JP3343664B2 - Function expansion system for multifunctional telephones - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a function expansion system for a multifunctional telephone, and more particularly, to a facsimile (hereinafter referred to as "FAX").
The present invention relates to a function extension system for a multifunction telephone having a function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional multifunctional telephone 50 having a FAX function. Reference numeral 51 denotes a modem used for data communication and facsimile communication; 52, a telephone line; 53, a network control unit (NCU) for connecting the multifunctional telephone 50 to the telephone line; 54, a telephone control mechanism; A facsimile control mechanism including a document reading unit for converting to an electric signal and a printer unit for reproducing sent image data on paper, 57 is a data communication control mechanism for performing data communication, and 58 is for controlling the entire system. Control unit (microcomputer). 59 is LC
A D (liquid crystal) display unit for displaying data transmitted / received by data communication, a telephone number entered by a key, and other necessary data.

A multi-function telephone 50 having the FAX function
Uses a data communication and FAX communication modem to control data communication and FAX communication via the telephone line 52.
Step 8 The telephone control mechanism 54 can be used as a telephone device for transmitting / receiving a normal audio signal.

[0004]

Since the conventional multi-function telephone 50 having the FAX function is configured as described above, the FAX control mechanism is limited to use for performing FAX communication, and the data communication control function is not used. There is a problem that the use is limited to data communication. That is, since the printing function and the image reading function cannot be used for other communication as a facsimile control mechanism, it lacks versatility.

[0005] A multi-function telephone 5 having a FAX function is also provided.
In order to make the size of 0 itself compact (small), a small LCD display unit is used in most cases as a display unit for displaying data. Therefore,
The number of characters to be displayed, the size of the characters, the number of lines, etc. are limited, and the displayed characters are difficult to see, and the character arrangement of the sent data is forced in the middle due to the limit of the size of the display screen. There was a problem that the line was broken and it was different from that of the sender. Further, there is a problem that color display cannot be performed unless an LCD display mechanism for color display is used, and gradation display is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multifunctional telephone capable of connecting a computer such as a personal computer and expanding the system of the multifunctional telephone. With the goal. That is, the multifunction telephone can be extended by using the connected computer while extending the FAX function and the function of the display unit. Further, the printing function of the multifunctional telephone is used, and the multifunctional telephone is used as a printer.
The data modem is used as a modem phone under the direct control of a computer. In addition, various systems can be constructed by developing an original application on a computer and directly controlling the computer. It is another object of the present invention to provide a multi-function telephone or the like that can extend the function of a display unit by connecting a television receiver generally used in a general household or the like.

[0007]

[0008]

A function expansion system for a multi-function telephone according to the present invention comprises: a facsimile control mechanism having a reading processing unit for reading image data and a recording processing unit for reproducing image data on paper; Computer that can be connected to a computer such as a personal computer in a multi-function telephone including a data communication control mechanism for performing a communication, a display unit for displaying data transmitted and received by the data communication control mechanism, and a control unit for controlling the data communication control mechanism Connecting means, and transferring the data displayed on the display unit to the computer, thereby providing a data communication control mechanism.
Display control means for displaying received data on a display of the computer, communication means for communicating with another computer using the connected computer, and an IC in which an IC card memory is inserted. A card memory insertion unit, and the display control means and the communication means,
It is configured by a program read from the IC card memory inserted into the IC card memory insertion section.

[0009]

[0010]

[0011]

[Action] extension system multifunction telephone of the present invention, data such as characters or image displayed on the display unit, and transferred to the computer side, such as a personal computer connected to the display on the computer side of the display, the display The display contents on the screen of the display unit, where the number of characters, character size, and number of lines are limited, are displayed on the display of the computer in an easy-to-read state. Especially for the display of data sent by data communication, one line is displayed. It is possible to display the data arrangement such as the number of characters per hit without changing the data arrangement at the transmission source .

[0012]

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an extension system of the multifunction telephone according to the first embodiment. This multifunctional telephone 1
Is an LC that displays images such as characters and pictures transmitted by data communication and data input from the numeric keypad 3 or the like.
D (liquid crystal) display unit 2 and handset (handset) 4
And a control key group such as a communication end key 5, a clear key 6, a table of contents key 7, and a cursor key 8, and an IC memory card reader (shown in FIG. 1) for reading data from the IC memory card 10 inserted into the IC memory card inserter 9. , Etc.) and is connected to the telephone line CL. Further, a computer main body 12 such as a personal computer is connected to the multifunctional telephone 1 via an RS232C connector cable 11 and an RS232C interface.
, A display 13 and a keyboard 14 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the above-mentioned multi-function telephone. Reference numeral 19 denotes an LCD display circuit.
It comprises a D controller 19a, an LCD display unit 2, and the like. Reference numeral 20 denotes a control unit using a microcomputer, which is a data image display for storing image data to be displayed on the ROM 20a and the LCD display unit 2 and image data to be printed out on paper using the thermal head 22. RAM 20b, system memory 20c,
A gate array logic circuit 20d, an operation key 20e including the numeric keypad 3 and the control key group, and a CPU 20g.
And a slave MPU 2 that is a microprocessing unit that operates as a slave to the CPU 20g.
0f and a multi-bus BL including a data bus and an address bus. An IC card memory socket 9a for mounting the IC card memory 10 is connected to the CPU 20g via a multi-bus BL. To the slave MPU 20f, a motor 21 for driving a document or a sheet for image reproduction when performing FAX communication, a thermal head 22, and an image sensor 23 are connected. The drive motor 21, the thermal head 22, and the image sensor 23 constitute a FAX control mechanism RR of a reading processing unit / recording processing unit used for performing FAX communication. Also CPU
The RS232C connector cable 11 is connected to 20g, and 11a and 11b are connection connectors.

An application program is stored in the IC card memory 10. In this embodiment, data such as characters and images input on the computer side is stored in the RS2.
The data is transferred to the multi-function telephone 1 via the 32C connector cable 11, and the drive motor 21 and the thermal head 22 are controlled and used as a printer, and characters and images input on the computer side are printed out on paper. Further, a program for controlling the image sensor 23 to transfer an image taken from the image sensor 23 to the computer side and to display the image on the display 13 is stored.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a network control unit (NCU) for connecting the multi-function telephone 1 to the telephone line CL; 25, a data communication modem for data communication; 26, a FAX modem for FAX communication; and 27, a data communication. Is a telephone control mechanism for transmitting / receiving a voice signal.

Next, the operation will be described. When the computer main body 12 is connected to the multifunctional telephone 1 via the RS232C connector cable 11 and the IC card memory 10 is mounted on the IC card memory socket 9a with the power supply of the computer turned on, the CPU 2 of the multifunctional telephone becomes
0g reads the application program stored in the IC card memory 10 and changes the contents of the system memory 20C according to the data.
2 is connected and operated as software as an extension system of the multifunctional telephone 1. Therefore, the data image display RAM 20b
Is also transferred to the computer side and displayed on the display 13 of the computer.

Therefore, when the image data captured by the image sensor 23 is stored in the data image display RAM 20b, this image is displayed on the LCD display unit 2 and on the display 13 of the computer. In this case, the image displayed on the display 13 of the computer is superior to that of the LCD display unit 2, such as the number of characters displayed per line on the display 13, the size of the characters, and the number of lines that can be displayed simultaneously on the screen. Therefore, the image displayed on the display of the computer is a display of the original read by the image sensor 23 as it is.

When characters or images are input on the computer side, this data is transmitted to the RS232C connector cable 11.
Is transferred to the multi-function telephone 1 via the
As a result of being stored in the AM 20b, the data image display R
Character and image data stored in AM20b
While being displayed on the display unit 2, the drive motor 21 and the thermal head 22 are controlled and used as a printer, and characters and images input on the computer side are printed out on paper.

As described above, in the first embodiment, data is exchanged between the multi-function telephone 1 and the computer by the application program stored in the IC card memory 10, and the computer side transmits and receives the data. The input data is printed out by the thermal head 22 or the image captured by the image sensor 23 is displayed on the display of the computer, so that the FAX function of the multifunctional telephone can be extended and used.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The following application programs are stored in the IC card memory 10 in the second embodiment. That is, in the second embodiment, the image displayed on the LCD display unit 2 is transferred to a computer such as a personal computer and displayed on the display 13 of the computer. A program for communication with the (computer) (for example, personal computer communication) is stored. First except for IC card memory 10
Since the description is the same as that described in the embodiment, the description is omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. When the computer main body 12 is connected to the multifunctional telephone 1 via the RS232C connector cable 11 and the IC card memory 10 is mounted on the IC card memory socket 9a with the power supply of the computer turned on, the CPU 2 of the multifunctional telephone becomes
0g reads the application program stored in the IC card memory 10 and changes the contents of the system memory 20C according to the data.
Is connected and operated as software as an extension system of the multifunctional telephone 1. Therefore, image data of characters and images displayed on the LCD display unit 2 is transferred to the computer,
It is displayed on the display 13 of the computer.

Therefore, the image data of characters and images sent via the telephone line CL is stored in the data image display RAM 20.
b, the image is displayed on the LCD display unit 2 and on the display 13 of the computer. In this case, the computer display 13
Are displayed over the telephone line CL because they are superior to those of the LCD display unit 2, such as the number of displayed characters per line, the size of characters, and the number of lines that can be displayed simultaneously on the screen. The image data of the received character or image is displayed on the display 13 of the computer in the state of the character or image at the transmission source without line breaks in the middle.

Further, since a program for personal computer communication is also stored in the IC card memory 10, personal computer communication can be performed by the data communication modem 25 with another terminal connected via a telephone line network. It becomes possible.

As described above, in the second embodiment, data is exchanged between the multifunctional telephone 1 and the computer by the application program stored in the IC card memory 10, and the multifunctional telephone 1 L
The image data of characters and images displayed on the CD display unit 2 is displayed on the display of the computer, and a personal computer is connected between the computer connected to the multifunctional telephone 1 and another terminal connected via the telephone network. Communication can be performed. It should be noted that a new communication system can be created on the computer by updating the program in the IC card memory 10.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the multifunctional telephone according to the present embodiment. The multi-function telephone 1 has an LCD display unit 2 for displaying images such as characters and pictures transmitted by data communication and data input from a numeric keypad 3 or the like.
A handset 4, a communication end key 5, a clear key 6, a table of contents key 7, a control key group such as a cursor key 8, and the like, and an IC memory card 10 inserted into the IC memory card insertion section 9.
Memory card reading unit (not shown) that reads data from
Are connected to the telephone line CL.

Further, the multifunctional telephone 1 is provided with a CRT controller 31 whose output terminal is a jack for connection on the insertion side for connecting to a home TV (television) device 33 which is a television receiver. 32. Reference numeral 34 denotes a coaxial cable for supplying a video signal to the home TV device 33. An insertion-side jack 35 is connected to the end of the coaxial cable.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the above-mentioned multi-function telephone 1, and 19 is an LCD display circuit.
It comprises an LCD controller 19a and an LCD display unit 2 and the like. Reference numeral 20 denotes a control unit using a microcomputer. The control unit 20 receives image data to be displayed on the ROM 20 a and the LCD display unit 2, image data to be printed out on paper using the thermal head 22, and the image data to be captured by the image sensor 23. Image display RAM 20b for storing image data, system memory 20
c, a gate array logic circuit 20d, an operation key 20e including the numeric keypad 3 and the control key group, and a CPU 20
g and a slave M which is a microprocessing unit that operates as a slave to the CPU 20g.
A PU 20f and a multi-bus BL including a data bus and an address bus are provided. CPU 20g has IC
An IC card memory socket 9a for mounting the card memory 10 is connected via a multi-bus BL. To the slave MPU 20f, a motor 21 for driving a document or a paper for image reproduction, a thermal head 22, and an image sensor 23 for performing FAX communication are connected. The drive motor 21, the thermal head 22, and the image sensor 23 are provided with a read processing unit /
A FAX control mechanism RR of the recording processing unit is configured.

The IC card memory 10 stores an application program.
The home TV device 33 has a built-in controller for projecting an image displayed on the D display unit 2 to the home TV device 33 and, at the same time, generating a video signal for outputting a color image. In addition, a color image in which the gradation is expressed in the data can be output to the home TV device 33 by a computer terminal such as a personal computer.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a network control unit (NCU) for connecting the multifunctional telephone 1 to the telephone line CL; 25, a data communication modem for data communication; 26, a FAX modem for FAX communication; and 27, a data communication. Communication control mechanism for transmitting and receiving voice signals;
Reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT controller, which outputs a normal image to a home T
Home TV so that the V-device 22 can project
The video signal supplied to the device 33 is subjected to signal processing.

Next, the operation will be described. The home TV device 33 is connected to the multifunctional telephone via the insertion-side connection jack 32, and the IC card memory socket 9 is connected.
a, the IC card memory 10 is mounted. The contents of the system memory 20C are changed according to the data of the IC memory card 10, and the home TV device 33 operates as an extension system of the multifunctional telephone 1. Therefore, when image data of characters and images is sent from the terminal of the other party via the telephone line CL, the image data is stored in the RAM 20b and output to the LCD display unit 2 for display.

Further, the CPU 20g reads out image data of characters and images stored in the RAM 20b, and performs processing for enabling the image data to be visualized. And CRT
A video signal that has been subjected to processing for visualization is output from the inserted connection jack 32 to the home TV device 33 via the controller 31.

Therefore, the image data of the characters and images sent via the telephone line CL is stored in the data image display RAM 20.
When stored in b, this image is displayed on the LCD display unit 2 and displayed on the home TV device 33 as a color image with gradation.

Further, image data transmitted from the multi-function telephone 1 to another terminal (computer) is also
The image is displayed on the D display unit 2 and is displayed as a color image with gradation by the home TV device 33. It should be noted that image data to which color information has been added by editing an image subjected to gradation processing or color processing can be transmitted to another terminal.

As described above, in the third embodiment, color image data having gradations transmitted from another terminal to the multi-function telephone 1 by the application program stored in the IC card memory 10. Can be displayed on the home TV device 33 as a color image. Furthermore, image data to which color image information edited by gradation processing, color processing, or the like is added can be transmitted to another terminal. In addition,
If the application program stored in the IC card memory 10 is added or changed, the captain information can be viewed on the home TV device 33.

[0036]

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention , according to the present invention , computer connection means for connecting a computer such as a personal computer, and data displayed on the display unit are transferred to the computer. since it is configured to include <br/> and display control means for displaying on the display of the computer as well as, to display data displayed on the display unit on the display of the computer, that the function of the display unit Ru is extended effective.

[0038]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an extension system of a multifunction telephone according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a multifunction telephone extension system according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an extension system of a multifunction telephone according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an extension system for a multifunction telephone according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional multifunctional telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multifunction telephone 2 LCD display part 10 IC card memory 11 RS232C connector cable 12 Computer main body 20 Control part 27 Data communication control mechanism 25 Data communication modem 31 CRT controller 32 Insertion side connection jack 33 Television receiver RR Facsimile control mechanism CL telephone line

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile control mechanism having a reading processing section for reading image data and a recording processing section for reproducing image data on paper, a data communication control mechanism for transmitting and receiving data, and data transmitted and received by the data communication control mechanism. In a multi-function telephone comprising a display unit for displaying and a control unit for controlling these, a computer connection means configured to connect a computer such as a personal computer, and data displayed on the display unit to the computer side. By the data communication control mechanism
Display control means for displaying received data on a display of the computer side; communication means for communicating with another computer using the connected computer; and an IC card into which an IC card memory is inserted. A function expansion system for a multi-function telephone, comprising: a memory insertion unit; and a display control unit and a communication unit configured by a program read from an IC card memory inserted into the IC card memory insertion unit.