JPS63135052A - Abbreviated dial automatic registration device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for registration of a telephone number in utilizing an abbreviated dial by storing a selection signal data and the abbreviated dial data correspondingly. CONSTITUTION:A transfer means 7 receiving a command of a retrieval means 6 transfers only the selection signal data detected for prescribed number or over in the 1st storage means 1 into the 2nd storage means 2. Then the 2nd storage means 2 stores the abbreviated dial data prepared in advance corresponding to the transferred selection signal. In dialing a number by using the registered selection signal, when the abbreviated dial data is inputted from a selection signal data input section 3, a selection signal data read means 9 reads the selection signal corresponding to the signal S8 by the signal S8, it is transferred to a communication control section 5, from which dialing is applied the same as the dialing by a conventional selection signal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a speed dial automatic registration device, and more particularly to a device applicable to communication equipment such as a facsimile machine having a speed dial origination function.

Conventional technology In communication devices such as facsimile machines, the telephone number of the facsimile machine, etc. of the other party to whom you frequently call is registered, and this can be automatically dialed by one-touch or two-touch dial key operation. It is often equipped with a dialing function and is considered to be one of the most important services in communication equipment.

However, when using this speed dial, it is necessary to register a telephone number in advance, and this procedure is relatively complicated, so users often do not take full advantage of this function.

For example, in the case of conventional facsimile machines, when registering speed dial, [key operation to enter registration mode] → [key operation to input phone number] → [key operation to exit registration mode] ], and it is said that even if detailed instructions are provided in manuals, etc., they are often not used. In addition, in order to check the speed dials related to the phone numbers registered in this way, it is necessary to print out a registration list that shows each registered phone number and its corresponding speed dial. key operation is required.

Purpose Therefore, in view of the inconvenience of registering and confirming speed dials in conventional communication devices such as facsimile machines 21, the present invention provides a system for automatically registering frequently used speed dials without key operations, and It was created with the purpose of providing a device that can check the registration list.

Configuration The basic configuration of the speed dial automatic registration device of the present invention is as follows.
As shown in the figure. (Note that the flow of the first selection number data is shown as two lines, and other instruction signals are shown as single lines or dotted lines.) In the figure, l is the first storage means, and selection signal data corresponding to the telephone number is shown. 2 is a second storage means, which has a function of storing selection signal data and speed dial data in correspondence with each other.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a selection signal data input section, in which selection signal data (or abbreviated dial data) corresponding to the telephone number of the other party is inputted using a pushbutton or a dial when making a call. Then, each time there is a call, selection signal data related to the call is written into the first storage means via the writing means 4 and stored.

On the other hand, as a result of this transmission, selection signal data is sent to the transmission line via the communication control section 5, and the line is connected to the other party to enable communication.

As mentioned above, since selection signal data is written into the first storage means 1 every time a call is made, a large amount of selection signal data corresponding to frequently called telephone numbers is naturally accumulated. It turns out.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a search means which searches the selection signal data stored in the first storage means 1 and the selection signal data stored in the second storage means 2, and generates a search signal (Sl, S2) under the following conditions. An instruction (instruction signal; S3) is given to the transfer means 7.

(2) A preset number or more of the same selection signal data stored in the first storage means 1 has been detected.

(2) The selection signal data stored in the second storage means 2 does not include the selection signal data detected in (2) above.

The transfer means 7, which has received an instruction from the search means 6, transfers only the selection signal data detected in a predetermined number or more in the first storage means 1 to the second storage means 2.

Then, in the second storage means 2, the transferred selection signal data is stored in correspondence with the speed dial data prepared in advance.

Further, the fact that the selection signal data is newly stored in the second storage means 2 and made to correspond to the speed dial data is notified by printing or displaying the notification means 8. This notification can be made automatically upon receiving the transfer completion signal S4 from the transfer means 7, but it can also be made at an appropriate time by an external instruction signal S5.

By the way, regarding the point in time when the search means 6 is activated, there are two methods: one method is to always make the search means 6 function by receiving the instruction signal S6 of the selection signal data writing means 4 if there is an outgoing message, and the other method is to make the search means 6 function automatically by receiving the instruction signal S7 from the communication control section after the completion of the incoming message. There is a way to make me do it, but you can use either method. However, when the communication device is a facsimile machine, it is preferable to adopt the latter method. This is because, in communication between facsimile machines, the transmission state is entered after receiving a called station confirmation signal (CHD).

When making a call using the selection signal registered in this way, when speed dial data is input from the selection signal data input section 3, the signal S8 causes the selection number data reading means 9 to select the one corresponding to the signal S8. Read the signal,
This is transferred to the communication control unit 5, and the call is made in the same way as when making a call using a normal selection signal.

Embodiment FIG. 2 shows a circuit diagram of an automatic speed dial registration device in a facsimile machine, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The device of this embodiment realizes automatic registration of speed dials using the program drossic.
, RAMb l 2, operating port 13, R
OM 14, network control unit (NCU) 5, scanner unit 16, plotter unit 17, and modem (
MODEM) 1B is connected to the CPU 19 via an address/data bus 20 and a control m21.

Here, RAMall inputs the selection signal data from the dial information input section of the operating board 13 for n stations (n
: constant), and each time there is a call, the selection signal data related to the call is sequentially stored as shown at 22 by instructions from the CPU 19 based on the program in the ROM 14.

The RAMb 12 stores abbreviated dial data in advance, and stores selection signal data transferred from the RAMall under certain conditions while making it correspond to the abbreviated dial data 23a, as shown at 23. Naturally, this process is also based on the program in ROM 14.
It is executed by 9 instructions.

As mentioned above, the ROM 14 stores a program for data processing, and searches the selection signal data stored in the RAM all, and searches for the same selection signal data m times (m: preset constant, ma
n) If included, the selection signal data is stored in RAM.
program for instructions to be transferred to b12), (RAM
(Program for a command to search for selection signal data or unregistered speed dial data that is in an empty state in b12) and (RAMblZ)
A program for an instruction to search for selection signal data already registered in the memory is stored. These programs are then read and executed by the CPU 19.

The signal processing of the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a call is made and the telephone number of the other party is input or input from the dial information input section of the operating board 13, the selection signal data is sent to the NCU via the lotus 20.
The image signal input from the scanner unit is transferred to the MOD 15 from the bus 20, which controls the network side and connects the line.
The image data is transmitted to the line via the EM 18 (steps ①, ①).

Here, it is determined whether the call was made using speed dial data or 1 normal selection signal data (step ■). If the call was made using speed dial data, the call has already been made. This is because the selection signal related to the call is registered in correspondence with the speed dial data, and there is no need to register it further.

When a call is made by selection signal data, the selection signal data is automatically sent to RAMA via bus 20.
11 (step ■).

In addition, RAMa 11 stores the selection signal data transmitted up to that point for a maximum of n stations. It is designed to accumulate information that has been written in the .

Here, according to the program of ROM l 4, R
The selection signal data stored in AMal is searched, and it is determined whether or not there is selection signal data that is the same as the newly transferred and stored selection signal data for m or more times (step 2).

As a result, if the number of times is less than m, it is determined that the telephone number corresponding to the selected signal data (hereinafter referred to as "X") is not used frequently, and conversely, if it is more than m times, the data is frequently used. It is determined that this is the telephone number of the other party to be transmitted. Therefore, when the number of calls is less than m, it is determined that there is no need to register for speed dialing, and the process is stopped.

If 'X゛' is more than m times, the above-mentioned ROM
l According to the program in step 4, RAMb is searched and it is determined whether there is any free speed dial data. If there is no speed dial data, the process is stopped (step ■), and vice versa. Further, the RAM blZ is searched to determine whether "X" has already been stored in the RAM blZ and registered in association with the speed dial data (step 2).

As a result, if 'X' has already been registered, there is no need to register it twice, so the process is aborted; if 'X' is unregistered, 'X' is newly stored as speed dial data in RAMb12. You will need to match and register (Step ■
, ■).

In this way, "X" is registered, but since everything is processed automatically, the caller, who is the user, cannot recognize the speed dial data corresponding to "X".

Therefore, after registration, a speed dial registration report is output and notified (step O). This report is automatically read out from the RAM b 12 and the corresponding speed dial data, and is automatically printed out by the plotter unit 16. Alternatively, this can be done by displaying it on the display section of the operating board 13. For example, it may be possible to print out or display a message such as ``000-〇〇〇〇 has been registered in one-touch.

Note that the above n and m can be set to any number under the condition that n>m, but as an example, it is possible to set them as n=100 and m=10. In addition, the number of calls that can be made using speed dial is 10 in the case of one-touch dialing.
It is also possible to provide the number for each station, or for 50 stations in the case of two-touch, so that the number can be selected as appropriate.

After registration, if you want to transmit data to the other party's facsimile device for that phone number, input a speed dial from the dialing information input device of the operating board 13 to send the selection signal for the corresponding phone number from RAMb l 2. Needless to say, by reading the data and transferring it to the NCU 15 via the lotus 20, a call can be made in the same way as when using a normal telephone number.

As described above, the present invention automatically registers selection signal data in correspondence with speed dial data, which eliminates the need to register a telephone number when using speed dial. , the registered contents will be automatically notified, dramatically promoting the use of the speed dial system.

In addition, unlike in the past, where the procedure for registering a phone number on speed dial was a completely separate procedure from the outgoing call operation, it is automatically registered based on the outgoing call operation, giving priority to frequently used phone numbers. This has the advantage that it is possible to prevent unnecessary registration to speed dialing, and also to prevent situations where a telephone number is registered by mistake.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an electric circuit diagram of an embodiment of the device, and FIG. 3 is a signal processing flowchart of the device. 1-...First storage means 2...Second storage means 3...
・Selection signal data input section

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a communication device having a speed dial transmission function, a first storage means for storing selection signal data and a second storage means for storing selection signal data and speed dial data in correspondence are used to make a transmission. writing means for writing the selection signal data related to the transmission from the selection signal input section into the first storage means each time, and searching the selection signal data accumulated in the first storage means, and searching for the selection signal data stored in the first storage means to find a certain number of identical selection signal data. a search means for issuing a command to transfer the selection signal data when the selection signal data stored in the second storage means does not include a certain number of detected selection signals; a transfer means for transferring the selected number of detected selection signal data from the first storage means to the second storage means; and a speed dial data of the second storage means corresponds to the selected number of selected signal data detected. What is claimed is: 1. A speed dial automatic registration device comprising: notification means for notifying that a request has been made. (2) The speed dial automatic registration device according to claim (1), wherein the writing means writes the selection signal data related to the communication from the selection signal input section into the first storage means after the communication is completed. . (3) It is searched whether all the selection signal data are made to correspond to the speed dial data in the second storage means, and if all the selection signal data are already made to correspond, the transfer means does not transfer the selection signal data. A speed dial automatic registration device according to claim (1) or (2). (4) Claim (1), wherein the notification means prints out a certain number of detected selection signal data and the corresponding speed dial data using a plotter;
The speed dial automatic registration device according to paragraph (2) or paragraph (3). (4) Claims (1), (2), or (3) in which the notification means displays a certain number of detected selection signal data and the corresponding speed dial data on a display device. Speed dial automatic registration device described in ).