JP2000196800A - Facsimile equipment and method for initializing facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize setting of time information or the like without intervention by a user or with a simple user operation and to improve operability. SOLUTION: An operator can perform time setting by inputting the time of a country regardless of a shipping destination even at time setting in a factory, and operability can be improved with little confusion because the time of a shipping destination country is automatically set by providing a time difference table 20 toward Japan representing time difference between Japan and each country, an inputting means that inputs the country and time of a manufacturing source factory and a shipping destination country and a time setting means which finds the time of the shipping country from the country and time of the manufacturing source factory and the shipping destination country based on the table 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a method for setting the time of a facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some facsimile apparatuses have an internal clock function for managing reception and transmission times. In order to use this clock function, it is necessary to set the time in advance, and the time is set by the user when the facsimile apparatus is installed, or set at the time of factory shipment.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional time setting method, when import / export is actively performed as in recent years, the factory to be shipped is different from the country and region of the shipping destination. There is a difference in the time and the correct time cannot be set. In addition, even if you input the time of the shipping destination area in advance, it is easy to get confused because the local time to input is different from the set time, and you will enter the time considering the time difference every time the shipping destination changes, Very inconvenient.

Further, even when the time setting is left to the user, the method of setting the time is complicated, and in particular, most of the time setting is performed immediately after the facsimile apparatus is installed, so that the user is unfamiliar with the apparatus. And simple operation is desired. Therefore, the present invention
Regarding the time setting in the factory, the time can be set by inputting the time of the home country irrespective of the shipping destination, and it is an object to realize the time setting and improve the operability by a simple operation. .

[0005] In addition, by calling a service station in the area according to the input setting destination area and receiving time information from the service station, user operation for time setting becomes unnecessary or simplified, and operability is improved. The task is to make

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above problem, a time management unit having time difference information of a country and a region, an input region, an input unit for inputting the time of the input region and a change destination region, and the input region and the time of the input region Time setting means for obtaining the time of the change destination area based on the time difference information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service station managing means having service station number information of a country and a region, an input means for inputting a setting destination area, and the service station number information based on the service station number information. It is characterized by comprising a calling means for calling a service station corresponding to a destination area, and a receiving means for receiving current time information from the service station.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein the service station recognizes the telephone number of its own device by calling the calling means. A call disconnecting means for disconnecting the call, wherein the receiving means detects a tone newly transmitted to the telephone number of the terminal itself recognized from the service station and receives the current time information. Things.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for initializing a facsimile apparatus, comprising: a time management table having time difference information of countries and regions.
An input area, an input step of inputting a time of the input area and a change destination area, and a time setting step of obtaining the time of the change destination area based on the time difference information from the input area and the time of the input area, It is characterized by having.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. First, the facsimile apparatus has a "time difference table with respect to Japan" indicating the time difference between each country and region and Japan in the ROM area. FIG. 2 shows the “Japan time difference table”. The time difference table is not limited to the one based on Japan.

FIG. 3 shows a procedure for setting the time (standard) in the factory, and FIG. 4 shows a procedure for setting the time (standard) at the shipping destination. If the factory that manufactures the facsimile machine is Germany, the country code is set to Germany and the local time (German time) is set in the factory (s1).

For control purposes, the set time is stored in the parameter memory and the clock as Japan time (s
3). At this time, with the country code as input, the time difference from Japan is calculated from the table using the following formula, and the Japan (standard) time is calculated and stored in the parameter memory. Japan (standard) time = set time-Japan time difference of the country Next, as a time (standard) setting procedure for the shipping destination, when various factory inspections are completed, the country code is set as the shipping destination of the device. It is set (s11). At this time, the previously stored time is recalculated from the country code and the Japan time difference table 20, and stored in the parameter memory and the clock (s13). The shipping time is calculated according to the following equation.

Shipping time = Japan (standard) time +
Next, a method of acquiring time information from the service bureau will be described below. In this case, the facsimile apparatus has a "service station number table" indicating the correspondence between each country and region and the station number of the service station in the ROM area. FIG. 5 shows the “service station number table”.

Hereinafter, as a time setting procedure, FIG. 6 shows a procedure for setting a country in a factory, and FIG. 7 shows a procedure for calling a service station (processing when the power is turned on). At the factory where the facsimile machine is manufactured, a country code is set as a shipping destination of the machine (s21). For control, the input country code is stored in the parameter memory (s23).

After the user installs the device and sets information necessary for making a call, the user executes, for example, a power OFF / ON operation. When the power is turned on, when it is detected that the call information is set (s31), a call is made to the service station according to the country code (s32). When the call is connected, the service station sends out a DTMF indicating the current time. The device receives / receives the data by a DTMF receiver provided in the communication control unit 10.
It is determined and stored in the parameter memory 7 and the clock 9.

Here, the connection sequence of the outgoing telephone number service on the PSTN line provided by NTT will be described with reference to FIG. (1) Activation of Information Receiving Terminal When the subscriber line exchange receives an information at the information receiving terminal, first, L
1. After inverting the polarity of L2, an information receiving terminal activation signal is transmitted.

(2) Transmission of Information Upon receiving the primary response signal (DC loop) from the information receiving terminal, the subscriber line exchange transmits a calling telephone number (V.23 modem). (3) Calling of terminal Upon receiving the reception completion signal (DC loop break) from the information receiving terminal, the subscriber line exchange sends a calling signal. At this time, a ringing tone is simultaneously sent to the calling side.

(4) Communication state Upon receiving the secondary response signal (DC loop) from the terminal equipment or the like, the subscriber line exchange forms a communication path and starts charging. In the facsimile apparatus, once the telephone number of the apparatus is recognized in the sequence (2),
Disconnect the call.

The service station calls a new telephone number to the recognized telephone number, and responds to the DIS signal (G3 reception sequence) transmitted from the apparatus by a signal for time setting (for example, a special single tone: TONE) is returned. The device detects the TONE sent from the service station,
Move to time flow.

The service station sends out a DTMF signal indicating the current time. The device is a DTM provided in the communication control unit.
This is received / determined by the F receiver and stored in the parameter memory and the clock. FIG. 9 shows a transition process from the G3 reception flow to the time setting flow.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the time of the change destination area is automatically set from the input home area, the home time, and the change destination area. Regardless of the shipping destination, the operator can set the time by inputting the time in his / her own country, and the operability can be improved with less confusion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mobile station has service station number information of the country and the area, calls the service station in the area according to the input destination area, and receives time information from the service station. Therefore, the user operation for setting the time is unnecessary or simplified, and the operability can be improved. In addition to the time setting, other information can be set and registered by the same processing.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the service station makes the call, the apparatus is not charged and the cost can be reduced. According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the time of the change destination area is automatically set based on the input home country, the home time, and the change destination area. Regardless of the destination, the time can be set by inputting the time of the home country, and confusion can be reduced and operability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a “time difference table with respect to Japan” showing the time difference between each country and region and Japan in one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a time setting procedure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a time setting procedure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a “service station number table” showing the correspondence between each country and region and the station number of a service station in one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a time setting procedure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a time setting procedure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a connection sequence of a calling telephone number service.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a transition process from a reception flow to a time setting flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scanner 2 Document sensor 3 Plotter 4 Paper sensor 5 Operation display part 6 Image memory 7 Parameter memory 8 Battery 9 Clock 10 Communication control part 11 Modem 12 Network control device 13 Encoding / decoding part 14 CPU 15 ROM 16 Buffer memory 17 Character generator 20 Japan time difference table 30 Service station number table

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Time management means having time difference information of a country and a region, input means for inputting an input area, a time of the input area and a change destination area, and the time difference from the input area and the time of the input area. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a time setting unit that obtains the time of the change destination area based on information. 2. A service station management means having service station number information of a country and a region, an input means for inputting a setting destination area, and a call originating a call from the service station number information to a service station corresponding to the setting destination area. Means for receiving current time information from the service station. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a call disconnecting unit that disconnects the call once the service station recognizes the telephone number of the service unit by the calling by the calling unit, and the receiving unit. Receiving the current time information by detecting a tone newly transmitted to the telephone number of the terminal itself recognized from the service station. 4. An input step of inputting an input area, a time of the input area, and a change destination area having a time management table having time difference information of a country and an area. A time setting step of obtaining the time of the change destination area based on the time difference information.