the communication reference screen of the 14 LCD display unit 31.

In the above embodiment, when fax reception or Internet fax reception is performed, the communication serial number is printed in the lower margin of the paper on which the image data is printed, but the communication serial number of the received image data is printed on the back side of the print paper. The operation when the communication serial number is printed on the back side of the print paper will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The configuration of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 is the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 except that the recording unit 17 includes a printing paper reversing mechanism, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The CPU 11 of the digital multifunction device 1 always executes the reception program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 to determine whether there has been a fax reception or an Internet fax reception (step 201). The received image data is stored in the image memory 16 (step 202).

  Next, the CPU 11 stores the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23 of the RAM 13, and stores the destination, communication mode, reception time, and number of received sheets in the location corresponding to the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23. After (step 203), the received image data is read from the image memory 16, decoded by the codec 18, and printed by the recording unit 17 (step 204).

  When the printing of the received image data is completed, the paper on which the image data is printed is reversed by a printing paper reversing mechanism (not shown) of the recording unit 17 (step 205), and then on the reverse side of the paper on which the image data is printed. The communication sequence number stored in the communication management information storage unit 23 is printed (step 206).

  As described above, when fax reception or Internet fax reception is performed, the communication serial number of the received image data is printed on the back side of the paper on which the image data is printed, so that the LCD of the display / operation unit 14 is the same as described above. By inputting this communication serial number on the communication reference screen of the display unit 31, the communication information of the received document can be easily displayed or printed out.

  Furthermore, instead of the communication sequence number itself, the communication sequence number can be converted into a barcode and printed on a sheet on which image data has been printed. Hereinafter, the operation when the communication sequence number is converted into a barcode and printed on a print sheet will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Will be described.

  The CPU 11 of the digital multifunction device 1 always executes the reception program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 to determine whether there has been a fax reception or an Internet fax reception (step 301). The received image data is stored in the image memory 16 (step 302).

  Next, the CPU 11 stores the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23 of the RAM 13, and stores the destination, communication mode, reception time, and number of received sheets in the location corresponding to the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23. (Step 303). Thereafter, the CPU 11 reads the received image data from the image memory 16, decodes it by the codec 18 and prints it by the recording unit 17 (step 304), and then converts the communication serial number stored in the communication management information storage unit 23 into a barcode. The image data is printed on the lower margin of the printed paper (step 305).

  As described above, when fax reception or Internet fax reception is performed, the communication sequence number of the received image data is printed as a bar code in the lower margin of the paper on which the image data is printed. By reading the code, the communication information of the received document can be easily displayed on the LCD display unit 31 of the display / operation unit 14 or printed out.

  Similarly to the above, it is also possible to print the image data that has received the barcoded communication serial number on the back side of the printed paper. Hereinafter, the barcoded communication serial number is printed on the back side of the printed paper. The operation of will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The CPU 11 of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 always executes the reception program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 to determine whether there is a fax reception or an Internet fax reception (step 401). The received image data is stored in the image memory 16 (step 402).

  Next, the CPU 11 stores the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23 of the RAM 13, and stores the destination, communication mode, reception time, and number of received sheets in the location corresponding to the communication serial number in the communication management information storage unit 23. After (step 403), the received image data is read from the image memory 16, decoded by the codec 18, and printed by the recording unit 17 (step 404).

  When the printing of the received image data is completed, the paper on which the image data is printed is reversed by the printing paper reversing mechanism of the recording unit 17 (step 405), and then the communication management information storage unit is placed on the back surface of the paper on which the image data is printed. The communication serial number stored in 23 is converted into a barcode and printed (step 406).

As described above, when fax reception or Internet fax reception is performed, as shown in FIG. 9, the communication number of the received image data is printed as a barcode on the back side of the printing paper on which the image data is printed. Similarly to the above, by reading this barcode with a scanner or the like, the communication information of the received document can be easily displayed on the LCD display unit 31 of the display / operation unit 14 or printed out.

Next, when the LCD display unit 31 displays the detailed communication information of the image data received from the communication serial number printed on the paper on which the image data is printed or the communication serial number converted to the barcode as described above. Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the user selects communication record reference on the menu screen of the LCD display unit 31, the CPU 11 starts the communication information display program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, and first displays the communication record reference screen shown in FIG. 11 on the LCD display unit 31. (Step 501).

  On this communication record reference screen, the communication serial number printed on the fax print paper received in the “communication serial number” field is entered using the numeric keypad 32, and then the “OK” button is pressed, or the paper on which the barcode is printed. Is set in the reading unit 15, and by pressing the “scan” button, it is possible to display the communication serial number or the communication detailed information of the communication serial number corresponding to the barcode.

  After displaying the communication record reference screen on the LCD display unit 31, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a communication sequence number has been input (step 502), and the user inputs the communication sequence number on the communication record reference screen and displays “OK”. If it is determined that the button is pressed, the communication detailed information of the input communication serial number, that is, the destination, the communication mode, the reception time, and the number of receptions are read from the communication management information storage unit 23 and displayed on the LCD display unit 31 ( Step 503).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 502 that there is no communication serial number input, the CPU 11 determines whether there is a scan instruction (step 504), and if it is determined that the user has pressed the “scan” button, the CPU 11 A barcode printed on the set paper is read (step 505).
Thereafter, the CPU 11 reads out the communication detailed information of the communication serial number corresponding to the read barcode from the communication management information storage unit 23 and displays it on the LCD display unit 31 (step 503).

  As described above, by using the communication serial number printed on the paper on which the image data is printed or the communication serial number converted to the barcode, the detailed information of the communication of the received image data is displayed on the LCD display unit 31. Therefore, the correspondence between the received document and the history data can be easily taken.

In the above-described embodiment, the LCD display unit 31 displays the detailed communication information of the received image data using the communication serial number printed on the paper on which the image data is printed or the bar code communication serial number. However, the corresponding communication detailed information can be printed out by the recording unit 17.
In the above embodiment, the communication serial number is printed as a barcode, but if a two-dimensional barcode is used as the barcode, the barcode itself can include detailed communication information, so the barcode can be read. It is possible to display detailed communication information such as the other party, communication mode, reception time, number of received sheets, etc., or print it out.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the communication terminal device of the present invention is applied to a digital multi-function peripheral having a copy function, a facsimile function, a print function, a scanner function, etc., but the communication terminal device of the present invention has a copy function. The present invention can also be applied to a facsimile machine that does not have the above.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration example of a system including a digital multi-function peripheral to which a communication terminal device of the present invention is applied. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a digital multifunction peripheral. FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of a display and operation part. It is a flowchart which shows an effect | action when printing a communication serial number on the lower margin of a printing paper. It is a figure which shows an example which printed the communication serial number in the lower margin of the printing paper. It is a flowchart which shows an effect | action when printing a communication serial number on the back surface of a printing paper. It is a flowchart which shows an effect | action at the time of printing the communication serial number converted into the barcode in the lower margin of the printing paper. It is a flowchart which shows an effect | action when printing the communication serial number converted into the barcode on the back surface of the printing paper. It is a figure which shows an example which printed the communication serial number converted into the barcode on the back surface of the printing paper. It is a flowchart which shows an effect | action when displaying the detailed information of communication using the communication serial number printed or the communication serial number converted into the barcode. It is a figure which shows an example of a communication record reference screen.

Explanation of symbols

1 Digital MFP 2, 3, 4 PC 5 PSTN
6 LAN
7 Internet 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
14 Display / Operation Unit 15 Reading Unit 16 Image Memory 17 Recording Unit 18 Codec 19 Modem 20 NCU
21 LAN I / F
22 Bus 23 Communication management information storage unit

Claims (4)

A communication terminal device comprising a control means for performing fax reception or Internet fax reception,
A communication terminal apparatus in which the control means adds an ID of reception history data to a received document and prints it at the time of fax reception or Internet fax reception. A communication terminal device comprising a control means for performing fax reception or Internet fax reception,
A communication terminal apparatus, wherein when receiving a fax or an Internet fax, the control means adds an ID of reception history data or a bar code indicating detailed information to a received document for printing. In the communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2,
The communication terminal apparatus, wherein the control means prints the ID or barcode of the reception history data in the lower margin of the print paper. In the communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2,
The communication terminal apparatus, wherein the control means prints the ID or barcode of the reception history data on the back surface of the print paper.

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