JP3181633B2 - Color facsimile apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method for controlling the color facsimile apparatus and its outputting a communication management report color display to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art

In recent years, information displayed in color up to the background color has been widely used for reasons such as improved visibility. In a conventional facsimile apparatus, for example, communication management is difficult. Various reports, such as reports, were output in a solid black color, and there was no report that could specify the background color.

[0003] In addition, when the billing becomes very large due to long-time communication, it is difficult to determine whether or not the amount is too large just by looking at the report in the display of only black color.

Furthermore, dial numbers, subaddresses, terminal identifiers, and the like are often displayed side by side, and the display of a solid black color is confusing, so that there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to immediately discriminate. Further, there is also a problem that it is difficult to distinguish whether such a print sample is a communication report or a received color image even if only characters are printed in color.

[0005] The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problem, can identify the communication took cost easily, and easier to see communication management report, manage efficiently the color facsimile apparatus and the control of its performed It aims to provide a method.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a color facsimile apparatus for displaying and outputting a communication management report in color, comprising: a communication means for communicating information ; Communication including billing information required for each communication
Management means for managing the communication log and output of the communication management report
Receiving means for receiving the request ;
When the output request is received, the communication included in the communication log
Compare each billing information with the preset billing conditions
And characterized by having a communication management report <br/> preparative output control means for varying the output color at the time of outputting the communication management report <br/> over preparative said accounting information according to the comparison result .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a color management report for displaying a communication management report in color.
A method for controlling a facsimile apparatus, comprising: a communication step of communicating information; a management step of managing a communication log including billing information required for each communication; and a receiving step of receiving a communication management report output request. Receiving an output request for the communication management report, comparing the accounting information for each communication included in the communication log with a preset accounting condition, and, based on the comparison result, comparing the accounting information with the communication management report. And an output color setting step of making the output color different when outputting to the printer.

[0008]

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a color facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, which is configured to enable a color printer to output a color image, colored characters, and the like.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a character generator (hereinafter abbreviated as "CG") circuit which generates characters to be printed on a report or the like, and specifies background color and color information by setting in a control register. The color can be specified in units of one character by the character code of the CG. With this function, any background color,
Further, it is possible to color-code dial numbers, sub-addresses, terminal identifiers, and the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a CPU control circuit which has a ROM section and a RAM section and controls the entire system. Reference numeral 3 denotes a direct memory access (hereinafter abbreviated as "DMA") control circuit which transfers image data between memories without the intervention of the CPU 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a color / monochrome conversion circuit which converts a CMYK image into an RGB image,
This circuit has a γ conversion circuit for converting a B image into a CMYK image, and also performs a conversion from a color image to a black and white image, a data conversion from a multi-valued image to a binary image, and the like. Reference numeral 5 denotes a frame memory which expands image data for each block. Reference numeral 6 denotes a communication control unit, which controls transmission or reception of a call to or from an opposite terminal and transmission / reception of image data using a communication protocol.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an I / O control unit, which is a key input device 8, a display device 9, a scanner device 10, and a printer device 11.
Control of data exchange with the Reference numeral 8 denotes a key input device which receives an instruction from a user through a key input. 9
Is a display device, for example, for displaying a message on an LCD or notifying a user of various information by turning on and off an LED. A scanner device 10 reads a document in a designated mode (paper size, density, etc.).
A color printer 11 outputs image data and character data to paper. Reference numeral 12 denotes an image encoding / decoding circuit for compressing / expanding image data. 1
3 is a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface),
Controls the hard disk interface. Reference numeral 14 denotes a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk. An image bus 15 is a bus for image data. Reference numeral 16 denotes a system bus, which indicates a control bus for the entire system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a communication management report among various reports in this embodiment. In the figure, F
1 is an area indicating a communication mode such as storage reception and confidential reception,
F2 is an area representing a mode such as color / monochrome, F2
Reference numeral 3 denotes an area indicating a communication result, F4 denotes an area indicating a destination subscriber's dial number, F5 denotes an area indicating a subaddress, F6 denotes an area indicating information of a terminal identifier exchanged in a session layer on a communication protocol, and F7 denotes an area. An area indicating a communication start time and a communication time, F8 is an area indicating the number of communication sheets, and F9 is an area indicating billing information.

In the above configuration, the sequence for terminating the communication at the set charge or more, printing the charge information in red or the like in the area F9 shown in FIG. 2 and outputting the communication management report according to the flowchart shown in FIG. explain.

First, in step S1, when an output command requesting the output of the communication management report is input from the key input device 8 via the I / O control unit 7, the CPU control circuit 2 proceeds to step S2. The process proceeds, and the communication log information already stored in the hard disk 14 is collected. Next, in step S3, the charge condition set by the user in advance is compared with the charge of the communication log. If the charge of the communication log is large, the process proceeds to step S4, and as shown in FIG. Set to output the color in red. If the charge is equal to or less than the set charge, the process proceeds to step S5, and printing is performed in black or the like as before. In step S6, the print characters of the report together with other data are developed in the RAM section of the CPU control circuit 2 using the code of the CG circuit 1. Next, in step S7, it is determined whether or not there is still a communication log.
And the above-described processing is repeated. However, if there is no communication log, the process proceeds to step S7, where the print data developed in step S6 is sent to the printer device 11 and output in color.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The colorization of the background color has the effect of improving visibility. In addition, since the charging information is color-coded, it is possible to determine at a glance the communication for which a large amount of charging has taken place, and there is an effect that communication management becomes easy. Further, even when the dial number, the sub address, and the terminal identifier are displayed side by side, the visibility is improved by the color coding.

[0017]

[Other Embodiments] In the above-described embodiment, color coding is performed on the charge information of the communication management report. However, a report having other charge information (a remittance result report, a confidential communication report, etc.) can also be performed. Furthermore, the billing settings can be made more detailed, and printing can be performed in a plurality of colors.
Further, in addition to coloring information such as the charge of the communication management report, the whole place of the report may be printed in a predetermined color. According to this method, the report can be easily distinguished from the normal received color image, and the usability is improved. In particular, in the case of a report indicating a transmission error, if the entire area of the report is printed in red, for example, it becomes very noticeable, and a communication error can be noticed quickly.

In order to make the whole color of the ground a desired color, the data from the CG circuit 1 and the data indicating the predetermined color should be added and output to the printer device 11.
Further, the report of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned report, and may be a cover added automatically or manually at the time of transmission, or another report. The point is that the color of the ground can be changed to a desired color. The present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or to an apparatus including a single device. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Costly communications can be easily identified and communication management reports
This makes it easier to see the data and allows efficient management .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of a color facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format of a communication management report in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an output sequence according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 CG circuit 2 CPU control circuit 3 DMA control circuit 4 Color / monochrome conversion circuit 5 Frame memory 6 Communication control unit 7 I / O control unit 8 Key input device 9 Display device 10 Scanner device 11 Printer device 12 Image encoding / decoding device 13 SCSI interface 14 Hard disk 15 Image bus 16 System bus

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A color facsimile apparatus for displaying a communication management report in color and outputting the communication management report. The communication means performs information communication, and manages a communication log including billing information required for each communication.
A management unit that, a receiving unit that receives an output request of the communication management report when receiving an output request of the communication management report, the
Pre-set billing information for each communication included in the communication log
The charge condition is compared with the charge
Different output color when outputting the gold information to the communication management report
Color facsimile apparatus, comprising: the communication control report output control means causes al, the. 2. The communication management report output control means,
2. The color facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a background color of a print character representing billing information is set . 3. A method for controlling a color facsimile apparatus for displaying and outputting a communication management report in color, comprising: a communication step of communicating information; and a communication log including billing information required for each communication. And a receiving step of receiving a communication management report output request; and a step of receiving, when receiving the communication management report output request, comparing charging information for each communication included in the communication log with a predetermined charging condition. A method for controlling a color facsimile apparatus, comprising: a step of: setting an output color when outputting the charging information to the communication management report in accordance with a result of the comparison.