JP2003274001A - Display control method, display control apparatus, control program for the display control apparatus, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control method, a display control apparatus, a control program for the display control apparatus, and a storage medium capable of eliminating a problem that a third party recognizes a personal communication opposite party by screen display or a report print of a communication history when a user desires transmission to the personal communication opposite party known to the third party. <P>SOLUTION: Whether a selected destination (step S501) is displayed or not displayed is selected (step S502), and when non-display is selected, replacement information is displayed in place of actual destination information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display control method for controlling display of destination information and the like in a data communication system, a display control device, a control program for the display control device, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as job information, a destination name or destination address registered in destination management, or a directly input destination address is displayed on a screen or printed as a report in a communication status or communication history.

[0003]

For this reason, in the prior art, when a job is sent to a personal communication partner that a third party does not want to see, if the user leaves the device before the job ends, the communication status The other party can tell the other party by displaying the screen and printing the report. Further, even after the job is completed, there is a problem that the communication partner is known to the third party by displaying the communication history on the screen and printing the report.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to send it to a personal communication partner who should not be known to a third party.
Provided are a display control method, a display control device, a control program for the display control device, and a storage medium capable of solving the problem that a communication partner is known to a third party by displaying a communication history on a screen or printing a report. That is.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the display control method of the present invention has a selection step of selecting display / non-display of destination information during transmission, and non-display is selected by the selection step. And a display step of displaying alternative information which is a substitute for the actual destination information.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the display control device of the present invention actually uses a selection means for selecting display / non-display of the destination information at the time of transmission and a non-display operation by the selection means. And display means for displaying alternative information which is a substitute for the destination information.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the display control method of the present invention is implemented by a selection step of selecting display / non-display of destination information at the time of transmission and a non-display selection by the selection step. Setting step to set alternative information to be displayed instead of the other party information in the sending job,
A display step of displaying the alternative information when the non-display is selected by the selecting step and the destination information is displayed.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the display control device of the present invention actually uses a selection means for selecting display / non-display of the destination information at the time of transmission and a non-display operation by the selection means. Setting means for setting alternative information to be displayed instead of the other party information in the transmission job, and display means for displaying the alternative information when non-display is selected by the selecting means and destination information is displayed. Is characterized by.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the control program of the display control device of the present invention is a computer-readable control program for controlling the display control device, and displays / non-displays the destination information during transmission. A program code for causing a computer to execute a selection step of selecting a display and a display step of displaying alternative information which is a substitute for the actual destination information when the non-display is selected by the selection step. Characterize.

In order to achieve the above object, the control program of the display control device of the present invention is a computer-readable control program for controlling the display control device, and displays / non-displays the destination information during transmission. A selection step of selecting display, a setting step of setting substitute information to be displayed instead of the actual destination information in the transmission job when non-display is selected in the selection step, and non-display is selected by the selection step And a program code for causing a computer to execute a display step of displaying the alternative information when the destination information is displayed.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the storage medium of the present invention is characterized by storing a control program of the display control device.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data communication system having a display control device according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, 101 is a copying machine, which reads a document and sends it to various devices. It is a thing. A printer 102 prints the data read by the copying machine 101. A facsimile 103 receives the data read by the copying machine 101. 10
A database / mail server 4 is a computer that stores the data read by the copying machine 101. 105
Is a client computer, which is connected to the database / mail server 104 and displays and displays data. An Ethernet (registered trademark) 106 is a network to which the copying machine 101, the printer 102, the facsimile 103, the database / mail server 104, and the client computer 105 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the display control device according to the present embodiment. This display control device is mounted on the copying machine 101.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 200 denotes a controller unit, which is a scanner 218 as an image input device and a printer 21 as an image output device.
9 and, on the other hand, it is connected to a LAN (local area network) 220 and a public line (WAN) 221 to control input / output of image information and device information.

The controller unit 200 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 201, a RAM (random access memory) 202, a ROM (read only memory) 203, and an HDD.
(Hard disk drive) 204, Image bus interface (Image Bus I / F) 205, Operation unit interface (Operation unit I / F) 206, Network interface (Network I / F) 207, Modem (MODEM) 20
8, a raster image processor (RIP) 209, a device interface (device I / F) 210, a scanner image processing unit 211, a printer image processing unit 212, an image rotation unit 213, and an image compression unit 214.

CPU 201, RAM 202, ROM 203, HDD 2
04, Image Bus I / F205, operation unit I / F206, Net
work I / F 207 and MODEM 208 are system bus 21
5 is also installed, and RIP209, device I / F21
0, scanner image processing unit 211, printer image processing unit 2
12, the image rotation unit 213 and the image compression unit 214 are arranged on the image bus 216 that transfers image data at high speed.

The CPU 201 controls the entire system. The RAM 202 is a system work memory for the CPU 201 to operate and also an image memory for temporarily storing image data. ROM203 is the boot ROM
And contains the system boot program. The HDD 204 stores system software and image data. The Image Bus I / F 205 is a bus bridge that connects the system bus 215 and the image bus 216 and converts the data structure. Operation unit I / F20
An interface 6 with an operation unit 217 having a touch panel outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 217 on the system bus 215 to the operation unit 217. Network I / F 207 is connected to LAN 220,
It inputs and outputs information. The MODEM 208 is connected to the public line 221 and inputs / outputs information. The RIP 209 expands the PDL code into a bitmap image. The device I / F 210 connects the scanner 218 or printer 219, which is an image input / output device, to the controller unit 200, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data. The scanner image processing unit 211 performs correction processing, processing processing, and editing processing on input image data. The printer image processing unit 212 uses the printer 2 for the print output image.
The correction processing and the resolution conversion processing of 19 are performed. The image rotation unit 213 performs a rotation process on the image data. The image compression unit 214 is a multi-valued image JPR.
It performs compression / decompression processing of G, MMR, MH, etc. The image bus 216 is composed of a PCI bus or IEE1394.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the software configuration of the data communication system having the display control apparatus according to this embodiment, which is installed in the copying machine 101.

In FIG. 3, an operation unit component 300 acquires destination information from the destination management component 302 of the transmission management component 301 and displays it on the destination list. Reference numeral 301 denotes a transmission management component which instructs the scanner management component 304 to read an original according to a processing command such as index information and scan information of a destination selected from the destination list in the operation unit component 300, and outputs the destination information from the destination management component 303. The printer 102 and the facsimile 1 are issued by issuing a transmission command of the acquired and generated image data to the print component 305, the facsimile transmission component 306, the database storage component 307, and the mail transmission component 308, respectively.
03 and the database / mail server 104.

The transmission management component 301 includes a destination management component 302, a job management component 303 that controls jobs between the transmission components, and
It is composed of a scanner management component 304.
The job status and job history at the time of execution of transmission are acquired from the job management component 303 by the operation unit component 300 and displayed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data of destination information managed by the destination management component 302 and an example of transmission job information managed by the job management component 303 in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The destination information is preliminarily entered by the user from the operation unit 217 before the transmission work, and is stored in the HDD 215. Each destination is a destination name (Name), a transmission means (Type), and a destination (Address) as information input by the user.
, And an index is automatically set to represent these pieces of information as a record. Next, the transmission job information is created when the user selects the destination from the operation unit 217 and transmits it, and the index of the destination information selected for the job is set in the job. At this time, if the user specifies not to display the destination information, it is necessary to input the name to be displayed as the destination name or the alternative information (Alternative Name) of the destination address, and this name is set in the job. .

In FIG. 4, alternative information is set in the destinations of J1001, J1002, J1004, J1005 and indexID = 6, and J1006, and they are used to display the destination name and destination address. It J1003 destination, J1005 indexID =
No substitute information is set for the destination of 7, and in this case, the normal destination name and destination address are displayed.

Next, in the display control device according to the present embodiment, display / non-display of destination information is selected at the time of transmission,
A process of setting the substitute information to be displayed instead of the actual destination information in the transmission job when the non-display is selected will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the user selects a destination to send,
The job setting processing operation shown in FIG. 5 is started, and step S5
Select the destination with 02. Next, in step S502, it is selected whether or not to hide the destination information. When the destination information is displayed, the process proceeds to step S505, and when the destination information is hidden, the process proceeds to step S503.

In step S503, alternative information is input, and it is determined in the next step S504 whether or not a character string to be the alternative information has been set. Then, the step S
If it is determined in 504 that the character string is not set, the process returns to step S503, and step S503.
If it is determined in 504 that the character string is set, the process advances to step S505.

In step S505, it is determined whether the destination selection has been completed. Then, in the step S505, when it is determined that the destination selection is not completed, the process returns to the step S501, and the step S505.
When it is determined that the destination selection is completed, the job setting processing operation is completed.

Next, in the display control device according to the present embodiment, the processing for determining the destination information to be displayed in the screen display of communication status and communication history and the report print and displaying them respectively will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. To do.

When the destination information to be displayed in the screen display of communication status and communication history and the report print is determined and the respective displaying processes are executed, the destination information display processing operation shown in FIG. 6 is started and displayed in step S601. Number of destinations n
To get. Next, in step S602, the value i of the processing number counter is initialized to 0. Next, in step S603, it is determined whether the number of destinations n is greater than the value i of the number-of-processes counter. Then, in step S603, when it is determined that n is not larger than i, this processing operation is ended,
If it is determined in step S603 that n is larger than i, the process proceeds to the next step S604.

In step S604, it is determined whether alternative information is set for the destination. And
If it is determined in step S604 that the alternative information is set, the process proceeds to step S605 to acquire the alternative information, and in the next step S606, the step S606 is performed.
After displaying the alternative information acquired in 605, the process returns to step S603.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S604 that the substitute information is not set, the process proceeds to step S607 to obtain normal destination information, and then the process proceeds to step S606 to obtain the normal information obtained in step S607. After displaying the destination information of
Return to 603.

The object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium having a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiment to a system or apparatus, and to supply the computer (or CPU or MPU of the system or apparatus).
It goes without saying that (etc.) can be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

A storage medium for supplying the program code is, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a CD-RO.
M, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-
RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory card, ROM, etc. can be used.

Further, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by executing the program code read by the computer, but also the OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that this also includes the case where the above) performs a part or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is also included.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When sending to a personal communication partner who does not want to be known to a third party, it is possible to specify that the communication partner is not known to the third party by displaying the communication history on the screen or printing a report.

As a result, when the data is sent to a personal communication partner who does not want to be known to a third party, even if the user leaves the device before the job is completed, the third party displays the communication status on the screen or prints a report. In addition, the communication partner will not be known to the third party, and even after the job is completed, the communication partner will not be known to the third party by displaying the communication history on the screen or printing a report. As a result, it is possible to protect the privacy of the user when a single data communication system is used by a plurality of people, which leads to an improvement in the merit of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data communication system having a display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of software in the display control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of destination information and job information in the display control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of job setting processing operation in the display control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of destination information display processing operation in the display control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 Copier 102 Printer 103 Facsimile 104 Database / Mail Server 105 Client Computer 106 Ethernet (registered trademark) 200 Controller Unit 201 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 202 RAM (Random Access Memory) 203 ROM (Read Only Memory) 204 HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 205 Image Bus Interface
/ F) 206 Operation unit interface (operation unit I / F) 207 Network interface (Network I / F)
F) 208 Modem (MODEM) 209 Raster Image Processor (RIP) 210 Device Interface (Device I / F) 211 Scanner Image Processing Unit 212 Printer Image Processing Unit 213 Image Rotating Unit 214 Image Compressing Unit 215 System Bus 216 Image Bus 217 Operation Unit 218 Scanner 219 Printer 220 LAN (local area network) 221 Public line (WAN)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A selection step of selecting display / non-display of destination information during transmission, and a display step of displaying alternative information which is a substitute for actual destination information when non-display is selected in the selection step. And a display control method comprising: 2. A selection means for selecting display / non-display of destination information at the time of transmission, and a display means for displaying alternative information which is a substitute for the actual destination information when non-display is selected by the selection means. A display control device comprising: 3. A selection step for selecting display / non-display of destination information during transmission, and alternative information to be displayed instead of the actual destination information in the transmission job when non-display is selected in the selection step. A display control method comprising: a setting step of setting; and a display step of displaying the alternative information when non-display is selected in the selection step and the destination information is displayed. 4. A transmission job, which includes a selection unit for selecting display / non-display of the destination information at the time of transmission, and alternative information to be displayed instead of the actual destination information when the selection unit selects non-display. A display control device comprising: setting means for setting; and display means for displaying the alternative information when non-display is selected by the selecting means and destination information is displayed. 5. A computer-readable control program for controlling a display control device, comprising a selection step of selecting display / non-display of destination information during transmission, and non-display is selected by the selection step. A control program of a display control device, comprising a program code for causing a computer to execute a display step of displaying alternative information which is a substitute for actual destination information. 6. A computer-readable control program for controlling a display control device, comprising a selection step of selecting display / non-display of destination information during transmission, and non-display is selected by the selection step. In this case, a setting step of setting alternative information to be displayed instead of the actual destination information in the transmission job, and a display step of displaying the alternative information when non-display is selected by the selection step and destination information is displayed. A control program for a display control device, comprising a program code for causing a computer to execute. 7. A storage medium in which the control program of the display control device according to claim 5 is stored.