JP2001251411A - One-operation automatic dialing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic dialing device which can increase the number of practically usable one-touch operation keys while mitigating the problem that the device becomes large-sized and increases in cost. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with N one-touch operation keys 13a to 13e, a page key 16 specifying M logical one-touch operation pages, display units 15a to 15e which display the states of the pages, and a storage part 3a which stores as one-touch operation telephone numbers as many as the number obtained by multiplying the number N of the one-touch operation keys by the number M of the pages; and entry areas 14a to 14e for one-touch operation address names corresponding to the respective one-touch operation keys are provided on a console panel 12 and the display states of the display units and the entry areas are made to correspond to each other. When a one-touch operation key is pressed, a control part reads the one-touch operation telephone number corresponding to the page out of the storage part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a one-touch automatic dial device for a facsimile machine, a telephone, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus, a telephone or the like, a plurality of one-touch dial keys (hereinafter referred to as "one-touch keys") are provided on an operation unit, and a telephone number of a destination is stored in advance in correspondence with each one-touch key. A telephone equipped with a one-touch automatic dialing device configured to automatically call the telephone number of the other party only by pressing a one-touch key corresponding to the desired party is registered. Have been.

[0003]

Since such a one-touch key has better operability than the speed dial function, it is preferable to provide as many as possible one-touch keys. However, since the size of the operation panel is limited, it is difficult to provide a sufficient number of one-touch keys, and if the number of one-touch keys is intentionally increased, the size of the entire apparatus becomes large and the cost increases. there were.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to reduce the number of one-touch keys that can be substantially used while suppressing problems such as an increase in the size of the entire apparatus and an increase in cost. It is an object of the present invention to provide a one-touch automatic dial device capable of increasing the number of automatic dials. Therefore, the one-touch automatic dialing device according to claim 1 includes N one-touch keys, a page key for designating M logical one-touch pages, a display for displaying a page state, and the number N of one-touch keys. A storage unit for storing the number of telephone numbers multiplied by M as a one-touch telephone number, providing an area for describing a one-touch destination name corresponding to each one-touch key on the operation panel, and displaying a display state of the display unit and the description area. And a control unit for reading a one-touch telephone number corresponding to the page key from the storage unit when the one-touch key is pressed.

According to the above configuration, when a desired one-touch key is operated after a desired page is selected with the page key, a one-touch telephone number corresponding to the one-touch key on the page is read out from the storage unit. The telephone number is automatically called.

[0006] The automatic dialing device according to the second aspect is the first aspect of the invention.
Is characterized in that the display comprises a plurality of lamps, and the lamps are arranged corresponding to the description area divided for each page.

[0007] The automatic dialing device according to claim 3 is based on claim 1.
Alternatively, in the configuration of the second aspect, the display device is characterized in that the luminescent color differs for each page, and the luminescent color corresponds to the color of the written area.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic internal configuration of a facsimile machine F incorporating an automatic dialing device D. The device F includes a control unit 1 including a CPU (central processing unit) and the like. The control unit 1 includes a ROM (R
ead Only Memory) 2, RAM (Random Access Memory)
3, image memory 4, modem 5, NCU (Network Control
Unit 6, a display unit 7, an operation unit 8, a reading unit 10, and a recording unit 11 are connected to each other. Among the above units, the control unit 1, the ROM 2, the RAM 3, the modem 5, the NCU
The one-touch automatic dialing device D is constituted by 6 and the operation unit 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 8 is provided with an operation panel 12. The operation panel 12 includes a plurality of, for example, five one-touch keys 13a to 13a.
3e are provided at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction. Below the one-touch keys 13a to 13e, a plurality of writing areas 14a to 14e corresponding to the number of one-touch logical pages (hereinafter simply referred to as pages) are provided along the vertical direction.

The one-touch keys 13a to 13e are respectively assigned one-touch key numbers "I".
For example, the number “N” of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e
Is "5", the one-touch key number "I" is "1" to "5". On the other hand, the page is given a page number “J”. For example, when the number of pages "M" is "5", the number of the description areas 14a to 14e is also shown in FIG.
, The page number “J” is “1”.
To "5".

In the writing areas 14a to 14e, five areas corresponding to the five one-touch keys 13a to 13e, respectively, are provided.
Two destination display sections 14f are provided. As a result, 25 destination display sections 14f are arranged in the entire description areas 14a to 14e, and each destination display section 14f is arranged.
In f, the name of the communication partner can be displayed.

In the figure, the name of the other party is represented by capital letters "A", "B", "C",... For convenience. As will be described in detail below, for example, when transmitting to the communication destination with the destination name "A", the one-touch key 13a may be operated while the page with the page number "1" is selected. To send to the “G” destination,
With page number “2” selected, press one-touch key 1
3b may be operated.

Adjacent to the left side of the writing areas 14a to 14e, five lamps 15a to 15e (displays) corresponding to the writing areas 14a to 14e are provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. In actual operation,
Only the lamps 15a to 15e corresponding to the description areas 14a to 14e of the selected page are turned on.

Further, the operation panel 12 is provided with a page key 16 for switching the one-touch logical page. Although not shown, the operation panel 12 is appropriately provided with ten-keys consisting of ten kinds of numbers, abbreviated keys operated when using abbreviated dial numbers, and the like.

A program for controlling the entire facsimile machine F is stored in the ROM 2 in advance. On the other hand, the RAM 3 temporarily stores various data required for control by the control unit 1, for example, data such as a data rate set by the modem 5. The RAM 3 is provided with a dial memory 3a (storage unit) that can hold the stored contents even when the power supply (not shown) is turned off.

As shown in FIG. 3, the dial memory 3
In a, a plurality of records Ai (i = 01, 02, ..., 25) each storing one telephone number are provided.
The number of records Ai is “25”, which is the number “5” of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e multiplied by the page number “5” of the page. Then, the telephone number Xi (i = 0, 02,..., 25) manually input using the ten-key pad (not shown) on the operation panel 12 is stored in the corresponding record Ai.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
A control procedure of the CPU 1 in the facsimile machine F will be briefly described. When a power source (not shown) is turned on, the CPU 1 first sets an initial value "1" to the page number "J", and this value is stored in the RAM 3 or the like (S1).

In response, only the lamp corresponding to the page number "J", here, the lamp 15a corresponding to the page number "J" = "1" is turned on (S2). This allows the user to check the currently selected page. The maximum value of the page number “J” is the number of pages “M”.
In this example, “M” = “5”.

Subsequently, the CPU 1 determines whether or not the page key 16 has been operated (S3). If it has been operated, "1" is added to the page number "J" to perform page feed of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e, and "J +
1 "(S4). Thereafter, a new page number" J "is set.
+1 "is larger than the maximum value M (S
5) If the value is equal to or less than the maximum value M, the process returns to S2. On the other hand, the new page number “J + 1” is the maximum value “M”.
If it is larger, it means that the page has made one round, so the page number is set to the initial value "1" (S6), and the process returns to S2.

If the page key 16 has not been operated in S3, it is subsequently determined whether or not any of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e has been operated (S7). If not, the flow returns to S2. . On the other hand, if any of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e is operated,
The telephone number Xi stored in the record Ai corresponding to the key number "I" of the one-touch key 13a and the page number "J" in the dial memory 3a is read by the CPU 1 (S8).

The key number "I" and the page number "J" and the number "i" of the record Ai corresponding thereto.
And the number i of the one-touch keys 13a to 13e is set to “N” as described above, and a relationship of i = N (J−1) + I is established. For example, when the page with the page number “2” is selected, the one-touch key 1 with the key number “3”
When 3c is operated, "i" = "8", so that the telephone number X8 corresponding to the destination name "H" in FIG. 2 is called. After a predetermined telephone number is called in S8, the telephone number is output to the line L via the NCU 6 (S9), and facsimile transmission with the other party is started (S10).

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, 5
The point that the one-touch keys 14a to 14e are provided and the page key 16 is provided is the same as in the above embodiment. Here, for example, three description areas 21a to 21c are provided, and different colors are given to the respective description areas 21a to 21c.

More specifically, as shown by letters in FIG. 5, for example, the description area 21a is red, the description area 21b is green, and the description area 21c is blue.
Also, a plurality of light emitting diodes 22a to 22c that emit light of colors corresponding to the above described description areas 21a to 21c.
(Display).

In this case, the light emitting diodes 22a to 22a
Since the emission color of c corresponds to the color of the description areas 21a to 21c, the light emitting diodes 22a to 22c do not necessarily need to be arranged so as to be adjacent to the corresponding description areas 21a to 21c, respectively. Each of the entry areas 21a to 21c has a destination name "A", "B",
"C",... Are displayed. The calling procedure using the one-touch keys 13a to 13e in this embodiment is basically the same as that in the above-described embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the description area 21a
Light emitting diodes 22a corresponding to the number of light emitting diodes 22a to 21c
However, if a light-emitting diode capable of emitting light of a plurality of colors is used, the number of components can be reduced.
In the above-described embodiment, the one-touch automatic dialing device in the facsimile apparatus has been described. However, the present invention is also applicable to a facsimile device with a copying function and a one-touch automatic dialing device in a telephone.

[0026]

As described above, according to the one-touch automatic dialing device of the first aspect, N one-touch keys and M
A page key for designating one logical one-touch page, a display for displaying the state of the page, and a storage unit for storing the number of one-touch keys N multiplied by the number of pages M as a one-touch telephone number. Provided on the operation panel is an area for describing one-touch destination names corresponding to each one-touch key, and the display state of the display unit corresponds to the described area.When the one-touch key is pressed, the one-touch telephone number corresponding to the page key is stored. Since a control unit for reading out from the unit is provided, (M × N) telephone numbers larger than the number N of the actually provided one-touch keys can be stored in association with the one-touch keys. As a result, the number of communication destinations that can be called by one-touch keys can be increased, and operability can be improved, while suppressing an increase in the size and cost of the entire apparatus due to an actual increase in the number of one-touch keys.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the display comprises a plurality of lamps, and each lamp is arranged corresponding to a description area divided for each page. Therefore, it is possible to clearly recognize which page is selected by the lighting or extinguishing state of the lamp, and it is possible to reduce an erroneous operation of the one-touch key group having a plurality of pages.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first or second aspect, the display device has a different emission color for each page, and the emission color corresponds to the color of the written area. Whether the page is selected is more clearly recognized, and the operation error of the one-touch key can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an internal configuration of a facsimile apparatus including a one-touch automatic dialing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation panel in the one-touch automatic dialing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents and the like of a dial memory in the one-touch automatic dialing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a calling operation procedure in the one-touch automatic dialing device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation panel in a one-touch automatic dial device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 control unit 3a dial memory (storage unit) 13a to 13e one-touch key 14a to 14e writing area 15a to 15e lamp (display) 16 page key 21a to 22c writing area 22a to 22e light emitting diode (display)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI theme coat ゛ (Reference) H04N 1/32 H04N 1/32 FF term (Reference) 5B020 AA01 FF41 HH11 HH15 5C075 BA05 FF02 5K023 BB15 GG06 HH06 5K027 BB02 EE04 FF01 FF22 HH21 MM16 5K036 AA15 BB01 DD12 DD48 FF02 JJ01 JJ12 JJ18

Claims (3)

[Claims] An N number of one-touch keys, a page key for designating M logical one-touch pages, a display for displaying page status, and a number obtained by multiplying the number N of one-touch keys by the number M of pages A storage unit for storing the telephone number as a one-touch telephone number, providing a writing area for a one-touch destination name corresponding to each one-touch key on the operation panel, and a display state of the display unit corresponding to the writing area, A one-touch automatic dialing device comprising a control unit for reading a one-touch telephone number corresponding to a page key from a storage unit when a key is pressed. 2. The one-touch automatic dialing device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises a plurality of lamps, and each lamp is arranged corresponding to a description area divided for each page. 3. The one-touch automatic dialing device according to claim 1, wherein the display device emits different colors of light for each page, and the color of the light corresponds to the color of the written area.