JPH0335646A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by giving in sound the telephone number of an opposite party, which is previously registered, and a message for recognition and recognizing the opposite party at the time of transmitting the telephone number to the opposite party. CONSTITUTION:The telephone numbers of plural opposite parties which respectively correspond to abbreviated dial keys and abbreviated dial data registered in the conversion table of RAM 3 or the message for recognition and program searching data specifying the program searching positions of them are recorded in a sound generation circuit 18. When either of the abbreviated dial keys is inputted, CPU 1 program-searches a tape corresponding to abbreviated dial data and the telephone number of the opposite party concerned or the message sound for recognition is sounded. Thus, an originating action can speedily and securely be executed and operability improves.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention provides a facsimile machine having a function that allows the user to confirm the recipient's telephone number when dialing the recipient's telephone number using speed dial keys or one-touch keys. Regarding equipment.

In order to prevent erroneous calls and send messages accurately to the other party, it is necessary to enter the telephone number and name of the other party when making a call to the other party. All you have to do is equip it with a function that can be checked.

As a conventional example of a facsimile machine equipped with such a confirmation function, an LCD display section 17 as shown in FIG. Display the corresponding speed dial ○○ and destination name xxxx in the upper column, and the destination phone number 012-345-6789 in the lower column, and have the operator confirm these to ensure accurate transmission. There are some configurations that do this.

However, during the outgoing operation, the LCD display section 17
It is very troublesome to check the flm visually, and
Since the dot display on CDs is difficult to see, there is a problem in that erroneous transmissions may occur in some cases.

Furthermore, since it is not an effective function for preventing false transmissions for visually impaired people, there is a limit to how easy it can be to improve usability.

The present invention has been made in view of the current situation, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can perform transmission operations quickly and reliably, has improved usability, and is also useful for visually impaired people. shall be.

The facsimile device according to the present invention stores the corresponding telephone number of the other party when registering the other party's telephone number in the first storage unit using the speed dial key or one-touch key. It is equipped with a voice generating circuit for recording destination information such as messages and confirmation messages, and/or a voice synthesis circuit for outputting the destination information registered in the second storage section by key operation as voice. A feature of this system is that when dialing a number, the recipient's information is voiced.

If you are in a situation where you are 11 miles away, when you dial the telephone number to the other party, the other party's telephone number tone or confirmation message tone will be emitted, so you can confirm the other party aurally.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

First, an outline of the transmission operation of this facsimile device will be explained. When the operator operates the speed dial key (or one-touch key) provided on the operation panel 5 after inputting the original to be transmitted to the reading device 10, an input signal corresponding to the key operation is sent to the C through the I/F (interface) 12.
given to the PUI. Then, CPU 1 is RAM
The corresponding telephone number is read out from the speed dial data registered in the conversion table in 3, and the telephone number is transmitted to the telephone line 9 via the I/F 13, the auto-distributor 16, and the NCU 7.

Note that an attached telephone 8 is connected to the NCU 7, and when a telephone number is dialed to a telephone line 9 using the attached telephone 8, the telephone number is dialed to the telephone line 9 via the NCU 7.

Then, following the dialing of the telephone number, the image signal data of the original read by the reading device 10 is /F14.13,
It is transmitted to the telephone line 9 via the modem 6 and NCU 7. The NCU 7 connects and disconnects the factor transmission device and attached telephone 8 to the telephone line 9, but this operation is performed by the C
It is controlled by control commands from the PUI. The CPU 1 performs control operations related to the entire transmission and reception operations including such control.
This is done according to the operation program stored in M2.

On the other hand, the reception operation is performed as follows.

When a 16Hz calling signal arrives from the calling side via the telephone line 9, modem 6, and I/F 13, and then image signal data is sent, the CPUI receives this image signal data via the I/F 15. The information is output to the recording device 11, and the recording device 11 performs a recording operation to print out.

In addition to the above configuration, the facsimile machine of the present invention is provided with a means for confirming the destination when transmitting a telephone number to the destination. That is, as one of the confirmation means, a display section 17 is provided which displays the telephone number when it is called. The display unit 17 is, for example, an LCD as shown in FIG.
It consists of a display, the speed dial call mentioned above, the name of the other party, and the telephone number of the other party: 012-345-
6789 are displayed respectively, and the operator is made to perform a visual confirmation operation.

In addition, as another confirmation means, the fudge device of the present invention includes a voice generating circuit 18 that audibly emits a confirmation message including the telephone number or name of the other party when dialing a telephone number. We are prepared. The voice generating circuit 18 consists of a tape recorder equipped with a cueing function, and the voice generating circuit 18 is a tape recorder equipped with a cueing function, and the voice generating circuit 18 is a tape recorder equipped with a cue function.
I will AX you. A confirmation message such as J is generated by voice, and the operator is made to perform an auditory confirmation operation. Note that a combination of a telephone number and a confirmation message may be output as a voice.

Here, the voice generating circuit 18 specifies the telephone numbers or confirmation messages of a plurality of destinations corresponding to the speed dial keys and the speed dial data registered in the conversion table of the RAM 3, and the cue positions thereof. When cue data is registered (recorded) and any speed dial key is pressed manually, the CPU searches the position of the cue data corresponding to the speed dial data, that is, the beginning of the tape, and calls the corresponding party. The destination phone number tone or confirmation message tone will be emitted. Registration of the telephone number or confirmation message is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, and is also performed at the time of speed dial registration as described later.

Another possible means of confirmation using voice is a voice synthesis method. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, by operating the key switch provided on the operation panel 5, the user inputs the telephone number of the other party or a confirmation message manually (inputting characters in katakana) in correspondence with the speed dial in the message memory 20. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the telephone number of the other party or a message tone for confirmation is emitted from the voice synthesis circuit 20 comprising a voice synthesis IC when the corresponding telephone number is called. Both the voice generation circuit 18 and the voice synthesis circuit 20 may be provided, or only one of them may be provided.

Next, according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the operation of registering the destination name by voice will be explained.

The operator checks the telephone number of the other party using a business card, etc., and registers the telephone number of the other party in the conversion table of the RAM 3 as speed dial data by operating the numeric keys, registration keys, speed dial keys, etc. on the operation panel 5 (Sl. ). Next, for example, by operating a code key according to an ASCII code table (katakana input), the destination name is registered in the conversion table in association with the speed dial data (S2).

Then, determine whether it is necessary to input the telephone number or name of the other party by voice (S3), and if necessary, use the transmitter 19.
to input the phone number or 6'll L to the voice generating circuit 18 using
A message for '2 is uttered (S4), and the registration operation is completed. In addition, during the recording operation, the beginning position of the tape into which the corresponding voice is recorded is stored in the conversion table of the RAM 3 in association with the speed dial data.

In the case of using the voice synthesis circuit 20, the registration operation is performed by registering a confirmation message in the message memory 21 by inputting katakana in the same manner as described above in association with the speed dial data.

Next, the specific contents of the transmission operation will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. When it is reported that a predetermined speed dial key has been turned on by the operator's key operation (SI O), the CPU 1 reads the corresponding speed dial data from the conversion table (311), and then corresponds to the code number of this speed dial data. The character information to be displayed is read from the ROM 2 and displayed on the display section 17 (
S12).

Then, the operator visually confirms the display contents on the display unit 17 and judges whether the displayed telephone number matches the telephone number of the other party (513), and when it is confirmed that the telephone number matches the telephone number of the other party, the operator presses a key to display the CPUI. A predetermined command execution command signal is issued, and upon receiving this, the CPUI issues a voice generation command signal to the voice generation circuit 18, and a telephone number tone or confirmation message tone is generated (S14).

Then, the operator who hears this voice again judges whether the destinations match (515), and if it is confirmed that they match, the message transmission operation (normal facsimile transmission) is performed from then on. (S16).

As described above, when an embodiment is adopted in which the telephone number of the other party or a confirmation message is displayed on the display unit 17 and is uttered audibly, the calling operation of the telephone number can be confirmed visually and audibly. This has the advantage that it is possible to perform a more reliable call operation since the occurrence of erroneous calls can be doubly prevented, so to speak, but it is also possible to perform the confirmation only by voice. When confirming only by voice, there is no need for the operator to visually check the display screen of the display unit 17.
This has the advantage that recognition operations can be performed quickly.

In the case of the present invention described above, when dialing the telephone number to the other party, a pre-registered telephone number of the other party and a message for confirmation are uttered by voice, thereby allowing the other party's phone number to be sent to the other party. Since the confirmation operation is configured, the transmission operation can be performed quickly and reliably. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous transmissions and improve usability.

Moreover, since the information can be confirmed by voice, it is extremely useful for visually impaired users.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a destination name registration operation, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a sending operation. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an LCD display section provided on the operation panel. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...CPU, '3...RAM, 5...Operation panel, 18...Speech generation circuit, 20...Speech synthesis circuit, 21...message memory. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) When registering the other party's telephone number in the first storage unit using a speed dial key or one-touch key, the other party's information such as the corresponding telephone number and confirmation message is recorded. and/or a voice synthesis circuit that outputs the destination information registered in the second storage section by key operation as voice. A facsimile device characterized in that it emits.