JP2003333296A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To call a communication party associated with a registered character string by inputting the character string. <P>SOLUTION: Facsimile equipment has a means capable of associating arbitrary character strings with respective telephone numbers used for abbreviated dialing and registering them and reads the telephone number associated with a registered character string when the character string is inputted. The facsimile equipment outputs a communication result report and a communication management report representing the character string of the facsimile equipment outputting a dial list representing information on the character strings and telephone numbers, etc., associated with the character strings. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device, particularly a facsimile device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile machine, it has been possible to easily perform communication by registering a telephone number of a communication partner frequently used by an operator in a one-touch key or a speed dial.

[0003]

However, the keys that can be used for one-touch keys and speed dials are fixed,
For example, the operator could not freely select a number, such as one-touch number 1 to 10 and one-touch number 01 to 05.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an operator can store an arbitrary character string in association with a telephone number of a communication partner, and can communicate by inputting the character string. The purpose is to

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems An arbitrary character string is associated with a destination registration means capable of storing a plurality of communication destination telephone numbers in a storage means and each telephone number stored in the storage means. In order to achieve the above object, the communication device according to claim 1 of the present invention stores a plurality of communication destination telephone numbers. A destination registration means capable of being stored in the storage means, and a character string registration means capable of storing an arbitrary character string in the storage means in association with each telephone number stored in the storage means, When designating a communication destination, the operator inputs an arbitrary character string registered by the character string registration means to read out a telephone number associated with the arbitrary character string.

A communication device according to claim 2 of the present invention is
In claim 1, when the operator registers an arbitrary character string, it is determined whether or not the same character string has already been stored, and if so, the same character string is not stored. .

A communication device according to claim 3 of the present invention is
In Claim 1, when storing an arbitrary character string, it has a registration means which makes it possible to limit and store the length of the character string, and stores the limited length of the character string in the storage means. It is characterized by comprising a registration means.

A communication device according to claim 4 of the present invention is
In claims 1 to 3, the apparatus is a facsimile machine.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, an arbitrary character string is associated with each communication destination telephone number stored for one-touch dial or speed dial, and the arbitrary character string is stored in the storage means. It is characterized by comprising a character string registration means capable of being stored.

Further, the facsimile apparatus according to claim 6 of the present invention outputs a dial list report which simultaneously displays the arbitrary character string and the communication destinations associated with the arbitrary character string. And

Further, the facsimile apparatus according to claim 7 of the present invention relates to communication performed by reading out a communication destination associated with the arbitrary character string, and a communication result report and communication including the arbitrary character string. It is characterized by outputting a management report.

[0012]

In the communication device according to the first aspect as described above, an arbitrary character string registered by the operator is used to read out the communication partner telephone number associated with the character string to enable communication. In the communication device according to the second aspect, if the same character string is included in the character strings recorded by the operator, the communication partner telephone number cannot be specified, so the same character string is not stored.

In the communication device according to the third aspect, the length of the character string that can be registered is limited.

In the communication apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the above-mentioned functions according to the first to third aspects are realized especially in the facsimile apparatus which performs the communication of the image data.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the communication destination telephone number stored for one-touch dialing or speed dial and the arbitrary character string recorded by the operator are stored in association with each other. Calls can be made in place of one-touch dials and speed dials.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the sixth aspect, it is possible to output a report listing a registered arbitrary character string and a telephone number of the communication partner related to the character string.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the seventh aspect, regarding the communication performed by reading the communication partner telephone number associated with the character string, a transmission result report or a communication management report including the character string is output. .

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, an embodiment of the present invention will be described as a communication device, particularly for a facsimile device.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, C
The PU 101 is a system control unit and controls the entire device. The ROM 102 stores a control program for the CPU. The RAM 103 is composed of SRAM and the like, and is for storing program control variables and the like. In addition, any character string associated with the destination telephone number or destination used for speed dial or one-touch dial, the number of characters that limits the length of the character string, various setting values,
RAM1 for device management data and various work buffers
Is stored in 03. The storage memory 104 is D
It is composed of a RAM or the like and stores image data. The external display unit 105 is used to notify the user of the display by using an LCD, an LED, or the like. The speaker 106 is for notifying and warning the user by voice, and monitoring the signal sound transmitted and received through the PSTN line 109 or the ISDN line 111. MODEM1
Reference numeral 07 denotes a modulator / demodulator of a transmission / reception signal of a facsimile, and the NCU 108 has a function of transmitting a selection signal (dial pulse or tone dialer) to the PSTN line (analog public line network) 110, and detects a call signal. It also performs an automatic incoming call operation. CCU110 is ISDN
The line control for connecting to the line (total digital communication network) 111 is performed. The image processing unit 112 performs correction processing on the read image data and outputs high-definition image data. The scanner 113 is composed of a CS image sensor, a document feeding mechanism, and the like, and optically reads a document and converts it into electrical image data. The operation unit 114 includes a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.,
This is for the operator to perform various input operations. The printer formatter 115, when printing file data from an external device such as a workstation,
The printer description language is analyzed and converted into image data. The printer 116 is a device that records received images and file data on recording paper.

FIG. 2 shows that an arbitrary character string associated with each speed dial is recorded as a table. In the RAM 103, the telephone number of the communication partner often used by the operator is stored in the speed dials 001-003. The table in FIG. 2 has the character string 12 * # 7.
Indicates that the abbreviation 001 is associated with the character string 12 * # 7, and the same telephone number 03-111 as the abbreviation 001.
It is possible to read 1-1111. Also shorten 0
It indicates that the character string associated with No. 03 does not exist.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of creating the table. When the operator wants to register a character string in the speed dial 003 in association with it, he / she selects the speed dial 003 and inputs the character string to be associated. At that time, if the same character string is already recorded, that character string is not newly recorded. That is, even if the operator tries to record the character string 12 * # 7 in the shortened 003, the shortened 0
Since the same character string is already registered in No. 01, it is not registered. This is to prevent that the same character string is associated with a plurality of speed dials and the communication destination telephone number cannot be specified when the communication destination telephone number is read by the character string.

The input character string can be limited in the number of N characters. The number of characters N is RAM
It is stored in 103 and the number of characters N can be changed by input from the operator. That is, when the limit number of characters is recorded as N = 5, the number of characters is N = 6 because the number of characters is N = 6 even if the operator tries to record the character string 1233 ** in the shortened number 003 of the table of FIG.
33 ** is not registered.

FIG. 4 shows a case where a call is made by using an arbitrary recorded character string. When the selection signal is input, has the send button by character string been pressed to distinguish between the case where the operator wants to make a call using a character string and the case where a call is to be made using other speed dials or numeric keys? If it is pressed, it is judged that the next input is a character string input, and if it is not pressed, it is regarded as an input by a speed dial or ten keys. If there is a speed dial associated with the input character string, its destination telephone number is read. When a character string that does not have a related telephone number is input, the process returns to the destination input waiting state. That is, when the operator presses the character string transmission button to input the character string 12 * # 7, the selection signal 03-1111-1111 is displayed according to the table of FIG.
Is read and used for calling.

FIG. 5 is an example of a dial list report including information on an arbitrary character string registered by an operator and information on a short-circuit dial associated with the character string. This report reads the registration information of the speed dial from the speed dial and character string table as shown in FIG.
It is made to output to 6.

In this example, with respect to a plurality of registered character strings, the telephone number of the other party registered in the character string and the speed dial associated with the character string, the other party's abbreviation, the transmission method, and the timer transmission time are displayed. is doing. Although not shown in the figure, conversely, in the speed dial list report, it is possible to create a report that outputs a character string associated with each speed dial.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a communication management report in which, when a character string associated with a telephone number of a communication partner is present for each communication for a single communication and a plurality of communication, the character string and the communication state are output side by side. is there. In FIG. 6, information such as a start time, a destination name, a transmission reception number, a communication mode, the number of sheets, and a communication result is recorded for each communication at the time of inputting a destination and transmitting, and a table as shown in FIG. When there is a character string related to the destination telephone number, the character string is also recorded in the RAM, and the recorded information is output as a list. FIG. 6 is an example of a communication management report including a character string, which is output after the completion of a plurality of communications, but a similar report can be output as a transmission result report after completion of each communication.

In the above embodiments, a general facsimile machine is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a copy function, an electronic file function, a printer function, a data processing function and the like are combined with a communication function. The present invention can be similarly applied to the above-mentioned facsimile device and a communication device separated from the reading circuit and the recording circuit.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The operator can store an arbitrary character string in association with the communication partner telephone number, and by inputting the character string, the communication partner telephone number is read to enable communication. This makes it easy for operators to use and familiarize themselves with.
Communication using an arbitrary character string is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an example of a table of speed dials, character strings, and communication destinations of a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an example of a report of the facsimile apparatus according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an example of a report of the facsimile apparatus according to the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 CPU 102 ROM 103 RAM 104 storage memory 105 External display 106 speaker 107 MODEM 108 NCU 109 PSTN line 110 CCU 111 ISDN line 112 Image processing unit 113 scanner 114 Operation part 115 Printer Formatter 116 Printer

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A destination registration means capable of storing a plurality of communication destination telephone numbers in a storage means, and an arbitrary character string in the storage means in association with each telephone number stored in the storage means. A character string registering means capable of storing the character string, and the operator inputs an arbitrary character string registered by the character string registering means when designating a communication destination, thereby making the arbitrary character string A communication device, which reads out a telephone number associated with the communication device. 2. The character string registration means, when an operator attempts to register an arbitrary character string, determines whether or not the same character string as the arbitrary character string has already been registered,
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary character string is not stored in the storage unit if the character string is already registered. 3. A character number registration means capable of storing the number of characters limiting the length of the character string in a storage means, wherein the character string registration means allows an operator to register an arbitrary character string. At this time, the communication device according to claim 1, wherein the character string to be registered is limited to the number of characters and registered. 4. The communication device according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the communication device is a facsimile device. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the arbitrary character string is stored in association with a communication partner telephone number used for one-touch dialing or speed dialing. 6. The dial list report, which simultaneously displays the character string and the communication partner telephone number associated with the character string, is output.
Described facsimile machine. 7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a communication result report and a communication management report including the character string are output regarding communication with a communication partner telephone number associated with the character string.