JP2979614B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus capable of registering a facsimile (telephone) number of a call destination without special operation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this type of facsimile machine, for example,
An apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-167274 is known.

The apparatus includes means for securely storing a plurality of telephone numbers of a communication destination, means for detecting a telephone number dialed by a telephone, and writing or reading the telephone number data detected by the detecting means to or from the storage means. It is provided with control means for controlling and automatic dial transmission means for automatically dialing based on the telephone number data read from the storage means.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, by operating a selection key on a keyboard, a destination telephone number stored in a temporary storage unit is registered in the above-mentioned storage unit, It is possible to read out the telephone number data from the means and automatically make a dial call. In this apparatus, a new telephone number (facsimile number) is called a "one-touch" button (hereinafter simply referred to as "one-touch" button). It is necessary to switch to a dedicated function mode when registering with "one-touch") or abbreviated dialing (hereinafter simply referred to as "abbreviated").

However, switching the mode in the middle of the operation as described above complicates the operation and is troublesome for the operator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to solve the above-described problems in the prior art, and to immediately transmit a facsimile (telephone) number of a call destination without special operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can be registered.

[Means for solving the problem]

An object of the present invention is to provide a temporary storage means for temporarily storing a called telephone number, and to search for an empty (unregistered) one-touch or shortening after completion of communication (step 2 in FIG. 1 (a)).
5) If there is an empty one touch or shortening, the called telephone number stored in the temporary storage means is distinguished from the empty one touch or shortening by the one touch or shortening registered in the function mode. The telephone number registration means to be registered (step 27), and the registration is deleted when the one-touch or shortening registered by the telephone number registration means has not been used for a certain period of time (steps 41 to 41 in FIG. 1 (b)). 45) A facsimile machine characterized by comprising erasing means.

[Action]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the call destination telephone number input by the operator is temporarily stored, and after the end of the communication, it is stored in the above-mentioned temporary storage means based on the will of the operator, with one-touch or shortening of the free space. Since the registered telephone number is registered, it is possible to easily register the call destination telephone number by simple operation. In addition, the outgoing telephone number stored in the temporary storage means is registered as an empty one-touch or abbreviated state, separately from the one-touch or abbreviated state registered in the function mode. By erasing, it is possible to avoid a situation where one-touch or shortening is immediately full.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 2 is a program required by the CPU 1,
Read-only storage device (RO
M), 3 is a read / write storage device (RAM) for storing temporary data, 4 is a scanner for reading images, 5 is a plotter for outputting images, 6 is an operation display unit, and 7 is encoding / decoding. , 8 is an image storage device (memory), 9 is a communication control unit for controlling communication, 10 is a network control device for connecting and controlling this device to a circuit network, 10a is an external telephone of this device, , 11 indicate a system bus.

FIG. 1A is a flowchart showing the main operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above. Hereinafter, the operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (a) and 2.

Regardless of normal communication or broadcast communication, the call destination telephone number input by the operator using the numeric keypad of the operation display unit 6 is stored in a predetermined position in the RAM 3. After the communication is completed (steps 21 and 22), it is checked whether there is any error in the communication (step 23), and if there is an error, the process returns to the standby state (step 34).

If there is no error in the communication, it is checked whether or not the mode for registering the called telephone number has been selected (step 24). If the mode is the registration mode, the flow proceeds to the registration flow of step 25 and subsequent steps. If not in the registration mode, the process returns to the standby state (step 34).

When registering, first, it is searched whether or not there is a vacant one touch (step 25). If there is no free space with one touch, a search is made next to see if there is a free shortening (steps 26 and 28). If there is no room for one touch or shortening, the process returns to the standby state (step 34).

If an empty space is found by one touch or shortening (step 26 or 29), the position (number) of the empty one touch or shortening is stored in a predetermined position in the RAM 3. Then, the call destination telephone number previously stored in the RAM 3 is registered in the one-touch or shortened area stored in the RAM 3 in the above processing (step 27).

Then, in the previous communication, there is RTI (called station identification information),
And when registering the RTI in RAM3 (Steps 30 and 31)
Only as a one-touch or short label
Is registered in the RAM 3 (step 32). Otherwise, do not register.

Finally, a report describing the registered contents so far is output (step 33), and the process returns to the standby state (step 34).

According to the above-described embodiment, when the operator desires registration, the facsimile apparatus searches for an empty one-touch or shortened position, and when there is an empty one-touch or shortened position, there is no relevant one. Since the called telephone number is registered, the labor of the operator is significantly reduced.

If there is no free one-touch or shortening, as described later, the elapsed time may be checked, the oldest registration data may be deleted, and a new call destination telephone number may be registered there. .

FIG. 1B is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment in a standby state.

As described above, when registering the call destination telephone number described in the RAM 3, a flag or the like for distinguishing this from the (normal) one-touch or abbreviated registration registered by the user in the function mode is set. At the same time, the registered date and time are also registered. Thereafter, when the automatically registered call destination telephone number is used, the date and time are updated, and the flag is reset.

In the standby state, one-touch or shortening with a flag set is searched for at fixed intervals (step 4).
1) The date and time are checked and compared with the current time (step 42). For example, those that have passed 24 hours or more (step 43) are cleared. It should be noted that when erasing, a consent may be obtained from the user (step 44).

According to the above embodiment, the call destination telephone number automatically registered by the facsimile machine is automatically deleted according to the subsequent use situation, so that one-touch or shortening is immediately full. Can be avoided.

In each of the above embodiments, whether to perform automatic registration, whether to register the RTI of the communication partner, and whether to delete the automatically registered content after a predetermined time, etc.,
Since an operator (user) is required, it is also possible to use only some functions.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, and it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus, means for temporarily storing the called telephone number, and searching for an empty one-touch or shortening after the end of the communication, and when there is an empty one-touch or shortening A means for registering the called telephone number stored in the temporary storage means for the one-touch or shortening of the free space allows the facsimile (telephone) number of the called party to be immediately changed without any special operation. This has a remarkable effect that a facsimile apparatus which can be registered in a personal computer can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of a facsimile apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment. 1: CPU, 2: ROM, 3: RAM, 4: Scanner, 5: Plotter, 6: Operation display unit, 7: Encoding / decoding unit, 8: Image storage device (memory), 9: Communication control unit, 10 : Network controller, 10a: external telephone, 11: system bus.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A temporary storage means for temporarily storing a called telephone number, and a search for a vacant (unregistered) one-touch button or abbreviated dial after completion of communication, and when there is a vacant one-touch button or abbreviated dial, Telephone number registration means for registering the called telephone number stored in said temporary storage means in said vacant one-touch button or speed dial in distinction from the one-touch button or speed dial registered in the function mode; A facsimile apparatus comprising an erasing means for erasing a one-touch button or a speed dial registered by a number registering means when the one-touch button or speed dial has not been used for a predetermined time or more.