JPH0779399B2 - Equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Outline] In a facsimile machine, when referring to a plurality of types of facsimile management information stored in a management list storage means, a desired type of information is displayed by a display control means. It is possible to omit the waste of the recording medium by displaying on the screen.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a facsimile machine for obtaining a hard copy based on a received signal by using a public telephone line, for example.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in a known facsimile device, image information of a document such as characters and photographs can be transmitted to a distant place using a communication line. At present, since image communication can be performed via a public telephone line, such a facsimile machine is generally widely used in the office automation.

By the way, in such a facsimile apparatus, management information such as a transmission management record and a speed dial registration list for simplifying a transmission operation is stored in a memory in the facsimile apparatus, and this management information is stored at the time of transmission / reception. Based on this, communication control is performed.

Conventionally, when it is necessary to change or check the management information and refer to the management information, the operator prints the corresponding management information from the received document recording unit of the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 6 shows an operation explanatory diagram of the conventional example. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a line memory that stores dot patterns.
One square (b) in FIG. 7 corresponds to one dot, and 1-bit information is stored. The number of dots for recording width
It is 1728 dots for A4.

When the operator gives an instruction to print the management information (step 51
1) The information storage unit in which the relevant management information is stored is searched (step 512). Since the management information is recorded as a code, next, dot pattern data corresponding to the searched management information code is created (step
513, hereafter, this operation is called CG (Charactor Generator) deployment). The created dot pattern data is sequentially input to the line memory capable of accumulating several tens of lines from the address indicated by the input pointer (step 514), and based on that, printed on the recording medium from the address indicated by the output pointer (step 515). ).

Then, it is determined whether or not the search for the target management information is completed (step 516). If there is other management information to be retrieved and the determination is negative, the process from the retrieval of the information storage unit (step 512) to the printing on the recording paper (step 515) is repeated.

During this repeated operation (step 512 to step 515),
When the line memory input or output pointers point to the final pointers, these pointers are reset to the initial pointers. Further, the output pointer is controlled so as not to overtake the input pointer (the initial values of both the input pointer and the output pointer indicate the initial pointer).

After searching the target management information, step 516
If the affirmative decision is made in step 1, the processing ends.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional method, even the management information that can be seen once has to be printed on the recording medium, and further, all the management information that may include the reference information has to be printed. .

Therefore, there is a problem that unnecessary portions are printed and the recording medium is wasted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and an object thereof is to provide a facsimile apparatus which refers to management information without wasting a recording medium.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

In the figure, a management list storage means 111 stores a plurality of types of facsimile management information.

The instructing means 231 indicates the types of the plurality of types of facsimile management information.

The display control means 121 reads out the facsimile management information of the type designated by the instruction means 231, from the management list storage means 111, and creates display data of the facsimile management information.

The display means 129 displays the display data 128.

Therefore, as a whole, the display unit 129 is configured to display the management information in the management list storage unit 111.

[Action]

Facsimile management information is stored in the management list storage means 111, and the display control means 121 stores management list storage means 111 for storing the facsimile management information of the type instructed by the instruction means for instructing the type of facsimile management information. The display data 128 is created from the facsimile management information.

The display means 129 displays the display data 128 created by the display control means 121.

In the present invention, the facsimile management information is displayed on the display unit 129 without being printed on the recording medium, so that the recording medium for reference is unnecessary.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

I. Correspondence between Embodiment and FIG. 1 Here, the correspondence between the embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 1 will be described.

The management list storage means 111 corresponds to the management list storage EEPROM 211.

The display control means 121 corresponds to the control unit 221, the spool RAM 223, the CG development unit 225, and the display program storage unit 227.

The display unit 129 corresponds to the display unit 229.

The display data 128 corresponds to an instruction signal from the control unit 221 to the display unit 229.

II. Configuration of Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below on the assumption that there is a correspondence relationship as described above.

In FIG. 2, transmission image information from a distant facsimile device 290 connected by a line is received by a network control device 251 and demodulated by a modulator / demodulator 253. Then, under the control of the control unit 221 via the line control unit 255, it is restored by the signal compression / decompression unit 265 and stored in the data storage unit 210. The data stored in the data storage unit 210 is output from the recording unit 263.

When transmitting image information from the facsimile device 200 to the facsimile device 290, the document is read by the reading unit 261 and
The image information read by the signal compression / decompression unit 265 is compressed and stored in the data storage unit 210. Then, it is modulated by the modulator / demodulator 253 via the line controller 255 and transmitted from the network controller 251.

In addition, the control unit 221 includes a display unit 229 for displaying the operation status and information stored in the data storage unit 210, and an operation unit 23 for performing an operation.
1. A program storage unit 240 that stores programs is connected. The program storage unit 240 includes a communication program storage unit 241 that stores a transmission / reception program of the facsimile device 200 and a display program storage unit that stores a program for displaying data in the data storage unit 210.
Made of 227 and. The data storage unit 210 includes a document RAM 243 for storing transmission / reception documents, a line memory 245 for printing from the recording unit 263, and a management list storage EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Program) for storing facsimile management information.
mmable Read Only Memory) 211 and a spool RAM 223 for storing information displayed on the display unit 229.

III. Operation of Embodiment FIG. 3 shows an operation panel including a display unit 229 and an operation unit 231 of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the spool RAM 223. Here, one square (b) in FIG. 5 corresponds to one dot, 1-bit information is stored therein, and a hatched portion indicates a range displayed on the display unit 229. The number of recording horizontal dots is, for example, 1728 dots for A4, the number of horizontal dots that can be displayed is 1024 dots, and the number of vertical dots that can be displayed is 128, for example.
Dot.

Hereinafter, reference will be made to FIGS. 2 to 5.

Now, consider a case where a transmission management record is stored in the management list storage EEPROM 211 as one of the management information, and the transmission management record is displayed on the display unit 229 according to an operator's instruction for reference.

The display unit 229 is a graphic liquid crystal display device (hereinafter graphic
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)), and the operation unit 231 has a plurality of operation keys 333 for giving operation instructions and four arrow keys 331 for moving the portion displayed on the display unit 229. Shall consist of Prior to displaying the transmission management record, the X-axis pointer of spool RAM,
Initialize the pointers with the values of the Y-axis pointer and the input pointer as the values of the initial pointer.

Initially, the facsimile device 200 is in a state of waiting for an instruction input from the operation unit 231. The control unit 221 determines whether or not there is a key input from the operation unit 231 (step 411). If there is no key input, a negative determination is made and the determination of step 411 is repeated.

When the operator inputs a key from the operation keys 333 in the operation unit 231, the control unit 221 makes an affirmative decision in step 411,
Next, it is determined whether or not the key input is a management information reference request (step 412). If the request is anything other than management information reference, a negative decision is made, processing is performed according to the input operation (step 413), and processing is terminated.

When the operator inputs a management information reference instruction from the operation key 333, an affirmative decision is made in step 412. Control unit 221
Determines whether or not there is an input of the management information selection key (step 414), and if there is no input, step 4
Repeat 14.

When the operator selects one transmission management record of management information and inputs it with the operation key 333, the control unit 221 makes an affirmative judgment in step 414 and displays the contents of the input key on the display unit 229 (step 415). ), It is determined whether the key input is completed (step 416). If the key input is not completed and a negative determination is made in step 416, the key input (step 41
4) and display (step 415) are repeated.

When the operation end key, which is one of the operation keys 333, is pressed after the key input is completed, the control unit 221 makes an affirmative decision in step 416, and the management list storage EEPROM in which the management information is stored.
The transmission management record is searched from 211 (step 417).

The management information stored in the management list storage EEPROM 211 is stored as a code corresponding to it, and then the control unit 221 inputs the code corresponding to the retrieved transmission management record into the CG expansion unit 225 and corresponds to the code. The created dot pattern is created (step 418). The created dot pattern is sequentially stored in the spool RAM 223 from the address indicated by the input pointer (the initial state is the same as the initial pointer) (the input pointer is updated) (step 419), and the control unit 221 controls all target transmission management. It is determined whether or not the search for records has been completed (step 420). If a negative determination is made that the search has not ended, information search (step 41
7), dot pattern creation (step 418), and sequential storage from the address indicated by the input pointer (step 419) are repeated.

When all the target transmission management records have been searched and an affirmative decision is made in step 420, the control section 221
The contents of the spool RAM 223 are displayed on the display unit 229 from the address indicated by the X-axis pointer and the Y-axis pointer (the initial state is the same as the initial pointer) (step 421). And arrow key 3
It is determined whether or not there is a key input from the 31 or the operation key 333 (step 422). If there is no key input and a negative determination is made in step 422, a state of waiting for instruction input is entered, and the key input determination in step 422 is repeated.

When the operator inputs any key, the control unit 221
Makes an affirmative decision in step 422, and then decides whether or not the input key is the arrow key 331 (step 4
twenty three). When the arrow key 331 is pressed, an affirmative decision is made and the pointer (X-axis pointer or Y-axis pointer) corresponding to the arrow direction is moved. At this time, the moving range of the X-axis pointer is from the initial pointer
Dot)]-[Number of horizontal dots on the display (Example: 1024 dots)]
Then, the moving range of the Y-axis pointer is from the initial pointer to [Input pointer]-[Number of vertical dots on display (Example: 128 dots)]
(Step 424). After that, spool on the display section 229
The contents of the RAM 223 are displayed from the addresses indicated by the X-axis pointer and the Y-axis pointer (step 421).

When the operator inputs an operation key 333 other than the arrow key 331, a negative determination is made in step 423, and then this operation key 3
33 determines whether or not the end of processing is requested (step 425). If it is a request key other than the end of processing, a negative decision is made and processing corresponding to the input key is performed (step 42).
6), the process from step 422 is repeated. Operation key 333
If a request key for ending the processing, which is one of the above, is pressed, an affirmative decision is made in step 425 and the processing is ended.

IV. Summary of Examples In this way, management information to be referenced is stored in the management list EEPR
The CG development unit 225 creates a dot pattern by searching from the OM 211, and stores it in the spool RAM 223. Then, the information is displayed on the display unit 229. If they cannot be displayed at one time, the display location is moved with the arrow keys 331 of the operation unit 231.

Therefore, the management information can be referred to without printing on the recording paper.

V. Modified Embodiment of the Invention In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the display unit 229
Although it is composed of a graphic LCD, it can be composed of an LED or other display device.

Further, the management list storage EEPROM 211 can also use another ROM or RAM instead of the EEPROM.

Furthermore, although the correspondence between FIG. 1 and the present invention has been described in “I. Correspondence between Embodiment and FIG. 1”, the present invention is not limited to this, and there are various modifications. Those skilled in the art can easily guess.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a desired type among a plurality of types of facsimile management information stored in the management list storage unit can be displayed on the display unit and referred to by an instruction from the display control unit. Since the facsimile management information can be obtained without wasting the recording paper, it is extremely useful in practice.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an operation unit 231 and a display unit of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a part of an operation panel including 229, FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a spool RAM, FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of a conventional example, and FIG. The figure is an illustration of a line memory. In the figure, 111 is management list storage means, 121 is display control means, 128 is display data, 129 is display means, 200 is a facsimile device,
210 is a data storage unit, 211 is a management list storage EEPROM, 221
Is a control unit, 223 is a spool RAM, 225 is a CG development unit, 227 is a display program storage unit, 229 is a display unit, 231 is an operation unit, and 240
Is a program storage unit, 241 is a communication program storage unit, 243
Is a document RAM, 245 is a line memory, 251 is a network controller, 2
53 is a modulator / demodulator, 255 is a line control unit, 261 is a reading unit, 263
Is a recording unit, 265 is a signal compression / decompression unit, and 290 is a facsimile machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A management list storage means (111) for storing a plurality of types of facsimile management information, and an instruction means (231) for instructing a desired type of facsimile management information from the plurality of types of facsimile management information.
And reading the facsimile management information of the type instructed by the instruction means (231) from the management list storage means (111), and displaying the facsimile management information display data (12
8. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a display control means (121) for creating 8) and a display means (129) for displaying the display data (128).