JP2002290600A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user with operational information concerning a selected menu, without the need for reading the instruction manual, or without the increase in cost. SOLUTION: When a desired menu is selected by the operation at an operation display (S1-1), if a summary indication flag is on (Yes in S1-1), it is shifted to a screen of each setting or register (S1-6), after indication of summary of the selected menu (S1-6), and if the summary indication flag is off (No in S1-1), it is shifted to the screen of each setting or register.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a communication apparatus having a help or guidance display function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional communication apparatus of this kind, a method of operating an apparatus by a simple key operation without using an instruction manual, such as a facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-164882. was there.

[0003]

BRIEF Problems to be Solved In such a facsimile apparatus, by performing a predetermined help key operation during function setting operation or during data registration operation, and outputs the information about the operation method of the device, handling beside Even if there is no instruction manual, or even if the instruction manual is lost, the operation method can be obtained, which is convenient. However, in this method, it is necessary to store all the operation method output information, and the information is enormous, so that a large-capacity storage memory is required, which is not practical. Further, it is necessary only help key, similar to the storage memory for securing a storage area of the operation method outputs information,
This leads to higher costs. For that matter, there is no not say that there is a problem as you need the instruction manual to the complex method of operation itself.

The present invention solves such a problem and can provide a user with operation information on a selected menu without reading an instruction manual, and furthermore, outputs the information to a device for providing the operation information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which does not need to provide a dedicated key for giving an instruction and does not need to prepare a huge storage area for storing operation information.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of, the invention of claim 1 has an operation display unit a display unit for displaying the operation key and various information to input various signals, at least a communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving communication devices and information via the public line, when the operation display unit to display various function setting menu or registration menu and select a desired menu on the operation of the operation display unit, A display control means for displaying an outline of the selected menu and then shifting to each setting or registration screen is provided. By having such a configuration, when the user selects a desired menu in the displayed setting various functions or registration menu on the operation display unit at a predetermined operation, features and registration contents that can be set in the selected menu on that briefly displays a summary of such, because the transition to each setting or registration screen, by looking at the operation display means that the seemingly what the content that you will set or registration, without reading the instruction manual It is possible to understand. In addition, there is no need to provide a dedicated key, such as a help key, further, there is no hard cost up.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a summary of the selected menu is displayed for a predetermined time, and then the screen automatically shifts to each setting or registration screen. And With this configuration, the summary display is not performed more than necessary.

[0007] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the invention according to the first aspect, the display of the outline of the selected menu is terminated by operating the operation display means, and the screen shifts to each setting or registration screen. With this configuration, the display of the functions that can be set in the menu selected by the user and the brief overview of the registered contents are terminated by the user operation, and the screen shifts to each setting or registration screen. in a state that does not Yomiki' an overview, it is not necessary to display the result in the end.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, when the display of the outline of the selected menu is ended, the display of the outline of the selected menu is continued. It is characterized in that a display for selecting whether or not to do so is performed. By having such a configuration, it is possible to change in order to be able to omit the display of the summary of the selected menu, the easy-to-use set for the user, which began to outline display for a certain period of time is Urusashi Ku feel.

[0009] The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 1 any one, characterized in that the selectable whether or not to display a summary of the selected menu.
With this configuration, the display of the menu summary can be set to disable or return to the enable setting, so that the summary display for a certain period of time becomes cumbersome. was in the case of a user is allowed to omit the display of the summary of the selected menu, for example, if you transfer the settings and the device that is not a once overview display, perform an overview display in the case of a new user you are not familiar with the equipment it is possible to change the settings.

[0010] According Claim 6 invention, in the invention according to claims 1 to 5 any one, to make a display to select whether to perform a predetermined feedback display time for setting or registering operation and it features. With this configuration, when performing a feedback display, when a setting or registration operation is performed, “set” or “registered” is displayed to indicate that the operation was effective. The user can be given a sense of security by performing a feedback display such as "I". Further, in the case of a user who feels troublesome in the feedback display, the feedback display can be omitted, so that the setting can be changed to an easy-to-use setting according to the user.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, a facsimile function is provided. With this configuration,
A function that is not frequently used but is likely to be used in a facsimile machine, such as registration of speed dial or setting change, or guide to a menu for outputting a transmission / reception result report, and further inform a user of a setting method. it can.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a CPU for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus, 2 is a ROM storing various programs, and 3 is a various menu. RAM for storing an overview of functions that can be set or registered contents, 4
Is an operation display unit having input keys for inputting various commands and a display panel for displaying various information, 5 is an image information reading unit for reading image information from a document, and 6 is image information or image input through a telephone line. An image information output unit 7 for recording the image information input from the information reading unit 5 on recording paper, encodes the image information input from the image information reading unit 5 or decodes the image information input via a telephone line. An encoding / decoding unit 8 is an image information or image information reading unit 5 input via a telephone line.
, An image information storage unit for storing image information input from, a modem, a network control unit, and a data bus.

According to the program written in the ROM 2, the CPU 1 uses the RAM 3 while using the operation display unit 4, image information reading unit 5, image information output unit 6, encoding / decoding unit 7, image information storage unit 8, It controls the modem 9, the network controller 10, and the data bus 11.

[0015] Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment. However, a detailed description of the operation of a general facsimile machine is omitted. Here, points related to the present invention, that is, outline display related to function setting and data registration, feedback display control at the time of completion of setting and registration, and selection control of availability of outline display and feedback display will be described.

First, in the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment,
About summary display control about function setting and data registration,
This will be described with reference to FIG.

When a sender name registration menu is selected from various data registration menus by a predetermined operation of the operation display unit 4, first, the state of the summary display flag is checked (S).
1-1). This summary display flag is not limited to the source name registration is provided for each set or registration operation, it is managed separately. When the summary display flag is off (No in S1-1), the summary display processing (S1-1 to S1-
9) skips, the process proceeds to the source name data input operation process (S1-10). Also in the case summary display flag is ON (Yes in S1-1), and displays a summary on the operation display unit 4 by the outline display process (S1-2). Then, it sets the predetermined time to the display time measuring timer (S
1-3), to start the counting. A total o'clock, the operation of the operation display unit 4 monitors whether a display termination request for example by the stop key pressed, such as the user.

[0018] And, it has received the display end request (S1-
If Yes (4) or the time is over (S1-5), the summary display is terminated, and the summary display availability selection guidance display processing is performed (S1-6). to be selected by the user whether or not to perform an overview display every time (S1-7). If the user selects not display in the future (Y in S1-8)
es), the summary display flag is turned off (S1-9). Thus, when the next caller name registration menu is selected, the outline display process is skipped in step S1-1, and the direct caller name data input operation process (S1-1) is performed.
It will be shifted to 0).

When the data input operation is completed (S1-1)
0), to check the state of the feedback display flag (S1-11). The feedback display flag is not provided for each set or registration operation, which is a common flag for all configuration or registration operation. If the feedback display flag is off, such as "has been registered", "set has been" or, to skip the display processing for notifying the user by feeding back the results of the operation to the various types of data registration menu return (S1-
12).

[0020] The feedback display, is to use who are not familiar with the operation giving a sense of security, it is a kind, a rather cumbersome and become more comfortable. The following skip processing is performed assuming such a case. If the feedback display flag is ON (Yes in S1-11), after having displayed only feedback display predetermined time as described above (S1-12, S1-13, S1-14), various data registered Return to menu. When the availability display feedback flag is off (No in S1-11), the process returns to the various data registration menu. As a result, it is possible to omit the display, such as if there is no need "has been set" and "has been registered". Here, as for the setting of the feedback display flag on / off, a menu having a menu relating to the registration of the sender name or a menu of the registration operation includes a menu relating to selection of availability of the summary display. On / off setting. This point will be described later with reference to FIG.

With this configuration, when the user selects a desired menu in various function settings or a registration menu displayed on the operation display unit 4 by a predetermined operation, the user can set the selected menu. After a brief overview of functions and registered contents is displayed, the screen will move to each setting or registration screen, so you should understand what the contents to be set or registered will be without reading the instruction manual. are possible, it is convenient. Also, there is no need to provide a dedicated key such as a help key, and there is no increase in hardware cost. further,
There is no need to prepare a huge storage area for outputting the operation method itself.

Further, the display of a brief summary of functions and registration contents which can be set in the menu selected by the user is terminated by a user operation, and the screen shifts to each setting or registration screen, so that the user can read the summary completely. in and not the state, without which the display will be the end, be kind.

[0023] In addition, when you exit the display for a brief overview of the functions and registration contents that can be set in the menu selected by the user, whether or not to perform a brief summary display on the menu that you selected in the future to the user since to select, for the user who are familiar with the operation, it is possible to skip the overview display, thereby improving the operability.

Next, in all setting or registration operations,
An outline display availability selection process for collectively selecting whether or not to perform an outline display will be described with reference to FIG.

In the setting or registration operation menu,
A menu related to the selection of the summary display is included. When this menu is selected, the summary display is selected by the summary display selection selection guidance display process (S2-1). The user is made to select whether or not (S2-2). By the user to turn off the a (Yes in S2-3), overview display flag for each full set or registration operation when not displayed is selected (S2-4). As a result, when the menu for each setting or registration operation is selected, the summary display is not performed. When the display permission is selected (N of S2-3)
o), to turn on the summary display flag for each of all the settings or registration operation (S2-5). As a result, when a menu for each setting or registration operation is selected, a summary display is performed. As a result, such as when assigned facsimile apparatus, when there are user for the first time operation, if you turn on summary display flag by the above operation,
The new user will be able to know the outline of the function and the registered contents when operating.

[0026] By such a configuration, since the select whether the user to view a brief overview of the functions and registration contents that can be set in the selected menu to the user, as a setting for not once overview display Even if the facsimile machine is transferred, the outline display can be restored when the user who is not used to the facsimile machine uses it, such as when the facsimile machine is transferred, which is convenient.

Next, the feedback display permission selection processing will be described with reference to FIG.

[0028] in the menu settings or registration operation,
A menu related to feedback display availability selection is included. When this menu is selected, a feedback display availability selection guidance display process (S3-1) allows the user to select whether or not to perform feedback display at the end of the setting or registration operation. (S3-2). If the user selects “not displayable” (Yes in S3-3)
s), to turn off the feedback display flag (S3-
4). Thus, as described above with reference to FIG. 2 (in FIG. 2, No of S1-11), now feedback display is skipped, for the user who are familiar with the operation, more usability is improved. When the display permission is selected (No in S3-3), the feedback display flag is turned on (S3-5). As a result, even after the feedback display is once skipped,
The feedback display can be restored.

With this configuration, it is possible to allow the user to select whether or not to perform feedback display for a predetermined period of time for the user's setting or registration operation. can be skipped Feedback display, operability is improved

[0030]

Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention configured as described, when the user selects a desired menu in the displayed setting various functions or registration menu on the operation display unit at a predetermined operation After briefly displaying the outline of the functions and registration contents that can be set in the selected menu, it will move to each setting or registration screen, so please explain what kind of contents to set or register from now on It is convenient and easy to understand without reading a book. Also, there is no need to provide a dedicated key such as a help key, and there is no increase in hardware cost. Furthermore, it is not necessary to prepare a huge storage memory for outputting the operation method itself.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

Flowchart showing the control when the source names registered in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating control of an overview display availability selection process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Flowchart illustrating a feedback display permission selection processing in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Operation display unit 5 Image information reading unit 6 Image information output unit 7 Encoding / decoding unit 8 Image information storage unit 9 Modem 10 Network control unit 11 Data bus

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication device, comprising: an operation key for inputting various signals and a display unit for displaying various information, including an operation display unit, and at least transmitting and receiving information to and from a communication device via a public line. Various function setting menus or registration menus are displayed on the display means, and when a desired menu is selected by operating the operation display means, a summary of the selected menu is displayed, and then a transition is made to each setting or registration screen. communication apparatus characterized in that a display control means for. Wherein upon displaying the predetermined time a summary of the selected menu, the communication apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that automatically shifts to the setting or registration screen. 3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display of the outline of the selected menu is terminated by operating the operation display means, and the screen shifts to each setting or registration screen. 4. When ending the display of the summary of the selected menu, a display for selecting whether or not to display the summary of the selected menu is performed in the future.
To 3 communication apparatus according to any one. 5. A communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the selectable whether or not to display a summary of the selected menu. 6. A set or communication device according to claims 1 to 5 any one which is characterized in that the display to select whether to perform a feedback indication of the predetermined time for the registration operation. 7. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device has a facsimile function.