JPH06318973A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the selection of a line without performing a special operation and without lowering the use efficiency of the line by setting a number corresponding to each line and using a designated line when the number is inputted at the head of a dial number. CONSTITUTION:An originating number storage circuit 14 storing on originating number designating a line performing a calling is provided and which line 10 or 11 the originating number stored by a number switching circuit 13 corresponds to is shown. Namely, when the dial number designating a calling is inputted, whether the originating number registered in the originating number storage circuit 14 and the head part coincide with each other or not is compared, and when they coincide, the setting of the number switching circuit 13 is investigated. For example, when the setting is the line 10, the calling circuit is defined as the circuit 10, and the number that the coincident head part is deleted from the dial number is processed as a calling number. When the number of the head part does not coincide with the registered originating number, the number is defined as a default line set to the calling line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dial registration system for a communication terminal device having two or more lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a communication terminal device capable of accommodating two or more lines, a facsimile device for both G3 and G4 has been provided.

In such a facsimile apparatus, the line to be called is selected by the user by using the outside / extension switching key to specify the line, or the line to be used in G3 and G4 is determined in advance. I used it fixedly.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, in the case of the method of using the outside / extension switching key, since the special key is used, the user has to be aware of the connection form of the line and use it. In addition, the user is required to have a certain amount of experience, which is troublesome.

Further, in the case of the usage method in which the used line is fixed, it is impossible to select and use a vacant line, which has a drawback that the use efficiency is lowered.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device capable of selecting a line without performing a special operation and without reducing the use efficiency of the line.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a communication terminal device accommodating two or more lines, a number corresponding to each line is set and the dial number at the beginning of a dial number is input at the time of calling. When a number corresponding to a line is input, a call is made using the designated line.

[0008]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, an operation panel 1 is provided with various key switches and an LCD operated by an operator, and a reader 2 photoelectrically scans a document to be transmitted to form an image signal. It is a thing.

The printer 3 is composed of a dot printer such as a laser beam printer (LBP) or a thermal transfer printer, and converts a received signal sent via a line into a dot pattern and records it on a recording paper.

Correspondingly, an operation panel control unit 4 for controlling the operation panel 1, a reader control unit 5 for controlling the reader 2, and a printer control unit 6 for controlling the printer 3 are provided.
Is provided.

The communication control unit 7 controls communication between the communication terminal device and other communication devices connected to the lines 10 and 11. Even if G3 and G4 are combined, It can be separate.

The network controller 8 controls the connection of the line 10, and the network controller 9 controls the connection of the line 11.

The microprocessor unit 12 controls the overall operation of this communication terminal device, and includes a ROM storing the programs shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 described later.

The number switching circuit 13 is a circuit which indicates to which line the calling number registered in the calling number storage circuit 14 corresponds. The calling number storage circuit 14 is a memory circuit in which a number designating a line for making a call is registered.

The buffer memory 15 is a memory for temporarily storing image information to be transmitted / received, and the code / decoding unit 16
Is for encoding and compressing the image data read by the reader 2 or expanding the compressed image data sent from the line 10 or 11.

The image conversion unit 17 converts the resolution of image data to be transmitted, the paper size, etc. according to the receiving capability of the transmission destination. The bus line 18 connects the above-mentioned elements to each other.

Next, the calling operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the dial number instructed to make a call is taken out (S1). This number is directly entered using the numeric keypad on the operation panel 4 or the buffer memory 15
There are numbers such as one-touch dials and speed dials stored in.

Next, it is compared whether or not the calling number registered in the calling number storage circuit 14 coincides with the several-digit portion of the leading portion of the call-instructed number retrieved in S1 (S2). .

If they match, it is checked whether the setting of the number switching circuit 13 is the setting of the line 10 or the line 11 (S3).

If the number switching circuit 13 is set to the line 10, the calling line is set to the line 10 (S4). If the setting of the number switching circuit 13 is the line 11,
The calling line is set to line 11 (S5).

Next, the calling number storage circuit 1 that has been matched in S2 from the number designated for calling in S1
The number obtained by deleting the calling number portion registered in 4 is set as the calling number (S6).

If the calling number registered in the calling number storage circuit 14 in S2 does not match the leading digits of the call-instructed number retrieved in S1, the calling line is set. The preset default line is set (S7). It should be noted that this default line may be the line set in the number switching circuit 13 or the other line.

The calling number is the number instructed to be taken out in S1 (S8). As described above, the call is made by using the calling line and the calling number determined in S1 to S8 (S9) and the normal communication process is executed (S1).
0).

Next, an example of an actual communication operation according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As a premise, the setting in the communication terminal A having the function of the present invention is that the number switching circuit 13 is the line 10 and the calling number storage circuit 14 is "9".
The default calling line is line 11.

When making a call to the communication terminal B using the line 11, the dial number input to the communication terminal A is "4".
56 "is the same as before.

Further, when a call is made to the communication terminal C using the line 10, the dial number to be input to the communication terminal A should be "9123" and the number registered in the calling number storage circuit 14 should be added. Can be specified.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication terminal device in the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, two calling number storage circuits 20 and 21 are provided instead of the number switching circuit 13 and the calling number storage circuit 14, and the calling number storage circuit 20 makes a call. The calling circuit is a memory circuit in which a number for designating a line for making a call is registered in the line 10, and the calling number storage circuit 21 is a memory circuit in which a number for designating a line for making a call is registered in the line 11. In addition, other configurations are
Since it is common to the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the individual description is omitted.

Next, using the flowchart of FIG.
The calling operation of the embodiment will be described.

First, the dial number instructed to make a call is taken out (S11). This number is directly entered using the ten keys on the operation panel 4 or the buffer memory 15
There are numbers such as one-touch dials and speed dials stored in.

It is compared whether or not the calling number A registered in the calling number storage circuit 20 coincides with several digits of the leading portion of the calling-instructed number retrieved in S11 (S12).

If they do not match, it is determined whether or not the calling number B registered in the calling number storage circuit 21 has the same number of digits as the leading part of the call-instructed number retrieved in S11. Are compared (S13).

In S12 or S13, the calling number registered in the calling number storage circuit 20 or the calling number storage circuit 21 matches the several digits of the leading portion of the call-instructed number retrieved in S11. If not, the calling line is set as a preset default line (S1).
4). Further, the calling number is the number for which the calling instruction is taken out in S11 (S15).

In S12, if the calling number A registered in the calling number storage circuit 20 matches the several digits of the leading part of the calling instructed number retrieved in S11, the calling line is set to the line 10. Yes (S17).

In S13, if the calling number A registered in the calling number storage circuit 21 matches the first several digits of the call-instructed number retrieved in S11, the calling line is set to the line 11. (S16).

Next, from the call-out instruction number fetched in S11, a call is made by deleting the part of the caller number A or B registered in the caller number storage circuit 20 or 21 that matches in S12 or S13. The number (S18).

As described above, a call is made using the calling line and the calling number determined in S11 to S18 (S19), and thereafter, normal communication processing is executed (S20).

Next, an example of an actual communication operation according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As a premise, the setting in the communication terminal A having the function of the present invention is that the calling number storage circuit 20 is "9", the calling number storage circuit 21 is "0", and the default calling is made. The line is assumed to be line 11.

When a call is made to the communication terminal B using the line 11, the dial number input to the communication terminal A should be "0456" and the number registered in the calling number storage circuit 21 should be added. Or by using the default setting, specify "456".

When making a call to the communication terminal C using the line 10, the dial number input to the communication terminal A is "9".
It is possible to specify by adding a number registered in the calling number storage circuit 20 to the head of "123".

In the embodiment described above, the number of lines is 2
A communication terminal that accommodates three lines has been described. However, if the number switching circuit 13 in the first embodiment can be set to three or more lines and a network control unit and lines are added, three or more lines can be selected.

Further, if three or more calling party number storage circuits in the second embodiment are installed and a network control unit and a line are added,
It is possible to select more than 3 lines.

In each of the above embodiments, a facsimile terminal is used as an example of a communication terminal, but any other device that accommodates a plurality of lines such as a telephone and a computer may be used.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Having a means to store the number corresponding to the line used for calling, when dialing at the time of calling, when the number corresponding to the line is entered at the beginning of the dialed number, the call is made using the specified line By doing so, since it is possible to easily specify a plurality of lines, there is an effect that the lines can be effectively used, such as using a vacant line. Further, since the user only has to remember the number, there is an effect that the user can operate without knowing any special operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication system of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Operation panel, 2 ... Reader, 3 ... Printer, 4 ... Operation panel control part, 5 ... Reader control part, 6 ... Printer control part, 7 ... Communication control part, 8, 9 ... Network control part, 10, 11 ... Lines, 12 ... Microprocessor section, 13 ... Number switching circuit, 14, 20, 21 ... Calling number storage circuit, 15 ... Buffer memory, 16 ... Code / decode section, 17 ... Image conversion section, 18 ... Bus line.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device capable of accommodating two or more lines, comprising a calling number storage means for storing a calling number for designating a line for making a call. 2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the calling number and the leading portion of the number instructed to call match, the line designated by the number is selected to call. apparatus. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a call is made using a number obtained by deleting the calling number from the number instructed to call.