JPS63220662A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely register a desired transmission destination and to utilize an one-touch dial function by storing plural types of a series of telephone number information assigned corresponding to an one-touch dial key and transmitting automatically them to the transmitting destination of the telephone number corresponding to the key operated by an operator. CONSTITUTION:The registration of a transmitting destination by an one-touch dial is executed corresponding to a ten-keys provided at an operation displaying part 3 and maximum 100 users can register a desired transmitting destination respectively. For that reason, control tables TB00-TB99 corresponding to 100 operators are provided. The operator sets a transmitting original to a scanner 4, inputs an ID number (i) of two digits by the ten-keys of the operation displaying part 3 and inputs successively the one-touch dial number of a prescribed one digit. Thus, a system control part 1 reads out a transmitting destination telephone number TNx corresponding to the one touch dial number further in a control table TBi corresponding to the ID number (i) in a system memory 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that can automatically make a call using a one-touch dial operation.

[Prior Art] A facsimile machine is known which has a one-touch dialing function that allows a plurality of destinations to be registered in advance in correspondence with a numeric keypad or the like, and automatic dialing can be performed with a simple dial operation.

Such a facsimile machine is convenient when frequently sending messages to a specific destination, since dialing operations are time-consuming.

By the way, one facsimile machine is often shared by many users. In this case, each operator must register in advance the destinations to which he/she frequently sends messages.

However, with one-touch dialing using a numeric keypad, for example, only 10 destinations can be registered at most, resulting in insufficient capacity and the ability for everyone to select the desired destination.
There was a problem in that the one-touch dial function could not be used with MflA.

For this reason, it is conceivable to provide a large number of keys for one-touch dial operation, but in that case, the cost will increase to 1, and each operator will have many keys that he or she does not need, which will reduce operability. This will lead to worse inconvenience.

[Objective] In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine in which a large number of operators can freely register desired senders and utilize a one-touch dial function.

[Configuration] For this reason, the present invention allows the operation of assigning and registering a telephone number for each destination to each key for one-touch dialing to be performed multiple times by changing the registration contents. An identification code is attached to each registration operation, and by inputting the identification code and selecting a one-touch dial key, one destination telephone number is retrieved and a call is made.

Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the invention. In the figure, a system control section 1 is composed of a microcomputer system, and is used to manage and control the entire facsimile machine.

The system memory 2 is composed of a RAM which retains its stored contents even when the power is turned off by means of a battery (not shown), and is used to memorize the call number of a one-touch dial function.

The operation display 3 includes various operation buttons, a numeric keypad, a display for displaying operation guidance and RTI, and the like.

This is for an operator to arbitrarily operate this facsimile machine.

The scanner 4 decomposes the transmitted document into pixels at a predetermined resolution and converts each pixel into both signals, and the plotter 5
The scanner 4 records an image on recording paper at the same resolution as the scanner 4 and outputs it.

The communication control section 6 executes facsimile transmission according to a predetermined transmission control procedure, and includes a modem 7 and a network control device 8 that modulate the transmitted signal and demodulate the received signal.
It is connected to the telephone network via. The network control device 8 has a function of sending a predetermined dial signal to the telephone line network, and is controlled by the communication control section 6.

The code rhi decoding unit 91i compresses the amount of information by compressing the image information to be transmitted using a code using a predetermined method, and also restores the received information encoded in -8 to the original image information. .

41 The facsimile machine of this embodiment has the above-described configuration and has a one-touch dial function.

FIG. 2 shows the operation of the destination registration process using the one-touch dial function. To perform this registration, first operate the keys on the operation display section 3.

Set to one-touch dial registration mode (process 11)
.

By the way, in this facsimile machine, the registration of destinations using one-touch dialing is done using the numeric keypad provided on the operation display section 3, and up to 100 users can each dial their desired destination a. It has the ability to Therefore, as shown in FIG.
[11) Ill to Tnl, . In addition, a counter (not shown) is provided to indicate whether the destinations are written in order from the management table TB+)+1 or to which tape number [ ] has been used.

When the system control unit 1 enters the one-touch dial registration mode, it reads the value i of the counter ■ (processing 12).
, the value j is displayed as a two-digit II) number on the display of the operation display section 3 (process 13).

The operator memorizes the displayed ID number and registers the destination (Y in process 14).

Using the numeric keypad, first select and specify a single digit that will become the one-touch dial number, and then press the desired destination phone number T.
Input Nx (process 15).

The system control unit 1 receives the input destination telephone number TNx.
is written into the corresponding area of the management table TBi in the system memory 2 (process 16).

If there is another destination to register, the operator repeats the same operation (proceed to process 14), and when the registration is finished, cancels the one-touch dial registration mode (process 17). At this time, the system control unit 1 increments the counter ■ by 1 (processing 1
8).

Therefore, the next time another operator performs the above operation, the destination telephone number - will be similarly written in the next management table TBi+1.

Next, when performing transmission processing with this facsimile machine,
The operator sets the original to be sent on the scanner 4, then uses the numeric keys on the operation display section 3 to input the two-digit ID number l determined during the one-touch dial registration operation, and then enters the predetermined one-digit one-touch dial. Enter the number.

Thereby, the system control unit 1 further reads out the destination telephone number TNx corresponding to the one-touch dial number from the management table TBi corresponding to the ID number i in the system memory 2.

The read telephone number is transferred to the communication control unit 6, and the communication control unit 6 activates the network control device 8 according to the information.
Execute a predetermined calling operation.

When the destination facsimile machine responds, the communication control section 6 executes a predetermined transmission procedure, and then transmits the image information read by the scanner 4 and encoded by the encoding/decoding section 9 to the modem 7 and the network control device 8. to the other party's device via.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a management table for storing the destination of one-touch dialing is provided for each operator, and the management table is selected based on the ID number. You will be able to freely register your desired destination and use the one-touch dial function.

In the above embodiment, each telephone number of one-touch dial is stored in the system memory. On the other hand, even if a reading device for reading information from those information storage media is provided in the facsimile machine and the information storage medium is set in the reading device at the time of transmission processing, the same effect as in the above embodiments can be obtained. Each person will be able to freely use the one-touch dial function. Furthermore, although the above description has been made regarding the one-touch dial function, it goes without saying that similar effects can be obtained even when the present invention is applied to the speed dial function.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of types of a series of telephone number 8 information to be assigned in correspondence with a one-touch dial key are stored, and the operator selects one of the plurality of types. Since the system automatically calls the destination of the phone number corresponding to the key operated based on the phone number information, many operators can freely register the desired destination and use the one-touch dial function. It becomes noticeable. Furthermore, in this case, the operator can memorize a one-digit number corresponding to each destination and perform the dialing operation, so it is more convenient than speed dialing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the destination registration operation in the one-touch dial function, and FIG. 3 is a management table for storing destination telephone numbers. FIG. 1... System control unit, 2... System memory, 3
. . . Operation display section, 4. Scanner, 5. Plotter, 6. Communication control section, 7. Modem, 8. Network control device, 9. Encoding/decoding section. . , /-1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Register a series of telephone numbers in which one destination phone number is assigned to each of the predetermined keys among the plurality of keys arranged on the panel surface, and select the above-mentioned predetermined keys. In a facsimile machine that has a one-touch dial function that allows you to dial to a desired destination by operation, each of the above telephone numbers is attached with an identification code each time the above series of telephone number registration operations are performed multiple times with different registration contents. 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a telephone number registration means for registering a telephone number; and a call control means for reading out a desired destination telephone number and making a call by selecting the identification code and the predetermined keys. (2) Register a series of telephone numbers in which one destination phone number is assigned to each of the predetermined keys among the plurality of keys arranged on the panel surface, and select the above-mentioned predetermined keys. A facsimile device having a one-touch dialing function for making a call to a desired sender by operation, includes a plurality of information storage media each storing the above-mentioned series of telephone numbers with different registered contents, and these information storage media are removably formed. On the other hand, a reader for reading the series of telephone numbers stored in each of the information storage media, and a call destination corresponding to the predetermined key operated with one touch from among the series of telephone numbers read by the reader. 1. A facsimile device comprising a call control means for selecting a telephone number and making a call.