JP2005252553A - Facsimile apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a user from forgetting about pressing any number in progress, or the like when the user inputs a telephone number, and to prevent an erroneous call. <P>SOLUTION: A special number when the telephone number of a transmission destination is input is preset with the number of digits of the telephone number input by the special number. When the special number is input (Y for step S23), it is determined whether the number of digits of the input telephone number coincides with the set number of digits (step S29). When the number of digits of the input telephone number does not coincide with the set number of digits (N for the step S29), the mismatch is reported (step S30). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

  As for the facsimile apparatus, techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 are known. The technique of Patent Document 1 is a technique related to services on the exchange side, and the technique of Patent Document 2 is a technique related to an ISDN terminal adapter and a communication terminal device, and is a technique for setting parameters using a special number.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-127858 JP 2002-359680 A JP 2000-125039 A

  In such a facsimile machine, when making a call by entering a telephone number, a telephone number registered for one-touch or abbreviated can be called without making an erroneous call. There was a problem that it was easy to make a mistake.

  On the other hand, the technique of Patent Document 1 is a technique related to services on the exchange side and does not prevent erroneous transmission on the facsimile terminal side.

  The technique of Patent Document 2 is related to an ISDN terminal adapter and a communication terminal device, and cannot prevent erroneous transmission of a facsimile terminal connected to the PBX extension side.

  Furthermore, the technique of Patent Document 3 is a technique for setting parameters using a special number, and is not a technique related to prevention of erroneous transmission by a special number.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent forgetting to press a number halfway when inputting a telephone number, and to prevent erroneous transmission.

  The present invention relates to a communication control device that transmits and receives image data to and from a network, a scanner that reads image data of a document to be transmitted, a plotter that forms an image of the received image data on a medium, an image data Means for accepting the input of the telephone number of the transmission destination, means for presetting the number of digits of the telephone number by the input when the special number is input by this input, and by the input when the special number is input by the input And a means for comparing the number of digits of the telephone number with the set number of digits.

  According to the present invention, the number of digits of the telephone number corresponding to each special number is set, and it is determined whether or not the input telephone number matches the set number of digits. It is possible to prevent input mistakes such as erroneous transmission.

  The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 1 includes a scanner 11 that reads a document image and extracts image data, and a plotter 2 that forms an image on recording paper based on the image data. The encoding / decoding unit 3 performs compression encoding of image data to be transmitted and decoding of received image data (that is, compression encoded). The image memory 4 temporarily stores image data. As a printing method of the plotter 2, various methods such as an ink jet method, a sublimation type thermal transfer method, a silver salt photography method, a direct thermal recording method, and a melt type thermal transfer method can be used in addition to the electrophotographic method.

  The network control unit 5 performs a predetermined call operation and an incoming operation by supplementing a line connected to a network such as a telephone network, sending a selection signal that is a destination telephone number, and detecting an incoming call. The modem 6 modulates and demodulates and transmits the image data and transmits various procedure signals in the transmission control procedure. The communication control unit 7 functions as a communication control device that transmits / receives image data to / from a network such as a telephone network, and controls the network control unit 5 and the modem 6 to execute transmission / reception of facsimile transmissions according to a predetermined transmission control procedure. To do.

  The operation display unit 8 displays operation guidance and the like, and accepts execution of various operations for causing the facsimile apparatus to execute predetermined transmission / reception processing according to the guidance. For each transmission process, the system memory 9 stores the date and time, the transmission destination, the number of transmission originals, the transmission result, and the like, and stores various fixed information such as item information of the transmission result report. The system control unit 10 is composed of a microcomputer system, and controls the above-described units to execute predetermined operations of the facsimile apparatus 1.

  A general process when a document is transmitted by the facsimile apparatus 1 having such a configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining such processing. As shown in the figure, the system control unit 10 (the CPU) detects that a transmission document is set on the scanner 1 with a sensor (not shown) (Y in step S1), and the operation display unit 8 performs destination input. When a predetermined start button is pressed (Y in step S3), the scanner 1 reads the original (step S4) and transfers it to the image memory 4 (step S5). As a result, under the control of the system control unit 10, the network control unit 5 first makes a line connection to perform a call operation (step S6), and the destination facsimile apparatus is called. When the other party responds, a predetermined transmission procedure is started by the modem 6 and the communication control unit 7 (step S7). As a result, the image data is transferred from the image memory 4 to the encoding / decoding unit 3, passes through the communication control unit 7, passes through the modem 6, and is sent to the line from the network control unit 5. When the transmission is finished, the series of processing ends.

  The facsimile apparatus 1 can set a special number in advance for the telephone number of the transmission destination as an initial setting before transmission. This special number registration is performed according to the processing of FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the initial setting is selected on the operation display unit 8 (Y in step S11), and the contents of the special number are registered in the nonvolatile memory of the system memory 9 (step S12). This setting content is added to the initial setting items, and the registered content is as shown in the example of FIG. In the registration of the special number, the number to be the special number and the number of digits of the telephone number input after the special number, including the special number, or the special number used in the special number are registered. In the example of FIG. 4, the special number is 0 for outgoing calls to the outside line, and in this case, the number of digits input after the special number or including the special number is 7 to 32.

  Perform the following operations after registering so far.

  When the facsimile apparatus 1 transmits an original, as shown in FIG. 5, the system control unit 10 sets the transmission original on the scanner 1, detects the presence of the original with a sensor (not shown) (Y in step S21), and operates When a destination is input on the display unit 8 (Y in step S22), the special number registration in the system memory 9 is compared with the destination input in step S22 to determine whether the input destination is a special number (step S22). S23).

  If it is not a special number (N in Step S23), the start button is pressed (Y in Step S24), and the scanner 1 reads the original (Step S25) and transfers it to the image memory 4 (Step S26).

  As a result, under the control of the system control unit 10, the network control unit 5 first makes a line connection and initiates a call operation (step S27), and the destination facsimile apparatus is called. When the destination responds, a predetermined transmission procedure is started by the modem 6 and the communication control unit 7, transferred from the image memory 4 to the encoding / decoding unit 3, passes through the transmission control unit 7, passes through the modem 6, An image is sent from the network control unit 5 to the line (step S28). When this transmission is finished, the series of processing is terminated.

  If the input destination is a special number (N in step S23), whether the input destination telephone number is the number of digits set in advance as described above is compared (step S29). . If the number of digits of this telephone number is within the preset number of digits (Y in step S29), it is determined that there is no error in the number of digits of the input telephone number, so the above-described step S24 and subsequent steps Move on to processing.

  If the number of digits of this telephone number is not within the preset number of digits (N in step S29), it is determined that there is an error in the number of digits of the input telephone number. An error message is displayed on the display to notify that there is an error in the destination telephone number input by the user (step S30).

  By performing such processing, it is possible to prevent the number from being forgotten to be pressed halfway when inputting the telephone number, and to prevent erroneous transmission.

  However, in the case of the processing of FIG. 5, an error is displayed only when the number of digits is not within the preset range (step S30), and then the user must input from the beginning when entering the telephone number again. I must.

  Therefore, the process of FIG. 6 may be executed instead of the process of FIG. 6 are the same as those in FIG. 5 described above, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The process of FIG. 6 is different from the process of FIG. 5 in that after the notification (step S30), correction of the input destination is accepted (step S31). In this step S31, the telephone number that is erroneously input first is displayed on the display of the operation display unit 8, and re-input of only the erroneous part in the series of telephone numbers can be accepted and corrected.

  As a result, the telephone number can be input again promptly and only the corrected part needs to be corrected. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous input and prevent reoccurrence of erroneous transmission.

  In the facsimile apparatus 1 described above, since the number of digits of the telephone number set in advance is uniquely set, it is not considered that the number of digits to be set for each special number may be different.

  Therefore, instead of FIG. 4, the number of digits may be registered for each special number as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 7, different numbers of digits can be registered for different special codes “0” and “8”. Then, the determination in step S29 compares the different number of digits for each input special number with the number of digits of the input telephone number.

  Furthermore, for numbers such as emergency calls, it is necessary to perform special number processing for an outside line when making a call. However, it is possible to forget the special number processing because it is an emergency.

  Therefore, it is desirable to register an emergency call or the like together with the telephone number as a special number and the number of digits of the telephone number. FIG. 8 shows an example of registration in this case. The emergency telephone number “110” is registered as a special number, and the number “3” of the telephone number “110” is the lower limit of the number of digits and the number of digits. It is registered as the upper limit value. When this special number is set by the user, it is set to automatically call a predetermined special number, in this example “0” (that is, to an outside line). That is, a predetermined special number is registered in association with a telephone number registered as a special number.

  As a result, even if an emergency number is not set, it is possible to make a call simply by setting an emergency call number, so that erroneous calls can be prevented and calls can be made efficiently.

1 is a block diagram of electrical connection of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart of basic processing executed by the facsimile apparatus. It is a flowchart regarding registration of the number of digits of the telephone number which a facsimile apparatus performs. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of registration of the number of digits of a telephone number. It is a flowchart of the transmission process which a facsimile apparatus performs. 10 is a flowchart of another example of transmission processing executed by the facsimile apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of registration of the number of digits of a telephone number. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of registration of the number of digits of a telephone number.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile apparatus 2 Plotter 7 Communication control apparatus 11 Scanner

Claims (5)

A communication control device that transmits and receives image data to and from the network;
A scanner for reading image data of a document to be transmitted;
A plotter for forming an image of the received image data on a medium;
Means for accepting input of a telephone number of a destination of image data;
Means for presetting the number of digits of the telephone number by the input when the special number is input by this input;
Means for comparing the number of digits of the telephone number according to the input with the set number of digits when a special number is input in the input;
Facsimile machine equipped with Means for notifying that there is an error in the input of the telephone number, when the number of digits of the input telephone number is different from the set number of digits;
A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1.   The apparatus further comprises means for displaying the inputted telephone number and accepting an input for correcting the telephone number when the number of digits of the inputted telephone number is different from the set number of digits. The facsimile apparatus according to 1 or 2. The setting means can set the number of digits for each special number,
The means for comparing compares the number of digits of the input telephone number with the number of digits set for the input special number.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1. 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit registers a predetermined telephone number as the special number, and the telephone number is registered in association with the special number of the telephone number. Facsimile machine.

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