JPH03196766A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output communication information in a form of limiting information to communication information required by the operator by entering the part of communication information desired to be extracted as retrieval information in order to limit the range of plural sets of communication information stored in a memory by an input means. CONSTITUTION:When information is discriminated to be part of output of communication information, a selection menu of a check item is displayed on a display section 32. The operator observing it selects an available input from the check item to be displayed and enters, e.g. dial information of transmission information from the input section 31 to a main control section 1 and depresses a return key or the like when no other input item exists to inform the end of entry to the main control section 1. The main control section 1 receiving it gives dial information entered from the input section 31 to a communication information retrieval program 11. Then whether or not the entry of the check items is finished is discriminated by the main control section 1 and when finished, the process is proceeded. Then the program 11 is started and only the information relating to the check items inputted among communication information in the main memory 2 is retrieved and read and outputted from a recording section 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a communication information search method.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in facsimile machines that have a function of managing communication information for each communication, in order for an operator to check communication results, communication time, etc. after the end of communication, the facsimile machine has to check the communication information stored in the facsimile machine. This was done by outputting the information in the form of a communication journal and searching for the necessary information from this journal. However, since this communication journal usually contains a large number of communication results and communication time information related to operators other than the operator who issued the output instruction, it is necessary to search and confirm the information needed by the operator. This has the disadvantage that it takes a lot of time to do so, or that you end up viewing irrelevant information by mistake. Furthermore, since a large amount of unnecessary communication information is printed and output on recording paper, there is a drawback that recording paper and the like are wasted.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in conventional facsimile machines, in order to check the result of communication executed by the operator, the time taken, etc.
The recording section outputs information showing a list of multiple communications, such as communication results and communication times for each communication, and the operator searches this list to obtain the communication information needed by the operator. However, since the above-mentioned list information includes a lot of communication information carried out by others, it is redundant information for the above-mentioned operator to search for the necessary information, and the above-mentioned search is laborious and time-consuming, and unnecessary information is Since the information is printed and output on recording paper, there is a drawback that the recording paper is wasted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provides a facsimile machine that can output communication information in a form that is limited to the communication information required by an operator.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a function of storing communication information related to communication, such as information of the other party, communication date and time, communication result, communication time, etc., in a memory for multiple communications each time the communication ends. In the facsimile machine, the facsimile apparatus includes: an input means for inputting a part of the communication information that is not retrieved as search information in order to narrow down the range of the plurality of communication information stored in the memory; and a facsimile device that matches the search information input by the input means. The information retrieval means reads out from the memory only the communication information including the information to be read out from the memory, and the output means outputs the communication information read out by the information retrieval means.

(Operation) In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the input means inputs a part of the communication information to be retrieved as search information in order to narrow down the range of the plurality of communication information stored in the memory. The information search means reads out from the memory only communication information including information matching the search information input by the input means. The output means outputs the communication information read by the information search means.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main control unit that performs transmission/reception control, communication information output control, etc., and runs a communication information search program 11 that performs control to narrow down the communication information to be output from the recording unit 9 based on search information input from the operation panel unit 3. have. Reference numeral 2 denotes a working memory of the main control unit 1, which stores communication information, etc.; 3 an input unit 31 for inputting dial information and information related to the output of communication information, etc. to the main control unit 1, communication status, etc. an operation panel section 4 consisting of a display section 32 for displaying information;
5 is a reading unit that reads a document and converts it into image data; 6 is an image memory that stores image data; 7 is a memory control unit that controls reading and writing from the image memory 6; Reference numeral 8 represents a code and decoding unit for encoding and decoding image data, and reference numeral 9 represents a recording unit that prints and outputs image data, communication information, etc. on recording paper.

Here, the input section 31 and the main control section 1 constitute an input means, and the communication information search program 11 constitutes an information search means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. When transmitting a document using the above device, first the document is set on the reading section 5, and then the dial information of the destination is inputted to the main control section 1 from the input section 31. The main control unit 1 gives the input dial information to the network control unit 4 to make a call to the destination, and when the line is connected, the image data obtained by reading the document with the reading unit 5 according to a predetermined procedure. After being compressed by the encoding and decoding unit 8, it is modulated by a modem (not shown) of the network control unit 4 and then sent onto a line (not shown). In this manner, when the transmission of the document is completed, the main control unit 1 stores communication information regarding the transmission (for example, transmission results and transmission time) in a predetermined area of the main memory 2 as a communication management record as shown in FIG. be memorized as Note that the above transmission operation is the same even when memory transmission is performed in which the original to be transmitted is temporarily stored in the image memory 6 and then transmitted.

Next, the information retrieval operation of the apparatus when the operator confirms information regarding the communication after the communication operation is completed will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the operator operates a predetermined key on the input section 31 to input an instruction to output a communication management record to the main control section 1 .

As a result, the main control unit 1 advances from waiting for a communication information output instruction in step 201 to step 202, and displays the display unit 3.
2, a menu is displayed that allows the user to select whether to output all or part of the communication management record. The operator who sees this selects one of them and inputs the selection result into the main control section 1 from the input section 31. Upon receiving this, the main control unit 1 determines in step 203 whether to output a part or all of the communication information, and if it is determined that all of the communication information is to be output, the process proceeds to step 208 and the communication information stored in the main memory 2 is output. All information is read out and output from the recording section 9 as a communication management record as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 203 that a portion of the communication information is to be output, the process advances to step 204 and a search item selection menu is displayed on the display unit 32.

The operator who sees this selects the search items that can be entered from among the displayed search items, enters, for example, the dial information (search information) of the destination into the main control unit 1 using the input unit 31, and enters other input items. If there is no input key, press the execution key or the like to notify the main control unit 1 that the input has ended. In response to this, main control unit 1
provides the dial information input from the input section 31 to the communication information search program 11 in step 205 . still.

The number of search items is not limited to one item, and the more search items that can be entered, the higher the possibility that only the communication information needed by the operator will be output.

Thereafter, the main control unit 1 determines in step 206 whether or not the input of search items has been completed. If the input has not been completed, the process returns to step 204, and if the input has been completed, the process proceeds to step 207. In step 207, the communication information search program 11 is started to search for communication information in the main memory 2 that corresponds to the seven input search items, read out, and output from the recording section 9. For example, if the Fukuoka branch is input as the destination dial information in step 205 (by pressing a registered key such as one-touch dial), the communication information output from the recording unit 9 will be as shown in FIG. , there are only two items, and operators can easily check the communication information they need.

According to this embodiment, when an operator wants to obtain communication information, he inputs, for example, dial information of a destination into the main control unit 1, and then the communication information search program 11 in the main control unit 1
can search only the information that corresponds to the search item from the communication information in the main memory 2 and output it from the recording section 9, so the output communication information can be narrowed down to the information required by the operator. This allows operators to easily obtain the communication information they need.

Furthermore, since unnecessary communication information is not output, it is possible to prevent recording paper and the like from being wasted.

In addition to the above-mentioned dial information, the search items entered by the operator include communication date and time, time, service type, and the like. Furthermore, although the above embodiments have described the output of communication information regarding transmission, the present invention can also be applied to the output of communication information regarding reception to obtain similar effects.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the facsimile device of the present invention,
Communication information can be output in a form narrowed down to the communication information required by the operator.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the communication information output operation of the main control section shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1. Figure 4 shows an example of a communication management record before the information output from the recording unit shown in Figure 1 is narrowed down, and Figure 4 is a communication management record when the information output from the recording unit shown in Figure 1 is narrowed down. It is a figure showing an example. 1... Main control section 2... Main memory 3... Operation panel section 9... Recording section

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine having a function of storing communication information related to communication, such as information of the other party, communication date and time, communication result, and communication time, in a memory over multiple communications each time a communication is completed, the plurality of communication information stored in the memory is input means for inputting a part of the communication information to be retrieved as search information in order to narrow down the range of communication information; and information for reading out from the memory only communication information that includes information matching the search information input by this input means. 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a search means; and an output means for outputting communication information read by the information search means.