JPH1117852A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate an input operation and to prevent the occurrence of an input error by storing a mail address communicated in the past, making a user select the mail address at the time of registering the mail address to a key and allocating the selected mail address to the key. SOLUTION: A main control part 1 controls the respective parts of the hardware of this equipment through a bus and executes a software stored in a ROM 6. The main control part 1 stores the mail address specified in the past and the destination of multi-address transmission in a RAM 7 as history data. Then, at the time of registering the mail address and the destination of the multi-address transmission to a one-easy-step key, in the case that a redial key is pressed for instance, the mail addresses and the destinations of the multi- address transmission stored in the RAM 7 are successively displayed at the display of a display part 4. The user is made to make selection from them and the selected mail address and the plural destinations of the multi-address transmission are stored in the RAM 7 as registration data to the key.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device having a function of connecting to an electronic mail and a function of transmitting a broadcast.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a computer communication network which connects a local computer communication network with a communication line and distributes e-mail via a networked Internet or the like has become widespread. The computer communication network has an excellent error correction function and can communicate with computers not only in Japan but also abroad simply by paying the communication cost to the nearest provider (a connection company to the computer communication network).

[0003] The communication procedure and communication system of the conventional G3 facsimile apparatus are different from those of the computer communication network.
Cannot directly connect to computer communication network. However, even image data such as a transmission original can be transmitted to a computer communication network by converting the image data into an electronic mail format.

When transmitting image data converted into an electronic mail format to such a computer communication network, the destination of the electronic mail can be specified by, for example, "aaaa@bbbb.c
o.jp ", enter and specify a mail address including a user name (aaaa), a @ mark, and a domain name (bbbb.co.jp) for specifying a network group to which this user belongs.

[0005] The communication terminal device is generally provided with keys called speed dials and one-touch keys.
By registering the facsimile number in advance as a speed dial or a one-touch key so that the other party can be called with a small number of key inputs, it is possible to save the trouble of input and to avoid input errors.

Further, in a communication terminal device having a broadcast transmission function, a plurality of destinations of broadcast transmission are grouped and registered in one one-touch key, and a plurality of destinations are operated by one operation of the one-touch key. There is something that can be specified.

[0007]

As described above, since the mail address includes characters, symbols, and numerals and has a large number of digits as described above, operations such as inputting the mail address when registering with the one-touch key are complicated. In addition, input errors are likely to occur. In addition, when registering a broadcast transmission destination, since the number of destinations is large, the registration operation is complicated even if the number is a facsimile number only, and input errors easily occur. It is complicated and an input error easily occurs.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem. For example, a mail address that has been communicated in the past and a history of a destination of a broadcast transmission are stored.
By allowing the user to select by displaying history data, etc., and registering the selected e-mail address and destination in a key such as a one-touch key, the operation of registering the e-mail address and the destination of the broadcast transmission to the key is easy. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device which has a small number of input errors.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal apparatus having an electronic mail communication function and having a communication destination specifying key capable of registering an electronic mail address. Means for storing the address of the destination of communication, means for receiving a selection from the stored addresses when assigning an address to the key, and means for storing the selected address as an address assigned to the key. It is characterized by having.

In the first invention, a mail address communicated in the past is stored, and when the mail address is registered in the key, the user is allowed to select the mail address by displaying the history data or the like. Assign an address to a key. This facilitates the input operation when registering the mail address in the key, and reduces the occurrence of input errors.

[0011] In addition to the first invention, the communication terminal device of the second invention stores, when registering an address to a key, means for receiving a selection from addresses already registered in another key. A plurality of addresses selected from past communication destination addresses and / or registered addresses are assigned to the key as one key.
Means for storing as a registered address of one group.

In the second invention, when a mail address is registered in a key, the user is allowed to select the mail address by displaying history data or the like, to select from mail addresses registered in the key, or to select from both. Then, the plurality of selected e-mail addresses are registered as a group with one key. This facilitates an input operation when registering a group with a plurality of mail addresses as keys, and reduces occurrence of input errors.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device having a broadcast transmission function and having a communication destination designation key capable of registering a destination of the broadcast transmission as one group. It is characterized in that a plurality of destinations designated at the time of transmitting a report are stored as destinations of group registration to a key.

In the third invention, a plurality of destinations such as a facsimile number and a mail address designated at the time of broadcast transmission are registered in a key at the time of broadcast transmission or after broadcast transmission. This facilitates an input operation when a plurality of broadcast transmission destinations are registered as a key in a group, and reduces occurrence of input errors.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus as a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the Internet is used as a computer communication network. Main control unit 1
Is a code that not only controls each part of the hardware of the apparatus through a bus but also encodes or decodes image data of an original by an encoding method such as MH, MR, or MMR based on software stored in the ROM 6. It executes software such as encryption / decoding, image (TIFF) conversion, binary / text conversion, mail editing, modem switching, communication procedures including control of RS232C by AT commands, and the like.

The main control unit 1 stores the mail address and the destination of the broadcast transmission specified in the past as the history data in the RAM.
7, the mail address stored in the RAM 7 and the destination of the broadcast transmission are displayed on the display unit when, for example, a redial is pressed at the time of registering the mail address to the one-touch key and the destination of the broadcast transmission. Then, the software for storing the selected mail address and a plurality of destinations of the broadcast transmission in the RAM 7 as registration data for the key is executed.

When registering a plurality of e-mail addresses, the main control unit 1 selects one or both of the history data displayed as described above and the e-mail address registered in the one-touch key. The software for storing the e-mail address in the RAM 7 as the e-mail address registered as a group with one key is executed.

In image conversion, at the time of transmission, G3 format image data is converted into TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) which is a general image format used in computers, and at the time of reception, TIFF to G3 format image data is converted. Convert to TIFF is published by Adobe Systems, and defines various Classes that handle not only black and white binary but also black and white multi-valued and full color. One of them, CLASS F, defines G3 format image data, which is image data of a manuscript in which image data of the manuscript is encoded by an encoding method such as MH, MR, or MMR. Therefore,
It can be converted to TIFF by adding TIFF header information of CLASS F to the head of G3 format image data.

In the binary text conversion, binary data is converted to text data at the time of transmission, and text data is converted to binary data at the time of reception. There are computers on the Internet that cannot handle binary data e-mail. When transmitting binary data such as TIFF image data, the data is first converted to text data so that the e-mail reaches the destination. Text data handled on the Internet
It is defined as a 7-bit code in RFC (Request For Comments) 822, a document issued by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).

Therefore, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mai)
l Extensions) is converted using base64 etc. According to this, 6-bit binary data is 64 characters (uppercase, lowercase alphabet, numbers, +, /)
And can be converted to text data. MIME is specified in RFC1521.

In the mail editing, at the time of transmission, mail header information is added to the TIFF image data converted into text data to edit the data into an electronic mail format, and at the time of reception, the mail header information is removed from the data in the electronic mail format, and Extracts only TIFF image data converted to data. Since it is specified that predetermined header information is added to e-mail on the Internet as e-mail management information, the "From: (user's Internet e-mail address) ) ”,“ To: (Internet e-mail address of the other party) ”,“ Subject: (title) ”, etc.

The reading section 2 reads an original by using a CCD or the like, and outputs image data of a black and white binary original. The recording unit 3 includes an electrophotographic printer or the like, and records image data of a document received from another G3 facsimile apparatus or the Internet.

The display unit 4 includes a display such as a liquid crystal display having one touch panel, and displays the operation state of the apparatus, image data of a document, communication history data, and the like. The operation unit 5 includes various function keys such as a cursor key, a cancel key, a redial key, and a start key, in addition to a numeric keypad and a one-touch key necessary for operating the apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of the display of the display unit 4 and the key arrangement of the operation unit 5. Redial key (R
EDIAL) is a key for displaying the history data stored in the RAM 7 on a display. The display also displays a key icon for setting the apparatus to a numeric keypad, a mail address to a one-touch key, a facsimile number, or a registration mode of a broadcast destination.

Cursor key, cancel key (CANCEL)
Is a key used when editing a character string of a directly input mail address. Start key (START),
The stop key (STOP) is a key for instructing start / stop of communication. Enter key (ENTER)
This key is used to determine a selection from the history data displayed on the display when registering a mail address, facsimile number, or broadcast destination to the one-touch key.

The dial option key (OPTION) is used to change the input mode using the numeric keypad and the one-touch key when registering a numeric key, a mail address to the one-touch key, a facsimile number, or a broadcast destination. A key for switching between a mode for instructing display on a display of an address, a facsimile number or a broadcast destination and a direct input mode for a mail address.

A broadcast key (GROUP) is a key for setting the apparatus to a broadcast transmission mode. One-touch keys are used for direct entry modes such as alphabets and symbols, as well as pre-registered e-mail addresses and facsimile numbers, depending on whether or not the dial option key is pressed when registering a mail address, facsimile number, or broadcast destination. Is a key that can be switched to any one of a mode for instructing display on a display. One touch key is 1
A key group 1 to 30 for registering one mail address or facsimile number for one key, and one or a plurality of mail addresses and facsimile numbers are registered as one group and one key operation is performed. Program key group (P1 to P6) for specifying broadcast destination in
It consists of 36.

The ROM 6 stores software necessary for the operation of the facsimile machine. The RAM 7 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, and stores temporary data generated when executing software. The RAM 7 stores a mail address specified in the past by use of a one-touch key or direct input using a numeric keypad as communication history data.

The image memory 8 is composed of a DRAM or the like, and stores image data of a document. The modem 9 is a modem for performing facsimile communication of image data of a document read by the reading unit 2 and has no data communication function. The data modem 10 is, for example, a modem for data communication for communicating image data of a document converted into an electronic mail via the Internet, and includes, for example, an external telephone terminal provided on a chip of the NCU 11 and a telephone. And a serial port of an external I / F 12 for connection to a personal computer or the like, and an RS232C connection. NCU
11 closes and opens the analog line.

Next, a procedure for registering a one-touch key in the communication terminal device of the present invention will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS. First, a procedure for automatically registering a plurality of destinations specified at the time of broadcast transmission in a program key as a group will be described with reference to FIG. When the user sets a document on the platen (step S1) and presses a broadcast key, the apparatus shifts to a broadcast transmission mode (step S2).

When the user designates a plurality of destinations in which one or both of a plurality of mail addresses and facsimile numbers are mixed by selecting a one-touch key and directly inputting a destination (step S3), whether or not to register the designated destination in a group Is inquired to the user (step S4). At this time, if a document is set on the platen, it is determined that the user does not register the group. Only when no document is set, the user is determined to be in the group by pressing the one-touch key program key. It may be a procedure for determining whether or not to register.

When the user selects group registration and selects a key for group registration from among the one-touch key program keys (step S5), for each of the plurality of destinations, a destination already registered in another one-touch key is selected. Is determined (step S6).

If the destination is not registered in another one-touch key, the user registers information on the destination such as the name of the destination (step S7), and registers this destination as a group in the program key (step S8). If the destination is already registered in another one-touch key, the destination is registered as a group in the program key together with information on the destination registered in the one-touch key (step S
8). The above steps S6 to S8 are repeated until all the broadcast destinations have been registered (step S9).

[0034] All the broadcast destinations are registered in the program key, and when the user turns on the start key (step S10)
Then, the original set on the original platen is read, the storage of the read information is started (step S11), and the image data is transmitted to the destination of the broadcast transmission (step S12). In this example, the document on the document table is read and stored at the timing when the start key is pressed, but may be started when the program key to be registered in the group is pressed.

Next, a procedure for registering a group to a program key using communication history data after the end of broadcast transmission will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the user selects a key of the group registration mode (in this example, an icon is displayed on the display), the apparatus enters the group registration mode (step S21). The user presses the redial key to display the communication history data on the display, and selects a previously transmitted destination from the displayed history data (step S22).

For each of the plurality of destinations, it is determined whether or not a destination already registered in another one-touch key has been designated (step S23). If the destination has not been registered in another one-touch key, the user registers information on the destination such as the name of the destination (step S24), and registers this destination as a group in the program key (step S25). If the destination is already registered in another one-touch key, the destination is registered as a group with the information on the destination registered in the one-touch key in the program key (step S25). Steps S23 and above
S25 is repeated until all the destinations of the broadcast are registered (step S26).

When the mail address and the facsimile number which are the destinations of the broadcast transmission are registered in the program key as described above, if the destination is only the facsimile number, the mode is set to the group transmission mode and the program key is pressed. If the email address and the facsimile number are mixed in the destination, or if the destination is just the email address, simply press the program key after manually or automatically logging in to the network with the user's login ID, password, etc. , Facsimile image data and e-mail are broadcast to a plurality of registered destinations.

A procedure for registering one mail address for the one-touch key will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user selects a key in the mail address registration mode for the one-touch key (in this example, an icon is displayed on the display), the mode shifts to a mail address registration mode for the one-touch key (step S31). When the user selects a one-touch key for registering an e-mail address (step S32), whether or not the e-mail address is directly input depends on whether the user has input with a ten-key, one-touch key (alphabet input mode), or pressed a redial key. A judgment is made (step S33). At this time, if the user selects a registered one-touch key, the registered content is changed.

When the user directly inputs a mail address using the ten keys and one-touch keys (alphabet input mode) (step S34), and further inputs a destination name (step S36), the mail address is registered in the one-touch key.

On the other hand, when the user presses the redial key,
Communication history data is displayed on the display, and the user selects an e-mail address to be registered from the displayed history data (step S35), and further inputs a destination name (step S36). Is registered as a one-touch key. The above steps S32 to S36 are repeated until the user stops registration (step S37), while inquiring of the user whether to register the next one-touch key.

As described above, when the mail address is registered in the one-touch key, the user logs in to the network with the user's login ID, password, and the like, and the e-mail is transmitted to the registered destination simply by pressing the one-touch key. You.

A procedure for registering a plurality of e-mail addresses in the one-touch key program key will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the user selects the key of the mail address group registration mode for the program key (in this example, an icon is displayed on the display), the mode shifts to the mail address group registration mode for the program key (step S41).

When the user selects a key from the program keys (step S42), if the dial option key is not pressed, the user registers a mail address by selecting a one-touch key whose mail address has already been registered. If it is determined that the dial option key has been pressed, it is determined that the user directly inputs the mail address using the one-touch key (step S43).
At this time, when the user selects a registered program key, the registered contents are changed.

The user selects a one-touch key without pressing the dial option key (step S44), and further inputs a destination name (step S48), so that the mail address already registered in the one-touch key is one mail of the group. The address is registered in the program key (step S49). However, if the one-touch key selected by the user is not registered in the mail address, the selection of the user is rejected.

When the user presses the dial option key after the one-touch key, whether or not to directly input the mail address depends on whether the user has input with the ten-key, one-touch key (alphabet input mode), or pressed the redial key. A judgment is made (step S45). The user directly inputs the e-mail address using the ten keys and one-touch keys (alphabet input mode) (step S4
6) By further inputting the destination name (step S48)
), The mail address is registered in the program key as one mail address of the group (step S49)
).

On the other hand, when the user presses the redial key after the one-touch key or the dial option key, communication history data is displayed on the display, and the user
By selecting an e-mail address to be registered from the displayed history data (step S47), and further inputting a destination name (step S48), the e-mail address is registered in the program key as one e-mail address of the group. (Step S49). The above steps S42 to S49 are repeated until the user stops the registration, while inquiring the user whether or not to register the next program key.

When the mail address is registered in the program key as described above, after setting the broadcast mode, the user logs in to the network with the user's login ID, password, etc., and presses the program key to register. The e-mail is broadcast to a plurality of destinations.

[0048]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the communication terminal device stores the mail address communicated in the past and, when registering the mail address in the key, displays the history data and selects the mail address for the user. Since the selected e-mail address is registered in the key, the input operation for registering the e-mail address in the key is easy, and there is an excellent effect that occurrence of input errors is reduced.

The communication terminal device according to the second aspect of the present invention allows the user to select a mail address by registering the mail address in the key, for example, by displaying history data, or to select from the mail addresses registered in the key, or both. Is selected, and a plurality of selected e-mail addresses are registered in a group with one key. Therefore, it is easy to perform an input operation when a plurality of e-mail addresses are registered in a group with a key, and there is little occurrence of input errors. It has the effect.

The communication terminal device of the third invention registers a plurality of destinations such as a facsimile number and a mail address designated at the time of the broadcast transmission in one key at the time of the broadcast transmission or after the broadcast transmission. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the input operation when a plurality of destinations of the broadcast transmission are registered in a group as a key is easy, and the occurrence of input errors is small.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display of a display unit and a key arrangement of an operation unit of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a procedure for automatic group registration in the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a procedure of group registration using history in the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a procedure for registering an address to a one-touch key in the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a procedure of registering an address group to a one-touch key in the communication terminal device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main control unit 4 Display unit 5 Operation unit 6 ROM 7 RAM 10 Data modem 12 External I / F

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device having an e-mail communication function and having a key for specifying a communication destination capable of registering an e-mail address, means for storing an address of a past communication destination; When assigning addresses,
A communication terminal device comprising: means for receiving a selection from the stored addresses; and means for storing the selected address as an address assigned to a key. 2. A means for accepting a selection from addresses already registered in another key when registering an address in a key, and a means for receiving stored addresses of past communication destinations and / or registered addresses. Multiple addresses selected from among
2. A communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing as a registration address of one group to the key. 3. A communication terminal device having a broadcast transmission function and having a communication destination designation key capable of registering a destination of the broadcast transmission as one group as a group is designated at the time of broadcast transmission. A communication terminal device for storing a plurality of destinations as destinations for group registration to a key.