JPH06217151A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively prevent a high-secrecy document from being leaked by pressing the reconfirmation of a telephone number to a user when it is judged that the possibility of a wrong dial is high from the presence/absence of the registration of the telephone number inputted by the user, the registered rank and the inputted rank. CONSTITUTION:When the telephone number of a party to transmit the document is inputted from an input part 40, it is judged whether the telephone number is registered on a memory part 58 or not. When the result of not registering this telephone number is provided, an alarm to press the reconfirmation of this telephone number is issued. The alarm is issued from a display part 60 to the user and thus, the user judges whether the inputted telephone number is correct or not and inputs whether dialing is correct or not from the input part 40. When it is inputted that the dialing is properly performed, the party is called by the dial information, and the document is transmitted. When it is inputted that dialing is wrong, the processing of call origination is stopped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a function of preventing erroneous dialing.

With the widespread use of facsimile machines, confidential documents are often leaked due to erroneous dialing. Therefore, it is required to reliably prevent such errors.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile apparatus, erroneous dialing is prevented as follows.

Documents are confidentially transmitted by the confidential communication function. Communication is performed within a specific closed area using a personal identification number. It verifies the dial information registered on the machine itself (dial information such as shortening and one-touch) and the dial information entered by the user, and displays the name of the other party to whom the dial information matches.

The telephone number notified by the calling party,
Display ID etc. Count the number of digits input by dialing and reject dialing with an incorrect number of digits. When the leading dial input is "0" in the extension state, "0" is automatically inserted next.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] Confidential communication function (),
When the communication function () within the specific closed area is used, it is necessary that the device of the transmission partner also has the same specifications, so that it is not possible to prevent erroneous dialing for the transmission partners having different specifications.

When the function () for displaying the name of the transmission partner registered in the device itself and the function () for displaying the telephone number and ID of the called transmission partner are used, the information regarding the transmission partner is simply displayed. Since it is only displayed, if the user becomes accustomed to this, it is easy to neglect to confirm the display content, and thus the omission of the wrong dial is missed.

A function () for rejecting an invalid digit number dialing input is "0" when zero transmission is made in the extension state.
When using the automatic insertion function, if the wrong number is entered, the other party is called.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of effectively preventing an erroneous dial by a user.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the apparatus according to the first invention is configured as shown in FIG. 1, and the apparatus has a telephone number and a document confidentiality rank for each transmission partner. And a transmission partner storage means 10 in which
Telephone number input means 12 for inputting the telephone number of the person to whom the document is to be transmitted, number registration presence / absence checking means 14 for checking whether or not the input telephone number is registered,
When the entered telephone number is not registered, a first warning means 16 which issues a warning and prompts reconfirmation of the telephone number 16
When the inputted telephone number is registered, the rank comparing means 18 for comparing the registered rank corresponding to the inputted telephone number with a preset rank, and the rank comparing means 18 corresponding to the inputted telephone number. When the registered rank is lower than the preset rank, the rank input means 20 for inputting the rank, and the inputted rank is higher than the registered rank corresponding to the inputted telephone number. At this time, second warning means 22 for issuing a warning and urging reconfirmation of the telephone number, number reconfirmation input acceptance means 24 for accepting an input of the telephone number reconfirmation, and registration corresponding to the inputted telephone number When the entered rank is higher than the preset rank, or when the entered rank is lower than the registered rank corresponding to the entered phone number, or when the entered When the input telephone number re-confirmation indicating the validity of the number is received, having, a transmission partner call means 26 calls the telephone number entered the partner to transmit a document.

The apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention is configured as shown in FIG. 2, and the transmission partner storage means 10 in which the telephone number and the document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each other.
And a telephone number input means 12 for inputting the telephone number of the person to whom the document is to be transmitted, and a number registration presence / absence checking means 14 for checking whether or not the input telephone number is registered.
When the input telephone number is not registered, the first warning means 1 which issues a warning and prompts the user to reconfirm the telephone number.
6 and when the warning is issued by the first warning means 16,
The first number re-confirmation input means 28 for accepting the input of the telephone number re-confirmation, and the first number re-confirmation input means 28 for inputting the telephone number re-confirmation showing the validity of the inputted telephone number.
First to enter a new rank when accepted by
When the input telephone number is registered, the rank input means 30, the transmission destination registration means 32 for newly registering the correspondence between the input telephone number and the new rank in the transmission destination storage means 10. In addition, the rank comparing means 18 for comparing the registered rank corresponding to the telephone number with the preset rank, and the registered rank corresponding to the inputted telephone number are preset. When the rank is lower than the rank, the second rank input means 20 for inputting the rank and the rank inputted by the second rank input means 20 are higher than the rank registered corresponding to the inputted telephone number. , A second warning means 22 for issuing a warning to prompt reconfirmation of the telephone number, and a second number reconfirmation for accepting an input of the telephone number reconfirmation when a warning is issued by the second warning means 22 With the force receiving unit 24, a.

Further, when the rank registered corresponding to the inputted telephone number is higher than the preset rank, or the second rank is higher than the rank registered corresponding to the inputted telephone number. The document is transmitted when the rank input by the input unit 20 is low or when the input of the telephone number reconfirmation indicating the validity of the input telephone number is received by the second number reconfirmation input receiving unit 24. The calling party calling means 26 for calling the calling party by the inputted telephone number.

The device according to the third aspect of the invention is configured as shown in FIG. 3, and the transmission partner storage means 10 in which the telephone number and the document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each other.
And a number rank input means 34 for inputting the telephone number and rank of the person to which the document is to be transmitted, number registration presence / absence checking means 14 for checking whether the input telephone number is registered, and the input telephone number. When a number is not registered, a warning is issued to prompt reconfirmation of the telephone number.
Of the warning means 16 and when the inputted telephone number is registered and the inputted rank is higher than the registered rank corresponding to the telephone number, a warning is issued and the telephone number is reconfirmed. Second warning means 36 for urging the user to confirm the telephone number, and a number reconfirmation input acceptance means 24 for accepting the input of the telephone number reconfirmation.
When the entered rank is lower than the registered rank when the entered phone number is registered, or when the input of the phone number reconfirmation indicating the validity of the entered phone number is accepted , A calling party calling means 2 for calling the calling party to which the document is to be sent by the entered telephone number
6 and.

[0014]

In many cases, a facsimile document is sent to a specific party, and especially in the case of a highly confidential document,
It is extremely rare for a person who has never sent to become the other party.

Therefore, the telephone number and the document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each other (device) of the transmission partner. In the first invention, it is checked whether or not the user-entered telephone number is registered. If the user-entered telephone number is not registered, there is a high possibility of erroneous dialing, so reconfirmation of the telephone number. Warning is issued.

Also, when the telephone number input by the user is registered and the rank of the telephone number and the corresponding registration is lower than the predetermined rank, and the input rank is higher than the registration rank, an error occurs. Since there is a high possibility of dialing, a warning is issued to reconfirm the phone number.

The user judges from these warnings whether or not there is an error in the telephone number, and if confirmation input is made at that time, the sender of the document is called using the already input telephone number. .

In the second invention, when the telephone number of the transmission partner is not registered, the rank of the document confidentiality regarding the transmission partner is input, and these telephone numbers and ranks are registered in correspondence with each other. .

In the third aspect of the invention, when the user inputs the rank together with the telephone number and the rank of the input is higher than the rank of the telephone number and the corresponding registration (the rank of the partner who is trying to send the document is higher than the rank considered by the user). Is low,
There is a high risk of sending important documents by mistake), and a warning is issued to reconfirm the phone number.

In the third aspect of the invention, it is also preferable to configure the device so as to automatically register the telephone number and rank of the unregistered transmission partner as in the second aspect of the invention.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

/ * Structure of the embodiment * / The structure of the embodiment is described with reference to FIG. 4, in which the input unit 40 is operated by the user, and the phone number, the document confidentiality rank, and the document transmission operation mode are operated by the operation. The data including the designation is input to the device control unit 42.

The document to be transmitted has been read by the reading unit 44, and the read data is compressed by the compression unit 46 and then sent to the line via the line control unit 48 and the modem unit 50.

Further, the received document data is received by the modem unit 5
0, taken in from the line by the line control unit 48,
After being expanded by the expansion unit 52, it is recorded on the paper by the recording unit 54. Then, the memory management unit 56 is accessing the memory unit 58 according to the instruction of the device control unit 42, and the telephone number and the document confidentiality rank are registered in the memory unit 58 in association with each other for each document transmission destination. It

In FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7, the first part of the document transmission operation is performed.
The processing contents when the mode, the second mode, and the third mode are specified are explained using the flowcharts,
FIGS. 8, 9, and 10 show examples of contents displayed on the display unit 60 of FIG. 4 when those modes are designated.

/ * First mode * / In FIG. 5, when the telephone number of the other party to which the document is to be transmitted is input from the input unit 40 (step 500), the telephone number is stored in the memory unit 5.
It is judged whether or not it is registered in step 8 (step 50).
2, 504).

If a determination result indicating that this telephone number is not registered is obtained (NO in step 504), a warning is issued to reconfirm the telephone number (step 506).

The warning is given to the user from the display unit 60, whereby the user judges whether the inputted telephone number is correct or not and the dialing unit 40 judges whether the dialing is correct or not.
Enter from.

At this time, if an input indicating that the dialing has been performed correctly is made (OK in step 508), the other party is called by the dial information and the document is transmitted (step 510).

When an input indicating that dialing has been performed by mistake is made (N in step 508).
In G), the call processing is stopped (step 512),
The process ends as it is.

The input telephone number is stored in the memory unit 58.
If a determination result indicating that the registration is performed is obtained (YES in step 504), the rank registered in the memory unit 58 corresponding to the input telephone number is searched (step 514), and the rank is searched. Is a preset rank (in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, confidential documents,
It is divided into three ranks, ie, the specified document and the public document, and the preset rank is determined to be confidential. It is determined whether or not it is lower (step 516).

At this time, if a determination result indicating that the searched rank is not lower than the set rank (confidential) is obtained (NO in step 516), the calling process is immediately performed (step 510). ), The reverse determination result indicating low is obtained (YE in step 516).
In S), the user waits for rank input (step 5).
18).

Then, when the user inputs a rank, this rank is compared with the rank searched from the memory unit 58 (step 520), and when it is lower than the searched rank (YES in step 520), the inputted telephone number is inputted. A warning is issued to reconfirm the number (step 522),
The input of the confirmation is awaited (step 524).

At this time, if an input indicating that dialing has been performed incorrectly is made (N in step 524)
G) When the call processing is stopped (step 512), an input indicating that the call was correctly made is made (OK in step 524), and the input rank is higher than the registered rank (step). If NO in 520, the transmission partner is called (step 510).

As described above, when a person who is not registered in the memory unit 58 and is unlikely to send a document is called, a warning is issued to prompt the user to reconfirm the telephone number.

In addition, when the registered transmission partner is called, the rank of the user input is higher than that of the registered one even though the rank registered for that partner is lower than the confidential one (that is, Originally, the user should specify the registered rank, so if the user inputs a higher rank, it is highly likely that the user has made an erroneous dial), and the same warning is issued.

/ * Second mode * / In FIG. 6, when the telephone number input by the user is not registered (NO in step 504), dialing is performed in response to the warning for confirming the telephone number (step 506). When a confirmation input indicating that is correct is made (O in step 508)
K) receives the rank input (step 600),
The rank and the already input telephone number are registered in the form corresponding to the memory unit 58 (step 602).

/ * Third mode * / In FIG. 7, the telephone number and rank are simultaneously entered (step 500,
518).

When it is confirmed that the user-entered telephone number is already registered (YES in step 504), the user-input rank is immediately compared with the registered one (step 520).

/ * Effect of the embodiment * / As described above, according to the present embodiment, whether or not the input telephone number is registered, the document confidentiality rank registered for the transmission destination, and the input rank When it is confirmed that the possibility of erroneous dialing is high, a warning is issued and the user is prompted to confirm whether the dialing is correct or incorrect, so that it is possible to effectively prevent leakage of confidential documents.

Moreover, since the registered transmission partner can be displayed (displayed on the display unit 60) (see FIGS. 8, 9, and 10), erroneous dialing can be prevented more reliably.

In addition, the functions of one-touch dial and speed dial can be used (see FIGS. 8, 9 and 10), and the rank and the telephone number of the transmission partner are automatically registered by the user input of the rank. (See FIG. 6), the operability of the device by the user can be made easier.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, when it is judged from the presence or absence of registration of the telephone number entered by the user, the registered rank, and the entered rank that there is a high possibility of erroneous dialing. Since the user is prompted to reconfirm the telephone number, it is possible to effectively prevent the leakage of highly confidential documents, and it is also possible to prevent the wrong party from annoying the other party. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the second invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the third invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a first mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a second mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a third mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the first mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the second mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the third mode according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 40 input unit 42 device control unit 44 reading unit 46 compression unit 48 line control unit 50 modem unit 52 expansion unit 54 recording unit 56 memory management unit 58 memory unit 60 display unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sending party storage means (10) in which a telephone number and a document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each sending party.
And telephone number input means (12) for inputting the telephone number of the person to whom the document is to be transmitted, and number registration presence / absence checking means (14) for checking whether or not the input telephone number is registered. When the registered telephone number is not registered, the first warning means (1
6), and when the inputted telephone number is registered, rank comparing means (18) for comparing the registered rank corresponding to the telephone number with a preset rank is inputted. When the rank registered corresponding to the telephone number is lower than the preset rank, the rank input means (20) for inputting the rank and the rank registered corresponding to the inputted telephone number are used. Second warning means (22) for issuing a warning to prompt reconfirmation of the telephone number when the inputted rank is high, and number reconfirmation input acceptance means (24) for accepting an input of the telephone number reconfirmation, When the registered rank corresponding to the entered telephone number is higher than the preset rank, or the entered rank is lower than the registered rank corresponding to the entered telephone number. When the input of the telephone number reconfirmation indicating the validity of the input telephone number is accepted, the transmission destination calling means (26) for calling the transmission destination of the document by the input telephone number, A facsimile machine characterized by having. 2. A sending party storage means (10) in which a telephone number and a document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each sending party.
And telephone number input means (12) for inputting the telephone number of the person to whom the document is to be transmitted, and number registration presence / absence checking means (14) for checking whether or not the input telephone number is registered. When the registered telephone number is not registered, the first warning means (1
6), and when the warning is issued by the first warning means (16), the first number reconfirmation input acceptance means (28) for accepting the input of the telephone number reconfirmation, and the validity of the inputted telephone number. When the first number reconfirmation input means (28) accepts the input of the telephone number reconfirmation indicating the sex, the first rank input means (30) for inputting a new rank, and the input telephone number And the new rank correspond to the transmission destination storing means (10) for newly registering the contents corresponding to the transmission destination storing means (10), and when the inputted telephone number is registered, it corresponds to the telephone number. Rank comparing means (18) for comparing the registered rank with the preset rank, and when the registered rank corresponding to the inputted telephone number is lower than the preset rank, Enter the rank first When the rank input by the second rank input means (20) is higher than the rank registered by the rank input means (20) and the registered telephone number, a warning is issued and the telephone number is notified. Second warning means (22) for prompting reconfirmation of the second number, and second number reconfirmation input reception means (accepting input of telephone number reconfirmation when a warning is issued by the second warning means (22) ( 24), and when the rank registered corresponding to the input telephone number is higher than the preset rank, or second from the rank registered corresponding to the input telephone number.
Second rank reconfirmation input receiving means (24) when the rank input by the rank input means (20) is low or the input of the telephone number reconfirmation indicating the validity of the input telephone number is performed.
When it is accepted by, the calling party calling means (2
6) and a facsimile machine having the following. 3. A sending party storage means (10) in which a telephone number and a document confidentiality rank are registered in correspondence with each sending party.
Number rank input means (34) for inputting the telephone number and rank of the other party to which the document is to be transmitted, number registration presence / absence checking means (14) for checking whether or not the input telephone number is registered, When the entered telephone number is not registered, a first warning means (1) that issues a warning and prompts reconfirmation of the telephone number
6) and, when the entered telephone number is registered and the entered rank is higher than the registered rank corresponding to the telephone number, a warning is issued to prompt reconfirmation of the telephone number. No. 2 warning means (36), number reconfirmation input acceptance means (24) for accepting the input of the telephone number reconfirmation, and the rank in which the inputted telephone number is registered When it is lower or when the input of the telephone number reconfirmation showing the validity of the input telephone number is accepted, the calling party calling means (2) for calling the party to which the document is to be sent by the input telephone number
6) and a facsimile machine having the following.