JP2005136703A - Image transmitter, telephone and image transmitting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image transmitter good in operability of the image transmission. <P>SOLUTION: The image transmitter comprises: an address manager 4 having stored image destination addresses and image originating addresses related thereto; an external unit detector 9 for detecting a portable telephone 400 located within a fixed range from the image transmitter to decide whether the detected portable telephone 400 is busy; a retriever 10 for acquiring called side information for identifying the calling party of the detected portable telephone 400 from an address manager 404; and an operation/display 1 for showing an identified image send side address, based on the destination information of the portable telephone 400, if the telephone 400 is busy. The operator of the image transmitter 100 executes an image sending process while checking the image originating address of the calling party of the telephone 400, thereby improving the operability of the image transmission. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image transmission device, a telephone device, and an image transmission method with good operability.

  When transmitting an image using an image transmission device such as a facsimile, before sending the image, call the image transmission partner and inform the call partner that the image will be transmitted or transmit the image. It is often performed to confirm an address such as a fax number of the other image receiving apparatus. For example, a telephone such as a mobile phone is used for telephone contact with the other party who transmits the image.

  As described above, when a telephone call is made in advance before image transmission, image transmission processing is performed based on information obtained by the call. Usually, image transmission is performed as a separate task from the call. Is called. For this reason, in order to input the image transmission destination after the call is finished, for example, it is necessary to record the transmission destination number on paper or the like during the call. Such work is necessary even if the image transmission destination is the same as that of the other party, and even if the transmission destination number is stored as an address book in the image transmission apparatus, After completion, it is necessary to select a destination from the address book.

As described above, a telephone is frequently used for communication before image transmission. As a telephone suitable for recording a destination number during a call, for example, other functions of a mobile phone can be used during a call. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-228688 describes a mobile phone that can use the mobile phone. According to this mobile phone, information related to image transmission can be recorded during a call using a memo function or the like.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 8-317041 (Publication date: November 29, 1996)

  However, in the case of the conventional mobile phone described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to set image transmission on the image transmitting apparatus side, although other functions of the mobile phone can be used while making a call. Even when an image transmission destination address is registered in a mobile phone or the like, the address must be confirmed by operating the same mobile phone while making a call. As described above, in the mobile phone described in Patent Document 1, the operator (user of the mobile phone) himself / herself transmits an image even when using (using) another function of the mobile phone during a call. It is necessary to perform all operations for. Therefore, the mobile phone disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the operability of the image transmission process cannot be improved when the image transmission process is performed based on information obtained by telephone contact.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to detect that a telephone near the image transmitting apparatus is to be used to predict image transmission and to detect the detected telephone from the detected telephone. Image processing apparatus with improved operability of image transmission processing by automatically acquiring information on image transmission destination for transmitting image and automatically using the acquired information for image transmission processing, and the image processing apparatus An object of the present invention is to realize a telephone device that can provide information on an image transmission destination.

  For example, it automatically acquires information related to a telephone call partner detected near the image transmission device, and uses the acquired information to extract information about the image transmission destination from the image transmission device for display or detection. An object is to realize an image transmission apparatus that automatically obtains and displays information relating to an image transmission destination from a telephone that has been used, and a telephone that can provide information relating to a communication partner to the image transmission apparatus. This makes it possible to partially automate the operation for image transmission, and to confirm the address of the image transmission destination and to give instructions regarding image transmission in parallel with the telephone call. Can be greatly improved.

  In order to solve the above problems, an image transmission device according to the present invention detects an address management unit that stores an image transmission destination and an image transmission address in association with each other, and a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device. Detecting unit that determines whether or not the detected telephone device is in a call, and an information acquisition unit that acquires from the telephone device call destination information that identifies the other party of the detected telephone device And a display unit that displays an image transmission address stored in association with the image transmission destination specified based on the call destination information when the detected telephone device is in a call.

  An image transmission device according to the present invention includes an address management unit that stores an image transmission destination and an image transmission address in association with each other, a detection unit that detects a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device, and a detection A call determination unit that determines whether or not the received telephone device is in a call, an information acquisition unit that acquires an image transmission address of the other party of the detected telephone device from the telephone device, and a detected telephone device And a display unit that displays an image transmission address of the other party when a call is in progress.

  The image forming apparatus further includes an operation unit that can select an image transmission address displayed on the display unit, and a communication unit that transmits an image to the image transmission address selected by the operation unit. When the image transmission address is selected by the operation unit, the address management unit may store the selected image transmission address.

  The image forming apparatus further includes an authentication information management unit that stores a user ID that identifies a user, and a user ID acquisition unit that acquires a user ID of the user of the detected telephone device. The display unit may display an image transmission address when the acquired user ID is stored in the authentication information management unit.

  The image forming apparatus may further include an operation unit capable of selecting an image transmission address displayed on the display unit.

  The image forming apparatus further includes a communication unit that transmits an image to an external device, and the communication unit transmits an image to the image transmission address selected by the operation unit. May be.

  In addition, the communication unit transmits an image after the detected telephone device call is terminated when the telephone number of the other party is the same as the image transmission address selected by the operation unit. May be.

  The telephone device of the present invention extracts a callee information management unit that stores callee information for specifying a call partner and a callee information management unit of the call partner during a call from the callee information management unit. It is the structure provided with the call destination information provision part which outputs destination information outside.

  Further, the telephone device of the present invention is stored in association with the address management unit that stores the call destination information for specifying the call partner and the image transmission address in association with each other, and the call destination information of the call partner during the call. And an image transmission address providing unit that outputs the extracted image transmission address to the outside.

  The image transmission method of the present invention includes a detection step in which the image device detects a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device, and a call for determining whether the telephone device detected in the detection step is in a call. In the determination step, in the information acquisition step for acquiring communication destination information for identifying the communication partner of the image device detected in the detection step, and in the call determination step, it is determined that the detected telephone device is in a call. If so, the image device specifies the image transmission destination based on the call destination information acquired in the information acquisition step, and displays the image transmission address stored in association with the specified image transmission destination And the image transmission address when the image device receives an input operation for selecting the image transmission address displayed in the display step. An image transmission step for image transmission, a configuration including.

  The program according to the present invention is a program for executing the above-described image transmission method, and the program can be configured to be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

  In the image transmission method of the present invention, the image device detects a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device, and determines whether the telephone device detected in the detection step is busy. A call determination step, a telephone information acquisition step of acquiring the image transmission address of the other party of the telephone device detected in the detection step from the telephone device, and a telephone device detected in the call determination step being in a call If determined, when the image device receives a display step for displaying the image transmission address acquired in the telephone information acquisition step and an input operation for selecting the image transmission address displayed in the display step. And an image transmission step of transmitting an image to an image transmission address.

  The program according to the present invention is a program for executing the above-described image transmission method, and the program can be configured to be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

  As described above, when the telephone device is in a call, the image transmission device according to the present invention displays the image transmission address stored in association with the image transmission destination specified based on the call destination information. It has.

  Thereby, the operator (caller) inputs an instruction to transmit an image to the image transmission address to the image transmission apparatus while confirming the image transmission address displayed on the display unit during the call. Therefore, an image transmission device with good operability can be realized.

  For example, when an image is transmitted by facsimile transmission or scanner transmission using an image transmission apparatus, an image may be transmitted after a confirmation telephone is placed at the image transmission partner. When the image transmission address of the other party is stored in the address management unit, the image transmission address of the image transmission during the call can be displayed by displaying the image transmission address on the display unit during the telephone call as described above. Since confirmation and transmission operations can be performed, the operability of image transmission can be improved.

  In addition, since the image transmission device includes a detection unit, a call determination unit, and an information acquisition unit, when the telephone detected by the detection unit is busy, it is easy to acquire the call destination information of the call partner. It is. For example, by making the above-mentioned confirmation call using a mobile phone or a cordless telephone near the image transmission apparatus, it is possible to pass the telephone destination information of the other party to the image transmission apparatus. For this reason, the operator of the image transmission apparatus can perform image transmission while confirming the image transmission destination information specified based on the telephone destination information, so that the operability of image transmission can be improved. it can.

  Further, it is preferable that the display unit automatically displays the image transmission destination address, but whether or not the image transmission address of the other party is stored in the address management unit is, for example, a function for associating the telephone with the image transmission It can be determined by the related communication processing unit provided with. When the image transmission address of the other party is stored in the address management unit, the related communication processing unit controls the image transmission apparatus to display the image transmission address on the display unit. More specifically, if the telephone detected by the detection unit is in a call, the related communication processing unit acquires the telephone number of the other party of the call stored in the detected telephone, and the acquired telephone number The address information table stored in the address management unit is searched for whether the address is included, and if it is included, the image transmission address stored in association with the telephone number is displayed from the address management unit. Output to the display. The output of the image transmission address to the display unit is related to the communication processing unit acquiring the image transmission address from the address management unit and outputting it to the display unit. This can be realized by instructing the display unit to output the stored image transmission address.

  In addition, the image transmission processing device of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit that acquires an image transmission address of the other party of the telephone device from the telephone device, and an image transmission address of the other party when the detected telephone device is busy. And a display unit for displaying.

  Thus, the operator (caller) can input an instruction to transmit an image to the image transmission apparatus while confirming the image transmission address of the other party of the call acquired from the telephone apparatus displayed on the display unit. Therefore, it is possible to realize an image transmission device with good operability.

  The image transmission device further includes an operation unit and a communication unit, and the address management unit stores the selected image transmission address when the image transmission address is selected by the operation unit.

  As a result, after an image is once transmitted to the image transmission address acquired from the telephone device, the image transmission address is stored in the address management unit of the image transmission device, so that the image is transmitted to the same image transmission address. Therefore, it is possible to perform image transmission by the image transmission apparatus alone without acquiring the image transmission address again from the telephone apparatus.

  The image transmission device further includes an authentication information management unit and a user ID acquisition unit. The display unit transmits an image when the acquired user ID is stored in the authentication information management unit. The address is displayed.

  Accordingly, when a telephone device located within a certain range from the image transmission device is detected, the user of the detected telephone device can be authenticated by the user ID. In this way, by comparing the user ID acquired by the user ID acquisition unit with the user ID of the authentication information management unit, an element of ID authentication can be added to the image transmission apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to limit the display of the image transmission address on the display unit only when necessary, and to prevent the display unit from switching when not necessary.

  In addition, it is easy to restrict the user (operator) who uses the image transmission apparatus by the user ID stored in the authentication management unit, and even when user authentication is required, authentication is automatically performed. Therefore, the labor for user authentication can be saved.

  In addition, since the image forming apparatus of the present invention further includes an operation unit, it is possible to receive an input regarding selection of an image transmission address displayed on the display unit during the call via the operation unit. As a result, the image forming apparatus can receive an image transmission address selected or directly input by an operator during a call, and can use the received image transmission address for image transmission processing. Therefore, the operability of the image forming apparatus can be improved.

  The image forming apparatus of the present invention further includes a communication unit that transmits an image to an image transmission address selected during a call. Thereby, an image can be transmitted to the image transmission address selected via the operation unit.

  In addition, the communication unit transmits an image after the detected telephone device call is terminated when the telephone number of the other party is the same as the image transmission address selected by the operation unit. .

  Thereby, it is possible to prevent an image transmission error from occurring. For example, when performing facsimile transmission as image transmission, the destination telephone number and the fax number may be common. In such a case, if image transmission is started during telephone contact with the transmission destination, a transmission error occurs because the transmission destination facsimile apparatus is also busy (during a call). Thus, during the telephone contact, the image to be transmitted is read, and after the telephone device call for the telephone contact is completed, the communication is started by connecting to the transmission destination. Thereby, even if the destination telephone number and the fax number are common, it is possible to prevent an image transmission error from occurring in facsimile transmission.

  The telephone device of the present invention includes a callee information management unit and a callee information providing unit. As a result, the callee information extracted by the information providing unit can be output to the image transmission device or the like of the present invention, so that the operability of image transmission is improved in cooperation with the image transmission device of the present invention. It becomes possible to improve.

  The telephone device of the present invention includes an address management unit and an image transmission address providing unit. As a result, the image transmission address extracted by the image transmission address providing unit can be output to the image transmission apparatus or the like of the present invention. Therefore, the image transmission operation is performed in cooperation with the image transmission apparatus of the present invention. It becomes possible to improve the property.

  By the way, the image transmission device and the telephone device may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by causing a computer to execute a program.

  A program according to the present invention is a program that causes a computer or the like to execute the above-described image transmission method, and the program is recorded on a recording medium according to the present invention.

  When these programs are executed by a computer, the computer operates as the image transmission device, and therefore, the same effects as those described for the image transmission device can be obtained.

The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 as follows.
[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of an image transmission apparatus and a telephone apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, an image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes an operation / display unit 1 (display unit, operation unit) 1, a communication unit 2, an authentication information management unit 3, an address management unit 4, and a wireless communication unit. (Detection unit, user ID acquisition unit) 5, control unit 6, image reading unit 12, document detection unit 13, image forming unit 14, and image storage unit 15. Specific examples of the image transmission device 100 include a facsimile device capable of wireless communication, and examples of the wireless communication partner include a mobile phone, a cordless phone, and a wireless card (wireless tag).

  The operation / display unit 1 is used for presenting information to an operator and for the operator to operate the image transmission device 100. For example, a combination of a display device such as a liquid crystal panel and an input device such as a keyboard. Alternatively, a touch panel that serves as both a display device and an input device can be used. The communication unit 2 is used for communication between the image transmission apparatus 100 and an external apparatus such as another facsimile apparatus via an external line (for example, a telephone line or a network line such as the Internet). It is constituted by NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like.

  The authentication information management unit 3 stores a table for authenticating IDs and the like for identifying users of the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 received via the wireless communication unit 5. The address management unit 4 is for storing and managing address information described later. The authentication information management unit 3 and the address management unit 4 are configured by storage means such as a memory, a combination of a memory and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The wireless communication unit 5 transmits and receives information. Specifically, the ID of the wireless card 300, the phone number of the mobile phone 400 and the ID (user ID) for specifying the owner of the mobile phone, the address management unit 404 Address information, information provided from the information providing unit 409, and the like, and an authentication result by the authentication unit 11 described later is transmitted to the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400. The wireless communication unit 5 can be configured with, for example, an infrared communication port (IrDA), Bluetooth, or the like.

  The control unit 6 is for controlling the image transmission device 100. In the image transmission device 100 of the present embodiment, the display control unit 7, the state determination unit (communication unit) 8, the external device detection unit (detection unit). , A user ID acquisition unit) 9, a search unit (information acquisition unit) 10, and an authentication unit (user ID acquisition unit) 11. The display control unit 7 controls information displayed on the operation / display unit 1 and receives instructions input to the operation / display unit 1 by an operator. For example, in response to an input of an instruction to the operation / display unit 1 by the operator, the information displayed on the operation / display unit 1 is switched, or the output of information extracted by the search unit 10 to be described later is received. The operation / display unit 1 is controlled to display the extracted information. The state determination unit 8 is for determining the state of the image transmission device 100 and for selecting image data to be transmitted by the image transmission device 100. For example, the state determination unit 8 determines the state of the image transmission device 100 such as whether or not a document for facsimile transmission is placed at a predetermined position, and among the image data held by the image transmission device 100. The image data is selected such as which image data is to be transmitted. The two functions of the state determination unit 8 described above can also be realized by separate means.

  The external device detection unit 9 detects the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 located within a certain range from the image transmission device 100, and determines whether the detected one is in a call. If detected, the detected information is output to the search unit 10 and the authentication unit 11. The fixed range is not particularly limited, and is arbitrarily set based on a range where the user of the mobile phone 400 can visually recognize the information displayed on the operation / display unit 1 of the image transmission apparatus 100. can do.

  When receiving an output related to detection from the external device detection unit 9, the authentication unit 11 authenticates the ID (user ID) received from the authentication information management unit 300 or the mobile phone 400 via the wireless communication unit 5. Do. Authentication by the authentication unit 11 is performed by, for example, comparing the received ID with a table stored in the authentication information management unit 3, and is specified by the ID when the ID is stored in the table. Assuming that the user name (user name) has been authenticated, the authentication unit 11 outputs the authentication result to the search unit 10. In the case where the image transmission apparatus 100 displays image transmission information on the operation / display unit 1 without authenticating the wireless card 300 or the mobile phone 400, the control unit 6 does not include the authentication unit 11. It can also be configured.

  The search unit 10 is for searching for necessary information from the address information stored in the address management unit 4 of the image transmission apparatus 100. That is, the search unit 10 receives the detection result from the external device detection unit 9 or receives the authentication result of the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 by the authentication unit 11. To obtain whether the image transmission address associated with the acquired ID is included in the address management unit 4 and output the result to the display control unit 7 It is. Specifically, the address information of the address management unit 4 is searched for whether or not the image transmission address associated with the acquired user ID is included, and the image transmission address is included. If the image transmission address is not included, the image transmission address is extracted from the address management unit 4, and the extracted image transmission address is output to the display control unit 7. Information that the address is not included in the address information of the address management unit 4 is output to the display control unit 7.

  The display control unit 7 controls the display of the operation / display unit 1 based on the image transmission address output from the search unit 10 and information that the image transmission address is not included in the address information of the address management unit 4. Specifically, when receiving the input of the image transmission address from the search unit 10, the display control unit 7 displays the input image transmission address and does not include the image transmission address from the search unit 10. When the information is received, the operation / display unit 1 is controlled to display that the image transmission address is not included.

  The control unit 6 controls the operation / display unit 1, the communication unit 2, the authentication information management unit 3, the address management unit 4, the wireless communication unit 5, the image reading unit 12, the document detection unit 13, and the image forming unit 14 of the image transmission apparatus 100. The image storage unit 15 is controlled. The control unit 6 is realized by means such as a CPU and a memory such as a RAM or a ROM, for example, but the functions of the display control unit 7, the state determination unit 8, the external device detection unit 9, the search unit 10, and the authentication unit 11. May be constituted by one means, or may be constituted by a plurality of means corresponding to these functions.

  The image reading unit 12 of the image transmission apparatus 100 is for reading a document to be image-transmitted, and the document detection unit 13 determines whether or not the document to be image-transmitted is placed at a predetermined position. It is for detection. The image reading unit 12 and the document detection unit 13 may be configured to operate in association with each other. For example, the image reading unit 12 may be configured to automatically read the detected document when the document detection unit 13 detects the placement of the document at a predetermined position. As a result, the image of the placed document can be automatically read, and the operability of document reading is improved.

  The image forming unit 14 prints the image read by the image reading unit 12 on a medium such as paper, and the image storage unit 15 stores information on the image read by the image reading unit 12. Is. Note that the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can also receive information from the outside via the communication unit 2. The received information can be printed by the image forming unit 14, It can also be stored in the storage unit 15.

  The wireless card 300 according to the present embodiment stores an ID for identifying the user of the wireless card, and detects the external device via the wireless communication unit 5 of the image transmission apparatus 100. It is possible to transmit to the unit 9.

  A mobile phone 400 as a telephone device according to the present embodiment includes an address management unit (destination information management unit, address management unit) 404, a wireless communication unit 405, and a control unit 406. Includes an information providing unit (call destination information providing unit, image transmission address providing unit) 409. Note that the mobile phone 400 may be a cordless phone slave unit including a master unit and a slave unit.

  The address management unit 404 stores a telephone number, an image transmission address, a name, and the like in association with each other, and includes, for example, a memory. The wireless communication unit 405 exchanges jobs and the like by communication with the wireless communication unit 5 of the image transmission apparatus 100. For example, the wireless communication unit 405 may be configured by an infrared communication port (IrDA), Bluetooth, or the like. it can. The control unit 406 includes an information providing unit 409. The information providing unit 409 specifies the mobile phone 400 and / or the user of the mobile phone 400 with respect to the image transmission device 100 via the wireless communication unit 405. A telephone number, ID (user ID), name of the other party, a telephone number (call destination information), an image transmission address of the other party, and the like are provided.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a telephone device address book (address information) stored in the address management unit 404 of the mobile phone 400. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image transmission device address book (address information) stored in the address management unit 4 of the image transmission device 100. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, names are stored in both the telephone device address book of the address management unit 404 and the image transmission device address book of the address management unit 4, so that the names are stored via these names. A telephone number and an image transmission address can be associated with each other. In addition, although the example which linked | related the telephone number and the image transmission address via the name was given, as information which links both, not only a name but ID etc. peculiar to the other party (transmission destination) are used. May be.

  The name of the other party that is stored in association with the telephone number in the telephone device address book used for making a call by the cellular phone 400 is stored in the wireless communication unit 405 and the wireless communication unit 5 by the information providing unit 409. To the search unit 10 of the image transmission apparatus 100. The transmitted name is searched by the search unit 10 to determine whether or not the name is included in the image transmission apparatus address book of the address management unit 4, and if the same name is included, the image transmission is performed. The address is displayed on the operation / display unit 1.

  The search unit 10 searches whether or not the acquired name of the other party is included in the image transmission device address book of the address management unit 4. As a result of the examination, when the telephone number or name of the other party is included in the image transmission device address book, the search unit 10 stores the image address stored in the image transmission device address book in relation to the name. The information is output to the display control unit 7, and the display control unit 7 displays the image transmission address stored in the address management unit 4 in association with the telephone number of the other party on the call via the communication unit 2. The operation / display unit 1 is controlled.

  Further, when the address information of the address management unit 4 stores the relevance between telephone numbers or image transmission addresses, not only the image transmission address of the other party but also the image associated with the other party. A transmission address may also be displayed. For example, in a case where it is usually decided to make a phone call and ask the transmission destination A which of the transmission destination A and the transmission destination B in FIG. If the transmission destination A and the transmission destination B are associated with each other, when a call is made to one of the transmission destination A and the transmission destination B, both image transmission addresses are output to the display control unit 7 by the search unit 10. Both image transmission addresses may be displayed on the operation / display unit 1.

  2 and 3 exemplify address information that associates a call partner of the mobile phone 400 with an image transmission address of the call partner via the name, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the image transmission address is stored in association with the telephone number in the image transmission apparatus address book of FIG. 3, the information providing unit 409 also transmits the telephone number to the search unit 10 to search the search unit 10. Can acquire an image transmission address.

  Further, in the search by the search unit 10 described above, not only the same name but also a similar name is included, an image transmission address associated with the similar name may be displayed. Further, only when the same name does not exist in the image transmission device address book, it may be searched whether a similar name is included. Whether the name transmitted by the information providing unit 409 and the name in the image transmission device address book are similar can be determined based on, for example, whether the first character or two characters of the name match, It is not limited to this.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another example of the telephone device address book (address information) stored in the address management unit 404 of the mobile phone 400. As shown in the figure, in the mobile phone 400 of the present embodiment, the name of the other party, the telephone number, and the image transmission address are stored in association with each other as address information. The name of the transmission partner is a name that can specify the transmission partner, such as an individual name, a company name, a department name, or a person in charge. In the present embodiment, the fact that a plurality of pieces of information are stored in association with each other means that they are stored so that other related information can be specified from one piece of information.

  In the present embodiment, the address information stores a FAX number, iFAX number, mail address, and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server address as an image transmission address. Here, the iFAX number is an Internet fax number, that is, transmission when an e-mail is transmitted to a destination facsimile machine via the Internet and the e-mail is output (printed) from the destination facsimile machine. This is the address of the previous facsimile machine. The FTP server address refers to a destination FTP server address when an image is transmitted to and stored in the FTP server. Note that the FAX number and the mail address refer to the FAX number of a transmission destination when an image is transmitted by facsimile via a telephone line, and the mail address of the transmission destination when an image is transmitted as an e-mail, respectively.

  In the present embodiment, sending by e-mail includes both cases of sending as e-mail itself and cases of sending an image as an attached file attached to the e-mail. Further, it is not necessary that the address information of the address management unit 404 includes all of the image transmission addresses in association with the names of the address information. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the address information stores all types of the image transmission addresses as information associated with the transmission destination B, but the information corresponding to the transmission destinations A and C includes the above information. A part of the image transmission address may be stored.

  Conventionally, before an image is transmitted by the mobile phone 400, it is often performed that a call is made to the other party to notify that an image is to be transmitted or an image transmission address is confirmed. When making a call using the mobile phone 400 for such a purpose, for example, a name stored in the address management unit 404 is selected by the user, and a telephone number stored in association with the name is called. Or the phone number is directly input by the user.

  As shown in FIG. 4, since the image transmission address is stored in the address information of the address management unit 404 in association with the name and the telephone number, the information providing unit 409 includes the image transmission address in addition to the name and the telephone number. Can also be transmitted to the search unit 10 via the wireless communication unit 405 and the wireless communication unit 5. When receiving the name, telephone number, and image transmission address from the information providing unit 409, the search unit 10 outputs the name and the image transmission address to the display control unit 7 and displays them on the operation / display unit 1.

  Further, the search unit 10 searches whether the received name, telephone number, and image transmission address are stored in the address management unit 4. If they are not stored, these are stored in the address management unit 4 address. You may make it memorize | store as information. The information acquired by the search unit 10 may be held by the search unit 10 or may be temporarily stored in a storage unit (such as a memory) (not shown) of the image transmission apparatus 100. When stored in the storage unit, the search unit 10 can retrieve the acquired information from the storage unit whenever necessary. Examples of the information for specifying the other party include a name, a telephone number, and an ID number corresponding to the other party on a one-to-one basis, in addition to the telephone number and name.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user ID table stored in the authentication information management unit 3 of the image transmission apparatus 100. As shown in the figure, the user ID table includes a user name and an ID as a user ID used to determine whether or not the user of the wireless card 300 or the mobile phone 400 has the right to access the image transmission apparatus 100. It is a table stored in association. By storing only the users who are permitted to access the image transmission apparatus 100 in the user ID table, the authentication unit 11 can obtain the IDs of the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 acquired via the wireless communication unit 5. Only the user who is permitted to operate the image transmitting apparatus 100 among the users of the wireless card 300 or the mobile phone 400 by determining whether or not it is included in the user ID table becomes the operator of the image transmitting apparatus 100. The operation / display unit 1 can display the image transmission address.

  In the above description, the authentication unit 11 of the image transmission apparatus 100 determines whether the user can access the image transmission apparatus 100. The determination is based on the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400. May be made. For example, if the above-described table of the image transmitting apparatus that can access the wireless card 300 or the mobile phone 400 of the image transmitting apparatus 100 is stored in advance, information specifying the image transmitting apparatus 100 is received, and the received information The above determination can be made by the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 by comparing the table and the table.

  As described above, the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes the operation / display unit 1 that displays an image transmission address during a call. Information on the displayed image transmission address can be used to transmit the image. That is, it is possible to support image transmission during a telephone call by associating telephone communication related to image transmission with image transmission. For example, an image transmission address selected by the operator via the operation / display unit 1 from those displayed on the operation / display unit 1 during a call is stored in the state determination unit 8 or the like, thereby obtaining an image. A series of operations can be performed by associating a telephone call using the telephone function of the transmission apparatus 100 and an image transmission using the facsimile function. For this reason, it is possible to greatly improve the operability of image transmission as compared with a conventional image transmission apparatus that processes a call using a mobile phone or the like and image transmission completely separately.

  In addition, the mobile phone 400 according to the present embodiment includes an information providing unit 409 that can provide the address information stored in the address management unit 404 to the image transmission apparatus 100. For this reason, when the other party of the mobile phone 400 is not stored in the address management unit 4 of the image transmission device 100, the address information of the information providing unit 409 is displayed on the operation / display unit 1 of the image transmission device 100. Therefore, the operability of image transmission can be greatly improved.

  The image transmission apparatus of the present invention includes an operation / display unit, a communication unit that communicates with the telephone, a detection unit that detects the telephone, an information acquisition unit that acquires information from the telephone, and an image transmission address book. When a telephone is detected and the telephone is in a call, the call destination information is acquired from the telephone, and the image transmission address related to the call destination information is displayed on the operation / display means. It can also be configured as the first image transmission apparatus.

  The image transmission apparatus of the present invention further includes an operation / display unit, a communication unit that communicates with the telephone, a detection unit that detects the telephone, and an information acquisition unit that acquires information from the telephone. Can be configured as a second image transmission apparatus that acquires the image transmission address of the other party from the telephone and displays the image transmission address on the operation / display means so that image transmission can be performed. .

  The first and second image transmission devices are configured such that when the address during a call and the address of the image transmission destination are the same, when the image transmission instruction is given to the image transmission address in the image transmission device, the telephone The image transmission may be performed after confirming that the telephone call is completed.

  The first and second image transmission apparatuses include an authentication unit that obtains an ID from the outside and performs user authentication (authentication is performed using information on a telephone or an ID tag). An image transmission address may be displayed so that image transmission can be performed.

  The second image transmission device may be capable of registering the address in the image transmission device when the image transmission is performed using the address acquired from the telephone.

  The telephone device according to the present invention can also be configured as a device provided with means for providing call destination information to the first or second image transmission device.

  The telephone device of the present invention may be capable of registering the address in the image transmission device when image transmission is performed using the address acquired from the second telephone.

[Embodiment 2]
Regarding the relationship between the detection of the mobile phone 400 by the above-described image transmission device 100 and the telephone call (call processing) of the mobile phone 400 and the transmission of the image using the facsimile function of the image transmission device 100 (image transmission processing). This will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of image transmission processing (image transmission method) performed by the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, when the external device detection unit 9 detects an external device such as a mobile phone 400 via the wireless communication unit 5 (S1, detection step), the image transmission device 100 The mobile phone 400 is inquired whether or not a call is in progress (S3, call determination step). Instead of the inquiry, when the detected mobile phone 400 is in a call, information indicating that the call is in progress may be automatically transmitted to the external device detection unit 9.

  As a result of the inquiry in S3, when the external device detection unit 9 determines that the mobile phone 400 is not in a call, the image transmission process ends. On the other hand, as a result of the inquiry in S3, when it is determined that the mobile phone 400 is in a call, the external device detection unit 9 requests call destination information from the mobile phone 400. In response to the request, the information providing unit 409 of the mobile phone 400 acquires the name (see FIGS. 2 and 4) in the address information from the address management unit 404 and transmits it to the search unit 10. Note that a telephone number or a name and a telephone number may be acquired as information acquired from the address management unit 404 by the information providing unit 409 in order to specify a call partner.

  The name transmitted from the information providing unit 409 to the wireless communication unit 5 is acquired by the search unit 10 (S4, information acquisition step). Then, the retrieval unit 10 retrieves whether or not the acquired name is included in the address information of the address management unit 4 (S5, display step), and the image transmission address stored in association with the name is stored. It is searched whether or not it is registered (S11, display step). Specifically, the search unit 10 acquires the telephone number of the other party of the mobile phone 400, searches whether the acquired telephone number is recorded in the address information of the address management unit 4, and is recorded. If it is, the presence / absence of an image transmission address stored in association with the telephone number is also determined. As a result of the search in S11, when the search unit 10 determines that the image transmission address is registered (Yes in S11), the search unit 10 acquires the image transmission address from the address management unit 4, and The acquired image transmission address is output to the display control unit 7. Then, the display control unit 7 controls the operation / display unit 1 to display an image transmission screen including information on the image transmission address input from the search unit 10 on the operation / display unit 1 (S12, display step). .

  If a plurality of image transmission addresses corresponding to the same name are included in the address information of the address management unit 4 as a result of the search by the search unit 10, a plurality of image transmission addresses corresponding to the same name are displayed (S12). . When searching using a name (S11), the presence / absence of a name similar to the name is also searched. If there is a similar name, the image transmission address of the similar name is also operated / displayed. It is good also as displaying on the part 1 (S12).

  A method for displaying a plurality of image transmission addresses on the operation / display unit 1 is not particularly limited. For example, first, a plurality of names extracted as a result of the search are displayed, and then, among the displayed names, an operator is displayed. And a method of displaying image transmission addresses stored in association with the selected name, a method of sequentially displaying image transmission addresses corresponding to a plurality of names, and the like. On the other hand, when it is determined that the image transmission address is not registered (No in S11), the image transmission process is terminated.

  If it is determined in S11 that the image transmission address is not registered, a screen for inputting the image transmission address may be displayed on the operation / display unit 1 before the image transmission process is finished. .

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image transmission screen displayed on the operation / display unit 1. This figure shows the image transmission screen 1B when the other party in S10 is the transmission destination B. As shown in FIG. 3, since the address information of the address management unit 4 includes FAX, iFAX, E-mail, and FTP as the image transmission address of the transmission destination B, these are displayed on the image transmission screen 1B. All image transmission addresses are displayed.

  Thus, in the image transmitting apparatus 100, since the image transmission address of the other party is displayed on the operation / display unit 1 in parallel with the call processing, when transmitting an image (S13, image transmission step), the operator The user can select the image transmission destination while confirming the displayed image transmission address. At this time, an acquisition destination of an image to be transmitted may be displayed on the operation / display unit 1 as in the image transmission screen 1B. The image transmission screen 1B shows a case where E-mail is selected as an image transmission address and a file is selected as an image acquisition destination.

  The state determination unit 8 transmits an image read from the image reading unit 12 when a scanner is selected as an image acquisition destination, and a file stored in the image storage unit 15 when a file is selected. As the image to send. When a plurality of files are stored in the image storage unit 15, the display control unit 7 displays a list of information related to the plurality of files on the operation / display unit 1. At this time, the operator operates the operation / display unit. The state determination unit 8 may acquire a file corresponding to the information input to the display control unit 7 via 1. Since the display area of the operation / display unit 1 is configured by a touch panel, the operator presses an area where a desired process is displayed or displays an area where “OK” is displayed after the selection. It can be selected by pressing.

  As described above, the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment displays the image transmission address of the other party on the operation / display unit 1 when the mobile phone 400 makes a telephone call. Image transmission processing can be performed using the displayed information. As a result, the operability of the image transmission process can be greatly improved.

  In addition, when transmitting to a transmission destination address different from that of the other party on the mobile phone 400, the operator may select an address book or key input on the image transmission screen 1B. Thereby, by selecting or directly inputting address information, it is possible to designate a destination other than the image transmission address of the other party as a transmission destination. Thus, the operator of the image transmission apparatus 100 can input the transmission destination of the image transmission process in parallel with the telephone process by the mobile phone 400, so that the operability of the image transmission process is improved.

  In addition, since the call by the mobile phone 400 is not necessarily only the image transmission contact, in the present embodiment, the time for displaying the image transmission screen 1B on the operation / display unit 1 is set in advance. When the set time has elapsed (timeout), the image transmission process ends (S13). Even before the set time elapses, the image transmission processing is canceled and the image is canceled by the operator's termination instruction (for example, selection of an area displaying “EXIT” on the image transmission screen 1B). The transmission process ends (S13).

  When a transmission instruction is made (Yes in S13), the state determination unit 8 (see FIG. 1) then determines whether the transmission destination is the same, that is, whether the transmission destination matches the telephone number of the other party. Judgment is made (S14, image transmission step). Here, the same transmission destination means that the image transmission address and the telephone number of the designated transmission destination are the same, and the image is transmitted to the telephone number during the call. Specifically, FIG. In this case, an image is transmitted to a facsimile apparatus (transmission destination) of the other party whose telephone number and FAX number match as in the transmission destination A of FIG. If the telephone number and the FAX number are different as in the transmission destination B of FIG. 4, it is determined that the transmission destination is different even when an image is transmitted to the FAX number stored in association with the telephone number.

  When the address management unit 4 stores address information in which a telephone number and a FAX number are stored in association with each other as in the telephone device address book of FIG. The determination of S14 can be made based on the information. If the facsimile number is stored in association with only the name as in the image transmission apparatus address book of FIG. 3, the telephone number stored in the address management unit 404 is transmitted in association with the name. To the information providing unit 409, or when the external device detecting unit 9 acquires the name, the telephone number is also acquired and output from the external device detecting unit 9 to the state determining unit 8. Thus, the state determination unit 8 can make the determination in S14.

  For example, when the external apparatus 200 is a facsimile apparatus having a telephone function and the telephone number and the FAX number are the same, the user of the mobile phone 400 calls the external apparatus 200 Even if an image is transmitted from the image transmission apparatus 100 to the transmission destination, it cannot be transmitted because the call is in progress. Therefore, after the state determination unit 8 acquires an image from the image reading unit 12 or the image storage unit (S22, image transmission step) and detects the end of the call of the mobile phone 400 (S23, image transmission step), The external device 200 is connected via the communication unit 2 (S24, image transmission step), and the image is transmitted (S25, image transmission step). Note that the end of the call of the mobile phone 400 is detected when the state determination unit 8 of the image transmission apparatus 100 confirms the call status of the mobile phone 400 or ends the call from the control unit 406 of the mobile phone 400 when the call ends. Is transmitted to the control unit 6.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in S14, if it is determined that the transmission destination is not the same (No in S14), for example, if the telephone number of the external device 200 is different from the FAX number, the mobile phone 400 is busy. However, since the image transmission apparatus 100 can transmit the image to the external apparatus 200, the transmission image acquisition (S22), connection with the transmission destination (S24), and image transmission (S25) are sequentially performed. You can do that.

  As described above, the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment displays the image transmission address of the other party on the operation / display unit 1 in parallel with the call processing by the mobile phone 400. Thereby, since telephone communication related to image transmission can be associated with image transmission processing, the operability of the image transmission apparatus in image transmission processing is greatly improved.

  In addition, the mobile phone 400 according to the present embodiment includes an information providing unit 409 that automatically transmits address information stored in the address management unit 404 in response to a request from the image transmission apparatus 100. For this reason, since the image transmission apparatus 100 can display the address information of the address management unit 404 on the operation / display unit 1, the operability of the image transmission process can be improved.

[Embodiment 3]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing another example of image transmission processing by the image transmission apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. In the above-described embodiment, the same processes as those described with reference to FIG.

  In the present embodiment, information indicating that the external device detection unit 9 transmits to the search unit 10 information (call destination address information) stored in the address management unit 404 and related to the other party including the image transmission address. Request to the providing unit 409. And the point from which the search part 10 acquires the call destination address information transmitted from the information provision part 409 according to the said request | requirement (S6, telephone information acquisition step) differs from the said embodiment.

  That is, in the present embodiment, subsequent to S6, the search unit 10 of the image transmission device 100 searches whether the image transmission address is stored in the acquired call destination address information (S10). Therefore, the image transmission address stored in the address management unit 404 of the mobile phone 400 can be displayed on the operation / display unit 1 in the image transmission process in the image transmission apparatus 100. Therefore, the image transmission apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is suitable when, for example, many image transmission addresses are stored in the address management unit 404 of the mobile phone 400 as shown in FIG.

  In S10, if it is determined that the image transmission address is registered as a result of the search by the search unit 10 (Yes in S10), the destination address information may be automatically registered in the address management unit 4. preferable. Thereby, the call destination address can be used for the image transmission processing from the image transmission apparatus 100, so that the operability of the image transmission processing can be further improved.

[Embodiment 4]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing still another example of image transmission processing by the image transmission apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. In the above-described embodiment, the same processes as those described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, after the external device detection in S1 and before the inquiry in S3, the authentication unit 11 authenticates the wireless card 300 and the mobile phone 400 (hereinafter referred to as an external device as appropriate) (S2). However, this is different from the above embodiment.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the information (user ID) for identifying the external device by the authentication unit 11 with respect to the external device before confirming whether the detected external device is busy (S3). Is required. In response to the request, the external device transmits information such as an ID and a telephone number to the authentication unit 11. The authentication unit 11 of the image transmission apparatus 100 compares the information transmitted from the external device with the user ID table (see FIG. 3) of the authentication information management unit 3, and the transmitted information is stored in the user ID table. If yes, it is determined that the user of the external device is authenticated OK (Yes in S2), and the process proceeds to S3. On the other hand, as a result of the comparison by the authentication unit 11, if the transmitted information is not stored in the user ID table, the authentication unit 11 determines that the authentication is not OK (No in S2) and ends the image transmission process.

  Thus, the image transmission address can be displayed on the operation / display unit 1 only when the external device is authenticated in the authentication in S2 (S12). Therefore, the users who can use the image transmission apparatus 100 can be restricted by the user ID table of the authentication information management unit 3, so that only authorized users can be operators of the image transmission apparatus 100. Can be allowed.

  Further, in FIG. 9 of the present embodiment, the image transmission address displayed in S12 is acquired from information (call destination address information) related to the call partner of the mobile phone 400 (S10). However, instead of the process of S10, the image transmission address displayed in S12 may be acquired from the address information stored in the address management unit 4 of the image transmission apparatus 100 (S11, see FIG. 6).

  In the above description, when the external device detection unit 9 detects an external device, the authentication of S2 is performed by requesting the detected external device to transmit information. It is not limited to this. For example, when the external device detection unit 9 detects an external device, information (for example, the ID of the image transmission device 100) is transmitted to the external device such as the wireless card 300 or the mobile phone 400, and the information received by the external device is transmitted. Authentication may be performed by authenticating on the external device side and transmitting the result of the authentication to the external device detection unit 9. In the authentication performed on the external device side, an ID table in which the ID of an image transmission device permitted to be accessed is stored in the storage means of each external device, and the received ID of the image transmission device is stored in the ID table. It is good also as determining that it is authentication OK, and transmitting a determination result to an image transmission apparatus.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, each unit constituting the image transmission device and the telephone device is realized by an operation unit such as a CPU executing a program code stored in a recording medium such as a ROM or a RAM. Alternatively, it may be realized by hardware that performs the same processing. Further, it can also be realized by combining hardware that performs a part of the processing and the above-described calculation means that executes the program code for controlling the hardware and the remaining processing. Further, among the above-described units, even if they are described as hardware, a combination of hardware that performs a part of the processing and the arithmetic unit that executes the program code that controls the hardware and performs the remaining processing But it can also be realized. The arithmetic means may be a single unit, or a plurality of arithmetic means connected via a bus inside the apparatus or various communication paths may execute the program code jointly.

  The program code itself that can be directly executed by the computing means, or a program as data that can be generated by a process such as decompression described later, stores the program (program code or the data) in a recording medium, A recording medium is distributed, or the program is distributed by being transmitted by a communication means for transmitting via a wired or wireless communication path, and is executed by the arithmetic means.

  In the case of transmission via a communication path, each transmission medium constituting the communication path propagates a signal sequence indicating a program, whereby the program is transmitted via the communication path. Further, when transmitting the signal sequence, the transmission device may superimpose the signal sequence on the carrier by modulating the carrier with the signal sequence indicating the program. In this case, the signal sequence is restored by the receiving apparatus demodulating the carrier wave. On the other hand, when transmitting the signal sequence, the transmission device may divide and transmit the signal sequence as a digital data sequence. In this case, the receiving apparatus concatenates the received packet groups and restores the signal sequence. Further, when transmitting a signal sequence, the transmission device may multiplex and transmit the signal sequence with another signal sequence by a method such as time division / frequency division / code division. In this case, the receiving apparatus extracts and restores individual signal sequences from the multiplexed signal sequence. In any case, the same effect can be obtained if the program can be transmitted via the communication path.

  Here, it is preferable that the recording medium for distributing the program is removable, but it does not matter whether the recording medium after distributing the program is removable. In addition, the recording medium can be rewritten (written), volatile, or the recording method and shape as long as a program is stored. Examples of recording media include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks and hard disks, CD-ROMs, magneto-optical disks (MO), mini-discs (MD) and digital A disk such as a video disk (DVD) may be mentioned. The recording medium may be a card such as an IC card or an optical card, or a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, or flash ROM. Or the memory formed in calculating means, such as CPU, may be sufficient.

  The program code may be a code for instructing the arithmetic means of all the procedures of the processes, or a basic program capable of executing a part or all of the processes by calling according to a predetermined procedure. If (for example, an operating system or a library) already exists, a part or all of the entire procedure may be replaced with a code or a pointer that instructs the arithmetic means to call the basic program.

  The format for storing the program in the recording medium may be a storage format that can be accessed and executed by the arithmetic means, for example, as in a state where the program is stored in the real memory, or is stored in the real memory. Installed in the local recording medium from the storage format after being installed in a local recording medium (for example, real memory or hard disk) that is always accessible by the computing means, or from a network or a transportable recording medium The previous storage format may be used. Further, the program is not limited to the compiled object code, but may be stored as source code or intermediate code generated during interpretation or compilation. In any case, the above operation is performed by a process such as decompression of compressed information, decoding of encoded information, interpreting, compiling, linking, allocation to real memory, or a combination of processes. If the means can be converted into an executable format, the same effect can be obtained regardless of the format in which the program is stored in the recording medium.

  The image transmission processing device, the telephone device, and the image transmission method of the present invention can be applied to an application for transmitting an image by facsimile or electronic mail.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the outline of the image transmission apparatus and telephone apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the address information with which the name of the other party and the telephone number which were memorize | stored in the address management part of the mobile telephone as embodiment of this invention were linked | related. It is a figure which shows an example of the address information with which the name of the transmission destination and the image transmission address which were memorize | stored in the address management part of a mobile telephone were linked | related. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of address information stored in an address management unit of the image transmission apparatus in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the user ID table memorize | stored in the authentication information management part of the image transmission apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the image transmission process by the image transmission apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image transmission screen displayed on the operation and the display part of the image transmission apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the image transmission process by the image transmission apparatus as embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the image transmission process by the image transmission apparatus as embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Operation / display section (display section, operation section)
2 Communication unit 3 Authentication information management unit 4 Address management unit 5 Wireless communication unit (detection unit, user ID acquisition unit)
6 Control part 7 Display control part 8 State determination part (communication part)
9 External device detection unit (detection unit, call determination unit)
10. Search unit (information acquisition unit)
11 Authentication unit (user ID acquisition unit)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Image reading part 13 Document detection part 14 Image formation part 15 Image memory | storage part 100 Image transmission apparatus 200 External apparatus 300 Wireless card 400 Mobile phone (telephone apparatus)
404 Address management unit (destination information management unit, address management unit)
405 Wireless communication unit 406 Control unit 409 Information providing unit (call destination information providing unit, image transmission address providing unit)

Claims (15)

An address management unit that stores an image transmission destination and an image transmission address in association with each other;
A detection unit for detecting a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device;
A call determination unit for determining whether the detected telephone device is in a call;
An information acquisition unit that acquires call destination information for identifying a call partner of the detected telephone device from the telephone device;
A display unit that displays an image transmission address stored in association with the image transmission destination specified based on the call destination information when the detected telephone device is in a call. Image transmission device. An address management unit that stores an image transmission destination and an image transmission address in association with each other;
A detection unit for detecting a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device;
A call determination unit for determining whether the detected telephone device is in a call;
An information acquisition unit for acquiring the image transmission address of the other party of the detected telephone device from the telephone device;
An image transmission apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays an image transmission address of a call partner when the detected telephone apparatus is in a call. An operation unit capable of selecting an image transmission address displayed on the display unit;
A communication unit that transmits an image to the image transmission address selected by the operation unit,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the address management unit stores the selected image transmission address when the image transmission address is selected by the operation unit. An authentication information management unit storing a user ID for identifying a user;
A user ID acquisition unit that acquires the user ID of the user of the detected telephone device;
The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays an image transmission address when the acquired user ID is stored in the authentication information management unit.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit capable of selecting an image transmission address displayed on the display unit. A communication unit that transmits an image to an external device;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the communication unit transmits an image to an image transmission address selected by the operation unit.   The communication unit transmits an image after the detected call of the telephone device is terminated when the telephone number of the other party is the same as the image transmission address selected by the operation unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6. A callee information management unit storing callee information for identifying a call partner;
A telephone apparatus comprising: a call destination information providing unit for extracting call destination information of a call partner from a call destination information management unit during a call and outputting the extracted call destination information to the outside. An address management unit that stores call destination information for specifying a call partner and an image transmission address in association with each other;
A telephone comprising: an image transmission address providing unit that extracts an image transmission address stored in association with call destination information of a call partner during a call and outputs the extracted image transmission address to the outside apparatus. The imaging device
A detection step of detecting a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device;
A call determination step for determining whether or not the telephone device detected in the detection step is in a call;
When it is determined that the image device detected in the information acquisition step and the call determination step for acquiring communication destination information for identifying the communication partner of the telephone device detected in the detection step is in a call, the image device A display step of specifying an image transmission destination based on the call destination information acquired in the information acquisition step and displaying an image transmission address stored in association with the specified image transmission destination;
An image transmission method comprising: an image transmission step of transmitting an image to an image transmission address when the image device receives an input operation for selecting the image transmission address displayed in the display step.   A program for executing the image transmission method according to claim 10.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 11. The imaging device
A detection step of detecting a telephone device within a certain range from the image transmission device;
A call determination step for determining whether the telephone device detected in the detection step is in a call;
A telephone information acquisition step of acquiring, from the telephone device, an image transmission address of the other party of the telephone device detected in the detection step;
In the call determination step, if it is determined that the detected telephone device is busy, a display step in which the image device displays the image transmission address acquired in the telephone information acquisition step;
An image transmission method comprising: an image transmission step of transmitting an image to an image transmission address when the image device receives an input operation for selecting the image transmission address displayed in the display step.   A program for executing the image transmission method according to claim 13.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 14.

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