JPH0738693A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add information as to whether individual picture data are displayed or printed precedingly to a reception list of picture data received by the facsimile equipment and to display the resulting data. CONSTITUTION:Based on received picture data, management data such as a reception number m1, reception date m2, sheet number m3, a destination telephone number m4 of picture data are sequentially stored in a picture information storage area 2a of a memory 2, and a reception list is generated. The reception list is displayed on a display panel, desired picture data are selected, displayed or printed. A code representing display and printing is written in displayed data m5 or printed data m6 in the storage area 2a relating to the picture data of the memory 2 is written and a mark displayed and printed is displayed on the display panel 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a memory reception type facsimile machine for storing received image data in a storage means such as a memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, facsimile machines have been used in addition to printing means such as printers because of the idea of resource saving and social demand.
A storage unit such as a memory and a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel are provided, and after the image data received from the other party is sequentially stored in the storage unit, the reception list is displayed on the display panel and the displayed list is displayed. Among them, a device of a memory reception system is used in which only a necessary one is selected and printed on a recording paper.

Unlike a conventional facsimile machine which directly prints the received contents on the recording paper indiscriminately, the facsimile machine of the paperless memory receiving system can freely select information. , While saving the waste of recording paper and energy to conserve resources, it also prevents troubles such as confidential contents received during absence from being printed and being seen by a third party other than the user.
It is also welcomed for the protection of privacy. Further, it has a useful function such that the contents of the memory can be arbitrarily erased and updated, while necessary information can be continuously stored and further transferred to other storage means.

The reception list stored in the memory is
It is displayed on the display panel by operation, and the user can select the necessary image data from it and display it on the display panel to check the contents, and if necessary, print it on the printer, and continue to store in memory. Can be stored in. Unnecessary image data can be deleted and deleted from the list.

[0005]

However, although the above-mentioned paperless memory reception type facsimile apparatus can display the reception list stored in the memory on the display panel each time, it does not display the reception list. No indication is given as to how the image data contained in the image was subsequently processed, and therefore the image data included in the list has already been printed or not, or has already been displayed and confirmed. There is no distinction between unidentified and unconfirmed. Therefore, there is a problem that unconfirmed image data is mistakenly recognized as confirmed and is erased carelessly, or conversely, duplicate printing is performed. Further, if the image data is not erased due to such a concern, the memory capacity is limited, and the memory becomes full immediately, which causes a problem in reception after that.

An object of the present invention is to display, when displaying the reception list on the display means, information indicating that each image data has already been displayed or has already been printed. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device with improved convenience.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a storage means for sequentially storing received image data, and a selection means for selecting one of the stored image data to be displayed or printed. A storage unit for displaying the selected image data, and a printing unit for printing the selected image data on a recording sheet.
The reception list of the stored image data is created and, based on the display operation or the printing operation of the selected image data, the determination data indicating that the image data has been displayed or has been printed is received in the reception list. The display means displays the reception list based on the contents stored in the storage means, and displays information indicating that the reception list is displayed or has been printed. It is a facsimile machine.

[0008]

The facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprises a storage means, a selection means, a display means, and a printing means. Image data from the other party is stored in the storage means and a reception list is created. The reception list is displayed by the display unit, desired image data is selected, displayed by the display unit, or printed on the recording paper by the printing unit. Based on the display operation or the print operation, the storage unit stores the discrimination data indicating that the image data has been displayed or printed in the reception list. The display means displays the symbol indicating the displayed or printed when the reception list is displayed, based on the contents stored in the storage means. As a result, information whether the image data has been previously confirmed or printed has been clearly displayed.

[0009]

1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a facsimile apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A display panel 4 which is realized by stacking a liquid crystal element and a pressure-sensitive tablet, for example, and on which a tilt angle can be freely set is arranged on the front surface of a facsimile device (hereinafter, also referred to as “device”) 1. When the power is turned on, a menu screen, which will be described later, is displayed on the display panel 4, and various mode settings and desired image data are selected by touching a predetermined portion of the screen to perform operations such as display and printing. It is supposed to be done. The display panel 4 is automatically turned off after being left for a certain period of time after the power is turned on to save energy and prolong the life of the panel.

At the upper part of the display panel 4, there is provided an insertion port 21 for inserting a document to be transmitted to the other party, and at the lower part of the screen there are a recording sheet storage section 22 and an ejection port 23 for ejecting the printed recording sheet. It is provided. On the back surface 24 of the device 1, line connection terminals, telephone connection terminals, ringing tone adjuster, etc., which are not shown, are arranged. An insertion opening 25 for inserting an external storage means such as a floppy disk or an electronic card is provided on the front right side of the apparatus 1, and a connection socket 26 for a document reading means such as a hand scanner is provided on the side surface.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical construction of the facsimile apparatus 1. The device 1 includes an image data memory (hereinafter also referred to as a “memory”) 2 serving as a storage unit.
A printer 3 as a printing means, a display panel 4 realized by a large liquid crystal element, a pressure sensitive tablet, etc.
ROM (read only memory) 5, dictionary memory 6, line memory 7, VRAM (video random access memory) 8 and other memory groups, and image manipulation LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) for reducing and rotating the display screen 9, VR
Peripheral devices and interfaces such as an AM controller 10 and a printer control circuit 11, a modem 12, and a CPU (central processing unit) 13 for centrally controlling the blocks.
Are connected to each other via bus lines L1 to L3, and are connected to a telephone line or a facsimile line via a line network unit LIU (not shown) for mutual data transmission with the other party.

When the device 1 receives the image data from the other party, together with the image data, management data such as the receiving time, the number of sheets and the number of the other party are sequentially written in a predetermined image information storage area of the memory 2 and received. Stored with the list. In the present embodiment, as will be described later, a message “reception” is displayed on the menu screen, and then a reception confirmation operation is performed to display the reception list on the screen of the display panel 4.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on the display panel 4. In FIG. 3, FIG.
2 and the parts corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. When the display panel 4 is powered on, a menu screen 31 for initial setting is displayed. The menu screen 31 includes a display area such as a message display section p1, a calendar p2, a clock p3, a memory usage display section p4, and a plurality of function key areas such as a plurality of menu keys a1 to a8 and a reception mode setting key a9. Has been done.

The menu keys a1 to a8 and the reception mode setting key a9 are realized by a touch panel system which operates by touching this part with a fingertip, and the "FAX" key a1 is a "telephone" key a2 when transmitting to the other party. Is for switching to the side-by-side telephone, and the "copy" key a3 is for "confirmation of reception" when specifying the density of the print, scaling, image quality, number of copies, etc.
The key a4 is used to display the reception list, the "phone book" key a5 is used to display previously stored phone numbers and new phone numbers are registered, and the "report" key a6 is used to send and receive records. When displaying, "Register / Set" key a
7 is a "guide" key a8 for displaying the instruction manual of the device 1 at the time of initial setting of date / sender name, number, etc., environment setting such as receiving mode, bell ringing frequency, etc., and other function setting. These are the keys that are touched each time.

The "receive mode setting" key a9 is touched when setting a receive mode suitable for a purpose such as automatic reception / manual reception / answering machine. When these function keys are touched, the display screen is switched from the menu screen 31 to the guidance display screen corresponding to the function key, and desired operation or display is performed by selecting or inputting according to the instruction on the screen.

When the received data is stored in the image data memory 2, the message display section p1 of the menu screen 31 displays a message of "received" and an instruction as shown in the figure. When the user touches the reception confirmation key a4 according to the instruction, a list of received data and operation keys such as “display”, “print”, and “delete” are arranged on the display panel 4 instead of the menu screen 31. The reception confirmation screen is displayed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the reception list stored in the image data memory 2, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the reception confirmation screen. Referring to FIG. 4, the memory 2
Is provided with an image information storage area 2a in which a reception list of image data is created and stored. In the image information storage area 2a, the reception number m1, the reception date and time m2, the number m3, the telephone number m4 of the other party are sequentially written, and the image data is displayed on the screen in the displayed data m5 and the printed data m6. Information indicating whether or not it is displayed and whether or not it is printed on the recording paper is written as "0" or "1".

Referring to FIG. 5, in the reception confirmation screen 32,
Display areas such as a message display portion q1, a list display portion q2, a memory usage amount display portion q3, and a received number display portion q4, cursor operation keys b1 and b2, and a "display" key b.
3, "Delete" key b4, "Print" key b5, "Set"
A plurality of operation key areas such as a key b6 and a help key b7 are arranged. The help key b7 is a key for displaying guidance on operation on the screen.

The list display section q2 corresponds to the contents of the image information storage area 2a of the memory 2, and the reception number m1, the reception date and time m2, the number m3, the telephone number m4 of the other party, etc. are sequentially displayed in a list. . The user operates the cursor operation keys b1, b according to the instruction of the message display portion q1.
When one of the reception lists (for example, reception number 3) is selected by operating 2 and displayed, touch the display key b3 and the set key b6 to display the selected image data on the display panel 4. It is displayed and you can check the contents. At the same time, by this operation, "1" is written in the displayed data m5 in the image information storage area 2a of the memory 2, and the information indicating the displayed state is stored. Further CPU
Reference numeral 13 drives the image display VRAM 8, the image display controller 10, etc. based on the data “1” of the displayed data m5 of the memory 2, and the corresponding portion of the displayed data m5 of the reception confirmation screen 32 (reception number 3 ) Displays the screen mark s1 indicating that the display has been completed. Thereby, for example, the data of the reception number 3 is displayed every time the subsequent reception confirmation operation confirms that the data was previously confirmed on the screen.

When printing image data, desired image data (for example, reception number 1) is selected by the same operation as in the case of the above display, and the print key b5 and the set key b are selected.
When 6 is touched, the printer 3 operates and desired image data is printed on the recording paper. At the same time, "1" is written in the printed data m6 in the image information storage area 2a of the memory 2, and the information indicating printing is stored. Further, a paper mark s2 is displayed at the corresponding portion (reception number 1) of the printed data m6 on the reception confirmation screen 32. As a result, for example, the image data of the reception number 1 is displayed each time the subsequent reception confirmation operation indicates that the image data was previously printed on the recording paper.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus 1. FIG. 6 shows the process from the search of one image data to the end of printing, which will be described with reference to FIGS. Display panel 4 in step n1
When the power is turned on, the menu screen 31 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed in step n2, and it is determined in step n3 whether or not the "reception confirmation" key a4 on the screen is touched. If touched, the screen is switched in step n4 and the reception list shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. At this time, it is checked in step n5 whether or not the image data displayed in the list has been printed before, and it is checked in step n7 whether or not the image data is displayed, and in step n6, the printed image data is checked. The paper mark s2 is displayed in the list, and the screen mark s1 is displayed in the list for the already displayed image data in step n8. This allows the user to list the processed and unprocessed image data stored in the memory.

At step n9, the cursor operation key b
By the operations of 1 and b2, it is determined whether or not the user has selected desired image data from the list. If the cursor operation keys b1 and b2 are not operated, step n17
If it is operated, the process proceeds to step n10 to determine whether the "display" key b3 on the screen is touched next. If not, the process proceeds to step n19 to determine whether the "delete" b4 key is touched. To be judged.
When the "delete" key b4 is touched, the process proceeds to step n20, the image data is erased from the image memory 2, and at the same time, the display of the reception list is deleted, and then the process returns to step n4 and the reception list after deletion is displayed. It Also step n
If it is not the "delete" key b4 at 19, step n1
It proceeds to step 3 and determines whether the "print" key b6 has been touched.

When the "display" key b3 and the "set" key b6 are touched in step n10, the image data selected in step n11 is read from the image memory 2 and displayed on the display panel 4. This allows the user to confirm the content of the selected image data. At the next step n12, a flag indicating that the image data is displayed is set and stored in the reception list data of the memory 2. With this, every time the reception list is displayed,
The screen mark s1 is displayed in the list.

At step n13, it is judged whether the "print" key b5 and the "set" key b6 have been touched. If not touched, the process proceeds to step n17, and the elapsed time is measured by a counter or the like not shown. Within a predetermined time, the process returns to step n3 to continue the display of the reception list, and if a certain time elapses without touching, the process proceeds to step n18 and the power of the display panel 4 is automatically turned off.

When the "print" key b5 and the "set" key b6 are touched in step n13, the process proceeds to step n14 and the printer 3 is operated to print the selected image data on the recording paper. In step n15, the progress of printing is checked, and if printing is completed, a flag indicating that the image data has been printed is set in step n16,
It is stored in the reception list data of the memory 2. As a result, every time the reception list is displayed, the paper mark s
2 will be displayed in the receiving list.

After the printing is completed, the process proceeds to step n17, the time elapse is checked as described above, the next operation is not performed, and if a certain time elapses, the process proceeds to step n18 to automatically turn on the power supply of the display panel 4. It is turned off and the process ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment, regarding the list of the image data displayed as the reception list, whether or not the image data has been printed before, or has been previously displayed and the contents have been confirmed. Since the information as to whether or not is displayed at the same time, it is possible to prevent troubles such as erroneous deletion of image data without confirming the contents and waste of reprinting previously printed image data.

[0028]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the image data from the other party is stored by the storage means, the reception list is created, the reception list is displayed by the display means, and the desired image data is displayed. Is selected and displayed by the display unit or printed on the recording paper by the printing unit, and the storage unit indicates that the image data has been displayed or printed based on the display operation or the printing operation. Discrimination data is stored in the reception list. Further, the display means displays the information indicating the displayed or printed when the reception list is displayed based on the contents stored in the storage means. As a result, regarding the list of image data displayed as the reception list, the information whether the image data was previously printed or previously displayed and confirmed has been displayed at the same time. It is possible to prevent a trouble that the image data is erased by mistake and a waste that the previously printed image data is printed again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a facsimile apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the facsimile apparatus 1.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen 31 displayed on the display panel 4 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an image information storage area 2a of the image data memory 2.
It is a figure which shows the structure of.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a reception confirmation screen 32 displayed on the display panel 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile device 2 Image data memory 2a Image information storage area 3 Printer 4 Display panel 31 Menu screen 32 Reception confirmation screen a4 Reception confirmation key p1 Message display part p4 Memory usage display part q2 Reception list display part s1 Image data display mark s2 Image data printed mark

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit that sequentially stores received image data, a selection unit that selects one of the stored image data to be displayed or to be printed, and the selected image data. Display means for displaying, and a printing means for printing the selected image data on a recording paper, the storage means, while creating a reception list of the stored image data of the selected image data Based on the display operation or the printing operation, the determination data indicating that the image data is displayed or printed is also stored in the reception list, and the display unit stores the determination data based on the contents stored in the storage unit. A fax characterized by displaying the reception list and displaying information indicating that the reception list is displayed or printed. Li equipment.