JPH07112225B2 - Image processing device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus.

[Prior Art] Generally, a facsimile apparatus used for image transmission has many items that an operator needs to set before transmission, and unless all of them are properly set by the operator,
The image transmission desired by the operator cannot be realized.

In particular, in recent years, a facsimile apparatus having many transmission functions based on a storage function of image information has been put into practical use, but it is assumed that the operator understands all the functions of the facsimile apparatus. Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem that only a specialized operator can fully use the function.

Further, some facsimile machines sequentially display the operation procedure to be executed by the operator (so-called guidance display) to guide the operator's operation, but the degree of freedom of the display is small, so the displayed contents are inappropriate. In many cases, inconvenience may occur in some cases that the user cannot understand it without referring to a manual or the like of the device.

Furthermore, when a failure occurs, it is displayed, but since the type of failure is displayed but the content is not displayed, it is necessary to refer to the guidebook etc. to confirm the content. It was inconvenient.
Further, there is a device that displays the content of an error with an error code when it occurs, but it is necessary to know what the error code means, and it takes time and effort to refer to a manual or the like.

[Object] The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described inconveniences of the prior art, and an image processing apparatus capable of appropriately operating the apparatus even by an unfamiliar operator and saving time and effort when a failure occurs. It is intended to be provided.

[Configuration] In order to achieve this object, the present invention detects the state of the apparatus such as the presence or absence of a document in the document reading section, the presence or absence of recording paper in the image recording section, or the communication status with a partner apparatus. , While displaying various guidance information based on the detection result, in the image processing device that operates according to the operation input of the operator based on the guidance information, a large number of display elements are arranged in a plane, and the detection result Alternatively, from a procedure display section that displays an operation procedure to be performed next by the operator based on an operation input, and a function display section that displays functions that the operator can select at the stage of the operation procedure displayed on the procedure display section. Display means, and display control means for changing the display contents of the procedure display portion and the function display portion with the progress of the operation by the operator. And an operating means which is arranged in a fixed positional relationship with the function display section for an operator to perform an operation input, a display content displayed on the function display section by the display control means and an operation of the operating means. When an abnormal condition occurs in the state of the above-mentioned device or the communication status, and the control means for judging the operation content of the operator based on the input information and executing the operation corresponding to the operation content, and the abnormality that has occurred in the function display section. A device provided with an abnormal state display unit for displaying predetermined display information for notifying the state and for displaying guidance information corresponding to the abnormal state that has occurred on the procedure display unit when the operating unit is operated at that time Is.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 show a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a plotter to which a laser printer is applied is used as a plotter for recording and outputting a received image and the like, and since it is possible to form a large number of copies, approximately 1000 recording sheets are provided at the bottom of the apparatus main body. A paper feeding unit that can be stored is provided.

In a scanner that reads an image of a read document, a document table 1
The read originals placed on the sheet are sent out by the pickup roller 2, separated one by one by the separation / conveyance roller 3, and sent out to the reading position by the conveyance roller 4. Then, when the image is read, it is reversed by the reversing unit 5 and discharged to the document tray 6.

At the reading position, the image of the read document is illuminated by the light source 7, and the reflected light from the image is reflected by the mirrors 8 and 9 and the lens 1
It is guided to 0 and imaged on the line image sensor 11.

Guides 1a and 1b for positioning both sides of the document to be scanned on the document table 1
Can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction so as to match the width of the read document. Further, each of the guides 1a and 1b is provided with a document sensor 12 for detecting the size of the read document according to its position, and the size of the read document and the document read by the detection output of the document sensor 12 are set. It is determined whether or not it is placed on the table 1.

Further, on the front side of the upper part of the apparatus main body, an operation display section 13 for an operator to operate this facsimile apparatus is provided.

In the plotter for recording an image, the laser light modulated by the image signal corresponding to the recording image output from the laser unit LU is applied to the endless belt-shaped photoreceptor 14.

The photosensitive member 14 is wound around and supported by three driving rollers 15, 16 and 17 and rotated in the direction of the arrow, and its surface is uniformly charged by a charging charger 18, and the charged surface is a laser unit. The laser beam output from the LU is exposed to form an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the recorded image (recorded information), and the electrostatic latent image is developed by the developing device 19 with toner. The back plate 20 is for keeping the photoconductor 14 flat in the exposure section.

On the other hand, the recording papers sent out by the paper feed roller 22 from the paper feed cassette 21 attached to the main body of the apparatus and on which the recording papers are stacked are separated one by one by the separation / conveyance roller 23 and conveyed to the registration roller 24. Further, the recording papers fed by the paper feed roller 25 from the paper feed tray 25 attached to the mass paper feeding unit and stacked with the recording papers are separated one by one by the separating and conveying roller 26, and further by the conveying roller 28. It is conveyed to the registration roller 24.

The recording paper conveyed to the registration roller 24 is registered by the registration roller at the timing when the leading edge of the toner image coincides with the leading edge of the toner image.
It is sent to the photoconductor 14 by 24.

The recording paper sent to the photoconductor 14 is brought into close contact with the photoconductor 14 by the transfer charger 29 to transfer the toner image, and then the curvature is separated by the drive roller 16 and then conveyed to the fixing device 31 by the conveyance belt 30. The toner image is fixed on the surface by the fixing device 31. Then, the recording paper which has been fixed is discharged to the stacker 34 by the discharge rollers 32 and 33.

Further, the residual toner on the surface of the photoconductor 14 is removed by the cleaning unit 35 and discharged to a not-shown toner discharge tank, and the residual charge on the surface of the photoconductor 14 is removed by the charge eliminating lamp 36.

The paper feed cassette 21 and the paper feed tray 25 are provided with paper sensors (not shown) for detecting the size of the recording paper stored therein. The size of the recording paper stored in the tray 25 is determined, and whether or not the recording paper is stored in the paper feeding cassette 21 and the paper feeding tray 25 is detected.

Also, the inside of the paper feeding unit is divided into two,
Two doors are formed so that the inside of each can be opened.

An example of the control system of this facsimile machine is shown in FIG.

In the figure, a CPU (central processing unit) 40 controls the entire facsimile device, its execution program is stored in a ROM (read only memory) 41, and its work area is a RAM (random access memory). Memory) 4
Formed in 2.

The character generator 43 generates various characters and figures (described later) to be displayed on the operation display unit 13,
The clock circuit 44 outputs time data, the parameter memory 46 backed up by the battery 45 stores setting data such as one-touch keys (described later) of the operation display unit 13, and the image memory 47 described above. The image data (non-compressed data) to be recorded and output by the plotter 48 and the compressed image data at the time of transmission or reception are accumulated.

In the image memory 47, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a portion of the storage area corresponding to the maximum size of an image that can be recorded by the plotter 48 (for example, B4 size) is the recording data in which the uncompressed recording data is stored. In the area, the other storage areas are set as the compressed data areas for storing the compressed image data. For example, 60 standard document images in a compressed state are stored in this compressed data area. can do.

The detection signals of the paper sensor 49 attached to the paper feed cassette 21 and the paper feed tray 25 of the plotter 48 and the original sensor 12 attached to the original table 1 of the scanner 50 are applied to the CPU 40.

The encoding / decoding units 51, 52 have a function of encoding / compressing image data and a function of decoding the encoded / compressed image data into the original image data, and further, a plurality of encoding modes thereof are set. There is.

The communication control unit 53 executes a predetermined facsimile transmission control procedure to execute image transmission with the partner station.
Is for modulating and demodulating digital data so that a public telephone line or the like which is an analog circuit network can be used as a transmission line, and a network control device 56 is for connecting a facsimile device to a public telephone line network. The network control device 56 has an automatic call originating / receiving function.

Then, these CPU 40, ROM 41, RAM 42, character generator 43, clock circuit 44, parameter memory 46, image memory 47, operation display unit 13, plotter 48, scanner 50, encoding / decoding units 51, 52, and communication control In the section 53, data is exchanged via the bus line 57.

Here, the general operation of the facsimile apparatus will be described.

During image transmission (during storage), first, the image signal read from the scanner 50 is transferred to the encoding / decoding unit 51 (or 52) by the CPU 40 and encoded, and then the image memory.
It is stored in 47 compressed data areas.

Then, when connected to the destination, the image data stored in the image memory 47 is transmitted to the destination. At this time, if the encoding method set by the pre-transmission procedure is different from the encoding method used when the image memory 47 is stored, the image data stored in the image memory 47 is temporarily encoded by the encoding / decoding unit 51. The original image signal is decoded, the image signal is converted by the encoding / decoding unit 52 into the code of the set encoding method, and then transmitted to the destination.

Further, in this image transmission, transmission identification information is added to the beginning of each image, and a fixed text is added when set by the operator.

It should be noted that the image transmission in which the image information is temporarily stored in the image memory 47 and then transmitted as described above is performed when the transmission is set to one destination other than the immediate transmission.

At the time of receiving image information, all received images (compressed data) pass through the compressed data area of the image memory 47, and the encoding / decoding unit
The data is transferred to 51 (or 52) and decoded into a forward dimension image signal (non-compressed data), and then stored in the non-compressed data area of the image memory 47.

Then, when one image is stored in the image memory 47, the images are collectively transferred to the plotter 48 and recorded and output.

Then, this is repeated until reception of all images is completed.

When confidential transmission is set, the received image is stored in the image memory 47 as it is as compressed data. When the recording paper runs out during the reception, the image received from that point is stored in the image memory 47 as compressed data as it is (alternative reception).

The received images stored in the image memory 47 in this manner are stored at the time of inquiry when a predetermined password such as a personal identification number is input at the time of confidential transmission, and at the time of recording paper being supplied at the time of proxy reception. Then, it becomes possible to record and output each, and when the start key (described later) is turned on, recording and output of the received image starts, and the encoding / decoding unit 51 (or 52) decodes the original image signal. The image data is stored in the uncompressed data area of the image memory 47, and is transferred to the plotter 48 and recorded and output every time one image is completed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the operation display unit 13.

In the figure, a start key 60 is used to cause the facsimile apparatus to start a transmission operation and the like, and a stop key 61
Is for terminating the operation of the facsimile machine, the ten-key pad 62 is for inputting a telephone number, numerical data, etc., and the touch key 63 is one key input for the telephone number of the destination, the transmission mode, etc. The purpose is to be able to operate it. The ten-key pad 62 can also be used as a one-touch key.

The clear key 64 is for deleting the last one of the input data, and the telephone number key 65 is for switching the input mode of the numeric keypad 62 between the telephone number input mode and the one-touch input mode by the toggle operation. When the input mode of is the telephone number input mode, the light emitting diode 66 lights up.

The resolution key 67 is for setting the resolution when scanning a document, and every time the resolution key 67 is turned on, the resolution is normal (4 dots / mm) or small (8 dots / m).
m), fine characters (16 dots / mm), and MF-1 (minifax) in order, and the corresponding light emitting diode 68
Lights up.

The density key 69 is for setting the density at the time of reading a document, and each time the density key 69 is turned on, the density becomes darker, and the density is normally changed to lighter, and the corresponding light emitting diode 70 is turned on. The switching of the resolution and the density is performed cyclically.

The halftone key 71 is for setting a halftone reading mode for reading an original in halftone. When the halftone key 71 is turned on an even number of times, the halftone reading mode is canceled, and when the halftone reading mode is set, the light emitting diode 72 is turned on. Light.

Multi-mode key 72 is numeric keypad 62 and one-touch key
This multi-mode key is used to specify the mode for performing various setting operations such as registration of telephone numbers and operations to 63, setting of transmission identification information and reception identification information of the own terminal, time adjustment of clock circuit 44, etc. When 73 is turned on, the light emitting diode 74 embedded in it is turned on.

The copy key 75 is used to form a copy by the facsimile apparatus, and when the copy key is turned on, the light emitting diode 76 embedded therein is turned on.

The facsimile key 77 is for returning to the facsimile operation mode, and when the facsimile operation mode is set, the light emitting diode 78 embedded in the facsimile key 77 lights up.

The display unit 79 is for displaying the operation state of the facsimile apparatus, and the liquid crystal display 80 is provided with a display screen having an extremely large resolution (for example, vertical 64 dots and horizontal 512 dots). Various information for the operator is displayed at 80. The guidance keys 81 to 87 are used to select a desired item from the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display 80. The knob 80a is for adjusting the display density of the liquid crystal display 80.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the display unit 79.

The display 88 is for displaying that the facsimile is in the transmitting operation, and the display 89 is for displaying that the facsimile is in the receiving operation.

The display unit 90 is for displaying that the transmission has failed due to some cause, and the display unit 91 is for displaying that the facsimile device has a failure or the like that cannot be handled by the user. The container 92 indicates that the document is misfed or the scanner cover is opened.

The display 93 indicates that the free area of the image memory 47 has become smaller than a predetermined value (that is, the situation where the images of one or more originals cannot be stored), and the display 94 displays the data to the image memory 47. Is displayed, the display unit 95 displays that confidential reception is performed and the confidential file is stored, and the display unit 96 displays when the recording paper runs out. It is displayed that reception is performed by proxy and the received image is stored.

The display 97 indicates that the discharged toner bottle is full, and the display 98 blinks when the toner is low and lights up continuously when the toner is exhausted. 99 indicates that the recording paper has been mis-fed, and display 100 indicates that the top cover of the main body of the apparatus, the door of the paper feeding unit, etc. are open. The container 102 blinks when the number of recording papers stored in the paper feed cassette 21 and the paper feed tray 25 has decreased, and lights continuously when the recording papers have run out.

Further, the indicators 88, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96 are composed of green light emitting elements, and indicators 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 99, which indicate the occurrence of a failure,
Reference numerals 100, 101 and 102 are composed of red light emitting elements.

FIG. 7 exemplifies the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display 80.

In the figure, the display screen of the liquid crystal display 80 shows a pictogram display area 103 for displaying the input operation (possible operation) required at that time in pictograms, when the facsimile device is in the transmission operation. An online display area 104 for displaying the contents of the key or the like whose operation state or operation is requested, and guidance information for guiding the operator's operation, guidance information for explaining the operation content or function, input data It is composed of a message display area 105 for displaying an echo back and the like.

In the online display area 104, the capacity of the portion used in the compressed data area of the image memory 47 is displayed in [%], and the remaining capacity can be known from this. In addition, in the online display area 104, the name and telephone number of the other party who is communicating and the function of the other terminal are confirmed (for example, if the other terminal does not have the confidential reception function at the time of confidential transmission, “Confidential transmission cannot be performed”). Is displayed), and guidance information (for example, "when the operators wish to have a conversation after facsimile communication, display" take the handset and press the stop key ") is displayed.

The message displayed in the message display area 105 has an easy-to-understand content in which Chinese characters and kana are mixed, and the functions that can be selected at that time are displayed in the menu display area 105a.

The menu displayed in the menu display area 105a is a combination of a plurality of highly related functions, and basically, the number of menus that can be simultaneously displayed in the menu display area 105a (in this case, three). ) For each sub menu, and a menu number for identifying each sub menu is added to each sub menu.

When there are two or more submenus, the next submenu is displayed in the submenu display area 105b set on the right side of the menu display area 105a. The menu numbers corresponding to each submenu are the tags 105c, 1 in the menu display area 105a and the submenu display area 105b.
It is displayed in the 05d part.

Further, to display the submenu having the menu number displayed in the submenu display area 105b in the menu display area 105a, the guidance key 87 just below the submenu display area 105a may be turned on. At this time, if there is a subsequent submenu, the submenus are sequentially displayed in the submenu display area 105b, and can be displayed in the menu display area 105a in the same manner. It should be noted that this display switching is performed cyclically.

An example of pictograms is shown in FIG. The pictogram 110 indicates that a document is set, the pictogram 111 indicates that the department code is to be entered using a magnetic card, and the pictogram 112 indicates that the destination is to be entered using the one-touch key 63.
3 indicates inputting a telephone number or numerical value using the numeric keypad 62, pictogram 114 indicates turning on the start key 60, and pictogram 115 is selected by selecting the YES / NO key (assigned to the guidance keys 81 to 87). Indicates that you are typing.

A slot (not shown) for inserting a magnetic card is formed on the front surface of the operation display unit 13. When a magnetic card is inserted into this slot, a magnetic card reader (not shown) built in the operation display unit 13 is formed. The data recorded on the magnetic card is read by and output to the CPU 40. Also, after the data is read, the magnetic card is ejected from the slot.

Now, the change in the display content of the liquid crystal display device 80 due to the operation of the operator and the like with the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram showing a change in the display state of the liquid crystal display 80 by an operator's operation or the like.

Now, when the power of the facsimile machine is turned on (state 120), the opening message screen 300 as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed and the state shifts to the state 121 in which the transmission document is not set and stands by. To do.

In the opening message screen 300, the division of the display screen of the liquid crystal display 80 as described above is ignored, and the greeting message 200 and the animation 2
01 and model display 202 are displayed. In addition, the message 200 is "Good morning" by the display time, "Hello", may be switched to "Good evening", also, "Happy New Year" by the date, it may be content such as "Merry Christmas" .

After displaying this opening message, the screen is switched to the standby screen 301 shown in FIG.

From the state 121, image information transmission, polling reception,
When confidentially received, the received image can be taken out (hard copy output).
301 indicates that the pictogram 110 can be sent to the pictogram display area 103, and that image information can be sent to the message display area 105. “Communication is possible” and operations required at that time are displayed. “Specify.” Is displayed in the menu display area 105a in correspondence with the guidance key 84, “private extraction” is displayed, and in correspondence with the guidance key 86, “polling reception” is displayed. In addition, "confidential taking out"
Is displayed only when there is an image file that is actually received confidentially.

Here, when the operator turns on the guidance key 86 to select polling reception, the state shifts to the state 122 for setting conditions for polling reception, and the screen 302 as shown in FIG. 12 is switched to.

On the screen 302, the pictogram 112 is displayed in the pictogram display area 103.
In the message display area 105, "Polling reception" and "Set destination", the guidance key 82 corresponds to "Guide", and the guidance key 83 corresponds to "Release".
In the menu display area 105a, the "department code" is displayed corresponding to the guidance key 84, and the "polling ID" is displayed corresponding to the guidance key 85. Further, the number of destinations set between the online display area 104 and the menu display area 105a is displayed as "the number of destinations n", and at this time, since there are two submenus, the submenu display area 105b is also displayed. . In the state shown in the figure, 0 is displayed for n (the same applies hereinafter) because the destination has not been set yet.

Therefore, when the guidance keys 84 and 85 are turned on, the process shifts to the process for inputting the department code and polling ID (identification information), the display is switched to the screen required for each process, and when the guidance key 82 is turned on. At this time, the screen moves to a screen displaying an explanation of the contents displayed on menu screen 105a, and guidance key 83
When is turned on, the conditions set up to that point are canceled.

When the guidance key 87 is turned on to see the next menu, the display is switched to the screen 303 shown in FIG.

On this screen 303, “Specify time” is displayed in the menu display area 105a corresponding to the guidance key 84, and the guidance key
When 84 is turned on, the process moves to the time designation process and the display is switched to the screen required for it. At the same time, the "time setting" is changed to black-and-white inverted characters to indicate that the time setting is selected. When the operator designates the time, the "time designation" on the screen 303 is displayed in a frame to indicate that the time designation has been set. When the guidance key 87 is turned on, the display returns to 302 on the screen.

When the destination is entered from the ten-key pad 62 and the one-touch key 63 in the state of the screen 302, the display is switched to the screen 304 shown in FIG. On this screen 304, the guidance key 8
When the guidance key 86 is turned on by displaying “Address Confirmation” corresponding to 6, the screen is switched to the screen displaying the list of addresses entered at that time, and the set address can be confirmed. At that time, it is possible to make a correction such as deleting a destination set by mistake.

Also, since polling reception can be started by setting one or more destinations, it is possible to turn on the start key 60 in the online display area 104 to start polling reception. Displayed in reverse characters. Therefore, when the start key 60 is turned on, it shifts to the state 123 for polling reception,
From here, via state 124 (polling transmission), state 125
It shifts to the receiving state of.

If the telephone attached to the facsimile is off-hook from the state of screen 302, the state for manual reception is displayed.
The process moves to 126, and then to the screen 305 shown in FIG.

On this screen 305, the pictogram 113 is displayed in the pictogram display area 103, and in this case it is indicated that the destination is input from the ten-key pad 62, and “Reception” indicating the receiving operation is displayed in black and white inversion characters in the message display area 105. Then, “press start” is displayed, and “start” is displayed in black and white inversion characters in the online display area 104.

In this state, if the start key 60 is turned on after inputting the destination telephone number from the ten-key pad 62, the state shifts to the state 125 and reception is performed.

By the way, when setting the department code, there are cases where a magnetic card is used and cases where the number is directly input from the ten-key pad 62. FIG. 16 shows a screen example when a magnetic card is used.
This screen 306 is for realizing user restriction for limiting users who use this facsimile apparatus. When this function is set, copy and multi-mode function (facsimile function) Those who can use functions other than are limited.

When the guidance key 84 is turned on from the state of screen 301, the password required for confidential extraction is entered. 12
When the screen shifts to 7 and the display is switched to the password entry screen, and the correct password is entered, status 12
The image is transferred to 8 and the confidentially received image is recorded and output.

When the copy key 75 is turned on from the state of the screen 301, the state moves to the state 129 for setting various parameters for copying, and the screen 307 shown in FIG. 17 is displayed.

On the screen 307, the pictogram 110 is displayed in the pictogram display area 103, “You can copy the required mode is selected” is displayed in the message display area 105, and “Guide” is displayed corresponding to the guidance key 82.

Corresponding to the guidance key 84 "Paper selection", "Size" (size of recording paper stored in the paper feed cassette 21) "
And "Size 2 (size of recording paper stored in the paper feed tray 25)" are sequentially displayed. Each time the guidance key 84 is turned on, the size 1 and the size 2 are switched and the selected size is reversed in black and white. Is displayed. In addition, the copy magnification of four steps is displayed corresponding to the guidance key 85 and the guidance key 86, the copy magnification decreases each time the guidance key 86 is turned on, and the copy magnification increases each time the guidance key 87 is turned on. The set copy magnification is displayed in black and white. At this time, if the copy magnification is set to 100%, "1: 1" is displayed and the copy magnification is
When it is smaller than 100%, it is displayed as "reduction", and when the copy magnification is larger than 100%, it is displayed as "enlargement", and the content of the copy destination picture changes.

Further, the number entered from the ten-key pad 62 is displayed as the number of copies.

When a copy document is set in this state, the display is switched to the screen 308, the pictogram 114 is displayed, and the start key 61
When is turned on, it is notified that the copying operation is started.
Then, when the start key 61 is turned on, the state shifts to a state 129a in which copying is started according to the setting conditions at that time.

When the multi-mode key 73 is turned on in the state of screen 301,
The processing shifts to the state 130 of the function processing for executing various setting operations, and the screen required for it is switched.

Further, when the telephone is off-hook in the state of the screen 301, the state 126 is set to set the condition for manual reception, and when the original is set in this state 126, the state 131 is set to set the parameter for manual transmission. When the state 131 is pulled out, the state returns to the state 126, and when the state 126 is on-hook, the state returns to the state 121.

When the transmission original is set in the state of the screen 301, the state shifts to the state 132 where the original is set and the standby state is set, and the screen 309 shown in FIG. 19 is displayed.

In this state, the menu is composed of three submenus, and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of screen 309, a screen displaying the submenu of menu number 2
The display is switched to 310 (see FIG. 20), and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of screen 310, the display is switched to screen 311 (see FIG. 21) displaying the submenu of menu number 3. Also, when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of the screen 311, the display is switched to the screen 309 displaying the submenu of menu number 1. When the guidance key 82 is turned on in each screen, an explanation of the contents of the submenu displayed at that time is displayed.

On the screen 309, when the guidance key 84 is turned on, the process for entering the department code is switched to the screen for that, and when the guidance key 85 is turned on, the process for entering the number of originals is performed and the screen for that is displayed. Is switched to.

On screen 310, when guidance key 84 is turned on, a process for selecting a fixed phrase is performed and the screen is switched to that, and when guidance key 85 is turned on, a process for entering a relay destination, that is, state 133 is performed. The screen is switched to that. Further, in the state 133, the state shifts to the state 134 for inputting the reception destination, and the reception destination is input.

Further, when the guidance key 86 is turned on in the screen 310, the process shifts to a process for designating the time and the screen for that is switched.

On the screen 311, when the guidance key 84 is turned on, the process moves to the confidential transmission process and the screen is switched to that.
When the guidance key 85 is turned on, the process shifts to a process for designating an option at the time of transmission and the screen 312 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed.

On this screen 312, each of the four optional functions can be set, and the pictogram 113 is displayed so that the selection of the optional functions can be entered by the ten-key pad 62. The ON / OFF status can be set individually for the selected options. Also, when the guidance key 87 is turned on, this option setting is terminated and the screen 311 immediately before that is returned.

When the guidance key 86 is turned on in the screen 311, the state shifts to the state 135 which is the standby state for polling transmission, and the screen 313 shown in FIG. 23 is displayed.

In this state, the menu is composed of two submenus, and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of the screen 313, a screen displaying the submenu of menu number 2 is displayed.
The display is switched to 314 (see FIG. 24), and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of the screen 314, the display is switched to the screen 313 displaying the submenu of menu number 1. When the guidance key 82 is turned on in each screen, an explanation of the contents of the submenu displayed at that time is displayed.

On the screen 313, when the guidance key 84 is turned on, a process for entering the department code is performed and the screen is switched to that, and when the guidance key 85 is turned on, a process for entering the number of originals is performed and a screen therefor is displayed. Polling when the guidance key 86 is turned on.
The process shifts to the process for inputting the ID and the screen for that is switched.

On screen 314, when guidance key 84 is turned on, the process for selecting a fixed phrase is switched to that screen, and when guidance key 86 is turned on, a process for specifying options for polling transmission is performed. The screen 315 shown in FIG. 25 is displayed.

On this screen 315, each of the four optional functions can be set, and the pictogram 113 is displayed so that the selection of the optional function can be input by the ten keys 62. The ON / OFF status can be set individually for the selected options. When the guidance key 87 is turned on, this option setting is terminated and the screen 314 immediately before that is returned.

In addition, when the telephone is off-hook in the standby state for polling transmission, it shifts to the manual transmission in state 131, and when the start key 62 is turned on after completing the necessary settings, the set original is read and stored in the image memory 47. Transition to the SAF accumulation state 136 for transmission.

When one or more destinations are input from the state 132, that is, any one of the screens 309, 310, 311 is displayed, the state shifts to a state 137 in which parameters for automatic transmission are set.

In this state 137, screens 317, 318, 319 similar to the display screens 309, 310, 311 of the state 132 (see FIGS. 26, 27, 28).
Is displayed and similar setting processing is executed.

However, from this state 137, the transmission operation can be started at any time by turning on the start key 62. If there is one destination specified when the start key 62 is turned on and the transmission time is not designated, the state shifts to the state 138 where the immediate transmission is executed,
In other cases, the state 136 is entered and the image of the document set is stored in the image memory 47.

By the way, when the state 132, 135, or 137 goes off-hook, the above-mentioned parameter for manual transmission is set to the state 13
The screen moves to 1 and the screen 319 shown in FIG. 29 is displayed.

In this state, the menu is composed of two submenus, and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of screen 319, the screen displaying the submenu of menu number 2 is displayed.
The display is switched to 320 (see FIG. 30), and when the guidance key 87 is turned on from the state of screen 320, the display is switched to screen 319 displaying the submenu of menu number 1.

On the screen 319, when the guidance key 84 is turned on, a process for entering the department code is performed and the screen is switched to that, and when the guidance key 85 is turned on, a process for entering the number of originals is performed and a screen therefor is displayed. Is switched to.

On screen 320, when guidance key 84 is turned on, it shifts to the process for selecting a fixed phrase and it is switched to that screen, and when guidance key 85 is turned on, it shifts to the process for confidential transmission and it is switched to that screen. When the guidance key 86 is turned on, the process shifts to a process for designating an option at the time of transmission, the screen 312 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed, and the same process as described above is executed.

In this state 131, when the destination telephone number is input and the start key 62 is turned on, the state shifts to the state 138 and immediate transmission is started.

Further, when the original is pulled out in the states 132, 135, and 137, the state returns to the state 131, and all the conditions set up to that point are released (reset).

An example of the guidance display will be described below.

For example, when the guidance key 84 is turned on to select a fixed phrase on the screen 310, the screen 32 shown in FIG. 31 is displayed to display the type of fixed phrase and the like.

On this screen 321, "Guide" is displayed in correspondence with the guidance key 82, so when this guidance key 82 is turned on, the guidance information consisting of figures and a mixture of kanji and kana, such as the screen 322 shown in FIG. 32, is displayed. It is displayed, and in this case, the meaning and function of the fixed phrase are shown. Also, on the guidance display screen, one of the guidance keys (in this case, guidance key 87) is set to the key displayed as "OK" to exit from this guidance information display. By doing so, the display is returned to the screen 321 which is the previous screen.

By the way, when any failure occurs in the facsimile machine, the kind of failure corresponding to the display section 79 is displayed as described above, and together with this, the screen shown in FIG. 33 is displayed.
Like 323, a pictogram 210 indicating that a "fault" has occurred is displayed in the pictogram display area 103 by overlapping with the pictogram currently displayed.

For example, if a failure occurs due to a transmission failure, when the guidance key 81 shown by the pictogram 210 on this screen 323 is turned on, the screen 324 shown in FIG. 34 is displayed, and the details of the failure related to the transmission failure are displayed graphically. Displayed in a mixture of kanji and kana. Also, on screen 324, press guidance key 8
When 7 is turned on, the display of the contents of the trouble is terminated and the screen 323 one before is returned.

When a failure occurs in this way, the content of the failure can be quickly and easily known, and the operator's judgment on the failure can be swift and reliable, thus improving the usability of the facsimile apparatus. If the failure is not particularly serious, the operation of the entire fax machine is not stopped just by notifying the occurrence of the failure, so use a function that is not directly related to the failure that is occurring. it can.

For example, the operation of the transmission operation can be executed even when the paper is out. That is, since this facsimile machine can perform an operation for a transmission operation at the time of reception or transmission, even when a paper-out failure related to reception occurs, the entire facsimile machine can be stopped and even a transmission operation can be performed. It is possible to prevent the situation from disappearing, and there is no fear of limiting the usability of the operation.

In this way, according to the present invention, even a very detailed description can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 80, and the operator can save the trouble of drawing a guide or the like. Further, since the guidance information is displayed as a menu so that a plurality of functions can be selected in parallel, the operation procedure is not fixed, and therefore the usability is very good.

Also, since the display content of the liquid crystal display 80 is composed of a mixture of figures and Kanji, it is very easy to understand,
The risk of operator error is reduced. Furthermore, since the description can be made fine and specific without error, it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous recognition of the operator.

Furthermore, in a series of operating procedures, the setting contents can be sequentially canceled and the menu can be returned to the previous menu before all the setting items are fixed, so that the possibility of erroneous operation can be minimized. Further, similarly, the display content of the liquid crystal display 80 can be appropriately switched even when the image is not actually transmitted or copied, and as a result,
It becomes possible to independently list the contents that can be set for each function, which greatly improves the usability of the facsimile device.

Although the liquid crystal display 80 is used as the screen display means in the above-described embodiment, any other device can be used as long as it has a similar display function.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, the presence or absence of a document in the document reading unit, the state of the device such as the presence or absence of recording paper in the image recording unit, or the communication status with the partner device is detected. , While displaying various guidance information based on the detection result, in the image processing device that operates according to the operation input of the operator based on the guidance information, a large number of display elements are arranged in a plane, and the detection result Alternatively, from a procedure display section that displays an operation procedure to be performed next by the operator based on an operation input, and a function display section that displays functions that the operator can select at the stage of the operation procedure displayed on the procedure display section. Display means, and display control means for changing the display contents of the procedure display portion and the function display portion with the progress of the operation by the operator. And an operating means which is arranged in a fixed positional relationship with the function display section for an operator to perform an operation input, a display content displayed on the function display section by the display control means and an operation of the operating means. When an abnormal condition occurs in the state of the above-mentioned device or the communication status, and the control means for judging the operation content of the operator based on the input information and executing the operation corresponding to the operation content, and the abnormality that has occurred in the function display section. Since an abnormal state display means for displaying a predetermined display state for notifying the state and displaying guidance information corresponding to the abnormal state that has occurred on the procedure display section when the operating means is operated at that time is provided. , The operation procedure and function display, or the display when an abnormality occurs, necessary for communication with the operator, are gathered in the display means. Since the operation means for selecting and instruction input etc. are disposed in a certain positional relationship between function display unit, the operation of the apparatus to obtain the effect of significant improvement.

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1 is a perspective view illustrating a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of such a facsimile machine, FIG. 4 is a signal arrangement diagram for explaining a storage condition of an image memory, and FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of an operation display unit.
6 is a plan view showing an example of a display unit, FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of division of a display area of a liquid crystal display, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of pictograms, and FIG. 9 is FIG. 10 to FIG. 34 are state transition diagrams showing changes in the display state of the liquid crystal display due to an operator's operation or the like, and FIGS. 10 to 34 are plan views showing an example of display contents of the liquid crystal display. 13 ... Operation display, 40 ... CPU (central processing unit), 41 ...
… ROM (Read Only Memory), 42 …… RAM (Random Access Memory), 43 …… Character Generator, 44 …… Clock Circuit, 46 …… Parameter Memory, 47 ……
Image memory, 80 ... Liquid crystal display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A state of the apparatus such as presence / absence of a document in a document reading unit or presence / absence of recording paper in an image recording unit,
Alternatively, while detecting the communication status with the partner device and displaying various guidance information based on the detection result, in the image processing device that operates according to the operator's operation input based on the guidance information, a large number of display elements And a procedure display section that displays the operation procedure to be performed next by the operator based on the detection result or the operation input, and the operator selects at the stage of the operation procedure displayed on the procedure display section. Display means for displaying the possible functions, display control means for changing the display contents of the procedure display portion and the function display portion with the progress of the operation by the operator, and the function display portion And the display control means are provided in the function display section. The control means that determines the operation content of the operator based on the display content displayed on the display and the operation input information of the operation means, and executes the operation corresponding to the operation content, and the state of the device or the communication status is in an abnormal state. Is generated, predetermined display information for notifying the abnormal state that has occurred is displayed on the function display section, and when the operating means is operated at that time, the guidance information corresponding to the abnormal state that has occurred is displayed in the procedure described above. An image processing apparatus comprising: an abnormal state display means for displaying on a display unit.