JP2007243741A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device configured to easily manage the timing where communication management information is printed out even in a power-OFF state. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal device F which has a clock 1a clocking the present time and a communication management information storage means of temporarily storing and holding the communication management information and also has a function of clearing the stored communication management information after printing out the communication management information in the format of a predetermined communication management report 11 when previously set time comes is equipped with a control means 1 of printing out the communication management information left in the communication management storage means at the previously set time in the format of the predetermined communication management report 11a when the present time clocked by the clock reaches the previously set time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile, a copy, a scanner, a printer, or a multifunction machine having a copy function, a facsimile function, and the like. Specifically, when a predetermined time is reached, the accumulated communication management information is displayed. The present invention relates to an improvement of a communication terminal communication device having a function of automatically outputting a communication management report.

  As such a communication terminal device, for example, when facsimile transmission is completed, communication management information such as the transmission partner, transmission start date and time, the number of transmissions, and transmission results is accumulated and stored in a sequential memory, and set in advance. It is known to automatically print out the accumulated communication management information in the form of a communication management report at the set time, and conventionally, when the power is shut down due to a power failure etc., the communication management information is displayed. The problem was how to handle it.

In order to solve this type of problem, the following Patent Documents 1 and 2 can be cited. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-228561 describes what can clearly identify the communication status as a communication management report even when a power failure occurs during transmission of image information. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 describes that the communication management information such as the number of transmissions can be accurately grasped even when the power supply is abnormally disconnected due to a power failure or the like during the transmission of image information.
JP-A-6-284267 JP 2002-232668 A

By the way, when the communication management information is automatically printed out in this way, when used in an office or the like, the communication management printed by the administrator up to the output tray of the communication terminal device at a preset time. In many cases, management is performed by collecting reports. However, in the conventional communication terminal device as described above, the power supply of the communication terminal device is shut down due to a power failure or the like at the time when the communication management information is automatically printed out. The case was not considered at all.
However, since the communication management information that is automatically output includes personal information such as the transmission partner, in recent years, there is an increasing need to consider handling from the viewpoint of protecting personal information.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a communication terminal device that is designed so that the timing for printing out communication management information can be easily managed even when a power shutdown state occurs. is there.

The communication terminal device according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a clock for counting the current time and communication management information storage means for temporarily storing and storing the communication management information, and is accumulated when reaching a preset time. In addition, it has a function to clear the communication management information after printing it out in the prescribed communication management report format.
When the current time measured by the clock reaches the preset time, the communication management information remaining in the communication management information storage means is printed in a predetermined communication management report format until that time is reached. Control means for outputting is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication terminal device according to the first aspect, wherein the control means is the latest communication management stored and stored in the communication management information storage means when a preset time is reached. The information and the communication management information remaining in the communication management information storage means without being printed out at the previous set time are output as different communication forms as a communication management report.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the communication management information remains in the communication management information storage means when the preset time is reached, the remaining communication management information is set to a predetermined value. Since there is a control means to print out in the form of the communication management report, even if there is a communication management report that has not been output at the set time for automatically outputting the communication management report, the next automatic Can be output when output is set. Therefore, for example, an administrator who manages a communication management report only needs to collect the communication management report in the output tray at the usual time. I can protect it.

  According to the second aspect, the control means stores the latest communication management information to be printed out upon reaching a preset time, and the communication management information storage without printing out at the previous set time. Since the communication management information remaining in the means can be output in different printing forms, the remaining state that has not been printed out and the latest portion that should be printed out can be easily identified to manage the communication status Can be convenient.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a main part of a communication terminal device, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an output example of a communication management report, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the communication terminal device.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.
Although the configuration of the facsimile apparatus F has been shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to a copier, a scanner, a printer, or a multifunction machine that combines at least two of these functions. Needless to say, it can also be applied to an electronic mail function.

  In the figure, 1 is composed of a CPU and the like, and a control unit for controlling the following units, 1a is a clock having a clock module for measuring the current time, 2 is a dial signal sent to the telephone line L, and NCU that performs connection control, 3 is a modem that modulates and demodulates signals to perform facsimile communication and e-mail communication, 4 is an image memory that temporarily stores image data, 5 is a RAM that stores various data, 6 Is a ROM that stores a control program in advance, 7 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display or LED, 8 is an operation unit having various operation keys, 9 is a reading unit for reading an image from a document, and 10 is a facsimile reception Records (prints out) an image or data received by e-mail, an image read from the reading unit 9 or a communication management report 11 on a predetermined recording sheet. A recording unit. The RAM 5 includes a communication management memory 5a for accumulating and storing facsimile transmission / reception dates and times, transmission / reception results, and the like.

  The communication means is not limited to this configuration, and may be configured to be connected to an ISDN line (digital line) or the like via a DSU (not shown) without including the modem 3 or the NCU 2. . Here, the communication management information refers to communication information such as a destination of facsimile communication, a communication mode, a communication start date and time, a communication time, the number of communication, and a communication result, and includes not only transmission history information but also reception history information. . In addition, it is desirable to use a clock 1a having a calendar module including perpetual calendar information as well as a clock module that measures the current time. According to this, when not only the time but also the date and time are specified and the current time is set, it has the function that the year, month, and Sunday change according to the subsequent time measurement. Can be included.

The facsimile machine F includes a clock 1a for measuring the current time, and a communication management information storage means for temporarily storing and storing communication management information, that is, a communication management memory 5a. The communication management information is printed out in a predetermined communication management report 11 format and then cleared. When the current time measured by the clock 1a reaches a preset time, the time is reached. Control means 1 is provided for printing out the communication management information remaining in the communication management memory 5a in the form of a predetermined communication management report 11.
As the communication management information, a communication event that has occurred, for example, a communication error, a transmission history, a reception history, and the like is stored and stored together with the time of occurrence. However, when the communication management information 11 is printed out, the stored communication is stored. The management information is cleared from the communication management memory 5a, and the next communication management information is sequentially stored.

  Therefore, according to this, even when a power failure occurs at the set time for automatically outputting the communication management report 11 and the communication management report 11 that has not been output remains, it can be output at the time of the next automatic output setting. For example, if the administrator who manages the communication management report is set to output the communication management report 11 every day at 12:00, go to the output tray for the communication management report 11 at 12:00 as usual. Therefore, it can be prevented from being confused with other things, and confidential information can be protected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an output example of the communication management report. Here, as an example, a case is shown in which a communication management report is set to be output every day at 12:00. Note that the format of the communication management report is not limited to that shown in the figure.
In the figure, the communication management report 11a shown in the upper part is one in which the communication management information to be output on the previous day remains, and the communication management report 11b shown in the lower part is output as the latest part. . As a factor that the communication management information remains in this way, it is assumed that the power is shut off due to a power failure or the like. That is, the communication management report 11a is originally data that should be output on March 27, but at 12:00 on March 27, the power was cut off and the communication management report 11 was not output and remained. In this case, the communication management report 11a is automatically output together with the communication management report 11b output on March 28 at 12:00 on March 28 of the following day.
According to this facsimile apparatus F, the latest communication management information to be printed out after reaching a preset time, and not printed out at the previous set time but remaining in the communication management memory 5a. Since the communication management information can be output in a different form as the communication management report 11, it is possible to easily identify which data is the remaining portion or the latest portion by looking at the contents of the communication management report 11. .

  Although the remaining communication management report 11a is identified as (NO.1) and the latest communication management report 11b is identified as (NO.2), the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Further, in the facsimile apparatus F equipped with the sleep mode function in which only the FAX reception function is activated, the communication management information is stored in the communication management memory 5a without outputting the communication management information in the sleep mode. You may make it leave. According to this, the communication management report 11 is not output when the facsimile apparatus is not fully driven and is in the sleep mode state, such as a holiday, so that the administrator manages the communication at the set time as usual. The report 11 can be taken to the output tray, so that it can be prevented from being confused with others, and confidential information can be protected.

  Here, the communication management information is stored in the communication management memory 5a in a time series, and has a function of automatically sorting time. When the current time to be printed is reached, the corresponding previous day's time is calculated, the communication management information stored before that is summarized in time series, and distinguished from the latest communication management information to be printed. It can be printed out.

Next, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of the facsimile apparatus F (S100 to S106).
First, with respect to the output of the communication management report, the set data is read and fetched (S100), and when the current time reaches the output set time of the communication management report 11 with reference to the clock 1a (S101, S102), the communication The management report 11 is automatically output. At this time, if there is a remaining communication management report 11a, it is distinguished and output simultaneously with the latest data (S105), and if there is no remaining data, only the latest communication management report 11b is output. Then, after printing out, the communication management information is cleared from the communication management memory 5a (S105).

  Note that, as described above, the communication management report is not limited to being printed out from the recording unit 10 onto a predetermined recording sheet. For example, the communication management report is displayed on the display unit 7 or a personal computer via an interface (not shown). The data may be transferred to an external device such as a floppy disk, or may be output to a recording medium such as a floppy disk by a medium access unit (not shown) such as a floppy disk driver.

It is a figure which shows an example of the principal part structure of the communication terminal device of this invention. It is the figure which showed the output example of the communication management report. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the communication terminal device of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

F Facsimile device (communication terminal device)
1 Control unit (control means)
1a clock 5 RAM
5a Communication management memory 11 Communication management report 11a Communication management report (remaining amount)
11b Communication management report (latest part)

Claims (2)

A clock for measuring the current time and a communication management information storage means for temporarily storing and storing communication management information, and when the preset time is reached, the stored communication management information is stored in a predetermined communication management report. In a communication terminal device with a function to clear after printing in style,
When the current time measured by the clock reaches the preset time, the communication management information remaining in the communication management information storage means is printed in a predetermined communication management report format until that time is reached. A communication terminal apparatus comprising control means for outputting. In claim 1,
When the control unit reaches a preset time, the control unit stores the latest communication management information stored in the communication management information storage unit and the communication without printing out at the previous set time. A communication terminal device that outputs the communication management information remaining in the management information storage means as a communication management report in a different print form.

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