JPH0338950A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain proper transfer from a storage medium to a device main body without a light receiving part of a photocoupler affected by an external light or the like by discriminating it as an error when number of input signals from the photocoupler is other than a predetermined number. CONSTITUTION:A storage medium 14 having a storage function of a telephone number is loaded to an input section 12, plural photocouplers each consisting of the combination of a light emitting part and a light receiving part are used to transfer telephone number information from the storage medium 14 contactlessly to apply dialing. Then number of photocouplers turned on or off is decided in advance and if number of photocouplers other than this number are turned on or off, an error discrimination means 1 discriminates it as an error. Thus, proper transfer is attained with a light receiving part of each photocoupler not affected by an external light or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a communication device that makes a call to a partner communication device using a separate storage medium configured as an electronic telephone directory or the like.

[Prior Art] Facsimile machines with built-in electronic telephone directories have been known.

In this facsimile machine, based on key operations by the operator, a call is made to the recipient's name registered in the electronic telephone directory and its ``:rL phone number'', and a call is made to the recipient's communication terminal using this telephone number. The structure is as follows.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since the above-mentioned conventional technology has a built-in electronic telephone directory, for example, when a facsimile machine is shared, many users can communicate with a common electronic telephone. 1. When an individual user uses an electronic telephone directory, he or she must select the desired contact from a large number of contacts, which makes the process complicated and prevents others from knowing. The drawback is that it is difficult to register private parties that you do not want.

Therefore, it is possible to create an electronic phonebook that each user can carry exclusively, and to attach this electronic phonebook to a facsimile machine so that desired phone number information can be transferred and calls can be made. Conceivable.

By the way, as means for transferring information from such a portable electronic telephone directory to a facsimile machine, there is a structure that uses a photocoupler that is a combination of a light emitting part and a light receiving part to transfer information in a non-contact manner.

However, in the case of such an optical transfer method, there is a risk that external light may enter the light receiving section and cause malfunction. In particular, when the electronic telephone directory is placed close to the surface of the main device in consideration of operability and simplification of the configuration, there is a high possibility that external light will enter the light receiving section.

The present invention provides a configuration in which a photocoupler transfers telephone number information from a storage medium separate from the main unit to the main unit to make a call, such as the above-mentioned electronic telephone directory, in which the light receiving section of the photocoupler receives external light, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device that can perform proper transfer operations without being affected.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a storage medium having a telephone number storage function attached to an input section, and a plurality of photocouplers formed by a combination of a light emitting section and a light receiving section to read the telephone number from the storage medium in a non-contact manner. In a communication device that transfers information and performs a calling operation, the number of photocouplers that turn on or off among the above photocouplers is determined in advance, and if a number other than this number turns on or off, the It is characterized by having an error determination means for determining information as an error.

[Function] In the present invention, when the number of photocouplers turned on or off is other than a predetermined number, an error determination means is provided that determines the information as an error. can perform proper transfer operations without being affected by external light or the like.

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The CPU controls the entire facsimile machine according to the program stored in the ROM 2, and the RAM 3 and non-volatile Sex RAM 4, character generator (CG) 5. Recording section 6, reading section 7. modem section 8,
Network control unit (NCU)9. Operation unit 12, display unit 13
It controls the

The RAM 3 stores the binary image data read by the reading unit 7 or stores the binary image data recorded in the recording unit 6, and transmits the signal modulated by the modem unit 8 via the NCU 9. , and stores the binarized image data output to the telephone port 1i10. Also, telephone line 1
The analog waveform input from 0 is sent to NCU 9 and modem section 8.
The RAM 3 stores this binary data.

The non-volatile RAM 4 reliably stores data to be saved even when the power to the facsimile machine is cut off. Furthermore, the non-volatile RAM 4 is used to register the name of the other party and the telephone number of the other party in correspondence through the operation unit 12.

Then, based on the program stored in the ROM 2, the CPUI has a function as a transmitting means for transmitting a destination name corresponding to the input destination telephone number to the destination receiver.

Character generator (CG) 5 is JIS code,
This is a ROM that stores characters such as ASCII codes, and extracts character data corresponding to one predetermined code using 2-byte data as necessary under the control of the CPU.

The recording unit 6 is composed of a DMA controller, a sub CPU, a thermal head, a TTL logic IC, etc.
Recorded data stored in the RAM 3 is taken out under the control of the PUI and printed out as a hard copy.

The reading unit 7 includes a DMA controller, a sub CPU, and a CCD.
, TTL logic IC, etc., and binarizes the data read using the COD under the control of the CPUI, and sequentially sends the binarized data to the RAM 3.

Note that the loading state of the original in the reading unit 7 can be detected by a document sensor such as a photo sensor provided on the original transport path. This original detection signal is
is input.

The modem unit 8 has G3, G2 . It is composed of a Gl, FM modem, and a clock generation circuit connected to these modems, and modulates the transmission data stored in RAM 3 based on the control of the CPU, and outputs it via NCH 3 to W talk 1 mj 510. It is something to do. Furthermore, the modem section 8 introduces the analog signal of the telephone line 10 via the NCH 3, demodulates it, and stores the binary data in the RAM 3.
It is stored in .

The NCH3 connects the telephone line to the modem section 8 or the telephone set under the control of the CPUI. 1 for connection.

Telephone@11 is integrated with a facsimile machine,
The dial operation portion is integrated with the operation section 12.

Specifically, the telephone 11 includes a handset, a speech network, a dialer, a numeric keypad, a one-touch key, and the like.

The display section 13 is, for example, a liquid crystal display that displays 16 digits, displays predetermined characters, etc. under the control of the CPU, and is disposed on the normal operation section 12.

The operation unit 12 includes a key for starting transmission, reception, etc.
It is composed of a mode selection key for specifying an operation mode such as fine, standard, and automatic reception during transmission and reception, and a numeric keypad. Note that the CPU detects the pressed states of these keys and controls the above-mentioned units according to the pressed states.

Further, an electronic telephone notebook 14 which is formed to be independently portable is attached to this operation section 12. This electronic telephone notebook 14 is formed in the shape of a rather thick card, and has a liquid crystal display section on its surface that displays the destination party and its telephone number, and a liquid crystal display section that can be operated to switch the display section and input data. Various touch keys are provided to perform various functions. In this electronic telephone notebook 14, the operation section 1
By attaching the electronic telephone notebook 14 to the electronic telephone notebook arranging section (not shown) provided in the electronic telephone notebook 2 and operating the transfer button of the electronic telephone notebook 14, the telephone number information displayed on the liquid crystal display section is transferred to the operation section 12 side. It is now being forwarded.

The electronic telephone notebook arranging portion is formed into a rectangular shape with a slightly concave shape corresponding to the planar shape of the electronic telephone notebook 14, and is mounted so that the electronic telephone notebook 14 is placed at the position a. Therefore, compared to transferring information with the card inserted, as with other IC cards,
The electronic telephone notebook 14 can be easily attached and detached, and when the electronic telephone notebook 14 is attached to the electronic telephone notebook placement section, while looking at the display section arranged on the surface of the electronic telephone notebook 14, the above-mentioned transfer button and other buttons can be pressed. key operations can be performed.

In addition, a plurality of light emitting elements are provided on the back side of the electronic 1 telephone hand @14 that is attached to the 'lf child phone notebook placement section in this state, and on the other hand, the a placement section of the electronic phone notebook placement section is is provided with a light receiving element corresponding to the light emitting element. That is, in this embodiment, signals are transferred in a non-contact manner using a photocoupler that is a combination of these light-emitting elements and light-receiving elements.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the electronic telephone directory 14. As shown in FIG.

CPU10I consists of a microprocessor, etc., and RO
The entire electronic telephone notebook 14 is controlled according to the control program stored in M102.

The ROM 102 also stores character codes and the like. The RAM 103 is used as a work area for this system.

A non-volatile RAM 104 is also provided, and destination and telephone number information is stored in this non-volatile RAM 104.

Roughly speaking, this electronic phone notebook 14 includes, as mentioned above,
A display section 105 consisting of a liquid crystal display etc. that displays information such as the destination and telephone number, and the display switching of this display section 105, M,
An operation section 106 for performing operations such as registering a call number, and an interface section 107 for transferring information to the operation section 12 side of the facsimile machine by means of the photocoupler.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an interface between the electronic telephone notebook 14 and the operation section 12 of the facsimile machine.

On the electronic telephone notebook 14 side, eight light emitting sections PDI-PD8 made of photodiodes are provided, and in the electronic telephone notebook arrangement section of the operation section 12, eight light receiving sections FTI to PT8 made of phototransistors are provided. .

The interface section 107 of the electronic telephone notebook 14 outputs output signals C1' to C3° and R to each of the light emitting sections FDI to PD7.
By selectively outputting 1' to R4,°, the switches SWI to SW7 are controlled via the light emitting units PDI to PD7 and the light receiving units PTI to PT7. As a result, the switches 5Wt-5W7 output the above output signals C1'' to C3°.
.

In other words, in the normal number pad part 22, the 1 time division signal C1-
By selectively connecting the signal line of C5 and the signal line of the key press signals R1-R4 with a matrix key switch, the control unit 21 monitors the input of the key press signals R1-R4 in the last division, and determines which key is pressed. This is to determine whether the button has been pressed. Therefore, instead of the matrix key switches, the switches 5WI-5W7 are used to selectively connect the signal lines to perform dial input in the same manner as with normal ten-key manual input.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the correspondence between the output signals of the electronic telephone notebook 14 and the human input of the numeric keypad in the operation section 12.

As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, two of the light emitting units FDI to PD7 are always turned on (lighted up) in response to any manual input from the numeric keypad.

Further, the photocoupler between the light emitting part PO2 and the light receiving part PT8 is operated from the electronic telephone notebook 14 by f! It is for transferring a start signal and an end signal to B12. That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, an activation signal is sent before the transfer of the telephone number information, and an end signal is sent after the transfer of the telephone number information is completed.

Therefore, on the operation unit 12 side, after inputting the activation signal, each of the light emitting units FDI to PD7 and the light receiving units FTI to PT7
By monitoring the signal input by , the input of telephone number information is accepted, and the input numbers are sequentially stored in the RAM 3.

At this time, if the input number is correct, the input signal is always 2, as shown in Figure 4 above.
Since this is the CPU of the facsimile machine,
By monitoring the input, it is possible to determine whether the input is correct or a human error.

Further, the electronic telephone notebook arrangement section is provided with a combination switch SW9 for detecting that the electronic telephone notebook R4 is attached.
8 is closed only when the electronic phone organizer 14 is attached.

The time division signals Cl-C5 are the key press signals R1-R4.
It is supplied to switches SW4 to SW7 on the side, and is configured to enable the above-mentioned dial input. In this way, in this embodiment, dial input is possible only when the IT child phone handbook 14 is attached.
Light receiving parts FTI to PT by external light when removed
This has the effect of preventing the malfunctions of item 7.

Figure 6 shows the electronic telephone notebook 1 in the above configuration.
7a-chart illustrating the operation when making a call using 4.

When making a call using the electronic telephone notebook 14, if the electronic telephone notebook 14 is attached to the electronic telephone notebook placement section in a bad condition, or before the electronic telephone notebook 14 is attached to the electronic telephone notebook placement section, the display section 105 is displayed. Switch the display, search for the destination you want to call and its phone number, and make the call.

Then, when the electronic telephone notebook 14 is attached to the electronic telephone notebook placement section and the transfer button is pressed, the telephone numbers displayed on the first display section 105 are sequentially transferred to the operation section 12 after the activation signal is transferred. The CPU
sent to.

When the CPUI detects the input of the above startup signal (31)
, First, acquire the line and start the timer (S2
), this timer is for terminating the calling operation if no telephone number information is input within a certain period of time.

Here, if telephone number information is input from the electronic telephone notebook 14 (S3), as described above, depending on the number of input signals,
Determine whether the input is correct or a manual error.

That is, if an erroneous input occurs due to external light or the like, the number of input signals will be two or more, and it can be determined that there is an error.

Therefore, if it is determined that the input signal is an error, the dialing operation is stopped, the line is released, the telephone number already stored in the dial buffer (RAM) is cleared, and the error is displayed on the display unit 13. Display (sio)
.

Also, if the input signal is determined to be appropriate, the telephone number information based on this input signal is stored in the dial buffer (S8), and if there is no dial end data (S
9), restart the timer (S6), and return to S3 to wait for the primary input.

In addition, if the time is over in S3 without any input signal (S4), the dialing operation is stopped and 1
The line is released, the telephone number stored in the dial buffer is cleared, and the process ends (S5).

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments; for example, the present invention can of course be applied to communication devices other than facsimile machines. Further, in the above embodiment, an error is determined when the number of input signals from the photocoupler is other than two, but information may be transferred using a number of input signals other than this, or information may be transferred further. It is also possible to have a configuration in which there are two types of normal input signals to be input, and an error is determined when there are other input signals.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when the number of input signals to the photocoupler is outside a predetermined number, the information is determined to be an error. It is possible to perform an appropriate transfer operation from the storage medium to the main body of the apparatus without being affected by this.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the electronic telephone notebook in the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an interface between the electronic telephone notebook and the operation section of the facsimile machine in the same embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the correspondence between the output signals of the electronic telephone notebook and the human input of the numeric keypad on the operation section of the facsimile machine in the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a signal sent from the electronic telephone notebook to the facsimile machine in the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation when making a call using the electronic telephone notebook in the same embodiment. 1, 101...CPU, 2, 102...ROM, 3, 103...RAM, 4.104...Nonvolatile RAM. 6...Recording section, 7...Reading section, 11...Telephone. 12...Operation unit. 13.105...Display section, 14...Electronic telephone notebook, 21...Control section, 22...Part of the number pad, 107...Interface section. FDI~P08 light emitting section. FTI~PT8 light receiving section. SW1 to SW9...switches.

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A storage medium with a telephone number storage function is attached to the input section, and the telephone number information is transferred contactlessly from the storage medium using a plurality of optical coupling means formed by a combination of a light emitting section and a light receiving section. In a communication device that performs a calling operation, the number of optical coupling means that are turned on or off among the above optical coupling means is determined in advance, and if a number of optical coupling means other than this number are turned on or off, A communication device characterized by having an error determination means for determining information as an error. (2) The communication device according to claim (1), wherein when the error determining means determines that there is an error, the information is ignored. (3) The communication device according to claim (1), wherein the communication device stops the calling operation when an error is determined by the error determining means. (4) The communication device according to claim (1), characterized in that the captured line is released when an error is determined by the error determining means. (5) The communication device according to claim (1), wherein when the error determining means determines that there is an error, the already transferred telephone number information is cleared.