JP2003060822A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide facsimile equipment with which a user can easily retrieve the communication result desired to confirm from a communication result report displaying a plurality of communication results. SOLUTION: The user sets the display form of the communication result of a transmitting party telephone number desired to confirm when outputting a communication management report to invert black and white or to form bold or italic characters, for example, different from the ordinary form. Therefore, since the communication management report is printed on recording paper in the set display form, the communication result of the transmitting party telephone number easily confirmed by the user can be retrieved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a communication management function for outputting a communication management report for notifying a user of details of a transmission operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine is provided with a communication management function for confirming whether or not the communication with the other party is normally performed. This communication management function,
A communication result report function that displays a communication result report on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for confirming the communication result for each communication, and for confirming the communication result of each communication every predetermined number of times of communication There is a communication management report function that prints a communication management report.

In such a communication management function, the communication result report can confirm whether or not the currently transmitted document is normally communicated with and is normally received by the other party. As described above, it is possible to confirm each communication by using the communication result report function, but when the daily transmission amount is large, it is complicated to display the communication result report each time. Therefore, in such a case, the communication management report function is used to output a plurality of communication results to the communication management report at a time, and the communication date and time displayed in the communication management report and the communication to be confirmed from the destination partner are recognized,
It is possible to confirm whether or not the communication is normally performed.

[0004]

However, when the communication management report function is used to output a communication management report for each of a plurality of communication results, each communication result printed on the communication management report has the same display format. It was written. Therefore, in order to search for the communication result that the user wants to confirm using this communication management report, each communication result printed on the communication management report must be confirmed one by one, which requires a complicated procedure for the user. And

In view of such a problem, the present invention provides a facsimile apparatus which allows a user to easily retrieve a communication result desired to be confirmed from a communication result report in which a plurality of communication results are displayed. The purpose is to

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a facsimile apparatus, in which a communication control section for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from another communication apparatus, and a document based on a received image signal. And a memory for recording various kinds of information, and a communication result including a destination telephone number based on the transmission history recorded in the memory is output for a plurality of times of communication. In a facsimile machine equipped with a communication management report function that prints on a copy and outputs it as a communication management report, the communication result printed on the communication management report has a special display format different from the normal display format. The communication result corresponding to the selected destination telephone number is printed in the specified special display format in the communication management report. .

In such a facsimile device, when outputting a communication management report, a transmission destination telephone number to be output in a special display format such as bold letters or black / white inversion is designated by a user operation or a table stored in advance in a memory. It Then, when the communication management report is output, the output in different display formats, etc. is printed in the specified display format for the transmission destination telephone number specified,
In addition, the transmission destination telephone number that is not designated is printed in a normal display format.

In such a facsimile apparatus, as described in claim 2, a plurality of types of the special display format are provided, and a plurality of destination telephone numbers are selected so as to obtain the special display format. In this case, a different display format is specified for each selected destination telephone number so that different display formats are printed for multiple destination telephone numbers. can do.

Further, as described in claim 3, when the output of the communication management report is instructed, the transmission history stored in the memory is read, and a plurality of transmission partners stored in the transmission history are read. By selecting the destination telephone number that has the special display format from the destination telephone number, the display format for each destination telephone number is automatically set when the communication management report is output. be able to.

Further, as described in claim 4, during the operation of transmitting the image signal, a display format instruction in the communication management report is made to the dialed transmission destination telephone number, and the instruction is made. The display format may be stored as a transmission history in the memory together with the transmission destination telephone number. At this time, as described in claim 5, the dialed destination telephone number has already been dialed once, and a display format for the destination telephone number is set and stored as a transmission history. In this case, the display format stored in the transmission history may be read and the read display format may be stored as a new transmission history together with the transmission destination telephone number.

Further, as described in claim 6, a memory dial table in which a transmission destination telephone number is registered corresponding to various key operations is stored in the memory, and one of the key operations is performed. Has a memory dial function for dialing a destination telephone number according to the key operation, and when registering the destination telephone number in the memory dial table, the display format in the communication management report is set to the normal format. Register the display format or the special display format, and when the destination telephone number is dialed using the memory dial function,
The display format in the communication management report for the transmission destination telephone number registered in the memory dial table may be read and stored in the memory together with the transmission destination telephone number as a transmission history.

When the facsimile apparatus is capable of printing in color, one of the special display format selections is printed when the communication management report is output. You may choose the color. That is, the communication management report may be printed by changing the color for each transmission destination telephone number.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. The "communication result" in the present embodiment is different from the "communication result" that includes the other party's telephone number in the claims, and indicates whether or not the communication state with the destination facsimile machine is good. .

The facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has a main control section 1 for controlling the entire apparatus, a communication control section 2 for transmitting / receiving and modulating / demodulating signals, encoding transmission signals and decoding received signals. An operation unit 3 including operation keys and a touch panel for performing operations, and an LC for displaying telephone numbers, functions, etc
A display unit 4 such as D, and an image signal input / output processing unit 5 for processing an image signal for displaying the received document and converting the document read by the photoelectric conversion element into an image signal.
An image memory 6 for temporarily storing the image signal received by the communication control unit 2 and the image signal read by the image signal input / output processing unit 5, and a plurality of telephone numbers, transmission history, reception history, etc. Memory 7 for

In such a facsimile machine, the operation when the image signal is normally transmitted to the destination facsimile machine will be described. At this time, first, a CCD (Charge Coupled) provided in the image signal input / output processing unit 5 is
When the transmission document is read by (Device), it is converted into an image signal and stored in the image memory 6. When the dial key of the operation unit 3 is operated to input the telephone number of the transmission destination, CNG (Calling Tone) is transmitted to the facsimile device of the transmission destination through the communication control unit 2. A CED (Called SED) for indicating that the destination facsimile machine receiving this CNG has received a call.
communication identification) by the communication control unit 2.

After that, the facsimile machine of the destination receives N
SF (Non-Standard Facilities), CSI (Called St
aion Identification), DIS (Digital Identificat)
IonSignal) is received and is sent to the destination facsimile machine by NSS (Non-Standard Facilities Set-up),
TSI (Transmitting Station Identification), D
By transmitting CS (Digital Command Signal), the function of each device is identified together with the destination facsimile device.

When the identification of the function of the device is completed for both the sending and receiving, the TCF (Tr
aining check field) is transmitted, and when training is performed to determine whether or not it is transmitted normally, it is determined that the transmission is normally performed, and CFR (Confirmation to Receive)
Is transmitted from the destination facsimile machine, the communication becomes possible. After the communication becomes possible in this way, the image signal stored in the image memory 6 is read out, and the communication control unit 2 compresses the data, encodes it, modulates it, and transmits it to the destination facsimile machine through the communication line. To do.

After that, when the image signal which is the final page of the transmission original is transmitted, the EOP is sent to the destination facsimile machine.
When (End Of Procedure) is transmitted and the image signal is correctly received by the destination facsimile machine, the MCF (Message Co
nfirmation). When the MCF is received, the DCN (Disc
onnect) to notify the line disconnection and disconnect the line. When the image signal transmission operation is performed, the memory 7 stores the telephone number of the transmission destination, the transmission date and time, and the communication result as a transmission history table as shown in FIG.

At this time, when the communication is normally performed as described above, the fact that the communication result is good is stored in the memory 7 together with the telephone number and the transmission date and time of the transmission destination at the time of the communication. Further, when CED is not received for a predetermined time during the communication as described above, the fact that the communication connection with the destination facsimile device is impossible is a communication result, and the transmission destination at the time of the communication is It is stored in the memory 7 together with the telephone number and the transmission date and time. Further, after the CED is received and the line is connected, if the transmission / reception of the signal with the destination facsimile device is not normally performed and the line is disconnected, the destination facsimile device does not perform normal communication. That is, the communication result is stored in the memory 7 together with the telephone number and the transmission date and time of the transmission destination at the time of the communication.

An operation example of the communication management report function in the facsimile apparatus which performs the transmission operation as described above and stores the transmission history in the memory 7 will be described below.

<First Operation Example> The operation of the communication management report function in this example will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the communication management report function in this example.

When the user operates the operation unit 3 to request the communication management report function to operate (STEP 1), the transmission history table as shown in FIG. 2 stored in the memory 7 is read ( STEP
2). When the transmission history table is read in this way, all the transmission destination telephone numbers stored in the transmission history table are read out, and a list of all transmission destination telephone numbers is displayed on the display unit 4 (STEP 3). At this time, the number of transmissions may be counted for each transmission destination telephone number, and the number of transmissions may be displayed together with the transmission destination telephone number.

When all the destination telephone numbers described in the communication management report are displayed on the display unit 4 in this way, it is confirmed whether or not the destination telephone numbers to be displayed are displayed in a display format different from the usual display format. (STEP 4). Displaying in a display format different from the normal one will be referred to as "special display" hereinafter.

At this time, if the operation unit 3 is operated so as to specify the destination telephone number for which special display is to be performed (Yes
s), the user operates the operation unit 3 to select a destination telephone number to be specially displayed from the list of destination telephone numbers displayed on the display unit 4 (STEP 5). And
When the destination telephone number to be specially displayed is selected, the operation unit 3 is similarly operated to select a display format such as bold type, italic type, underline and color (STEP).
6). The display format may be selected easily by displaying a list of display formats on the display unit 4, for example. If you specify the destination telephone number and its display format for special display in this way, S
After moving to TEP4, it is further confirmed whether or not the special display of the other party's telephone number is performed.

In STEP 4, the operation unit 3 is operated,
When it is instructed not to specify the special display of the other party's phone number (No), the special display is specified for the other party's telephone number for which the special display is specified, or the special display is specified. Transmission histories read out from the memory 7 are stored in the image memory 6 so as to be printed according to the normal display format for the destination telephone numbers that are not displayed (STEP 7). Then, when the transmission history in which the display format is set for each destination telephone number stored in the image memory 6 is given to the image signal input / output unit 5, the display history is set according to the display format set for each destination telephone number. Then, the communication management report printed on the recording paper is output (STEP 8).

The communication management report thus output may be displayed together with a mark as a special display as shown in FIG. 4, may be displayed in black and white in reverse, or may be displayed in bold type. You may make it display using or italic characters. Further, when the facsimile apparatus is capable of color printing, it is also possible to set a display color as a special display and display the set color.

<Second Operation Example> The operation of the communication management report function in this example will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a transmission history creating operation at the time of transmission in this example.

In this example, in order to easily dial the destination telephone number, a one-touch dial function in which the destination telephone number is registered for each key or a speed dial function for each combination of two or three keys is provided. Shall be used. In order to use such a one-touch dial function and abbreviated dial function, a destination telephone number is registered for each key or for each combination of a few keys.

At this time, the user name of the destination and the display format for printing as the communication management report are stored in the memory 7 in association with each destination telephone number. The operation when the communication management report function of the facsimile apparatus is used when such a one-touch dial table or speed dial table is stored in the memory 7 will be described below. The one-touch dial function and the speed dial function are collectively called a "memory dial function".

As described above, when the image signal transmitting operation is performed, the original is read by the image signal input / output processing unit 5 and is stored in the image memory 6 after the image signal is generated. When input is made (STEP10
1) It is confirmed whether or not the destination telephone number is input by using the memory dial function (STEP 10).
2). At this time, if it is confirmed that the memory dial function has been used (Yes), the table for the memory dial function stored in the memory 7 is read out and the input destination telephone number is instructed in the table. The displayed display format is read out together with the user name (STEP 10
3).

On the contrary, when the dial key of the operation unit 3 is operated and the destination telephone number is input and the use of the memory dial function is not confirmed (No), whether or not the special display is performed on the display unit 4 is performed. Is displayed, and the user is prompted to input whether or not special display is possible (STEP 104). At this time, when the user operates the operation unit 3 to instruct to perform special display (Yes), the operation unit 3 is operated to select a display format such as bold type, italic type, underline or color ( S
TEP105). The display format may be selected easily by displaying a list of display formats on the display unit 4, for example. Further, when the special display instruction is not confirmed (No), the normal display format is set (STEP 106).

In this way, reading of the user name and display format in STEP 103, STEP 105 and STE
When the display format is designated in P106, each signal is transmitted / received and the line is connected as described above, and then the image signal is transmitted from the communication control unit 2 and the line is disconnected (STEP 107). . When such a transmission operation is performed, a transmission history based on the destination telephone number, transmission date and time, communication result, and display format is generated and stored in the transmission history table of the memory 7 as shown in FIG. 6 (STEP 108). .
When the user name is read in STEP 103, the user name is also stored in this transmission history table.

When the transmission history table is stored in the memory 7 in this way and the output of the communication management report is requested by operating the operation unit 3, the transmission history table stored in the memory 7 is read. Be done. Then, when the transmission history of the memory 7 is read, the transmission history is stored in the image memory 6. Therefore, when the transmission history stored in the image memory 6 is given to the image signal input / output processing unit 5, the transmission destination telephone number, the transmission date and time, and the communication result are
The communication management report printed on the recording paper according to the display format specified in the transmission history table for each destination telephone number is output.

The communication management report thus output may be displayed together with the mark as a special display as shown in FIG. You may make it display using or italic characters. Further, when the facsimile apparatus is capable of color printing, it is also possible to set a display color as a special display and display the set color.

<Third Operation Example> The operation of the communication management report function in this example will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of creating the transmission history at the time of transmission in this example. In the flowchart of FIG. 7, steps that perform the same operations as those of the flowchart of FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Also in this example, as in the second operation example, when the destination telephone number is registered in the memory dial function, the user name of the destination and the display format for printing as the communication management report are Memory 7 corresponding to the destination telephone number
Stored in. The operation of using the communication management report function of the facsimile apparatus when the memory dial function is registered as described above will be described below.

Similar to the second operation example, when the transmission destination telephone number is input (STEP 101), it is confirmed whether or not the transmission destination telephone number is input using the memory dial function ( STEP 102). At this time, if the memory dial function is used (Yes), the table for the memory dial function is read and the display format for the dialed destination telephone number is read together with the user name (STEP 103).

On the contrary, when the dial key of the operation unit 3 is operated and the destination telephone number is input and the use of the memory dial function is not confirmed (No), the transmission history table stored in the memory 7 is displayed. Read out (STEP20
1). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the dialed destination telephone number has been dialed in the past (STEP 202). At this time, if it is confirmed that the telephone number was dialed in the past (Yes), the display format for the destination telephone number stored in the transmission history table is read (STEP 203).

When it is confirmed in STEP 202 that the new dial has been made (No), the user is prompted to input whether or not the special display is possible (STEP 104). At this time, if it is instructed to perform the special display (Yes
s), the display format is selected (STEP 105). or,
When the special display instruction is not confirmed (No), the normal display format is set (STEP 10).
6).

In this way, STEP 103 and STEP
Read display format at 203, STEP 105 and S
When the display format is designated by the TEP 106, the line is disconnected after the image signal is transmitted from the communication control unit 2 (STEP 107). Then, a transmission history based on the transmission destination telephone number, transmission date and time, communication result, and display format is generated and stored in the transmission history table of the memory 7 as shown in FIG. 6 (STEP 108).

The transmission history table is generated in this way. Regarding the generated transmission history table,
This is similar to the second operation example. Therefore, when there is a request for output of the communication management report, the transmission history table stored in the memory 7 is read out and the transmission destination telephone number, the transmission date and time, and the communication result are read, as in the second operation example. It is printed on the recording paper according to the display format specified in the transmission history table for each destination telephone number.

<Fourth Operation Example> The operation of the communication management report function in this example will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of creating a transmission history at the time of transmission in this example. In the flowchart of FIG. 8, steps that perform the same operations as those in the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 7 are designated by the same reference numerals,
Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Also in this example, as in the case of the second operation example, when the destination telephone number is registered in the memory dial function, the display format for printing the destination user name and the communication management report is Memory 7 corresponding to the destination telephone number
Stored in. The operation of using the communication management report function of the facsimile apparatus when the memory dial function is registered as described above will be described below.

Unlike the second operation example, when the destination telephone number is input (STEP 101), first, the transmission history table stored in the memory 7 is read (S).
TEP201). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the dialed destination telephone number has been dialed in the past (STEP 202). At this time, if it is confirmed that the telephone number was dialed in the past (Yes), the display format for the destination telephone number stored in the transmission history table is read (STEP 203).

When it is confirmed in STEP 202 that the new telephone number has been dialed (No), it is confirmed whether or not the destination telephone number is input by using the memory dial function (STEP 102). ). This STE
The operations of P102 to STEP 106 are the same as those of the second operation example, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted with reference to the second operation example.

Then, STEP 103 and STEP 20
Reading display format in STEP 3, STEP 105 and STE
When the display format is designated in P106, the line is disconnected after the image signal is transmitted from the communication control unit 2 (S
TEP107). Then, a transmission history based on the transmission destination telephone number, transmission date and time, communication result, and display format is generated and stored in the transmission history table of the memory 7 as shown in FIG. 6 (STEP 108).

The transmission history table is generated in this way. Regarding the generated transmission history table,
This is similar to the second operation example. Therefore, when there is a request for output of the communication management report, the transmission history table stored in the memory 7 is read out and the transmission destination telephone number, the transmission date and time, and the communication result are read, as in the second operation example. It is printed on the recording paper according to the display format specified in the transmission history table for each destination telephone number.

In this embodiment, the user requests the output of the communication management report by operating the operation unit. However, the number of transmissions is counted by the main control unit,
The communication management report may be automatically output when the transmission operation is performed a predetermined number of times. At this time,
In the first operation example, voice may be generated from the facsimile device so as to notify the user that the communication management report will be output.

[0049]

Since the display format at the time of outputting the communication management report can be set for the destination telephone number desired by the user, the communication management report printed on the recording paper and output can be easily used. The communication result of the destination telephone number desired by the user can be searched. Also, by setting the display format at the time of transmission and recording it as the transmission history, when outputting the communication management report, the transmission history is referenced and automatically printed out in the display format set for each transmission destination telephone number. can do. Also, when setting the display format during transmission operation, since it is performed by referring to the memory dial table or transmission history, if the destination telephone number currently dialed is in the memory dial table or transmission history, The complicated operation of setting the display format can be omitted.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 shows an example of a transmission history table.

3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of a communication management report function of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a print example of a communication management report.

5 is a flowchart showing an example of a transmission history creating operation at the time of transmission by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a transmission history table.

7 is a flowchart showing an example of a transmission history creating operation at the time of transmission by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing an example of a transmission history creating operation at the time of transmission by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Main control unit 2 Communication control unit 3 operation part 4 Display 5 Image signal input / output processor 6 image memory 7 memory

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masaru Sato             1-22 Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture             Kyocera Mita Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shigeaki Nakamura             1-22 Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture             Kyocera Mita Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hitoshi Asaka             1-22 Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture             Kyocera Mita Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5C062 AA02 AB22 AB38 AB42 AB45                       AC04 AC22 AC24 AE08 AF02                       AF14                 5C075 BA08 CD07 CF09 FF90                 5K101 KK01 NN18 NN19

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication control unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from another communication device, an output unit for printing an original on recording paper based on a received image signal, and a memory for recording various kinds of information. In a facsimile device having a communication management report function of printing a communication result including a transmission destination telephone number based on a transmission history recorded in a memory for a plurality of communication times and outputting as a communication management report by printing at the output unit, Among the communication results printed on the communication management report, the communication result corresponding to the destination telephone number selected to have a special display format different from the normal display format is indicated in the communication management report. And a facsimile apparatus which is printed in the special display format described above. 2. A plurality of types of the special display format are provided, and when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are selected so as to have the special display format, for each selected transmission destination telephone number. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein different special display formats are designated. 3. The transmission history stored in the memory is read when an instruction to output a communication management report is issued,
The facsimile device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission destination telephone number in the special display format is selected from a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers stored in the transmission history. . 4. A display format instruction in the communication management report is made to a dialed destination telephone number during an image signal transmission operation, and the instructed display format is stored in the memory as a transmission history. The facsimile device according to claim 3, wherein the facsimile device is stored together with the transmission destination telephone number. 5. If the dialed transmission destination telephone number has already been dialed once and the display format for the transmission destination telephone number has been set and stored as transmission history, it is stored in the transmission history. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display format is read out, and the read display format is stored as a new transmission history together with the transmission destination telephone number. 6. A memory dial table in which destination telephone numbers are registered corresponding to various key operations is stored in the memory, and when one of the key operations is performed, the key operation is performed in response to the key operation. It has a memory dial function for dialing a destination telephone number, and when registering a destination telephone number in the memory dial table, the display format in the communication management report is set to the normal display format or the special display format. Display format is registered in the communication management report for the transmission destination telephone number registered in the memory dial table when the transmission destination telephone number is dialed using the memory dial function. Is read out and stored as a transmission history in the memory together with the transmission destination telephone number. Facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to claim 5. 7. The facsimile device is capable of printing in color, and one of the selections of the special display format is selection of a color to be printed when output as the communication management report. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.