JPH1168913A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to quickly select any of redial telephone numbers of frequent use by storing redial information including a redial destination for each user and a redial destination based on the redial information. SOLUTION: When an operation display section 7 is used to instruct transmission or an original is placed while its destination is designated, whether or not the destination is listed on a destination list of redial information is checked. If listed, the destination is moved to a head of the list. When not listed, the destination is added to the head of the list. In this case, when number of destinations listed on the list reaches a maximum destination number, a final destination in the list is deleted. A storage section SAF3 storing image information or the like has an area to store redial information in cross reference with each user ID. Upon the receipt of information of the user ID by the operation of the user, a facsimile control section 6 uses redial information from the area. Thus, each user has its own redial information.

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 facsimile machine having a function of restricting and managing users and a function of selecting a redial destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine having a function of restricting and managing a user by using personal information such as a user's key card, a personal identification code, and a department code and a function of selecting a redial destination by using redial information is known. I have.

[0003]

However, in a conventional facsimile machine which is shared and used due to user restrictions or the like, if a large number of telephone numbers are stored in the redial destination and a large number of stored telephone numbers are displayed. However, there is a problem that it takes time to select a telephone number to use from among them.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and has as its object to provide a facsimile apparatus that allows a user to quickly select a redial telephone number used by the user.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus of the present invention is a facsimile apparatus having a function of restricting and managing users based on password information input by the user. It is characterized in that storage means for storing redial information including a redial address every time, and selection means for selecting a redial address based on the stored redial information are provided.

When storing the redial address in the storage means, the password information of the user is stored, and the selection means performs the redial based on the input password information, the stored redial address and the stored password information. It is good to select a destination.

[0007] When a common redial destination is stored for a plurality of users, it may be stored together with information indicating the redial destination.

[0008] Further, when the redial destination is selected by the selection means, a display means for displaying the redial destination corresponding to the user at that time from among the stored redial destinations first, and then displaying another redial destination. It is good to provide.

Further, when a redial destination is selected by the selecting means, a redial destination corresponding to the user at that time is displayed first from among the stored redial destinations, then a common redial destination is displayed. It is preferable to provide a display means for displaying the redial address of the user.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.
FIG. 4 to FIG. 4 show an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a reading unit (scanner) having an enlargement / reduction reading function, 2 denotes a writing unit (plotter), and 3 denotes a storage unit (SAF) for image information and the like. Used. The destination information of the electronic telephone directory is also stored here. 4 is a communication control unit (CCU), 5 is a modem, 6
Denotes a facsimile control unit, 7 denotes an operation display unit (op board), 8 denotes a page memory, 9 denotes an image information compression / reproduction unit (DCR) having an enlargement / reduction function, and 10 denotes a key card to restrict users using a key card. Key card device.

In the facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration, the key card device 1
There is a method of reading password information from a key card at 0, and a method of inputting password information such as a password or a department code from the operation display unit 7.

Next, a method of storing the destination (telephone number) in the redial information will be described. When transmission or document storage with a destination specified by the operation display unit 7 is performed, it is checked whether the destination is in the list of destinations of the redial information. If there is, move the destination to the top of the list. If not, add the destination to the top of the list. At this time, if the maximum number of destinations that can be stored in the redial information has been reached, the last destination in the list is deleted.

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the SAF 3 has an area in which redial information is recorded for each user ID. When the facsimile control unit 6 receives, for example, 0002 as a user ID by a user operation, it uses the area 0002 as redial information.

[0015] This allows the user to have redial information for each user and displays it, so that the user can quickly select the redial destination used by the user.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the destination is stored, the user ID at that time is recorded together with the redial information as shown in FIG. However, if the user ID is different even if the destination is the same, the destination is processed as not matching.

When displaying the redial information, the facsimile control unit 6 first displays a destination that matches the current user ID, and then displays a destination that does not match. For example,
In the case of FIG. 3, if the user ID is 0001, the destinations are displayed in the order of destination 3, destination 0, destination 1, and destination 2 (d, a, b, c).

In the above-described first embodiment, the storage capacity of the redial information increases, but according to the present embodiment, the storage capacity can be reduced.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. When storing the destination, the user ID at that time is recorded together with the redial information as shown in FIG. When the destination is stored, it operates as follows.

First, it is checked whether or not the destination to be stored is in the redial information. If not, the destination and the user ID are added to the top of the list. User ID, if any
Is checked with the user ID recorded therein. If they match, move the destination to the top of the list. If they do not match, the destination is moved to the top of the list, and the destination is set to a multiple user ID (FFFF).

When displaying the redial information, the facsimile control unit 6 first displays the destination corresponding to the current user ID, then displays the destination having the user ID of FFFF, and finally displays the other destinations. indicate. For example, in the case of FIG. 4, if the user ID is 0001, destination 3, destination 1, destination 0,
The destinations are displayed in the order of destination 2 (d, b, a, c).

In the second embodiment described above, when the same destination is used for a plurality of user IDs, the same destination is registered, and the number of redial destinations that can be registered is limited. According to the embodiment, such a problem can be solved.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since each user has redial information, it is possible to quickly select a destination used by the user.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to realize a function of quickly selecting the redial destination used by the user with a much smaller storage capacity than the first aspect of the present invention.

According to the invention of claim 3, the method of claim 3 solves the problem that the same destination is registered when the same destination is used by a plurality of user IDs, and the storage capacity is reduced. Further reductions can be made.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the user can easily find the telephone number used by himself / herself in the display, can quickly select a redial destination, and perform redialing by a plurality of users. The destination can also be selected quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a memory map of redial information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of redial information according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of redial information according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scanner 2 Plotter 3 Storage part (SAF) of image information etc. 4 Communication control part 5 Modem 6 Facsimile control part 7 Operation display part 8 Page memory 9 Image information compression reproduction part (DCR) 10 Key card

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a function of restricting and managing users based on password information input by a user, wherein: a storage means for storing redial information including a redial destination for each user; Selecting means for selecting a redial destination based on the stored redial information. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein storing the redial address in the storage means stores the password information of the user, and the selecting means stores the input password information, the stored redial address and the stored password information. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a redial destination is selected based on the following. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a common redial destination for a plurality of users is stored together with information indicating the redial destination. 4. A display for displaying a redial destination corresponding to a user at that time from among the stored redial destinations when a redial destination is selected by the selection means, and then displaying another redial destination. 3. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means. 5. When a redial destination is selected by the selection means, a redial destination corresponding to a user at that time is displayed first from among the stored redial destinations, and then the common redial destination is displayed. 4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising display means for displaying another redial destination.