JPS62152257A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability by selecting and instructing the address information displayed in the sequence of the using frequency on a display screen and transmitting the information to the address. CONSTITUTION:From an input means 100, address information is inputted and accommodated to an accommodating means 101. On the other hand, when the reading of the address information in the accommodating means 101 is instructed from an instructing means 104, the address information is read in the sequence of the number of the using frequency and displayed to a display means 103. When the information is transmitted to the displayed address, it is instructed by the instructing means 104, and then, from a transmitting means 105 to the address the necessary information is transmitted. The number of the using frequency of the address is increased to +1 and accommodated to the accommodating means 101 again. These actions are controlled by a control part 106. Then, the operability at the time of transmitting is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a communication device having a document editing function.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a communication device that sends a document, a list of destinations is displayed on the screen when specifying the destination, if the destination is registered in advance when instructing to send the document. However, as shown in FIG. 15, the destination list is displayed simply in the order in which the destinations are registered or in the order designated at the time of registration.

In addition, if a large number of destinations are registered, even if frequently used destinations are registered late in the order, it is necessary to update the screen and display multiple screens in order to search for the corresponding destination. However, there was an inconvenience in that the operability was poor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and provides a communication device that displays destinations in order of frequency of use and also allows designation of the frequency of use to improve operability. The purpose is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problem] As a means for solving this problem, for example, the functional block diagram of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes input means 100 for inputting destination information, and storage means for storing the destination information. 101 and
Counting means 102 for counting the frequency of reading the destination information
, a display means 103 for displaying the destination information, and an instruction means 1 for selecting and instructing destination information on the display screen of the display means.
04, a transmitting means 105 for transmitting information corresponding to the destination information, and a control section 106.

[Operation] In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, destination information is input from the input means 100 and stored in the storage means 101. On the other hand, when the instruction means 104 instructs to read out the destination information in the storage means 101, the destination information is read out in order of frequency and displayed on the display means 103. The frequency number of the destination information whose reading is instructed on the display screen is incremented by 1, and when the processing is completed, it is stored in the storage means 101 again. In response to a transmission instruction from the input means 100, the control section 106 outputs information necessary for the destination of the destination information through the transmission means 105.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Description of document communication terminal device (FIG. 2)] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document communication terminal device according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU, such as a microprocessor, which performs processing such as arithmetic operations and logical judgments, and controls the entire apparatus via a system bus as described later. 2 is RO
M is a control program memory for the CPU 1, and stores various data, programs, etc. 3 is a RAM (random access memory), which is used for temporary storage of destination information for registration or as a work memory for CPU calculations and logical judgments.

A keyboard controller (KBC) 4 executes a key code conversion process for converting an input signal from the keyboard KB5, which will be described later, into, for example, a JIS code or an ASCII code.

A printer controller (PRC) 6 controls a printer PR7, which will be described later. 7 is a printer (PR), which prints created or edited documents or a line interface (
The document received through the LIF is printed on paper under the control of the PRC6. 8 is a CRT controller (CR
TC), converts the character code data stored in the RAM 3 or other memory into pattern data with reference to the character generator, develops it in the video memory 10, and displays it as a character or symbol pattern on the display device CRT 9. do.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a display device (CRT), which displays various data such as a list of destinations based on characters input from the keyboard KB5 and transmission instruction processing described later, and also enables position specification on the screen using a cursor, etc. ing. A floppy disk controller (FCC) 11 controls a floppy disk drive (FDD) 12.

The FDD 12 has nine floppy disk drives for storing and reading created and edited documents and received documents on the floppy disk, and 13 is a hard disk controller (IDC) that controls the hard disk device HD14. HCl2 is a hard disk device that stores created and edited documents and received documents.

A destination storage device (ADM) 15 stores and retrieves registered destination information. 16 is a communication controller (COC), which stores transmission/reception information and control information necessary for transmission/reception control, and is connected to a line interface (L), which will be described later.
Data transfer is performed via IF)17. LI Fl 7
is a line interface that inputs data from the line and outputs data to the line. Bus 1
A system bus 8 includes an address bus for transferring addresses, a control bus for transferring control signals, and a data bus for transferring various data.

[Keyboard configuration diagram (Figure 3)] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the keyboard.

The keyboard KB5 includes a character input key group 30 and a function input key group 31, including a character input key group C.
The H30 has, for example, a keyboard layout according to the JIS standard, and can input alphanumeric characters, kana characters, and the like. The function key group 31 includes a transmission instruction key 5D32, a destination selection key AS33, a destination registration key AT34, and a completion key ED35.
, cursor up key CU36, cursor down key C
It is equipped with D37.

The operation of the document communication terminal device of this embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration will be explained below.

[Explanation of destination information (FIG. 4) (FIG. 5) FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the format of destination information stored in the destination information device 15.

The number of destinations area 40 represents the number of pieces of destination information that has already been registered. The destination name area 41 represents the name of the destination, and the destination number area 42 is the phone number of the destination.
The frequency area 43 indicates the number specified when destination information was registered or the number of times this destination has been read.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the destination information shown in FIG.
Here, since the number of destinations area 40 is 3, it can be seen that three pieces of destination information are stored. In area 44, the destination name is “Branch BJ, phone number r03 (123)3333J”
destination information is stored, and the frequency number of this area 44 is "10". Similarly, in the area 45, "Branch A
”, <' area 46 stores destination information of "head office."

[Transmission Instructions (FIGS. 6 to 8)] FIG. 6 shows that when destination information is stored in the destination storage device 15 as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a case where information is read out and displayed in descending order of frequency.

Now, if we consider the case where transmission is to be made to the head office, the cursor 60, which initially points to branch office A with number 1, is moved to number 3, which indicates the head office, by using the cursor down key CD37 on the keyboard.

When the destination selection key AS33 is pressed while the cursor 60 is at the number 3 position, the destination information of the head office is read out.
The "head office" name is set in the ATH of AM3, and the telephone number of the head office is set in the location H. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 7, 1 is added to the frequency number area 43 of the area 46 where the destination information of the head office is stored, and the destination information of the head office is stored in the destination storage device 15. Once the destination designation is completed, the next step is to designate the document, and once the above designations are complete, the document is sent.

FIG. 8 is a diagram when the transmission instruction key 5D32 is pressed again and the destination designation screen is displayed on the CRT 9.

Here, as is clear from Figure 6, the result is displayed in which the frequency number of the destination information of the head office is added by one, and since it is one more than the frequency number of the branch B, the destination information of the branch B is displayed. is displayed one line above.

[Destination Registration (Figures 9 to 11)] Figure 9 shows the CR when the destination registration key AT34 is pressed.
It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for destination registration displayed on T9.

In this state, the destination name is "Branch C" and the destination number is r0.
3. Suppose you want to register destination information with a frequency of "10" at (123)4444J. First, to enter the destination name,
The position of the cursor 60 is moved to the destination name using the cursor up key CU36 or the cursor down key CD37. Then, the user inputs the destination name "Branch C" using the character key CH30. Next, move the cursor 60 to destination number position 61 and select destination number r031234444.
Enter. Thereafter, the cursor 60 is moved to the frequency number position 62 eight times, and the frequency number "10" is input.

FIG. 10 shows the screen display of the CRT 9 when the above-mentioned force is applied, and when the completion key ED 35 is pressed here, it is stored in the destination storage device 15.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the contents stored in the destination storage device 15 by pressing the completion key ED35 in the state shown in FIG.

As is clear from the comparison with Figure 5, the number of destinations area 40
is added by 1 to become 4, and the destination information area 47 of the branch office C is provided after the area 46.

[Key input processing operation (Fig. 12)] Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when a key on the keyboard KB5 is pressed.
It is stored in M2.

First, in step S1, it is checked whether there is any input from the keyboard KB5. If there is a key input, the process advances to step S2, and KB5
Import key data. In step S3, if the input key is the transmission instruction key AS33, step S4
, and performs destination designation processing, which will be described later.

After destination designation processing is performed in step S4, the process advances to step S5 and document designation processing is performed. As will be explained later, this is the FD
This is a process of instructing the document name stored in D12 or HCl2, reading it onto RAM3, and preparing for transmission. In step S6, a transmission process is performed, and the document specified in step S5 is sent to the destination specified in step S4.
Based on the number indicated by N in AM3, C0C16, LI
Output to the line through F17.

If the transmission instruction key SD32 is not input in step S3, the process advances to step S7 to check whether the destination registration key AT34 has been pressed. When the destination registration key AT34 is pressed, the process advances to step S8, and destination registration processing, which will be described later, is executed. If the keys are other keys in step S7, the process advances to step S9 and processes corresponding to those keys are performed.

[Destination Designation Process (FIG. 13)] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the destination designation process shown in step S4.

This process displays the destination information already registered in the destination storage device 15 on the screen of the CBr 4 in descending order of frequency,
The operator moves the cursor to the desired destination on the CR7 screen and presses the destination selection key AS33.

When a destination is selected, the frequency of the specified destination information is counted up, and the updated destination information is outputted to the destination storage device 15 again.

Each step will be explained in detail below.

First, all destination information is read from the destination storage device 15 in step SIO. In step Sll, the destination information read in step SIO is arranged in descending order of frequency and displayed on the screen of CBr4 as shown in FIG. cursor 60
is located at the destination with the highest frequency, ie number 1.

In step S12, input of pig from the keyboard KB5 is awaited. If there is a key input, the process proceeds to step S13, where key data from the keyboard KB5 is taken in.

In step S14, it is checked whether the input key is the cursor up key CU38, and if it is the cursor up key CU36, the process proceeds to S15, and if not, the process proceeds to S+6. In step S15, the cursor 60 displayed on the screen of CBr4 is moved up one line, and the process returns to step S12.

If the cursor 60 is located on the first line, the process advances to step S12 without doing anything.

In step 516, it is checked whether the input key is the cursor down key CD37, and if it is the cursor down key CD37, the process proceeds to step S17, where the cursor 60 displayed on the screen of the CBr4 is moved down one line. However, if the cursor is on the last line, nothing is done. When step S17 is completed, the process returns to step S12 and waits for the next key input.

In step S16, if the cursor down key CD37 is not pressed, the process advances to step S18 to check whether the input key is the destination selection key AS33. Destination selection key AS
If it is not 33, the process returns to step 5S12 and the above-described operation is repeated. When the destination selection key AS33 is input, the process advances to step S19, and the cursor 60 on the screen of the CBr4 is pressed.
1 is added to the frequency number of the destination information at the position, and the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the selected destination name and telephone number are stored in the ATN and N locations of the RAM 3, respectively, and the updated destination information is stored again in the destination storage device 15 as shown in FIG.

[Destination Registration Process (Fig. 9) (Fig. 14)] Fig. 14 shows the destination registration key AT34 shown in step S8 of Fig. 12.
12 is a flowchart of destination registration processing performed by pressing .

This process is a process for registering destination information (destination name, destination number, frequency number) in the destination storage device 15.
After moving the cursor to the destination information input field using the CU 36, CD 37, etc. on the screen, enter the corresponding characters and numbers that you wish to input into that field as destination information using the character key CH, etc.

Furthermore, this process includes a process of writing the input key data into the registration destination information, and after the write process, a process of incrementing the position of the cursor 60 on the screen by one position, and a completion key ED35 is pressed. This also includes the operation of accommodating the destination information on the screen in the destination storage device 15.

Each step will be explained in detail below.

First, in step S30, a destination registration screen is displayed on the CRT 9 as shown in FIG. 9 in order to register the destination. In step 531, a key input from the keyboard 5 is awaited. If there is a key input, the process advances to step S32, where a key code is input from KB5, and the key is determined from step S33 onwards.

First, in step S33, it is checked whether the cursor up key is CU36, and if it is CU36, the process advances to step S34, and the CRT9
Move the cursor 60 displayed on the screen up one step. However, if the cursor 60 is located at the destination name, nothing is done. When step S34 ends, the process returns to step S31.

If it is determined in step S33 that the key CU36 is not input, the process advances to step S35 to check whether the cursor down key CD37 is input. If it is CD37, the process advances to step S36 and moves the cursor 60 displayed on the screen down one step, but if the position of the cursor 60 is at the position 62 indicating the frequency number, the process returns to step S31 without doing anything. , waits for the next keystroke.

In step S37, the input key is the completion key ED35.
I'll see. If it is ED35, the process advances to step S38, and the input destination information is stored in the destination storage device 15. At this time, if the destination name or destination number of the registration destination information is not input, this operation will not be executed. Further, if input of the frequency number is omitted, 0 is automatically set.

Next, in step S39, 1 is added to the destination number area 40 of the destination information in the destination storage device 15, and the process returns to the main routine.

If it is determined in step S37 that the completion key ED35 is not input, the process advances to step S40 to check whether the input is from the character input key group C) 130. If 9 o'clock is not a character key, step S31
Returning to step S41, if character keys are being input, the process proceeds to step S41, where the position of the cursor 60 is determined. If the position of the cursor 60 is at the destination name position in step S41, step S41
Proceed to 42, W 6! Set the data entered from the keyboard KB5 in the destination name of the destination information, and move the cursor 60.
increments the position by one. Note that this character input may be performed so that kanji can be input using kana-kanji conversion or the like.

In step S41, if the cursor 60 is not at the destination name input position, the process advances to step S43 to check whether numeric key input is required. If it is not a numeric key input, the process returns to step S31, but if a numeric key input is required, the process proceeds to step S44, where the cursor 6
Check to see if 0 is in the destination number input position. If it is at the destination number input position, the process advances to step S45, where the numerical data input from the keyboard KB5 is set to the destination number of the destination information for registration, and the position of the cursor 60 is incremented by one. If the cursor 60 is not at the destination number position in step S44, it is assumed that the cursor 60 is at the frequency number input position, and the process proceeds to step S46, where the numerical data input from the keyboard KB5 is set as the frequency number in the registration destination information, and the cursor 60 is placed at the frequency number input position. The position is incremented by one, and the process returns to step S31 to wait for the next key input.

In this embodiment, when displaying the destination specification screen, the destination information is sorted in order of frequency and displayed on the screen.
When saving in the destination storage device, the data may be sorted in order of frequency.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, the frequency information is updated when the user specifies the destination, and the frequency information can be displayed on the screen or read out with priority, and the frequency information can also be used when registering the destination. Since the priority can be specified by inputting , it is possible to perform transmission instruction processing with good operability.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the address information is read out in order of frequency of use, thereby improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a document communication terminal device of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the key arrangement of the keyboard KB of FIG. FIG. 4 is a format diagram of the destination information stored in the destination storage device (ADM) of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the destination information, FIG. A diagram showing an example of displaying destination information, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of updated destination information, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of displaying the destination information of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a display when registering a destination. Figure 10 is a diagram showing the display screen after destination information is input. Figure 11 is a diagram showing the contents after destination information is registered. Figures 12 to 14 are destination information selection. A flowchart showing processing and registration processing procedures. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display in a conventional example. In the figure, 1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RA
M. 4...Keyboard controller (KBC), 5...
Keyboard, 6...Printer controller (PRC)
, 7... Printer, 8... CRT controller (C
RTC), 9...CRT, 10...video memory,
11...FD controller (FDC), 12...floppy disk drive (FDD), 13...HD
Controller (IDC), 14...Hard disk device (HD), 15...Destination record (, Q device, 16...
Communication controller, 17... line interface,
30... Character input key group, 31... Function key group, 32... Send instruction key SD, 33... Destination selection key AS, 34... Destination registration key AT, 35 Completion key ED. 36...Cursor up key CU37...
Cursor down key CD, 100...Input stage, 101
... storage means, 102 ... coefficient means, 13 ... display means, 104 ... instruction means, 105 ... sending means,
106: Control unit. Patent Applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Yasunori Otsuka Figure 1 Figure 6 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 12

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An input means for inputting destination information, a storage means for storing the destination information, a counting means for counting the frequency of reading of the destination information, a display means for displaying the destination information, and a display means for displaying the destination information. It is characterized by comprising an instructing means for selecting and instructing destination information on a display screen, and a transmitting means for transmitting information corresponding to the destination information, and the destination information is output to the display means in order of frequency. communication equipment. (2) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the destination information includes at least a destination name and a destination telephone number. (3) The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency number can be set by input means.