JP3334178B2 - Facsimile with automatic time change function - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine capable of transmitting a pre-registered information at a time designated by an operator in advance and capable of transmitting a pre-registered information. The present invention relates to a facsimile with an automatic time change function suitable for efficiently responding to a change.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a facsimile has a built-in clock function, and an LCD (Liquid C.
A time display on a crystal display (a liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal display) and a reservation transmission (time designation transmission) for transmitting the stored transmission information at a previously reserved time are performed to reduce communication costs and improve operability.

[0003] The prior art relating to a facsimile having such a reservation transmission (time designation transmission) function includes, for example,
There is one described in JP-A-3-195249. In this technique, a function of designating an arbitrary relative time from the current time is added to a predetermined key, and a reservation transmission (time designation transmission) is performed.
The operation procedure required for specifying the time of day can be simplified, and the operability of the facsimile can be improved.

[0004] However, in such a conventional technique, for example, the present time is changed in a country where there is a time difference in Japan such as the United States, or in a country where summer time and winter time are (summer time) such as Europe. Regarding the operation load of the user concerned,
No consideration has been given. Therefore, when moving a facsimile from one state to another in the United States or when switching to daylight saving time, service personnel and users
Each time, the current time must be changed. In particular, if the scheduled transmission is set when the current time is changed, inconveniences such as transmission at a time not intended by the set operator may occur.

[0005]

The problem to be solved in the prior art is to consider the change of the current time in daylight saving time or the like, and in particular, to the change of the current time when the reservation transmission is set. Is not taken into account, and the user's operation load for changing the setting of the current time is large. The object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, and when the date and time specified in advance, the current time can be automatically changed to the date and time specified in advance, and the time of the set reservation transmission, An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile with an automatic time change function that can be automatically changed in accordance with a changed time difference, reduces the load on an operator involved in changing the current time due to daylight saving time, and improves operability. .

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a clock control unit for counting time and controlling display output.
The time counted by the clock control unit is monitored and
At the time specified and registered by the author, send the pre-registered information
And a reservation transmission control unit for performing
The date and time of the change to change the setting of the current time and the time after the change
And a time change information storage unit that stores
Monitor the time of the
When the update time comes, the current time is stored in the time change information
Set the time change unit to change the setting to the stored time after the change.
In facsimile with automatic time change function,
(1) When the current time setting is changed by the time change unit, the reservation
Change the time registered in the credit to the current time by the time change unit
A first reservation transmission time change unit that changes according to the time difference
In addition, (2) based on the change execution date and time stored in the time change information storage unit and the time after the change, the time registered for reservation transmission is set according to the change time difference of the current time by the time change unit. It is characterized in that a second reserved transmission time changing unit for changing is provided.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the operator can designate the change of the current time displayed on the operation display section or the like before the date and time when the change is to be performed. This allows
It is possible to easily cope with a change in the time of daylight saving time performed at midnight . Further, when the reservation transmission is designated and registered, the transmission time of the reservation transmission is changed according to the time difference between the times to be changed when the time is changed or when the reservation for the time change is set. As a result, problems such as reservation transmission at a time not intended by the operator can be avoided.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation unit for performing input control such as display of the current time, setting input of reservation transmission by an operation of an operator, and time change reservation according to the present invention;
A scanner unit for reading image information from a document to be transmitted; 3, an image information storage unit for storing image information read by the scanner unit 2; a plotter unit for printing out received image information; Is a communication control unit which comprises a modem and a network control unit and controls transmission and reception of image information, and 6 is a processing unit which performs operation control as a facsimile, including control for changing the current time according to the present invention.

The processing unit 6 monitors the time counted by the clock control unit 7 and counts the time displayed and output on the operation unit 1. At the specified time, the reservation transmission control unit 8 that transmits the image information registered in advance in the image information storage unit 3, the date and time of the setting change of the current time specified in advance by the operator via the operation unit 1, and the The time change information storage unit 9 according to the present invention that stores the time and the time counted by the clock control unit 7 are monitored, and when the change execution date and time stored in the time change information storage unit 9 is reached, the clock control unit 7 The time change unit 10 according to the present invention that changes the current time being counted to the time after the change stored in the time change information storage unit 9. Exceeding the time registered for reservation transmission by the transmission control unit 8 In this case, a reservation transmission forced activation unit 11 forcibly performing reservation transmission set in the reservation transmission control unit 8 and a main control unit 12 for controlling the overall operation of the facsimile are provided. I have.

The clock control unit 7 controls the setting, reading, and writing of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second, counts with a fixed clock, and outputs the current time to the operation unit 1. When the current time is changed for reasons such as daylight saving time, the operator inputs the year, month,
Day, hour, minute, and second settings can be changed. However, the change of the time in summer time is performed at midnight, so that the operator actually changes the current time in the morning. In some cases, the user may forget to change the current time.

In such a case, the time managed by the facsimile and the time in the real world are shifted.
The reception time for printing on the recording paper that has been received and printed out is the old setting time. Further, when the reservation transmission is set, the transmission is performed at a time different from the time intended by the operator.

In the facsimile of the first embodiment, the operator designates in advance the date and time of the change of the current time and the time difference to be changed in response to the change of the summer time performed at midnight. You can register. In other words, two or three days before daylight saving time (the daylight saving time change is performed on Sunday, so the company is closed,
If the operator specifies the daylight saving time switching date and time and the time difference to be changed (for example, 1 hour) via the operation unit 1 at the time of the reservation setting of the day is not performed, this information is
It is stored in the time change information storage unit 9. Then, when the daylight saving time switching date and time (12:00 midnight) comes, the time changing unit 10 changes the current time by 1 hour and changes it to 11:00.

When returning from the daylight saving time to the normal time, the current time (12:00) is advanced by one hour and changed to 01:00 by the time change unit 10 based on the setting of the operator. At this time, for example, at 12:30 before the change,
When the reservation transmission is designated and registered, the reservation transmission forcible activation section 11 forcibly performs the reservation transmission at 12:30 when the time is changed. As a result, transmission omission of reservation transmission can be avoided.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the processing operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. The present embodiment relates to the current time change setting operation and the change operation, and if there is an instruction to change the time from the operator (step 201),
The difference between the specified change execution date and the change time (step 20
2) Input and store in the time change information storage unit 9 of FIG. 1 (step 203). As described above, when the current time is changed to the current time stored in the time change information storage unit 9 of FIG. 1 (step 204), the time change unit 10 of FIG. The change time difference is read from the unit 9 (step 205), and the current time is changed (step 206). Then, if there is a reservation transmission set at a time before the changed current time (step 207), FIG.
These reservation transmissions are forcibly performed by the reservation transmission forcible activation unit 11 (step 208).

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the display and storage operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. In this figure, 31 is
This is an LCD provided in the operation unit 1 in FIG. 1, and the display content on the LCD 31 is changed based on an operation of changing the current time by the operator to “advance the current time by 2 hours on October 10”. The change information of the current time is stored in a RAM (Rand) provided in the time change information storage unit 9 in FIG.
om Access Memory, a readable / writable memory) 32. The content of the time difference in the RAM 32 is “advance” when the bit 6 is “1” and “0”
Is "return", and the setting for returning the time is performed in the same procedure.

In the facsimile with an automatic time change function shown in FIG. 1, for example, in the case of transmission from Europe to Japan, the destination Japan does not have daylight saving time, and scheduled transmission set in Europe is scheduled in Japan. Will be received at a different time. In order to deal with such a case, a first reservation transmission time changing unit is provided as shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function according to the present invention. The facsimile of the second embodiment is
In the processing unit 6 in FIG.
Instead of 1, when the current time setting is changed by the time changing unit 10, the time registered for reservation transmission by the reservation transmission control unit 8 is changed according to the change time difference of the current time by the time changing unit 10. First reservation transmission time changing unit 1 related to
3 is provided. Hereinafter, the operation of the facsimile of the second embodiment will be described, but the other components except the first reservation transmission time changing unit 13 and the processing unit 6a are the same as those of the facsimile of the first embodiment in FIG. In order to avoid redundant description, the configuration and operation will not be described.

In the facsimile of the second embodiment, when the current time is the change execution date and time of the current time stored in the time change information storage unit 9, for example, at 12:00, the time change unit 10 sets the current time to 1 Change the time to 11:00. At this time, for example, if the reservation transmission is designated and registered at 1:00 of the time before the change, the first reservation transmission time change unit 1
According to 3, the reservation transmission time 1:00 is advanced by one hour and changed to 12:00. In addition, for example, when returning from the daylight saving time to the normal time, based on the change information specified in advance by the operator, the current time becomes 12:00, and at the same time, the current time is advanced by one hour and changed to 1:00. At this time, the first reservation transmission time changing unit 13 advances the reservation transmission time registered at 12:30 in the reservation transmission control unit 8 by one hour, and
Change to 0 minutes.

In this way, even when the transmission destination is a country where there is no daylight saving time, and the transmission time is adjusted to the convenience of the transmission destination, transmission is performed at the intended transmission destination time. be able to.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the processing operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. The present embodiment relates to the operation of changing the current time, and the time change information storage 9 shown in FIG.
When the current time is reached at the time to change the current time stored in (step 501), the time change unit 10 in FIG. 4 reads the change time difference from the time change information storage unit 9 in FIG. 4 (step 502). Here, the reservation transmission control unit 8 in FIG.
If the reserved transmission has been registered in (step 503), the first reserved transmission time changing unit 13 in FIG. 4 changes these reserved transmission times by the time difference to be changed (step 504), and The time is changed (step 505).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function according to the present invention. The facsimile of the third embodiment is
In the processing units 6 and 6a in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The time registered for reservation transmission based on the change execution date and time and the time after change stored in the time change information storage unit 9 instead of the reservation transmission forced activation unit 11 and the first reservation transmission time change unit 13 Is changed in accordance with the time difference of the current time by the time changing unit 10, and a second reservation transmission time changing unit 14 according to the present invention is provided. Hereinafter, the operation of the facsimile according to the third embodiment will be described.
In the same manner as in the second embodiment, the other components except the second reservation transmission time changing unit 14 and the processing unit 6b are the same as those in FIGS.
In the facsimile of the first and second embodiments, the configuration and operation are not described in order to avoid redundant description.

In the facsimile of the third embodiment, for example, when the change information of the current time designated by the operator is stored in the time change information storage section 9, the reservation transmission is already registered in the reservation transmission control section 8. If so, the second reservation transmission time changing unit 14 changes the transmission time of the reservation transmission registered in the reservation transmission control unit 8 according to the time difference between the times to be changed. In addition, when the operator specifies the reservation transmission,
If the current time change information specified by the operator is already stored in the time change information storage unit 9, the second reservation transmission time change unit 14 transmits the reservation transmission specified by the operator. Change the time according to the time difference of the time to change,
The reservation transmission control section 8 controls the second reservation transmission time change section 1
The changed reservation transmission time is registered in step 4.

For example, when the current time change information (current time 12:00 is returned by 1 hour at 12:00) is stored in the time change information storage unit 9 in accordance with daylight saving time at 12:00 in the middle of the night, When the reservation transmission at 1:00 in the morning on the day of the daylight saving time has been designated, the second reservation transmission time changing unit 14 advances the transmission time 1:00 of the reservation transmission designated and input by the operator by one hour. , Change to 12:00 on the previous day. Then, the reservation transmission control unit 8 registers the reservation transmission at 12:00. For example, when the time change information storage unit 9 stores change information of the current time (advance the current time by one hour) in accordance with the change from daylight saving time at midnight to the normal time zone, the operation is performed. When the user has specified the reservation transmission at 0:30 in the morning on the day when the user returned to the normal time zone, the second reservation transmission time changing unit 14 sets the transmission time of the reservation transmission specified and input by the operator. 0:30 in the morning, 1
Delay time and change to 1:30. Then, the reservation transmission control unit 8 registers the reservation transmission at 1:30.

In this way, even when the transmission destination is in a country where there is no daylight saving time, and when the transmission time is adjusted to the convenience of the transmission destination, transmission at the intended transmission destination time is performed. be able to.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, in the facsimile with the automatic time change function of the present embodiment, the change of the current time can be easily set in advance from the operation display unit. When the set current time is changed, the scheduled transmission is forcibly transmitted after the specified scheduled transmission time has passed. As a result, omission of reservation transmission can be avoided. Further, when the reservation transmission is designated and registered, the transmission time of the reservation transmission is changed in accordance with the time difference between the times to be changed when the time is changed or when the reservation for the time change is set. As a result, problems such as reservation transmission at a time not intended by the operator can be avoided.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, when the current time is changed, a buzzer sounds or a display on the display unit promptly notifies the operator that the current time has been changed. If the transmission is registered, the change of the current time may be performed after the reservation transmission is completed.

[0027]

According to the present invention, the setting of the change of the current time can be reserved in advance, and the time of the set reservation transmission is automatically changed according to the changed time difference. It is possible to reduce the load on the operator involved in changing the current time due to daylight saving time or the like, to avoid omission of reservation transmission, and to improve the operability and reliability of the facsimile.

[0028]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a processing operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of a display and storage operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a processing operation according to the present invention of the facsimile with an automatic time change function in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile with an automatic time change function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 operation unit 2 scanner unit 3 image information storage unit 4 plotter unit 5 communication control unit 6 processing unit 7 clock control unit 8 reservation transmission control unit 9 time change information storage unit 10 time change unit 11 reservation transmission forced activation unit 12 main control unit 13 first reserved transmission time change unit 14 second reserved transmission time change unit 31 LCD 32 RAM

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] The present invention performs time counting and display output control.
Clock control means and a time counted by the clock control means.
At the time specified and registered by the operator in advance.
And reservation transmission control means for transmitting the transmitted information.
Change execution date for changing the current time setting specified by the operator
Time change information storage means for storing time and time after change
And the time counted by the clock control means is monitored.
The change execution date and time stored in the time change information storage means
And the time stored in the time change information storage means.
In a facsimile with an automatic time change function provided with time changing means for changing the setting to a time after the change, when the setting of the current time is changed by the time changing means, the time registered for the reservation transmission is changed by the time changing means. A facsimile with an automatic time change function, comprising first reservation transmission time change means for changing the time in accordance with the change time difference of the current time. 2. The time counting and display output control are performed.
Clock control means and a time counted by the clock control means.
At the time specified and registered by the operator in advance.
And reservation transmission control means for transmitting the transmitted information.
Change execution date for changing the current time setting specified by the operator
Time change information storage means for storing time and time after change
And the time counted by the clock control means is monitored.
The change execution date and time stored in the time change information storage means
And the time stored in the time change information storage means.
In a facsimile with an automatic time change function provided with time change means for changing the setting to a time after the change, registration for the reservation transmission based on the change execution date and time stored in the time change information storage means and the time after the change. A facsimile with an automatic time change function, comprising a second reservation transmission time change means for changing the set time in accordance with the change time difference of the current time by the time change means.