JPH04170155A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save a trouble of additional registration and to simplify the registration procedure by registering a dial call number to a one-touch dial means or an abbreviation dial means through the command of the operator in the case of making dialing. CONSTITUTION:When the registration of a call number is commanded before, after or on the way of dialing, the call number designated by the dialing is registered to a one-touch dial means or an abbreviation dial means. That is, in the case of making dialing, the call number of dialing is registered to a one-touch dial means or an abbreviation dial means automatically or according to a command of the operator. Thus, a trouble of additional registration is saved to simplify the registration procedure, and when an unregistered one-touch dial or abbreviation dial is selected and registered especially, accidental erasure of a registered data is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having an auto-dial function using one-touch dialing or speed dialing.

[Prior Art 1] Among the various functions of a facsimile machine, typical ones include a one-touch dialing function and a speed dialing function. These can be done by storing the call number, abbreviation of the other party's machine, image mode, etc. in one-touch dialing or speed dialing.
A call is made to the stored call number by pressing the one-touch dial or inputting the speed dial.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in conventional facsimiles, the registration operation for one-touch dialing or speed dialing is complicated, and it is extremely rare for anyone other than an experienced operator to perform the registration operation.

For this reason, inexperienced operators often rely on normal call operations such as dialing. Therefore, even if there are many one-touch dials or speed dials that can be registered, it is unlikely that all of them will be registered and used. Currently, this useful function is not being fully utilized because it is rare and the registration operability is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can simplify one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing registration operations and improve usage rates.

[Means for Solving the Problems 1] The present invention provides a means for instructing the registration of a call number, and a facsimile machine having a one-touch dial and/or speed dial function, which instructs the registration of the call number before, during, or after a calling operation. If a call is made, the call number specified in the calling operation is registered in one-touch dialing or speed dialing.

[Function] In the present invention, when making a call, according to an operator's instruction,
By registering the calling number in one-touch dialing or speed dialing, you can save yourself the trouble of registering it separately.
The registration procedure can be simplified.

In particular, by selecting and registering unregistered one-touch dials or speed dials, it is possible to prevent registered data from being accidentally deleted.

Furthermore, by displaying the registered one-touch dial or speed dial, it is possible to notify the operator that one line of registration has been made.

Furthermore, by providing means for selecting and registering arbitrary one-touch dialing or speed dialing, registration operations with a high degree of freedom become +-tr tb.

In addition, after the call operation is completed, information such as the abbreviation of the other party's machine and image mode other than the call number can be registered in one-touch dialing or speed dialing using the same procedure as before.
The registration operation can be performed while the document is being read or transmitted, and the registration operation can be performed without making the operator feel burdened by the registration operation.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a control unit 11 is a microcomputer circuit composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, timer, etc., and is used to control the operation of this facsimile machine,
MH, MR as recommended by.

It controls MMR compression (encoding) and expansion (decoding).

The image reading unit 12 performs A/D conversion and binarization processing on image data optically read by COD or the like, and outputs black and white binary data. There are various parameters such as reading paper size and binarization processing method, and these are set by the control unit 11.

The communication control unit 13 converts the binary encoded data output from the image reading unit 12 and encoded by the control unit 11 into CCIT.
Transmit according to the communication procedure of Recommendation T. It also outputs the received encoded data to the control unit 11 .

The image output unit 14 is constituted by an LBP, a thermal printer, etc., and prints out a z-value image obtained by decoding received encoded data by the control unit 11.

The operation section 15 is composed of various key switches, an LCD, an LED, etc., and receives and receives commands from an operator and displays various displays under the supervision and control of the control section 11.

Next, the operation of the present facsimile apparatus with the above configuration will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering a call number in one-touch dialing.

Here, a case will be explained taking as an example a case where the call number registration instruction is performed before a call originating operation.

First, a registration instruction is waited for (Sl), and if there is no registration instruction, a normal calling operation is executed.

If there is a registration instruction, the process proceeds to a calling operation and stores the designated call number (S2 to S4).

Next, check the sky status using the one-touch dial35).
If there is no vacancy, the call number registration operation will not be performed.

If there is an empty one-touch dial, the process proceeds to the operation of registering the call number, selects one of the empty one-touch dials, and stores the call number in the call number storage area in the RAM assigned to that one-touch dial. Register the number (Sa).

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a memory map of storage areas allocated on the RAM in the control unit 11.

Next, the registered one-touch dial number is displayed on the display of the operation unit 15 and notified to the operator (
S7).

Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation when specifying one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing for registering a call number.

In FIG. 4, the operation of Sll is the same as that of S1 to S4 described above, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

Next, the system waits for key input in S13, and if the input is a one-touch dial (S14), the call number stored in S12 is stored in the call number storage area assigned to the specified one-touch dial. (S l 5)
, and if the input is a speed dial (31
6) Store the call number stored in step 512 in the call number storage area assigned to the designated speed dial (
S17).

As described above, the call number is registered in one-touch dialing or speed dialing, and from now on, calls will be made to the registered call number.

Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of executing the one-touch dial registration procedure after the call operation is completed.

Note that speed dial registration is also done in the same way, but
It is omitted here.

First, the control unit 11 determines whether or not to automatically execute the registration procedure (S21). If the mode is not to execute the registration procedure, the process proceeds to the normal calling routine, and if the registration procedure is to be executed, the process proceeds to S22. move on.

This criterion is determined by sensing the settings of a dip switch or the like, or by sensing the on/off status of assigned bits managed by software.

Next, 322 is the same as S2 to S7 above, so the explanation will be omitted.

Next, in 326, it is determined whether to register other items. Then, when an instruction is given to register the abbreviation of the partner machine (S27), the abbreviation of the partner machine is registered (828,
29).

When the image mode registration is instructed (S30), the image mode is registered (S31.532).

After that, various other registration items are registered.

When all the registrations are completed, the one-touch dial registration procedure ends.

In this way, each item can be registered while the document is being read or transmitted, and the operator can perform the registration work without feeling bothered by the registration operation.

Each operation can be executed in the manner described above. Further, even when the call number registration instruction is issued during or after the calling operation, it can be easily realized in the same way.

As described above, this embodiment simplifies the registration operation of one-touch dialing and speed dialing in the current situation where facsimile machines are becoming multi-functional, and the registration operation can be performed after making a call, when reading an image, or when sending an image. Therefore, it is possible to alleviate the troublesomeness of registration for the operator. Therefore, the registration rate of one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing increases, and the convenient function of one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing can be provided to a large number of operators.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, during a calling operation,
By registering the call number in one-touch dialing or speed dialing, either automatically or according to an operator's instruction, the trouble of separate registration can be omitted and the registration procedure can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering a call number in one-touch dialing in the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a memory map of storage areas allocated on the RAM in the control unit in the same embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation when specifying one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing for registering a call number in the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of executing the one-touch dial registration procedure after the end of the call operation in the same embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Control part, 12... Image reading part, 13... Communication control part, 14... Image output part, 15... Operation part. Patent Applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Arata Yokubo - Fukaihei 4-1'/υ1b5 (Tan

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine having means for instructing registration of a call number and one-touch dialing and/or speed dialing function, registration of a call number is instructed before, during, or after a calling operation. A facsimile device is characterized in that a call number specified in a calling operation is registered in one-touch dialing or speed dialing. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein when registering a call number in the one-touch dial or speed dial, the call number is registered in an unregistered one-touch dial or speed dial. (3) The facsimile device according to claim (1), further comprising display means for displaying registered one-touch dials or speed dials. (4) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), further comprising means for selecting one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing when registering a call number in one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing. (5) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial registration procedure is executed after a call operation is completed. (6) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (5), characterized in that the registration procedure is executed only when there is an unregistered one-touch dial or speed dial. (7) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein in the registration procedure, one-touch dial registration is performed with priority. (8) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), further comprising means for selectively setting whether or not to automatically perform the one-touch dial or speed dial registration procedure.