JP3720828B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus or a multifunction peripheral (MFP) apparatus.

Conventionally, there has been a communication device (for example, see Patent Document 1) that displays a communication history of transmission and reception via a communication line.
In addition, there has been a communication device (see, for example, Patent Document 2) that can input a file name to a file of a transmission document and a reception document from a connected personal computer.
Furthermore, there has been a communication device that determines whether or not received ID information should be output (for example, see Patent Document 3).

In addition, there has been a communication device (for example, see Patent Document 4) that determines kanji display capability by negotiation of a communication protocol with a counterpart device and transmits information that can be displayed according to the capability.
Furthermore, there has been a communication device (for example, see Patent Document 5) that registers CSI and a counterpart name corresponding to the CSI in advance and displays the counterpart name corresponding to the CSI received from the counterpart.
Furthermore, there has been a communication device (for example, see Patent Document 6) that searches and displays transmitted data based on a communication history.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-220566 JP-A-2-276357 JP-A-4-233869 JP-A-4-365255 JP-A-5-219333 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-307826

  In the conventional communication device described above, the communication partner information is confirmed by displaying the communication history information on the device screen or by recording and outputting it in a report. The information includes information such as an international identification signal (CSI) notified by a communication protocol and a unique sender name between manufacturers.

  However, such information is information registered at the other party, and there is a problem that it is difficult for the receiving side to confirm who the other party is with such information. Therefore, it is inconvenient if the report of communication history information is output to a recording sheet and some identification information for confirming the name of the other party is written on the recording sheet by hand to increase the user's workload. .

  Furthermore, since the other party information transferred from the other party device by the communication protocol is not transferred except for a certain character, characters that can be displayed and recorded are limited.

For example, uppercase letters of the alphabet can be output, but lowercase letters are impossible, or katakana is impossible.
Therefore, all the characters may be provided, but since the cost increases, the present situation is that only the minimum necessary characters are provided.

However, in recent years, there has been proposed a communication apparatus that transmits a terminal identification signal (CSI / TSI) ignoring the ITU recommendation in order to provide a unique function based on a facsimile application software of a personal computer or a communication protocol.
However, when a character other than the ITU recommendation is received from such a communication device, the character cannot be displayed accurately.

  For example, in the case of CSI, numbers from “0” to “9” / “+” plus / “” spaces are allowed, but if a code that does not exist in the ITU recommendation, such as alphabets, is included in the CSI Characters cannot be displayed, and characters with an unknown meaning are displayed.

  Also, for example, when sending information from Japan to the United States, if Katakana is sent as communication partner information using a communication protocol, it will be output as-is if the communication device on the US side supports Katakana output, but it is not supported. There was an inconvenience that it was output as meaningless information.

  Furthermore, since the format of the international identification number (CSI) is input in the order of “country code + region code + subscriber number”, the country code in the format cannot be identified by some users. Since the phone number is different from the outgoing phone number, there is a possibility that the phone number may be mistaken for the wrong phone number.

  For example, in the case of transmission in Japan, even if the calling telephone number is “01234456789”, the CSI information is changed and displayed as “5678901234”.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to enable output of destination information received from a destination with meaningful contents.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention inputs the received document name or destination name information in a communication apparatus having communication history information management means for managing communication history information received via a communication line. Means, means for linking and storing information input by the means to communication history information managed by the communication history information management means, information stored in the means, and communication history in which the information is linked Means for reading out information, means for outputting the information read by the means and communication history information, means for analyzing the destination information obtained in the reception communication via the communication line, and analysis by the means Means for determining whether or not the destination information can be output, and when it is determined that the destination information cannot be output, the destination information is translated into another character that can be handled. It is provided with a means for and output.

  The communication device according to the present invention enables a user to input information unique to the user in the communication history information, and can quickly confirm the destination of the reception and the contents thereof based on the communication history information.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a list of character codes that can be output by the communication apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a list of communication destination country codes included in the communication apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this communication device includes various functional units realized by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and performs facsimile communication of image information and telephone calls via a public line. Such as a facsimile machine with a telephone function.

An image information compression / reproduction unit (DCR) 1 compresses or reproduces image information. The image information memory 2 stores image information. The system memory 3 stores system management data, a country code list table, and the like.
The operation display unit 4 includes a liquid crystal display unit for displaying various work screens and messages and a keyboard for inputting various operation information.

  The system control unit 5 controls the entire system of the communication device, and registers communication history information management processing according to the present invention and information such as a destination name and a document name input by the user in the communication history information. And a process for outputting the information in response to a user request.

The line buffer 6 is a memory for transferring data such as the communication history information.
The image reading unit 7 optically reads a document described in a document and inputs the image information. An automatic document feeder (ADF) 8 includes a document width sensor and automatically conveys a document page by page to the image reading unit 7.
The recording / printing unit 9 is a printing device such as a laser printer that prints image information on recording paper. The paper feeding unit 10 automatically feeds recording paper to the recording / printing unit 9.

The real time clock (RTC) 11 has a clock function and measures time.
A communication control unit (CCU) 12 controls facsimile communication and telephone calls using a predetermined communication protocol. A modulation / demodulation unit (modem) 13 modulates and demodulates image information during facsimile communication. A network control unit (NCU) 14 is connected to a public line and performs network control during facsimile communication and telephone calls.

  The pattern generator unit 16 includes a telephone 15 for making a telephone call, a character code that can be displayed, printed and output to the PC 20 on the communication device, and bitmap data corresponding to each character code. Bit pattern conversion.

  The PC interface (I / F) 17 unit has a communication port such as RC232C or Centronics, and performs data communication with an external personal computer (PC) 20. The bus 18 is a communication line for exchanging various data between the above-described units.

This communication device displays, prints, or outputs the information received by communication as characters, symbols or the like referred to by the character code shown by the ASCII code (ASCII code) as shown in FIG.
Further, based on the country code list as shown in FIG. 3, the character code of the country name corresponding to the country code received from the facsimile communication destination is stored in association with the communication history information. This country code list is registered in advance by associating each country code with a character code indicating the country name.

  On the other hand, the PC 20 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device such as a CRT and LCD, and a storage device such as a hard disk device and an optical disk device, and has a built-in microcomputer composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. Then, various data processing, facsimile transmission / reception via the communication device, processing for obtaining and processing communication history information from the communication device, and the like are performed.

  That is, the system control unit 5 or the like of this communication apparatus has communication history information management means for managing communication history information received via a communication line, means for inputting information on the received document name and destination name, Means for linking and storing the information input by the means to the communication history information managed by the communication history information managing means, and the information stored in the means and the communication history information linked with the information. Read means, and means for outputting information read by the means and communication history information.

  Also, means for analyzing the partner information obtained in the communication of reception via the communication line, means for judging whether or not the partner information analyzed by the means can be output, When it is determined, there is provided means for converting to another character that can correspond to the destination information and outputting it.

  Further, means for analyzing the partner information obtained in the communication of reception via the communication line, means for determining whether or not the partner information analyzed by the means can be output, and that means cannot be output. When it is determined, there is provided means for translating the partner information into another character that can be handled and outputting it.

Furthermore, there are provided means for analyzing the destination information obtained in the communication of reception via the communication line, and means for generating and outputting a character code from the country code (information code) obtained as a result of analysis by the means. .
In addition, a means for deleting the information code is provided.

Next, facsimile transmission processing of this communication apparatus will be described.
In this communication apparatus, when the destination telephone number (facsimile number) is input from the operation display unit 4, a transmission document is set in the ADF 8, and the start key of the operation display unit 4 is pressed, the NCU 14 calls the destination telephone. A call is made to the dialed number to connect to the partner device.

  Thereafter, the modem 13 advances facsimile transmission with the counterpart apparatus in accordance with the communication protocol procedure shown in FIG. Since the communication protocol shown in FIG. 4 is the same as that of facsimile communication in a normal communication apparatus, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  While advancing the communication protocol, if the partner device (called station) is a communication device of the same manufacturer as the own device, an NSF signal is transmitted, so the CCU 12 analyzes the NSF signal and the source name in the signal Data is notified to the system control unit 5. In addition, since the CSI signal is transmitted if the other party device (called station) is a communication device of a different manufacturer, the CSI signal is analyzed by the CCU 12 and the data is notified to the system control unit 5.

  In addition to the data analyzed by the CCU 12, the system control unit 5 at the end of facsimile transmission, the communication start date and time and communication time acquired from the RTC 11, the number of pages read by the ADF 8, the transmission result determined by the CCU 12, and the facsimile transmission Each time an operation is performed, the file number assigned sequentially is stored in the system memory 3 as communication history information.

Next, processing when the user registers a destination name or document name in the communication history information stored in the system memory 3 will be described.
The registration includes a case where the user inputs and registers from the operation display unit 4 and a case where the user inputs the data input from the PC 20 via the PC interface unit 17 and registers them. Here, the PC interface unit A process when registering by inputting from 17 will be described.

  Upon receiving a request for reading communication history information from the PC 20 through the PC interface unit 17, the system control unit 5 reads out the communication history information from the system memory 3 and transfers it to the PC 20 through the PC interface unit 17.

  On the other hand, the PC 20 inputs a document name (document name) and a partner name uniquely set from the keyboard to the communication history information received from the communication device, and returns them to the communication device together with data of the communication history information.

The system control unit 5 of the communication apparatus receives the communication history information and the document name and destination name data from the PC 20, and overwrites the system memory 3 by linking the communication history information with the document name and destination name data. To do.
Therefore, it is possible to register in the system memory 3 so that the communication history information stored at the time of facsimile communication can be output in association with the document name or the destination name arbitrarily input by the user.

  Note that only the characters of the character code shown in FIG. 2 can be used in the communication apparatus, and various characters (such as katakana / kanji / Hiragana) can be input from the keyboard of the PC 20, but all characters usable in the PC 20 can be input. Can not support. Therefore, the communication history information data received from the communication device may be managed by the PC 20.

  In order to manage the communication history information on the PC 20, when the PC 20 inputs a document name and a destination name for each communication history information, the PC 20 links the file number (file No.) of the communication history information to the document name and the destination. The name is stored in the memory on the PC 20 side. That is, only the communication history information is read from the communication device, and the document name and the destination name are not returned to the communication device and written.

When the PC 20 reads the communication history information from the communication device, the PC 20 reads the document name and destination name registered in the memory in the device corresponding to the file number of each communication history information, and displays on the PC 20 side. Display on the device.
Thus, by registering the document name and destination name arbitrarily determined by the user in the communication history information, the purpose of the past communication history and the destination can be easily determined.

Next, processing of the communication apparatus and the PC will be described based on a flowchart.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing for acquiring communication history information at the time of facsimile transmission in the communication device.

  The system control unit 5 starts facsimile transmission at step (indicated by “S” in the figure) 1, proceeds to step 2, stores the current time and file number (file number) in the system memory, and proceeds to step 3. Then, it is determined whether or not the counterpart device is the same manufacturer as the own device.

  If it is determined in step 3 that the manufacturer is the same, the process proceeds to step 4 where the partner identification information (partner information) is analyzed based on the NSF signal received from the partner apparatus, and the process proceeds to step 5 to determine the partner identification information. Store in the memory, proceed to step 6 to transmit the image information to the partner device, proceed to step 7 to store the communication time, the number of transmissions and the transmission result in the system memory, and proceed to step 8 to end the facsimile transmission This process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step 3 that they are not the same manufacturer, the process proceeds to step 9 to determine whether or not there is a CSI signal transmitted from the partner apparatus. If there is, the process proceeds to step 5 and the partner identification is analyzed from the CSI signal. The information is stored in the system memory, the process proceeds to step 6 to transmit the image information to the partner apparatus, the process proceeds to step 7 and the communication time, the number of transmissions and the transmission result are stored in the system memory, and the process proceeds to step 8 for facsimile transmission. To end the process.

  If it is determined in step 9 that there is no CSI signal, the process proceeds to step 6 to transmit the image information to the partner apparatus, and the process proceeds to step 7 to store the communication time, the number of transmissions, and the transmission result in the system memory, and then proceeds to step 8. The facsimile transmission is finished, and this process is finished.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the communication apparatus outputs communication history information to the PC.
In step 11, the system control unit 5 determines whether or not there is a request to read communication history information from the PC. If there is, the system control unit 5 proceeds to step 12 to read the communication history information from the system memory and sends it to the PC through the PC interface. The process proceeds to step 13 to determine whether or not all data registered as communication history information has been transferred. The process of step 12 is continued until the transfer is completed. If all data has been transferred, the process ends. To do.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing when the PC acquires communication history information from the communication device, inputs a document name, and registers it.
The PC 20 reads the communication history information from the communication device in step 21, proceeds to step 22, checks the document name for the file number of the read communication history information, proceeds to step 23, and whether the user already has the document name. Judge whether or not.

  If the user determines in step 23 that the document name is not present, the process proceeds to step 24 to determine whether or not to input the document name. If so, the process proceeds to step 25 to input the document name from the keyboard. The input document name is stored in correspondence with the file number, and the process proceeds to step 26 to display the communication history information and the document name on the screen of the display device on the PC side, and then proceeds to step 27 to enter the next communication history information. It is determined whether or not there is data, and if there is, return to the first process and repeat the above process.

  If it is determined in step 23 that the user already has a document name, the process proceeds to step 26 where communication history information and the document name are displayed on the screen of the display device on the PC side based on an instruction from the user. It is determined whether or not there is communication history information data, and if there is, the process returns to the first process and the above process is repeated.

  If the user does not input the document name in step 24, the process proceeds to step 28, where there is no document name, the process proceeds to step 26, and only the communication history information is displayed on the screen of the display device. It is determined whether or not there is communication history information data, and if there is, the process returns to the first process and the above process is repeated. If it is determined in step 27 that there is no data of the next communication history information, this process is terminated.

  In the process of the flowchart described above, the case where the communication history information is displayed has been described. However, the printing can be performed in the same manner.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a format example of a communication management report output by the communication device. Here, a case where only the name of the other party is registered by the user is shown.
When the communication management report of the communication history information stored in the system memory 3 is output by the above processing, in addition to the date, time, communication time, number of sheets, result, and file number of each communication, the other party arbitrarily input by the user The prior name is also listed.

  In this manner, information such as the document name and destination name of transmission and reception via the communication line is input by the operation display unit 4 or the PC 20 connected to the outside, and the input information is used for the transmission and reception communication. Linked with history information and stored in the system memory 3, the stored information and communication history information linked to the information are read out and output to the PC 20, or displayed or recorded / printed on the operation display unit 4 of the own apparatus. 9 to print and output.

  Therefore, it is possible to input unique information that allows the user to easily confirm the destination and contents in the communication history information at the time of transmission and reception, and to quickly confirm the information on the display.

Next, processing when the communication apparatus converts the partner information that cannot be output as it is into other characters that can be output and outputs it will be described.
In this process, the protocol signal is analyzed by the CCU 12 in the same manner as described above, and the partner information (partner identification information) is notified to the system control unit 5.

  At this time, the system control unit 5 can display the destination identification information when it is stored in the system memory 3 as it is and when the contents are converted into displayable characters and when it is stored in the system memory 3. However, since it is convenient to leave the original partner identification information, a process for converting to a character that can be displayed when displayed will be described.

  For example, when this communication device has only the character code in the space: SP (20H) to (50H) in the character code shown in FIG. 2, and the communication device is set to output only uppercase letters of the alphabet When the lowercase letter p (70H) is input to the destination name of the system memory 3, the system control unit 5 converts it into a character of another character code and outputs it.

That is, when only a capital letter of the alphabet has a character pattern and a lowercase letter is input, the lowercase letter is converted to an uppercase letter and output. For example, lowercase letter j (64H) is converted to uppercase letter J (4AH) and output.
If uppercase characters are input when only lowercase characters can be output, the uppercase characters are converted to lowercase characters and output.

When printing a communication management report, all the character codes converted by the above processing are bitmap-developed by the pattern generator unit 16 and sent to the recording / printing unit 9 via the line buffer 6 to complete the data for one page. At that time, recording paper is fed from the paper feeding unit 10 and printed.
When transferring to the PC 20, the character code converted by the above process is sent to the operation display unit 4 for display. Furthermore, it transfers by the PC interface part 17 based on the request | requirement from PC20.

  In this way, by replacing the character code that cannot be output with another character indicating the content and outputting the character code, it is possible to prevent the partner name from being garbled so that the partner cannot be identified.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing when the communication apparatus converts the other party information that cannot be displayed as it is into another displayable character and displays it.
In this process, the communication history information acquisition process at the time of communication transmission shown in FIG. 5 is executed in step 31, and the process proceeds to step 32 to determine whether or not there is a request for display output of communication history information from the PC.

  If it is determined in step 32 that there is a request for display of communication history information, the process proceeds to step 33 to select one of the partner identification information (partner information) from the communication history information. Each character is read out, and the process proceeds to step 34 to determine whether or not the character can be displayed. If the character can be displayed, the process proceeds to step 37.

If it is determined in step 34 that the character cannot be displayed, the process proceeds to step 35 to determine whether or not it can be replaced with another character. If possible, the process proceeds to step 36 and converted to a replaceable character. Proceed to
If it is determined in step 35 that other characters cannot be replaced, the process proceeds to step 40 where it is converted to a “?” Mark, and the process proceeds to step 37.

  In step 37, it is determined whether or not there is a next character. If there is, the process returns to step 34 and the above processing is repeated. If there is no next character, the procedure proceeds to step 38 and whether or not there is next communication history information. If YES in step 33, the flow returns to step 33 to repeat the above processing. If NO in step 39, the flow advances to step 39 to display a communication management report for communication history information, and the processing ends.

  In addition, a communication management report based on communication history information after replacement with another character can be printed out and transferred to the PC 20 in the same manner as described above.

  In this way, the system control unit 5 analyzes the partner identification information obtained in the transmission and reception communication via the communication line, and the analyzed partner identification information is connected to the PC 20 or its own device. It is determined whether or not the character can be printed or output by the operation display unit 4 or by the recording / printing unit 9, and when it is determined that the character cannot be output, it is changed to another character that can correspond to the destination identification information. Convert and output.

  Therefore, for example, in the case of CSI in the ITU recommendation, a number from “0” to “9” / “+” plus / “” space is allowed, but when a code such as an alphabet that does not exist in the ITU recommendation is received. It is possible to display information that can be output closest to it, and to prevent output of information such as characters of unknown meaning.

Next, processing when the communication apparatus translates and displays partner identification information that cannot be displayed as it is by itself will be described.
For example, in the case of communication between communication devices of the same manufacturer, the name of the other party (calling character name) is set to the NSS signal received from the other party at the time of transmission and to the NSF received from the other party at the time of reception. Can be sent out.

If the destination name registered on the sending side is Katakana, the destination device will notify the NSS signal containing katakana, and if this is a communication within Japan, it will be displayed as katakana. Can be confirmed.
However, overseas communication devices often cannot transmit katakana characters. For example, communication devices in English-speaking countries generally use alphabets.

  Therefore, in this translation process, when the katakana character cannot be output, a translation process is performed in which the destination identification information received from the destination apparatus is replaced with a character written in Roman letters when the destination identification information is a katakana character.

For example, when the katakana character code “wo” (A6H) to (DFH) in the ASCII code table shown in FIG. 2 is set to be converted into Roman characters, “A” (B1H) is changed to “A” (41H), “La” (D7H) is replaced with “RA” composed of “R” (52H) and “A” (41H). In this way, “Sato” is translated into “SATOU” and output.
When the communication management report is output, the partner identification information received in katakana characters of the communication history information is translated into Roman characters for display, printing, or output to the PC 20.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing when the communication apparatus translates and outputs partner identification information that cannot be displayed as it is.
In this process, the process of acquiring communication history information at the time of communication transmission shown in FIG. 5 is executed in step 41, and the process proceeds to step 42 to determine whether or not there is a request for display output of communication history information from the PC.

  If it is determined in step 42 that there is a request to display communication history information, the process proceeds to step 43, where one of the partner identification information is selected from the communication history information, and the characters of the partner identification information are read one by one. It progresses to 44 and it is judged whether it is a katakana character.

  If it is determined in step 44 that the character is a katakana character, the flow proceeds to step 45 to convert it into a Roman character and proceeds to step 46. If it is not a katakana character, the flow proceeds directly to step 46 to determine whether there is a next character. If there is no next communication history information, the process returns to step 43 and repeats the above process. Proceeding to step 48, a communication management report of communication history information is displayed, and this process is terminated.

  Similarly to the above-described processing, a communication management report based on communication history information after katakana is converted into Roman characters can be printed out or transferred to the PC 20.

  In this way, the system control unit 5 analyzes the partner identification information obtained in the transmission and reception communication via the communication line, and the analyzed partner identification information is connected to the PC 20 or its own device. It is determined whether or not it is a katakana character that can be displayed or printed out as it is, and if it is determined that it cannot be output, the partner identification information is translated and converted into a corresponding Roman character and output.

  Therefore, for example, by translating the Katakana character code into the Roman character code, when the Katakana character cannot be displayed, it can be displayed in a different language. The destination identification information can be output with meaningful contents.

Next, processing when the communication device generates and displays a character code from the information code of the partner identification information received from the partner device will be described.
The system control unit 5 inputs the other party's telephone number from the operation display unit 4 at the time of transmission, stores the number in the system memory 3, analyzes the other party's CSI information by the CCU 12, and combines it with other communication information. Store in the system memory 3.

  By the way, in the ITU recommendation, the format of CSI information is determined as “country code + region number + subscriber number”. When communication history information stored in the system memory 3 is output, the country code is displayed or printed. As it is, it is difficult to identify the country name.

Therefore, when outputting the country code of the destination information, the system control unit 5 searches for a match by referring to the country code list shown in FIG. 3 from the top of the CSI information, and the country name corresponding to the country code. And the country code (information code) is deleted from the CSI information.
For example, from the number of the CSI information “81462201109”, it can be determined that Japan is based on the information code consisting of the leading “8” and “1”.

  The number of significant digits of the country code is determined by the number, and the two-digit country code “81” is Japan, and is composed of “81” +1 digit numbers such as “810” and “811”. Since the country code of the digit is not determined, there is no fear that the country code is identified only by referring to the 2-digit information code.

  After the search, the system control unit 5 determines whether or not the call is made overseas based on the telephone number that made the call. The determination process is determined from the fact that the three-digit number from the beginning of the calling number is the international line access number. For example, if the first three digits of the telephone number are “001” of KDD (registered trademark), it is determined that the call is made overseas.

  Then, if it is determined that the call is made in the country, “0” number which becomes the head of the area code is inserted at the head of the CSI information, and thereby the CSI information in the case of the country can be set to “0462220110”.

  If it is determined that the call is made overseas, the start of the region code is not always “0” as in Japan, so that the number “0” is not inserted. Even if the head of the area code is known, if it is different from the number actually entered and called, the user will be confused, so the “0” number is not inserted.

After the insertion processing of “0”, the system control unit 5 inserts the character code of the read country name as a character character at the head of the CSI information.
In the country code list shown in FIG. 3, an English character code indicating each country name is registered in correspondence with each country code. Based on this country code list, the CSI information “81462201109” is converted to “JAPAN0462201109”. Is output.

  When all the data are collected, the pattern generator unit 16 converts the data into a bitmap pattern, which is transferred to the recording / printing unit 9 via the line buffer 6 and printed on the recording paper. Further, it is displayed on the screen of the operation display unit 4 or transferred when requested by the PC 20.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing when the communication apparatus generates and outputs a character code from the country code.
In this process, the communication history information acquisition process at the time of communication transmission shown in FIG. 5 is executed in step 51, and the process proceeds to step 52 to determine whether or not there is a request for display output of communication history information from the PC.

  If it is determined in step 52 that there is a request to display communication history information, the process proceeds to step 53 to read partner identification information (partner information) from the communication history information, and then proceeds to step 54 to determine whether it is CSI information. If it is not CSI information, the process proceeds to step 61.

  If it is determined that the CSI information is obtained in step 54, the process proceeds to step 55, the country code list is compared with the CSI information, and the process proceeds to step 56 to determine whether there is a matching country code. Proceed to 61.

  If it is determined in step 56 that there is a matching country code, the process proceeds to step 57 to delete the matching country code portion of the CSI information, and the process proceeds to step 58 to determine whether or not the call is to be made overseas. If so, the process proceeds to step 60, and a country name character corresponding to the matched country code is inserted at the head, and the process proceeds to step 61.

  If it is determined in step 58 that the call is not made overseas, the process proceeds to step 59 to insert “0” at the beginning of the CSI information, and proceeds to step 60 to insert the country name character corresponding to the matched country code at the beginning. Proceed to 61.

In step 61, it is determined whether or not there is the next communication history information. If there is, the process returns to step 53 to repeat the above processing. If not, the process proceeds to step 62 to display a communication management report of the communication history information. This process ends.
In addition, a communication management report based on communication history information can be printed out and transferred to the PC 20 in the same manner as described above.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a format of a communication management report that is output based on the information obtained by the above processing.
In this communication management report, the country code of the destination name is changed to the character codes “USA” and “JAPAN” indicating the country name, and the user refers to this to confirm the destination country name of each communication at a glance. be able to. Also, the telephone number of the other party can be easily known.

  In this way, the system control unit 5 analyzes the other party identification information obtained in transmission and reception communication via the communication line, and generates and outputs a character code from the information code of the analysis result. For example, the country code (information code indicating the country) “81” can be output as the character code “Japan” and the country code “1” can be output as the character code “USA”. Identification information can be output with meaningful contents.

  According to the communication apparatus as described above, it is not necessary to hand-write information such as the name of the other party or the document name in each communication history information of the communication management report printed on the recording paper, and transmission or reference is made by referring to the communication management report. It is possible to easily confirm the destination and purpose of reception.

In addition, any destination name or document name can be easily entered and registered in the communication history information from a personal computer connected to the outside.
Further, it is possible to prevent the destination information received from the communication destination device from being displayed in unknown characters or from being displayed nothing, so that the destination information cannot be confirmed.

Further, by referring to the communication history information, it is possible to easily identify whether the destination is domestic or overseas.
Furthermore, the difference in the display contents of the other party's telephone number input at the time of transmission and the other party identification information received from the other party's apparatus is reduced, and the user is not confused.
Furthermore, the destination country name can be easily determined. In addition, since the country name and the like are translated and output such as a display, an erroneous call can be prevented.

As described above, according to this communication apparatus, the user can input information unique to the user in the communication history information, and quickly confirm the destination of transmission / reception and the contents thereof based on the communication history information. be able to.
This communication apparatus inputs the information of the document name and destination name received via the communication line, and stores the input information linked to the received communication history information to store each received communication history. It is possible to register unique information that can easily confirm the destination and contents in the information, and to store the stored information and communication history information linked to the information to the outside in response to a request from the user The data can be output to a connected personal computer, or output such as display or printing can be performed by the device itself.
Therefore, the user can quickly confirm the other party and the contents of each received communication history information.

  In addition, this communication device analyzes the other party information obtained in the communication of reception via the communication line, and whether the analyzed other party information can be displayed or printed out on a personal computer connected to the outside or the own device. If it is determined that it is impossible to output, it is converted into another character that can be handled by the partner information and output. For example, when information such as a character other than the ITU recommendation is received, It is possible to display information that can be output most closely, and to prevent output of information such as characters of unknown meaning.

  Further, this communication device analyzes the other party information obtained in the communication of reception through the communication line, and can the displayed destination information be displayed or printed out on a personal computer or own device connected to the outside? If it is determined that it is impossible to output, the destination information is translated and converted into another character that can be handled. In the case of katakana that cannot be displayed or output, it can be converted into romaji that can be displayed or output, and output can be output. Can be output.

  Furthermore, this communication device analyzes the other party information obtained in the communication of reception via the communication line, and generates and outputs a character code from the information code of the analysis result. The country code “81” is output with the country name “Japan” so that the country name can be confirmed at a glance, and the country code “1” can be output with the country name “USA”. Can be output with meaningful content.

  Further, this communication apparatus can arbitrarily delete the information code in accordance with a user operation or the like when the information code is unnecessary.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the character code list which can be output with the communication apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the list of the country codes of the communication destination with which the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a figure which shows the communication protocol when the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 transmits with a partner apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the communication history information in the communication apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 outputs communication history information to PC. It is a flowchart which shows a process when PC shown in FIG. 1 acquires communication history information from a communication apparatus, and registers information. It is a figure which shows the example of a format of the communication management report which the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 outputs. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 converts into a character which can output other party information, and outputs it. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 translates and outputs other party information. It is a flowchart which shows a process when the communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 generate | occur | produces and outputs a character code from a country code. It is a figure which shows an example of the format of the communication management report output based on the information obtained by the process shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1: Image information compression / reproduction unit (DCR) 2: Image information memory 3: System memory 4: Operation display unit 5: System control unit 6: Line buffer 7: Image reading unit 8: Automatic document conveyance unit 9: Recording printing unit 10 : Paper feeding unit 11: Real time clock (RTC) 12: Communication control unit (CCU) 13: Modulation demodulation unit (modem) 14: Network control unit (NCU) 15: Telephone 16: Pattern generator unit 17: PC interface (I / F) Part 18: Bus 20: Personal computer (PC)

Claims (1)

In a communication apparatus comprising communication history information management means for managing communication history information received via a communication line,
Means for inputting information of the received document name or destination name, means for linking and storing information input by the means to communication history information managed by the communication history information management means, and means Obtained on the communication of the reception via the communication line, the means for reading the information stored in the information and the communication history information linked with the information, the means for outputting the information read by the means and the communication history information A means for analyzing the partner information, a means for determining whether or not the partner information analyzed by the means can be output, and when the means determines that the destination information cannot be output, the partner information is translated and handled A communication device comprising means for converting to another possible character and outputting the character.

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