JP2008053997A - Facsimile apparatus and its method for preventing its erroneous transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile apparatus which detects a wrong designation at the time of designating a destination by an abbreviated number etc. during facsimile transmission from a multifunctioned device, and prevents occurrence of erroneous transmission of sending a facsimile to a wrong destination. <P>SOLUTION: If a user designates a destination by an abbreviated number etc., the user is prompted to input a facsimile number of the destination while a corresponding destination name is displayed. If the facsimile number the user inputted matches the registered facsimile number, transmission processing is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to prevention of erroneous transmission with a wrong transmission destination.

  While transmission using a one-touch key or abbreviated number such as an abbreviated number can be performed with a simple operation from a facsimile machine, for example, even if there is an error in selecting a destination abbreviated number, it is not noticed May be sent to. Transmission using a one-touch key or abbreviated number is likely to cause such erroneous transmission, and is particularly problematic for transmission of a document requiring confidentiality or a document containing personal information.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to prevent erroneous transmission due to wrong destination designation at the time of facsimile transmission using a shortened key of a facsimile apparatus, and to transmit to a correct destination. ).

  The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus that performs facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission using a shortening key, assigns and registers a shortening key to a facsimile number or an e-mail address for each destination, and enters the shortening key by inputting the shortening key. Display means for displaying the corresponding destination, input accepting means for allowing the user to input the destination facsimile number or email address, the entered facsimile number or email address, and the abbreviated key And determining means for determining whether or not the facsimile number or e-mail address of the destination registered correspondingly matches, and the user inputs the registered facsimile number or e-mail address by the determining means. Matches the fax number or email address It performs transmission processing when detecting that have, characterized in that stops the transmission processing for if disagreement.

  Preferably, when the transmission process is stopped, an error message indicating that the registered facsimile number or e-mail address does not match the facsimile number or e-mail address entered by the user is displayed. Preferably, the input receiving means requests input of only a part of a facsimile number or an e-mail address.

  More preferably, if there is a broadcast destination for the facsimile transmission, input of a facsimile number or an e-mail address for each destination is requested.

  Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for preventing erroneous transmission of a facsimile apparatus that performs facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission using a shortened key, and assigns and registers a shortened key to a facsimile number or an e-mail address for each destination. A step for displaying a destination corresponding to the abbreviated key upon input, a step for causing a user to input a destination facsimile number or email address, the entered facsimile number or email address, A step of determining whether or not the destination facsimile number or e-mail address registered in correspondence with the abbreviated key matches, and in the step of determining, the registered facsimile number or e-mail address Up to the facsimile number entered by the user. Performs a transmission process by detecting the match and the e-mail address, characterized in that stops the transmission processing for if disagreement.

  According to the present invention, when a destination can be designated by one touch using a shortened key during facsimile transmission processing, information on the destination such as a destination name is displayed to allow the user to confirm the destination, and the destination facsimile Since the user inputs the number or the e-mail address, the user can completely prevent the transmission process from being mistaken for the transmission destination. Each time the user inputs a facsimile number, etc., he / she can notice the destination selection error before sending, and even if there is an error in the assignment of the shortened key for each destination, he / she can notice this. (Claims 1 to 5).

  In the invention of claim 2, if the destination facsimile number or e-mail address designated by the user does not match the facsimile number or e-mail address entered by the user, an error message to that effect is displayed. Etc. can be re-entered.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, only a part of the facsimile number or the e-mail address is input, thereby improving the user's convenience. For example, a part other than the area code or the last four digits are entered for the facsimile number, or the user name of the first half of “@” is requested for the e-mail address. In the invention of claim 4, if there is a broadcast transmission, the user can be made to confirm all the transmission destinations.

  In the following, an optimum embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be shown.

  1 to 5 show an embodiment. In the embodiment, a multifunction device 2 having a facsimile function will be described. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of the multifunction device 2. 4 is a CPU as a main control, 6 is a network control unit (NCU) for establishing a call to the public telephone network, and 8 is used to transmit / receive G3 facsimile data or the like via a public telephone line. For the modem. The MFP 2 is connected to the user's personal computer 14 or the like via the LAN 12 via the LAN interface 10. Reference numeral 16 denotes a ROM for storing programs and the like. Reference numeral 18 denotes a RAM for storing various data such as a transmission destination registration table 36 for storing transmission destination information.

  A copy function processing unit 20 performs copying using a scanner for reading an original and converting it into image data and a printer for hard-copying the image data. A G3 facsimile function processing unit 22 transmits / receives a conventional G3 facsimile via a public network. A scanner function processing unit 24 performs processing such as reading an image with a scanner and transmitting image data to a personal computer or the like. A printer function processing unit 26 gives the printer a network printer function, and performs printing as a network printer in response to a request from the personal computer 14 or the like in the LAN 12. A network communication unit 28 transmits and receives Internet facsimiles, electronic mails, and the like. Reference numeral 29 denotes an Internet network.

  Reference numeral 30 denotes a display panel such as an LCD, and 32 denotes an operation / input unit, which uses a touch panel or a keyboard of the LCD display panel to select processing such as G3 facsimile or e-mail transmission, or to select a transmission destination or transmission document. Input the setting conditions such as the destination facsimile number and e-mail address. In the embodiment, a destination number is designated by inputting a shortened number or the like from a numeric keypad or the like, and a destination facsimile number or e-mail address is further entered. Of course, a one-touch key may be used to specify the transmission destination. A screen similar to that of the display panel 30 may be displayed on the personal computer 14 or the like, and an instruction for facsimile transmission from the personal computer 14 or the like may be issued.

  Reference numeral 34 denotes an erroneous transmission prevention processing unit that detects a transmission to the wrong transmission destination during the transmission process using the abbreviated key and performs a process for preventing erroneous transmission. In the embodiment, the use of the abbreviated key means that the user does not directly input the destination facsimile number or e-mail address, but uses the abbreviated key such as a one-touch key or abbreviated number for the destination. Means to choose. That is, it means that the destination information is registered in advance in the destination registration table 36 in association with the shortened number or the first character of the destination name, and the destination can be specified by inputting the shortened number or the like. The transmission prevention processing unit 34 has a key input receiving unit 38 for receiving a user's transmission destination selection key input, and a name of the transmission destination selected by the key input from the table 36 and displayed on the display panel 30. Destination display unit 40, facsimile number input receiving unit 42 for allowing the user to input and receive the selected destination facsimile number, and the destination facsimile number obtained from table 36 and the facsimile entered by the user A destination error detecting unit 44 for comparing the numbers and determining whether the destination facsimile numbers match. If they do not match, the erroneous transmission prevention processing unit 34 stops the transmission process or waits for input of a correct facsimile number.

  FIG. 2 is a transmission destination registration table 36 for registering transmission destination information according to the embodiment. In the table 36, a facsimile number or an e-mail address is registered in association with a shortened number for each destination name of the user. When the user inputs a destination short number or the like during G3 facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission, the destination name corresponding to the number is displayed on the display panel 30. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, “Taro Murata” is displayed in the destination name display field 48 when the abbreviated number “010” is input on the display screen 46 during G3 facsimile transmission.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 48 denotes a transmission destination facsimile number input field. The user manually inputs the facsimile number of “Taro Murata” displayed in the transmission destination name display field 46 from a numeric keypad or the like manually. FIG. 4 shows a display screen 52 at the time of Internet facsimile transmission. When the abbreviated number “111” is entered, “Ichiro Yamada” is displayed, and the user enters the email address of “Ichiro Yamada” in the email address entry field 54. To do. In the embodiment, the e-mail address input field 54 does not allow all e-mail addresses to be entered, but for the convenience of the user or to prevent frequent input errors, the host name is displayed and the user is displayed. Only the input of the name “yama” may be obtained. Similarly, when inputting the facsimile number in FIG. 3, for example, the area code may be displayed in advance, or only the last four digits may be requested.

  In the embodiment, it is checked whether the facsimile number (075-001-1234) input by the user matches the facsimile number registered in the table 36 with “Taro Murata” of the abbreviated number “010”. If so, send a fax. Similarly, at the time of Internet facsimile transmission, it is checked whether the input e-mail address (yama@abc.com) matches the e-mail address registered with “Ichiro Yamada” with the abbreviated number “111”. If the registered facsimile number and e-mail address do not match the entered facsimile number and e-mail address, the user entered a different destination facsimile number or entered the abbreviated number, etc. Therefore, it can be detected that the destination name has not been confirmed, or that the destination facsimile number has been entered incorrectly. If there is an error in the registration information of the table 36 and an incorrect facsimile number is registered, this can be detected.

  FIG. 5 shows a process when facsimile transmission is performed by selecting a transmission destination by a shortened number or the like in the MFP of the embodiment. In the figure, when a user instructs facsimile transmission and inputs a destination short number (S1) and instructs to start transmission (S2), the name of the destination designated by the short number is displayed on the display panel (S3). . Since the user separately inputs the destination facsimile number (S4), it is checked whether the input facsimile number matches the destination facsimile number corresponding to the shortened number (S5). If there are other broadcast destinations, the same check is performed for each destination (S6). If the facsimile numbers match, it is determined that the transmission destination is correct, and facsimile transmission is performed (S7). If the facsimile numbers do not match, an error message such as “Please press the correct number” is displayed, and the transmission process is stopped or the transmission process is performed after the correct number is entered (S8).

  In the embodiment, when sending a facsimile with a destination number specified by an abbreviated number, etc., since the input of the facsimile number is required, the displayed destination name is inevitably seen. The name will be confirmed. In addition, since it asks for the input of the facsimile number and checks whether the entered facsimile number matches the facsimile number corresponding to the abbreviated number or the like, the facsimile transmission to the correct destination can be surely performed, and it is incorrect. It is possible to prevent transmission to the transmission destination. Even when there are a plurality of transmission destinations in the broadcast transmission, the same check can be performed for all transmission destinations.

In the embodiment, a destination abbreviated number and the like and a corresponding facsimile number are registered in advance, the name of the destination is displayed to the user, and the user inputs the destination facsimile number again at the time of transmission. It is possible to double check the transmission destination by requesting to Therefore, even if there is a transmission destination selection error, the user can notice before transmission.
Furthermore, even if the registration of the facsimile number etc. corresponding to the abbreviated number etc. is wrong, the result will not match the facsimile number entered by the user himself, so this can be noticed before transmission.

Block diagram showing the configuration of the MFP of the embodiment The figure which shows the transmission destination registration table which registers the shortened number of the facsimile transmission destination, the facsimile number corresponding to this, etc. in an Example. The figure which shows the display panel at the time of G3 facsimile transmission in an Example The figure which shows the display panel at the time of the internet facsimile transmission in an Example The flowchart which shows the process algorithm for performing a transmission process after checking the correctness of the facsimile number of a transmission destination in an Example

Explanation of symbols

2 MFP 4 CPU
6 NCU
8 Modem 10 LAN interface 12 LAN
14 Personal computer 16 ROM
18 RAM
20 Copy Function Processing 22 G3 Facsimile Function Processing 24 Scanner Function Processing 26 Printer Function Processing 28 Internet Facsimile Function Processing Unit 29 Internet Network 30 LCD
32 Operation / input unit 34 False transmission prevention processing unit 36 Destination registration table 38 Key input reception unit 42 Facsimile number input reception unit 44 Destination error detection unit 46 G3 facsimile transmission display screen 48 Destination name display field 50 Destination facsimile Number entry field 52 Internet facsimile transmission display screen 54 Destination email address entry field

Claims (5)

In a facsimile machine that performs facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission using a shortened key,
Display means for assigning and registering a shortened key to the facsimile number or e-mail address for each destination, and displaying the destination corresponding to the shortened key by inputting the shortened key;
An input receiving means for allowing the user to input a destination facsimile number or e-mail address;
A determination unit for determining whether the input facsimile number or e-mail address matches the destination facsimile number or e-mail address registered in correspondence with the abbreviated key;
If the discrimination means detects that the registered facsimile number or e-mail address matches the facsimile number or e-mail address entered by the user, transmission processing is performed. A facsimile machine characterized by being canceled. 2. The error message indicating that the registered facsimile number or e-mail address does not match the registered facsimile number or e-mail address is displayed when the transmission process is stopped. Facsimile machine. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input receiving unit requests input of only a part of a facsimile number or an e-mail address. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if there is a broadcast destination for the facsimile transmission, input of a facsimile number or an e-mail address for each destination is requested. In a method of preventing erroneous transmission of a facsimile apparatus that performs facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission using a shortened key,
Assigning and registering a shortened key to the facsimile number or e-mail address for each destination, and displaying the destination corresponding to the shortened key by inputting the shortened key;
Steps for allowing the user to enter a destination facsimile number or email address;
Providing a step for determining whether the input facsimile number or e-mail address matches the destination facsimile number or e-mail address registered in correspondence with the abbreviated key;
If it is detected in the determining step that the registered facsimile number or e-mail address matches the facsimile number or e-mail address entered by the user, transmission processing is performed. A method of preventing erroneous transmission of a facsimile machine, wherein transmission processing is stopped.

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