JP2007116444A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device capable of generating address image data in consideration of even additional information to be added to an address name. <P>SOLUTION: An address information table 12a is a database for storing information regarding addresses of facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission. Any one of "flag data" of the additional information table 12b is stored in an "additional information" field of the address information table 12a as additional data. An address image data generation part 63 generates the address image data on the basis of records extracted from the address information table 12a by an extraction part 62. The "additional information" in consideration of the "address name" is added to the address image data. By this, a user can easily generate the address image data in consideration of the "address name" without executing complicated work. Consequently, it is possible to transmit a transmission original while reducing operational burdens on the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and more particularly to improvement of a method for generating destination image data.

  Conventionally, in order to transmit a transmission original (especially a transmission form of a transmission original) with destination information (facsimile number, destination name, etc.) inserted, the destination information is read in advance by a scanner and registered as destination image data. A facsimile apparatus capable of inserting the destination image data at a predetermined position is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-203091

  However, the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 needs to read destination image data in advance. As a result, there arises a problem that the burden on the user of the apparatus increases.

  In addition, destination image data inserted into a transmission document by the apparatus of Patent Document 1 includes additional data such as a title corresponding to the destination (for example, “sama” for an individual, “middle” or “in charge” for a corporation) ○○ ”is not taken into account. Therefore, in the apparatus of Patent Document 1, it is necessary for the user of the apparatus to insert additional data into the transmission document separately, and as a result, the burden on the user of the apparatus further increases.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can generate destination image data that also considers additional information to be added to a destination name.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is a communication terminal apparatus, and stores a plurality of tables, that is, at least destination access information, a destination name, and additional information related to the destination name in association with each other. A storage unit capable of storing a destination information table, an additional information table storing additional data that can be registered in the additional information, a registration unit that registers the additional data in each additional information of the destination information table, Destination access information based on user designation processing, destination name and additional information are extracted from the destination information table, and the destination extracted by the extraction unit based on the registration status of the registration unit A first generation unit that generates destination image data in which the additional data is added to a name, original image data of a transmission original, and destination image data generated by the first generation unit A second generation unit that generates transmission image data obtained by combining the transmission data, and transmission that transmits the transmission image data generated by the second generation unit to a transmission destination based on destination access information corresponding to the extracted destination name And a section.

  Further, in the communication terminal device according to claim 1, when the additional data stored in the additional information table is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit in the communication terminal device according to claim 1, The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional information.

  Further, in the communication terminal device according to claim 1, when the additional data stored in the additional information table is not registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit in the communication terminal device according to claim 1, The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional data selected from the additional information table.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to the third aspect, the first generation unit uses the extracted destination name and additional data stored in the additional information table as a prescribed value. The destination image data is generated based on the selected one.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to the third aspect, the first generation unit is configured by the user among the extracted destination name and additional data stored in the additional information table. The destination image data is generated based on the selected one.

  Further, the invention of claim 6 is the communication terminal device according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the registration unit registers the selected additional data in the extracted additional information. It is characterized by.

  The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the additional information table includes at least additional character data to be added to the destination name as additional data. , Flag data for uniquely identifying the additional character data is stored in association with each other, and the additional character data is stored as additional data in each additional information of the destination information table. .

  The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the additional information table includes at least additional character data to be added to the destination name as additional data. , Flag data for uniquely identifying the additional character data is stored in association with each other, and the additional character data is stored as additional data in each additional information of the destination information table. .

  The invention according to claim 9 is the communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the destination image data generated by the first generation unit and the destination image data are inserted. And a display unit capable of displaying the position information.

  The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a display unit capable of displaying the communication image data generated by the second generation unit. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 11 is a communication terminal device, and is at least destination access information, a destination name, additional information related to the destination name, and can be registered in the additional information and is unique to the destination name. A storage unit capable of storing a destination information table that stores a plurality of additional data in association with each other; a registration unit that registers one of a plurality of corresponding additional data in each additional information of the destination information table; Destination access information based on user designation processing, destination name and additional information are extracted from the destination information table, and the destination extracted by the extraction unit based on the registration status of the registration unit A first generation unit that generates destination image data with the additional data added to the name, and a transmission image obtained by combining the original image data of the transmission original and the destination image data generated by the first generation unit A second generation unit that generates data; and a transmission unit that transmits the transmission image data generated by the second generation unit based on destination access information corresponding to the extracted destination name. And

  Further, in the communication terminal device according to claim 11, when any one of the plurality of additional data is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit, the communication terminal device according to claim 11 The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional information.

  The communication terminal device according to claim 13 is the communication terminal device according to claim 11, wherein none of the plurality of additional data is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit. The generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and the corresponding additional data designated by the user.

  According to the first to tenth aspects of the present invention, the destination image data is generated from the destination name extracted from the destination information database and the additional information related to the destination name based on the user designation process. The transmission image data obtained by combining the destination image data and the document image data can be transmitted to the transmission destination based on the destination access information.

  That is, additional information in consideration of each destination name is added to the destination image data, and the destination image data to which such additional information is added can be easily generated without performing complicated work. Therefore, transmission processing can be executed while reducing the operation burden on the user. Further, it is not necessary to save the destination image data in the apparatus in advance, and the usage amount of the storage unit can be reduced.

  In particular, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even if additional data is not registered in the additional information, as the specified value of the extracted destination name and additional data stored in the additional information table The destination image data can be generated based on the selected one. Therefore, the operation burden on the user can be further reduced.

  In particular, according to the ninth and tenth aspects of the invention, the destination image data itself and the arrangement of the destination image data can be easily confirmed based on the display content of the display unit.

  According to the invention described in claims 11 to 13, the destination name extracted from the destination information database and the extracted additional information are stored in the destination name based on the user designation process. The destination image data can be generated from the unique additional data. Further, transmission image data obtained by combining the destination image data and the document image data can be transmitted to the transmission destination based on the destination access information.

  That is, additional information in consideration of each destination name is added to the destination image data, and the destination image data to which such additional information is added can be easily generated without performing complicated work. Therefore, transmission processing can be executed while reducing the operation burden on the user. Further, it is not necessary to save the destination image data in the apparatus in advance, and the usage amount of the storage unit can be reduced.

  Each of the plurality of additional data in the destination information table stores data unique to the corresponding destination name, and this unique additional data can be registered in the corresponding additional information. Therefore, the versatility of the destination information can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<1. First Embodiment>
<1.1. Configuration of communication terminal device>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication terminal device 1 in the present embodiment. Here, the communication terminal device 1 is a scanner, a printer, a copier, a facsimile, or a complex machine that combines these functions. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication terminal device 1 mainly includes a RAM 12, an NCU 21, a modem 22, a registration unit 61, an extraction unit 62, a destination image data generation unit 63, and a transmission image data generation unit 64. A network control unit 65.

  The modem 22 converts digital data (image data) stored in the image memory 16 into an audio signal, or converts audio data transmitted from the outside of the communication terminal device 1 into digital data. The NCU 21 is a device required when the communication terminal device 1 is connected to the public switched telephone network, and performs outgoing / incoming calls and dial control.

  Therefore, the communication terminal device 1 can facsimile-transmit the transmission document converted into digital data to another communication terminal device 1 connected to the public switched telephone network. That is, in this embodiment, the NCU 21 and the modem 22 are used as a transmission unit that transmits a transmission original.

  The network control unit 65 is a device that is necessary for transmitting and receiving digital data to and from a device connected to a LAN (Local Area Network). Therefore, the communication terminal device 1 can transmit the transmission document converted into digital data, for example, by attaching it to an e-mail. That is, in the present embodiment, the network control unit 65 is used as a transmission unit that transmits a transmission document, similarly to the NCU 21 and the modem 22.

  The reading unit 51 is an image input unit that inputs image data to the communication terminal device 1. The binarized image data taken in by the reading unit 51 is encoded (compressed) and stored in the image memory 16.

  Here, as the encoding by the reading unit 51, for example, any one of MH (Modified Huffman), MR (Modified Read), MMR (Modified MR), and JBIG (Joint Bi-level Image experts Group) is used. Adopted. In addition, the encoding process may be executed by hardware provided separately from the reading unit 51, or may be executed by software if possible.

  The recording unit 52 decodes (decompresses) the image data that has been encoded and stored in the image memory 16, and performs predetermined image processing (for example, for image data that has been decoded into binary bitmap data) Smoothing and resolution conversion). Then, the recording unit 52 outputs the image data subjected to the predetermined image processing to a printing unit (not shown) as a serial data string. As a result, the image data is printed on the recording paper by the printing unit, and predetermined characters and line drawings are printed on the recording paper.

  Here, as a decoding process by the recording unit 52, any one of the above-described MH, MR, MMR, and JBIG methods is employed. Further, the decoding process may be executed by hardware provided separately from the recording unit 52, or the decoding process may be executed by software if possible.

  The display unit 54 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display, and has a function as a “touch panel” that can specify a position on the screen by touching the screen with a finger or a dedicated pen. Accordingly, the user of the communication terminal device 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “user”) displays the contents displayed on the display unit 54, for example, a destination information confirmation dialog 80 (see FIG. 4) described later, and a title selection dialog 95. (See FIG. 5) and an instruction using the “touch panel” function of the display unit 54 based on the transmission document confirmation dialog 70 (see FIG. 6), the communication terminal device 1 is caused to execute a predetermined operation. be able to. As described above, the display unit 54 is also used as an input unit that allows the communication terminal device 1 to input predetermined data.

  The operation unit 53 is an input unit having operation keys such as a one-touch key, an abbreviated key, and a keypad. The user can cause the communication terminal device 1 to execute a predetermined operation by executing an input operation based on the display content of the display unit 54.

  Here, the one-touch key and the abbreviated key of the present embodiment are associated with corresponding destination access information (for example, a facsimile number or an e-mail address). Therefore, the user can perform facsimile transmission or e-mail transmission to a destination corresponding to the depressed key by selecting and depressing a desired key from the one-touch key or the shortened key.

  The RAM 12 is a readable / writable memory. That is, the RAM 12 is a storage unit capable of storing a destination information table 12a and an additional information table 12b as shown in FIG. Similarly to the RAM 12, the image memory 16 is a readable / writable memory, and can store image data input to the communication terminal device 1 via the reading unit 51, the modem 22, the network control unit 65, and the like. it can.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the destination information table 12a in the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the additional information table 12b in the present embodiment. The destination information table 12a is a database that stores information related to destinations for facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission. As shown in FIG. 2, the destination information table 12a mainly includes fields (columns) of “destination ID”, “destination name”, “destination access information”, and “additional information”.

  The “destination ID” field stores data for uniquely identifying a record (each row) included in the destination information table 12a. In the “destination name” field, character data indicating the name or name of the transmission destination, which is information on the transmission destination for facsimile transmission and electronic mail transmission, is stored. The “destination access information” field stores character data indicating destination access information (for example, a facsimile number or an e-mail address) of a transmission destination.

  The “additional information” field stores numerical data indicating which record in the destination information table 12a is linked to which record among the records stored in the additional information table 12b.

  That is, “0” is stored as an initial value in the “additional information” field, and a value other than “0” is stored when the link processing with the additional information table 12b is completed. Therefore, it is determined whether or not this link processing is completed by checking whether the value of “additional information” of each record in the destination information table 12a is “0” or other than “0”. It becomes possible.

  Thus, each record of the destination information table 12a includes data used as destination information, that is, at least “destination ID”, “destination name”, “destination access information”, “additional information”, Are stored in association. Each record can be uniquely identified by “destination ID”. Therefore, by assigning “destination ID” to the one-touch key and the abbreviated key, the user can execute a designation process for designating desired destination information.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the additional information table 12b mainly has fields of “flag data” and “additional character data”. The “flag data” field stores a value for uniquely identifying a record included in the additional information table 12b.

  In the “additional character data” field, a title (for example, “sama”, “middle”) corresponding to the name or name stored in the “destination name” field of the destination information table 12a is stored. In consideration of the case where it is not necessary to add a title to a name or a name, “” (none: no character data) is also prepared in the “additional character data” field.

  As described above, each record of the additional information table 12b stores "flag data" and "additional character data" used as additional data in association with each other, and each record is uniquely identified by "flag data". can do.

  Therefore, by storing any of the “flag data” of the additional information table 12b as additional data in the “additional information” field of the destination information table 12a, the user can select “ It is possible to select an appropriate title for the “destination name” or not to give a title to the “destination name”. On the other hand, when “0” is stored in the “additional information” field of the destination information table 12a, the communication terminal device 1 can prompt the user to select an appropriate title.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the registration unit 61 executes a link process for registering any value of “flag data” of the additional information table 12b as additional data in the “additional information” of each record of the destination information table 12a. To do.

  The extraction unit 62 searches the destination information table 12a based on the input from the one-touch key or the shortcut key of the operation unit 53, and extracts the record corresponding to the designated one-touch key or the shortcut key from the destination information table 12a. Execute.

  Here, in the present embodiment, each of the one-touch key and the abbreviated key of the operation unit 53 stores one of the values stored in the “destination ID” field of the destination information table 12a. When one of the one-touch key and the shortened key is designated by the user, the extraction unit 62 searches the destination information table 12a based on the value assigned to the designated key, and sets the corresponding record as the destination. Extracted from the information table 12a.

  In this way, the extraction unit 62 can extract “destination access information”, “destination name”, and “additional information” based on the user designation process from the destination information table 12a.

  The destination image data generation unit 63 generates destination image data based on the “destination name” and “additional information” extracted by the extraction unit 62. That is, the destination image data generation unit 63 can generate destination image data in which “extra information” and a title (additional data) selected by the additional information table 12b are added to the extracted “destination name”.

  The transmission image data generation unit 64 generates transmission image data obtained by combining digital data (original image data) of a transmission original and destination image data generated by the destination image data. For example, the transmission image data generation unit 64 generates transmission image data in which the destination image data is inserted into the invoice portion of the document image data.

  The ROM 13 is a read-only memory, and the MPU 11 executes control according to a program stored in the ROM 13. The MPU 11 includes a ROM 13, a RAM 12, an image memory 16, a registration unit 61, an extraction unit 62, a destination image data generation unit 63, a transmission image data generation unit 64, an NCU 21, a modem 22, a network control unit 65, and the like. 15 is electrically connected. Therefore, according to this program, the MPU 11 performs a record extraction process by the extraction unit 62, a destination image data generation process and a transmission image data generation process by the destination image data generation unit 63 and the transmission image data generation unit 64, and the like at a predetermined timing. Can be executed.

  In the present embodiment, the program for controlling the operation of the communication terminal device 1 is stored in the ROM 13, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the program may be stored in a flash memory that is a readable / writable nonvolatile memory.

<1.2. Sending original document transmission procedure>
In the present embodiment, for example, a transmission document is transmitted by the following procedure. That is, (1) the transmission document is read by the reading unit 51 based on an operation from the operation unit 53, and the read image data is stored in the image memory 16. (2) When the user depresses the one-touch key or the shorten key on the operation unit 53, a desired record (destination information) is extracted from the destination information table 12a, and the transmission destination of the transmission original is designated. (3) Subsequently, destination image data based on the record selected by the destination image data generation unit 63 is generated. (4) Subsequently, the transmission image data generation unit 64 inserts the destination image data into the invoice portion of the image data of the transmission original, and generates transmission image data. (5) Then, when the user operates from the operation unit 53, the transmission image data is transmitted as facsimile transmission or electronic mail, and the transmission procedure is completed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the destination information confirmation dialog 80. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a title (additional data) selection dialog 95. The destination information confirmation dialog 80 is an inquiry screen displayed on the display unit 54 when the user presses a one-touch key or an abbreviated key. As shown in FIG. 4, the destination information confirmation dialog 80 mainly includes a position information display area 81 and a destination image data display area 91.

  The destination image data display area 91 is an area for displaying the destination image data 90 generated by the destination image data generation unit 63. As shown in FIG. 4, in each of the areas 92, 93, 94 in the destination image data display area 91, the “destination name”, “additional information”, and “destination access information” of the record extracted from the destination information table 12a. Is displayed.

  The position information display area 81 is an area for displaying text information indicating where the destination image data 90 is inserted in the invoice portion of the document image data. In the case of FIG. 4, the destination image data 90 is inserted into the upper left part of the invoice.

  As described above, the destination information confirmation dialog 80 displays the destination image data 90 generated by the destination image data generation unit 63 and the position information where the destination image data 90 is inserted. Therefore, the user can easily confirm the destination image data 90 itself and the position of the destination image data 90 in the invoice portion of the transmission image data by confirming the display content of the display unit 54.

  Here, in the communication terminal device 1 of the present embodiment, “0” is stored in “additional information” of the destination information table 12a until the first transmission process is performed, and the destination information table 12a and additional information are stored. The table 12b is not linked. That is, until the first transmission process is performed, none of the additional data stored in the additional information table 12b is registered in the “additional information”.

  Therefore, in the first transmission process, in order to prompt the user to register additional information, a title (additional data) selection dialog 95 is displayed on the destination information confirmation dialog 80 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of (three in the present embodiment) command buttons 96 a to 96 c are displayed in the title selection dialog 95. In each command button 96a to 96c, characters ("", "like", "middle") corresponding to "additional character data" in the additional information table 12b are displayed.

  For example, when a record with “destination ID” = “2” (see FIG. 2) is extracted by the extraction unit 62, “additional information” of the record is “0”, and “additional information” includes additional information. It is necessary to register additional data stored in the table 12b.

  Therefore, a title selection dialog 95 is displayed on the display unit 54 together with the destination information confirmation dialog 80 (see FIG. 5). The user selects a command button corresponding to “destination name” from the command buttons 96 a to 96 c displayed in the title selection dialog 95. As a result, the selected command button is highlighted (for example, the command button 96c in FIG. 5).

  Subsequently, when the OK button 97 is pressed, the destination image data generation unit 63 extracts the extracted “destination name” and “destination access information”, and additional data (“middle”) selected by the title selection dialog 95. Thus, the destination image data 90 is generated. Thereby, the generated destination image data 90 is displayed in the destination image data display area 91 (see FIG. 4).

  When the user presses the OK button 85 of the destination information confirmation dialog 80, the destination image data 90 is confirmed. On the other hand, when the cancel button 86 is pressed, the user can redo the destination designation process.

  As described above, the destination image data generation unit 63 according to the present embodiment adds the selected “destination access information” and “destination name” and the addition selected by the user's operation based on the display content of the title selection dialog 95. And destination image data can be generated based on the data. Also, “flag data” (= 3) corresponding to the additional data (“middle”) selected by the user is registered in “additional information”.

  On the other hand, when the transmission processing has already been performed and the additional data stored in the additional information table 12b is registered in the “additional information” of the destination information table 12a, the destination image data in the destination information confirmation dialog 80 is registered. In the display area 91, the destination image data 90 is displayed without going through the additional data selection process using the title selection dialog 95. As described above, when the additional data stored in the additional information table 12b is already registered in the “additional information” of the destination information table 12a, the process of selecting the additional data using the title selection dialog 95 may be omitted. It becomes possible. Therefore, the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, even if additional data stored in the additional information table 12b is registered in the “additional information”, the detailed display button 87 is pressed to give a title to the display unit 54. A selection dialog 95 can be displayed. As a result, the “additional information” in the destination information table 12a can be corrected.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the transmitted document confirmation dialog 70. The transmission original confirmation dialog 70 is displayed on the display unit 54 when the user performs a predetermined operation using the operation unit 53. As shown in FIG. 6, the transmission document confirmation dialog 70 has a transmission image data display area 71.

  In the transmission image data display area 71, transmission image data 72 generated by the transmission image data generation unit 64 is displayed. As a result, the document image data 73 and the destination image data 90 themselves on the transmission image data 72 and the arrangement status of these image data 72 and 90 can be easily confirmed. By pressing the return button 75, it is possible to return to the screen before the transmission document confirmation dialog 70 is displayed.

<1.3. Advantages of Communication Terminal Device of First Embodiment>
As described above, the communication terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment can generate the destination image data based on the record extracted from the destination information table 12a by the user specifying process. This destination image data is added with “additional information” in consideration of “destination name”, and the destination image data to which such “additional information” is added can be easily generated without performing complicated work. be able to. Therefore, transmission processing can be executed while reducing the operation burden on the user. In addition, it is not necessary to save the destination image data in the communication terminal device 1 in advance, and the usage amount of the storage unit can be reduced.

<2. Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment is different from the communication terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment except that the destination information table 112a stored in the RAM 12 is different. This is the same as the embodiment. Therefore, in the following, this difference will be mainly described. In the following description, the same components as those in the communication terminal device according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. Since the components with the same reference numerals have already been described in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted in the present embodiment.

<2.1. Configuration of communication terminal device>
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the destination information table 112a in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the destination information table 112a mainly includes “destination ID”, “destination name”, “destination access information”, “additional information”, and a plurality of (two in the present embodiment) additions. Each field of data (“first additional data”, “second additional data”) is included.

  The “destination ID” field stores data for uniquely identifying a record included in the destination information table 112a. In the “destination name” field, character data indicating the name or name of the transmission destination, which is information on the transmission destination for facsimile transmission and electronic mail transmission, is stored. The “destination access information” field stores character data indicating destination access information (for example, a facsimile number or an e-mail address) of a transmission destination.

  Character data can be stored in the “additional information” field, and one of the character data stored in the corresponding “first additional data” and “second additional data” or “NULL”. Is stored. That is, “NULL” is stored as an initial value in the “additional information” field. When the registration process by the registration unit 61 has been completed, the “additional information” field has any one of the character data stored in the “first additional data” and the “second additional data”. Is registered. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the registration process is completed by checking whether or not the value of “additional information” of each record in the destination information table 112a is “NULL”.

  In “first additional data” and “second additional data”, data unique to the corresponding “destination name” is stored. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the “first additional data” and “second additional data” of the record specified by “destination ID” = “4” include the person in charge of “corporate corporation xxx”. A certain “person in charge □ ◎” and “person in charge ◎◎” are stored.

  Thus, each record of the destination information table 112a includes data used as destination information, that is, at least “destination ID”, “destination name”, “destination access information”, “additional information”, A plurality of additional data is stored in association with each other. Each record can be uniquely identified by “destination ID”. Therefore, by assigning “destination ID” to the one-touch key and the shortened key, the user can specify desired destination information.

<2.2. Sending original document transmission procedure>
The communication terminal apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment transmits a transmission document by the same procedure as that of the communication terminal apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the destination information confirmation dialog 180. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the additional data selection dialog 195.

  The destination information confirmation dialog 180 is an inquiry screen displayed on the display unit 54 when the user presses a one-touch key or an abbreviated key. As shown in FIG. 8, the destination information confirmation dialog 80 mainly has a position information display area 81 and a destination image data display area 191.

  The destination image data display area 191 is an area for displaying the destination image data 190 generated by the destination image data generation unit 63. As shown in FIG. 8, in each of the areas 192, 193, and 194 in the destination image data display area 191, the “destination name”, “additional information”, and “destination access information” of the record extracted from the destination information table 112a are displayed. Is displayed.

  Thus, the destination information confirmation dialog 180 displays the destination image data 190 generated by the destination image data generation unit 63 and the position information where the destination image data 190 is inserted. Therefore, the user can easily confirm the destination image data 190 itself and the position of the destination image data 190 in the invoice portion of the transmission image data by confirming the display content of the display unit 54.

  Here, in communication terminal apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, “NULL” is stored in “additional information” in destination information table 112a until the first transmission process is performed, and “additional information” is supported. Neither the “first additional data” nor the “second additional data” is registered. Therefore, in the first transmission process, an additional data selection dialog 195 is displayed on the destination information confirmation dialog 180 as shown in FIG. 9 in order to prompt the user to register additional information. The additional data selection dialog 195 is also displayed when the user presses the detail display button 187.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the additional data selection dialog 195 displays a plurality of (two in this embodiment) command buttons 196a and 196b. In each command button 196a, 196b, the character data stored in “first additional data” and “second additional data” of the record extracted from the destination information table 112a is displayed.

  For example, when the record of “destination ID” = “4” is extracted by the extraction unit 62, “command □ ◎” and “charge ◎◎” are displayed on the command buttons 196 a and 196 b of the additional data selection dialog 195, respectively. Is displayed.

  When the command button 196b displayed in the additional data selection dialog 195 is selected by the user, the selected command button 196b is highlighted (see FIG. 9). Subsequently, when the OK button 197 is pressed, the destination image data generating unit 63 causes the extracted “destination name” and “destination access information” and additional data selected by the additional data selection dialog 195 (“responsible ◎◎ The destination image data 190 is generated. Thereby, the generated destination image data 190 is displayed in the destination image data display area 191 (see FIG. 10).

  Subsequently, when the user presses the OK button 85 of the destination information confirmation dialog 180, the destination image data 190 is confirmed. On the other hand, when the cancel button 86 is pressed, the user can redo the destination designation process.

  As described above, the destination image data generation unit 63 according to the present embodiment adds the selected “destination access information” and “destination name” and the addition selected by the user's operation based on the display content of the title selection dialog 95. And destination image data can be generated based on the data. The additional data selected by the user is registered in “additional information”.

  On the other hand, transmission processing has already been performed, and corresponding character data of “first additional data” and “second additional data” is registered in “additional information” of the destination information table 112a. In this case, the destination image data 190 is displayed in the destination image data display area 191 of the destination information confirmation dialog 180 without going through the additional data selection process using the additional data selection dialog 195. As described above, when any one of the corresponding “first additional data” and “second additional data” character data is already registered in the “additional information” of the destination information table 112a, the additional data selection is performed. The process of selecting additional data by the dialog 195 can be omitted. Therefore, the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

<2.3. Advantages of Communication Terminal Device According to Second Embodiment>
As described above, in the communication terminal device 100 according to the second embodiment, the “additional information” taking the “destination name” into consideration is added to the destination image data generated by the destination image data generation unit 63. Thus, it is possible to easily generate the destination image data to which such “additional information” is added without performing a complicated operation.

  Therefore, transmission processing can be executed while reducing the operation burden on the user. In addition, it is not necessary to save the destination image data in the communication terminal device 1 in advance, and the usage amount of the storage unit can be reduced.

  Further, in the second embodiment, additional data specific to the “destination name” of each record can be stored in “first additional data” and “second additional data” of the destination information table 112a. This unique additional data can be registered in the corresponding “additional information”. Therefore, the versatility of the destination information can be improved.

<3. Modification>
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

  (1) In the first and second embodiments, the “destination access information”, “destination name”, “first additional data”, and “destination data” of each record stored in the destination information table 12a and the destination information table 112a Although the “second additional data” has been described as being registered in advance, the present invention is not limited to this.

  The registration unit 61 may add a new record and register “destination access information”, “destination name”, “first additional data”, and “second additional data”. For the existing record, the registration unit 61 may be able to modify “destination access information”, “destination name”, “first additional data”, and “second additional data”. When this correction process is performed, an initial value (“0” or NULL) may be registered in “additional information”. Accordingly, it is possible to display the destination information confirmation dialog 80 and prompt the user to register “additional information” corresponding to the corrected “destination name”.

  Further, with respect to the additional information table 12b, the registration unit 61 may be able to add and modify records. Furthermore, when the destination information table 12a and the additional information table 12b itself are not generated, the registration unit 61 may generate these tables 12a and 12b.

  (2) In the first and second embodiments, the “additional information” field of the destination information tables 12a and 112a has an initial value (“0” or “NULL”) until the first transmission process is completed. However, the value stored in the “additional information” field is not limited to this. For example, when registering “destination access information” and “destination name”, corresponding “additional information” may be registered together. Thereby, in the transmission process, the user can omit the process of selecting additional data. Therefore, the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  (3) In the first and second embodiments, the destination image data 90 and 190 have been described as being inserted into the invoice portion of the document image data. However, the insertion position of the destination image data is limited to this. It is not what is done. For example, it may be inserted in a place other than the invoice portion (for example, the header portion of each page of the transmission document).

  (4) In the first and second embodiments, the destination image data 90 and 190 are generated based on “destination access information”, “destination name”, and “additional information”. Although described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the destination image data may be generated based on “destination name” and “additional information”.

  (5) Also, in the first embodiment, when the additional data stored in the additional information table 12b (see FIG. 3) is not stored in the “additional information” of the destination information table 12a, a title is selected. Although it has been described that the additional data is selected by the dialog 95, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the destination image data may be generated based on the “flag data” of the additional information table 12b that is selected in advance as the specified value. Thereby, a user's operation burden can be reduced.

  Similarly, in the second embodiment, neither “first information” nor “second additional data” in the destination information table 112a is stored in “additional information” in the destination information table 112a, and “NULL” is registered. In such a case, any one of the first and second additional data may be set as a specified value, and the destination image data may be generated based on the specified value. Also in this case, the operation burden on the user can be reduced.

  (6) In the transmission procedure of the transmission original in the first and second embodiments, the transmission original is read before the destination information is designated, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the transmission document reading process may be executed at the time after the designation of the destination information is completed and the user instructs the communication terminal apparatuses 1 and 100 to start transmission.

  (7) Furthermore, in the first embodiment, it has been described that numerical data is stored in the “additional information” field of the destination information table 12a. However, the present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the destination information table 212a in another example. As shown in FIG. 11, “additional character data” among the additional data stored in the additional information table 12b is registered in the “additional information” field of the destination information table 212a. Also in this case, the transmission original can be transmitted by the same procedure as in the first embodiment.

  For example, “NULL” is stored in the “additional information” field of the destination information table 212a until the first transmission process is performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the link processing with the additional information table 12b is completed by checking whether or not the value of “additional information” of each record in the destination information table 212a is “NULL”. it can. When “NULL” is stored in the “additional information” of the record extracted from the destination information table 212a, a title selection dialog 95 is displayed, and the user can be prompted to select additional data.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the communication terminal device in the 1st and 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the destination information table in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the additional information table in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the destination information confirmation dialog in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the title selection dialog in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the transmission original document confirmation dialog in 1st and 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the destination information table in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the destination information confirmation dialog in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the additional data selection dialog in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the destination information confirmation dialog in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the destination information table in the other example of this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1, 100 Communication terminal device 12 RAM (storage unit)
12a, 112a, 212a Destination information table 12b Additional information table 16 Image memory 21 NCU
22 modem 53 operation unit 54 display unit 61 registration unit 62 extraction unit 63 destination image data generation unit 64 transmission image data generation unit 65 network control unit 70 transmission original confirmation dialog 72 transmission image data 73 original image data 80, 180 destination information confirmation dialog 90, 190 Destination image data 92, 93, 94, 192, 193, 194 Area 95 Title selection dialog 96a to 96c Title data 195 Additional data selection dialog 196a, 196b Additional data

Claims (13)

A communication terminal device,
(a) Multiple tables, i.e.
1) a destination information table that stores at least destination access information, a destination name, and additional information related to the destination name;
2) an additional information table for storing additional data that can be registered in the additional information;
A storage unit capable of storing
(b) a registration unit that registers the additional data in each additional information of the destination information table;
(d) an extraction unit that extracts destination access information, destination name, and additional information based on user designation processing from the destination information table;
(e) a first generation unit that generates destination image data in which the additional data is added to the destination name extracted by the extraction unit, based on a registration status by the registration unit;
(f) a second generation unit that generates transmission image data obtained by combining the original image data of the transmission original and the destination image data generated by the first generation unit;
(g) a transmission unit that transmits the transmission image data generated by the second generation unit to a transmission destination based on destination access information corresponding to the extracted destination name;
A communication terminal device comprising: In the communication terminal device according to claim 1, when additional data stored in the additional information table is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit,
The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional information. In the communication terminal device according to claim 1, when the additional data stored in the additional information table is not registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit,
The communication terminal apparatus, wherein the first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional data selected from the additional information table. The communication terminal device according to claim 3.
The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and one selected as a specified value from the additional data stored in the additional information table. Communication terminal device. The communication terminal device according to claim 3.
The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and the one selected by the user from the additional data stored in the additional information table. Communication terminal device. In the communication terminal device according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
The registration unit registers the selected additional data in the extracted additional information. The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
In the additional information table, at least as additional data,
Additional character data to be added to the destination name;
Flag data for uniquely identifying the additional character data;
Are stored in association with each other,
Each additional information of the destination information table stores the additional character data as additional data. The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
In the additional information table, at least as additional data,
Additional character data to be added to the destination name;
Flag data for uniquely identifying the additional character data;
Are stored in association with each other,
Each additional information of the destination information table stores the additional character data as additional data. The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
(h) a display unit capable of displaying the destination image data generated by the first generation unit and position information into which the destination image data is inserted;
A communication terminal device further comprising: The communication terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
(h) a display unit capable of displaying the communication image data generated by the second generation unit;
A communication terminal device further comprising: A communication terminal device,
(a) Destination information that stores at least destination access information, a destination name, additional information related to the destination name, and a plurality of additional data that can be registered in the additional information and is unique to the destination name A storage unit capable of storing a table;
(b) a registration unit that registers one of a plurality of corresponding additional data in each additional information of the destination information table;
(d) an extraction unit that extracts destination access information, destination name, and additional information based on user designation processing from the destination information table;
(e) a first generation unit that generates destination image data in which the additional data is added to the destination name extracted by the extraction unit, based on a registration status by the registration unit;
(f) a second generation unit that generates transmission image data obtained by combining the original image data of the transmission original and the destination image data generated by the first generation unit;
(g) a transmission unit that transmits the transmission image data generated by the second generation unit based on destination access information corresponding to the extracted destination name;
A communication terminal device comprising: The communication terminal device according to claim 11, wherein any of the plurality of additional data is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit.
The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and additional information. The communication terminal device according to claim 11, wherein none of the plurality of additional data is registered in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit.
The first generation unit generates the destination image data based on the extracted destination name and a corresponding plurality of additional data designated by a user. .

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