JPH04356866A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain only communication information concerning a specified communicating party. CONSTITUTION:A control panel 7 instructs the print-out of the communication information concerning the specified communicating party among the communication information in the past stored in a memory 3 for each time of communication and based on the data from the control panel 7, a main control part 2 controls the retrieval of the communication information read from the memory 3 and the preparation of a communication management report. Further, the main control part 2 prints out the prepared communication management report concerning the specified communicating party onto a facsimile recording paper sheet.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that outputs information about a destination designated by a user from communication information stored in a memory.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile machine, in which 1 is a line connection unit for connecting a communication line with the other party's device, 3 is a memory that stores communication information for each communication, and 5 is a transmitter. a reading control unit that reads the original and outputs image information; 6 a recording control unit that performs reception recording based on the received image information and records a communication management report; 8;
9 is a communication control unit that performs communication control such as encoding and decoding of image information to be transmitted and received, and writing of communication information into memory 3; 9 is a main control unit consisting of a microcomputer that controls the entire device; 10 performs encoding and decoding processing of image information transmitted and received via the line connection unit 1, and
Memory 3 stores communication information such as the telephone number of the other party, the other party's code, communication time, communication fee, etc. obtained for each communication,
This is a communication data processing unit that converts communication information read from the memory 3 into image information and outputs it to the recording control unit 6.

[0003] In the above configuration, when the line connection unit 1 establishes a communication line connection with the other device, the communication control unit 8 is activated under the control of the main control unit 9 and the transmission or reception operation is started. be done. When the image information transmission/reception operation is started, under the control of the communication control section 8, the communication data processing section 10 performs encoding or decoding processing of the image information transmitted/received via the line connection section 1. At the same time, image information is inputted and outputted to and from the reading control section 5 or the recording control section 6. When the communication is completed, the communication control unit 8 causes the communication data processing unit 10 to individually store communication information indicating the communication history in the memory 3. On the other hand, according to instructions from the main control section 2, the communication data processing section 4 reads out the communication information stored in the memory 3, creates a communication management report in chronological order, converts it into image information, and records it by the recording control section 6. Print it out on paper.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] With conventional facsimile devices, even if a user wants to obtain communication information regarding a specific recipient, the user must visually search through a communication management report that records all communication history. , which has the drawback of being extremely troublesome and not easy to perform. The present invention was made in order to eliminate such conventional drawbacks, and it searches for communication information with a designated party from among the party's information stored in memory, and stores the obtained information in one page. To provide a facsimile device capable of printing out a single communication management report.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a memory that stores past communication information for each communication, converts the communication information read from the memory into image information, and outputs the communication management report from the recording control means. In the output facsimile device, there is provided a search means for searching for communication information with a specific party from among the communication information stored in the memory, and the communication information searched by the search means is compiled into one communication management report. A control means for causing the recording control means to output the output is provided.

[0006]

[Operation] In the present invention, the search means searches the communication information stored in the memory for the communication information regarding the destination designated by the user, and prints it out as a single management report according to a predetermined format.

[0007]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those of the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, numeral 7 is a control panel for instructing a specific destination, and 4 is a control panel for searching information regarding the specified destination from among the communication information stored in the memory 3, and managing communication in a predetermined format. After creating the report, the communication data processing section 2 converts it into image information and outputs it to the recording control section 6, based on the destination instructed from the control panel.
This is a main control unit that controls communication information search and communication management report creation by the communication data processing unit 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained. First, when an instruction is given from the control panel 7 to print out communication information regarding a specific destination, for example, a destination whose dial number is registered in one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing, the main control section 2 starts up the communication data processing section 4 . The communication data processing unit 4 searches the memory 3 in which past communication information is stored for each communication for communication information with a designated destination, and creates one communication management report. The created communication management report is further converted into image information, outputted to the recording control section 6, and printed out on facsimile recording paper.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control unit 2. First, a communication information read pointer is set in step 21 based on data from the control panel 7, and then set in step 23 after passing through step 22 (N). The communication information is read from the memory 3 using the pointer. If the other party is specified, it is determined whether the information read out in step 25 through Y in step 24 is that of the specified other party, and if Y, the information is stored in the communication management report buffer in step 26. The read information is set, and the process moves to step 27 to advance the read pointer to the next step. On the other hand, if step 25 is N, the process moves to step 27 and no communication information is set. It should be noted that if the other party is not specified, the process moves to step 26 due to N in step 24, and all read communication information is set. Then, when all the information has been read, Y in step 22 is completed.
After that, in step 28, the printout of the communication management report set in the buffer is controlled.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication management report, and shows communication information regarding a specified speed dial number 31, that is, the other party's telephone number 32, the other party's code 33, the sending/receiving code 34, the number of communications 35, the start time 36, Communication time 3
7. Communication charges 38 and communication results 39 are printed out on one facsimile recording paper according to communication date 30.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. The difference from the apparatus shown in FIG. Provided with control panel 1
2, the main control section 11 selectively outputs communication information regarding a specific destination to the recording control section 6 and the display 13.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control section 11 in the above configuration.
If there is an instruction to display on the display, the communication information is sequentially displayed on the display 13 via step 29 Y and step 30, and if there is no instruction, the process moves to step 26 via step 29 N. After reading out all the information, if there is an instruction to display on the display, the process ends with Y in step 31, and if there is no instruction, the process moves to step 28. As a result, this embodiment can save on facsimile recording paper, and can easily check past communication information.

[0013] In the above embodiment, the communication management report is selected to be printed out or displayed on the display, but it is also possible to display only the display on the display.

[0014]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is configured to select only communication information regarding a specific recipient and print it out as a single communication management report. This has the effect that the communication status of each party can be clearly seen at a glance, and communication information can be managed for each party.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control section in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication management report.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control section in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Main control section 3 Memory 4 Communication data processing section 5 Reading control section 6 Recording control section 7 Control panel 8 Communication control section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising a memory for storing past communication information for each communication, and converting communication information read from the memory into image information and outputting it as a communication management report from a recording control means, wherein the memory a search means for searching for communication information with a specific party from among the communication information stored in the memory; and a control means for causing the recording control means to output the communication information searched by the search means as one communication management report. A facsimile device comprising: 2. A facsimile machine comprising a memory for storing past communication information for each communication, and converting the communication information read from the memory into image information and outputting it as a communication management report from a recording control means, a character display, a search means for searching communication information with a specific party from among the communication information stored in the memory, and control for sequentially displaying the communication information searched by the search means on the display. A facsimile device comprising means.