JPH11168587A - Facsimile communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To learn which operation among memory transmission, memory reception and direct transmission normally terminates even if an operator moves from a facsimile equipment by correspondingly setting the termination sounds of memory transmission, memory reception and direct transmission and generating the termination sound which is set when a system normally terminates. SOLUTION: When a picture is transmitted, an operator decides warning sound corresponding to respective operations by operating an operation part 113 and stores them in RAM 103. In the warning sounds, a sound volume, a tone color and the ringing pattern of a speaker 106 are set by the individual operations of 'normal termination of direct transmission', 'normal termination of memory transmission', 'normal termination of memory reception', 'error termination' and 'read normal termination'. Thus, whether communication normally terminates or not can be informed by emitting the warning sounds corresponding to the respective operations even if the operator moves from the equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile communication apparatus for notifying an operator whether a desired operation has been completed normally by a warning sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for functions such as direct transmission and copying, which are based on the premise that an operating operator is operating near a facsimile machine, an alarm sound is issued when reading and communication are normally completed. Was ringing.

[0003]

However, according to the prior art, when the operator is away from the facsimile machine, in order to know that the communication has been completed normally, the operator must return to the machine and check the communication history. I had to check.

Therefore, the present invention provides a sound indicating whether the operation of memory transmission, memory reception, or direct transmission has been completed normally even if the user is away from the facsimile apparatus, and returns to the apparatus again to record the history. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to know which communication has been completed without confirming the communication.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a display means for indicating the state of the apparatus to an operator;
Storage means for storing a set value for determining the operation of the apparatus; warning sound generating means for sounding a warning sound for notifying an operator of the state of the apparatus; and an end sound of various communications are set in correspondence with the various communications. Operating means, determining means for determining whether or not the communication has been normally completed; instructing means for instructing communication of the various communications; instructions by the instructing means; A selection means for selecting an end sound set in the means, and a warning sound selected by the selection means is generated by the warning sound generation means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, the various communications are direct transmission, memory transmission, and memory reception.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, there is provided means for judging a normal end of reading, and when direct transmission is performed, one of a normal end sound of communication and a normal end sound of reading is set. It is characterized in that only the normal end sound with a loud sound is emitted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, the setting means can set a volume in correspondence with the various communications.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first and fourth aspects, when communication is performed in which the setting means does not have an end sound setting or the end sound volume setting is 0, The end sound is not emitted.

The invention according to claim 6 is a display step for notifying the operator of the state of the apparatus, a storage step for determining the operation of the apparatus, a warning step for notifying the operator of the state of the apparatus, and termination of various communications. A setting step of setting a sound in association with the various communications, a determining step of determining whether or not the communication has been normally completed, an instruction step of instructing communication of the various communications, an instruction by the instruction step, A selecting step of selecting an end sound set in the setting step based on a determination result in the determining step; and a warning sound selected in the selecting step, the facsimile control characterized by generating the warning sound in the warning step. It is characterized in that a storage medium has a similar effect in various devices.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, a CPU 101 is a system control unit, and controls the entire apparatus. ROM 102 is
It stores a control program for the CPU. RAM
Reference numeral 103 denotes an SRAM or the like for storing program control variables and the like. The transmission destination and various set values registered by the operator, management data of the apparatus, and various work buffers are also stored in the RAM. The storage memory 104 includes a DRAM or the like, and stores image data. The external display unit 105 includes an LCD,
This is for notifying the user of the display with an LED or the like. The speaker 106 notifies and warns the user by voice, and monitors a signal sound transmitted through the communication line 110. The MODEM 107 modulates and demodulates facsimile transmission and reception signals.
U108 has a function of transmitting a selection signal (dial pulse or tone dialer) to communication line 110 via line control section 109, and also performs an automatic incoming call operation by detecting a ringing tone. The image processing unit 111 performs a correction process on the read image data and outputs high-definition image data. The scanner 112 includes a CS image sensor, a document transport mechanism, and the like, and optically reads a document and converts it into electrical image data. The operation unit 113 includes a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like, and is used by an operator to perform various input operations. When printing file data from a workstation or the like, the printer formatter 114
It analyzes printer description language and converts it into image data. The printer 115 is a device that records a received image and file data on recording paper.

FIGS. 2 to 5 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a memory map arranged in the ROM 102 and the RAM 103. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure at the time of volume setting.

An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and FIG.

When the operator transmits an image using the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, the volume of the warning sound corresponding to each operation is determined in advance by operating the operation unit 113 and stored in the RAM 103. . That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the menu for registering various settings of the user, the various sound volume setting items of the apparatus include various warning sound volume settings. In the present embodiment, there are only two types of timbres, a normal end sound and an abnormal end sound, but as an application, it is also possible to set a timbre for each operation. In the volume setting, the “alarm volume” is a conventional setting, and sets the volume of each alarm sound at the time of normal termination and abnormal termination. "Send end sound" and "Receive end sound"
Conventionally, this is a sound volume setting item for a warning sound at the time of normal termination which did not sound at the end of memory transmission / reception. In addition to the volume, the tone and the sound pattern of the speaker are set separately for each operation such as "Direct transmission normal end", "Memory transmission normal end", "Memory reception normal end", "Error end", "Read normal end". it can.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the communication is terminated (S2
01) or after the end of reading (S301), it is determined whether or not the operation is abnormal termination (S202, S302). (S20)
3, S303).

In the case where the communication is normally completed and communication such as copy or manual transmission (direct transmission) is based on the assumption that the operator is present until the communication or the reading operation is completed, the operator is notified. An end sound for notifying normal end is issued (S205, S304).

Even if the communication has been completed normally, in the case of memory transmission or reception, if the communication is transmission, a transmission normal end sound is emitted (S207), and if the communication is received, reception is performed. A normal end sound is issued (S208).

However, as shown in FIG. 5, in direct transmission such as when reading and communication end simultaneously (S403, S404), the image reading operation and the communication operation end almost at the same time. If a warning sound for each operation is set, each warning sound is issued in the above embodiment. Therefore, S205
Is replaced by S205 'in FIG.
By selecting and outputting the loudest one of the volume settings of the warning sound at the end of normal reading and the warning sound at the end of normal transmission, it is possible to prevent the confusing warning sound from sounding.

Further, since the volume of each warning sound can be set from 0, the "transmission end sound" which has not been provided before.
By setting the volume of the “reception end sound” to 0,
As in the case of the conventional device, it is possible to perform an operation that does not emit the end sound.

[0022]

According to the invention of the present application, even when an operator to be transmitted and received is away from the communication terminal device, communication can be performed by emitting a warning sound according to each operation. It is possible to inform whether the process has been completed normally.

Also, by setting the volume of the warning sound to be zero, it is possible to perform the same operation as the operation of the conventional facsimile. Therefore, it is confirmed that the user has finished normally / abnormally. A warning sound can be emitted only for an action that the user wants to perform.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a memory map according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a sound volume setting according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 CPU 106 Speaker

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An alarm sound generating means for generating an alarm sound for notifying an operator of a state of the apparatus, a setting means for setting an end sound of various kinds of communication in correspondence with the various kinds of communication, and whether the communication has been normally ended. Determining means for determining whether or not the type of communication; identifying means for identifying the type of communication; selecting means for selecting an end sound set in the setting means based on the result of identification by the identifying means and the result of determination by the determining means A warning sound selected by the selection means is generated by the warning sound generation means. 2. The communication according to claim 1, wherein the various communications are direct transmission, memory transmission, and memory reception.
A facsimile communication apparatus as described in the above. And a means for judging the normal end of reading of the original. When direct transmission is performed, only the normal end sound of the set volume is output from the normal end sound of communication and the normal end sound of reading. The facsimile communication device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The facsimile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said setting means can set a volume in correspondence with various kinds of communication. 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting means does not set an end sound, or does not sound an end sound of the operation corresponding to the setting in the case of communication in which the volume setting of the end sound is 0. The facsimile communication device according to claim 1 or claim 4. 6. A warning step for notifying an operator of the state of the apparatus, a setting step for setting an end sound of various communications in correspondence with the various communications, and a judging step of judging whether or not the communications have been completed normally. An identification step of identifying a type of communication, an identification result of the identification step, and a selection step of selecting an end sound set by the setting step based on the determination result of the determination step; and A storage medium for facsimile control, wherein a program having a step of generating the selected warning sound by the warning step is stored.