JPH11215225A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily register a destination telephone number and a destination name being destination information in the communication equipment. SOLUTION: A caller ID received by a communication control section 2 and a TSI that is caller name detected by a FAX control section 3 are stored in a caller information storage section 4, and the caller ID and the TSI are recorded on an input sheet 50 generated by a fixed form generating section 7 and outputted from a recording section 10. Items required for registration are described on the outputted input sheet 50, and the caller ID and the TSI read from a read section 8 are read and analyzed by a device control section 11, and the caller ID and the TSI stored or analyzed are registered in a destination information table of a storage section 9 as destination telephone number and destination name.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication apparatus for communicating via a telephone line, and particularly for registering a destination telephone number and a corresponding destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication apparatus which performs communication through a telephone line, a function of shortening a data transmission operation by registering a specific destination telephone number and a corresponding destination in advance has been generalized. However, it is necessary to perform a complicated key operation to input the destination telephone number and the corresponding destination, and an improvement has been desired for some time.

On the other hand, a technique for registering a caller ID (telephone number of a caller) received via a telephone line as a destination telephone number has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5-37625. As another method, a method of reading and registering a destination telephone number and a corresponding destination name written on an input sheet using optical character reading (hereinafter abbreviated as “OCR”) processing is known. I have.

[0004]

However, in the former case, when registering a destination name corresponding to a destination telephone number, complicated key operations must still be performed. In addition, when the user does not know the destination name corresponding to the destination telephone number, it is necessary to check the destination name by, for example, looking up a telephone directory. The latter has a problem that it takes time to enter the destination telephone number and the corresponding destination name in the input sheet, and the registration takes time. Moreover, since it is necessary to register the destination telephone number except for the already registered destination telephone numbers, it is necessary to output and check the telephone number list in advance, and the operability is deteriorated when the number of registrations increases.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device which can easily register a destination telephone number and a corresponding destination name.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention takes the following measures. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving means receives the caller ID, the detecting means detects the caller name from the received information, and the caller ID and the caller name are stored in the memory in correspondence with the operation keys. A configuration including a registration unit for registering is adopted. According to this configuration, since the destination telephone number and the corresponding destination name can be registered using the received caller ID and the source name, the user is required to register the destination telephone number and the corresponding destination name in a complicated manner. No key operation is required. In addition, the user does not need to check the destination name for the destination telephone number, and the burden can be greatly reduced.

[0007] The communication device according to the second aspect of the present invention is a receiving device for receiving a caller ID, a detecting device for detecting a source name from received information, and a buffer which associates the caller ID with the source name. Storage means for storing, recording means for recording the caller ID and the source name stored in the buffer on recording paper, reading means for reading the original, and character recognition for extracting the caller ID and the source name from the read original And a registering means for registering the stored or extracted caller ID and caller name as a destination telephone number and a destination name in a memory in association with an operation key. With this configuration, if the destination telephone number to be registered and the corresponding destination name are the same as the stored caller ID and source name, the user does not need to write these on the recording paper.
The burden can be greatly reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to the second aspect, the recording means corresponds to a caller ID that does not match a destination telephone number stored in a buffer and registered in a memory and the caller ID. A configuration is adopted in which only the sender name is recorded on recording paper. With this configuration, only the destination telephone numbers that are not registered in the memory on the recording paper and the corresponding destination names are output, so that the user has already registered for each destination telephone number to prevent double registration. Since there is no need to check whether or not there is no need to output a list or the like.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus of the second or third aspect, the recording means records the number of destination telephone numbers that can be additionally registered in the memory on a recording sheet. . With this configuration, the user can confirm the number of destination telephone numbers that can be registered simply by looking at the recording paper, so there is no need to confirm on the display unit whether or not all areas have been registered. Numbers can be easily selected.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the recording means determines whether or not the destination telephone number is registered in each registration area of the memory. Is recorded. With this configuration, the registerable area of the destination information table can be confirmed on the recording paper, so that there is no need to output a list or the like.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the character recognizing means extracts the registration instruction information, and the registration means receives the registration instruction information. A configuration is adopted in which only the caller ID and the transmission source name are registered. With this configuration, the number of portions for performing the extraction process and the registration determination process can be reduced, so that the overall processing time can be reduced and the processing efficiency can be improved.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to any one of the second to sixth aspects, the character recognizing means includes a caller ID and a source name only from a handwritten character area designated in advance. And the registration means registers the caller ID and the sender name stored in the buffer when the caller ID and the sender name are not extracted from the handwritten character area. With this configuration, if the destination telephone number to be registered and the corresponding destination name are the same as the stored caller ID and source name, the registration is performed using these, so that the extraction processing that generally takes a long time is performed. Can be reduced, and the processing efficiency can be improved.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the registering means transmits the caller ID and the caller ID which do not match the destination telephone number stored in the memory. A configuration is adopted in which only the original name is registered in the memory. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent duplicate registration of the extracted or saved caller ID that matches the already registered destination telephone number, so that the memory can be used efficiently.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a line control unit 1 switches connection and disconnection between a device and a telephone line, detects a call signal from the telephone line, and automatically connects the telephone line to each unit of the apparatus. I do. The communication control unit 2 receives the caller ID transmitted from the telephone line after the line control unit 1 connects the telephone line to each unit of the apparatus, and stores the received caller ID in the transmission source information storage unit 4. Facsimile control unit 3
Determines the type of communication based on whether or not CNG (Calling Tone: non-voice terminal signal) transmitted from the telephone line through the line control unit 1 and the communication control unit 2 can be detected. It controls the exchange of information. Further, a transmission terminal identification signal (hereinafter, referred to as “TSI”) transmitted before the image information is detected, and the TSI is stored in the transmission source information storage unit 4 in association with the caller ID as the transmission source name. The source information storage unit 4 is a buffer formed of a FILO (First In Last Out) format stack, and stores a caller ID and a TSI in correspondence with the order of arrival. The input operation unit 5 is a switch for performing various setting operations, and a user gives various instructions to the apparatus by operating the switches of the input operation unit 5. The display unit 6 displays messages such as a caller ID and TSI according to the type of the input information. The fixed form creating unit 7 forms fixed form images of various sheets such as an input sheet for registering a destination telephone number and a corresponding destination name. The reading unit 8 is an OCR
Through the processing, the image written on the set recording paper is read as image information and converted into an electric signal. Storage unit 9
Is a memory for storing the received facsimile image information and the destination telephone number which is the destination information in association with the destination name. The recording unit 10 outputs the facsimile image information received in the storage unit 9 and the fixed form image created by the fixed sentence creating unit 7 to a recording sheet. These units are controlled by a device control unit 11, and the device control unit 11
Analyzes the image information converted into the electric signal. Further, a destination telephone number and a destination name are extracted from the analyzed image information, and registered in the storage unit 9 in correspondence with the destination telephone number and the destination name.

Next, the source information table stored in the source information storage unit 4 will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the source information table stored in the source information storage unit 4 includes a caller ID column 21 for storing the received caller ID, and a case where the communication that received the caller ID was facsimile communication. TS to receive
It comprises a TSI column 22 for storing I and a communication time column 23 for storing a communication start time measured by a timer (not shown).

The capacity of the source information storage unit 4 is finite,
It is formed of a FILO type stack. That is, when the transmission source information storage unit 4 is saturated, the communication time column 23
The newly received information is written in the table with the oldest time indicated by. Note that the information stored in the source information table of the source information storage unit 4 can also be used when confirming a communication record. For example, as a part of the answering machine function, by displaying the caller ID of the caller ID column 21 and the arrival time of the communication time column 23 on the display unit, the user can confirm when and from whom the communication was performed. . Furthermore, if there is TSI in the TSI column 22, it is clear that the type of received communication was facsimile communication, so it can be confirmed whether or not the type of received communication was facsimile communication by the presence or absence of TSI. For example, even if the storage unit 9 is saturated and new facsimile communication cannot be performed, and the history of the facsimile communication in the storage unit 9 and the recording paper does not remain, the user can receive the facsimile communication by TSI. You can confirm that there was.

Next, the destination information table stored in the storage unit 9 will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the destination information table stored in the storage unit 9 is
It comprises a NO column 31 indicating a registration area, a destination telephone number column 32 for storing a destination telephone number, and a destination name column 33 for storing a destination name. The registration area of the destination information table in the storage unit 9 is finite, and if further registration is requested in a state where the destination information is registered in all the registration areas,
An error message is displayed on the display unit 6.

Regarding the operation of storing the transmission source information and the operation of displaying each information in the communication device configured as described above,
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in steps (hereinafter referred to as “ST”) 401 to ST402, when an incoming call from a telephone line is detected by the line control unit 1, the line is closed, and the communication control unit 2 receives a caller ID.
Also, if the caller is a public telephone,
If D has not been transmitted, information indicating that fact is received. If the caller ID has not been received in ST402, information indicating that fact is displayed on display unit 6 in ST403. When the caller ID is received in ST402, in ST404, the caller ID received in communication control unit 2 is stored in caller ID column 21 of source information storage unit 4.
Is stored in

In ST405, facsimile control section 3 determines the type of communication based on whether or not CNG transmitted from the line is detected. When CNG is detected, it is determined that the communication is facsimile communication, and the facsimile control unit 3 performs facsimile communication with a communication partner.

In ST406 to ST407, the facsimile control unit 3 receives the TSI transmitted during the facsimile communication procedure and sets the caller ID stored in ST404.
The TSI is stored in the TSI column 22 of the transmission source information storage unit 4 in correspondence with. Further, the communication start time is read from a clock unit (not shown) and stored in the communication time column 23. Here, information indicating that the communication type is facsimile communication may be stored at the same time.

Next, in ST408, device control section 11 detects whether or not the display mode stored in recording section 9 is the TSI display mode. If the display mode is the TSI display mode, the TSI stored in ST 407 is displayed on display unit 6 in ST 409.

If no CNG is detected in ST405, or if the display mode is not the TSI display mode in ST408, in ST410, the number corresponding to the caller ID stored in the caller ID column 21 is stored in the storage unit 9.
Is stored in the destination telephone number column 32 of the destination information table.

If the number stored in the caller ID column 21 and matching the caller ID is stored in the destination telephone number column 32, the destination name corresponding to the destination telephone number is read from the destination name column 33 in ST411 to ST412. The read destination name is displayed on the display unit 6.
In addition, the caller I stored in the caller ID column 21
If a number matching D is not stored in the destination telephone number column 31, in ST413, only the caller ID stored in the caller ID column 21 in ST404 is displayed on the display unit 6.

As described above, when the communication of the received caller ID is facsimile communication, not the caller ID but the T
Since the SI or the destination name is displayed, the user can specify the source corresponding to the telephone number. In the above description, the TSI and the destination name are displayed instead of the caller ID.
D may always be displayed.

Next, FIG. 5 shows an example of an input sheet for registering a destination telephone number and a destination name in the destination information table of the storage unit 9. The items of the input sheet 50 generated by the fixed phrase creation unit 7 include a registration instruction area 51 for instructing whether or not to register in the destination information table, a registration number area 52 for instructing the registration number, and a destination to be registered. A telephone number area 53 for designating a telephone number, a destination name area 54 for designating a destination corresponding to a destination telephone number, and a registered destination name display area 55 for recording a received TSI or an already registered destination name.
And a registerable number area 56 indicating the number of items that can be registered in the destination information table, and a registration status area 57 indicating the registration status of each registration number.

When the user gives an instruction from the input operation unit 5 to register the destination information using the transmission source information,
In the recording unit 6, the caller ID stored in the caller telephone number storage unit 4 is recorded in the telephone number area 53, and the TSI corresponding to this caller ID is recorded in the registered destination display area 55. Is output.

When the user registers the destination telephone number, the user fills the mark sheet of the registration instruction area 51 in the same row as the target telephone number area 53, writes the registration number in the registration number area 52, and enters the destination name area. Write the destination name in 54. Here, when the TSI received at the time of performing the facsimile communication in the registered destination display area 55 is directly registered as the destination name, the destination name area 54 is left blank.

As described above, by recording the transmission source information stored in the transmission source information storage section 4 on the input sheet 50, the information which the user has to write in order to register the destination telephone number is minimized. The burden on the user can be reduced. Also, by using TSI, the user does not need to search for the destination name corresponding to the destination telephone number,
Operability can be improved.

Next, the process of recording the sender information stored in the sender information storage unit 4 on the input sheet 50 will be specifically described with reference to the output example of FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that the content shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the source information table of the source information storage unit 4, and the content shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the destination information table of the storage unit 9. I do.

FIG. 6A is an output example showing a case where, of the source information stored in the source information table, only the information not registered in the destination information table is output to the input sheet 50. In this case, the device control unit 11 compares the caller ID stored in the source information table of the caller telephone number storage unit 4 with the destination telephone number stored in the destination information table of the recording unit 9. It is determined whether or not there is a match, and the caller ID not stored in the destination information table of the recording unit 9 and the TSI corresponding to the caller ID are recorded on the input sheet 50.

In FIG. 6A, "58-642" in FIG.
For the caller ID of “0”, the same destination telephone number is set in the destination information table in FIG.
Not output to 0. In this way, by recording the registered destination telephone number on the input sheet 50 without recording the registered destination telephone number on the input sheet,
The user can prevent double registration of the destination telephone number without checking whether the received telephone number is registered, improving operability and improving the efficiency of using the memory of the destination information table. it can.

Further, when all the source information stored in the source information storage section 4 is output and registered in the destination information table, the destination telephone number or the destination name can be matched. FIG. 6B is an output example in the case where all of the sender information stored in the sender information storage unit 4 is recorded on the input sheet 50. In FIG. 6B, the registered telephone number “58-6420” is stored in the registration number area 52.
The destination name registered in the destination information table corresponding to the telephone number is output to the registered destination display area 55.

Further, the registration instruction area 511 of the registered telephone number is painted out, and the registration instruction area 512 immediately below the registered telephone number is output as a different “◇” mark.
When changing the destination telephone number registered in the destination information table, the user paints a “◇” mark in the registration instruction area 512 and writes the destination telephone number to be changed in the registration number area 52 beside it. When the "@" mark in the registration instruction area 512 of the read input sheet 50 is painted out, the destination telephone number of the corresponding registration number in the destination information table is changed to the telephone number written beside it. In this way, the user only has to fill out the input sheet,
You can change the registered destination phone number.

Further, the number of registrable items in the destination information table is detected by the device control section 11, and the registered number display area 56 of the input sheet 50 indicates "the number of registered items is 14 and the remaining six can be registered". , The number of telephone numbers that can be additionally registered is recorded. Thus, the user need not bother to check how many items can be registered on the display unit 6 of the device, and the operability can be improved.

Further, in the registration status area 57, information indicating which area of the destination information table or the abbreviated dialing number has already been registered is recorded. In this example, in the destination information table in which 20 items can be registered, the unregistered numbers are inverted and output. The user looks at the registration status area 57, and sets the registrable number to the registration number area 52. Fill out.

As described above, by outputting only registered numbers to the input sheet 50, the user does not need to output a destination information table or a list of abbreviated dials or the like in advance to check the numbers that can be registered. Operability can be improved. In this example, the example in which the user is informed by highlighting the registrable number is shown. However, the same effect can be obtained by outputting only all the registrable numbers. In this case, the ratio of the registration status area 57 of the input sheet 50 can be reduced. Also, the numbers that can be registered are "1-5, 7, 9, 15, 15-20"
Thus, by outputting only the range of numbers that can be registered, the registration status area 57 of the input sheet 50 is further output.
Can be reduced.

Next, the flow of processing for registering destination information using the input sheet 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In ST701, whether or not the items described in the same column are to be registered as the destination information is determined based on whether or not the mark sheet in the registration area 51 of the read input sheet 50 has been written. When registering as destination information in ST701, it is determined in ST702 whether or not destination name area 54 is blank.

If the destination name area 54 is not blank in ST702, the items written in the destination name area 53 are OCR-processed and registered in the destination information table in ST703.
If the destination name area 54 is blank in ST702, the presence or absence of TSI is determined in ST704. Here, there are TSI recorded in the registration destination area 55 and TSI stored in the TSI column 22 of the transmission source information storage unit 4. Since the former requires image information extraction processing, the latter can be used to determine the presence or absence of TSI, thereby simplifying the registration processing.

If it is determined in ST704 that there is a TSI, the TSI is registered in the destination name column 33 as a destination name. Also in this case, the registration process can be easily performed by using the one stored in the TSI column 22 instead of obtaining the destination name from the information read from the input sheet.

In ST706, ST703 or ST70
The destination name generated in step 5 is registered in correspondence with the destination telephone number. For this destination telephone number, the caller ID is used as it is. Here, the caller ID is stored in the telephone number area 51.
And the caller I of the sender information storage unit 4.
Some are stored in the D column 21. Also in this case, the registration process can be easily performed by using the one stored in the caller ID column 21 instead of obtaining the caller ID from the information read from the input sheet.

At this time, if the registration number area 52 is blank, the registration numbers are automatically registered in ascending order of numbers. If a number is specified, registration is made to the specified number, and if another telephone number is already registered to the specified number, it is overwritten. It should be noted that whether or not to overwrite may be displayed on the display unit 6 to allow the user to make a determination.

If it is determined in step ST704 that there is no TSI, in step ST707, it is assumed that there is no instruction for the destination name corresponding to the telephone number, and the display unit 6 displays that there is an input error.

Then, in ST708, the input sheet 5
It is determined whether there is a next term in 0, and if there is a next term, ST
The processing from 701 to ST707 is performed, and if there is no next term, the processing is terminated.

Thus, the received caller ID and TS
Since I is registered in the destination information table as it is, there is no need for the user to write the destination telephone number and destination name on the input sheet. Furthermore, only when the destination name area 54 is written, only the destination name area 54 is subjected to the OCR processing, and in other cases, the information stored in the transmission source information storage unit 4 is used. Can be achieved. It is also desirable to use the stored information in that the OCR process itself is not perfect, and the OCR process may not be correctly recognized due to contamination of the input sheet or the like.

In the above description, the input sheet 50
Although the registration process has been described with reference to FIG. 4, for example, if the display unit 6 has a margin, the caller ID and the TSI can be displayed on the display unit 6 to give a registration instruction.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the received caller ID and TSI are recorded and output on the input sheet, and the destination telephone number and the corresponding destination name are registered by using this. Therefore, operations such as key input and writing by the user can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a source information table of the communication device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a destination information table of the communication device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of saving the transmission source information and an operation of displaying each information of the communication apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of an input sheet of the communication device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of an input sheet on which transmission source information of the communication device is recorded according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of registering destination information of the communication device according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Line control part 2 Communication control part 3 FAX control part 4 Source information storage part 5 Input operation part 6 Display part 7 Fixed form creation part 8 Reading part 9 Storage part 10 Recording part 11 Device control part

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a caller ID, a detecting means for detecting a caller name from received information, and a registering means for registering the caller ID and the caller name in a memory in association with an operation key. A communication device comprising: 2. A receiving means for receiving a caller ID, a detecting means for detecting a source name from received information, a storing means for storing the caller ID and the source name in a buffer, and a storing means for storing in a buffer Means for recording the read caller ID and source name on a recording sheet, reading means for reading the original, character recognition means for extracting the caller ID and source name from the read original, and the stored or extracted caller ID and source name as destination phone number and destination name,
A communication device comprising: a registration unit that registers in a memory corresponding to an operation key. 3. A recording means for recording only a caller ID that does not match a destination telephone number stored in a buffer and registered in a memory and a caller name corresponding to the caller ID on a recording sheet. 3. The communication device according to 2. 4. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recording unit records the number of destination telephone numbers that can be additionally registered in the memory on a recording sheet. 5. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the recording unit records whether a destination telephone number is registered in each registration area of the memory. 6. The character recognition unit according to claim 2, wherein the registration instruction information is extracted, and the registration unit registers only the caller ID and the transmission source name for which registration is instructed. The communication device according to any one of the above. 7. The character recognizing means extracts a caller ID and a sender name only from a handwritten character area designated in advance,
7. The registration unit according to claim 2, wherein the caller ID and the caller name stored in the buffer are registered when the caller ID and the caller name are not extracted from the handwritten character area. The communication device according to any one of the above. 8. The memory according to claim 1, wherein the registering means registers only a caller ID and a caller name that do not match the destination telephone number stored in the memory in the memory.
The communication device according to any one of the above.