JP2001016387A - Facsimile terminal and method of switable use of destination name - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile terminal that can use a destination name proper to indication in the case of displaying the destination name and can use other proper destination name for other processing. SOLUTION: This facsimile terminal has a destination table 23, in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers and respective destination names are described and a display destination table 24 that display use destination names expressed in number of characters able to be displayed on a display section for each destination telephone number. At the arrival of an incoming call, the facsimile terminal extracts a display use destination name in cross- reference with the destination telephone number the same as a caller telephone number received by the number display N.D. service and displays the name on the display section. Furthermore, at facsimile transmission, the facsimile terminal extracts a destination name corresponding to a transmission destination from the destination table 23 and adds the extracted destination name to a header part of sender information as destination information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a service for notifying identification information of a calling side, and a method of selectively using a destination name used for the facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a so-called number display service for notifying a caller's telephone number, a telephone number of a called party and a name of the called party corresponding to the telephone number are set in advance. Registered and specified by destination name at the time of outgoing call, place a call to the telephone number corresponding to the specified destination name, receive the caller's telephone number sent from the exchange at the time of reception, and register There is a configuration in which a destination telephone number is searched, a destination name corresponding to the received caller telephone number is extracted, and the extracted destination name is displayed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-4639). reference).

There is also a facsimile machine which adds a destination name specified at the time of calling to a source information header portion of a transmission original and transmits the document.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional facsimile apparatus, the destination name specified at the time of calling is added to the source information header portion of the transmission original, so that it is added to the source information header portion of the transmission original. If you register the name of the called party with "Gochu", "Sama", "Tono", etc., you will give the other party a polite feeling. ”Etc. when displaying the registered destination name.
“Sama”, “Tono”, etc. become redundant, and the number of characters representing the destination name is reduced, so that the destination may not be specified from the destination name.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can use a destination name suitable for displaying the destination name when the destination name is displayed, and which can use the appropriate destination name in other processing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for properly using a destination name.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a service of notifying the identification information of the calling side, display means for displaying character information and the like, a plurality of destination identification information and a destination name respectively associated with Destination storage means for storing a destination destination name which is associated with each of the plurality of destination identification information and is displayed within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means. And a display unit for displaying the destination name of the calling side by using the service, at the time of display processing, searching the display destination storage unit and notifying of the calling side notified by the service. The display destination name associated with the same destination identification information as the identification information is extracted, and the extracted display destination name is displayed on the display means. During sense, characterized by the use of the destination name stored in the destination storage means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, another process different from the process using the service is a transmission process, and at the time of the transmission process, the process is stored in the destination storage means. Processing of specifying the identification information of the destination using the destination name, calling the destination of the specified destination identification information, and adding the destination name to the source information header as destination information Is performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, a destination registering means for registering the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means in association with each other; Display destination registration means for registering the destination identification information and the display destination name in the display destination storage means in association with each other, and the destination identification information and the destination name by the destination registration means Requesting the user to select whether or not to perform registration in the display destination storage means after registration in the destination storage means, wherein the user When the registration in the destination storage means is selected, the registration in the display destination storage means by the display destination registration means is permitted, and the destination identification information registered in the destination storage means and Wherein the capture and the destination name as the initial value of the information to be registered to the display destination storage means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selectively using a destination name used in a facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a service for notifying identification information of a calling side. Registered in the destination storage means and the destination name associated with the display destination name which is associated with each of the plurality of destination identification information and is represented within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means. Is registered in the display destination storage means, and at the time of display processing for displaying the caller's destination name using the service, the display destination storage means is searched and notified by the service. The display destination name associated with the same destination identification information as the identification information of the calling side is extracted, and the extracted display destination name is displayed on the display means. Processing at the time different from the process, characterized by the use of the destination name stored in the destination storage means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the method of properly using the destination name according to the fourth aspect, another process different from the process using the service is a transmission process. The destination information stored in the means is used to specify the identification information of the destination, a call is made to the destination of the specified destination identification information, and the source information header is used as the destination information as the destination information. Is performed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the method of properly using the destination name according to the fourth aspect, after registering the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means,
When the user is requested to select whether or not to register in the display destination storage means, and when the user selects registration in the display destination storage means based on the request, the display destination storage means Registering the destination identification information and the destination name registered in the destination storage unit as initial values of information registered in the display destination storage unit. I do.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 10 includes a control unit 15 for controlling the entire apparatus and performing individual processing according to a program stored in a ROM 14. Data such as a processing result of the control unit 15 is temporarily stored. RAM13
Is held. The RAM 13 stores a read image, a received image, and the like, a table describing a destination telephone number described below and a destination name associated therewith, and a destination telephone number described below and an association therewith. A table describing the display destination name to be displayed is stored.

The control unit 15 includes a reading unit 21 for reading an image on a document and a network control unit (NCU) 12.
, A modem 18, a printer unit 20 for printing out received image data and various reports, and a display unit 17
In addition, a speaker 19 that performs line monitoring and ringing, emits an operation sound and an error sound, and an operation unit 16 are connected.

The NCU 12 provides a so-called number display service (hereinafter referred to as N.N.
D. Service), electrically insulate the communication line 11 from the inside of the device, capture and release the line according to instructions from the control unit 15, transmit dial pulses and tones, and monitor the line. And so on. The modem 18 modulates transmission data, demodulates received data, etc., and performs communication with the exchange in the notification of the caller's telephone number, and detects and combines the Tonal signal and the DTMF signal. The display unit 17 displays a destination name, a device state, notification information to a user, and the like at the time of an incoming call based on an instruction from the control unit 15. The number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17 is determined in advance. The operation unit 16 receives a user operation input such as transmission / reception and an outgoing / incoming call, and outputs the user operation input to the control unit 15. This user operation input is performed by operating various keys (not shown) provided on the operation unit 16.

The facsimile machine 10 has a one-touch /
A destination table that describes destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with each abbreviated telephone number, and a destination table that is associated with each destination telephone number and that is represented within the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17. And a display destination table in which the display destination name describing the display destination name is described. D. When the telephone number of the calling side notified by the service is detected, the display destination table is searched, and the display destination name associated with the same destination telephone number as the detected telephone number is extracted. A process of displaying the display destination name on the display unit 17 is performed. Also,
At the time of facsimile transmission, one-touch / abbreviated telephone number is used to specify the destination telephone number, call the specified destination telephone number, and add the corresponding destination name as destination information to the source information header part And send it.

Next, the configuration of the above-mentioned destination table and the display destination table will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a configuration of a destination table describing destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with each one-touch / abbreviated telephone number in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a display destination table in which a display destination name associated with each destination telephone number in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 is described.

The RAM 13 stores a destination table 23 and a display destination table 24 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2A, the destination table 23 is a table that describes a plurality of destination telephone numbers for each one-touch / abbreviated telephone number and destination names associated with the destination telephone numbers. For example, the one-touch key “0
"1" is "0000-74-2" as the destination telephone number.
111 "and" Kano Toride Okamura Tono "are registered as the destination names.

The display destination table 24 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the table includes a plurality of destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with the destination telephone numbers.
For example, the destination telephone number "0000-74-2111"
Is registered as a display destination name. The number of characters representing the destination name is limited to the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17. In the present embodiment, the number of characters representing the destination name is limited to 6 characters or less.

Next, a specific example of processing using the above-mentioned destination table and the display destination table will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of processing using the destination table at the time of transmission in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an example of processing using the display destination table at the time of reception in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. FIG.

At the time of facsimile transmission, a destination telephone number is specified using a one-touch / abbreviated telephone number, a call is made to the specified destination telephone number, and a corresponding destination name is transmitted to a source information header section. A process of adding and transmitting the information is performed. Here, the one-touch key "0
When facsimile transmission is performed by pressing “1”, the destination telephone number “0000-74” corresponding to the one-touch key is transmitted.
A call to “−2111” is made. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the destination name “Kano Toride Okamura” is added to the source information header section 31 as the destination information and transmitted. Further, in this example, the name of the own machine is registered as "Kannon Trading Export Division". In this manner, at the time of facsimile transmission, the destination can be specified by using the destination name in the destination table 23, and the transmitted information can be reliably passed to the desired destination.

At the time of an incoming call, N.N. D. The service notifies the calling party's telephone number. When the notified calling party's telephone number is detected, the display destination table 24 is searched and associated with the same destination telephone number as the detected telephone number. A process is performed to extract the displayed display destination name and display the extracted display destination name on the display unit 17. Here, the detected telephone number is “0000-74-211”.
When it is "1", the telephone number "0000-74-" is obtained by searching the display destination table 24 as shown in FIG.
The display destination name “Kano Toride” 41 associated with “2111” is displayed on the display unit 17. Further, since the number of characters representing the destination name is limited to the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17, all the characters representing the destination name can be displayed in a single display. The destination can be easily confirmed from the name of the destination.

Next, N. D. The operation at the time of receiving a service will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is FIG.
In a facsimile machine of N.I. D. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the operation | movement at the time of the reception which receives a service.

N. D. When receiving a service, as shown in FIG. 5, first, in step S501, a caller telephone number is received. More specifically, the caller's telephone number and the like are transmitted from the communication line 11 by primary response to the CAR signal coming from the communication line 11 after the polarity inversion, and the modem 18 receives this.

Next, in step S52, it is determined whether or not the same telephone number as the received caller telephone number is registered in the display destination table 24, and the same telephone number as the received caller telephone number is displayed. If it is registered in the destination table 24, the process proceeds to step S54, where the display destination name associated with the same telephone number as the received caller telephone number is read out from the display destination table 24, and this readout is performed. Display destination 17
To be displayed. Then, the process is terminated, and the arrival of the CI signal is waited. On the other hand, when the same telephone number as the received caller telephone number is not registered in the display destination table 24, the process proceeds to step S53, and the display destination name is not displayed on the display unit 17. Then, the process is terminated, and the CI
Wait for the signal.

Next, creation of a source information header at the time of facsimile transmission will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a source information header at the time of facsimile transmission in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

When transmission is instructed by a user's telephone number input operation, first, as shown in FIG.
Performs a search process to obtain the destination name corresponding to the telephone number specified in the destination table 23,
In a succeeding step S62, it is determined whether or not the destination name corresponding to the designated telephone number has been acquired, and when the corresponding destination name has been acquired, the process proceeds to step S64, and the sender to which the acquired destination name has been added is transmitted. An information header section is created, and the process ends. On the other hand, if the destination name corresponding to the instructed telephone number cannot be obtained, the process proceeds to step S63, a header without the destination name is created, and the process ends.

Next, registration in the destination table 23 and the display destination table 24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of registration in the destination table and the display destination table in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

When registration in the destination table 23 is designated by a user's input operation on the operation unit 16, as shown in FIG. 7, first, in step S71, the destination corresponding to the one-touch or abbreviated number of the destination table 23 is entered. Enter the destination phone number and register. For example, the one-touch key “0
"1" for the other party's telephone number "0000-74-211"
When registering "1", the telephone number is input and registered by operating the operation unit 16 for the one-touch key "01".

In a succeeding step S72, a destination name corresponding to the registered destination telephone number is input and registered in the destination table 23. Here, for example, “Kano Toride Okamura” is input and registered as the destination name associated with the destination telephone number “0000-74-2111”.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S73, wherein the user is requested to perform an operation input for selecting whether or not to perform registration in the display destination table 24, and it is determined whether or not the operation input corresponding to the request has been performed. judge. Here, when an operation input for selecting registration in the display destination table 24 is performed, it is determined that registration in the display destination table 24 has been selected, and the process proceeds to step S74. If an operation input for selecting registration in the display destination table 24 is not performed, it is determined that registration in the display destination table 24 has not been selected, and this processing ends.

In step S74, the above-mentioned step S71 is executed.
Is registered in the display destination table 24 with the telephone number registered in the above as an initial value. Here, the telephone number registered in the display destination table 24 is the initial value (step S7).
1 is displayed as a telephone number registered in step 1), and a very simple operation such as simply pressing a registration key is performed on the displayed telephone number. The number is registered in the display destination table 24 as a number.

Next, the process proceeds to step S75, where the destination name registered in step S72 is registered in the display destination table 24 with the initial value as the initial value. Here, the name of the destination displayed as the initial value (the name of the destination registered in step S72) is often suffixed with, for example, "me" or "sama". 2
Since the number of characters of the display name registered in 4 is limited to the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17, a deletion operation for deleting the characters such as “Gochu” and “Sama” is performed. An operation such as deleting a part of the constituent characters is performed so that the number of characters constituting the displayed destination name is within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17,
It is necessary to determine the display destination name to be registered. However, the operation in this case is a simple operation such as a delete operation, and the display destination name can be registered without performing a troublesome operation such as re-input of characters. Then, when the display destination name is registered, the present process is terminated.

For example, if the destination name registered in step S72 is "Kano Toride Okamura",
“Kano Toride Okamura” is displayed as the initial value. When changing "Kano Toride Okamura" to a display destination name, "Okamura" is deleted in order to delete the last "sama" and to reduce the number of characters to 6 characters or less. As a result, "Kano handle" is obtained and registered as the display destination name. Here, in addition to "Kano Toride", a display destination for "Kano Toride Okamura" can be selected as long as it has no more than six characters such as "Toride Okamura". Was selected as the display destination name because, for example, there is a case where another person in charge calls the apparatus using the terminal of this telephone number.
Is displayed, there is a risk that the caller may be mistaken for Okamura.

As described above, in the present embodiment, for each one-touch / abbreviated telephone number, a destination table 23 in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with the destination telephone numbers are described, Are stored in the RAM 13 and the display destination table 24 that describes the display destination name expressed within the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit 17 is stored in the RAM 13. Is used depending on the processing, so that a destination name suitable for the processing can be used. For example, when displaying the destination name, a display destination name (display destination table 24) suitable for the display can be used. At the time of transmission, an appropriate destination name (the destination table 23) can be used for the transmission.

[0037]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, display means for displaying character information and the like, and a plurality of destination identification information and destination names respectively associated with the destination information are stored. Destination storage means for storing, and display destination storage means for storing a display destination name which is associated with each of the plurality of destination identification information and is displayed within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means. At the time of the display process of displaying the name of the called party using the service, the display destination storage means is searched and the identification information of the called party notified by the service is set to the same destination identification information. Retrieves the associated display destination name, displays the retrieved display destination name on the display means, and executes the destination name stored in the destination storage means during another process different from the display process. Use Since that can be used with in displaying the destination name it can be used party name suitable for the display, the appropriate destination name also in other processes.

Another process different from the process using the service is a transmission process. At the time of the transmission process, the identification information of the destination is specified using the destination name stored in the destination storage means. A call is made to the destination of the specified destination identification information, and a process of adding the destination name to the source information header as destination information is performed, thereby adding an appropriate destination name to the source information header. be able to.

Further, the destination registering means registers the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means in association with each other, and stores the destination identification information and the display destination name in the display destination storage means. Display destination registration means associated with and registered, and whether or not to register in the display destination storage means after registration of the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means by the destination registration means Request means for requesting the user to make a selection, and when the user selects registration in the display destination storage means based on the request, registration in the display destination storage means by the display destination registration means is permitted. In addition, the destination identification information and the destination name registered in the destination storage means are taken in as initial values of the information registered in the display destination storage means, so that the destination identification information in the display destination storage means is captured. Information and display It can be easily carried out the registration of the destination name.

According to the method of selectively using the destination names of the present invention, the plurality of destination identification information and the destination names respectively associated with the destination identification information are registered in the destination storage means, and each of the destination identification information is stored in the destination storage means. A display in which the display destination name, which is associated with and is displayed within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means, is registered in the display destination storage means, and the calling party name is displayed using the service. At the time of processing, the display destination storage means is searched to extract the display destination name associated with the same destination identification information as the calling side identification information notified by the service, and the retrieved display destination name is retrieved. The destination name is displayed on the display means, and the destination name stored in the destination storage means is used in other processing different from the display processing. Therefore, when displaying the destination name, the destination name suitable for the display is displayed. Destination name It is possible to use, can be used an appropriate destination name in another process.

Another process different from the process using the service is a transmission process. At the time of the transmission process, the identification information of the destination is specified using the destination name stored in the destination storage means. A call is made to the destination of the specified destination identification information, and a process of adding the destination name to the source information header as destination information is performed, thereby adding an appropriate destination name to the source information header. be able to.

Further, after the destination identification information and the destination name are registered in the destination storage means, the user is requested to select whether or not to register in the display destination storage means. When the registration in the display destination storage means is selected, the registration in the display destination storage means is permitted, and the destination identification information and the destination name registered in the destination storage means are stored in the display destination storage means. By taking the information to be registered in the means as the initial value, it is possible to easily register the destination identification information and the display destination name in the display destination storage means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

2A is a diagram showing a configuration of a destination table describing destination telephone numbers and destination names associated with each one-touch / abbreviated telephone number in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a display destination table in which a display destination name associated with each destination telephone number in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 is described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a process using a destination table at the time of transmission in the facsimile machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of processing using a display destination table at the time of an incoming call in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus of FIG. D. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the operation | movement at the time of the reception which receives a service.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a source information header at the time of facsimile transmission in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of registration in the destination table and the display destination table in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Facsimile apparatus 11 Communication line 12 NCU 13 RAM 14 ROM 15 Control part 16 Operation part 17 Display part 18 Modem 23 Destination table 24 Display destination table

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a service for notifying identification information of a calling side, a display means for displaying character information and the like, and a plurality of destination identification information respectively associated with the display means. And a display destination name that is associated with each of the plurality of destination identification information and that is displayed within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means. A display destination storage unit for displaying the destination name of the calling side using the service during the display processing, the display destination storage unit is searched and notified by the service. Extracting a display destination name associated with the same destination identification information as the calling party identification information; displaying the extracted display destination name on the display means; A facsimile apparatus characterized by using a destination name stored in the destination storage means during another process different from the above. 2. A process different from the process using the service is a transmission process. At the time of the transmission process, identification information of a destination is specified using a destination name stored in the destination storage means. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a call is made to the destination of the specified destination identification information, and a process of adding the destination name as destination information to a source information header is performed. 3. A destination registration means for registering the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means in association with each other, and displaying the destination identification information and the display in the display destination storage means. Display destination registering means for registering the display destination in association with the destination name, and after registering the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means by the destination registration means, displaying the display destination. Requesting means for requesting the user to select whether or not to register in the destination storage means; and when the user selects registration in the display destination storage means based on the request, the display destination registration means Initialization of the information for registering the destination identification information and the destination name registered in the destination storage means in the display destination storage means while permitting the registration in the display destination storage means. As a value 2. The method of claim 1, wherein
A facsimile machine as described. 4. A method for selectively using a destination name used in a facsimile apparatus connected to a communication line having a service for notifying identification information of a calling party, the destination being associated with a plurality of destination identification information. The name is registered in the destination storage means, and the display destination name stored in correspondence with the plurality of destination identification information and represented within the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on the display means is stored. During display processing for registering in the means and displaying the destination name of the calling side using the service, the identification information of the calling side notified by the service by searching the display destination storage means Retrieves the display destination name associated with the same destination identification information as above, displays the retrieved display destination name on the display means, and performs another processing different from the display processing. A destination name stored in the destination storage means is used. 5. A process different from the process using the service is a transmission process. At the time of the transmission process, identification information of a destination is specified using a destination name stored in the destination storage means. 5. The destination name according to claim 4, wherein a call is made to the destination of the specified destination identification information, and the destination name is added to the source information header as destination information. How to use properly. 6. After registering the destination identification information and the destination name in the destination storage means, request the user to select whether or not to register in the display destination storage means,
When the user selects registration in the display destination storage unit based on the request, the user is permitted to register in the display destination storage unit, and the destination identification information registered in the destination storage unit. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the destination name and the destination name are fetched as initial values of information registered in the display destination storage means.