KR19990021041A - How to manage your fax activity list in PC - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of managing an activity list of a facsimile with a PC, which enables a multifunction device connected to a PC to check the activity report of the facsimile on a PC, and to create and manage a list.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing an activity list of a facsimile, the method comprising: storing a data relating to an activity in a memory when the facsimile is used and determining an amount of data stored in the memory; When a predetermined amount of data is stored in the memory, the second process of uploading the data about the activity to the PC, and the data uploaded in the second process is stored on the PC to check the activity report on the PC and create a list. Characterized in that it comprises a third process.

According to the present invention, the user can check the contents of the activity on the PC and create and manage a list, thereby reducing the cost of paper waste, and managing the user-specific usage in the multifunction device that is likely to be used by multi-users. This provides a convenient function for using the facsimile.

Description

How to manage your fax activity list in PC

The present invention relates to a method for managing the activity list of the facsimile that allows the user to check the activity report of the facsimile on the PC connected to the PC and to create and manage the list. will be.

Recently, office automation devices such as printers, scanners, and facsimile have become widespread, and as high-performance products have been developed in an effort to expand the unique functions of each device, the cost of production of the products As a result, the economic burden on the consumer has increased, and for this reason, a complex device (hereinafter referred to as a multifunction device) incorporating each of the devices used independently from each other has emerged to solve the consumer's economic burden. It became possible.

This multifunction printer is a combination of a printer and a facsimile, and is equipped with a printing means, a scanning means, and information transmission means such as a modem, so that the functions as a printer and a facsimile as well as a scanner and a copy machine can be combined through a single device. It can be implemented as a device.

In general, a facsimile added to a multifunction device, as is well known, is a multifunctional terminal made by combining terminals existing in a single unit such as a scanner, a printer, or a copy machine into a single device. This refers to the Multi Functional Peripheral.

The facsimile system added to such a multifunction device is a multifunction device that is currently connected to a PC, and selects a list of all kinds of activities from the menu so that the user can print and view the list that they want to see.

As such, a device as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 may be used to print and view a list desired by the user.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary view of a multifunction printer connected to a PC, and FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a configuration of a facsimile system added to a general multifunction printer, as shown in FIG. A central processing unit (4) for controlling data relating to contents and activity lists stored in a memory, a memory unit (5) for storing data about information and activities of an original according to program execution of the central processing unit; An operation panel 1 having a display device capable of displaying the display data of the central processing unit, an image processing unit 8 for processing image data, and scanning an image of an original with binary information to retrieve digital image data. A scanner (3) provided to the central processing unit, and output data of the central processing unit by analog modulation and demodulating the analog receiving input to digital data A modem 6 for outputting a signal, a communication control unit (NCU) for performing a demodulation function for transmitting and receiving image data through a modulation, demodulation signal and a public line switching network (PSTN) of the modem, and a control signal of the central processing unit. Printer 7 for printing and copying the received image data from the scanner by means of the modem, and a sensor unit 2 for detecting the remaining amount of the original and recording paper and providing it to the central processing unit. .

The facsimile system configured as described above prints the report stored in the memory unit using the printing unit 7 and the image data scanning process of the original document through the scanner 3 and the memory unit 5 and the printer 7. Explain the process of printing.

First, when a copy function or a transmission function start data is input, the central processing unit 4 scans an image of the original to be transmitted through the scanner 3, and then prints the image signal of the original through the printer 7 to the public line switching network (PSTN). Will be sent.

That is, the scanner 3 is an operation for scanning an image of an original and copying it through the printer 7 or transmitting an image of the scanned original via the public line switching network (PSTN).

More specifically, for example, when the transmission key data is input from the operation panel 1 to perform a transmission operation, first, image data of an original obtained by scanning from the scanner 3 is generated in order to generate data for transmission. Memory for storing and memory section 5 for storing the code compressing the image data, and once the call is formed, the image data must be transmitted through the public line switching network (PSTN) at a constant transmission speed. There is an attribute.

Therefore, before the facsimile transmission starts, the central processing unit 4 searches whether the printer 7 is printing the print data first, stops it if it is printing, and then performs the facsimile scanning operation and transmits it to the memory unit 5. The image of the original to be read is read out, and binary image data is sequentially stored.

At the same time, when the scanning operation is completed, the scanner 3 notifies the central processing unit 4 that the fax scan is finished.

The central processing unit 4 reads the image data of the original stored in the memory unit 5 and provides it to the modem 6 when data indicating that the scan is completed is input from the scanner 3. The modem 6 modulates the image data of the document input thereto into an analog signal and transmits it to the public line switching network PSTN through the communication control unit NCU.

When an image signal is input from the other party through the public line switching network (PSTN) and the communication control unit (NCU), the modem 6 demodulates the image signal input thereto into the image data and provides it to the central processing unit 4. The central processing unit 4 stores the image data input thereto in the memory unit 5 and prints the stored image data through the printer 7.

However, these facsimile machines can only be viewed by printing the current activity report to a printer in the case of a multifunction device connected to a PC. In other words, a facsimile machine with an all-in-one should select all kinds of reports from the menu and print out the report that the user wants to see. In the case of the activity report, since the amount stored in the memory is limited, only data of any size can be stored.

In order to view activity reports in this way, the user has to print and check through the printer directly, and after confirming, the paper is disposed of and discarded a lot of paper.

In addition, due to the nature of memory that can store only a limited amount of data, it is not possible to manage the previous activity list. This has the disadvantage of not being able to do this if you need to look at the history.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages, the object of which is that when data about a certain amount of activity is stored in the memory uploaded to the PC via the parallel port to the data content stored in the memory (upload) and stored in the PC By doing so, it is possible to check the activity report through the PC, and also to provide a convenient function for the user to use the multifunction device by creating, managing and using a list of user history.

1 is an exemplary view of a multifunction device used in connection with a PC

2 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile system added to a general MFP

Fig. 3 is a signal flow diagram of the present invention relating to a control method of checking an activity report of a facsimile on a PC and creating and managing a list on a PC.

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4: central processing unit 5: memory unit

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating and managing an activity list of a facsimile, the method comprising: storing a data relating to an activity in a memory when the facsimile is used and determining an amount of data stored in the memory; In the first process, if a predetermined amount of data is stored in the memory, a second process of uploading data about an activity to a PC; and storing the data uploaded in the second process on a PC to confirm an activity report on the PC. And a third process of creating and managing lists.

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

1 is an exemplary view of a multifunction device used in connection with a PC as described above, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile added to a general multifunction device, as shown in FIG. A central processing unit (4) for controlling data related to activity reports stored in a memory, a memory unit (5) for storing information about originals and activities according to program execution of the central processing unit, and the central An operation panel 1 having a display device capable of displaying display data of the processing device, an image processing unit 8 for processing image data, and scanning the image of the document with binary information to perform digital processing of the digital image data. A scanner (3) provided to the apparatus and an analog modulated output of the central processing unit and a demodulated analog receive input to digital data. A modem 6 for outputting, a communication control unit (NCU) for performing a demodulation function for transmitting / receiving image data through a modulation, demodulation signal of the modem and a public line switching network (PSTN), and a control signal of the central processing unit. And a printer 7 for printing and copying the received image data from the scanner through the modem, and a sensor unit 2 for detecting the remaining amount of the original and recording paper and providing it to the central processing unit.

FIG. 3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a control method for checking a facsimile activity report on a PC or creating and managing a list. As shown in FIG. 3, data about an activity is stored in a memory when the facsimile is used and stored in the memory. A first step (S100) of determining an amount of data, a second step (S200) of uploading data on an activity to a PC when a predetermined amount of data is stored in the memory in the first step, and the second The third step (S300) of storing the uploaded data in the process on the PC to check the activity report with the PC to create and manage the list.

The first step (S100) comprises a step (S10) of storing the data related to the activity in the memory when using the facsimile and determining whether the data stored in the memory is stored by a predetermined amount (S20).

The third process (S300) comprises the step of storing the uploaded data on the PC (S30) and the step (S40) to check the activity report or create and manage the list with the PC.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3 the effects of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when the facsimile added to the multifunction device is used, data relating to the activity is stored in the memory unit 5 (S10). At the same time, the central processing unit 4 determines whether the data stored in the memory unit 5 is stored in a predetermined amount. If it is determined (S20) that the amount is not stored in the predetermined amount, the process returns to step S10 to store data related to the activity by the predetermined amount in the memory unit 5 and the predetermined amount in the memory unit 5 by the predetermined amount. If the data related to the activity is stored (uploaded) to the PC (host) through the parallel port (LPT) (S200) and stores the data related to the activity on the PC (S30).

In this case, the user may check the contents of the activities stored in the PC with the PC or create and manage a list of data about the activities stored in the PC (S40). In other words, it is possible to create and manage usage history for each user in a multifunction device that is likely to be used by multiple users.

The present invention operated as described above can reduce the cost of paper waste by allowing the user to check the contents of the activity on a PC or to create and manage a list. In addition, it is possible to manage user-specific usage in multifunction devices that are likely to be used by multi-users, which provides a convenient function for using a facsimile.

Claims (1)

In how to manage the activity list of the facsimile, A first step of storing data relating to an activity in a memory when the facsimile is used and determining an amount of data stored in the memory; A second step of uploading data regarding an activity to a PC when a predetermined amount of data is stored in the memory in the first step; The data uploaded in the second step is stored on the PC to check the activity report on the PC and to create a list. And managing the activity list of the facsimile on a personal computer (PC).