JPH05153356A - Control method for one-touch dial registration of facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency for the one easy step dial registration of a facsimile by using such information as the RTI, TTI or CSI, etc., which are transmitted and received in a communication mode as the registration information on a one easy step dial. CONSTITUTION:The circuit number of a transmitting destination is inputted via an input part 3 and a calling operation is started. Thus the circuit number is stored in a storage part 9. When an operator gives a registering instructing via the part 3, a one easy step dial register part 8 is retrieved and an unused one easy step dial key is selected. The circuit number recorded at the part 9 is registered in the part 8. this circuit number and the dial keys are shown at a display part 4. Then such information as the RTI, CSI, etc., received from the counter side are shown at the part 4. Thus the efficiency is improved for the one easy step dial registration based on those information shown at the part 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a one-touch dial registration method for a facsimile, and more particularly to a facsimile suitable for efficiently registering character information such as a company name and a user name to be registered corresponding to a line number. The present invention relates to a one-touch dial registration control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, facsimiles are used in many fields as a means for transmitting information related to images. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a conventional facsimile transmission / reception operation. Corresponding to the call from the transmitting side (TX), the receiving side (RX) sends CED (CallED, which indicates that the called station identification signal indicates connection to a non-telephone), NSF
(Non-standard Facilities,
It is a response from the receiving side indicating the machine function of the called side, the called terminal has a non-standard function, and the RTI (Receive)
Terminal Identification, the called terminal is a non-standard function, and includes the terminal's line number and terminal name)), CSI (Called)
Station Identification, the called terminal identification function, which represents the international telephone number of the called terminal) or the like is returned. Based on this response, the sender
(Non-standard Facilities
Set-up, a signal notifying the receiving side of the transmitting side setup data. The transmitting side terminal has a non-standard function, and TT
I / transmission side device identification information (Transmitter Te)
terminal identification, that the calling terminal has a non-standard function, and notifies the terminal's line number, terminal name, etc.)) and the like.
CF (Training Check Facility)
yes, verify the phase / training and send a digital command) sent to indicate that the channel is available at this data rate. Based on this TCF, the receiving side receives a CFR (Confirmation to) from the receiving side.
Receive, indicating that communication by the procedure indicated by TCF is possible) is transmitted, and after receiving this CFR,
A message (image information) is sent from the sending side. The EOP sent at the end of message transmission
Corresponding to (End of Procedure, asking whether the sent message is good or bad), the MCF is sent from the receiving side.
(Message Confirmation, which indicates that the message has been normally received) is returned, and the sender receives the DCN (Disconnection) after receiving this EOP.
The line is disconnected based on ct, the line disconnection command).
As described above, the transmitting-side facsimile and the receiving-side facsimile each perform communication by transmitting and receiving the identification information of the communication destination such as the company name and the line number registered in advance.

In order to improve the operability of such a facsimile, a facsimile is generally provided with, for example,
As described on pages 35 to 36 of "RIFAX 112 Instruction Manual" issued by Ricoh Co., Ltd., it is called a one-touch dial. One key operation calls the other party corresponding to this key. A function for automatically performing is provided. That is, the telephone number (line number) of the other party
Or, a plurality of character information for identifying the other party such as the company name or department name of the other party is registered in advance in association with a plurality of keys, respectively, and at the time of the actual transmission operation, the operator,
By selecting and pressing one of these keys, the corresponding telephone number is read and a call is made to this telephone number. As described above, by using the one-touch dial function, the operator does not need to enter a 10-digit telephone number, and the operability at the time of calling a facsimile can be improved.

When the call processing is performed by such a one-touch dial function, the telephone number or name of the call destination is displayed in order to inform the operator whether or not the call destination is correctly selected. Is common. Regarding the display technology of the call destination related to dialing, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 33049, identification character information of the other party corresponding to the dial number input by the operator (for example,
There is one that automatically selects the company name, department name, etc.) and displays it along with the dialed number.

However, in the conventional technique as described above and also in the one-touch dialing function, in order to display the identification character information of the other party, the operator himself / herself corresponds to each telephone number in advance. , You must manually enter and register the identification character information of the other party.
And, in general, in a facsimile, as an input means,
A full keyboard and the like were not equipped, and it took a lot of time to input a large number of characters, and the registration of identification character information of the other party was a heavy burden on the operator. still,
The speed dial function is similar to the one-touch dial function.
Although the identification character information is not registered in association, if the speed dial function that can register the identification character information is used, here,
Same as the one-touch dial function.

[0006]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that in the prior art, the operator himself has to manually register the identification character information of the destination of the one-touch dial of the facsimile. This is a time-consuming process and the one-touch dial registration process cannot be performed efficiently. The object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, automate the registration of the line number and identification character information of the destination of the one-touch dial of the facsimile, eliminate the load on the operator involved in the registration, and efficiently use the one-touch dial. It is to provide a one-touch dial registration control method for a facsimile that enables registration.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, a facsimile one-touch dial registration control method according to the present invention includes a plurality of line numbers which are determined in advance corresponding to a plurality of one-touch dial keys. It is equipped with a one-touch dial registration unit that registers in association with the identification character information of the terminal having a line number, and the line number and the identification character information corresponding to the pressed one-touch dial key based on the operator's depression of the one-touch dial key. In the facsimile one-touch dial registration control method of reading out and from the one-touch dial registration unit and making a call to the read line number, the line number of the call destination is stored based on the calling operation of the operator. A storage unit is provided, and the call destination stored in the storage unit is stored based on the operator's registration instruction at the time of calling. The number is registered in the one-touch dial registration section, and the identification character information of this call-destination terminal sent from the call-destination and registered in this call-destination terminal is registered in the one-touch dial registration section. It is characterized in that it is registered in association with the line number of the call destination. Also,
(2) In the facsimile one-touch dial registration control method described in (1) above, an unused one-touch dial key is selected based on the operator's registration instruction at the time of calling, and the selected one-touch dial key is selected. Correspondingly, the line number of the calling destination stored in the storage unit, and
It is characterized in that the identification character information of the calling destination associated with the line number is registered in the one-touch dial registration unit. (3) In the facsimile one-touch dial registration control method described in (2) above, the selected one-touch dial key and the call destination line registered in the one-touch dial registration unit in association with the selected one-touch dial key The number and the identification character information are displayed on the provided display unit. (4) In the facsimile one-touch dial registration control method according to any one of (1) to (3), the line of the caller terminal sent from the caller when the caller receives the call. Based on the number and the identification character information, the one-touch dial registration section detects the one-touch dial key corresponding to the line number of the calling terminal, and associates it with the detected one-touch dial key to identify the identification character information of the calling terminal. Is registered in the one-touch dial registration unit.

[0008]

In the present invention, information such as RTI, TTI, or CSI sent from the facsimile of the communication destination is registered in advance as information (identification character information) of the name of the destination of the one-touch dial. Automatically register in association with the telephone number (line number). In particular, when making a call, the telephone number of the other party can be automatically registered. When the one-touch dial key has no room, the fact is displayed and the operator is notified.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a first embodiment of the processing operation relating to the one-touch dial registration control of the facsimile of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of the facsimile used for the operation according to the present invention. It is a figure. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1 and 11 denote facsimiles for carrying out one-touch dial registration control of the present invention, which are connected via a line 10. And the facsimile 1
Scanner unit 2 for reading a transmission original and inputting image information
Image information of an input unit 3 for inputting operation instructions from an operator, a display unit 4 for displaying and outputting the communication status during transmission / reception, a plotter unit 5 for printing out the received image information, and image information of the line 10. A network control unit 6 for controlling transmission / reception of data, a main control unit 7 for controlling the overall operation of the facsimile 1, and identification character information such as a destination line number and a destination company name.
One-touch dial registration unit 8 for registering corresponding one-touch dial key group 12 of the input unit 3
According to the present invention, the storage unit 9 stores the line number of the transmission destination input by the operator of the facsimile 1 at the time of transmission. The facsimile 11 has the same configuration as the facsimile 1.

The operation of the facsimile machine 1 having such a configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The follow chart of FIG. 1 particularly shows the operation of the main controller 7 when the facsimile 1 of FIG. 2 makes a call. First, when a line number (telephone number) of a transmission destination is input through the input unit 3 of FIG. 2 and a call is started (step 101), this transmission destination line number is stored in the storage unit 9 of FIG. (Step 102). When a registration instruction is input from the operator via the input unit 3 of FIG. 2 (step 10
3), search the one-touch dial registration unit 8 in FIG.
An unused one-touch dial key is selected (step 104). If there is an unused one-touch dial key (step 105), the line number stored in the storage unit 9 of FIG. 2 is registered in the one-touch dial registration unit 8 of FIG. 2 corresponding to the selected unused one-touch dial key. (Step 106). At this time, the registered line number and the corresponding one-touch dial key are displayed on the display unit 3 in FIG.
To display. In step 105, if there is no unused one-touch dial key, that is, if all the one-touch dial keys are assigned line numbers,
It is displayed on the display unit 3 of FIG. 2 that the stored contents of the storage unit 9 of FIG. 2 are cleared and the registration is not executed (step 107). No response from the callee (step 10
8) If the connection process is interrupted due to a timeout or the like (step 109), the process is terminated in that state. In this case, only the line number is registered. If there is a response from the calling party (step 108) and identification character information such as RTI is sent (step 110), the identification character information is the one-touch dial key for which the line number is registered in step 106. Corresponding to, the registration is made in the one-touch dial registration section 8 of FIG. 2 (step 111). still,
In step 105, if there is no unused one-touch dial key, the identification character information is not registered. After that, normal communication is performed (Step 11
2) and ends (step 113). In this way
In this embodiment, the facsimile automatically registers the one-touch dial when calling. By displaying the information such as RTI and CSI sent from the other party on the display unit 3 of FIG. 2, the operator can obtain the information.
The registration operation can be performed while confirming whether or not the one-touch dial is used as registration information. Also,
By printing out a list of registered contents including the registered result at the plotter unit 5 in FIG. 2, the operator can easily confirm the result of the registration operation.

Next, the registration operation of the one-touch dial at the time of receiving a call will be described. FIG. 3 shows the second processing operation relating to the one-touch dial registration control of the facsimile of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the above. First, when an incoming call is received (step 301), CED or NSF (RT
I), CSI, etc. are responded (step 302).
Next, the transmitter side setup data (for example, NSS) is received (step 303), this data includes the TTI (step 304), and if the calling side line number is present (step 305), this The line number is read (step 306), and the one-touch dial registration unit 8 of FIG. 2 is searched based on this line number (step 307).
If the same line number is registered (step 30
8) It is searched whether identification character information such as the name of the user is registered in relation to this line number (step 3).
09). If the identification character information is already registered (step 310), nothing is done, and if it is not registered, the identification character information received from the calling side corresponding to this line number is transferred to the one-touch dial of FIG. Register in the registration unit 8 (step 311). Thereafter, normal communication is performed (step 312), and the process ends (step 313). In this way, in this embodiment, when only the line number of the calling side facsimile is registered in advance, the identification character information sent from the calling side is automatically associated with the incoming call. register.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, in the facsimile of this embodiment, information such as RTI, TTI or CSI transmitted and received at the time of communication is used as registration information of the one-touch dial. This can save the labor of registration. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the line number corresponding to the one-touch dial key and the destination name are automatically registered by using information such as RTI, TTI, and SCI transmitted and received during communication, and the facsimile number One-touch dial registration can be made more efficient.

[0014]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of a processing operation relating to one-touch dial registration control of a facsimile of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration relating to the present invention of a facsimile used for one-touch dial registration control of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of the processing operation relating to the one-touch dial registration control of the facsimile of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a transmission / reception operation of a conventional facsimile.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile 2 Scanner section 3 Input section 4 Display section 5 Plotter section 6 Network control section 7 Main control section 8 One-touch dial registration section 9 Storage section 10 Line 11 Facsimile 12 One-touch dial key group

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A one-touch dial registration means for registering a plurality of line numbers which are predetermined corresponding to a plurality of one-touch dial keys and identification character information of a terminal having the line numbers in association with each other, Based on the depression of the one-touch dial key by the operator, the line number and identification character information corresponding to the depressed one-touch dial key are read from the one-touch dial registration means, and to the read line number. In a one-touch dial registration control method of a facsimile for making a call, a storage means for storing the line number of the call destination based on the call operation of the operator is provided, and an operator registration instruction at the time of the call is provided. Based on this, the line number of the calling destination stored in the storage means is registered in the one-touch dial registration means and sent from the calling destination. It is characterized in that identification character information of the called terminal that is registered in the called terminal that has been received is registered in association with the line number of the called party registered in the one-touch dial registration means. One-touch dial registration control method for facsimile. 2. The facsimile one-touch dial registration control method according to claim 1, wherein an unused one-touch dial key is selected based on an operator's registration instruction at the time of making the call, and the selected one-touch dial is selected. The line number of the call destination stored in the storage means in association with the key and the identification character information of the call destination associated with the line number are registered in the one-touch dial registration unit. Facsimile one-touch dial registration control method. 3. The one-touch dial registration control method for a facsimile machine according to claim 2, wherein the selected one-touch dial key and the call destination registered in the one-touch dial registration means in association with the selected one-touch dial key. The one-touch dial registration control method for a facsimile, characterized in that the line number and the identification character information are displayed on a display means provided. 4. The facsimile one-touch dial registration control method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the caller terminal sent from the caller when the caller receives the call. Based on the line number and identification character information of
From the one-touch dial registration means, a one-touch dial key corresponding to the line number of the calling terminal is detected,
A one-touch dial registration control method for a facsimile, characterized in that identification character information of the calling terminal is registered in the one-touch dial registration means in association with the detected one-touch dial key.