JPH04299645A - Facsimile equipment with cordless phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize it that facsimile reception is being implemented or the like even when a cordless phone and the facsimile equipment main body are placed in separate rooms. CONSTITUTION:A cordless phone 32 is provided with a display section 18 and the facsimile operating state is displayed on the display section 18. For example, when facsimile transmission reception is implemented. a message such as 'facsimile is in reception' is displayed on a display section and when a cordless phone is used for making a call, whether or not a line is in use in advance is discriminated. Furthermore, when the facsimile reception is finished, a message of 'facsimile reception is finished' is displayed and whether or not the reception is implemented is recognized without visit to a room in which the facsimile equipment main body is installed on each occasion.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus with a cordless telephone.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, facsimile machines equipped with telephones have been proposed. For example, a facsimile device with a telephone can be used as a telephone by setting the number of rings (two or six) to switch between telephone and facsimile, and picking up the receiver while the bell rings. It has become. If the number of rings is set to 6, pick up the handset before the bell rings 6 times and have a conversation if the other party is on the phone, but if the other party is using a fax, you can manually receive the fax by pressing the receive button, etc. will be switched to. Further, when the number of bells is set to two, facsimile reception is automatically executed when the bell rings twice.

By the way, in such a facsimile apparatus with a telephone set, it is conceivable that the telephone set is a cordless phone.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, as mentioned above, when the telephone is used as a cordless phone, there is an advantage that calls can be made using the cordless phone in a room that is separate from the room in which the main body of the facsimile machine is installed. On the other hand, since it is far away from the main body of the facsimile machine, various inconveniences may occur. For example, a cordless phone may be placed in a room that is used relatively often, while a facsimile machine may be placed in a room that is not used often. You may not notice it. For this reason, there is a possibility that the received original document may be left unattended for an indefinite period of time.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a facsimile machine with a cordless phone that allows you to easily know that a facsimile is being received even if the cordless phone and the main body of the facsimile machine are placed in different rooms. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus with a cordless phone according to the present invention is characterized in that the cordless phone is provided with a display section and means for displaying the facsimile usage status on the display section.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the above configuration, when a facsimile is being sent or received, the display section displays, for example, "Receiving a facsimile" to confirm that the line is in use before making a call using a cordless phone. You can judge whether or not. Also, when the facsimile reception is completed, for example,
``Facsimile received'' will be displayed, allowing you to know whether or not a facsimile has been received without having to go to the room where the facsimile machine itself is installed.

[0008] In addition, when the recording paper is used up, for example, the message "Please replenish the recording paper" is displayed, and even in such a case, you can check the recording paper without having to go to the room where the facsimile machine itself is installed. Can be done.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the appearance of a facsimile apparatus with a cordless phone. In the figure, 31 is the main body of the facsimile machine, and 32
is a cordless phone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration of the cordless phone 32.
The control unit 15, the RAM 16, the operation panel 17,
The device includes a display section 18, an LED 19, a speaker section 20, a microphone section 21, a wireless transmitter/receiver section 22, and a ROM 23. The cordless phone 32 is capable of transmitting and receiving calls to and from the other party via the facsimile main body 31 using the wireless transmitter/receiver 22. When making a call, dial the number using the numeric keys on the operation panel 17, When you arrive, press the operation panel 1.
You can start a call by pressing the call key number 7.

The ROM 23 contains, for example, (1) "
"Currently receiving a fax", (2) "Currently sending a fax", (3) "Received a fax", (4
) "Memory reception occurred", (5) "Unable to send", (6) "Transmission completed", and (7) "Please replenish the recording paper" are stored.

[0012] The control unit 15 controls the facsimile machine main body 31.
A message display signal sent from the ROM 23 is received, and display contents are selected from the ROM 23 in response to this signal and displayed on the display section 18. for example,
When a signal "3" is received as a message display signal from the facsimile main body 31, "Received" is selected as the display content and is displayed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration of the facsimile machine main body 31. The facsimile machine main body 31 includes a control section 1, a RAM 2, an autodialer 3, an NCU 4, and a reading section 6. , modem 7 , recording section 8 , ROM 9 , operation panel 10 , and display section 11
and a wireless transmitter/receiver 12. The control section 1 controls the entire transmission and reception operation of this facsimile machine based on a control program stored in the ROM 9, and the basic transmission operation is roughly performed as follows.

When the operator turns on the communication key or one-touch dial key on the operation panel 10 or 17, the control section 1 reads out the telephone number of the other party stored in the RAM 2, and the read telephone number is A dial call is made to the telephone line 5 via the autodialer 3 and the NCU 4. After dialing, the image data of the original read by the reading section 6 is sent to the telephone line 5 via the modem 7 and NCU 4, and a transmission operation is performed.

On the other hand, the receiving operation is performed as follows. That is, when received information is received from the other party via the telephone line 5, NCU 4, and modem 7, the control section 1 drives the recording section 8 to record the received information based on this received information. Further, the control unit 1 is configured to execute the following message display signal sending process. That is, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, it is first determined whether or not a facsimile is being received (S1), and if the facsimile is being received, the wireless transmitter/receiver 12 transmits "1" as a message display signal ( S2), Next, it is determined whether facsimile transmission is in progress (S3), and if facsimile transmission is in progress, "2" is transmitted as a message display signal (S4);
Next, it is determined whether reception has been completed (S5), and when reception has been completed, "3" is transmitted as a message display signal (S6), and it is determined whether memory reception has been executed (S7). ), when executing memory reception, transmits "4" as a message display signal (S8), then determines whether a facsimile transmission error has occurred (S9), and if a facsimile transmission error has occurred, a message is displayed. "5" is transmitted as a signal (S10), then it is determined whether the facsimile transmission is completed (S11), and if the facsimile transmission is completed, "6" is transmitted as a message display signal (S12). Next, it is determined whether or not the recording paper has run out (S13), and when the recording paper has run out, "6" is transmitted as a message display signal (S1
4). Next, the operation panel 1 of the facsimile machine main body 31
Determine whether or not the clear key (not shown) at 0 has been pressed (
S15), if pressed, sends a clear signal (S1
6).

On the other hand, the control unit 15 of the cordless phone 32 is configured to execute the following display processing. That is,
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, first, it is determined whether or not a message display signal has been received (S21), and if the message display signal has been received, the display content already displayed on the display unit 18 is determined (S22), and If the displayed content is not displayed or if the displayed content is one of the above (1) and (2), the process directly proceeds to step 24, while if the displayed content is one of (3) to (7), the content is stored in the RAM 16. while keeping the LED 19 blinking (S23), and then proceeding to step 2.
Proceed to step 4.

In step 24, it is determined whether the message display signal is "1" or not. If it is "1", the display section 18 displays the above (
1), ``Currently receiving a facsimile'' is displayed (S25). If it is not "1", it is determined whether it is "2" (S26), and if it is "2", the content of (2), "Currently sending a facsimile" is displayed (S27). If it is not “2”, it is determined whether it is “3” (S28), and “
3”, the content of (3), “Received”, is displayed (S29). If it is not "3", it is determined whether it is "4" (S30), and if it is "4", the content of (4), "Memory reception was received", is displayed (S31). “4
”, it is determined whether it is “5” (S32), and “5” is determined.
If so, the content of (5), ``Unable to send'', is displayed (S33). If it is not "5", it is determined whether it is "6" (S34), and if it is "6", the content of (6) "Transmission completed" is displayed (S35). If it is not “6”, it is determined whether it is “7” (S36), and if it is “7” (
7), ``Please replenish the recording paper'' is displayed (S37). If it is not "7", it is determined whether or not it is a clear signal (S38), and if it is a clear signal, a process of erasing the displayed contents is performed (S39).

Next, it is determined whether or not a display update button (not shown) on the operation panel 17 has been turned on (S38).
, the previously displayed display contents (3) to (7)
) is read out from the RAM 16 and displayed (S3
9). According to the above configuration, when a facsimile transmission/reception is being performed, the display unit 18 displays, for example, "Currently receiving a facsimile" and indicates whether the line is in use before making a call using the cordless phone 32. You can judge whether or not.

Furthermore, when the facsimile reception is completed, for example, "Reception has been received" is displayed, and it is possible to know whether or not there has been a reception without having to go to the room where the facsimile main body 31 is installed. . Note that when the received document is taken away, by pressing a clear key (not shown) on the operation panel 10, the display content "Received" on the display unit 18 is erased.

[0020] In addition, when the recording paper is used up,
Please replenish the recording paper." is displayed,
The recording paper can be checked without having to go to the room where the facsimile main body 31 is installed. In addition, in this embodiment, when there are two or more messages, the LED 19
blinks, the operator knows that there are two or more messages, and can see the previous display content by pressing the display update button.

[0021]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, even if the cordless phone and the main body of the facsimile machine are placed in different rooms, it is possible to easily know that facsimile reception is being performed. be effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a facsimile apparatus with a cordless phone as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a cordless phone.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the main body of the facsimile machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing contents on the facsimile machine main body side.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing details on the cordless phone side.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Control section 12 Wireless transmitter and receiver 15 Control section 16 RAM 17 Operation panel 18 Display section 19 LED 22 Wireless transmitter and receiver

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device with a cordless phone, characterized in that the cordless phone is provided with a display section and means for displaying facsimile usage status on the display section.