JPH04180460A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operating efficiency by relating a destination telephone number to an abbreviation dial number of an optional display form so as to designate the destination dial number quickly without restriction of the abbreviation dial number. CONSTITUTION:When an abbreviation dial number is registered, a desired number is entered by an operation section 50 and a discrimination means MPU56a-1 discriminates whether or not the registration is already made and when not registered, the number is registered in an abbreviation dial table 56b-2a. Then a telephone number desired to be registered is entered and a storage control means MPU56a-3 registers the telephone number to a telephone number table 56b-2b corresponding to the registered abbreviation dial number. In the case of transmission, when the abbreviation dial number is entered, the MPU 56a retrieves whether or not the telephone number is registered and the telephone number corresponding to the registered number of the table 56b-2a is extracted and it is sent to the destination. Thus, an abbreviation dial number is optionally designated and quickly dialed for communication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile device that has a speed dial function and can register a plurality of destination telephone numbers.

(Prior Art) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional facsimile device.

This facsimile machine has a reading section 1 for reading a transmitted document and a printing section 2 for recording received image data on recording paper. An image processing section 3 and a communication control section 4 are connected to the reading section 1 and the printing section 2. Further, a communication line 4a is connected to the communication control unit 4. Here, the image processing section 3 performs one-dimensional or two-dimensional data compression in order to reduce the amount of output data from the reading section 1 for transmission, and also has a function of decoding the received image data by expanding it. The communication control unit 4 has a function of controlling connection to the communication line 4a.

On the other hand, the reading section 1, the printing section 2, the image processing section 3, and the communication control section 4 are commonly connected to a control section 5, and the control section 5 controls an operation section 6 for performing operations such as input operations and displaying various data. It is connected to a display section 7 for displaying images. Here, the control section 5 is a circuit that controls the entire device such as the reading section 1, the printing section 2, the image processing section 3, the communication control section 4, the operation section 6, and the display section 7.
It consists of a microprocessor, etc.

Next, the operation will be explained.

At the time of transmission, when a transmission document is set in the reading section 1, a speed dial number in which the destination telephone number is registered is set on the operation section 6, and the transmission start key is pressed, the transmission document is scanned by the scanning section 1. , is read as a -dimensional time series signal. After that, the output of the reading section 1 is input to the image processing section 3, and in order to reduce the amount of data I to be transmitted,
Dimensional data compression is performed. Then, the output of the image processing section 3 is outputted as transmission image data to the communication line 4a via the communication control section 4.

During reception, when the communication control unit 4 receives received image data, the received image data is decoded by the image processing unit 3 and sent to the printing unit 2. The printing unit 2 outputs the received image data onto recording paper as a received image.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the facsimile apparatus having the above configuration, there is a limit to the number of destination telephone numbers that can be registered, and therefore the display format of the speed dial number is restricted. For example, if the number of destination phone numbers that can be registered is 100, the speed dial numbers will be expressed using consecutive numbers starting from number 1 (or number 0), such as 1 to 100 (or 0 to 99). has been done.

Therefore, when registering a speed dial, it is not possible to display a speed dial number as an arbitrary number, and it is not possible to register a speed dial number associated with a destination so that the operator can easily remember it. As a result, when specifying a destination during communication, it is not possible to quickly specify the speed dial number of the destination, resulting in a problem that operational efficiency is reduced.

Furthermore, in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to increase the memory for storing speed dial numbers in order to configure the system so that any speed dial number can be specified.

The present invention provides a facsimile machine that solves the problem of the prior art, which is that operational efficiency is reduced because it is not possible to specify an arbitrary speed dial number.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an operation section for inputting a destination telephone number and a speed dial number, and an operation section for inputting a destination telephone number and a speed dial number; In a facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus includes a telephone number table that stores the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number, and a communication control section that transmits transmission image data by referring to the telephone number in the telephone number table, the following means being provided. This study included the following.

a speed dial table for storing the speed dial number in an arbitrary display format; a determining means for determining whether or not the speed dial number inputted by the input operation of the operation unit is stored in the speed dial table; a speed dial storage means for storing the speed dial number in the speed dial table when the determination means determines that the speed dial number is not stored; and a speed dial storage means for storing the speed dial number in the speed dial table; and telephone number registration means for registering the telephone number in the telephone number table.

(Function) Since the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is configured as described above, a number in any display format can be specified as a speed dial number. For example, when registering a speed dial number, 3
A speed dial number expressed in a digit display format is input from the operation unit, and the speed dial number is registered in the speed dial table using the determination means and the first storage control means.

Subsequently, a telephone number is input from the operation unit, and the second storage control means is used to register the telephone number in the telephone number table corresponding to the speed dial number.

In this way, by associating the destination phone number with the speed dial number in any display format, you can quickly select the speed dial number that corresponds to the desired destination phone number from the operation panel when sending. Can be input. Therefore, the above problem can be solved.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile machine includes an operation section 50 that performs instruction operations such as registering and sending a speed dial number displayed in three digits, a display section 51 such as a liquid crystal display that displays various data such as a telephone number, and the like. A reading unit 52 such as an image sensor that reads a transmission document and outputs transmission image data.
, an image processing section 53 that performs image processing such as compression of transmitted image data and expansion of received image data, a printing section 54 such as a thermal head that prints received image data, and a connection control to a communication line 55a. The communication control unit 55 is connected to a control unit 56 that controls the operation of the entire device.

The control unit 56 includes a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 56a and a main memory 56b such as a semiconductor memory. The main memory 56b includes a program storage area 56b-1 that stores programs such as control programs,
Speed dial table 56b for speed dial number registration
-2a and telephone number table 56b for telephone number registration-
2b, and a registration table 56b-2.

Then, the MPU 56a includes a determining unit 56a-1 that determines whether the speed dial number inputted from the operation unit 50 is stored in the speed dial table 56b-2a, and a determining unit 56a-1 that determines whether the speed dial number is stored in the speed dial table 56b-2a. If it is determined that the speed dial table 5 is not
6b-2a, a first storage control means 56a-2 for storing the speed dial number, and a speed dial table 56b.
- A second table for storing a telephone number in the telephone number table 56b-2b in correspondence with the speed dial number stored in the telephone number table 56b-2a.
storage control means 56a-3. moreover,
The MPU 56a has a function of performing various controls such as speed dial number registration by referring to the contents of the registration table 56b-2 by executing a program stored in the program storage area 56b-1.

FIG. 3 (a>, (b) shows the registration table 56b in FIG. 1.
-2 is a diagram showing the storage format of the speed dial table 56b-2a, and (b) is a diagram showing the storage format of the telephone number table 56b-2b. be.

This registration table 56b-2 includes a speed dial table 56b-2a that stores speed dial numbers registered sequentially with registration numbers 1 to N, and a speed dial table 56b-2a that stores speed dial numbers that are registered sequentially with registration numbers 1 to N. The telephone number table 56b-2b stores telephone numbers corresponding to the telephone number table 56b-2b.

The speed dial number is expressed in an arbitrary display format by taking an integer value of 1 or more, and is displayed in the speed dial table 56b.
The configuration is such that 0 (representing unused) is entered in the unused registration number -2a. Similarly, the telephone number table 56b-2b is configured so that 0 (representing unused) is entered for unused registration numbers.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart when registering a speed dial number, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart when transmitting.

While referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation of this embodiment (
1) and (n) will be explained.

(I>Speed dial number registration operation In FIG. 4, the speed dial number to be registered is input from the operation unit 50 (step 511).
The determining means 56a-1 of 6a determines whether the input speed dial number is already in use or newly registered, from the beginning of the speed dial table 56b-2a (registration number 1 in FIG. 3). Check in order (Step 5)
12).

If the speed dial number does not match the input speed dial number even after searching to the end of the speed dial table 56b-2a (registration number N in FIG. 3), it is determined that there is no registration and the process proceeds to step S1.
4, and the matching speed dial numbers are shown in table 56.
If it exists in b-2a, it is determined that it is registered and step S18 is executed (step 813).

The first storage control means 56a-2 of the MPU 56a stores the input speed dial number in the speed dial table 56b.
-2a, and store the registration number of the registered table (step 514). Next, a telephone number to be registered in the speed dial is input from the operation unit 50 (step 15), and the second storage control means 56a-3 of the MPU 56a stores the input telephone number as the registration number stored in step 14). Telephone number table 56b-2
b (step 516). After that, if you want to continue the speed dial registration operation, execute step Sll,
To end the registration operation, end the speed dial registration process (step 517).If it is determined in step 313 that there is already registration, and if you want to change the phone number of the speed dial that has already been registered, the operation unit 50 When you enter a speed dial number, speed dial table 5
The registered telephone number is extracted from the telephone number table 56b-2b corresponding to 6b-2a and displayed on the display unit 51 (step 518). Further, the user is requested to modify the telephone number displayed on the display section 51 from the operation section 50 or input a new telephone number (Step 519), and the input or revised telephone number is re-registered in the telephone number table 56b-2b. (Step 519).

Here, an actual registration example in the above registration operation will be explained.

For example, the speed dial number r987J is the telephone number 701.
23-45-6789. When registering the speed dial number 987, first, the speed dial number 987 is registered in an unused portion of the speed dial table 56b-2a. Next, "0123-45-6789J" is registered in the telephone number table 56b-2b corresponding to the registration number (registration number 3 in FIG. 3) of the speed dial table 56b-2a in which 987 is registered, and the process ends.

(II) Operation during Sending Operation In FIG. 5, a speed dial number is input from the operation unit 50 (step 521). The MPU 56a stores the input speed dial number in the speed dial table 56b.
-2a is registered (step 522).

As a result, if it is registered, step S24 is executed,
If it is not registered, step 26 is executed (step 823).

If the speed dial number is registered, the destination phone number is extracted from the phone number table 56b-2b corresponding to the registered number in the speed dial table 56b-2a in which the input speed dial number is registered (step 24). The MPU 56a includes a reading section 52 and an image processing section 53.
and controls the communication control unit 55 to transmit the transmission original read by the reading unit 52 as transmission image data to the transmission destination extracted in step 24 via the communication line 55a. If the input speed dial number is not registered in the speed dial table 56b-2a, the display section 51 displays that the speed dial number is not registered.

This embodiment has the following advantages.

(1) Since the system is configured so that any number can be specified as the speed dial number, the destination telephone number can be specified without being restricted by the speed dial number.

(2) Since any number can be specified even when the user is with the user, speed dialing can be used as if the number of usable speed dial numbers had increased.

(3) For example, if each branch within the same company is assigned a 3-digit branch number, the branch number can be used as is when specifying the destination, so it is not registered as a speed dial number. There is no need to remember which destinations are present.

(4) When one facsimile machine is used by multiple people (departments), it becomes easier to allocate speed dial numbers that can be used exclusively by each individual (or each department) (numbers in 10s, numbers in 100s). (This makes it easier to allocate speed dials), which improves the usability of speed dials.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, there are the following variations.

(I> In the above embodiment, the speed dial table 56b-
2a and the telephone number table 56b-2b, "0" is used as the numerical value (symbol) representing the unused area, but the number is not limited to this, and if it does not overlap with the speed dial number, "0" is used.
It may be a numerical value (symbol) other than that.

(II>The determination means 56a-1 provided in the MPU 56a, the first and second storage control means 56a-2, 56a-3,
It may be configured as an individual circuit or may be executed under program control.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a speed dial number in an arbitrary display format is displayed as a destination by using a speed dial table, a determination means, and a first and second storage control means. Since the telephone numbers are configured to be associated with each other, at the time of transmission, the speed dial number corresponding to the telephone number of the desired destination can be quickly input from the operation unit, improving operational efficiency.

Furthermore, since it can be realized by simply adding simple processing without increasing the memory for storing registered contents, it can be applied to any existing facsimile machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of a facsimile machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of a conventional facsimile machine, and FIGS. A diagram showing the storage format, FIG. 4 is a flowchart when registering a speed dial number, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart when transmitting. 50...Operation unit, 55...Communication control unit, 56... Control unit, 56 a-1...
Determination means, 56a-2゜56a-3...First and second storage control means, 56b-2a...Speed dial table, 56b-2b...Telephone number table. Facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG. 1 Conventional facsimile device FIG. 2 (a) No. 1 in FIG. 1 (b) Table configuration diagram FIG. 3 Flowchart of speed dial number registration FIG. Flowchart Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An operation section for inputting a destination telephone number and a speed dial number; a telephone number table for storing the telephone number corresponding to the speed dial number based on the input operation of the operation section; A facsimile apparatus comprising: a communication control section that transmits transmission image data by referring to the telephone number in the telephone number table; a speed dial table that stores the speed dial number in an arbitrary display format; and the operation section. determining means for determining whether or not a speed dial number input by an input operation is stored in the speed dial table; and when the determining means determines that the speed dial number is not stored, a first storage control means for storing the speed dial number in a dial table; and a second storage control means for storing the telephone number in the telephone number table in correspondence with the speed dial number stored in the speed dial table. A facsimile machine characterized by the following.