JP3228545B2 - Copier communication system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to relates to a copying apparatus a communication system having a replication system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the automation of a copying apparatus has been advanced, and it has become possible to copy a large amount of documents without manual intervention. However, in a conventional copying apparatus,
The state of the copying operation can be recognized only when the user is near the copying apparatus.

[0003]

For this reason, in the conventional copying apparatus, it is not necessary to manually intervene during the copying operation, but it is not possible to leave the vicinity of the copying apparatus, and the work efficiency is reduced. There were drawbacks.

[0004] Further, when an error occurs while the user is away from the copying apparatus, there is a disadvantage that it cannot be immediately noticed. Furthermore, the use state of the copying apparatus cannot be known unless the user is near the copying apparatus.

[0005] The present invention provides detailed information for a particular telephone.
Displayed on the phone, and
Efficient copier by displaying minimal information
That can be used for
The purpose is to avoid confusion .

[0006]

The present invention achieves the above object.
To formed, a copying machine communication system having a copying apparatus and a plurality of telephones, the predetermined conditions of the copying apparatus
Detecting means for detecting the
Information corresponding to the predetermined situation,
Controlling to display on a specific phone
Out of the plurality of telephones other than the specific telephone
The telephone set described above has the above-mentioned
Display information indicating whether the copying device is in use or not.
Copier communication system having control means for controlling
It is.

Further, the present invention relates to a copying apparatus and a plurality of telephones.
A control method for a copying apparatus communication system , comprising: a detecting step of detecting a predetermined state of the copying apparatus ;
Information according to the predetermined situation detected in the outgoing process
Is displayed on a specific one of the plurality of telephones.
And control the
In the telephone other than the specific telephone, the detection step
The above copying machine is in use despite the detection in
Control step of controlling to display information indicating whether or not
And a control method of the copier communication system having:

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a copier communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This copying apparatus communication system has a telephone exchange apparatus 1 accommodating an outside line 2 and telephones 7 to 9, and a copying apparatus 10 for performing a copying operation.

The telephone exchange device 1 includes an exchange switch 3 for controlling line connection, a central control device 4 for controlling the exchange switch 3, and an external line interface 5 for accommodating the external line 2.
And an extension interface 6 that accommodates telephones 7 to 9.

[0011] Of the telephones 7 to 9, the telephone 7 has a wireless function of receiving data transmitted from the copying apparatus 10. Hereinafter, the telephone 7 is referred to as a wireless telephone. The telephones 8 and 9 are extension telephones having no wireless function.

The copying apparatus 10 includes a central control unit 11 including a memory and a microprocessor, a wireless unit 12 for performing wireless communication with the telephone 7, and an input for instructing a copying operation by operating various keys. Unit 13, a number monitoring unit 14 for managing the number of sheets during the copying operation, an error monitoring unit 15 for managing an error during the copying operation, a display unit 16 for outputting various data by an LCD or the like, and a predetermined And an image processing unit 17 for performing image processing. The central control device 11 and the radio unit 12 are connected by a data bus.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the telephone 7 and the radio section 12 of the copying apparatus 10. As shown in FIG.

The telephone 7 includes an extension transmission LSI 22, a one-chip microprocessor 23, a modulator 24, an amplifier 25, a duplexer 26, an antenna 27, a bandpass filter 28, a demodulator 29, a frequency synthesizer 3
0, and modulates data input from the telephone exchange 1 by the extension transmission line 21 and sends it to the radio unit 12, demodulates data from the radio unit 12, and transmits the data from the extension transmission line 21 to the telephone exchange Send to 1.

On the other hand, the radio section 12 includes an antenna 31, a duplexer 32, a one-chip microprocessor 33, a modulation section 34, an amplifier 35, and a band-pass filter 36.
, A demodulation unit 37, a frequency synthesizer 38, and a serial communication interface LSI 39, and modulates the input from the data bus 40 and sends it to the telephone 7, and demodulates the data from the telephone 7 to 40
To send to.

Hereinafter, the operation of the copying apparatus communication system of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the copying apparatus 10 at the time of copy processing and the operation when notifying the extension telephone connected to the telephone exchange apparatus 1.

First, the operation of the copying apparatus 10 will be described. The input unit 13 of the copying apparatus 10 includes ten keys, a start key, a stop key, a reset key, a communication key, and the like. The copying operation in the conventional copying apparatus is started by pressing the start key after setting the original and inputting the number of copies using the numeric keypad. However, in the copying apparatus communication system of this embodiment, the number of copies is determined by the numeric keypad. After the input (S1), the communication key is depressed (S2), and the extension of the notification destination for notifying the operation status is depressed by the ten keys, and then the start key is depressed (S3, S4).

Next, a data transmission method will be described.
Immediately after the start key is pressed as described above, the central control device 11 of the copying apparatus 10
A notification of the start of transmission and an extension number (in this example, 10) for notifying the data are transmitted to (S5).

The CPU 38 of the radio unit 12 starts the operation of calling the telephone 7 with the radio function of the telephone exchange 1.
These two wireless devices transmit in the frequency band of a so-called low power cordless telephone, and the wireless channel also uses the frequency used in the cordless telephone. That is, the wireless unit 12 of the copying apparatus 10 outputs 381.3 MH.
transmitting at z-380.2125 MHz, the telephone exchange 1
Wireless telephone 7 is 253.8625 MHz to 254.
Transmit at 95 MHz.

Further, it is necessary to take a control procedure required for the cordless telephone.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a sequence when the telephone exchange apparatus 1 is called from the radio unit 12 of the copying apparatus 10.

In FIG. 3, first, the CPU 38 of the radio unit 12 of the copying apparatus 10 controls the frequency 380.
Frequency synthesizer 3 to output 3125 MHz
7 is controlled.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a format of communication data between the radio section 12 of the copying apparatus 10 and the radio telephone 7 of the telephone exchange apparatus 1.

The CPU 38 of the radio unit 12 fetches the calling signal in the data format from the serial communication interface 39, transfers the fetched signal to the modulation unit 34, and modulates it at the control channel frequency. This data format is defined by the Radio Law and includes a synchronization bit,
It comprises an ID bit, a control bit, and the like, and designates a channel used in a call among them.

In the radio telephone 7, after receiving the modulated data and analyzing the data by the CPU 23, the response signal is modulated at the frequency of the control channel and transmitted to the copying apparatus 10.

Next, the radiotelephone 7 switches the frequency to be modulated to the designated communication channel frequency and sends a transfer completion signal to the copying apparatus 10 to the copying apparatus 10 (S).
6). The radio unit 12 of the copying apparatus 10 sends a response signal to the telephone switching apparatus 1 using the communication channel, and thereafter, can transmit data indicating the operation status of the copying apparatus 10 to the telephone exchange apparatus 1 using the communication channel. .

A procedure for transmitting data indicating the operation status of the copying apparatus 10 to the telephone exchange 1 will be described below.

The operation status data of the copying apparatus 10 includes a remaining number, an error type, and an end notification.
Here, a case where data of an error type is transmitted will be described.

First, when the central control unit 11 detects the occurrence of an error by the error monitoring unit 15, the central control unit 1
1 notifies the CPU 38 of the wireless unit 12 of 1-byte data corresponding to the error type via the data bus 40. For example, when a paper jam occurs, the data "FF" is notified. This data also includes information that the extension number of the notification destination is “10”.

The CPU 38 converts the received “FF” data into serial data, inputs the converted data to the modulator 34, and transmits the data from the antenna 31.

The data transmitted in this way is received by the wireless telephone 7 of the telephone exchange 1 (S7). And
The wireless telephone 7 demodulates the received data,
Input to the serial communication interface built in 3. The CPU 23 transmits the demodulated data to the telephone exchange 1
Is converted into a data format exchanged with the central control device 4 and transmitted from the serial communication interface connected to the extension transmission LSI 22.

The extension transmission LSI 22 has a function of performing transmission between the telephone 7 and the telephone exchange 1, and in this embodiment, performs time division multiplex transmission of voice and data by a ping-pong transmission method.

Data from the copying apparatus 10 is transmitted on a control channel used for controlling a telephone. The data transmitted from the wireless telephone 7 is received by the extension interface and further notified to the central control unit 7 (S8).

Since the received data is "FF", the central control unit 4 recognizes that a paper jam has occurred, and creates data to be displayed on the telephone. That is,
Code data corresponding to the characters "copy kamimari" is created and transmitted to the extension 10 to which the data is to be notified via the control channel.

On the telephone of extension 10 which has received the data,
At the same time that "COPY CANCEL" is displayed on the liquid crystal display, a warning sound is generated to notify that a paper jam has occurred in the copying apparatus 10 (S9).

Further, in the present embodiment, a display such as "copy show" is displayed for extension telephones other than the telephone of the designated extension 10 (S10). When the copy is completed (S11), a message such as "copy information" is displayed (S12).

Thus, the use status of the copying apparatus 10 can be grasped only by looking at the display of the telephone without going to the copying apparatus 10, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

As described above, the error state can be promptly notified to the extension telephone of the telephone exchange. By the same procedure, notification of the remaining number of copies,
It is possible to give an end notification or the like.

In the above embodiment, the copying apparatus 1
The notification destination of the operation status of 0 was the extension telephone of the telephone exchange. However, a similar effect can be expected by notifying a wireless communication device having no exchange function. In this case, the wireless communication device may be provided with a means for displaying the status, and perform the same operation as the wireless telephone 7 in the above embodiment.

Further, in the above embodiment, the frequency is set such that the radio unit on the copying apparatus side is treated as a base unit in the case of a cordless telephone, and the radio telephone 7 of the telephone exchange is treated as a slave unit of a cordless telephone. However, a similar effect can be obtained even if the configuration uses the opposite frequency.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Specific telephones, such as near the user using the copier
Displays detailed information according to the status of the copier.
Telephones other than specific telephones, such as near people who do not use
The machine contains information indicating whether the copier is in use or not.
Display the minimum amount of information required for efficient copying
Can be used to avoid inconvenience to non-users.
This has the effect of being able to perform

[0043]

[0044]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of a telephone and a radio unit of the copying apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a sequence when a telephone exchange is called from a wireless unit of the copying apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a format of communication data between the wireless unit of the copying apparatus and the wireless telephone of the telephone exchange in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the copying apparatus of the embodiment when notifying an operation and an operation state during a copying process to an extension telephone connected to the telephone exchange;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Telephone exchange device, 7-9 ... Telephone, 10 ... Copying device, 12 ... Radio part, 13 ... Input part, 14 ... Number monitoring part, 15 ... Error monitoring part, 16 ... Display part, 24, 34 ... Modulation part , 37 ... demodulation unit.

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A copying apparatus communication system having a copying apparatus and a plurality of telephones, comprising : detecting means for detecting a predetermined state of the copying apparatus ; and responding to the predetermined state detected by the detecting means.
Information is displayed on a specific one of the above phones.
Control as described above, and the
At this time, the telephones other than the specific telephone
Whether the above copying machine is in use regardless of the detection of the means
Control means for controlling so as to display information indicating the presence or absence of the information. 2. The copying machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined state is the number of remaining sheets in the copying process of the copying apparatus.
A copying apparatus communication system characterized in that the state includes a number or an occurrence of an error . 3. The copying machine according to claim 1, wherein the specific telephone is operated by a user of the copying apparatus.
A copier communication system, wherein the copier is a fixed telephone . 4. The telephone according to claim 3, wherein the designation of the telephone by the user instructs the start of the copying process.
A copier communication system characterized in that the communication is performed at the time of copying. 5. The telephone switching device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of telephones are connected to a telephone exchange, and the control by the control means is performed by the telephone exchange.
A copier communication system characterized by being performed. 6. The telephone switching device according to claim 5, wherein the information corresponding to the predetermined situation is not stored in the telephone exchange.
Copier communication characterized by being notified using a line
system. 7. A copying apparatus having a copying apparatus and a plurality of telephones.
A method of controlling a device communication system, the detection process and for detecting a predetermined condition of the copying apparatus; according to the detecting step detected the predetermined conditions in
Information is displayed on a specific one of the above phones.
Control as described above, and the
At this time, the telephones other than the specific telephone
Regardless of the detection in the process, the above copying machine is in use
A control system that controls to display information indicating whether there is
And control of the communication system of the copying apparatus characterized by having :
Method.