JP2000341436A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication terminal equipment which can make a user recognize the presence of an over-redialing attempts of redialing over a previously set number of redialing transmission command, and moreover is improved in operability of retransmission or erasure with respect to the excess redialing transmission command. SOLUTION: A main control section 1 causes a communication section 9 to originate a call to the other side, and when communication is disabled, makes it conduct redialing by using the transmission as a transmission command. When the communication is not possible, even when the redialing is made by a prescribed number of times and becomes an excess redial state, the control section 1 makes a display section 2 display a check message. At this moment, retransmission or erasure is possible. When the call is left as is, the section 1 displays an icon in the displaying section 2 to show the presence of the excess redialing transmission command. A user can display a list of excess redialing transmission commands in the displaying section 2, when the user operates a communication confirmation key 4. When the user selects the transmission command and operates a transmission key 5 or erasure key 6, the user can retransmit or erase the selected transmission command.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal apparatus having a transmission function for transmitting information to a destination, and particularly to a communication terminal apparatus having a function of retransmitting when transmission to the destination cannot be performed. And a communication terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a communication terminal device generally has a function of performing retransmission when information cannot be communicated with a partner when transmitting information in response to a transmission command. For example, a call is dialed to the other party in accordance with the transmission command, and a call is made.
In such a case, after a certain period of time, the user dials the destination again and tries to retransmit. Telling the other party to dial again and attempt to resend
In the following description, it may be called redial.

[0003] Such redialing is repeatedly performed a preset number of times. If connection can be established with the other party while redialing is repeated, information is transmitted. However, even if redialing is repeated a preset number of times, connection with the other party cannot be established (hereinafter, referred to as redial over), and transmission may not be performed in some cases. In such a case, a check message is conventionally displayed or printed to notify the user.

In an apparatus for transmitting an image, such as a facsimile apparatus, in the case of redial over, a check message is output as described above, and the image to be transmitted is erased from the image memory, which hinders subsequent communication. Is not coming out. However, if an image that could not be transmitted is erased and the image must be transmitted, the image to be transmitted must be read again. In order to solve this problem, there is a device that does not delete the redial-over image from the image memory and allows the user to perform retransmission by performing a retransmission operation.

However, in the conventional apparatus, the check message is displayed or printed only once when redial over occurs. If the display at this time is erased or you forget the printed recording paper,
The redial-over information to be transmitted is left in the memory as it is and is forgotten. When the number of such transmission commands increases, the remaining memory capacity decreases, which causes a problem in normal transmission / reception processing.

When there are a number of redial-over transmission commands, they cannot be displayed in a list in the past. Therefore, for example, it is difficult to specify a transmission command to be retransmitted or deleted when performing a retransmission or deletion operation.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows a user to recognize the presence of a redial over transmission command and to retransmit a redial over transmission command by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device with improved operability for erasing and erasing.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a communication means,
In a communication terminal device having a control unit for receiving a transmission instruction and transmitting information to the communication unit to the destination, and a communication terminal device having a display unit, the control unit retransmits the transmission instruction when the transmission instruction cannot be transmitted to the destination. If the transmission is not possible even after retrying a predetermined number of times, the information indicating that is displayed on the display means until the transmission command disappears. With such a configuration, information indicating a redial over transmission command that cannot be transmitted even if the user attempts retransmission a predetermined number of times while the user is performing another operation is displayed on the display unit. . Therefore, the user can always recognize that a redial over transmission command exists during the operation.
As information indicating that redial over has occurred, for example, an icon can be displayed on a display unit.

The present invention also provides a communication terminal device having communication means, control means for receiving a transmission command and transmitting information to the communication means to a communication destination, display means, and operation means. A retransmission is attempted when transmission to the destination cannot be performed with respect to the transmission command, and the transmission command remaining untransmitted even if the retransmission is attempted a predetermined number of times is performed by a predetermined operation performed by the operation unit. A list is displayed on the display means. With this configuration, if a predetermined operation is performed, a list of remaining redialed transmission commands that could not be transmitted even if retransmission was attempted a predetermined number of times is displayed. Therefore, the user can recognize not only the transmission command redialed immediately before, but also the transmission command remaining redialed earlier.

[0010] When a list of the redialed transmission commands is displayed on the display means in this way, the transmission commands listed in the list are selected by the operating means, and a retransmission command or an erasing command is issued in response to the selected transmission command. It can be performed. By issuing such an instruction, it is possible to easily specify the transmission instruction, retransmit the selected transmission instruction, or delete the selected transmission instruction. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operability of retransmission or erasing of the redialed transmission command.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a main control unit, 2 is a display unit, 3 is an operation unit, 4 is a communication confirmation key, 5 is a transmission key, 6 is an erase key, 7 is a reading unit, 8 is a recording unit, 9 is a communication unit, 10 is NC
U and 11 are modems, 12 is image memory, 13 is RAM,
14 is a ROM, 15 is a bus.

The main control section 1 controls the entire apparatus and operates each section to realize at least a transmission function using the communication section 9. At the time of facsimile transmission, according to a transmission command from the operation unit 3, the communication unit 9 is called to the other party, and the image stored in the image memory 12 is transmitted by facsimile. At this time, communication may not be performed even if the other party is busy or a line is connected. When transmission to the other party cannot be performed in this way, this transmission is set as a transmission reservation, and after a certain period of time, redialing is performed and retransmission is attempted.

If transmission is not possible even after retransmission for a predetermined number of times, that is, redial over, a check message is displayed on the display unit 2 and an instruction to retransmit or delete the transmission command is given to the operation unit 3. Accept from. Then, if there is a retransmission instruction, transmission processing is performed. If there is an instruction to delete, the information including the image corresponding to the transmission instruction is deleted. When these instructions are not performed, information indicating that, for example, an icon is displayed on the display unit 2 to indicate that there is a transmission command that has resulted in redial over. This display remains displayed even when another operation is being performed if there is a redial-over transmission command. The redial-over transmission command can be managed together with, for example, a transmission command for which another transmission reservation has been made, or can be managed by providing a separate redial-over job table or the like. In addition to displaying the check message on the display unit 2, the check message may be recorded and output from the recording unit 8 on recording paper, or may be output as audio if an audio output unit is provided. Further, these may be used in appropriate combination.

When the control unit 1 is notified from the operation unit that the communication confirmation key 4 has been operated, the control unit 1 causes the display unit 2 to display a list of the remaining redial over transmission instructions. In this state, when a selection of a redial-over transmission command and an operation of the transmission key 5 or the delete key 6 are notified from the operation unit 3, retransmission or deletion of the selected transmission command is performed. When returning from the list of redialed transmission commands,
The screen display (eg, icon display) of the display unit 2 is updated by the remaining redial over transmission command.

The display unit 2 can display various information such as a message to the user, a message indicating the state of the apparatus, operation guidance, and input information from the operation unit 3. In particular, under the control of the main control unit 1, when a certain transmission command is redial-over, a check message to that effect is output, and the user is urged to give an instruction to retransmit or delete the transmission command. If there is a redial-over transmission command, a display indicating its existence, for example, an icon is displayed. This display is performed while another operation screen is displayed. Further, a list of transmission commands that have been redialed over is displayed, and the selected transmission command is displayed so as to be understood. If there are a large number of redial-over transmission commands and all of them cannot be displayed on the screen, display them using various display methods, such as dividing into several screens and displaying them sequentially or scrolling. I just need.

The operation unit 3 is used to input information from a user,
Used when giving various instructions to the device. By using the display unit 2 together with the display unit 2, various function settings can be performed. In this example, as keys provided on the operation unit 3, a communication confirmation key 4, a transmission key 5, an erase key 6, and the like are illustrated. The communication confirmation key 4 indicates that a redial over transmission command remains, and the display unit 2 indicates that information,
For example, when operated in a state where an icon or the like is displayed, the key is a key for displaying a list of remaining redial over transmission instructions. The transmission key 5 is a key for instructing retransmission in response to the transmission command when redial over occurs. Further, a list of remaining redial-over transmission commands is displayed, and when one or more of them are selected, retransmission can be instructed for the selected transmission command. The erasing key 6 is a key for instructing erasure of the transmission command when redial over occurs. Also, a list of remaining redial-over transmission commands is displayed, and when one or more of them are selected, an instruction to delete the selected transmission command can be given.

Of course, the operation unit 3 has various keys such as a numeric keypad in addition to the above. Further, each of the illustrated keys may be shared with another function. Note that various keys may have a configuration in which functions can be set by using them together with the display unit 2 even if functions are not set to the respective keys. Various keys are not limited to those mechanically operated such as a push button, a keyboard, a slide switch, a rotary dial, and the like, and may be an electric switch such as a touch panel disposed on the display unit 2 or a screen. Various input methods can be applied, such as a method of instructing a virtual button displayed on a pointing device with a pointing device.

The reading section 7 reads an image on a document to be transmitted by facsimile, or an image on a document to be copied when the document has a copy function. The reading unit 7 can be configured by an image input device such as an image scanner or a digital camera.

The recording unit 8 records on a recording paper various information such as an image received by facsimile, an image read by the reading unit 7 if it has a copy function, and a message from another device. The recording unit 8 includes, for example, an electrophotographic system, an inkjet system, and a thermal system.
Various recording methods can be applied.

The communication section 9 performs communication with a communication partner.
The communication unit 9 includes an NCU 10, a modem 11, and the like.
The NCU 10 controls a line to perform communication with a communication terminal device of a partner. In particular, it has an automatic dial function, and automatically makes a call to a facsimile number or the like given from the main control unit 1. The modem 11 modulates and demodulates data to be transmitted and received.

The image memory 12 stores image data to be transmitted by facsimile, image data to be received by facsimile, and other image data being processed. Even in the case of having a copy function, image data read by the reading unit 7 can be temporarily stored.

The RAM 13 is used for storing data in the processing of the main control unit 1 and other units. In particular, the management information of the redial-over transmission command can be held together with another transmission command reserved for transmission or separately. Note that the transmission image corresponding to the transmission command for which the redial is over is held in the image memory 12. The ROM 14 stores a program that defines the operation of the main control unit 1, fixed data, and the like.

The bus 15 includes a main control unit 1, a display unit 2, an operation unit 3, a reading unit 7, a recording unit 8, a communication unit 9, and an image memory 1.
2, a RAM 13, a ROM 14, and the like are connected to each other to enable data transfer between the units. Of course, in addition to these, various devices such as an external storage device and an interface for an external device may be connected to the bus 15.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation at the time of transmission in an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention. When transmitting a document image, a user sets a document on the reading unit 7 and performs an operation of starting transmission from the operation unit 3. The reading unit 7 reads an image from a set document and stores the image in the image memory 12. Alternatively, the image data may not be stored in the image memory 12 and transmitted while reading the image in the reading unit 7. Here, the image to be transmitted is temporarily stored in the image memory 12 in consideration of the case of redialing.

When the image to be transmitted is stored in the image memory 12, the main control unit 1 passes the facsimile number of the other party to be transmitted in S21 to the NCU 10 of the communication unit 9 and dials the call. Here, in S22, it is determined whether or not the line is connected to the called party and communication is possible, and if communication is possible, the image stored in the image memory 12 is transmitted in S23.

If the other party is busy or cannot communicate normally, it is registered that the line should be disconnected and redialed after a certain period of time has passed. In addition, the number of redials is determined in S24, and after confirming that there is no redial over, the call (redial) is made again in S21. For example, if the other party is busy, communication becomes possible over time. In that case, the line is connected to the other party by redialing, and the image is transmitted in S23.

If communication with the other party cannot be performed after redialing a predetermined number of times, it is detected as redial over in S24. In this case, in step S25, a check message indicating redial over is displayed on the display unit 2. As the check message, for example, a message such as "Redial over. Send or delete?" Is displayed to prompt the user to send or delete. In addition to this check message, the destination of the redialed transmission command, the transmission date and time, the number of redials, and the like can be displayed at the same time. The check message may be displayed on the display unit 2 or may be recorded and output from the recording unit 8.

When such a check message is displayed, the user can instruct the retransmission of the redial-over transmission command by operating the transmission key 5 on the operation unit 3. Further, the user can operate the erase key 6 on the operation unit 3 to instruct the erasure of the redialed transmission command. In S26 and S27, processing is performed when an instruction to transmit or delete is issued.

In step S26, it is determined whether or not a transmission instruction has been issued by the user. If the transmission instruction has been issued, the flow returns to step S21 to attempt retransmission. Note that if communication based on another transmission command has been started or an incoming call has been received, retransmission is performed after the transmission / reception processing is completed.
For this transmission command, the number of redials may be returned to 0 so that a predetermined number of redials can be performed.

In S27, it is determined whether or not an erasing instruction has been given by the user. If the erasure instruction has been given, the transmission command resulting in redial over is erased including the image to be transmitted in S28, and the transmission process is terminated.

If no transmission or erasure instruction is given in response to the redial-over transmission command and, for example, another operation is performed, or if the transmission instruction is left for a predetermined time or more, at S29, the redial-over transmission is executed. The display screen is updated so that information indicating that a command is present, for example, an icon, is displayed on the display unit 2. Then, the transmission process ends, and the screen returns to the processing screen according to the operation or the standby screen. Thereafter, until the redial-over transmission command is transmitted or deleted, the display unit 2 displays information indicating that the redial-over transmission command exists, for example, an icon.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen when there is a redial-over transmission command.
In the figure, 16 is an icon. If there is a redial-over transmission command, a predetermined icon 16 is displayed on a part of the display screen, for example, as shown in FIG. Thus, the user can always confirm that there is a redial-over transmission command even while performing another operation.

The icon 16 can indicate not only whether there is a redial-over transmission command but also the number of redial-over transmission commands, for example, by the picture or the number of the icon 16. is there.
In addition, information to be displayed is arbitrary, for example, a message such as "There is a transmission command that has been redialed over" is always displayed even if it is not an icon.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation when displaying a redial-over transmission command in an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the user operates the communication confirmation key 4 from the operation unit 3 in a state where the icon 16 indicating that the transmission command indicating redial over exists on the display screen is displayed, A list of redial-over transmission commands can be displayed, and retransmission and deletion operations can be performed.

In step S31, when it is confirmed that the communication confirmation key 4 has been operated by the operation unit 3, in step S32, a list of redial-over transmission commands is displayed on the display unit 2. At this time, a redial-over transmission command may be displayed together with another transmission command during communication reservation. In this case, it is preferable to attach a symbol or the like so that the redialed transmission command can be distinguished.

In the state where the list of the transmission commands that have resulted in such redial over is displayed, the user selects one of them with the operation unit 3 and operates the transmission key 5 or the delete key 6 in S33. When the transmission key 5 is operated, the process proceeds from S34 to S35, and in S35,
The transmission processing as shown in FIG. 2 is performed for the selected transmission command, and retransmission is attempted. In this case as well, when transmission / reception is in progress, retransmission is performed after waiting until the processing is completed. When the delete key 6 is operated, the step S3 is executed.
The process proceeds from S6 to S37, and in S37, the selected transmission command including the image to be transmitted is deleted. In the case where retransmission has been performed or the data has been deleted, the transmission command is not redial over, and the list displayed on the display unit 2 is updated in S38.

In step S39, it is determined whether or not a redial-over transmission command to be retransmitted or deleted is to be selected. Further, when another redial-over transmission command is to be retransmitted or deleted, Returns to S33. When ending the instruction for retransmission or erasure, in S40, it is determined whether or not there is still a redial-over transmission instruction. If there are still remaining, in S41, for example, an icon indicating that there is a redial-over transmission command is updated as necessary. When there is no more redial-over transmission command, in step S42, for example, an icon indicating that there is a redial-over transmission command is deleted. Thus, the processing when the communication confirmation key 4 is operated is terminated.

In this way, when the display screen indicates, for example, as an icon that a redial-over transmission command exists, a list of the existing redial-over transmission commands can be displayed. it can. As a result, not only the transmission command that has just been redialed over but also the transmission command that has been redialed so far is displayed, so that the user can confirm them. With this list display, it is possible to find a transmission command that has been forgotten. In addition, in a state in which a list of transmission commands that have resulted in such redial over is displayed, retransmission or deletion operation can be performed, so that a desired transmission command can be easily selected, and retransmission or deletion can be performed. The operation can be easily performed.

In the operation example described above, S3 in FIG.
The transmission processing performed in 5 can be operated in parallel with the processing when the communication confirmation key 4 shown in FIG. 4 is operated. In this case, in S35, the transmission process may be started and the selected transmission command may be passed.

Also, for example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, an example of a facsimile apparatus including the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention is shown.
The present invention is not limited to the case where an image is transmitted by facsimile in a facsimile apparatus. For example, when an electronic mail is transmitted from a communication terminal device via a public line, the present invention can be applied to a communication terminal device that mainly transmits information other than images.

[0041]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when a redial-over transmission command is left, information indicating that fact is always displayed by, for example, an icon. Even during other operations, the user can confirm the presence of a transmission command that has resulted in redial over. For this reason, it is possible to reduce a situation in which the user forgets the transmission command that has resulted in redial over and is left alone.

Further, since a list of transmission commands that have been redialed over can be displayed in a list, the user can view not only transmission commands that have been redialed immediately before but also transmission commands that have been redialed so far. Can be referenced. Therefore, the user can recognize the transmission command remaining after redialing. Furthermore, since a transmission command can be selected from the list display and a retransmission or deletion instruction can be issued, the user can easily instruct a retransmission or deletion of a desired transmission command.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation at the time of transmission in an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen when there is a redial-over transmission command;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation when displaying a redial-over transmission instruction in an example of a facsimile apparatus including an embodiment of the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main control part, 2 ... Display part, 3 ... Operation part, 4 ... Communication confirmation key, 5 ... Transmission key, 6 ... Erase key, 7 ... Reading part, 8 ...
Recording unit, 9 communication unit, 10 NCU, 11 modem, 1
2 ... Image memory, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... ROM, 15 ...
Bus, 16 ... icon.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device having a communication means, a control means for receiving a transmission command and transmitting information to the communication means to a communication destination, and a communication terminal device having a display means, wherein the control means includes A communication terminal device that attempts retransmission when transmission cannot be performed to the transmission terminal and, if transmission is not possible even after retransmission is performed a predetermined number of times, causes the display means to display information indicating that until the transmission command is lost. . 2. A communication terminal device having communication means, control means for receiving a transmission command and causing the communication means to transmit information to the other party, display means, and operation means, wherein the control means comprises: Attempting to retransmit when the command cannot be sent to the other party, and for the remaining transmission commands that could not be sent even if the retransmission was attempted a predetermined number of times,
A communication terminal device, wherein a list is displayed on the display unit by a predetermined operation performed by the operation unit. 3. The control means according to a selection of a transmission command and an instruction of retransmission or an instruction of erasure performed by the operation means in response to a transmission instruction listed in the display means,
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the selected transmission command is retransmitted or the selected transmission command is deleted.
A communication terminal device according to claim 1.