JPH08265536A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To eliminate the difficulty of a single-action dial registering operation for a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION: A personal computer 2 is connected to a facsimile equipment 1. Then the single-action dial numbers, the opposite party telephone numbers and the opposite party names which are previously inputted to the computer 2 for every item are transmitted sequentially to the equipment 1 together with a registering command. The equipment 1 once stores the received data in a receiving buffer memory 15 and confirms the reception of these data. An EEPROM 14 stores the data on the single-action dial numbers, the opposite party telephone numbers and the opposite party names for every item.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which can be connected to an external information processing apparatus such as a personal computer. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that can be adopted from a processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an interface (I / O port) capable of inputting and outputting signals (data) to and from a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) is used in a facsimile machine.
Is provided, the personal computer and the interface of the facsimile device are connected by a cable, the image data created or input on the personal computer side is once transmitted to the facsimile device, and the other facsimile device is transmitted from the facsimile device via a telephone line or the like. There is a method of transmitting image data to a partner device (hereinafter, referred to as partner device) or conversely storing image data received from the partner device in a memory unit in a personal computer via a facsimile device by selecting a mode.

By the way, generally, in a facsimile machine,
Dial registration operation of storing and registering the destination name, the destination dial number (destination telephone number) of the destination device (other facsimile device), and the corresponding one-touch dial number or speed dial number in advance. Although it is usually possible, the personal computer generally does not have application software dedicated to various facsimile registrations such as the dial registration operation described above.

[0004]

However, the number of keys on the operation panel provided in the facsimile apparatus is generally small. Therefore, since the limited number of keys are normally given various kinds of functions, for the dial registration operation, for example, katakana such as destination name, hiragana, kanji, alphabetic characters, In order to input numbers and the like, many keys must be operated to execute dial registration processing, and there is a problem that the operation method is very troublesome.

Further, since the display device provided in the facsimile device is small, the number of characters that can be displayed at one time is limited, and there is a problem that the confirmation work is troublesome. On the other hand, a keyboard as an input device in a personal computer has many keys for inputting the above-mentioned various characters and various functions,
The key input operation is easy, and the operation and I / O port are standardized. Further, since the display device in the personal computer is large, it is easy to display characters and confirm.

In view of these conventional circumstances, the present invention makes it possible to easily input settings of various functions such as one-touch dial registration, speed dial registration, group dial registration, and the like to the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus by a keyboard of a personal computer. It is an object of the present invention to provide such a facsimile machine.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a facsimile apparatus having an I / O port which can be connected to an external information processing apparatus such as a personal computer. And a speed dial memory for storing a destination telephone number, a destination name, and a registration number, respectively, and a receiving means for receiving at least data of the destination telephone number and the destination name created by the external information processing device. And a control means for storing the received data in a pair with a registration number in the speed dial memory.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the facsimile device described above, the receiving means comprises a receiving buffer memory for temporarily storing each data of a destination telephone number and a destination name, while the speed dial memory stores the data and a registration number. Is a non-volatile memory that stores the data even when the power of the facsimile apparatus is turned off.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the data of one destination created by the external information processing device is stored in a non-volatile memory. . The invention according to claim 4 is the facsimile apparatus according to claim 2,
According to an end command from the external information processing device, data of a plurality of destinations created by the device is collectively stored in a non-volatile memory.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the facsimile machine 1 and the personal computer 2, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the facsimile machine. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a facsimile apparatus (FAX apparatus) 1 of the present invention (herein called a calling side for convenience)
Is connected to the personal computer 2 via an input / output port (I / O port) 3 and a cable 4.

The facsimile device 1 on the calling side is connected to an external line 6a such as a telephone line via a network controller unit (NCU) 5 for controlling the line, and the external line 6a is on the calling side. The exchange 7 and the external line 6b such as a telephone line, the exchange 8 on the called side, and the external line 6c such as a telephone line are connected to the facsimile machine 9 on the called side.

The CPU 1 which is the core of the facsimile apparatus 1
Reference numeral 0 is connected to each unit of the following device via a signal bus line, and controls each unit of the device according to a predetermined communication control procedure to execute a facsimile operation, that is, data communication. The modem 11 modulates image information as a digital signal into an analog signal and transmits the analog signal to the external line 6a via the NCU 5 or an analog signal as image information sent from the NCU 5 via the external line 6a to a digital signal. Is used for transmitting and receiving various signals for transmission control, and the buffer 12 is used for the facsimile machine 9 on the called side.
Various data including coded image information transmitted / received to / from the terminal are temporarily stored, and the data such as the telephone number and name of the called side in the present invention will be described later. Receiving buffer memories 12a, 1
It has a plurality of regions such as 2b.

A read-only memory (ROM) 13 stores a control program. An EEPROM (nonvolatile memory) 14 stores various setting information such as the dialed number (telephone number) of the called side (destination) and the data of the destination name and one-touch number. This EEPRO
The contents of the M (nonvolatile memory) 14 are not erased even when the power of the facsimile apparatus 1 is turned off.

A readable / writable memory (RAM) at any time
Reference numeral 15 temporarily stores various data at the time of executing the operation. For example, it stores the telephone number of the calling side that is sent, and collectively performs one-touch dial registration for a plurality of items to be described later. In this case, a temporary storage memory 15a for data is provided. The scanner 16 reads an image of a document to be transmitted. The scanner 16 encodes the read image data by the encoding unit 17, temporarily stores it in the buffer 12, and then transmits it. In this case, as a method for compressing (suppressing) the redundancy of the facsimile signal (redundancy suppression coding method), attention is paid to the continuous length of the white signal or the black signal of the facsimile signal, that is, the statistical property of the run length. Encoding method (Modified R
EAD, MR method) is adopted.

On the other hand, the received image data is the printer 1
8, an electrostatic electrophotographic recording method in which a latent image is formed on a photosensitive drum by a laser beam, is developed with toner, and is transferred and fixed on a recording sheet. In addition, a thermal printer system that prints an image on thermal paper with a thermal head is used. In addition,
The received image data (analog signal) and dot data for recording are stored in the image memory 19, and a dynamic RAM (DRAM) is often used.

In a normal receiving operation (performing recording in real time) in the facsimile apparatus 1, signals are transmitted and received between the facsimile apparatuses 1 and 9 according to a predetermined communication control procedure, and then the transmission image information is received and buffered. At 12, the image data (analog signal) is temporarily stored. This image data is decoded (decompressed) by the decoding unit 20, and is expanded and written in the bit image storage area of the image memory 19 into a dot image for recording in page units. Then, bits are developed at a predetermined resolution, and this is sent to the printer 18 to be imaged (printed) page by page.

At the time of proxy reception, the received image data is temporarily stored in the image memory 19 as compressed data, and at the time of recording (at the time of recording sheet output), the decoding section 20 decodes it.
The same resolution as that described above is selected and bit-developed in the remaining area of the image memory 19. Further, at the time of direct transmission, the transmission original is read by the scanner 16, encoded by the encoding unit 17, and then transmitted. At the time of memory transmission, the scanner 16 reads the transmission original and encodes the encoded data,
Once stored in, and then automatically transmitted in sequence, or transmitted at a designated time. This is convenient when there is a time difference with the called facsimile machine or when group transmission (sending the same document to a plurality of destinations) is performed. Since the image data input to the personal computer is encoded data,
This data can be transmitted after being temporarily stored in the image memory 19 of the calling side facsimile device 1 described above.

As shown in FIG. 1, the operation section 21 provided in the facsimile machines 1 and 9 is provided with a display section 22 such as a liquid crystal display section for displaying the operation state of the facsimile machine, and the operator can perform various operations. A numeric keypad 23 for performing operations, a function key 24, a one-touch registration key 25, etc. are provided. The one-touch registration operation is executed by inputting the other party's telephone number, the other party's name, etc. by a predetermined operation of the ten keys 23 and the function keys 24 and a predetermined operation of the one-touch registration key 25.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the personal computer 2, which includes a CPU 30 including a microprocessor, a ROM 31 storing control programs, a RAM 32 storing various data, and an input / output port (interface) 33. That is, the keyboard 34 and the mouse 35 as an input unit, the display 36 and the printer 37 as an output unit, the facsimile device 1 as an input / output device, the external storage device 38 such as a hard disk device, etc. are connected.

Next, the one-touch dial registration operation of the present invention will be described. When the personal computer 2 is logged on and the application software for the one-touch dial registration operation is started, the one-touch dial registration is performed on the display 36 of the personal computer 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.
Alternatively, the window screen for speed dial registration (Speed Dial) operation is displayed. In the screen 40 of FIG. 4, a window portion 41 with one-touch numbers 1 to 24 and the latest one-touch registration input screen 42 (active window) on the front surface thereof are open.

Therefore, for example, when the one-touch number "1" is designated with the mouse 35, the destination name (Name) portion 43 corresponding thereto and the dial number (telephone number) of the destination (callee) facsimile machine 9 are designated. (Fax Number) Part 4
4 and 4 are ready for input. For example, to register the dial number registration “1111” and the destination name “NAGOYA” to the one-touch number “1”, the personal computer 2
Dial number (telephone number) of the one-touch registration input screen 42 of the screen 40 of the display 36 in
The cursor is moved to the portion 44, the numbers 1, 1, 1, 1 are input by the keyboard 34, and then the cursor is moved to the destination name (Name) portion 43, and the keyboard 3
Input the characters N, A, G, O, Y, A by 4, and if there is no error, click Group En on the one-touch registration input screen 42.
When the cursor is moved to the "OK" portion of try and clicked, the registered items are stored in the RAM 32 of the personal computer 2.

Next, when the icon portion 45 of the window portion 41 is clicked, the data of the registered items are transmitted from the personal computer 2 to the facsimile device 1. FIG. 5 shows a sequence for executing one-touch dial registration from the personal computer 2 to the facsimile apparatus 1. In this embodiment,
The personal computer 2 inputs the contents one by one, and transmits the contents to the facsimile device 1 side for registration. The personal computer 2 instructs the one-touch number "1" to enter the destination dial number, for example "1111". Then, the reply of registration OK is returned from the facsimile apparatus 1. Next, when the personal computer 2 instructs the one-touch number "1" to register the destination name (name), for example, "NAGOYA", the facsimile device 1 returns a registration OK response.

With this sequence, the registration of the one-touch number "1" and the dial number "1111" and the name "NAGOYA" is completed in the facsimile apparatus 1 as a pair of data. In FIG. 5, CMD1 is a dial number registration command of the other party, and CMD2 is a destination name registration command. Also, the first data "0" indicates one-touch registration, and the data is "1".
Indicates that the registration is shortened data, and the next data “01” indicates that the registration number is 01. In the personal computer 2, the above data is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 1 by ASCII code, and is temporarily stored in the reception buffer memory 12a by the ASCII code.

When a CR (carriage return) as a transmission control character is received, each data is divided and stored in each memory area RAM1, RAM2, RAM3 of the reception buffer memory 12a for each information type. is there. Here, in the RAM 1, the type of command is stored, and R
The one-touch number is stored in AM2, and the dial number is stored in RAM3.

Next, each of the data is stored in a predetermined area in the EEPROM (nonvolatile memory) 14 of the facsimile apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 6B. Similarly, the destination name of "NAGOYA" keyed in the personal computer 2 is sequentially stored in each memory area of the reception buffer memory 12b RAM1 (for storing command type), RAM2 (for one-touch number), RAM3 (for name). Once stored in ASCII code,
The respective data are stored in the EEPROM (nonvolatile memory) 14.

In this way, the paired data of the one-touch number, the destination dial number, and the destination name can be registered for each case. FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the command receiving process in the facsimile apparatus 1. When 1 byte of the data is received from the personal computer 2, the data reception interrupt process is started. Next, the reception data is read and stored in the reception buffer memory 12a or 12b (S1). When no CR signal (carriage return signal) as a transmission control character is received (S2: no),
One-touch registration is not executed because the data reception interrupt process is completed.

When the CR signal is received, in other words, when the reception of one command sequence is completed (S2: yes), the type of the command is discriminated (S3, S4). When the command type is CMD1 (S3: yes), the command type “1” is stored in the memory area RAM1 of the reception buffer memory 12a, the one-touch number is stored in the RAM2, and the dial number is stored in the RAM3, as described above. It is temporarily stored (S5). Similarly, when the command type is CMD2 (S4: yes), the command type “2” is stored in the memory area RAM1, the one-touch number is stored in the RAM2, and the RAM2 is stored in the RAM2.
A character string of the name of the other party is temporarily stored in 3 (S6).

When neither the command CMD1 nor the command CMD2, which is a command for one-touch dial registration, is received (S4: no), it is judged whether or not another type of command is received (S7), and another type of command is issued. When received (S7: yes), the corresponding process is executed (S
8). If no other type of command is received (S7: no), it is determined that the reception is bad or the like, and the facsimile apparatus 1 transmits "ERROR CR" to the personal computer 2 (S9) and responds. In this case, PC 2
Since "ERROR" is displayed on the display 36, the operator must enter the command again.

FIG. 8 shows a flow chart of the command interpretation process in the facsimile apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. When the command process is started, the contents of the RAM 1 (command Type) is determined (S81). Here, RAM1 =
If it is 0, it means that no command has been received.

If RAM1 = 1, it means that the command is CMD1 (command to send data of pair of one-touch number and dial number of destination), so that one-touch number of registration instruction is stored from RAM2. The desired dial number storage area is searched from a predetermined area of the EEPROM 14 (S82), and the dial number is stored in the RAM 3 in which the destination dial number is stored.
It is stored in the ROM 14 (S83). When the data is stored in this way, "OK CR" is returned to the personal computer 2 side (S84).

Similarly, if RAM1 = 2, CMD2
Since it is a command (command to send a pair of data of a character string of one-touch number and destination name (name)), the destination name storage area to be stored from the RAM 2 in which the one-touch number of the registration instruction is stored. EEPROM 1
4 is searched from a predetermined area (S85), and then data of a character string of the destination name is stored (stored) in the predetermined area of the EEPROM 14 from the RAM 3 storing the destination name (S86). When the data is stored in this way, "OK CR" is returned to the personal computer 2 side (S8).
7).

In this way, in this embodiment, the paired data of the one-touch number, the destination dial number and the destination name can be registered for each case. It should be noted that predetermined processing is executed for other types of commands. These command processes are always performed in the steady state of the facsimile apparatus 1. In the sequence shown in FIG. 9, the contents of a plurality of one-touch registrations are keyed in advance on the personal computer 2,
The contents are put together from the personal computer 2 to the facsimile device 1
It is an example of transmitting to.

In the second embodiment, when a dial registration start instruction is issued, the facsimile apparatus 1 returns a data reception OK response. Next, the one-touch number "1" is sent from the personal computer 2 to the destination dial number, for example "1111".
, The facsimile device 1 returns a data reception OK response. Next, from the personal computer 2 to the one-touch number "1", the destination name (name), for example "NAGO
When "YA" is instructed to be transmitted, the facsimile apparatus 1 returns a data reception OK response.

The above steps are repeated for a plurality of contents. Next, when the data transmission is completed, a reply of the received data registration OK is returned. According to this sequence, the facsimile device 1 has the dial number "1111" and the name "NAGOY" for the one-touch number "1".
One-touch dial registration such as "A" can be completed collectively.

In FIG. 9, CMD1 is a destination dial number registration command, CMD2 is a destination name registration command, CMD20 is a dial registration start command, and CMD21 is a data transmission end command. FIG.
Reference numeral 0 is a diagram showing the flow of data received by the facsimile apparatus 1, which is basically the same as that in the above-mentioned embodiment.
For example, C entered in ASCII code on PC 2
MD1 = 0, 01, "1111" CR (carriage return) is temporarily stored in the reception buffer memory 12a of the facsimile apparatus 1 in the same ASCII code (see FIG. 10A).

When a CR (carriage return) as a transmission control character is received, the respective data are divided and stored in the memory areas RAM1, RAM2 and RAM3 of the reception buffer memory 12a for each information type. Here, the type of command is stored in the RAM 1, the one-touch number is stored in the RAM 2, and the dial number is stored in the RAM 3. In the CMD2, the RAM1 and the RAM2 are the same as the above, but the character string of the destination name is stored in the RAM3. Then, each time the data is received, the data is temporarily stored in the temporary storage memory 15a. The temporary storage memory 15a temporarily stores a plurality of data (see FIG. 10B).

Next, C which is a data transmission end command
When the MD 21 is received, the temporary storage memory 15a
The data in the
The dial number is stored (stored) in a predetermined area in M (nonvolatile memory) 14 as shown in FIG. On the contrary, if the CMD 21 is not received within the predetermined time, all the memory in the temporary storage memory 15a is erased.

FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are flowcharts of command interpretation processing in the facsimile apparatus 1 of the second embodiment. When the command processing is started, the contents of the RAM 1 (command type) which is its argument are first described. Is determined (S111). If RAM1 = 0, it means that no command has been received.
From this point, the process proceeds to the flowchart of FIG.

When RAM1 = 20 in S111, CM
Since it is D20 (dial registration start command), the dial registration flag Fo is set to ON (S112).
This enables one-touch dial registration and the like.
Then, the entire contents of the temporary storage memory 15a are cleared (erased) (S113), and preparation is made so that only new data to be written thereafter can be stored. When this preparation is completed, an "OK" signal is returned to the personal computer 2 (S114) to inform that data can be input thereafter.

Next, when RAM1 = 1 in S111, it is CMD1 (dial number registration command). Next, it is determined whether the registration flag Ft is 0 or 1 (S115). When Ft = 0, memory 15 for temporary storage
This means that writing of data to a is not allowed, and in that case, "ERROR" is returned to the personal computer 2 (S11).
6). Since writing of data is permitted when Ft = 1, the RAM 2 is searched for a dial number storage address (S117), and the dial number data of the RAM 3 is stored in the temporary storage memory 15a (S1).
18) and then set the timer to To seconds (S11)
9).

Similarly, when RAM1 = 2 in S111, it is CMD2 (destination name registration command). Also in this case, it is determined whether the registration flag Ft is 0 or 1 (S120). When Ft = 0, the personal computer 2 displays "ER
"ROR" is returned (S121). RAM when Ft = 1
2, the name storage address is searched (S122),
Memory 1 for temporary storage of the data of the destination name in RAM3
5a is stored (S123), and then the timer is set to To seconds (S124).

In the present embodiment, since a plurality of one-touch registrations are continuously executed, the processes of CMD1 and CMD2 are executed a plurality of times. In this case, as described above, setting the timer to To seconds forces the one-touch registration operation when there is a situation where the subsequent data input operation is left for a long time during the operation such as one-touch registration. This is because the other commands can be executed.

When RAM1 = 21 in S111, CM
Since it is D21 (data reception end command), it is judged whether or not the registration flag Ft = 0 (S125). When Ft = 0, "ERROR" is returned to the personal computer 2 (S12).
6). When Ft = 1, the dial registration flag Fo is set to OF.
Enter F to close the registration process data entry (S12).
7). Then, the data in the temporary storage memory 15a is collectively sent to the EEPROM (nonvolatile memory) 14 and the content is copied (S128). After that, "O
"K" is sent to notify that the one-touch registration process is completed (S129).

When RAM1 = 0 in S111,
It is determined whether or not the registration flag Ft = 0 (S130), and Ft
When = 0 (S130: no), a series of command interpretation processing is ended. When Ft = 1 (S130: yes
), Since writing of data is permitted, it is then determined whether the timer has passed To seconds (timeout) (S131), and when not timed out (S13).
1: no), a plurality of one-touch registrations are continuously executed, so that the processes of CMD1 and CMD2 are allowed to be executed.

When a timeout occurs (S131: ye
s), the memory in the temporary storage memory 15a is completely erased (S132) so that the group of one-touch dial registrations is not executed. Then, the dial registration flag Fo
Is turned off (S133) to return to the initial state of the command interpretation processing. As described in each of the above embodiments,
The speed dial memory that stores the destination telephone number (destination dial number), the destination name, and the registration number,
The EEPROM 14 which is a non-volatile memory corresponds, and the receiving buffer memory 12 corresponds to the receiving means for receiving the data of the destination telephone number and the destination name created by the personal computer 2 as the external information processing device. The transmission means for transmitting (responding) to the external information processing device that the receipt of data has been confirmed is the CP in the facsimile device 1.
The command interpretation process by U10 is applicable.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the one-touch dial registration has been described, but the speed dial registration and the group registration (in order to send the contents of the same document to a plurality of destinations at the same time by the facsimile apparatus, the plurality of destinations are registered) It is needless to say that the dial number and the name of the other party are registered as one group (one group), and the speed dial number and the like are given to this one group).

Further, in the above embodiment, the registration number, the telephone number of the destination and the name of the destination are associated with each other and sent from the personal computer 2 to the facsimile apparatus 1.
Send only the other party's telephone number and the other party's name, and the facsimile device 1 determines the registration number for registering them.
It may be returned to the personal computer 2.

[0048]

As described above, claim 1
The invention described in (1) is a facsimile apparatus having an I / O port that can be connected to an external information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, and stores a destination telephone number, a destination name, and a registration number, respectively. A dial memory, a receiving means for receiving at least data of a destination telephone number and a destination name created by an external information processing device, and the received data paired with a registration number and stored in the speed dial memory. Since it is provided with a control means, it is possible to preliminarily input and confirm the destination telephone number, destination name, registration number, etc. by an external information processing device that is easy to input, and the data is transmitted to the facsimile device. Just by receiving it, the processing in the facsimile machine
A registration process can be performed so that the data is automatically retained in the facsimile device.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the difficult operation and confirmation work for one-touch dial registration or speed dial registration by the conventional facsimile apparatus. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, the receiving means is composed of a receiving buffer memory for temporarily storing each data of a destination telephone number and a destination name. On the other hand, the speed dial memory is composed of a non-volatile memory that stores each of the data and the registration number even when the power of the facsimile apparatus is turned off.

As described above, since the data transmitted from the external information processing device is temporarily stored in the reception buffer memory of the facsimile device, the data communication between the external information processing device and the facsimile device becomes reliable, and the communication trouble occurs. Can be reduced. The registered data is stored in the non-volatile memory that is stored even when the power of the facsimile apparatus is turned off, so that it is possible to reliably store the data.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the data of one destination created by the external information processing device is stored in a non-volatile memory. . If the registration process is executed for each data of one partner, the operator can register a desired number of records at any time.

Further, in the invention described in claim 4, in the facsimile machine according to claim 2, the data of a plurality of destinations created by the device in response to the end command from the external information processing device are collectively collected. And stores it in a non-volatile memory. According to this configuration, a large number of registration items created in advance by the external information processing device can be collectively registered in the facsimile device, so that the registration process can be performed quickly and extremely easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a facsimile device and a personal computer.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a facsimile device.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a personal computer.

FIG. 4 is an example screen of a display on a personal computer.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a dial registration sequence between a personal computer and a facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment.

6A is a diagram of data in a reception buffer, FIG. 6B
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a storage area in the EEPROM.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of command reception processing in the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of command interpretation processing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a dial registration sequence between a personal computer and a facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 (a) is a diagram of data in a reception buffer,
(B) is a diagram of a storage area in the temporary storage memory, and (c) is a diagram of a storage area in the EEPROM.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of command interpretation processing.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the continuation of the command interpretation processing in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile device 2 Personal computer 5 NCU 10,30 CPU 11 Modem 12 Buffer memory 12a Receive buffer memory 13,31 ROM 14 EEPROM 15,32 RAM 15a Temporary storage memory 34 Keyboard 36 Display

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device having an I / O port that can be connected to an external information processing device such as a personal computer, and a speed dial that stores a destination telephone number, a destination name, and a registration number, respectively. A memory; a receiving means for receiving at least the destination telephone number and the destination name data created by the external information processing device; and a control for storing the received data as a pair with a registration number in the speed dial memory. And a facsimile device. 2. The receiving means comprises a receiving buffer memory for temporarily storing each data of the destination telephone number and the destination name, while the speed dial memory stores the respective data and the registration number. Facsimile power supply OF
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a non-volatile memory that stores the data even at the time of F. 3. A device created by the external information processing device.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the data is stored in a non-volatile memory for each data of one destination. 4. The non-volatile memory according to claim 2, wherein data of a plurality of destinations created by the external information processing device in response to an end command from the external information processing device are stored in a non-volatile memory all together. Facsimile machine.