JP3635395B2 - Facsimile device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus capable of preventing erroneous transmission and performing efficient transmission by devising an operation panel for performing operations such as setting a transmission destination and starting transmission.
[0002]
[Prior art]
One of the major problems in facsimile communication is erroneous transmission. If the operator has entered the phone number of the recipient by mistake, transmission may not be possible. However, if transmission is not possible in this way, the error will be detected at the time of the operation, so the problem is still less serious. If the message is sent to the other party who entered it, the problem is serious. Not only does the transmitted content not be transmitted to the other party, but there is a problem of security leakage.
[0003]
In order to prevent such an erroneous operation at the time of inputting a transmission destination, for example, a designation method such as designation of a transmission destination using an abbreviated number or designation of a transmission destination by ID is adopted.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Despite the various countermeasures as described above in the prior art, the conventional countermeasures against the above-mentioned problems, that is, the problem of erroneous operation at the input of the transmission destination and the problem that the transmission work takes time are insufficient. In other words, even in the case of the designation of the other party by an abbreviated number or ID, even if the probability of erroneous designation is reduced rather than directly entering the telephone number, the problem still remains. It cannot be denied that the destination may be specified. When specifying by entering an abbreviated number or ID, the types of numbers that can be entered are limited, so there is a higher probability of being sent to an unintended partner than when transmission becomes impossible as a result of incorrect input. In other words, from the viewpoint of preventing leakage of confidential information, the degree of improvement is inevitably high.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems related to erroneous input of a transmission destination and to provide a facsimile apparatus in which erroneous operations are effectively prevented.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object of the present invention is as follows.
A designation information input means for inputting designation information for designating a transmission destination, a transmission start input means for the facsimile apparatus to shift to a transmission permission state to the transmission destination designated by the designation information, an instruction to the operator, In a facsimile machine having a touch panel that displays the status of the facsimile machine and receives input,
A mode switching means for accepting a switching setting between an erroneous transmission prevention mode and a normal transmission mode, and a display portion of the touch panel for shifting to a transmission-permitted state by an operation different from the operation of the transmission start input means,
When the input of the normal transmission mode is accepted by the mode switching unit, after the operation of the designation information input unit, transition to the transmission permission state by the input of the transmission start input unit,
When the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set by the operation of the mode switching unit, the transmission is permitted by the operation to the transmission start input unit and the operation to the display part of the touch panel after the operation of the designation information input unit. Facsimile device, characterized in that it shifts to the state of
Achieved by:
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functional parts of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a hard key and 2 is a touch panel. The hard key 1 and the touch panel 2 will be described later with reference to FIG.
[0011]
3 is a reading means for reading an image of a document conveyed from a document placing table on which the document is placed. 4 is a method of conveying the documents placed on the document placing table one by one to a reading position and discharging them to a discharge tray. Conveying means, 5 is a recording means for recording an image based on image information obtained from the received image signal, 6 is a document detecting means for detecting whether or not there is a document on the document placing table, and 7 is a reading means 3. The encoding means for encoding the image information read by the above to generate a transmission image signal, 8 the decoding means for restoring the encoded received image signal to the recording image information, 9 the image signal and transmission control The communication means 10 for transmitting and receiving the procedure signal for the image 10 is an image memory for storing the image information read by the reading means 3 and the received image information, and 11 is a registration memory for storing the address information of the transmission destination. The destination address information includes a telephone number, abbreviated number, ID, company name, department name, personal name, and the like of the other party. Such address information is associated with a telephone number as the center.
[0012]
Reference numeral 12 denotes control means for monitoring and controlling each of the above means.
[0013]
2 and 3 are plan views of the operation unit on which the hard key 1 and the touch panel 2 are arranged. The operation unit puts the facsimile apparatus into a transmission permission state for permitting transmission, a start button H1 serving as a transmission start input means, and a stop for instructing to stop the operation of the facsimile apparatus related to transmission from reading of the document to transmission A button H2 and a clear button H3 for clearing the input destination information are provided, and these buttons are constituted by hard keys. The operation unit also includes a touch panel 2. The touch panel 2 displays instructions for the operator and the status of the facsimile machine, and receives a message area T1 for accepting input, a numeric keypad T2 for accepting input of a telephone number and an abbreviated number, An abbreviated button T3 for accepting switching to an input mode for accepting an input by an abbreviated number; an attribute button T4 for switching to an input mode for designating a destination by inputting a destination ID or name; a display of an erroneous transmission prevention mode; It has a mode button switch T5 for accepting the display of the normal transmission mode and the setting for switching between the erroneous transmission prevention mode and the normal transmission mode, and a character key T6 for inputting the ID and name for designating the transmission destination. The mode switching button is shown enlarged in FIG.
[0014]
In the message area T1, as shown in FIG. 3C, there is a display portion T7 on which the name of the transmission destination (company name, department name, personal name, etc.) and telephone number are displayed. The item displayed on the display portion T7 may be anything that definitely indicates the transmission destination, and may be only the name. The display portion T7 also has a function as transmission start input means for setting the facsimile apparatus in a state in which transmission is permitted.
[0015]
This embodiment has a normal transmission mode and an erroneous transmission prevention mode. In the normal transmission mode, the information specifying the transmission destination is input, that is, the telephone number, the abbreviated number, the ID or the name of the transmission destination is input, and then the start button H1 is pressed, the facsimile apparatus permits transmission. Transition to the state.
[0016]
In the erroneous transmission prevention mode, information for specifying a destination is input, that is, after inputting a telephone number, abbreviated number, ID or name for specifying transmission, the destination of the touch panel 2 on which the destination is displayed by this input is displayed. Touching the display portion T7 is a necessary condition for shifting the facsimile apparatus to a transmission permission state in which transmission is permitted.
[0017]
In the erroneous transmission prevention mode in which the facsimile device is allowed to be transmitted by touching a display such as a name that allows the operator to recognize the transmission destination, a visual confirmation is always accompanied by a transmission start operation. Is reliably prevented.
[0018]
The operation of the facsimile apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
[0019]
The operation at the time of transmission in the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment is performed in the following procedure.
[0020]
(1) A document carrying information to be transmitted is placed on a document placement table of a facsimile apparatus.
[0021]
(2) Enter the transmission mode. This operation is an operation of touching the mode switching button T5, and is an operation of performing circulation switching in which the normal transmission mode and the erroneous transmission prevention mode are switched every time the operation is performed.
[0022]
(3) Specify the destination. This operation is an operation of inputting a telephone number, an abbreviated number, an ID, or a name from the touch panel portion T2 or T6.
[0023]
(4) Input the start of transmission for shifting the facsimile apparatus to the transmission-permitted state. This operation is an operation of pressing the transmission start button H1 or touching the display portion T7. In addition, after touching the display unit T7, by pressing the transmission start button,
It is also possible to shift to a transmission permission state.
[0024]
In the above operations (1) to (4), the operation (4) is performed last, but the order of the operations (1) to (3) does not matter before and after these three operations. However, after the document is set and the reading of the document and the conveyance of the document are started, designation information for designating the transmission destination can be input, which is a significant feature.
[0025]
The state of the operation unit before the document is placed on the document placing table is as shown in FIGS. 2A and 3A, and “Please place the document and input the destination” Message is displayed.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, whether or not a document is placed on the document placing table is monitored by the document detection means 6, and when the document is detected, the document conveyance means 4 starts conveying and reading the document ( S1, S2). Image information obtained by reading is stored in the image memory 10.
[0027]
Next, in step S3, a state for accepting an input in the normal mode or the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set. And it will be in the state which waits for the input of a transmission destination. The state of the operation panel in which the original is placed on the original table and the normal transmission mode or the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set is the state shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B. Whether the display shown in FIG. 2 or the display shown in FIG. 3 is made depends on whether or not the erroneous transmission prevention mode shown in step S3 is set. The display shown in FIG. 2B is when the normal transmission mode is set, and the display shown in FIG. 3B is when the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set.
[0028]
When the transmission destination is input according to the message for instructing the input of the transmission destination as shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B, designation of the transmission destination is accepted (S4). The destination is designated by inputting a telephone number, abbreviated number, ID or name using the numeric keypad T2 or character key T6.
[0029]
The comparison between the information specifying the input transmission destination and the transmission destination is stored in the registration memory 11, and a search from the memory is performed (S5). When the destination is designated by the abbreviated number, the entered abbreviated number is displayed on the touch panel as shown in FIGS. 2C and 3C (S8).
[0030]
Unlike the designation information that is a single piece of information such as an abbreviated number or a telephone number, the information displayed on the display portion T7 includes a plurality of types such as a display in which the destination telephone number and name are combined. It is desirable to display the same information for the same destination even when the specified information changes, such as designation of the destination by entering the abbreviated number or designation of the destination by entering the telephone number. It is desirable to do.
[0031]
If the input destination is not in the registration memory, a message (not shown) instructing input of the telephone number is displayed in the message area T1 (S7), and the destination is cleared (S13). Return to step S3.
[0032]
If the input destination information is a telephone number or name, the input designation information is displayed as in FIGS. 2C and 3C, and the process proceeds to step S16.
[0033]
In the normal transmission mode, as shown in FIG. 2C, a message “Please press the start button to start transmission” is displayed together with the display of the transmission destination, and the operator presses the start button H1. As a result, the apparatus enters a transmission permission state in which transmission is permitted (S9).
[0034]
In the transmission permission state, if there is another priority transmission job to be prioritized or if there is a job that is being transmitted, wait for the completion of the priority transmission, or wait for the completion of the transmission that is being transmitted. Transmission to the transmission destination displayed in S8 is started (S10).
[0035]
If it is determined in step S16 that the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set, that is, if the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set by operating the erroneous transmission prevention mode button T5 after step S3, “ID” Please press the button with "" displayed. If the display part T7 of the touch panel 2 is touched according to this message, it will be in the transmission permission state which permits transmission (S9).
[0036]
As described above, the operation of touching a button on which the name of the transmission destination or the telephone number is displayed is an operation that is inevitably incorporated in the transmission start operation to visually confirm the transmission destination. The probability is very low. If the erroneous transmission prevention mode is selected, the input from this button is invalidated only by pressing the transmission start button H1 in order to prevent erroneous transmission (S11).
[0037]
However, in the erroneous transmission prevention mode, after the transmission start is input from the display portion T7 of the touch panel 2, the transmission may be permitted by an operation of pressing the transmission start button H1. Even in the erroneous operation prevention mode, as in the normal transmission mode, transmission is not started immediately from step S9. If there is another priority job or there is a job being transmitted, The specified transmission starts after the job is completed.
[0038]
The transmission start in step S10 is performed in the normal transmission mode as described above in the erroneous operation prevention mode, and the display portion T7 of the touch panel 2 is touched with the transmission destination designation operation and a part of the operation of the transmission start button H1. In this case, the operation is performed by changing the operation to the operation or adding the operation of touching the display portion T7 of the touch panel in addition to the operation in the normal transmission mode. Thus, in the erroneous operation prevention mode, the operation of the display portion T7 of the touch panel is a necessary condition for starting transmission.
[0039]
When the clear button H3 is operated after designating the transmission destination (S12), the designation is cleared and the system waits for designation. In the embodiment of the present invention, in the routine from step S2 to step S9, for example, an interrupt consisting of S14 and S15 is applied at an interval of 100 msec so that the transmission setting can be stopped as necessary. It is configured. When cancel (S15) is input, if image information is accumulated in the image memory by reading, the accumulated image information is cleared, and the process returns to step S1 for monitoring the presence or absence of the document on the document table.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, confirmation of information indicated by the destination such as the name of the destination is always performed in the operation for instructing the start of transmission, so that erroneous transmission is reliably prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an operation panel of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a diagram showing an operation panel of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
4 is a flowchart of a control program in transmission of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hard key 2 Touch panel 3 Reading means 4 Conveying means 5 Recording means 6 Document detection means 7 Encoding means 8 Decoding means 9 Communication means 10 Image memory 11 Registration memory 12 Control means

Claims (5)

A designation information input means for inputting designation information for designating a transmission destination, a transmission start input means for the facsimile apparatus to shift to a transmission permission state to the transmission destination designated by the designation information, an instruction to the operator, In a facsimile machine having a touch panel in the operation unit for displaying the status of the facsimile machine and receiving input,
A mode switching means for accepting a switching setting between an erroneous transmission prevention mode and a normal transmission mode, and a display portion of the touch panel for shifting to a transmission permission state by an operation different from the operation of the transmission start input means,
When the input of the normal transmission mode is accepted by the mode switching unit, after the operation of the designation information input unit, transition to the transmission permission state by the input of the transmission start input unit,
When the erroneous transmission prevention mode is set by the operation of the mode switching unit, the transmission is permitted by the operation to the transmission start input unit and the operation to the display part of the touch panel after the operation of the designation information input unit. 2. A facsimile apparatus that shifts to a state of 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein display information indicating a transmission destination is displayed on a display portion of the touch panel in accordance with an input of the designation information input unit . The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the touch panel includes a portion where the designation information is input. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission start input unit for shifting to a transmission permission state at a position of the operation unit different from the touch panel . 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission permission state is a state in which transmission is started when there is no other priority transmission job or job being transmitted .

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