JP2654402B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention has a means for storing a plurality of pieces of dial information of a partner station in connection with a communication device, in particular, a specific speed dial means, wherein the speed dial means is provided. The present invention relates to a communication device for calling a destination station by using any of the dial information stored in the storage means when selected.

[Prior art] Conventionally, dial information of a desired partner station is stored in correspondence with a specific speed dial key operation or one touch key operation, and registered in a memory in response to a speed dial key operation or one touch dial key operation. A communication device such as a facsimile device that performs communication by calling a destination station using the dial information thus obtained is known.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In this type of device, a device capable of registering two pieces of dial information (such as a telephone number) with respect to one destination is also known. The use of dial information was limited.

For example, two pieces of dial information are stored for the one-touch key, the first dial information stores the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine, and the second dial information stores the telephone number of the destination telephone.

When the one-touch key is depressed while a document is set, a call is made using the first dial information and then facsimile communication is performed. This state is a call for communication purpose by one-touch key dialing. Also,
When the one-touch key is pressed with no original set, a call is made to the second dial information, the voice of the other party is monitored, the monitoring is interrupted off-hook, and a call is made. This state is an outgoing call for one-touch dialing.

However, in the above conventional example, the use of two pieces of dial information registered in one destination is limited. For example, when the facsimile apparatus is used on a desk, it is very convenient. It is not very effective if it is installed in the corner of the room for sharing. This is because in such a case, it is hardly conceivable to use a desk telephone and make a call to a place where the facsimile machine is located.

To avoid this problem, it is conceivable to assign two one-touch keys to one destination and set dial information for a telephone call and a video call, respectively, but only a certain number is provided. It is not an effective use of one-touch keys.

The above problem is common to not only one-touch keys but also various communication devices that control communication by a predetermined speed dial operation.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to enable abbreviated dial control with a high degree of freedom in a communication apparatus using a plurality of pieces of dial information for one abbreviated dialing means.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises means for storing a plurality of pieces of dial information of a partner station in association with a specific speed dial means, Is selected, a communication device for calling a destination station using any of the dial information stored in the storage means, wherein at least one of the plurality of dial information stored in the storage means is A configuration in which a means for setting a communication purpose is provided is employed.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, a plurality of dial information of the partner station is stored in association with the abbreviated dialing means, and at least one of the plurality of dial information stored in the storage means is used for communication. Settings can be changed.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a network control unit for connecting a terminal of the line to control connection of a telephone exchange network or switching to a data communication path or holding a loop in order to use a telephone network for data communication or the like. (NCU).

The signal line 2a is a telephone line, and the NCU 2 inputs a signal on the signal line 26a. If the signal level is "0", the telephone line is connected to the telephone, that is, the signal line 2a is connected to the signal line 2b. Also, the signal on the signal line 26a is input, and if the signal level is "1", the telephone line is connected to the facsimile apparatus side, that is, the signal line 2a is connected to the signal 2c. Under normal conditions, NC
The telephone line 2a is connected to the telephone 4 for manual control or communication by a CML relay in U2.

The hybrid circuit 6 separates a transmission system signal and a reception system signal. That is, the transmission signal on the signal line 8a passes through the signal line 2c and is transmitted to the telephone line 2a via the NCU 2. Also, the signal sent from the other side passes through NCU2 and then goes to signal line 2c.
Through the signal line 6a.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a facsimile transmission unit including a known circuit for image transmission, such as an image reading unit, an encoding unit, and a modulation unit of a modem. The transmission signal of the facsimile transmission unit 8 is input to the hybrid circuit 6 via the signal line 8a.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a facsimile receiving unit 10 including a known circuit for receiving an image, such as an image recording unit, a decoding unit, and a demodulation unit of a modem.

In the present embodiment, the structure and control of these image transmitting / receiving means are completely the same as in the prior art, so that detailed description is omitted here.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a calling circuit that generates a dial signal (dial pulse, tone signal, etc.) adapted to the system of the line 2a. When a calling command pulse is input from the signal line 26c, the calling circuit 12 generates a dial signal according to the dial information input from the signal line 26b, and inputs the dial signal to the NCU 2.

The audio monitor circuit 14 is a circuit for audio monitoring, and outputs an audio signal on the line via a speaker or the like. The monitoring operation of the audio monitoring circuit 14 is turned on by setting the signal line 26d to the signal level "1", and turned off by setting the signal line 26d to the signal level "0".

The operation unit 16 includes a keyboard such as numeric keys and function keys. The key press information of the keyboard is input to the control circuit 26 via the signal line 16a.

The operation unit 16 has a one-touch key 25 composed of about ten to several tens keys as abbreviated dialing means, and this press information is also input to the control circuit 26. In this embodiment, 1
Two telephone numbers can be registered for one one-touch key 25.

The selection circuit 28 sets a second telephone number registered in the one-touch key 25 in association with the one-touch key 25 in accordance with an operation state of a key switch provided on the operation unit 16 or the like.
The user selects which of the two communication functions of “substitute transmission” and “call”. Here, the “recipient” refers to a different (second) telephone number of a certain partner station, and the apparatus of the present embodiment uses a case where the facsimile of the partner station of the first telephone number cannot receive an image. Is sent to this proxy destination.

The selected state of the use of the telephone number is output to the control circuit 26 via the signal line 18a. The signal level of the signal line 18a is “1” when “substitute transmission” is selected.
When "call" is selected, the signal level is controlled to "0".

The memory circuit 20 stores two telephone calls for one of the one-touch keys 25, and is composed of a RAM or the like.

When dial information is stored in the memory circuit 20, the signal line
The number of the one-touch key 25 (for example, 01, etc.) by character code etc. on 20a, "*", the first telephone number,
"*", A second telephone number is input, and these information are written by generating a write (write) pulse on the signal line 26e.

When reading the dial information in the memory circuit 20, the number of the one-touch key 25 is input to the signal line 20a,
By inputting a read (read) pulse to the signal line 26f, two telephone numbers represented by a caract code or the like are output to the signal line 20a separated by "*".

The display unit 22 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and is used for time display, operation state display, monitor display when registering a telephone number, and the like.

The document presence / absence detection circuit 24 is configured using a photo sensor or the like, and detects whether a document is loaded in the document reading unit of the facsimile transmission unit 8 for communication control described later. When a document is loaded, the document presence detection circuit 24
Outputs a signal level "1" to the signal line 24a, and outputs a signal level "0" to the signal line 24a if no original is loaded.

The control circuit 26 includes a microprocessor, a timer, and the like, and controls the operation of the entire device including the above-described units.
The control program of the control circuit 26 is stored in the ROM 26r.

 Next, an outline of the operation in the above configuration will be described.

In the present embodiment, as the use of the second telephone number stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25,
Two functions, "call" and "substitute transmission" can be selected.

These functions are switched for all the one-touch keys 25 by setting of the selection circuit 18.

First, a case where “call” is selected as the use of the second dial information by the selection circuit 18 will be described.
The operator registers the telephone number of the destination facsimile apparatus in the first dial information of the one-touch key 25, and registers the telephone number of the destination telephone in the second dial information.

When one of the one-touch keys 25 is pressed while the document presence detection circuit 24 detects the loading of the document,
After calling the first dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25, facsimile communication is performed. This operation is a call for communication purpose by one-touch key dialing.

When one of the one-touch keys 25 is pressed while the document presence detection circuit 24 detects the loading of the document,
A call is made to the second dial information stored in connection with the memory circuit 20, the voice of the other party is monitored by the voice monitor circuit 14, the monitoring is interrupted by the off-hook of the telephone 4, and the telephone call is made by the telephone 4. Let This operation is an outgoing call for the purpose of one-touch key dialing.

Next, a case where “substitute transmission” is selected as the use of the second dial information by the selection circuit 18 will be described.

The operator registers the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine in the first dial information of the one-touch key 25, and substitutes the second dial information when the facsimile machine specified by the first dial information is busy. Register the telephone number of the facsimile machine installed near the destination.

Then, when the one-touch key 25 is depressed while the original is set, a call is first made to the first dial information, and facsimile communication is performed except when the other party is busy or cannot receive a call. If the other party is busy or does not automatically receive a call when the first dial information is called, the second dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 is called. I do.

When facsimile communication is possible, facsimile communication is performed. When the other party is busy, a call is made to the first dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 again, and this is called. Repeat a predetermined number of times.

When neither the first dial information nor the second dial information is responded, a message to that effect is displayed. When a document is not set, a call is made only for the first dial information, and polling reception is performed.

 The above communication control will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of a control procedure by the control circuit of FIG. The procedure of FIG. 2 is stored in the ROM 26r.

In response to power-on or the like, in step S32, the control circuit 26 outputs a signal of signal level "0" to the signal line 26a, turns off the CML relay of the NCU 2, and connects the line 2a to the telephone 4 side.

In step S34, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 26d, and the sound monitoring operation of the monitor circuit 14 is prohibited.

In step S36, a signal from the operation unit (a signal output to signal line 16a) is input, and it is determined whether registration of a telephone number for one-touch key 25 has been selected. If step S36 is affirmed, the process proceeds to step S38, where 20
The registration processing of the telephone number to the memory circuit 20 is performed via a, 26e and 26f. A known operation method and editing method using the operation unit 16, the one-touch key 25, and the display unit 22 are used here. Here, two telephone numbers (or at least one) are registered for one one-touch key 25.

If step S36 is denied, the process proceeds to step S40.

In step S40, a signal is input from the operation unit, and it is determined whether or not one-touch key 25 has been pressed. If the one-touch key 25 has not been pressed, other processing is performed in step S41, and the process returns to step S32. When one-touch key 25 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S42.

In step S42, the signal line 18a determines whether "call" is selected as the usage of the second dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25.
Is determined by inputting the signal.

If "call" is selected, that is, if the signal of the signal level "0" is output to the signal line 18a, the process proceeds to step S44.
The process proceeds to step S60 when “substitute transmission” is selected, that is, when the signal of the signal level “1” is output to the signal line 18a.

In step S44, a signal on signal line 24a is input, and it is determined whether there is a document. When the document presence detection circuit 24 detects that a document is loaded, the first dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in relation to the one-touch key 25 is output to a signal line 26b, and then a call command is issued to a signal line 26c. A pulse is generated to call the first dial information (step S4).
6) In step S48, facsimile communication is performed.

If there is no original, the second dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 is transmitted to the signal line 26.
After outputting the signal to b, a call command pulse is generated on the signal line 26c to call the second dial information (step S50), and a signal of signal level "1" is output to the signal line 26d to output a voice monitoring circuit. 14 is turned on (step S52).

In step S54, the telephone 4 is set for a predetermined time (for example, 30
It is determined whether or not an off-hook operation has been performed within seconds) (this is determined by inputting the signal of the signal line 4a). Telephone 4
Is off-hook within this predetermined time, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 26d in step S56 to turn off the voice monitor circuit 14, and the telephone 4 makes a call in step S58. If the off-hook is not detected within the predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S60, the first dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 is transferred to the signal line 26b.
After that, a call command pulse is generated on the signal line 26c,
A call is made to the first dial information.

In step S62, it is determined whether or not communication is possible. If communication is possible, facsimile communication is performed in step S64. If the communication is not possible, the process proceeds to step S66.

In step S66, the signal on signal line 24a is input, and it is determined whether there is a document. If there is a document, the process proceeds to step S68, but if there is no document, polling reception is performed, and polling reception from a substitute destination is meaningless, and therefore, the process proceeds to step S78.

In step S68, the second dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 is transferred to the signal line 26b.
After that, a call command pulse is generated on the signal line 26c to make a call to the second dial information.

In step S70, it is determined whether communication is possible. If communication is possible, facsimile communication is performed in step S72. If the communication is not possible, the process proceeds to step S74.

In step S74, it is determined whether the other station is not busy and does not respond to both the first and second dial information, that is, whether or not the terminal is in the manual reception mode. indicate. If either of the dial information is not set to the manual incoming call mode, the process proceeds to step S78.

In step S78, it is determined whether this step has been repeated three times. If the step has already been repeated three times, a message to that effect is displayed, and then the process proceeds to step S32. If it has not been repeated three times, the process proceeds to step S60.

According to the above procedure, in the case of a call made by the one-touch key 25, the second dial information of the two dial information stored in the memory circuit 20 in association with the one-touch key 25 according to the setting of the selection circuit 18. Can be switched between “communication” and “substitute transmission”. When the application is set to "call", communication or call is automatically selected according to the presence or absence of a document, as described in the section of the conventional example.

Also, in the "alternate destination transmission", when the station that has made a call using the first dial information cannot communicate, a call can be made using the second dial information and an image can be transmitted to a different terminal of the same partner station. As a result, image data can be transmitted as quickly as possible even when a certain partner terminal cannot continuously communicate.

In the above embodiment, the use of the second dial information for all the one-touch keys 25 registered in the memory circuit 20 is simultaneously switched by the selection circuit 18.
The use of the second telephone number may be separately controlled for each one-touch key. Since this control information needs to be performed for each one-touch key, for example, a control flag or the like may be set when registering the one-touch dial information.

In the above description, an example in which two pieces of dial information are registered has been described, but three or more pieces of dial information may be registered.
For example, three pieces of dial information may be registered with respect to the one-touch key, and the facsimile number of the other party may be registered first, the telephone number of the other party, and the alternate transmission number of the other party may be registered third. In this case, a call is made to the destination facsimile number when there is a document, to the alternate destination transmission number if the document is busy, and to the destination telephone number when there is no document.

Of course, the above technology can be applied to communication devices other than facsimile devices. It goes without saying that the same control can be performed by a device that makes a call using dial information other than the telephone number. Further, the abbreviated dial system is not limited to the one-touch key system, and the same control can be performed when one operating means or operating method is assigned to a certain partner station.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, there is provided a means for storing a plurality of pieces of dial information of a partner station in association with a specific speed dial means, and the speed dial means is selected. In this case, in a communication device for calling a destination station using any of the dial information stored in the storage means, a communication use of at least one of the plurality of dial information stored in the storage means is set. A plurality of dial information of the partner station is stored in association with the speed dial means, and communication of at least one of the plurality of dial information stored in the storage means is performed. It is possible to provide an excellent communication device whose setting can be changed for use and which can perform abbreviated dial control with a high degree of freedom.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control circuit of FIG. 2 NCU 4 Telephone 6 Hybrid circuit 8 Facsimile transmission unit 10 Facsimile reception unit 12 Calling circuit 14, Voice monitoring circuit 16 Operation unit 18, Selection circuit 20: Memory circuit, 22: Display section 24: Document presence detection circuit 25: One-touch key 26: Control circuit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Wada 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Tomoyuki Takeda 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inside the corporation

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] And means for storing a plurality of pieces of dial information of a partner station in association with a specific abbreviated dialing means. When the abbreviated dialing means is selected, any one of the dialing information stored in said storing means is stored. A communication device for calling a destination station by using the communication device, further comprising means for setting a communication use of at least one of the plurality of pieces of dial information stored in the storage means. 2. At least one of the dial information
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the use of the two pieces of dial information is voice communication using voice communication means. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when other dial information stored in relation to the same speed dial means is unavailable, the dial information of the dial information whose communication use can be set by the setting means is used. The communication device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: