JPH05122322A - Dialing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain dialing through ease of retrieval of a desired destination by storing plural display information sets explaining prescribed destination information in a way of a line drawing in a hierarchical manner from a macroscopic to a microscopic way or from a high level to a lower level into a memory and displaying the display information onto a display section sequentially based on the operation of the operator. CONSTITUTION:After a parameter of map dial processing is initialized at first by depressing a map dial key 44, a top pattern of a map dial is displayed. A key area of 'to higher level' is provided to an upper left part f the pattern and a display pattern of a higher level is transited by moving a cursor to the area to depress a 'x' key located in the middle of the cursor 43. Moreover, a display pattern of a lower level is transited by not moving a cursor to a key area of 'to higher level' but depressing the 'x' key. Furthermore, dialing as to a dial number included in a pattern displayed at present is executed by depressing a start key 45.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dial device provided in communication equipment having an image display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication device having a function of an electronic telephone directory, a plurality of pieces of destination information stored in a memory are sequentially displayed on a display device by a key operation.
2. Description of the Related Art A dial device is known that can perform dialing by searching for desired destination information.

[0003]

However, in the conventional search function using the electronic telephone directory, each destination is arranged in the order of Japanese syllabary, and the desired destination must be searched while checking each one. However, there is a drawback that the search cannot be performed easily if the abbreviated name of the required destination is not clearly remembered.

In addition, in the function of such an electronic telephone directory,
If you want to dial multiple destinations included in a particular group, you need to search for multiple destinations one by one,
There was a drawback that the work was complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dial device which can easily search for a desired destination and dial it.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a predetermined destination information is stored in a memory as a plurality of display information for hierarchically explaining from macroscopic to microscopic or from upper to lower by a diagram, and these display information are stored. The information is displayed on the display unit in order based on the operation of the operator.

Specifically, a macroscopic map is displayed in order of a microscopic map, or a large classification (macroscopic classification) group is displayed in order of a small classification (microscopic classification) group. Or, in a company organization or the like, the top to bottom of each position is displayed in order, or the top large section to the bottom small section is displayed in order.

Further, the present invention has means for instructing the start of the dial operation in the state where a plurality of destination information is displayed by the hierarchical display information, and based on this instruction, the plurality of destination information being displayed. Dial sequentially.

[0009]

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

The CPU 2 controls the operation of the entire apparatus according to the control program stored in the ROM 3 based on the clock of the crystal oscillator 1. ROM3 is
In addition to the control program, fixed data is stored.
The RAM 4 is used as a work area for the CPU 2 and stores various data.

The network control unit (NCU) 15 controls the closing or the like of the line 33 to the facsimile device or the telephone set 34, and the modem 14 performs modulation / demodulation of transmission / reception data.

The operation key group 29 has ten keys and function keys and is used by the operator to make various inputs. The LCD 30 displays the device status, time, etc.
Various displays are performed. The operation key group 29 and the LCD 30 are both provided on an operation panel described later.

The clock IC 9 is for obtaining the current time. Further, the sensor 16 detects various states of the facsimile machine, and various sounds are output to the operator by the speaker 19 and its drive circuit 18.

The CCD 20 is for inputting an image from a document, and the thermal head 21 is for outputting an image on a recording sheet. The R motor 23 is a drive source for reading an original, and the W motor 24 is a drive source for outputting an image. The motors 23 and 24 are controlled by the motor drive circuit 22. Also, gate arrays 5-7,
Reference numeral 10 constitutes a control circuit for controlling each of the above elements.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the appearance of the operation panel.

The operation panel includes ten keys 41, a one-touch dial key 42, a cursor key 43, a map dial key 44, a start key 45, and a stop key 4.
6, a pause key 47, a redial key 48 and a hold key 49 are provided. Of these, the map dial key 44 has a novel structure that has not been available in the past, and is used to select a process for searching for a destination by the hierarchical display information of the present invention.

Further, referring to FIG. 2, the LCD 3 in a standby state.
At 0, information on the current date and time is displayed.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation during standby in this facsimile apparatus.

First, when the power is turned on, various parameters are initialized (S1), and the operation command is awaited. If the copy command is selected (S3), the copy operation is performed (S4), and if the manual transmission is selected (S5), the manual transmission operation is performed (S6). When the manual reception is selected (S7), the receiving operation is performed (S8), when the cut is selected (S9), the cutting operation is performed (S10), and the automatic transmission is selected. (S11), the automatic transmission operation is performed (S12).

Then, the LCD 30 is in the display state shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the automatic transmission operation of S12.

When the automatic transmission is selected as described above, the transmission parameters are initialized (S21), and the automatic dialing operation is performed with the selected dial number (S21).
22), when the line is connected, image data is transmitted (S23). Then, when transmission of all the destinations registered in the selected dial number is completed (S24), this automatic transmission operation is completed. That is, a plurality of destinations can be registered in each one-touch dial key, abbreviated number, and the like, and in this case, broadcast transmission is performed for each telephone number.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the automatic dial operation in S22.

First, the parameters of the automatic dial processing are initialized (S31), the automatic dial processing mode is checked, and if it is the redial key mode (S32), the redial processing is performed (S33), and the one-touch dial key mode is selected. If (S34), one-touch dial processing is performed (S35). If the ten-key (speed dial) mode is selected (S36), ten-key processing is performed (S3).
7), if it is the map dial key mode (S38),
Map dial processing is performed (S39). This S38, S
The process of 39 is a part related to the present invention, and the other processes are known processes.

6 and 7 are flow charts showing the map dial process of S39.

First, this process is executed by pressing the map dial key 44 described above. That is,
When the map dial key 44 is pressed, the operation of FIG. 6 is performed through the operations shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, and after initializing the parameters of the map dial processing (S41),
Display the TOP screen of the map dial shown in FIG. 8 (S
42). Here, in the upper left of the screen, there is a key area of "to upper level", and by moving the cursor to this area and pressing the "x" key at the center of the cursor key 43 (S44), The screen moves to the level display screen (S45). In addition, by pressing the "x" key without moving the cursor to the "upper level" key area (S46), the screen shifts to the lower level display screen (S4).
7).

By depressing the start key 45 (S50), the dialing operation is executed for the dial number included in the currently displayed screen (S51).

When the arrow keys of the cursor key 43 are pressed, the cursor is moved (S52 to S59).

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the processing for shifting to the upper level display screen in S43.

When a shift operation to a higher level is performed,
It is determined whether or not there is a screen higher than the currently displayed screen (S60), and if there is, a screen of the higher level is set (S61) and this is displayed (S62). Then, the position of the cursor is initialized (S65). On the other hand, if not present, the alarm sound is output while maintaining the current display (S63) (S64), and the position of the cursor is initialized (S65).

It should be noted that the transition to the lower level is performed by substantially the same operation.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the cursor moving process in S57.

If the cursor reaches the right end of the screen by continuing to press the right arrow key (S7
0), the pointer on the image memory is shifted to the right by a fixed amount (S71), the cursor on the screen is moved to the right by a fixed amount, and the screen is scrolled and displayed (S72).

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the dialing processing operation in S51.

As described above, when the start key 45 is pressed, when the number of the dial number included in the screen being displayed is one, the automatic dialing is performed by the dial number. When there are a plurality of dial numbers, the dial numbers are sequentially called to perform broadcast transmission.

First, after the destination currently being displayed is stored in the buffer memory (S80), the transmission destination pointer is updated (S82), the transmission process is performed (S83), and when all the destinations are completed (S81), The transmission process ends.

With the above processing, for example, by performing a shift operation to the lower level of several levels from the screen of the map of Japan shown in FIG. 8, the detailed city map shown in FIG. 12 is displayed.
Further, a detailed town map shown in FIG. 13 can be displayed and broadcast transmission can be performed to the destinations on this screen.

Further, for example, the organization chart of the entire company shown in FIG. 14 is changed to the organization chart of each branch level shown in FIG. 15 and the organization chart of each department level shown in FIG. 16, and further the structure of each section shown in FIG. It is possible to transfer to a member-level organization chart and send to individuals or broadcast.

In the above embodiments, the configuration for dialing all the destinations on the display screen has been described. However, by operating the start key in a state where a partial area of the display screen is designated by the cursor, The destinations included in the designated area may be dialed. For example, in the display shown in FIG. 12, 1-chome to 4-chome in rural area are displayed in a divided state. For example, by moving the cursor to 1-chome and operating the start key, 1-chome is displayed. The transmission is performed to the destination, that is, the destination shown in FIG. Further, for example, in the display shown in FIG. 17, by moving the cursor to the display area of the desired individual name and operating the start key, it is possible to send to that individual.

In this way, the destination to be sent can be specified without displaying the final screen, and the operation can be simplified. Further, it is not necessary to prepare display information for finely displaying the final destination, and the load on software and memory can be reduced.

In addition, when a part of the display screen is designated and transmission is performed, the diagonal line is specified by, for example, designating two points on the display screen with a cursor instead of selectively designating the divided areas. If you can set the area with
Any destination can be freely selected.

Further, as a method of designating a desired destination from the destinations included in the display screen, a function of deleting unnecessary destinations may be provided.

Further, as described in the above embodiment, the display screens of different series may be selected instead of simply switching the level of the display screen. For example, the series of destinations shown in FIGS. 8, 12, and 13 described above,
Since the destination series shown in FIGS. 14 to 17 are different from each other, these can be selected by switching the series so that a desired search can be easily performed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the cursor key is used as the means for designating the area, but it goes without saying that various other pointing devices can be used.

[0045]

According to the present invention, by providing a function of displaying a plurality of destinations on a hierarchical display screen, a desired destination can be easily searched and dialed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an appearance of an operation panel in the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a standby operation in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an automatic transmission operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an automatic dial operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a map dial process of the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a map dial process of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing for shifting to a higher-level display screen in the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a cursor movement process of the above embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of a map dial in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... CPU, 3 ... ROM, 4 ... RAM, 15 ... Modem, 16 ... NCU, 19 ... Speaker, 20 ... CCD, 21 ... Thermal head, 22 ... Motor drive circuit, 23, 24 ... Motor, 29 ... Operation key group , 30 ... LCD, 33 ... Line, 34 ... Telephone.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of pieces of display information for hierarchically explaining predetermined destination information from a macroscopic view to a microscopic view or a higher order to a lower order by a diagram are stored in a memory, and these display information are stored based on an operator's operation. A dial device characterized by displaying on the display section in order. 2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising means for instructing to start a dial operation in a state where a plurality of destination information is displayed by the hierarchical display information,
A dial device characterized by sequentially dialing a plurality of pieces of destination information being displayed based on this instruction. 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising means for specifying a part of the destination information when the plurality of destination information is displayed by the hierarchical display information, and dialing the specified destination information. A dial device characterized by instructing the start of operation. 4. The address information remaining according to claim 2, further comprising means for deleting a part of the destination information in a state where the plurality of destination information is displayed by the hierarchical display information. A dial device characterized by instructing the start of a dial operation.