JPH11234445A - Communication equipment, communication method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent transmission to an unintended opposite station and to surely change registration a one action dial, an abbreviated dial or a memory box. SOLUTION: In this communication method, a memory box communication specification registration circuit 24 registers a function of relaying and multiple- addressing received information to destinations designated by one action dialing or abbreviated dialing as a communication specification to be executed by a memory box corresponding to a prescribed sub-address, and conducts different user interface control in the case of revising the registration information with respect to the one action dialing or abbreviated dialing depending on whether or not the one action dialing or abbreviated dialing is used for registration of the communication specification to the communication specification registration circuit 24 in the case that the registration change in a destination to be called corresponding to the one action dialing or abbreviated dialing is designated from an operation section 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a storage medium for receiving a sub-address signal from a partner station and executing communication with specifications registered for a memory box corresponding to the received sub-address. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile machine,
It is known that the received information is relayed to another facsimile machine and can be broadcast to a plurality of other parties. The designation of the relay destination is performed by a method such as a numeric keypad, a one-touch key, or a speed dial.

In the one-touch dialing and the speed dialing, calling information of a specific partner station is assigned to a specific key or an operating sequence of a specific speeding key, and a call is made in accordance with these operations. is there. And
In the conventional device, when specifying the relay destination, if the partner station is specified by one-touch dial or abbreviated dial,
Call information corresponding to one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing is used.

[0004] In general, the designation of a relay destination is performed by a relay requesting station, and in some cases, a relay broadcast is performed to a relay destination preset in the relay station. For example, a relay station is provided with a memory box specified in advance by a subaddress signal of ITU-T recommendation T30, and when information to be relayed is transmitted to this memory box, relay to a relay destination preset in the memory box is performed. A method in which the broadcast is performed can be considered.

[0005]

Conventionally, in the registration operation for one-touch dialing and abbreviated dialing, it is considered that access to a memory in which the information is registered is collectively protected by a switch or a password. As long as the access to the memory is not prohibited by these protection means, it can be freely performed.

Therefore, after the destination of a certain one-touch dial is changed from company A to company B, the relay destination can be designated by one-touch dialing when relay broadcasting without knowing this, or the registration of the relay broadcasting destination can be performed by one-touch. There is a problem in that if the information is specified by a dial, information to be transmitted to the company A is transmitted to the company B.

[0007] When a relay destination is registered in the memory box of the relay station, a method is conceivable in which one-touch dial or abbreviated dial information operated at the time of registration is stored as it is, instead of actual call information. In this case, if one-touch dialing or speed dialing information is changed, the change is also reflected on the relay destination information. Although this registration method itself is convenient, there is a risk that information is transmitted to an unintended partner station for the same reason as described above.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to prevent unintended transmission to a destination station without impairing the convenience of one-touch dialing and abbreviated dialing, and to reliably execute one-touch dialing by executing an appropriate user interface. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to change the registration of a speed dial or a memory box.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses a one-touch dial or a speed dial operation as a communication specification to be executed in a memory box corresponding to a predetermined sub-address. In addition to registering the function of relaying the information received to the specified destination for the destination, and changing the registration of the destination to be called in response to a predetermined one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation, the one-touch dialing Alternatively, a different user interface control is performed when the registration information for the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing operation is changed depending on whether or not the abbreviated dialing operation is used at the time of the memory box communication specification registration.

Further, according to the present invention, a one-touch dial,
When the change of the registration information for the speed dial operation is selected, if the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is used in the communication specification registration in the memory box communication specification registration, a warning is displayed to the user to that effect. Configuration was adopted.

Further, in the present invention, a one-touch dial,
When the change of the registration information for the speed dial operation is selected, if the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is used at the time of the memory box communication specification registration, an inquiry is made to the user, One-touch dialing, which permits change of registration information for one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation, and registers the changed destination as the one-touch dialing used in the memory box communication specification registration or the destination corresponding to the speed dialing operation, one-touch dialing , Or change the registration information for speed dial operation,
The one-touch dial used in the memory box communication specification registration, or delete the destination corresponding to the speed dial operation, or keep the same as before, or cancel the change of the registration information for the one-touch dial, or speed dial operation, The configuration that gives the choice of was adopted.

Further, in the present invention, a one-touch dial,
When the change of the registration information for the speed dial operation is selected, if the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is not used in the registration of the memory box communication specification, the registration information for the one touch dial or the speed dial operation is used. The configuration is adopted in which the change is executed as desired by the user.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a facsimile apparatus employing the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes an NCU (Network Control Unit) which is connected to a terminal of the line to use the telephone network for data communication and the like, controls connection of a telephone exchange network, and performs data communication. This is for switching to a road or holding a loop. The NCU 2 connects the telephone line 2a to the telephone when the signal level (signal line 20a) from the control circuit 20 is "0", and connects the telephone line 2a to the facsimile apparatus when the signal level is "1". To the side. In a normal state, the telephone line 2a is connected to the telephone 4 side.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a hybrid circuit which separates a transmission system signal and a reception system signal, sends a transmission signal from the addition circuit 12 to the telephone line 2a via the NCU 2, and transmits a signal from the other party via the NCU 2 , And sends it to the modem 8 via the signal line 6a.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a modulator / demodulator, which is described in ITU-T Recommendation V.3. 8, V.I. 21, V.I. 27ter, V.I. 29, V.I. 1
7, V.I. 34, and performs modulation and demodulation. The transmission mode of the modem 8 is specified by the signal line 20c.
The modem 8 receives the signal output on the signal line 20b, outputs the modulated data to the signal line 8a, receives the received signal output on the signal line 6a, and outputs the demodulated data to the signal line 8b. Output to

Reference numeral 10 denotes ITU-T Recommendation V. 8 is an ANSam signal sending circuit that sends an ANSam signal specified by the reference numeral 8 and the ANSam signal sending circuit 10 is a signal line 20d.
When the signal of the signal level "1" is output to the signal line 10a, the ANSam signal is transmitted to the signal line 10a. When the signal of the signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20d, no signal is output to the signal line 10a. Is not output.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an addition circuit for adding transmission signals, which inputs information on the signal line 8a and information on the signal line 10a, and outputs the added result to the signal line 12a.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a circuit for reading image data.
It has a known configuration including a document transport system, an optical reading element, and the like, and read image data is output to a signal line 14a.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a recording circuit for recording image data, which is constituted by various recording systems such as an electrophotographic system and an ink jet system. Here, the recording circuit 16
Means that the information output to the signal line 20e is sequentially converted into a bit image for each line and recorded.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a memory circuit, and a ROM, R
It is composed of an arbitrary storage device such as an AM or a hard disk, and is used for storing various data. Especially,
Regarding storage of image information, the memory circuit 18 is used to store raw information of read image data or encoded image information, and also stores raw received image information or decoded image information. Is done. This memory circuit 18 corresponds to the storage medium of the present invention.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a calling circuit, which is a signal line 20g.
When a call command pulse is generated, the telephone number information output to the signal line 20f is input, and the line 2 such as a dial tone, pulse, or setup signal is input to the signal line 2b.
A selection signal suitable for the type of a is output.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a memory box specification registration circuit for registering the communication specification of the memory box, which is composed of a memory element or the like. In the present embodiment, a memory box corresponding to the subaddress of the recommendation T30 is provided, and a predetermined communication specification can be registered in each of the memory boxes. In the registration circuit 24, corresponding to each memory box,
The corresponding sub-address and specifications to be executed when accessed (confidential reception, bulletin board, relay broadcast, etc.) are registered.
The registration information is transmitted to a control circuit 20 described later via a signal line 24a.
Is entered from In the present embodiment, 20 memory boxes from 00 to 19 are provided as memory boxes.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a one-touch dial registration circuit, which is also constituted by a memory element and the like.
One-touch dial 0 for each one-touch key
50 locations from 0 to 49 can be registered, and selection number information (telephone number or further partner station name) corresponding to one-touch dialing can be registered via the signal line 26a.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a speed dial registration circuit.
100 locations from speed dials 00 to 99 can be registered, and selection number information (telephone number, or even the name of the partner station) corresponding to the speed dial sequence can be registered via the signal line 28a.

The one-touch dial operation and the abbreviated dial operation are used not only for normal calling but also for designating a partner station when registering the memory box communication specification in the memory box specification registration circuit 24. When registering the communication specifications of the memory box, if one-touch dial operation or speed dial operation is used to specify the partner station, not the selected number itself but a pointer to one-touch dial operation or speed dial operation information,
That is, pointers to the corresponding storage areas of the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 and the abbreviated dial registration circuit 28 are stored in the memory box specification registration circuit 24.

Reference numeral 30 denotes an operation unit for a user interface, which is provided with a one-touch dial, abbreviated dial, a numeric keypad, a * / # key, a set key, and a start key.
Registration keys (arbitrary ones according to the registration operation method) required for performing registration operations to 6, 6 and 28, one-touch dials registered as relay broadcast destinations, and speed dials after changing Key to select the action,
Other function keys are provided. The key information pressed by the operation unit 30 is transmitted to the control circuit 2 via the signal line 30a.
Output to 0.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a display circuit which is used to display a warning when an attempt is made to change a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial registered as a relay broadcast destination. The display circuit 32 displays a warning when a signal of the signal level “1 *” (“10” to “11”) is output from the control circuit 20 to the signal line 20h,
("10" means one-touch dialing and "11"
If the signal of the signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20h, the warning line is not displayed.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a control circuit, which is a control circuit including a microprocessor, a memory, and the like, and controls the operation of the entire apparatus. The control circuit 20 includes the memory circuit 18
The operation of the entire apparatus is controlled based on a program described below stored in a ROM unit (or a memory such as an internal ROM).

The operation performed under the control of control circuit 20 is roughly as follows.

This apparatus is a facsimile apparatus capable of communicating a subaddress signal as described above, and has a memory box specification registration circuit 24 corresponding to a memory box and registering a subaddress and an attribute of the memory box. Is designated, relay to the destination of one-touch dialing and speed dialing according to the communication specification registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24.

The control circuit 20 determines whether the selected one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is stored in the destination to be relayed and broadcasted by the sub-address signal when the change of the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial is selected by the operation unit 30. Thus, the control at the time of selecting the change registration is changed.

Specifically, when the one-touch dial and the abbreviated dial selected to be changed are stored in the destination to be relayed and broadcasted by the subaddress signal, the fact is displayed to the user, and the user is permitted to make the change. In addition, it is possible to leave the changed destination as a relay broadcast destination, or permit the change, but delete the changed destination from the relay broadcast destination, or select not to change.
On the other hand, when the selected one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is not stored in the destination to be broadcasted by the sub-address signal, the change registration of the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial is permitted.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7 show a communication control procedure executed by the control circuit 20. The procedure shown in FIG.
Part. 2 to 7 are continuous at the respective positions.

In FIG. 2, step S0 represents the start of processing started in response to a power-on or reset operation.

In step S2, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20h, so that the display circuit 32 does not display that it is registered as a relay broadcast destination.

In step S4, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20a, and the CML relay of the NCU 2 is turned off.

In step S6, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20d, and the ANSam signal transmission circuit 10 is set so as not to transmit the ANSam signal.

In step S8, information on the signal line 30a is input, and it is determined whether registration of one-touch dialing has been selected. If so, the flow proceeds to step S10, and if not, the flow proceeds to step S26.

The registration of the one-touch dial is performed by the operation unit 30.
Is performed by performing a predetermined operation. Various known methods can be used as the operation method. For example, a menu is displayed on an LCD or the like of the operation unit, the user is allowed to select a one-touch key to be registered, and the selection number or name of the partner station to be registered is input.

When registration of one-touch dial is selected, in step S10, this one-touch dial is
It is determined whether the registration is new registration, that is, whether data has already been registered for the one-touch key specified by the user. If the current registration of the one-touch key is a new registration, the process proceeds to step S14, and the selection number specified as the destination of the one-touch dial via the signal line 26a is newly registered in the circuit 26. If it is not a new registration, the process proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, information on the signal line 24a is input, and it is determined whether or not the destination designated as the one-touch dial destination is registered as a relay broadcast destination. This determination is made by referring to the registered contents of the memory box specification registration circuit 24 and checking whether or not the relay destination is registered using any one-touch dial operation in any of the communication specifications of the memory box.

If it is determined in step S12 that the designated one-touch dial has been registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 as a relay broadcast destination, the process proceeds to step S1.
Then, if it is not registered as a relay broadcast destination, the process proceeds to step S16.

If the destination specified as the one-touch dial destination is not registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 as the relay broadcast destination, the process proceeds to step S1.
In step 6, the selected number information (telephone number, or even the name of the partner station) designated as the destination of the one-touch dial is changed and registered in the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 via the signal line 26a.

On the other hand, if the destination specified as the one-touch dial destination is registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 as a relay broadcast destination, the signal level "1" is set on the signal line 20h in step S18 in FIG.
A signal of "0" is output, and a warning is displayed to the effect that the one-touch dial designated by the display circuit 32 is registered as a relay broadcast destination.

In step S20, it is confirmed with the user whether or not one-touch dial registration is to be forced. This confirmation can be performed by, for example, asking the display circuit 32 whether or not to perform further registration, and displaying a message prompting the user to perform a selection operation to be performed on the operation unit 30.
At this stage, the present embodiment provides the user with the following options.

(1) Permitting one-touch dial registration change, and leaving (registering) the changed destination as a relay broadcast destination.

(2) The registration change of the one-touch dial is permitted, but the changed destination is deleted from the relay broadcast destination.

(3) Cancel the registration change of the one-touch dial.

Then, operation information corresponding to the user's selection is input via the signal line 30a, and it is checked which option the user has selected.

If the option (1) is selected, that is, if “allow one-touch dial registration change and leave the changed destination as a relay broadcast destination” is selected, the process proceeds to step S22. The change registration of the one-touch dial is registered via the signal line 26a, and the change is left in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 as a relay broadcast destination. That is, in this case, the user has changed the registration of the one-touch dial and also changed the registration of the communication specification of the memory box of the memory box specification registration circuit 24.

If the option (2), that is, "permits one-touch dial registration change, but deletes changed destination from relay broadcast destination" is selected, the process proceeds to step S24, where signal line 26a is used. The change registration of the one-touch dial is performed, and the relay broadcast destination registered by the corresponding one-touch dial in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 is deleted via the signal line 24a.

Further, when the option (3) “Cancel registration change of one-touch dial” is selected, the registration change of one-touch dial is canceled and nothing is executed (or the registration change of one-touch dial is changed). The process proceeds to step S26 in FIG. 4 (after only displaying that the operation has been stopped).

In step S26, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20h, and the warning display on the display circuit 32 is erased.

In and after step S28, control substantially the same as that for one-touch dial registration is also performed for abbreviated dial registration.

That is, first, in step S28, information on the signal line 30a is input, and it is determined whether registration of abbreviated dialing is selected. When registration is selected, the process proceeds to step S30, where registration is selected. If not, step S
Proceed to 46.

In step S30, it is determined whether or not the registration is new registration. If the registration is new registration, the process proceeds to step S32, where the designated destination of the speed dial is newly registered in the circuit 26 via the signal line 28a. If not, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the memory box specification registration circuit 24 is referred to via the signal line 24a, and whether or not the abbreviated dial operation designated as a registration target is registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 as a relay broadcast destination. It is determined whether or not the designated speed-dial operation is registered as a relay broadcast destination in step S38.
The process proceeds to step S36 if it is not registered as a relay broadcast destination.

If the designated abbreviated dial operation is not registered as the relay broadcast destination, the designated abbreviated dial destination is changed and registered in the registration circuit 28 via the signal line 28a in step S36.

On the other hand, if the designated abbreviated dialing operation has been registered as a relay broadcast destination, step S
At 38, a signal of signal level "11" is output to the signal line 20h, and the display circuit 32 indicates that the designated speed dial is registered as a relay broadcast destination.

Then, in step S40, information on the signal line 30a is input in the same manner as in step S20 described above.
Detect a user's selection operation. The options are almost the same as those described above. (1) Permitting change of registration of abbreviated dialing, and leaving (registering) the changed destination as a relay broadcast destination.

(2) The registration change of the abbreviated dial is permitted, but the changed destination is deleted from the relay broadcast destination.

(3) Cancel the registration change of the speed dial.

Is as follows.

If the user selects the option (1), the flow advances to step S42 to register the change of the abbreviated dial in the abbreviated dial registration circuit 28 via the signal line 28a, and to register the circuit as a relay broadcast destination. Leave at 24. In this case, the user has changed the communication specification of the memory box of the memory box specification registration circuit 24 together with the registration change of the speed dial.

When the user selects the option (2), the process proceeds to step S44 in FIG. 5, where the change of the speed dial is registered in the speed dial registration circuit 28 via the signal line 28a, and the signal line 24a is further registered. , The destination changed and registered is deleted from the relay broadcast transmission destination of the memory box specification registration circuit 24.

If the user selects the option (3), nothing is performed (or only a message indicating that registration change of the one-touch dial has been canceled is displayed), and step S4 is performed.
Proceed to 6.

In step S46, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20h, and the warning display on the display circuit 32 is turned off.

In step S48 and thereafter, registration processing of the communication specification of the memory box to the memory box specification registration circuit 24 is performed.

First, in step S48, the signal line 30a
Then, it is determined whether or not registration of the memory box is selected, and if it is selected, the process proceeds to step S54, and if not, the process proceeds to step S50 to execute other processing.

In step S52, it is determined whether or not reception is selected by an incoming call from a telephone line or a manual operation of the user. If reception is selected, the process proceeds to step S64. If reception is not selected, step S4 is performed. Proceed to.

In step S54, it is determined whether or not registration in the memory box selected by the user is registration of relay broadcasting. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S58. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S58. Proceeding to S56, the registration of the memory box is executed based on the specified specification (communication specification other than relay broadcast).

When the relay broadcast is selected as the communication specification, the user can use the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation to specify the relay broadcast destination as described above.

In the case of designation of a relay broadcast destination using a numeric keypad or the like, the input is accepted as it is, but in the case of one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation, step S5 is performed.
At 8, it is determined whether or not the telephone number has been registered in the one-touch dial and the speed dial operated by the user.

If the telephone number has been registered in the one-touch dial or speed dial operated by the user, that is, if valid registration has been performed, the flow proceeds to step S60, and if not, the flow proceeds to step S62.

In step S60, the communication specification of the memory box specified by the user of the memory box specification registration circuit 24 is registered via the signal line 24a. Here, information necessary as specification information of the memory box, for example, a sub address (to be separately designated by the user) corresponding to the memory box is registered in the corresponding storage area,
Registration that a call is to be made using the designated one-touch dial or speed dial information is performed. More specifically, the memory box specification registration circuit 24 stores the one-touch dial or the pointer of the corresponding storage area of the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 or the short dial registration circuit 28 where the information of the speed dial is stored.

On the other hand, when the effective registration has not been performed for the one-touch dial and the speed dial designated by the user, the display unit of the operation unit 30 (not shown; shared with the display circuit 32 in step S62) of FIG. Is displayed, the fact that the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial used by the user for specifying the relay broadcast is not registered is displayed. This display is deleted in response to a key operation by the user.

An actual communication process is described after step S64 in FIG. First, in step S64, a signal of signal level “1” is output to the signal line 20a, and the NCU 2
Is turned on, and the line is connected to the facsimile machine side.

In step S66, a known pre-facsimile communication procedure is performed.

In step S68, ITU-T recommendation T3
It is determined whether a SUB (sub address) signal of 0 has been received, and if a SUB signal has been received, the process proceeds to step S76.
If not, the process proceeds to step S70.

Step S70 represents the remaining pre-procedure, step S72 represents the reception / recording of the image signal by known control, and step S74 represents the post-communication procedure.

When the SUB signal is received, communication is performed in accordance with the communication specifications registered in the corresponding memory box of the memory box specification registration circuit 24. In the present embodiment, the case where the specification of the memory box is a relay broadcast will be mainly described below.

When the SUB signal is received, first, in step S76, it is determined whether or not the specification of the memory box in which the received sub-address is registered (corresponding to the sub-address) is the relay broadcast. If not, the flow advances to step S78 to execute the communication specified by the memory box. If the broadcast is a relay broadcast, the flow advances to step S80 in FIG. 7 to receive / record the image signal in the memory, and the post-procedure (step S82) Execute

In step S84, a signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 20a, the CML of the NCU 2 is turned off, and the line is connected to the telephone 4 side. Step S86
Now put a one minute weight. This waiting time is to ensure that subsequent calls are made and is not required,
The length is arbitrary.

In step S88, it is determined whether or not there is a destination of an uncalled call in the relay broadcast of the memory box designated by the sub address signal. If not, the process proceeds to step S4. Proceeding to S40, the calling circuit 22 is used to make a call to an uncalled destination. At this time,
A call is made using the selected number information registered in the memory box specification registration circuit 24. The destination specified by one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing is registered by one-touch dialing via a pointer in the memory box specification registration circuit 24. Circuit 26 or abbreviated dial registration circuit 2
8 is used, and the selection numbers stored in these registration circuits 26 to 28 are used.

By performing the above-described registration change processing, the one-touch dial stored in the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 to the one-touch dial registration circuit 28,
The registered contents of the abbreviated dial are those desired by the user, and the danger that an unintended destination is called as in the related art should be considerably reduced.

In step S92, a signal of signal level "1" is output to the signal line 20a, the CML relay of the NCU 2 is turned on, and the line is connected to the facsimile machine.

In step S94, a pre-facsimile communication procedure is performed. In step S96, image signal memory reception is performed. In step S98, a post-procedure is performed.

In step S100, a signal of signal level "0" is output to signal line 20d, and the CML of NCU 2 is turned off to connect the line to telephone set 4.

As described above, the one-touch dial /
The user can reliably recognize that the change of the speed dial affects the relay broadcast, and if the change registration of the one-touch dial / abbreviated dial also affects the relay broadcast of the memory box, the user can appropriately. The interface can be changed to allow the user to select an appropriate option.

For example, if the telephone number of the call destination is changed due to the change registration of one-touch dialing / abbreviated dialing (for example, when the telephone number of the transmitting party has been changed but the other party has not changed), it is left as it is. One-touch dialing and abbreviated dialing can be changed, and the user can choose to leave it as a relay broadcast destination. In this case, there is an advantage that the relay destination of the corresponding memory box can be surely changed by a simple operation at the same time when the one-touch / abbreviated dial is changed.

On the other hand, if the user does not want to change the relay destination and wants to change only one-touch / abbreviated dialing, the change is permitted, but the changed destination can be deleted from the relay broadcast destination.

That is, according to the present embodiment, flexible one-touch dial / abbreviated dial change registration can be performed in association with the memory box registration information, and relay broadcasting is performed by changing one-touch dial / abbreviated dial. It is possible to provide an extremely easy-to-use facsimile machine that can prevent a destination from changing without the user's knowledge and can flexibly execute a desired registration process based on an appropriate warning display.

Although three options are shown in steps S20 and S40, other options may be given to the user in steps S20 and S40. For example, 4) one-touch / abbreviated dial registration change is permitted, and the selected number information of the destination before the one-touch / abbreviated dial registration change is left.

[0096] The option of That is, the old selection number and the raw data of the partner station name in the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 to the speed dial registration circuit 28 are copied and left in the memory box specification registration circuit 24, and the one-touch / speed dial desired by the user is registered. Register in the circuits 26 and 28. According to this option, it is possible to satisfy the user's desire for one-touch / abbreviated dialing and prevent unintended changes in the communication specifications of the memory box. In this case, the communication specification of the memory box of the memory box specification registration circuit 24 and the one-touch / abbreviated dial of the registration circuits 26 and 28 are separated and become unrelated to each other. It is desirable to perform this by recording and outputting the display and registration information.

In the above embodiment, the one-touch dial registration circuit 26 is added to the memory box specification registration circuit 24.
Although it has been described that the pointer to the registration information of the abbreviated dial registration circuit 28 is stored, this association may be made by an arbitrary method. Even in a storage format in which a raw selection number is stored as destination information of the memory box specification registration circuit 24, the fact that one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing is used when registering in the memory box specification registration circuit 24 is performed. The control of the present invention can be implemented by storing the indicated flag and the like. When a raw selection number is stored as the destination information of the memory box specification registration circuit 24, the selection number is compared with the selection number registered for the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing operation before the change. If they match, it may be considered that one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation has been used at the time of registration in the memory box specification registration circuit 24.

Although the embodiment of the facsimile apparatus has been described above, the present invention can be applied to any communication apparatus that forms a memory box (virtual communication apparatus) in the apparatus using sub-addresses. Needless to say.

[0099]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when registering a destination to be called in response to a predetermined one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation, the one-touch dialing or A different user interface control is performed when the registration information for the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing operation is changed depending on whether or not the speed dialing operation is used at the time of the memory box communication specification registration. Thereby, the user can select an appropriate option.

When the change of the registration information for the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is selected, the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is used in the communication specification registration in the memory box communication specification registration. The user is warned to that effect, so that the user can reliably recognize that a change in registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation will also affect relay broadcast transmission, and to an unintended partner station. Can be prevented beforehand.

Further, when a change of registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation is selected,
If the one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation is used at the time of the memory box communication specification registration, an inquiry is made to the user, and at that time, the change of the registration information for the one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation is permitted. And, the changed destination is registered as the destination corresponding to the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation used in the memory box communication specification registration, and one-touch dial or the change of the registration information for the speed dial operation is permitted. The destination corresponding to the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial operation used in the registration of the memory box communication specification is deleted or kept as it is, or the change of the registration information for the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial operation is canceled. By giving appropriate options to the user, such as changing the one-touch / abbreviated dialing, the relay destination of the corresponding memory box can be surely changed by a simple operation at the same time, and also affects the relay broadcast destination. This makes it possible to perform flexible control such that only the one-touch / abbreviated dial change is performed without giving the, or the one-touch / abbreviated dial change itself is stopped.

Further, when the change of the registration information for the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is selected, and when the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is not used at the time of the registration of the memory box communication specification, the corresponding one-touch dial or the speed dial operation is performed. In addition, there can be obtained an excellent effect that the registration information for the speed dial operation can be immediately changed as desired by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of a control circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 NCU 4 Telephone 6 Hybrid circuit 8 Modulator / demodulator 10 ANSam transmission circuit 12 Addition circuit 14 Reading circuit 16 Recording circuit 18 Memory circuit 20 Control circuit 22 Calling circuit 24 Memory box specification registration circuit 26 One-touch dial registration circuit 28 Short dial registration circuit 30 Operation unit 32 Display circuit

Claims (12)

[Claims] A sub-address signal received from a partner station;
In a communication device that executes communication of specifications registered for a memory box corresponding to a received sub-address, the communication specifications to be executed in a memory box corresponding to a predetermined sub-address include a one-touch dial or a speed dial operation. Memory box communication specification registration means for registering the function of relaying the information received to the specified destination for the box, and registration change of the destination to be called in response to predetermined one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation A change of registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation is selected by the registration changing unit, and the one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation is performed to communicate with the memory box communication specification registering unit. Is it used for specification registration? Communication apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for performing a user interface control that is different when changing the registration information for the one-touch dialing, or speed-dial operation depending on. 2. When the registration change means selects a change in registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is registered in the communication specification registration means in the memory box communication specification register. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein when used in the case of, the user is warned to that effect. 3. When the registration change means selects a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation registers the communication specification in the memory box communication specification register. If it is used at the time of inquiries, it inquires the user, and at that time, permits the change of registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation, and stores the changed destination in the memory box communication specification registration means. To register as a destination corresponding to the one-touch dial or speed dial operation of the one-touch dial or the speed dial operation. Destination corresponding to operation Delete, or kept at the previous, or the communication apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in providing one-touch dial, or to cancel the change of the registration information for the speed dial operation, the choice. 4. When the registration change means selects a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation, the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial operation registers the communication specification in the memory box communication specification register. 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when not used, the registration information for the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing operation is changed as desired by the user. 5. A sub-address signal is received from a partner station,
In a communication method of a communication device that executes communication of a specification registered for a memory box corresponding to a received sub-address, a one-touch dial or a speed dial operation is used as a communication specification to be executed in a memory box corresponding to a predetermined sub-address. Registering the function of relaying the received information to the designated destination for the memory box by registering the communication specification of the memory box; and the destination to be called in response to a predetermined one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation. A registration change step of performing a registration change of the memory box communication specification when the change of registration information for one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation is selected by the registration changing step. Registration of communication specifications Communication method characterized by having a control step of performing a user interface control that is different when changing the registration information for the one-touch dialing, or speed-dial operation depending on whether or not being used at the time of. 6. When a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected in the registration change step, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed in the communication specification registration step in the memory box communication specification registration step. 6. When used in such a case, a warning is displayed to the user to that effect.
Communication method described in. 7. When a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected in the registration change step, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed in the communication specification registration step in the memory box communication specification registration step. In this case, the user is queried, and at that time, the change of the registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation is permitted, and the changed destination is used in the memory box communication specification registration step. Registered as a destination corresponding to the one-touch dial or speed-dial operation performed, and permitted to change the registration information for the one-touch dial or speed-dial operation, but the one-touch dial used in the memory box communication specification registration step. 6. An option of deleting a destination corresponding to a dial or abbreviated dial operation, or retaining the same as before, or canceling a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is provided. Communication method described in. 8. When a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected in the registration change step, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed in the communication specification registration step in the memory box communication specification registration step. If not used when
6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the change of the registration information for the one-touch dialing or the speed dialing operation is performed as desired by the user. 9. Receiving a subaddress signal from a partner station,
In the storage medium storing the communication procedure of the communication device that executes the communication of the specification registered for the memory box corresponding to the received sub-address, one-touch dial, or A memory box communication specification registration procedure for registering a function of relaying and broadcasting information received to a designated destination for the memory box using the speed dial operation, and a predetermined one-touch dial or speed dial operation. A registration change procedure for changing the registration of a destination to be called, and when a change of registration information for one-touch dial or speed dial operation is selected by the registration change procedure, the one-touch dial or speed dial operation is performed in the memory. Communication specifications in the box communication specification registration procedure The one-touch dial, or storage medium characterized by storing a control procedure for performing a user interface control that is different when changing the registration information for the speed dialing operation in accordance with whether or not being used at the time of recording. 10. When a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected by the registration change procedure, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed by the memory box communication specification registration procedure. 10. The storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising a procedure for performing a control for displaying a warning to the user when used. 11. When a change in registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected by the registration change procedure, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed by the memory box communication specification registration procedure to register communication specifications. In this case, the user is queried, and at that time, the change of the registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation is permitted, and the changed destination is used in the memory box communication specification registration procedure. The one-touch dial, or register as a destination corresponding to the speed dial operation, one-touch dial, or change the registration information for the speed dial operation is allowed, but the one-touch dial used in the memory box communication specification registration procedure, Or short Stores a procedure for performing a control for giving an option of deleting a destination corresponding to a dial operation, or retaining the same as before, or canceling a change in registration information for one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation. The storage medium according to claim 9. 12. When a change of registration information for a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is selected by the registration change procedure, the one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation is performed by the memory box communication specification registration procedure. 10. The storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising a procedure for performing a control for changing the registration information for the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing operation as desired by the user when not used. .