KR100222684B1 - Method for inputting character codes of fax - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs:

The present invention relates to a character input method in a facsimile.

I. The technical problem the invention is trying to solve:

Conventionally, in order to enter a character in a fax, a character code manual or a numeric key is pressed several times to input a desired character.

All. The gist of the solution of the invention:

The present invention implements to store a character code by receiving a first numeric key data for selecting a character group to which a character to be input and a second numeric key data for selecting a character to be input from the selected character group.

la. Important uses of the invention:

Fax.

Description

How to enter characters in your fax {METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER CODES OF FAX}

The present invention relates to a character input method in a facsimile, and more particularly, to a method of inputting a character using a numeric key provided in the facsimile without a character code guide.

Conventionally, there are two methods of inputting a character in a facsimile using a character code guide and a method of repeatedly inputting a numeric key.

In the first method, a user searches for a code corresponding to a character to be input by looking at the character code guide and inputs the corresponding code by using a numeric key. For example, the letters "A", "B", and "C" If you want to enter the code, the user can find the code for "A", "12", "B" for code "13", and "C" for code "14". Entered using the numeric keys.

The second method is a method in which three or four letters correspond to numeric keys to sequentially display characters according to the number of inputs of the numeric keys, and press a confirmation key when a desired character is displayed. For example, if the user wants to enter the letters "K", "B", "S", the user enters the number key "5" corresponding to "J, K, L" twice, and "A, B, C". "2", a numeric key corresponding to "2", was pressed twice, and "7", a numeric key corresponding to "P, Q, R, S", was pressed four times. Since the number of pressing the corresponding numeric key corresponds to three or four letters in one numeric key, the number of pressing corresponding to the sequence number of the corresponding character is determined.

The method of using the character code guide, which is the first method of the above-described character input method, was inconvenient that a character code guide could be used to input characters. The second method, which uses a numeric key, is a character assigned to a numeric key. It was inconvenient to find a character to input from among them and press the number key several times.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of selectively inputting characters using two numeric keys.

Another object of the present invention is to set the number corresponding to the first numeric key entered as an index for selecting a character group from the character table, and to select a specific character code from the selected character group with the number of the input second numeric key. By setting the second index, to provide a method for storing the character code selected by the first and second index.

1 is a block diagram of a fax according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a control flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a memory table diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The configuration of the facsimile according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, and the controller 10 controls the overall operation of the facsimile according to the control program stored in the ROM 24. The network control unit (NCU) 12 connects the telephone line to the modem 14 under the control of the controller 110, detects an incoming ring, and provides the incoming call to the controller 10. The modem 14 demodulates a modulated signal input through the NCU 12 and modulates a signal to be sent to the telephone line through the NCU 12. OPE (Operating Panel) 16 is composed of a plurality of keys for setting or commanding the functions provided by the facsimile, and provides the control unit 10 with key data by pressing the keys. In addition, the OPE 16 is assigned a character group corresponding to the numeric keys for the practice of the present invention. When the transmission or copying mode is set, the scanner 18 reads the supplied document under the control of the control unit 10, converts the document into image data, and provides the image to the control unit 10. The printer 20 prints the received image data or the read image data under the control of the controller 10. The sensor 22 checks various states of the facsimile and informs the controller 10. The ROM 24 stores a control program executed by the controller 10. The RAM 26 stores received or read image data or a character code input by a user. In addition, a character table corresponding to the character code is stored.

A character input process according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2, a process of storing two numeric keys consecutively input after a character input request as a character code, and if there is a character output request, The process of outputting a character corresponding to the character code.

In the memory table according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a first input numeric key selects a corresponding character group, and a second input numeric key selects a specific character among the character groups.

Hereinafter, a character input process according to the control flowchart shown in FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to the above-described configuration of a facsimile according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 10 detects whether the character input request is input in the standby state (step 210) in step 212. The character input request means that the function selection key provided in the OPE 16 is pressed by the user. When the character input request is generated, the controller 10 proceeds to step 214 and sets the counter value "n" to "0" for determining whether the input numeric key is first or second. The counter value "n" is set to "0" when the initial character input mode is set and when input of a code corresponding to one character is completed. That is, if "n" is set to "0", the controller 10 proceeds to step 216 to determine whether a numeric key is input from the OPE 16. When the numeric key is input, the controller 10 proceeds to step 218 and determines whether the numeric key input in step 216 is the first numeric key input. The determination determines whether "n" is "0", and if it is "0", determines that it is the first numeric key, and if it is not "0", determines that it is the second numeric key. If it is determined in step 218 that it is the first number key, the controller 10 proceeds to step 220. The controller 10 proceeds to step 222 after increasing "n" by 1 in step 220. Increasing "n" by 1 is for determining that the numeric key is second input in step 218 when the numeric key is input in step 216. The controller 10 sets the number corresponding to the input first numeric key as the first index when "n" is increased by 1 and proceeds to step 222. The first index is an index for selecting a character group from the table having the form of FIG. 3 in the RAM 26. When the setting of the first index is completed, the control unit 10 returns to step 216 to detect whether the second numeric key is input from the OPE 16. If the input of the second numeric key is detected, the controller 10 proceeds to step 224. In step 224, the controller 10 sets the number of the second input numeric key as the second index, registers the character code including the set second index and the first index set in step 222, and then step 214. Return to to receive the next character. If, in step 216, the numeric key is not input and in step 226, an end key for terminating the character input is input from the OPE 16, the function according to the present invention is terminated.

On the other hand, if a key input corresponding to a character output request instead of a character input request is detected in step 212, the control unit 10 proceeds to step 228 to perform a corresponding function. In the character output process performed in step 228, when a key for requesting character output from the OPE 16 is input, the controller 10 reads a character code according to the input order through the above-described input process and corresponds to the character code. Print a character.

For example, when the character "KBS" is input and output through the above-described character input and output process,

First, in the example of input, the user inputs a function key for character input to set the character input mode, and then inputs "5" which is the number key of the character group (J, K, L) to which the first character "K" belongs. do. A numeric key "2", which selects a specific character consecutively, is input to the character group selection numeric key. The controller 10 registers the input two numeric keys " 52 " as character codes. The second and third characters "B" and "C" are also registered through the above-described process. As the character code to be finally registered, "52", "22", and "74" are registered in this order.

Next, in the example of output, when the user inputs a function key requesting the output of characters, the first character code "52" is read and the character group (J, K, L) corresponding to "5" is referred to with reference to the table of FIG. ), And then print the "K" character corresponding to "2" and read the second character code "22". The read "22" outputs "B" by the table of FIG. 3, and the third character code "74" outputs "C" by the table of FIG.

As described above, the present invention allows a user to easily find a code corresponding to a character without looking at the character code guide, so that a user can easily input a predetermined character and a short sentence, and the number of times of inputting a numeric key for entering a character is also reduced. It is effective for the user's convenience.

Claims (2)

A character group has a corresponding numeric key, the first input numeric key selects a corresponding character group, and the second input numeric key has at least a memory table for selecting a specific character among the character groups. In the method, Set the number corresponding to the first numeric key entered as an index to select a character group from the table, and set the number of the input second numeric keys as a second index to select a specific character code from the selected character group. And storing the character code selected by the first and second indices. In a facsimile having at least one memory key corresponding to a character group, the first input numeric key selects the corresponding character group, and the second input numeric key includes at least a memory table for selecting a specific character among the character groups. Set the number corresponding to the first numeric key entered as an index to select a character group from the table, and set the number of the input second numeric keys as a second index to select a specific character code from the selected character group. A character setting process of storing a character code selected by the first and second indexes; Character input method in the facsimile characterized in that the output of the character output process for outputting the character corresponding to the character code when the user request.