JP4892395B2 - Communication device, communication system, and one-touch dial sheet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, a communication system, and a one-touch dial sheet, and more particularly, to an improvement of a communication device, a communication system, and a one-touch dial sheet that are suitable for use in, for example, a facsimile machine or a multi-function peripheral (MFP).

  In recent years, for example, in a facsimile machine or the like, it is necessary to input and set the other party's line number, and the operation is likely to be complicated, so the line number is stored for a specific other party who frequently performs facsimile communication. In addition, a one-touch key mechanism is provided so that the line number can be read and set by a single operation.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-121078 (Patent Document 1) is of this type.

  This patent document 1 is a facsimile apparatus provided with output means for recording and outputting a one-touch dial sheet format using its own plotter, and has a one-touch dial sheet printing function for displaying a destination of the one-touch dial. This eliminates the trouble of handwriting the sheet.

  Furthermore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-133089 (Patent Document 2) has also been proposed.

This patent document 2 describes an image data receiving means for receiving image data by facsimile communication, a plotter for printing out a hard copy based on the image data received by the image data receiving means, and a telephone number for transmission. It is a communication device that has a storage means that stores it in correspondence with a specific one-touch key or abbreviated code. It can be memorized and eliminates both the troublesome registration and input mistakes.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-121078 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-133089

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, if the content of the one-touch dial is changed, it takes time to re-apply the one-touch dial sheet, and even if a change occurs, it is not reflected in real time. There is a concern that the user is anxious about whether or not is displayed.

  Further, Patent Document 2 improves convenience by switching the one-touch dial for each user, but it is difficult to display the correspondence relationship of which one-touch dial is to which destination, which is difficult to use. .

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a one-touch dial sheet has a function of specifying a user, and a user device can be easily switched by exchanging the one-touch dial sheet. The purpose is to provide a one-touch dial sheet.

  In order to solve such a problem, the communication device according to the present invention has a plurality of one-touch keys assigned to the other party and an operation unit that designates the other party assigned by the operation of any one-touch key; A one-touch dial sheet with a communication unit that transmits / receives data to / from a specified designated destination and an RFID device, and the destination information indicating the destination is electronically displayed electronically. When a one-touch dial sheet having a display unit corresponding to the one-touch key is disposed in the vicinity of the operation unit, a detection unit for detecting unique identification information from the RFID device, and the identification Corresponding to the storage unit that stores pre-specified designation information for specifying the destination for each information in association with the one-touch key and the identification information detected by the detection unit The specified information associated with the operated one-touch key is read from the storage unit, and the communication unit is controlled based on the read specified information to establish communication with the specified destination. And a main control unit.

  The communication device according to the present invention may have a configuration including an input unit for inputting destination information corresponding to the one-touch key from the outside, and a writing unit for writing the input destination information on the display unit of the one-touch dial sheet. It is.

  The communication system according to the present invention is a communication system that includes a communication device that transmits and receives data to a specified designated partner and a one-touch dial sheet that is attached to the communication device and designates the partner.

  The one-touch dial sheet is assigned to the sheet-like main body, the RFID device in which unique identification information is readable and attached to the sheet-like main body, and the destination formed on the sheet-like main body. The communication device includes a display unit that electronically displays partner information indicating the partner corresponding to the plurality of one-touch keys and holds the display state. An operation unit for designating a partner allocated by operating any one touch key, a communication unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the designated partner via the network, and the one-touch dial sheet When the is placed near the operation unit, a detection unit that detects unique identification information from the RFID device, and designation that designates the other party for each identification information From the storage unit that stores information in advance in association with the one-touch key and the designation information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection unit, the designation information associated with the operated one-touch key is read from the storage unit. And a main control unit that controls the communication unit based on the read designation information to establish and control communication with the designated partner.

  The communication system according to the present invention may have a configuration including an input unit for inputting destination information corresponding to the one-touch key from the outside and a writing unit for writing the input destination information to the display unit of the one-touch dial sheet. It is.

  In the communication system of the present invention, a configuration in which the sheet-like main body is formed so that it can be placed so that the individual display units are located in the vicinity of the one-touch keys is also possible.

  Furthermore, the one-touch dial sheet according to the present invention is allocated to designate a destination in the sheet-like main body, an RFID device attached to the sheet-like main body, in which other unique information is readable, and attached to the communication device. A plurality of display units formed on the sheet-like main body corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys, the display unit for electronically displaying the destination information and holding the display state. .

  In the one-touch dial sheet of the present invention, the sheet-like main body may be configured to be placed so that each display unit is positioned in the vicinity of the one-touch key.

  In such a communication apparatus according to the present invention, the partner assigned by operating any one touch key is designated by the operation unit having a plurality of one-touch keys assigned to the partner, and the RFID device is attached. When a one-touch dial sheet having a display unit in which partner information is visually displayed and held is arranged in the vicinity of the operation unit, the detection unit detects unique identification information from the RFID device, and each identification information The designation information for designating the other party is stored in advance in the storage unit in association with the one-touch key, and one-touch operated by the main control unit from the designation information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection unit The designation information associated with the key is read from the storage unit, and the communication unit is controlled based on the read designation information to establish communication with the designated partner. Since that, automatically become possible to change the destination of each user by the exchange has been one-touch dial sheet, thereby improving convenience.

  In the communication system according to the present invention, the above-described communication device, the RFID device in which the unique identification information is readable and the display unit on which the destination information is electronically visually displayed and held are provided in the sheet-like body. Therefore, it is possible to change the destination for each one-touch dial sheet by simply exchanging the one-touch dial sheet used for the communication device, and the convenience is improved.

  In the present invention, in the configuration having the input unit for inputting the partner information corresponding to the one-touch key from the outside and the writing unit for writing the input partner information on the display unit of the one-touch dial sheet, the partner information If you want to change, you can also change the display of the one-touch dial sheet.

  In the present invention, in the configuration in which the sheet-like main body is formed so that each display unit can be placed in the vicinity of the one-touch key, it is easy to confirm destination information associated with the one-touch key.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The communication device and the one-touch dial sheet according to the present invention will be described in the process of describing the communication system of the present invention.

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

  1, the communication device according to the present invention includes a communication unit 3, a storage unit 5, an operation panel unit 7, a printing unit 9, a writing unit 11, a detection unit 13, and an image reading unit 15 with the main control unit 1 as the center. For example, it constitutes a part of the multi-function peripheral A. The main control unit 1 controls the communication unit 3, the storage unit 5, the operation panel unit 7, the printing unit 9, the writing unit 11, the detection unit 13, and the image reading unit 15, and details will be described later.

  The communication unit 3 encodes and transmits image data to be transmitted to a facsimile machine 19 or a computer 21 via a network 17 such as a public line or an in-house LAN according to a predetermined protocol. 19 is an interface unit having a function of receiving and decoding a facsimile signal (image data) transmitted from the computer 19 or the computer 21 and outputting it to the storage unit 5 via the main control unit 1.

  The storage unit 5 is under the control of the main control unit 1, the image data decoded by the communication unit 3, the image data read by the image reading unit 15, and a destination line number for designating a destination for facsimile transmission In addition to storing one-touch management data, which will be described later, associated with each user of the MFP A, it is a hard disk (HDD) or the like that stores an operation program of the main control unit 1, for example.

  The one-touch management data is in the form of a table in which a plurality of destination line numbers are associated with each identification information of the RFID device 25 attached to the one-touch dial sheet 23 described later, and details will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel unit 7 is a touch switch operation unit arranged at the upper part of the main body case of the multi-function device A, and selects “copy”, “printer”, “scanner”, “fax”, etc. 3. Operation setting keys such as a key, a start key and a mode switching key, and further, as shown in FIG. 3, there are ten keys 7a arranged vertically and horizontally at intervals for inputting various set values, and not shown. Has a liquid crystal type display panel, for example. The display panel may also serve as a touch switch input unit.

  The operation panel unit 7 functions as an operation unit that accepts these input instructions, outputs the input instruction information to the main control unit 1, and the input instruction information is reflected and displayed on the display panel.

  The numeric keypad 7a of the operation panel unit 7 has a function as a plurality of one-touch keys assigned to the other party in the facsimile communication mode, and is assigned by operating one of the one-touch keys under the control of the main control unit 1. In the operation setting mode, for example, a number or the like is input and reflected in the destination line number of the one-touch management data.

  A printing unit 9 in FIG. 1 is a printing engine that prints image data on printing paper and discharges it under the control of the main control unit 1 and performs black and white or color printing. Is omitted.

  The writing unit 11 applies drive power to the plurality of display units 27 arranged on the one-touch dial sheet 23 under the control of the main control unit 1 to display and hold character data and the like electronically and visually. Has a writing function.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the one-touch dial sheet 23 includes, for example, a synthetic resin sheet-shaped main body 23a that is partially punched so that each numeric key 7a of the operation panel unit 7 protrudes, and the sheet-shaped main body 23a. A plurality of display portions 27 made of electronic paper are disposed corresponding to each numeric keypad 7a, and an RFID device 25 is disposed at the end of the sheet-like main body 23a. .

  The display unit 27 is a conventionally known one that uses an electrophoretic method or charged particles, and applies a drive power supply via a terminal (not shown) led from the writing unit 11 to the end of the one-touch dial sheet 23. Even if the power is turned off after the visual image display state is formed, the display state, for example, “AA company” to “HH company” is retained, and the image display state is changed by applying the drive power Thus, the electronic paper has a reusable function. In addition, illustration of an electrical connection terminal etc. with the one-touch dial sheet | seat 23 was abbreviate | omitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the RFID device 25 attached to the one-touch dial sheet 23 includes an antenna unit 25a, a transmission / reception unit 25b, a storage unit 25c, and a control unit 25d. The transmission / reception unit 25b, the storage unit 25c, and the control unit 25d are formed, for example, in the IC chip 25e and mounted on the tag body 25f in the form of a sheet or chip.

  The antenna unit 25a is, for example, a known loop-shaped transmission / reception antenna formed on the tag main body 25f, and is connected to the transmission / reception unit 25b.

  The transmission / reception unit 25b rectifies and smoothes the drive radio wave received from the outside by the antenna unit 25a under the control of the control unit 25d to form a drive power source in the IC chip 25e, and also detects the received radio wave and transmits transmission information. In addition to modulation and transmission, it performs various signal processing and is connected to the storage unit 5 and the control unit 25d.

  The storage unit 5 is a readable / writable memory for storing information from the control unit 25d under the control of the control unit 25d. As shown in FIG. In addition to identification information (unique ID) given uniquely, country code, recipient information, etc. are stored in a table. The identification information is generally stored so that it cannot be rewritten.

  The control unit 25d is composed of a CPU that performs the control operation and a ROM that stores this operation program. The control unit 25d controls the transmission / reception unit 25b and the storage unit 5. Information storage processing, identification information readout, and identification information transmission control via the antenna unit 25a.

  Returning to FIG. 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the detection unit 13 is disposed outward in the vicinity of the operation panel unit 7 in the multi-function device A, and is controlled by the main control unit 1. 23 is put on the operation panel unit 7 and the RFID device 25 approaches, the identification information is detected from the RFID device 25 in a non-contact manner by wireless communication, and the detected identification information is output to the main control unit 1. It has a function to do.

  An image reading unit 15 in FIG. 1 optically reads an image from, for example, a printed document having a plurality of pages under the control of the main control unit 1, performs electronic processing such as filtering, scaling, and gradation processing. A known scanner or the like that generates image data as a print job, and the generated image data is sequentially stored in the storage unit 5 for each page of the document.

  The facsimile machine 19 and the computer 21 have a facsimile communication function and a printing image data transmission function, and are well known in the art.

  The main control unit 1 includes a CPU, a memory unit that stores an operation program of the CPU, and an input / output interface (none of which is shown), and includes a communication unit 3, a storage unit 5, an operation panel unit 7, and a printing unit 9. In addition to controlling the writing unit 11, the detecting unit 13, and the image reading unit 15 and taking part of these functions, the writing unit 11, the detecting unit 13, and the image reading unit 15 have the following functions.

  That is, the main control unit 1 creates one-touch management data to be stored in the storage unit 5 and is operated from the designation information corresponding to the detected identification information when the detection unit 13 detects the identification information. The designation information associated with the one-touch key 7a is read from the storage unit 5, and the communication unit 3 is controlled based on the read designation information to establish and control communication with the designated partner.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the one-touch management data includes the destination line numbers “1” to “5” of the numeric keypad 7 a in the identification information “1234” to “3456” given to the RFID device 25. 11 ”to“ 55 ”,“ 0011 ”to“ 0055 ”, and“ 0011-11 ”to“ 0055-55 ”as a table. The identification detected by the detection unit 13 in the operation setting mode. Based on the destination line number input from the numeric keypad 7a corresponding to the information, the main control unit 1 adds the numbers “1” to “5” of the numeric keypad 7a.

  When one of the numbers “1” to “5” of the numeric keypad 7a is operated in any of the identification information “1234” to “3456”, the main control unit 1 sets the number “1” of the operated numeric keypad 7a. Any one of the destination line numbers “11” to “0055-55” corresponding to “5” is read from the storage unit 5 and sent to the communication unit 3. That is, the numeric keypad 7a functions as a one-touch key.

  When the detection information is detected by the detection unit 13, the main control unit 1 reads the specification information associated with the operated one-touch key 7 a from the storage unit 5 from the specification information corresponding to the detected identification information. To control the communication unit 3.

  Next, the operation of the communication apparatus of the present invention will be briefly described.

  As an example, an example in which one-touch management data as shown in FIG. 6 is created will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the one-touch dial sheet 23 to which the RFID device 25 having the identification information “1234” is attached is put on the operation panel unit 7 of the multifunction peripheral A, the detection unit 13 receives the identification information “ 1234 "is detected.

  In this state, when, for example, the one-touch key number “1” in the numeric keypad 7 a of the operation panel unit 7 is pressed, the main control unit 1 refers to the one-touch management data in the storage unit 5 and identifies corresponding to the identification information “1234”. From the information, the designation information “11” associated with the operated one-touch key number “1” is read and output to the communication unit 3.

  Based on the read designation information “11”, the communication unit 3 establishes communication with the corresponding designated party by, for example, calling a tone signal or dialing up, and performs facsimile communication.

  When another one-touch dial sheet 23 to which the RFID device 25 with the identification information “3456” is attached is put on the operation panel unit 7, the detection unit 13 detects the identification information “3456” from the RFID device 25, and the operation panel For example, when the one-touch key number “2” of the unit 7 is pressed, the main control unit 1 refers to the one-touch management data in the storage unit 5 and selects the number “2” from the identification information corresponding to the identification information “3456”. The designated information designation information “0022-22” corresponding to the designation information “0022-22” is read and output to the communication unit 3, and the communication unit 3 establishes communication with the designated destination corresponding to the designation information “0022-22” and performs facsimile communication.

  Such a communication system of the present invention includes a communication device (multifunction device) A that transmits / receives data to / from a designated designated partner, and a one-touch dial sheet 23 that is attached thereto and designates the partner. It is composed of a communication system.

  Moreover, the one-touch dial sheet 23 is formed on the sheet-like main body 23a, the RFID device 25 on which the unique identification information is readable and attached to the sheet-like main body 23a, and the sheet-like main body 23a. Corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys 7a assigned for designating the destination, the destination information indicating the destination is electronically visually displayed and the display unit 27 holds the display state.

  Further, the communication device A has a plurality of one-touch keys 7a assigned to the counterpart, an operation unit 7 for designating the counterpart assigned by the operation of any one-touch key 7a, and the designated counterpart A communication unit 3 that transmits and receives data via the network 17, and a detection unit 13 that detects unique identification information from the RFID device 25 when the one-touch dial sheet 23 is disposed in the vicinity of the operation unit 7, One-touch operated from among the storage unit 5 that stores in advance the designation information for designating the destination for each identification information in association with the one-touch key 7a and the designation information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection unit 13 The designation information associated with the key 7a is read from the storage unit 5, and the designated counterpart is controlled by controlling the communication unit 3 based on the read designation information. And it includes a main control unit 1 to establish control communication with.

  Therefore, for each unique identification information stored in the RFID device 25 attached to the one-touch dial sheet 23, specification information such as a destination line number for specifying the destination is stored in the storage unit 5 in advance in association with the one-touch key 7a. Then, if the one-touch dial sheet 23 that the user wants to use is arranged or exchanged so as to cover the operation panel unit 7, that is, the one-touch key 7a, the partner associated with the one-touch key 7a for each arranged one-touch dial sheet Since the destination line number and the like are automatically changed, switching for each user becomes easy and the operability is improved by the one-touch dial sheet 23 for specifying the user.

  In addition, since the one-touch dial sheet 23 uses electronic paper, it is possible to display the contents even if it is removed from the one-touch key 7a. It is easy to make a determination, and it is possible to automatically change the display to the correct registered content via the writing unit 11 without rewriting the content display of the one-touch dial sheet 23 by hand.

  The contents to be displayed on the display unit 27 of the one-touch dial sheet 23 are arbitrary such as the name, line number, and abbreviated code of the communication partner. Any designation information may be used as long as the destination can be designated on the network 17.

  The communication system according to the present invention described above includes the communication device A and the one-touch dial sheet 23. The communication device A and the one-touch dial sheet 23 also each configure the present invention and can be obtained from the communication system. Has an effect.

  The present invention can be applied to various communications such as telephone and e-mail communications in addition to facsimile communications, and the above-described one-touch dial sheet 23 can be arbitrarily selected according to the shape of the operation panel unit 7, that is, the one-touch key 7a. The sheet-like main body 23a is not limited to a plastic sheet, and can be implemented with any sheet medium.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows embodiment of the communication system which concerns on this invention with a communication apparatus. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a multi-function machine equipped with a communication device of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the operation panel part in the communication apparatus of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram explaining an RFID apparatus. It is a figure explaining the storage information in RFID apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the one touch management data in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Main control unit 3 Communication unit 5 Storage unit 7 Operation panel unit (display unit, operation unit)
7a Numeric keypad (one-touch key)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 Printing part 11 Writing part 13 Detection part 15 Image reading part 17 Network 19 Facsimile machine 21 Computer 23 One-touch dial sheet 23a Sheet-like main body 25 RFID apparatus 25a Antenna part 25b Transmission / reception part 25c Storage part 25d Control part 25e IC chip 25f Tag main body 27 Display (electronic paper)
A MFP (communication device)

Claims (7)

An operation unit that has a plurality of one-touch keys allocated to the other party and designates the other party allocated by the operation of any one-touch key;
A communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from a designated designated destination via a network;
A one-touch dial sheet to which an RFID device is attached, wherein the partner information indicating the partner is electronically displayed electronically and has a display unit corresponding to the one-touch key. A detection unit that detects unique identification information from the RFID device when a sheet is disposed in the vicinity of the operation unit;
A storage unit that pre-stores designation information for designating the destination for each identification information in association with the one-touch key;
Among the designation information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection unit, the designation information associated with the operated one-touch key is read from the storage unit, and based on the read designation information, A main control unit that controls the communication unit to establish and control communication with the designated counterpart;
A communication apparatus comprising: The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an input unit that inputs the destination information corresponding to the one-touch key from the outside; and a writing unit that writes the input destination information on a display unit of the one-touch dial sheet. A communication system having a communication device that transmits and receives data to and from a designated designated destination, and a one-touch dial sheet that is attached to the data and designates the destination.
The one-touch dial sheet is
A sheet-like body;
RFID device in which unique identification information is readable and attached to the sheet-like body;
Corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys allocated on the sheet-like main body and assigned to designate the destination, destination information indicating the destination is electronically displayed and the display state is maintained. A display unit;
Comprising
The communication device
An operation unit that has a plurality of one-touch keys assigned to the counterpart and designates the counterpart assigned by the operation of any one-touch key;
A communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the designated partner via a network;
A detection unit for detecting unique identification information from the RFID device when the one-touch dial sheet is disposed in the vicinity of the operation unit;
A storage unit that pre-stores designation information for designating the destination for each identification information in association with the one-touch key;
Of the designation information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection unit, the designation information associated with the operated one-touch key is read from the storage unit, and the communication is performed based on the read designation information. A main control unit that controls communication and establishes communication with the designated partner,
A communication system comprising: The communication system according to claim 3, further comprising: an input unit that inputs the destination information corresponding to the one-touch key from the outside; and a writing unit that writes the input destination information on a display unit of the one-touch dial sheet. The communication system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the sheet-like main body is formed so as to be able to be placed so that each of the display units is positioned in the vicinity of the one-touch key. A sheet-like body;
RFID device in which unique identification information is readable and attached to the sheet-like body;
A plurality of display units formed on the sheet-like main body corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys assigned for designating a partner in the communication device, wherein the partner information is electronically visually displayed and A display unit for maintaining the display state;
One-touch dial sheet characterized by comprising. The one-touch dial sheet according to claim 6, wherein the sheet-like main body is formed so that the individual display units can be placed in the vicinity of the one-touch keys.

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