JPH06113048A - Control method for facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a facsimile equipment by setting a selecting sequence based on the history information on the individual functions. CONSTITUTION:An original is set to a scanner and the user identification information is inputted. Then the corresponding function execution history table is taken out and the transmitting conditions are selected. The function of the highest priority is decided out of the history table of the function group corresponding to the transmitting conditions. When these conditions are changed, the functions which are selected in accordance with the transmission history are successively selected. Thus the contents that are frequently used are shown with preference when each operating item is selected and operated in an operating state. Thus, a desired transmitting function can be easily set and the operability of a facsimile equipment is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for controlling a facsimile machine which can select a large number of individual functions for a plurality of machine functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a facsimile apparatus is provided with various individual functions selectable for a plurality of apparatus functions such as a transmission function and the like, so that various communication operations can be performed.

[0003]

However, such a conventional device has the following disadvantages.

That is, for example, when the user performs a transmission operation of image information by using a desired transmission function, there are many setting items to be operated by the user, which is complicated. Further, for this reason, the operation of transmitting the image information is executed without using the useful transmission function, and the utilization efficiency of the facsimile apparatus may be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a facsimile apparatus which can improve operability.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, and a statistical method of selection / use status of each of the large number of individual functions. The history information representing the result is formed, and based on the history information, the order of presenting the individual functions to the user at the time of selecting the device function is set.

Further, in a method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, historical information indicating statistical results of selection / usage status of the large number of individual functions is previously stored in advance. It is formed for each user identification information set to the user, and at the time of the user's operation, based on the history information corresponding to the user identification information input by the user, the individual function is provided to the user at the time of selecting the device function. The order of presenting is set.

Further, in a method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, history information indicating statistical results of selection / usage status of the large number of individual functions is previously stored. It is formed for each user identification information set for the user, and the history information corresponding to predetermined general-purpose user identification information is formed, and when the user identification information is input at the time of the user's operation, it is input by the user. On the basis of the history information corresponding to the user identification information, the order of presenting the individual functions to the user at the time of selecting the device function is set, while when the user identification information is not input at the time of the user operation, the general purpose Based on the history information corresponding to the user identification information, when the user selects the device function, It is obtained so as to set the order of presenting the individual function.

[0009]

Therefore, since the contents frequently used by the user are preferentially presented when each operation item is selected and operated during the operation of the facsimile apparatus, the user can easily set a desired transmission function. can do.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a group 3 facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a control unit 1 performs control processing of each unit of this facsimile apparatus and facsimile transmission control procedure processing, and the system memory 2 is
The control unit 1 stores a control processing program executed by the control unit 1 and various data necessary for executing the processing program, and constitutes a work area of the control unit 1. The parameter memory 3 is a group memory. It is for storing various information unique to the facsimile machine.

The scanner 4 is for reading an original image at a predetermined resolution, the plotter 5 is for recording and outputting an image at a predetermined resolution, and the operation display unit 6 is a facsimile device. For operation,
It consists of various operation keys and various indicators.

The encoding / decoding unit 7 is for encoding and compressing the image signal and for decoding the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal. The image storage device 8 is
This is for storing a large amount of image information in a coded and compressed state.

The group 3 facsimile modem 9 is for realizing the modem function of the group 3 facsimile, and has a low speed modem function (V.21 modem) for exchanging transmission procedure signals and mainly exchanging image information. High-speed modem function (V.33 modem, V.33
29 modem, V.29. 27ter modem etc.).

The network control device 10 is for connecting the facsimile device to a public telephone line network and is provided with an automatic call originating / receiving function.

These control unit 1, system memory 2,
The parameter memory 3, scanner 4, plotter 5, operation display unit 6, encoding / decoding unit 7, image storage device 8, group 3 facsimile modem 9, and network control device 10
It is connected to the system bus 11, and data is exchanged between these respective elements mainly in the system bus 1.
It is done through 1.

Data is exchanged directly between the network control device 10 and the group 3 facsimile modem 9.

Now, in order to enable the user to reduce the work load of operating and inputting the group 3 facsimile machine, the group 3 facsimile machine is shown in FIG. 2A for each user. As described above, the function execution history table for storing the history of the user operating each transmission function is formed and stored.

Here, each of the function execution history tables is a history table group in which user identification information (user ID) for identifying the corresponding user and history information consisting of history information regarding selection of a plurality of functions are collected. It consists of The function execution history table also includes a general function execution history table in which a general value that does not specify a user is set as the user identification information.

One history table is formed for each functional group representing each device function such as linear density and density at the time of image reading, as shown in FIG.
As shown in, the function group identification information (function group ID) that represents each function group, the default flag that indicates to use the default value of the function that is set in that function group, and the default function that is set in that function group. Default value identification information (default ID value) for storing the value of the identification information of the function
And m individual function history data representing the history of the selected state of each function.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the individual function history data includes function identification information (function ID) set for each function, and execution count information for storing the number of times the function is selected. , Last execution time information for storing the last execution time, latest execution interval information for storing the execution interval time (in minutes) at the last execution, average execution for storing the average value of the execution interval time Interval information, and
It consists of priority information indicating the priority of the function in the function group. Here, the smaller the value of the priority information, the higher the priority. For example, the priority information having a value of 1 is the highest priority function.

With the above configuration, in the standby state in which the group 3 facsimile apparatus is not performing the transmitting operation, the receiving operation, and other operations (for example, various setting operations by the user), the control unit 1 The operation as shown in FIG. 3 is executed.

First, the function execution history table in which the value of the user identification information is a general-purpose value is retrieved (process 10).
1), for each function group of the function displayed on each display of the operation display unit 6, retrieve the history table,
A function having the highest priority is selected, and the selected function is determined as a set value for the function group (process 102). And for each functional group,
The determined function is displayed as a set value on the display of the operation display 6 (process 103).

Therefore, in the standby state, the operation display unit 6
, A general-purpose function that does not specify a user is selected for each function group, and the selection contents are displayed on the operation display unit 6.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show an example of processing at the time of transmission by the group 3 facsimile apparatus.

When a document is set on the scanner 4, for example, "Please input the user ID. [YES / N
A user ID input guidance message "O]" is displayed to request the user to input user identification information (process 201).

When the user inputs user identification information in response to this user ID input guidance message,
When the result of determination 202 is YES, the function execution history table corresponding to the value of the input user identification information is retrieved (process 203), and one transmission condition that needs to be set at the time of transmission is selected (process 204), and determines the function with the highest priority from the history table of the function group corresponding to the selected transmission condition (process 206),
The determined function is set in the selected state and displayed on the operation display unit 6 (process 207).

Next, all functional groups (transmission conditions)
It is checked whether or not the setting of No. has been completed (decision 208), and when the result of the determination 208 is NO, the process returns to step 204, and the function is selected for the next function group.

When the setting of the transmission condition is completed and the result of the judgment 208 is YES, and the user ID mentioned above.
If the user does not input the user identification information in response to the input guidance message, the result of determination 202 is NO.
Then, a function setting input process (described later) for causing the user to perform an individual operation is activated for each function (process 208).

At the same time, the user is made to input the transmission destination (process 209), and when the input of the destination is completed, the user is requested to instruct the transmission start (process 210). Thus, when the user inputs a command to start transmission, the function setting input process is stopped (process 211), and finally set transmission conditions are input and stored (process 212).

Then, when the transmission destination designated at that time is called (step 213) and the other terminal responds to the incoming call,
The predetermined transmission pre-procedure is executed to negotiate the transmission function used at that time (process 214), and the image of the transmission original set in the scanner 4 at that time is read,
The image signal obtained thereby is encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 7 by the encoding method set at that time, the image information obtained thereby is transferred to the group 3 modem 9, and the image information is transmitted to the partner terminal. (Process 215).

When the transmission of the image information is completed, a predetermined post-transmission procedure is executed (process 216) to restore the line (process 2).
17) Then, the series of image transmitting operations is ended.

Next, the contents of the function execution history table used at that time are updated according to the transmission conditions used at that time (process 218). That is, in the history table of the function group ID corresponding to each transmission condition,
Update the contents of the individual function history data corresponding to the function ID of the function used at that time, end the operation at that time,
Return to the standby state.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the function setting input process.

In this process, first, it is monitored whether the user performs some operation input or a stop command is issued from another process (decision 301,
302 NO loop).

When the user inputs an operation and the result of determination 301 is YES, the item input by operation at that time is determined, and the operation item corresponding to that operation item is selected in the function execution history table that is in the selected state at that time. In the history table of the selected function group, the individual function having the priority next to the priority of the individual function in the selected state at that time is determined (process 303), and the determined individual function is set to the selected state. (Processing 304), the display content is changed so that the function is displayed in the selected state (Processing 305). Then, the process returns to the determination 301.

Further, when the processing stop is instructed by another processing process and the result of the judgment 302 is YES, this function setting input processing is ended.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the user inputs the user ID during image information transmission, the initial value of the transmission condition is set by referring to the function execution history table corresponding to the user ID. At the same time, when each transmission condition is changed, the function selected as each transmission condition is sequentially selected corresponding to the transmission history of the user. As a result, the work efficiency when the user sets and inputs the transmission conditions can be improved. When the transmission operation is completed, the standby state is returned to, and the display contents of the standby state are changed.

When the image information is transmitted, the user ID
If you do not enter, the general function execution history table selected in the standby state is referenced to set the initial values of the transmission conditions and change the transmission conditions. It is possible to avoid a situation where the contents of the user's function execution history table are changed.

By the way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, only the transmission operation is explained, but the user IDs of the copy operation, the reception operation and the other function operations are the same as the transmission operation. It is possible to execute the function selection process with reference to the function execution history table corresponding to.

The priority value can be appropriately set according to the values of the execution count information, the average execution interval information, the latest execution interval information, and the previous execution time information. In addition, when there are multiple individual functions with the same priority, the priority is determined by, for example, setting the one with the highest number of executions as the higher priority, or the one with the last execution time closer to the current time as the higher priority. Set to those with a shorter latest execution interval to a higher priority, those with a shorter average execution interval to a higher priority, those with a smaller function ID value to a higher priority The priority order is determined in the order of setting. Moreover, a plurality of conditions can be taken into consideration when making the determination.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the group 3 facsimile machine has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the group 4 facsimile machine.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is said that the user can easily set a desired transmission function because the contents frequently used by the user are preferentially presented when each operation item is selected and operated during the operation of the facsimile machine. Get the effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a group 3 facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a function execution history table, a history table, and an individual function history table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing example in a standby state.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing example at the time of transmission.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of function setting input processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 control unit 2 system memory

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, wherein each of the large number of individual functions is selected / selected.
Facsimile apparatus control characterized by forming history information representing a statistical result of usage status and setting an order of presenting the individual functions to the user at the time of selecting operation of the apparatus function based on the history information Method. 2. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, wherein each of the large number of individual functions is selected / selected.
The history information representing the statistical result of the usage situation is formed for each user identification information set in advance by the user, and at the time of the user's operation, based on the history information corresponding to the user identification information input by the user. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, comprising: setting an order in which the individual function is presented to a user at the time of selecting the apparatus function. 3. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a large number of individual functions for a plurality of apparatus functions, wherein history information indicating statistical results of selection / usage status of each of the large number of individual functions is previously stored. It is formed for each user identification information set for the user, and the history information corresponding to predetermined general-purpose user identification information is formed, and when the user identification information is input at the time of the user's operation, the user inputs it. On the basis of the history information corresponding to the user identification information, the order of presenting the individual functions to the user at the time of selecting and operating the device function is set, while when the user identification information is not input during the operation of the user, Based on the history information corresponding to general-purpose user identification information, the user can select the device function at the time of operation. A method for controlling a facsimile apparatus, characterized in that the order in which the individual functions are presented is set to.