JP2002185741A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily input a mail address or the like without taking time and labor for the operation. SOLUTION: In Internet facsimile equipment, a registration mode by radio is set (ST1), the record registration start number of a one-easy-step table is inputted (ST2) and then the mail address is received from a portable telephone set (ST3). The received mail address and its name are stored in the one-easy- step table (ST4). In facsimile transmission by electronic mail, a one-easy-step key corresponding to the registered mail address is operated and the mail address of a transmission destination is specified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as an Internet facsimile device or a facsimile device having a function of transmitting a mail address by an IRA signal of a facsimile procedure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an Internet facsimile apparatus or a facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting a mail address by an IRA signal of a facsimile procedure can perform facsimile transmission by electronic mail. In this type of facsimile apparatus, address book data such as a telephone number and an e-mail address are input and registered in the main body of the apparatus.

[0003]

As described above, in a facsimile apparatus which performs facsimile transmission by e-mail, it is necessary to register an e-mail address and the like. Since there are many alphabets and special characters in the address, there is a problem that it is very troublesome.

Conventionally, when a fax is transmitted by renting a facsimile machine at a destination, it is necessary to input the telephone number and address of the destination each time, which is also very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a communication terminal device which can easily input a mail address or the like without troublesome operation.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A communication terminal device according to the present invention includes a line connection unit, a destination designation information storage memory, a radio interface, and a control for storing destination registration information in a reception memory via a radio interface. Section.

[0007] In this communication terminal device, destination registration information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address which are wirelessly transmitted from the outside by a mobile phone or the like are received via a wireless interface and stored in a destination designation information storage memory. Store. Thereby, destination information such as a mail address is registered. Since registration is performed by wireless transfer from a mobile phone or the like, there is no need to input characters each time, so that destination information such as a mail address can be registered without any trouble.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this communication system, a facsimile apparatus 21 attaches a mail address with an IRA signal, transmits a fax manuscript via a telephone line 22, and sends a mail from a provider gateway 23 to a destination of the mail address on the Internet 24. is there. The most significant feature of this communication system is that a mail address input for registration in the facsimile machine 21 is wirelessly transferred from the mobile phone 25. Wireless is Bluetooth
Use a method. Due to the recent development of e-mail by mobile phones and the like, it is highly likely that an e-mail address or the like has already been registered in the memory of the mobile phone. There is no need to input the constituent characters.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus 1 used in the communication system of the embodiment.

This Internet facsimile apparatus 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes an MPU (control unit) 1, a ROM 2, a RAM 3, an image memory (DRAM) 4, an operation panel (operation unit) 5, a display unit 6 for displaying various data, a bus 7, an NCU 8, a modem 9, a scanner 10, Printer (output unit) 11, COD
An EC 12 and a wireless interface 13 are provided. Here, a storage unit is configured by the ROM 2, the RAM 3, and the image memory 4, and a communication unit is configured by the NCU 8, the modem 9, the CODEC 12, and the wireless interface 13.

The MPU 1 controls each unit constituting the device 21, receives data from an external information source through a communication unit, stores the data in a storage unit, and displays the data stored in the storage unit on a display unit 6. It has a function to make ROM2
Stores a program for controlling the device 21. The RAM 3 temporarily stores data and the like. Also,
It is used as a destination designation information storage memory for storing an e-mail address wirelessly input from a mobile phone or the like. The image memory 4 temporarily stores the image data when transmitting the received image data or the image data read by the scanner 10. The operation panel 5 allows the user to send and receive faxes,
This is for giving instructions such as printing.

The NCU 8 has a function of controlling connection with a telephone line (PSTN) 14 and detecting transmission and reception of a dial signal corresponding to a telephone number (including a FAX number) of a destination. . The modem 9 is an ITU-
Recommendation T. 30 based on a facsimile transmission control procedure according to V.30. 17, V.I. 27ter, V.I. Modulation and demodulation of transmission / reception data according to 29 or the like. Scanner 10
Reads image data of an original when performing FAX transmission and copying. The printer 11 records received image data and image data of a document read by the scanner 10 in a copy operation on a recording sheet. The CODEC 12 encodes (reads) the read image data by MH, MR, MMR, or the like in order to transmit the image data, and decodes (decodes) the received image data. The wireless interface 13 receives a registration telephone number and a mail address wirelessly transmitted from a mobile phone or the like.

In the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment,
When registering the destination e-mail address, as shown in FIG. 3, first, in step ST1, a wireless registration mode is set on the operation panel 5. Next, step S
Move to T2. In step ST2, a record registration start number of the one-touch table is input. next,
Move to step ST3.

In step ST3, a mail address transmitted from the mobile phone is received. Then, the process proceeds to step ST4. In step ST4,
The received mail address and name are stored in the area of the input number of the one-touch table. Thus, registration of the e-mail address of the destination to which the fax is to be transmitted is completed.

Next, the processing operation in the case where the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment transmits data to a destination will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step ST11, a destination whose mail address has already been registered is input by operating the one-touch key. Next, the process proceeds to step ST12. In step ST12, a call is made to the gateway. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step ST13. In step ST13, a DIS (digital identification signal) signal from the destination is detected. Next, the process proceeds to step ST14.

In step ST14, the mail address is stored in the IRA and transmitted. And step S
Move to T15. In step ST15, DC
Sends S (Digital Command Signal) Train. Next, the process proceeds to step ST16. In step ST16, CFR (reception preparation confirmation signal) is detected. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step ST17.

In step ST17, an original image is sent. Then, the process proceeds to step ST18. In step ST18, EOP (message end signal)
Is transmitted, and an MCF (message acknowledgment signal) indicating that the message has been completely received is detected, thereby terminating the process.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the destination registration information is stored in the reception memory via the wireless interface, the destination information registered in the mobile phone or the like can be easily transferred and registered. This eliminates the need to input characters and the like from the operation panel.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the mail address is transmitted via the line connection unit by the facsimile procedure signal, the operation can be easily input even if the mail address has a large number of digits.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, Bluet
Since the wireless system of the ooth system is adopted, the wireless communication system can be implemented without requiring wireless permission.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system in which the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining destination mail address registration processing of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a document by mail to a destination of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 MPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Image memory 5 Operation panel 6 Display unit 7 Bus 8 NCU 9 Modem 10 Scanner 11 Printer 12 CODEC 13 Wireless interface 14, 22 Telephone line 21 Facsimile machine 23 Provider gateway 24 Internet 25 Mobile phone

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication system comprising: a line connection unit; a destination designation information storage memory; a wireless interface; and a control unit for storing destination registration information in the destination designation information storage memory via the wireless interface. Communication terminal device. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said control unit sends out a mail address by a facsimile communication procedure signal via a line connection unit. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the destination information stored in the destination designation information storage memory is a mail address, and the wireless communication is in a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) system.