JPH09181867A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm immediately the reception result and to readily find out nonarrival or the like by providing a storage means storing reception history information and a display means displaying the storage content in response to an external command. SOLUTION: When reception is started, it is informed from a communication management section 1 to control section 4. The control section 4 clears a reception number area reserved in a memory section 6 to check whether or not data by one page are received. When the data by one page are received, a counter section 3 increments the received number and the total received number. An arithmetic section 8 obtains the total reception number and the total reception number of times by senders based on the reception number and the reception result stored in the memory section 6. The arithmetic section 8 stores reception history information to a reception history storage area reserved by the memory section 6 based on a registration character code area pointer and a reception history area pointer reserved in the memory section 6. Information such as a reception size and a reception date and time is displayed on a display section 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a function of storing a reception history.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to confirm whether a reception by a facsimile apparatus is normally performed, it is usually necessary to confirm the contents of a recording sheet on which a reception result is printed. Therefore, only the person who keeps the printed recording sheet can determine whether the reception is normally performed. In addition, even if the printed recording paper itself is lost, it cannot be determined whether the reception is normally performed.

A facsimile machine which solves this inconvenience is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-124963. This facsimile machine has a function of totaling the results of transmission / reception, and totalizes and stores daily reports of transmission / reception time per day, required time, recording paper size, number of sheets, and the like. Then, the stored information is recorded (printed) as needed by the recording device of the main body.

By looking at the printed totaling result, the receiving result can be easily confirmed.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, the totalized result must be printed in order to confirm the reception result. Therefore, if printing of the received contents is not completed even for a sudden reception confirmation request,
You cannot print the counting result. Therefore, when the number of received sheets is large, it takes a long time to complete the printing of the received contents, and it takes a long time to confirm the reception result.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of immediately confirming a reception result.

[0007]

A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by including storage means for storing reception history information and display means for displaying the storage content in response to an external command. Further, the reception history information includes the number of received documents and the number of receptions from the transmission source. Further, the storage means stores the reception history information for each transmission source, and the display means displays the reception history information for each transmission source.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The operation of the present invention is as follows.

Reception history information is stored and the stored contents are displayed in response to an external command. At this time, the number of received documents, the number of receptions from the transmission source, and the like are used as the reception history information. The reception history information is stored for each sender and displayed for each sender.

Since printing is not required, the reception result can be confirmed immediately, and non-delivery can be easily found.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is mainly composed of a control unit 4 that controls each unit, and a communication management unit 1 that constantly manages communication in order to notify the control unit 4 of the presence or absence of reception. , The number of receptions, the number of receptions, the reception date and time, the reception size, the reception result, and the like.

Further, the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment has a counter section 3 for counting the number of received sheets and the number of received sheets.
A key input management unit 5 that constantly manages key input to notify the control unit 4 of the presence or absence of key input;
A memory unit 6 for storing history such as the number of received sheets, date and time of reception, received size, received result and the like, character code for each sender registered in advance, a clock control unit 7 for controlling date and time, total number of received times, total number of received sheets, etc. And a printer output unit 9 for outputting a reception result and the like. The display unit 6 is assumed to be composed of a known touch panel.

Here, the structure of the memory section 6 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the minimum required area of the memory section 6 shown in FIG. In the figure, the memory unit 6 includes a registered character code area 61, a reception history storage area 62, a registered character code area pointer value 63, and a reception history storage area pointer value 6.
4, the registered character code number 65, and the transmission source character code 66.

Registered character code area 61 in the figure
Indicates each block 61-from the three areas of "registered character code", "display code" and "presence / absence of reception history".
1 (block No. 000), 61-2 (block N
o. 001) ... are configured.

The "registered character code" is an area for storing a predetermined favorite number. When this number is dialed after dialing the telephone number on the sending side, the receiving side checks the registered number and the number dialed on the sending side, and if there is any, sets the reception history existence to "Yes". Set. This registered character code can be set by the user's key input from the touch panel type display unit 2, and is stored in the memory unit 6 via the control unit 4 after registration. At this time, the counter unit 3 increments the number of registered character codes for each registered character code.

The "display code" is an area for storing a character code to be displayed on the display unit 2. Also for this character code, a desired character code is determined and set in advance. In this example, 12 half-width characters are displayed maximum, and this is the maximum number of characters that can be set. The contents of the set display code are displayed on the panel switch surface of the touch panel of the display unit 2.

The types of characters that can be registered include all characters such as kanji, hiragana, katakana, alphanumeric characters (uppercase and lowercase), and symbols.

The "presence or absence of reception history" is an area indicating whether or not there is a reception history. If there is a reception history, this area is “present”, and if there is no reception history, this area is “absent”.

Block 61- * (block No.
***) is composed of "other display code" for displaying "other" and "presence / absence of reception history". The other display code is information for displaying "other" on the surface of the panel switch of the touch panel of the display unit 2.

The reception history storage area 62 has "reception date and time", "reception size", "reception number" and "reception result".
A block 62-1a including a plurality of blocks 62-1a and further including information of "total number of received sheets" and "total number of received times" by the plurality of blocks.
-1 is included in plural. In this example, it is assumed that 12 blocks 62-1a are included in one block 62-1 and that these 12 blocks configure information for one page on the touch panel of the display unit 2. . The blocks 62-1a correspond to the blocks 61-1 and 61 in the registered character code area 61.
There is a one-to-one correspondence with -2 ...

Here, "reception date and time" is an area for storing the reception date and time. The “reception size” is an area for storing the received size. The “received number” is an area for storing the received number. The “reception result” is an area for storing the number of received sheets, and is set to “normal” if reception of all pages is completed, and “abnormal” if all pages cannot be received for some reason.

The "total number of received sheets" and "total number of received times" are the total number of received sheets and the total number of received times in the 12 blocks 62-1a in the same block.

The reception history storage area 62 includes a plurality of blocks 62-1 and also contains information of "total received number of sheets" and "total received number of times". The “total received number total” is the total number of received sheets, and the “total received number total” is the total number of received numbers.

The registered character code area pointer value 63 is an area used when checking the registered character code dialed from the transmitting side and the registered character code in the registered character code area which is registered in advance.

The reception history storage area pointer value 64 is
It is a pointer value for indicating the reception date and time, the reception size, the number of received sheets, and the reception result in one block corresponding to one block of the registered character code area, where the reception result is one block. .

The registered character code number 65 indicates the number of registered registered character codes in the registered character code area.

The transmission source character code 66 is an area for storing the character code dialed from the transmission side.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus including the memory unit 6 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, in FIG. 3, when the reception is started, the communication management unit 1 notifies the control unit 4 that the reception is started. After receiving the notification, the control unit 4 clears the received number area secured in the memory unit 6 to 0 (step 10
1) It is checked whether one page has been received (step 102). When one page has been received, the counter unit 3 increments the number of received sheets and the total number of received sheets (step 103).

Next, it is checked whether all pages have been received (step 104). If all pages have been received, the memory unit 6
"Normal" is set in the reception result area secured inside (step 105), and the process proceeds to step 108.

If one page has not been received, or if all pages have not been received, it is checked whether reception is normally performed (step 106). If reception is normally performed, step 101 is performed. Return to. If the reception is not normally performed, "abnormal" is set in the area in the reception result secured in the memory unit 6 (step 107), and the process proceeds to step 108.

In step 108, "0" is set to the registered character code area pointer value secured in the memory section 6.

Next, it is checked whether the pointer value for the registered character code area secured in the memory unit 6 and the number of registered character codes are the same (step 10).
9).

In the case of the same, the process moves to FIG.
After the pointer value for the registered character code area secured inside is set to the pointer value of the other area (step 110), the process proceeds to step 113. That is,
When received from a sender whose character code is not registered, the reception history information is stored in the area corresponding to "other".

On the other hand, if they are not the same, the process proceeds to FIG. 4, and the character code for each source sent from the source and the registered character code pointed to by the pointer value for the registered character code area secured in the memory unit 6 are indicated. It is checked whether and are the same (step 111).

If the result of the check in step 111 is the same, the process proceeds to step 113. On the other hand, if they are not the same, after the pointer value for the registered character code area secured in the memory unit 6 is incremented by the counter unit 3 (step 112), step 1 in FIG.
Then, the processing is shifted to 09 and the same processing is repeated.

In step 113, based on the pointer value for the registered character code area and the pointer value for the reception history storage area secured in the memory unit 6, the reception secured in the corresponding memory unit 6 in the arithmetic unit 8 is performed. The history storage area is obtained, the current date and time from the clock control unit 7 is used as the reception date and time, the size transmitted from the sender is used as the reception size, and the number of received sheets secured in the memory unit 6 and the reception result are respectively received. Store in the storage area. "Yes" is set in the reception history presence / absence area in the registered character code area pointed to by the registered character code area pointer value (step 114).

The arithmetic unit 8 obtains the total number of received sheets and the total number of times of reception for each sender based on the number of received sheets and the reception result secured in the memory section 6, and the registration secured in the memory section 6 is obtained. The calculation unit 8 sets the character code area pointer value and the reception history storage area pointer value to the reception history storage area secured in the corresponding memory unit 6 (step 115).

Next, a display example on the display unit 2 will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of an individual reception history selection screen. As described above, the facsimile apparatus of this example has a display unit using a well-known touch panel, as shown in FIG.
The state shown in is a display state when the individual reception history selection screen is selected. According to the screen in the figure,
The total received number is "05", that is, 5 and the total number of received is "0".
2 ", that is, two.

On the screen, "individual reception history", which is a key switch for transitioning to the display screen of individual reception history, is displayed, and "clear", "previous page", and "next page" are displayed. The key switch is displayed. In this state,
When the "Clear" key is pressed, the key input management unit 5 detects this, and the contents of the reception history storage area secured in the memory unit 6 under the control of the control unit 4 are all erased. Also, pressing the "To previous page" key displays the screen of the previous page of the individual reception history selection screen, and pressing the "Next page" key displays the screen of the next page of the individual reception history selection screen. To be done. When the individual reception history key is pressed, the individual reception history selection list screen is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the individual reception history selection list screen. In this case, the registered character code area pointer value secured in the memory unit 6 is set to "0", the registered character code area pointer value is set to "0", and the reception history in the registered character code area is " Check "Yes" or "No". Then, if the reception history is “present”, the display code is displayed on the display unit 2. After this display or when the reception history is "absent", the pointer value for the registered character code area is incremented by the counter unit 3. Up to 12 display codes can be displayed on one page.

In the state shown in the figure, in addition to the "XX company", "XX (shares)" and "concave (convex)" keys indicating the sender, the "other" key is displayed. ing. By pressing any one of these keys, the reception history from the displayed sender is displayed.

Further, in this example, there is a display of "01/01". In this display, the total number of pages is "01", that is, 1
The one currently displayed is "01", that is, 1
It indicates that it is the page. If the "go to previous page" key is pressed when the total number of pages is two or more, the key input management unit 5 detects this and shifts to the page before the currently displayed page under the control of the control unit 4. To do. On the other hand, when the "to the next page" key is pressed, the key input management unit 5 detects this, and the control unit 4 controls to transition to the page next to the currently displayed page.
If the "go to previous page" key is pressed when the currently displayed page is the first page, the individual reception history selection screen (FIG. 5) may be displayed.

Furthermore, when the "reset" key is pressed, the screen shifts to the individual reception history selection display screen (FIG. 5).

When the key of the individual reception history to be referred to is pressed among the keys of "XX company", "XX Co., Ltd.", "Concave / convex (possible)" and "Other", the key input management unit 5 Upon detection of this, the control unit 4 controls to transition to a screen displaying the individual reception history.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a display example of an individual reception history display screen. In this case, the registered character code is read from the registered character code area secured in the memory unit 6, and the reception date / time, the reception size, the number of received sheets, the reception result, and the total of the reception history storage area pointer value are read from the reception history storage area. Information about the number of received sheets and the total number of received sheets is read out and displayed on the display unit 2.

In this example, the state after pressing the "XX (stock)" key in FIG. 6 is shown. That is, the transmission source is displayed as "XX (shares)". And item "1"
In, the reception date is “95.320.20”, the reception time is “15:46”, the reception size is “A4”, the number of received sheets is “2”, and the reception result is “abnormal”. On the other hand, item "2"
In, the reception date is “95.03.20”, the reception time is “15:50”, the reception size is “A4”, the number of received sheets is “3”, and the reception result is “normal”. Therefore, the total number of received sheets is "05", that is, 5 sheets, and the total number of received sheets is "02", that is, 2 sheets.

When the "go to previous page" key is pressed, the information of the page corresponding to the previous page is read and displayed, and when the "to the next page" key is pressed. The information of the page corresponding to the next page is read and displayed. If the "go to previous page" key is pressed when the currently displayed page is the first page, the individual reception history selection list screen (FIG. 6) may be displayed.

If printing is required, the "PRINT OUT" key may be pressed on this screen. Then
Of the contents of the individual reception history stored in the memory unit 6, the portion corresponding to the currently displayed individual reception history is printed out on a sheet (not shown) by the printer output unit 9.

When the "reset" key is pressed, the display state shown in FIG. 6 is entered.

When the "Clear" key is pressed, all the individual reception history contents of the currently displayed portion of the reception history storage area secured in the memory section 6 are cleared. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9B, the contents of each item are all cleared, and only the transmission source "XX (shares)" remains. For this reason, when new data is received from "XX Co., Ltd." thereafter, it is stored as a new item.

Even in the state of FIG. 9B, when the "go to previous page" or "go to next page" key is pressed, the corresponding page is displayed. When the "reset" key is pressed, the display state shown in FIG. 6 is entered.

Next, the control in the control unit 4 for performing the display transition according to FIGS. 5 to 7 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9.

First, in FIG. 8, it is assumed that the state currently shown in FIG. 5, that is, the individual reception history selection list screen is displayed (step 80). The display of this screen is
It continues until the key is pressed (steps 80 → 81).
→ 80). When the "individual reception history" key is pressed, the information of the first page (first page) of the reception history information is read (steps 81 → 82), and the information of the read page is displayed on the display unit 2.
Is displayed (step 83). This state is the display state shown in FIG.

Here, when the "go to previous page" key is pressed, the information of the page corresponding to the previous page is read (step 84 → 89), and the information of the read page is displayed on the display unit 2. Is displayed (step 89 → 83). Meanwhile, "to the next page"
When the key is pressed, the information of the page corresponding to the previous page is read (step 85 → 88), and the information of the read page is displayed on the display unit 2 (steps 88 → 8).
3).

If any key in the reception history information is pressed, the process proceeds to FIG. 9 (step 8).
6). When the “reset” key is pressed, the display state shown in FIG. 5 is entered (step 87 → 8).
0).

If none of the keys is pressed, the current display state is maintained (step 87 → 83 → ...).

Moving to FIG. 9, if any key of the reception history information is pressed in step 86 in FIG. 8, the reception history information corresponding to the key is read (step 86 → 90). . Then, the read reception history information is displayed (step 90 → 91). This state is the display state shown in FIG.

If the "go to previous page" key is pressed, the information of the page corresponding to the previous page is read (step 92 → 97), and the information of the read page is displayed on the display unit 2. Is displayed (step 97 → 91). Meanwhile, "to the next page"
When the key is pressed, the page information corresponding to the next page is read (step 93 → 98), and the read page information is displayed on the display unit 2 (step 98 → 9).
1). By freely changing the page to be displayed in this way, the reception history can be confirmed.

When the "PRINT OUT" key is pressed, the information of the currently displayed page is printed out (step 94 → 99). After the printout, the display state is restored (steps 99 → 91).

When the "Clear" key is pressed further,
Clear all information on that page (step 95 → 10)
0). After clearing, return to the display state (step 100 →
91). If the "reset" key is pressed, the screen shown in FIG.
, And transits to the display state shown in FIG. 6 (step 87 → 80).

If none of the keys is pressed, the current display state is maintained (step 90 → 91 → ...).

In summary, in the conventional facsimile machine,
Since there is no display of the communication results for each receiving party, it is not possible to confirm the reception history information such as the number of times of reception and the number of received sheets for each sender, whereas this device makes it easy to display the reception history information. You can check with. In particular, since the touch panel type display unit is used in the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment, space saving can be realized and operation is easy. However, it is obvious that the display unit of other system may be used.

The present invention may further have the following aspects in connection with the description of the claims.

(4) The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display means comprises a touch panel, and the external command is sent out by a touch operation on the panel.

[0069]

As described above, the present invention has an effect that the reception result can be immediately confirmed by displaying the reception history. Further, there is an effect that the time for waiting for print output can be saved and non-delivery can be easily found.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the minimum required area in the memory section 6 shown in FIG.

3 is a part of a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a part of a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of an individual reception history selection screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of an individual reception history selection list screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an individual reception history display screen, in which (a) shows a display state before clearing and (b) shows a display state after clearing.

FIG. 8 is a part of a flowchart showing a display control operation according to FIGS.

FIG. 9 is a part of a flowchart showing a display control operation according to FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Communication Management Section 2 Display Section 3 Counter Section 4 Control Section 5 Key Input Management Section 6 Memory Section 7 Clock Control Section 8 Computing Section 9 Printer Output Section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: storage means for storing reception history information; and display means for displaying the stored content in response to an external command. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception history information includes the number of received documents and the number of receptions from a transmission source. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the reception history information for each transmission source, and the display unit displays the reception history information for each transmission source.