JP2001358848A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient communication terminal equipment, capable of performing various settings for respective users. SOLUTION: When user identification information and one or plural functions enabling instructions among the various kinds of the functions are specified by an operation input, the specified instructable functions are made to correspond to the user identification information and are stored in an each user instructable function-setting table. For the user identification information specified at starting of operation, only the corresponding functions in the each user instructable function-setting table are displayed as selection candidates and are made instructable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal such as a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an image processing apparatus, a function to be realized is selected, and a P corresponding to the selected function is selected.
There has been a method in which GA internal data is read from a ROM, downloaded to a PGA that implements a selected function, and a control program that controls the selected function is selectively activated to be in an operation state (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-1999). No. 88584).

[0003]

In this case, it is possible to reduce the information to be displayed on the screen and reduce the complexity of the operation by displaying only the operation information on the necessary functions on the display screen. This is realized by both hardware and software, that is, selective download to the PGA, resulting in an increase in cost as compared with a device in which the function to be realized cannot be selected. further,
The functions to be realized are considered to be different for each operator, and when one apparatus is used by a plurality of operators, there is a problem that the complexity of the operation cannot be reduced for all the operators.

Conventionally, in a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device, it is common to register data such as a dial for each device, and a user can select a desired dial from dials not directly related to the user. There is a problem that it is necessary to find a dial, which is troublesome.

In a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device, the role of a hard key is fixed for each device. However, this is not always convenient for all users. For the user, there is a case where the key is for a function that need not be used even once, and in this case, there is a problem that the hard key becomes completely meaningless.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a highly convenient communication terminal device capable of performing various settings for each user.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, which communicates with a destination device and has various functions executed when selected by an operation input. In a communication terminal device for executing a function designated by an operation input among the displayed various functions, user input information and one or a plurality of functions which can be designated among the various functions are designated by the operation input. When done
A user-specific instruction-enabled function setting unit that associates the designated instruction-enabled function with the user identification information and stores the user-specified instruction-enabled function in a user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table; An instructable function restricting means for displaying only a corresponding function in the possible function setting table as a selection candidate and enabling instructing is provided.

A communication terminal device according to a second aspect of the present invention communicates with a destination device and has various functions executed when selected by an operation input. Of the various functions displayed as selection candidates, In a communication terminal device that executes a function instructed by the operation input, a function-specific attribute level setting table that stores in advance whether each of the various functions belongs to an attribute level such as elementary, intermediate, or advanced,
When the user identification information and a specific attribute level among the respective attribute levels are specified by an operation input, the specific attribute level specified in the user identification information is set in the function-specific attribute level setting table. A user-specific instruction-enabled function setting unit that associates a corresponding function with the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table and stores only the functions corresponding to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation in the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table And an instruction-possible function restricting means for displaying instructions as selection candidates and enabling instructions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, which communicates with a destination device and has various functions executed when selected by an operation input. In a communication terminal device that executes a function instructed by the operation input, a function-specific attribute level setting table that stores in advance whether each of the various functions belongs to an attribute level such as elementary, intermediate, or advanced,
A setting mode selection unit for selecting whether to perform the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting individually for each function or collectively at an attribute level in accordance with an operation input, and a selection by the setting mode selection unit for each function When the setting has been made, if one or more of the user identification information and one of the various functions to be able to be instructed are designated by the operation input, the user identification information is designated by the user identification information. While the instructable function is stored in the instructable function setting table for each user in association with the instructable function, if the setting by the setting mode selecting means is set to be performed collectively at the attribute level, the user identification information and the When a specific attribute level among the attribute levels is specified, the function-specific attribute level setting table is set to the specific attribute level specified in the user identification information. And a function corresponding to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation in the user-specific instruction-possible function setting table. An instructable function restricting means for displaying only a selection candidate and enabling an instruction.

In the communication terminal device according to the present invention, while communicating with the destination device, when any one of the various hard keys provided on the operation unit is pressed, the communication terminal device is pressed. In a communication terminal device that executes a function pre-assigned to a hard key, when user identification information and a function to be assigned to each of the various hard keys are designated by an operation input, the user identification information is assigned to the user identification information. User-specific hard key assignment setting means for storing the function assignment state to the various hard keys in association with the user-specific hard key function assignment setting table; and the user-specific hard key assignment to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation. The function assigned to the pressed hard key is executed based on the function assignment state to the various hard keys corresponding to the setting table. Characterized in that a Doki control means.

[0011] The communication terminal device according to the present invention communicates with a destination device, and includes various types of information necessary for communication, such as one-touch dialing, speed dialing, group dialing, source name, and source telephone number. In the communication terminal device which stores the data in advance and uses it as needed, when the user input information and the registration data to be registered as the various data are specified by the operation input, the user identification information Various data registration means for each user for storing various registration data in association with various data registration tables for each user, and the various registrations corresponding to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation in the various data registration tables for each user Various data use control means for using the data as various data necessary for communication as needed. The features.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to the fifth aspect, general-purpose data that does not belong to a specific user is stored in advance as the various data required for communication, The user-specific various data registration means, when an operation input specifies the registration data to be registered as the various data together with the user identification information, enables the general-purpose data to be quoted as the registration data. It is characterized by.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device of the fifth aspect, general-purpose data that does not belong to a specific user is stored in advance as the various data necessary for communication, The user-specific various data registration unit is configured to register the general-purpose data and the user-specific various data registration table when the registration data to be registered as the various data is specified together with the user identification information by the operation input. The data can be cited as the registered data.

The communication terminal device according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the communication terminal device according to any one of the fifth, sixth and seventh aspects, wherein the communication terminal device is registered in the user-specific various data registration table in correspondence with each user identification information. The system further comprises a user identification information / registered content batch erasing means for batch erasing the corresponding data when erasing the corresponding user identification information.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth aspects, the various data registration tables for each user correspond to each user identification information. It is characterized by further comprising a registered content batch erasing means for batch erasing data corresponding to the designated user identification information to be erased among the registered data.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a facsimile apparatus 1 as a communication terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 1 includes a system control unit 2, a ROM 3, a RAM 4, a scanner 5, a plotter 6, an image memory 7, an encoding / decoding unit 8, an operation display unit 9, a communication control unit 10, a network control unit. Unit 11, EEPROM1
2 and a system bus 13.

The system control unit 2 is a microcomputer that controls each unit of the apparatus according to a control program written in the ROM 3 while using the RAM 4 as a work area.

As described above, the ROM 3 is a read-only memory in which a control program for the system control section 2 to control each section of the apparatus is stored.

The RAM 4 is a random access memory used as a work area of the system control unit 2 as described above.

The scanner 5 has 3.85 lines / mm, 7.7
This is for obtaining image information by reading a document image at a predetermined reading line density such as book / mm and 15.4 book / mm.

The plotter 6 records and outputs the received image information according to the line density, and records and outputs the image information read by the scanner 5 according to the line density (copy operation).
It is for doing.

The image memory 7 temporarily stores the image information read by the scanner 5 as a file for transmission to the memory, or temporarily stores the received image information as a file until it is recorded by the plotter 6. It is also used as a temporary storage area for creating image information of various reports such as a communication management report and image information of a one-touch dial registration list and a speed dial registration list by developing fonts.

The encoding / decoding unit 8 converts the transmission image data into
While encoding and compressing is performed using a predetermined coding method such as an MH coding method, an MR coding method, or an MMR coding method, the received image data corresponds to the MH coding method, the MR coding method, the MMR coding method, or the like. The decoding is performed by a predetermined decoding method.

The operation display section 9 is provided with a numeric keypad for designating a destination facsimile number, a transmission start key, a one-touch dial key, and various other keys, and includes a display such as a liquid crystal display device. It displays the operating state of the device to be notified to the user and various messages.

FIG. 2 shows the operation display unit 9 of the facsimile machine 1.
A specific configuration will be described.

In FIG. 1, a numeric keypad 9a is used for directly inputting a destination telephone number or the like, or for inputting a number when specifying a speed dial.

The [Start] key 9b is for instructing the start of a facsimile transmission operation or the start of a copy operation.

The [Stop] key 9c is for instructing forcible stop of various operations or for canceling operations.

[Yes] key 9d and [No] key 9e
Is a key for allowing the user to make various selections of determination or cancellation.

The [Function] key 9f is used to register a one-touch dial, a function of registering abbreviated dials, a function of setting user parameters, and a function of time designation transmission, department code other than the function of the facsimile machine 1 as a standard facsimile machine. This function is for calling an extended function such as a designated transmission. By pressing this [Function] key 9f and inputting a number corresponding to each function with the numeric keypad 9a, each function is called and executed. Can be.

The [abbreviated] key 9g is used for the abbreviated dial function, and is used for pressing the [abbreviated] key 9g and inputting a number (for example, two digits from 01 to 99) using the numeric keypad 9a. The combination is used to specify the registration number of the speed dial.

The one-touch key group 9h is for a one-touch dial function, and has a number from "01" to "32".
It consists of keys corresponding to each number up to,
By pressing one of the one-touch keys, the registration number of the one-touch dial is designated.

The cursor key group 9j includes a [↓] key 9j.
d, [←] key 9jl, [→] key 9jr, and
[↑] key 9ju.

[↓] key 9jd and [↑] key 9ju
Is for changing the display content of the display 9k or scrolling the display content up and down in accordance with the depression of each key. Also, the [←] key 9jl and the [→] key 9jr
Is for selecting an item, a function, or the like displayed on the display 9k in accordance with the depression of each key. The display 9k displays the operation state of the device to be notified to the user and various messages.

Returning to FIG. 1, the communication control unit 10 controls G3 or G4 facsimile communication via the network control unit 11. The network control unit 11 is connected to a PSTN or ISDN line and controls connection with the line.

The EEPROM 12 is an electrically rewritable read-only memory for storing various information necessary for the operation of the apparatus and to be retained even when the apparatus is turned off.

The system bus 13 is a signal line through which the above components exchange data.

In the facsimile apparatus 1 having the above configuration, the setting process for each user shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is performed.

First, in FIG.
Indicates that the [Function] key 9f is pressed and the numeric keypad 9
It is monitored whether there is a combination operation of the input of the number “50” by a, that is, whether the user-specific setting mode is activated (No loop of decision 101), and when the user-specific setting mode is activated (decision 101: Yes), a display D10 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to prompt the user to register a new user code or to specify a registered user code (process 102). The user code is information for identifying each user (user identification information)
In this embodiment, it is assumed that the number is a four-digit number.

Then, when the display D10 of the process 102 is displayed and the [→] key 9jr or [←] key 9jl is pressed, the cursor (underlined) position in the display D10 is represented by a character string “new registration” or “designation”. Is performed (step 103) and the cursor control for storing the current cursor position is performed until the [Yes] key 9d is pressed (No loop of the determination 104), and the [Yes] key 9
If d is pressed (Yes in decision 104), decision 104
The position of the cursor at the time when is Yes is determined (decision 105).

If the cursor position is the character string "new registration" in the judgment 105, a display D11 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to prompt the input of a user code to be newly registered. (Process 106), numeric keypad 9a
The input process of displaying the input number sequence on the display D11 and storing the input number sequence is performed by Y (step 107).
es) Perform until the key 9d is pressed (N in the judgment 108)
o loop).

When the [Yes] key 9d is pressed (Yes in judgment 108), the number string of the user code that has been input at the time when the judgment 108 is Yes is shown in FIG.
It is registered as an unregistered “user code” item of “setting” in the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table 12a stored in the ROM 12 (process 109).

If the cursor position is the character string "designation" in the judgment 105, a display D12 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to prompt the input of the user code to be designated (step 110). ), An input process of displaying the number string input by the ten key 9a on the display D12 and storing the input number string is performed (Step 111) (Yes) until the key 9d is pressed (No loop of the judgment 112).

When the [Yes] key 9d is depressed in decision 112 and the user code to be processed is determined (decision 1
12 is Yes) or when a user code to be processed is newly registered in the process 109, the process 113 in FIG.
Move to

In the processing 113, a display D13 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to urge the user to select whether or not to set the instructable function. Then, the [Yes] key 9d
Alternatively, it is monitored whether the [No] key 9e is pressed (No in decision 114, loop in No in decision 115), and [Ye
s] key 9d is pressed (Ye in decision 114).
s), an instructable function selection process is performed (process 116),
The process proceeds to the process 117, and if the [No] key 9e is pressed (Yes in the determination 115), the process 11 is performed without doing anything.
Move to 7.

In the process 117, a display D14 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to urge the user to select whether or not to change the hard key function assignment. Then, it is monitored whether the [Yes] key 9d or the [No] key 9e is pressed (No in decision 118, loop in No in decision 119),
If the [Yes] key 9d is pressed (judgment 118
Yes), an instructable function selection process is performed (process 11).
20) Then, the process proceeds to the process 121. If the [No] key 9e is pressed (Yes in the determination 119), the process proceeds to the process 121 without doing anything.

In the process 121, a display D15 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 9k to urge the user to select whether or not to register various data. Then, it is monitored whether the [Yes] key 9d or the [No] key 9e is pressed (determination 1).
No. 22, loop of No. 123), [Yes]
When the key 9d is pressed (Ye of the judgment 122)
s), an instructable function selection process is performed (process 112).
4), the process ends, and if the [No] key 9e is pressed (Yes in decision 123), the process ends without doing anything.

By such a user-specific setting process, an instructable function selection process (process 116) is performed for a newly registered user code or a user code that has already been registered and specified as a process target, as required by the user. ),
Hard key function assignment change processing (processing 120) and various data registration processing (processing 124) are performed.

Next, a specific processing procedure of the instructable function selection processing of the processing 116 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. 6, but before that, FIG. 7 of FIG. 7 referred to in the processing of FIG. The user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table 12a will be described.

In FIG. 7, the table 12a displays "user code" and selection candidates on the display 9k.
For each of the activated functions (functions A, B, etc.) selected by a key input from the user, a "group" division and one or more "settings" such as "setting 0", "setting 1", etc. It is configured.

The “group” is an item for setting whether the group to which each of the various functions belongs is at the “beginner”, “intermediate” or “advanced” level based on the degree of understanding of the facsimile machine 1 or the like. And corresponds to a function-specific attribute level setting table.

In the item “group”, the value “0”,
“1” and “2” indicate “beginner”, “intermediate”, and “advanced” levels, respectively.

The item of “setting 0” is a special “setting” that is not released for the user, and has a user code of “0000”.
Special user code is assigned. That is, “setting 0” is a general-purpose setting that is applied when no user code is specified at the start of the operation and does not limit the user, and all functions are set to valid (value “1”). I have.

The items after “setting 1” are registered for “setting” and “user code” for each user by the processing 109 of FIG. 3, and are “valid” or “invalid (value“ The setting of “0”) is performed by the instructable function selection process of the process 116 of FIG. 4, which is specifically shown in FIG.

In the instructable function selection process shown in FIG. 6, first, an instruction to select an instructable function in either “individual selection” or “level collective selection” is given via the operation display unit 9. (Step 201). The interactive processing in that case is performed in the same manner as the user-specific setting processing shown in FIGS.

Then, the selected mode is judged (decision 202), and in the case of "individual selection", the functions A, B,... Set in the user-instructible function setting table 12a shown in FIG. One of the various functions is selected (process 203), and a selection instruction as to whether or not to instruct the selected function is received via the operation display unit 9 (process 204).

Then, the selection state is determined (determination 20).
5) If “OK”, set the function selected in process 203 to “valid” (process 206); if “NO”, set
The function selected in the process 203 is set to “invalid” (process 207). The setting of “valid” or “invalid” in the processing 206 or 207 for the function selected in the processing 203 is performed in the processing 109 or the determination 112 in FIG.
Is performed for the “setting” corresponding to the user code to be processed, which is determined at the time when is set to Yes.

After the processing 206 or 207, it is determined whether there is an unset function among the various functions set in the table 12a that has not been selected by the processing 203 (determination 208). If the setting function remains (Yes in the judgment 208), the process returns to the step 203. When the settings for all the functions have been completed (No in the judgment 208), the processing ends.

As a result, a user who is familiar with the contents of various functions can finely determine whether each function is set to "valid" or "invalid" as an instructable function individually for each function.

On the other hand, in the judgment 202, if the selected mode is “level batch”, “elementary (value 0),
A selection operation of either “intermediate (value 1)” or “advanced (value 2)” is received via the operation display unit 9 (process 209), and the selected level group is added to FIG. All functions belonging to the table 12a are set to "valid" (process 210).

Note that the setting for making all functions belonging to the group of the selected level “effective” in the process 210 is as follows.
The process 109 of FIG. 3 or the “setting” corresponding to the user code to be processed determined when the determination 112 is Yes is performed.

As a method of specifying the function belonging to the group of the selected level in the process 210, if the selected level is “intermediate”, the value of “group” is 1
"Intermediate" and "elementary" with a value of 0 may be determined to be "valid".
A plurality of levels, such as "beginner" and "intermediate", may be selected as levels to be "valid". In addition, grouping based on the number of functions such as simple, standard, and all may be used.

Thus, a user who is not familiar with the contents of the various functions can easily specify whether the various functions are set as "valid" or "invalid" as the instructable functions by specifying the level.

After the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table 12a is set in this way, the system control unit 2
When the user code is specified via the operation display unit 9 at the start of the operation, the specified user code is compared with the user-specific instructable function setting table 12a,
The corresponding “setting” is specified, and only the function set as “valid” in the specified “setting” is displayed on the display 9.
k is displayed as a selection candidate, and the selected function among the functions displayed as the selection candidate is executed.

As a result, the user does not become confused by displaying functions that he or she does not use or functions whose contents are not well understood as selection candidates, thereby improving operability.

If the user code is not specified at the start of the operation, the function to be displayed as a selection candidate on the display 9k is specified based on the general-purpose setting of "setting 0".

Next, a specific processing procedure of the hard key function assignment change processing of the processing 120 in FIG. 4 will be described.

This hard key function assignment change processing is performed in accordance with FIG.
Is performed with reference to the user-specific hard key function assignment setting table 12b stored in the EEPROM 12 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 8, the table 12b includes “user code” and “setting 0”, “setting 0” for key types (key 1, key 2, etc.) corresponding to various keys arranged on the operation display section 9. One or more “settings” such as “1”.

The item of “setting 0” is a special “setting” that is not released for the user, and the user code “0000”
Special user code is assigned. That is, “setting 0” is a general-purpose setting that is applied when no user code is specified at the start of the operation and does not limit the user.

The items after “setting 1” are “for setting” for each user, and the “user code” are registered by the process 109 in FIG.

Each “setting” is formed by associating a function to be activated corresponding to each key type, and the setting corresponds to each key type by interactive input via the operation display unit 8. This is done by setting the function.

After the user-specific hard key function assignment setting table 12b is set in this way, the system control unit 2 sets the user code to the operation display unit 9 at the start of the operation.
When the user code is specified via the user key, the specified user code is collated with the user-specific hard key assignment setting table 12b to specify the corresponding “setting”, and the operation display is performed according to the specified “setting”. When a specific key provided in the unit 9 is pressed, a function to be activated is specified, and the specified function is executed.

As a result, the user can conveniently use the facsimile apparatus 1 with the key assignment set for his convenience. For example, in the general-purpose “setting 0”, the key assigned to the function of shifting to the help list output screen can be changed to the function of shifting to the communication management report output screen, or the facsimile machine 1 can copy the key. If not, the copy key may be used as a program key for storing the entire transmission operation.

Next, a specific processing procedure of the various data registration processing of the processing 124 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. 9, but before that, FIG. 1 referred to in the processing of FIG.
The various user-specific data registration tables 12c stored in the EEPROM 12 will now be described.

In FIG. 10, a table 12c contains a “user code” and various data used for communication and the like, specifically, a source name, a telephone number corresponding to each key such as a one-touch dial, and the like. , "Registration 0", "registration 1", and the like.

The item “registration 0” is a special “registration” that is not released for the user and has a user code “0000”.
Special user code is assigned. That is, “registration 0” is a general-purpose registration that is applied when no user code is specified at the start of the operation and that does not limit the user.

The items after “registration 1” are “registration” for each user, and the “user code” is registered by the process 109 in FIG. 3, and the registration of various data contents is as shown in FIG. This is performed by the instructable function selection processing of processing 124 of FIG. 4 which is specifically shown.

In the various data registration process shown in FIG. 9, first, an instruction to select data to be registered is given on the operation display unit 9.
(Processing 301), wait until there is a selection instruction (No loop of determination 302), and when it is selected (determination 3)
02), it is determined whether or not there is a quotation instruction via the operation display unit 8 (determination 303). If there is a quotation instruction (Yes of determination 303), data search / quote data selection processing is performed. After that (process 304), data edit registration process is performed (process 305). If there is no quotation instruction (No in decision 305), data edit registration process is simply performed (process 305).

The search target in the data search / quote data selection process of process 304 includes not only data registered corresponding to another user code but also general-purpose data of user code “0000”. Becomes all the data registered in the device. The citation data searched and selected in this manner is treated as an initial value of data to be displayed on the display 9k as a registration / editing object in a subsequent data editing / registration process (process 305).

In the data editing / registration processing of step 305, if the registered / editing operation is terminated without changing the cited data on the registration / editing screen displayed on the display 9k, the data in the table 12c is deleted. Only the information indicating the number of the cited “registration” without directly storing in the area corresponding to the data of the type selected in the process 301 among the contents of the “registration” corresponding to the user code specified in the process 402 Write.

More specifically, in the table 12c of FIG. 10, the "source name" of the number "registration 2" is quoted from "registration 0", and the content is not a character string of the name itself. However, information “# 0” indicating that the information is quoted from “registration 0” is registered. If it is a quote from “registration 1”, it will be “# 1”.

As a result, redundant storage of the same data can be avoided, and the amount of memory used can be reduced. The storage form of the citation relation is the table 1 shown in FIG.
It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the form of 2c, but may be anything as long as the citation relation is clear.

Thus, the contents of various data used at the time of communication or the like can be separately registered for each user. In addition, at the time of registration, the registered contents of “registration 0”, which is general-purpose data of a device that does not specify a user, and the registered contents of “registration” corresponding to other user codes can be referred to. The registered contents need not be duplicated and input from the beginning, and the labor of registering various data for each user can be reduced.

Next, a description will be given, with reference to FIG. 11, of a user-specific various data erasing process for erasing the contents of the user-specific various data registration table 12c shown in FIG.

In the figure, the system control unit 2 determines whether there is a combination operation of pressing the [function] key 9f and inputting the number “60” using the numeric keypad 9a.
It is monitored whether or not the various data erasing modes for each user are activated (No loop in decision 401). When the various data erasing modes for each user are activated (Yes in decision 401), a dialogue is input through the operation display unit 9 through an operation input unit 9. Performing a user code designation process that receives designation of a user code (process 402),
After receiving the designation of the user code to be erased, it is further determined whether there is an instruction to erase the user code itself (determination 4).
03).

If there is an instruction to delete the user code itself (Yes in decision 403), there is an instruction to delete the data registered in the “registration” corresponding to the user code specified by the process 402 in the table 12c. Is determined (determination 404).

If there is a deletion instruction (Yes in decision 404), the registered data is deleted (step 40).
5) The user code specified by the process 402 is deleted from the table 12c (process 406). If there is no deletion instruction (No in decision 404), the user code is simply deleted from the table 12c (process 406), and the process ends.

In the registration data deletion processing of the processing 405, the registration data corresponding to the user code to be deleted is completely deleted from the table 12c. That is,
You will not be able to quote when registering data. However,
Data cited as data corresponding to other user codes is not deleted.

In the judgment 403, when there is no instruction to delete the user code itself (No in the judgment 403), the data registered in the “registration” corresponding to the user code specified by the process 402 in the table 12c is deleted. It is determined whether there is an instruction for batch erasure (decision 407).

When an instruction for batch erasure is issued (judgment 4
(Yes in 07), after performing the registered data batch erasing process (process 408), it is determined whether or not there is a registration data deletion instruction (determination 409). In the registered data batch erasing process of step 408, the registered data corresponding to the user code to be deleted is not completely deleted from the table 12c.
That is, at the time of the registration operation, it is possible to quote.

If there is an instruction to delete the registered data (Yes in decision 409), a process for completely deleting the registered data is performed (process 410), and the process ends. If there is no instruction to delete registered data (N in decision 409)
o), the process is terminated as it is.

If it is determined in decision 407 that there is no instruction for batch erasure (No in decision 407), registered data individual erasure processing for selecting and erasing registered data corresponding to the user code to be erased one by one. (Step 41)
1), end the process.

As described above, when the user code registered in the user-specific various data registration table 12c is deleted, the corresponding registration contents can be deleted together, and the registration corresponding to the designated user code can be deleted. You can erase only the contents at once.

As described above, according to this embodiment, various settings can be made for each user, and optimal operability for each user can be realized.

In the embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to a facsimile apparatus which is one of the communication terminal apparatuses. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is similarly applied to other communication terminal apparatuses. It is possible. Also,
The present invention can be applied to operation control such as function setting of information equipment.

[0099]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an instructable function is set in advance corresponding to each user identification information.
Only the instructable functions that are set according to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation are displayed as selection candidates so that the user can give an instruction. For the user, the operation information of the function that is not usually used is not displayed, and various settings can be made for each user, so that the effect of improving the operability can be obtained. Also, with the exact same hardware configuration as the conventional facsimile machine, which cannot indicate the functions that can be specified,
Since operability can be improved, there is an advantage that cost does not increase.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to specify which function is to be set as the instructable function, not by individual functions, but by designating the level to which the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels belong. Therefore, it is possible for the user to specify the function of the level suitable for oneself at a time without setting the function as an instructable function without understanding the function well, and to improve the usability without causing confusion for the user. The effect that can be performed is obtained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, similar to the first aspect of the invention, each function can be individually set to an instructable function,
Alternatively, a user who does not fully understand the functions of the apparatus can select one of the indirectly instructable functions based on the attribute level of each function similar to the invention according to claim 2. For the user who understands which function is necessary for himself or herself, it is possible to take an optimal selection form, and as a result, the effect that the operability is improved is obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the role (function) of the hard key provided on the operation unit is assigned to each of the registered user identification information, and according to the user identification information designated at the start of the operation. When the hard key is pressed in the setting, the function according to the setting corresponding to the user identification information is executed, so that, for example, the usage status of each user, such as increasing the number of hard keys for one-touch dial designation, etc. , And an effect of improving the usability of each user can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 5, registration of various data required for communication such as one-touch dialing, abbreviated dialing, caller name is performed for each user identification information. Since various data corresponding to the specified user identification information is used, even if one apparatus is used by a plurality of users, it can be used as if it were used by individuals, and each user It is possible to improve the operability of the individual, and for example, it is possible to obtain the effect that the user can save the trouble of searching for a desired dial from dials not directly related to the user.

According to the invention of claim 6, when registering various data corresponding to the user identification information, the general-purpose data registered in the apparatus is quoted and used without specifying the user. An effect is obtained that the operability can be improved by greatly reducing the time and effort of input when registering data having the same or similar content as general-purpose data as registration data corresponding to user identification information.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when registering various data corresponding to the user identification information, general data registered in the apparatus without specifying the user and other user identification information can be registered. The registered data is quoted and used, so the data with the same or similar content as the registered data is registered as the registered data corresponding to the user identification information according to the general-purpose data and other user identification information This has the effect that the operability can be further improved by greatly reducing the time and effort required for input when performing the operation. In addition, by quoting data registered corresponding to other user identification information, there is no need to duplicately manage data that a plurality of users want to use in common, thereby saving memory and increasing costs. There is also an advantage that can be suppressed.

According to the invention of claim 8, at the time of erasing the user identification information, the data registered corresponding to the user identification information to be erased can be simultaneously and simultaneously erased. There is no need to delete one item, and an effect that operability is improved is obtained.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the data registered for each user code identification information can be collectively deleted for each user code, there is no need to delete each data one by one. The effect that the operability is improved is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation display unit of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a setting process for each user in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart together with FIG. 3 showing a setting process procedure for each user in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example in the processing procedure of FIGS. 3 and 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing procedure of an instructable function selection processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a user-specific hard key function assignment setting table.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing procedure of various data registration processing.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a user-specific various data registration table.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of various data erasure processes for each user in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 facsimile machine 2 system control unit 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 scanner 6 plotter 7 image memory 8 encoding / decoding unit 9 operation display unit 9a numeric keypad 9b [start] key 9c [stop] key 9d [Yes] key 9e [No] key 9f [Function] key 9g [Shortcut] key 9h One-touch key group 9j Cursor key group 9k Display 10 Communication control unit 11 Network control unit 12 EEPROM 12a User-specifiable function setting table 12b User-specific hard key function assignment setting table 12c User Various data registration tables 13 System bus

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. While communicating with a counterpart device, it has various functions executed when selected by an operation input.
In a communication terminal device that executes a function designated by an operation input among various functions displayed as selection candidates, the operation input includes user identification information and one of the functions that can be instructed among the various functions. Or, when a plurality of designations are made, the user-specific instruction-capable function setting means stores the user-specified instruction-capable function in association with the user identification information in the user-specific instruction-capable function setting table; A communication terminal device, comprising: a commandable function restricting unit that displays only the function corresponding to the user-specific commandable function setting table as a selection candidate and allows the user to specify the information. 2. While communicating with a destination apparatus, the apparatus has various functions executed when selected by an operation input.
In a communication terminal device that executes a function designated by an operation input among various functions displayed as selection candidates, a function in which whether each of the various functions belongs to an attribute level such as elementary, intermediate, or advanced is stored in advance. When the user identification information and a specific attribute level among the respective attribute levels are specified by another attribute level setting table and an operation input, the specific attribute level specified in the user identification information is set to the specific attribute level. A user-specific instruction-enabled function setting unit that stores the corresponding function in the user-specific instruction-enabled function setting table in association with the corresponding function in the function-specific attribute level setting table; An instructable function restricting means for displaying only a corresponding function in the setting table as a selection candidate and enabling an instruction; A communication terminal device comprising: 3. While communicating with a destination device, the device has various functions executed when selected by an operation input.
In a communication terminal device that executes a function designated by an operation input among various functions displayed as selection candidates, a function in which whether each of the various functions belongs to an attribute level such as elementary, intermediate, or advanced is stored in advance. Separate attribute level setting table and user-instructible function setting
In the case where the setting form selecting means for selecting whether to perform each function individually or collectively at the attribute level in accordance with the operation input, and the setting by the setting form selecting means to perform each function individually, The user identification information and one of the various functions to be instructed by the operation input are one
When one or more are designated, the designated identification-enabled function is associated with the user identification information and stored in the user-specified instruction-enabled function setting table, while the setting by the setting mode selection means is performed collectively at the attribute level. When the user identification information and a specific attribute level among the respective attribute levels are designated by an operation input, the user attribute information is changed to the specific attribute level designated in the user identification information. A user-specific instruction-capable function setting unit that associates a corresponding function in the function-specific attribute level setting table and stores the function in the user-specific instruction-capable function setting table; Commandable function restricting means for displaying only a corresponding function as a selection candidate in the function setting table so as to be instructable; Communication terminal device according to claim. 4. While communicating with a destination device, when any one of various hard keys provided on the operation unit is pressed, a function assigned in advance to the pressed hard key is provided. When the user input information and the function to be assigned corresponding to each of the various hard keys are designated by an operation input, the function assignment state to the various hard keys is assigned to the user identification information. User-specific hard key assignment setting means for storing in the user-specific hard key function assignment setting table, and the various hard keys corresponding to the user identification information specified at the start of the operation in the user-specific hard key assignment setting table Hard key control means for executing the function assigned to the pressed hard key based on the function assignment state to the key. Communication terminal device according to claim. 5. While communicating with a destination device, one-touch dialing, speed dialing, group dialing,
Various data required for communication, such as the name of the caller and the telephone number of the caller, are stored in advance and registered as user identification information and the various data by operation input in the communication terminal device used as necessary. When registration data to be specified is specified,
In the various user-specific data registration means for storing the various types of registration data in the various user-specific data registration tables in association with the user identification information, and in the user-specific various data registration tables, A communication terminal device, comprising: various data use control means for using the corresponding various registration data as various data necessary for communication as needed. 6. While the general-purpose data that does not belong to a specific user is stored in advance as the various data necessary for communication, the user-specific various data registration unit, together with the user identification information, receives the various types of data by an operation input. 6. The communication terminal device according to claim 5, wherein when the registration data to be registered as data is specified, the general-purpose data can be quoted as the registration data. 7. General-purpose data that does not belong to a specific user is stored in advance as the various data required for communication, and the user-specific various data registration unit inputs the various types of data together with user identification information by an operation input. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein when registration data to be registered as data is designated, the general data and data registered in the user-specific various data registration table can be cited as the registration data. The communication terminal device according to claim 1. 8. The data registered in the user-specific various data registration table corresponding to each user identification information,
8. The communication terminal device according to claim 5, further comprising a user identification information / registered content batch erasing unit that collectively erases the corresponding user identification information. 9. A registration content for collectively deleting data corresponding to a specified user identification information to be erased among data registered in the various data registration table for each user corresponding to each user identification information. 9. The communication terminal device according to claim 5, further comprising a batch erasing unit.