JP3068698B2 - Facsimile machine with storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus with a storage device (hereinafter referred to as "FAX") for storing information related to communication performed via a telephone line in a storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of facsimile machines having a storage device which not only outputs data sent from a destination to recording paper but also stores the data on a tape or a floppy disk and outputs the data later.

The operation of displaying the stored contents of a conventional FAX with a storage device will be described below with reference to the processing block of FIG. 5, the data configuration of FIG. 6, and the display example of FIG. First, the communication information 2 including the destination ID 2a, telephone number 2b, reception start time 2c, communication time 2d, and communication result 2e of the reception data stored in the storage device 1.
Is called from the storage controller 3 to the storage buffer 4. The plurality of pieces of information 2 stored in the storage device 1 are called one after another, and the reception list information 5 is stored in the storage buffer 4. The character code data of each information 2 in the storage buffer 4 is developed into an image font by the font generator 6 and temporarily stored in the font buffer 7. In the image font of the font buffer 7, an image line is further created in the line buffer 8 as information of one line to be displayed. This image line is transferred to the display memory 9 and displayed on the display device 11 by the display control unit 10. This series of display processing is performed for each information unit, and a list of stored contents is displayed.
This display example is as shown in FIG.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, when a large amount of communication-related information such as received data is stored, the information of the destination required by the operator is replaced with other information on the conventional list display screen. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to extract important data or necessary data from the list display because the display is not clearly distinguished from the display.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. It is an object of the present invention to display data of a transmission source important to an operator in a list so as to be distinguished, to shorten the data search time, and to output the data efficiently. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile with a storage device capable of performing the following.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a facsimile with a storage device according to the present invention stores information on communication.
A first storage means for storing a plurality of pieces,
Information about multiple called communications into display information.
Display information generating means to be developed respectively; second storage means for storing unique information designating important; comparing means for comparing the information related to communication stored in the first storage means with the important unique information; The discrimination information that is distinguished from information related to other communications when the information compared by the comparing means is the same.
Information generating means for generating information,
The display information generating means generates the discrimination information from the step.
List information about the communication in addition to the displayed information
And display means for performing the operation.

[0007]

With the above arrangement, when a list of stored data is displayed, fixed information designated by the operator as important in advance is compared with information on communication called from the first storage means by the comparison means, and the contents match. The information display is shaded, underlined, bold, white, etc. and emphasized or marked with symbols, so the information designated by the operator as important is displayed significantly different from other information displays, and a large amount of information is stored Even when the information is displayed, important information can be easily identified at a glance by the operator.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a FAX with a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
In this case, the central processing unit 21 becomes a part of the present apparatus, and performs program control of each unit by a microcomputer. A storage device control unit 23 connected to a storage device 22 for storing information related to communication performed through a telephone line includes a storage buffer 24.
, And controls so that the storage data is called from the storage device 22 to the storage buffer 24. A key input control unit 26 to which a keyboard 25 as an instruction input unit is connected is connected to a system memory 27, and reads input key information, which is unique information, of information related to communication designated by the operator as important, and Control to input to 27. The system memory 27 stores system information obtained from the input key information. The data comparison unit 28 to which the storage buffer 24 and the system memory 27 are connected compares the content of the unique information in the system memory 27 with the content of the information in the storage buffer 24.

Further, a font generator 29 connected to the storage buffer 24 develops a character font from the character code of the storage data called into the storage buffer 24 from the storage device 22 in response to the instruction input from the keyboard 25. The pattern generation unit 30 generates a pattern image of character emphasis such as shading and underlining when the comparison results by the data comparison unit 28 are the same. These font generator 29 and pattern generator
The font buffer 31 to which 30 is connected temporarily stores image data obtained from the font generator 29 and the pattern generator 30. The line buffer 32 to which the font buffer 31 is connected stores an image of one line to be displayed. A display control unit 34 to which the line buffer 32 is connected via a display memory 33 is connected to a display device 35, and is configured to control so that the contents of the display memory 33 are displayed on the display device 35.
At this time, the keyboard 25 can select the stored data in order to output the stored data from the storage device 22 to a printing device (not shown) or the display device 35.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the data structure when a list is displayed on the display device 35 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a display diagram showing an example of the list display in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, information 41 relating to communication including ID 41a of reception data, telephone number 41b, reception start time 41c, communication time 41d, and communication result 41e.
Is called from the storage device 22 and displayed on the display device 35 as the reception list information 42. At this time, the destination telephone number 41b and the important designated telephone number 43 of the information 41 relating to the communication are displayed.
Are compared by the data comparison unit 28, and when the comparison results are the same, the hatching or underlining from the image pattern generation unit 30 is OR-written to the character font pattern from the font generation unit 29 as shown in FIG. Then, a list is displayed on the display device 35. Here, OK in the communication result 41e indicates that the communication has proceeded without any problem, and NG indicates a case where the FAX paper is out of paper or a communication failure.

An FA with a storage device configured as described above
The operation of X will be described below. As shown in FIG. 4, first, in step S1, the reception data ID 41a, telephone number 41b, reception start time 41 stored in the storage device 22 are stored.
The storage device control unit 23 calls the storage buffer 24 with information 41 relating to communication including c, the communication time 41d, and the communication result 41e. Then, the information about the communication stored in the storage device 22
41 are called one after another, and the reception list information 42 of FIG. 2 is stored in the storage buffer 24. Next, in step S2, the character code of the ID 41a of the received information is developed into an image font by the font generation unit 29, stored in the font buffer 31, and transferred to the line buffer 32 as an image of one line to be displayed. Thus, the ID 41a, telephone number 41b, reception start time 41c, communication time 41d, communication result 41
The information 41 of e is developed one after another into image fonts, and an image of one line to be displayed is created in the line buffer 32.

[0012] On the other hand, the operator
The important telephone number 43 input from 25 is input to and stored in the system memory 27 by the key input control unit 26. In step S3, the telephone number 41b of each information in the storage buffer 24 is changed to the important telephone number 43 in the system memory 27. Are compared by the data comparing unit 28. When the data comparison unit 28 determines that the telephone number 41b of the storage buffer 24 is the same as the important telephone number 43 of the system memory 27, the data comparison unit 28 notifies the central processing unit 21 that it is the same, and the central processing unit 21
Drives and controls the pattern generation unit 30, and in step S 4, the pattern generation unit 30 generates a hatched pattern in the font buffer 31, and the destination ID 41 of the line buffer 32.
Write OR in the part. Further, in step S5, the pattern generation unit 30 similarly generates an underline pattern in the font buffer 31, and stores the telephone number 41b of the destination of the line buffer 32, the reception start time 41c, the communication time 41d, and the communication result.
Write OR in item 41e. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S3, the data comparing unit
At 28, the telephone number 41b of the storage buffer 24 is stored in the system memory 27.
If it is determined that it is different from the important telephone number 43, the process proceeds to step S6, where the contents of the line buffer 32 are transferred to the display memory 33 and displayed on the display device 35 by the display control unit 34. .

After the above processing is completed, step S7
Then, the display position of the display memory 33 and the information of the reception list information 42 of the storage buffer 24 are updated. And step S
In step 8, the display position is checked whether the display has been performed up to the last line. When the display reaches the last line of the display screen, the process ends. If the last line of the display has not been displayed, step S
At 9, it is checked whether or not there is any information that is not displayed. If there is still information, the information display process of steps S2 to S8 is repeated to display a list of the storage contents of the storage device 22. When all the information has been displayed, the list display processing ends.

Therefore, the operator registers the important telephone number in the system memory 27 and provides the pattern generation unit 30 for generating the hatching or underlining, so that the storage device 22
By changing the item display of the important data stored in the other than the other display, it becomes possible to easily distinguish on the list display of a large amount of stored contents, and the operator can easily search and extract important data. .

In this embodiment, the case where the content stored in the system memory 27 is a telephone number has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the telephone number. It is also possible to change and display the contents of the list display. In this embodiment, the important telephone number 43
The contents of the list display are shaded, and the contents of other items such as the destination ID and time zone are underlined so that they can be distinguished.
Symbols such as '◎' and '☆' can be added next to 43, etc., and distinguished by emphasizing other characters such as bold or white characters. There are various methods for distinguishing from a large amount of display content.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the communication
First storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information
Display information about multiple communications called from storage means
Display information generating means for expanding the information into information; second storage means for storing unique information designating important information;
Comparing means for comparing the information related to the communication stored in the storage means with the important unique information; and distinguishing the information related to the other communication when the information compared by the comparing means is the same.
Discriminating information generating means for generating discriminating information,
The discrimination information from the information generating means is used as the display information generating means.
Information about the communication in addition to the display information generated by the stage
And display means for displaying a list of important information among the communication-related information stored in the first storage means, so that important information can be distinguished and displayed when a large amount of information is stored and displayed. It is also possible to realize an excellent facsimile machine with a storage device that allows an operator to easily search and extract important information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a FAX with a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data configuration diagram when a list is displayed on a display device 35 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a display diagram showing a list display example in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a list display process of the FAX with a storage device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional FAX with a storage device.

FIG. 6 is a data configuration diagram when a conventional FAX with a storage device is displayed as a list.

FIG. 7 is a display diagram showing an example of a conventional FAX list display with a storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Central processing unit 22 Storage device 23 Storage device control unit 24 Storage buffer 25 Keyboard 26 Key input control unit 27 System memory 28 Data comparison unit 29 Font generation unit 30 Pattern generation unit 31 Font buffer 32 Line buffer 33 Display memory 34 Display Control unit 35 Display device

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first method for storing a plurality of information items related to communication.
Storage means, and a plurality of storage means called from the first storage means.
Display information that expands communication-related information into display information
Report generating means and second information for storing unique information designating important
Storage means, and comparison means for comparing the information related to communication stored in the first storage means and the important unique information,
When the information compared by the comparing means is the same, another communication is performed.
Information that generates distinction information that is distinguished from information about
Report generation means, and the discrimination information from the discrimination information generation means.
Information to the display information generated by the display information generating means.
A facsimile apparatus with a storage device, comprising: a display unit for displaying a list of information on the communication in a list .