JPH06105018A - Output device of terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] For example, to provide a communication / call charge output device for a terminal device that automatically outputs communication / call charges as a facsimile device and a telephone every month. [Structure] The call charge data collecting means 8, 9, 11 collects the call charges according to the use results as a facsimile device or a telephone. The collected data is stored in the storage means 12 separately for the facsimile device and the telephone. Then, the timer control means 14 sets the preset month,
The call charge data stored in the storage means is output according to the date, time, etc., and is output to the operation display unit 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an output device of a terminal device, and more particularly to an output device of a terminal device in which a transmission charge of a facsimile device and a call charge of a telephone can be easily determined.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional output device, for example, an output device in a facsimile machine, is provided with a call charge system for displaying and outputting a line usage amount as a facsimile device and a line usage amount as a telephone in each month. There is. In this type of call charge system, the communication charge data / call charge data for each month of line use is predetermined for a specific day (for example, midnight on the first day of every month). Charge data and call charge data are also aggregated for each department, and monthly aggregation processing is performed according to the date and time of communication / call. In addition, recently, facsimile machines have been installed in general households. However, in order to save call charges in general households, how to set the day and time zone of the call / communication should be set. Sometimes you want to know.

[0003]

However, due to the operator's convenience, the date and time when the monthly totaling process is performed are different, and it is desired to make a graph (a line graph, a bar graph, etc.) based on the charge management report output once a month. Or, there is a request to collect the data for each day of the week and to grasp the usage status and frequency of use according to the day of the week. In such a case, in the conventional call charge system, the operator needs to perform various processes, and the editing process in this case is troublesome and time-consuming.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an output device of a terminal device which can easily check the line usage status of a facsimile device and a telephone set in one month and can easily obtain the data.

[0005]

According to the invention of claim 1, call charge data collecting means for collecting call charge data when a communication or a call is made, and call charge data collected by the call charge data collecting means. And a timer control means for setting a timer for arbitrarily outputting the call charge data stored in the storage means. According to the second aspect of the invention, the call charge data stored in the storage means is provided with an aggregating means for aggregating processing according to the day of the week of each month. According to the third aspect of the invention, there is provided the data editing means for graphing the call charge data stored in the storage means for each month.
In the invention according to claim 4, the totalizing means and the data editing means are provided with operation means capable of being arbitrarily selected. According to the invention of claim 5, the call charge data stored in the storage means is judged as communication charge data or call charge data, and when the data is edited or aggregated, the communication charge data and the call charge data are collected. And a selecting means for selecting whether to process the images separately or together.

[0006]

In the output device of the terminal device according to claim 1, the call charge data collecting means collects the call charge data according to the line usage amount of the facsimile communication or telephone call, and divides the collected data. It is stored in the storage means. The timer control means sets in advance the month, day, time, etc. at which the operator outputs the result of the line use, and when the set date comes, the call charge data is output separately for facsimile communication or telephone communication. In the output device of the terminal device according to the second aspect, the tallying unit performs the tallying process on the call charge data stored in the storage unit according to the day of the week of each month. In the output device of the terminal device according to claim 3, the data editing means graphs the call charge data stored in the storage means for each month. In the output device of the terminal device according to the fourth aspect, the operation unit can arbitrarily select the totaling unit and the data editing unit. In the output device of the terminal device according to claim 5, the discriminating means discriminates the call charge data stored in the storage means into communication charge data or call charge data, and the selecting means edits or aggregates the data. The communication charge data or the call charge data is selected to be processed separately or collectively.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an output device of a terminal device of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile machine. As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a system control unit 1, an operation display unit 2, a scanner 3, and a plotter 4 are provided.
, Network controller 5, modem 6, encoding / decoding unit 7
A charge management unit 8, a charge management report editing unit 9, a communication / call editing device 10, a monthly totaling processing unit 11, an internal memory 12, an internal clock 13, a charge management report output timer 14, and the like. Has been done.

The system controller 1 manages and controls the operation of the entire facsimile apparatus. The operation display unit 2 is provided with various operation keys for an operator to arbitrarily operate the facsimile device, various display devices for displaying a message from the facsimile device to the operator, and the like. The scanner 3 decomposes the transmitted document into pixels with a predetermined resolution and converts each pixel into a black and white image signal, and the plotter 4 records the image on the recording paper with the same resolution as the scanner 3 and outputs the image.

The network control device 5 is connected to a transmission circuit network (for example, a public telephone line network) and discriminates between a communication operation and a call operation. In the case of a communication operation, the modem 6 modulates a transmission signal and Demodulate the received signal. Encoding / decoding unit 7
Encodes the image information to be transmitted by a predetermined method, compresses the information amount, and restores the encoded received image information to the original image information. The charge management unit 8 is provided with a memory table in which charges per number corresponding to each city and area code are stored. Then, for each call and communication for each extension terminal, the frequency and the frequency are referred to by referring to the memory table.
The call charge and communication charge per call are calculated and totaled, and further the total charge for the entire system is calculated.

The charge management report editing unit 9 edits call charge data by an operator by an arbitrary processing method (eg graphing).
Performs aggregating process and reports. The communication / call editing device 10 identifies a facsimile transmission and a telephone call. The monthly totalization processing unit 11 totalizes the call charge data according to the set day and time of each month. The internal memory 12 is the charge management report editor 9
The data processed by the above is stored. Internal clock 13
Outputs the current month, day, and time data. In the charge management report output timer 14, the data of the month, the day, and the time when the totaling process for each month is performed are input.

Next, the operation of the embodiment thus constructed will be described. First, the operator inputs the data of the month, the day, and the time for totalizing each month through the operation display unit 2, and these conditions are stored in the charge management report output timer 14. Further, when the operator inputs the output form of the aggregation result via the operation display unit 2, the charge management report editing unit 9 performs aggregation processing such as graphing (a line graph, a bar graph, etc.) under the conditions, and the processing thereof. The data is the month previously set by the monthly totalization processing unit 11,
It is stored in the internal memory 12 according to the date and time.

(1) Transmission by Facsimile Device When a predetermined operation for facsimile transmission is performed, the communication / call editing device 10 identifies that the transmission is facsimile transmission.
Next, the telephone number accommodated in the destination facsimile machine is set, a transmission original (not shown) is read by the scanner 3, the read data is encoded by the encoding / combining unit 7, and further transmitted by the modem 6. The signal is modulated and transmitted by facsimile to the other party via the network control device 5 and the transmission circuit network. During such a series of facsimile transmissions, the fee management unit 8 calculates a frequency fee according to the destination telephone number, and the frequency fee is stored in the facsimile transmission area of the internal memory 12. In this case, it is stored according to the preset month, day, time, and edit processing method.

(2) In the case of outgoing call by telephone When a predetermined operation for outgoing telephone is performed, the communication / call editing apparatus 10 identifies that the call is outgoing by telephone. Next, dial the telephone number of the destination telephone,
If the other party answers, the call is started. During such a series of telephone calls, the fee management unit 8 calculates a toll fee according to the telephone number of the other party, and the toll fee is stored in the telephone call area of the internal memory 12. in this case,
It is stored according to the preset month, day, time, and edit processing method. The above-mentioned charges for facsimile transmission and telephone call between the facsimile device and the telephone are cumulatively stored in the internal memory 12 according to various editing conditions preset by the operator.

(3) In case of output processing Display by line graph (FIG. 2) Eventually, the operator outputs the charge management report output timer 14
When the date set in advance is reached, the line graph shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display operation unit 2. To output this line graph as a hard copy, for example, a printer may be connected. When the set date is reached, the operation of performing such output is such that, for example, the charge management table for May 1992, which is cumulatively stored in the internal memory 12, under the control of the system control unit 1 every 5 days. Call charges, communication charges, and total charges are displayed as a line graph. In this case, it is automatically displayed without bothering the operator.

Display by the charge management table (FIG. 3) Further , when the day when the operator presets the charge management report output timer 14 is reached, the display operation unit 2 will be displayed as shown in FIG.
The charge management table shown in is displayed. When the set date is reached, the operation for outputting this output is such that the charge management table for May 1992, which is cumulatively stored in the internal memory 12 under the control of the system control unit 1, indicates "line use. Number of times "
And the "charge management table" are displayed separately. That is, the line usage count is displayed for each day of the week, and the total number of calls / communication lines used, and the charge management table displays the communication / call charges and their total charges for each day of the week. Also in the case of these displays, they are automatically displayed without bothering the operator. In the present embodiment, the case of the facsimile device and the telephone has been described, but it is needless to say that other terminal devices can be applied as long as the device pays a charge according to the line usage of the communication network. Is.

[0016]

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily confirm the charge management on the monthly processing day when facsimile transmission or telephone call is performed. Also, because you can aggregate the weekly fee management at the company or home by day of the week,
It is possible to accurately grasp the frequency of line usage, mainly on holidays. In addition, by displaying the charge management for one month at the company or at home with a graph, it is possible to determine at a glance the line usage status centered on the aggregation processing date. Further, since the charge management can be expressed by an arbitrary counting means of the operator, the charge system becomes efficient. Also, since the charge management by facsimile transmission or telephone call can be separately aggregated by the operator, it is possible to use the night charge, late night, and early morning charge hours depending on the line usage situation. The operator can be provided with accurate information.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first display example of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a second display example of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system control unit 2 operation display unit 3 scanner 5 network control device 6 modem 7 encoding / decoding unit 8 charge management unit (call charge collecting means) 9 charge management report editing unit (call charge collecting means) 10 call / communication editing device 11 Monthly aggregation processing unit (call charge collection means) 12 Internal memory (storage means) 13 Internal clock 14 Charge management report output timer (timer control means)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A call charge data collection means for collecting call charge data when a communication or a call is made, a storage means for storing the call charge data collected by the call charge data collection means, and a storage means for storing in the storage means. An output device of a terminal device, comprising: timer control means for setting a timer for arbitrarily outputting the generated call charge data. 2. The output device of the terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a totaling unit that totalizes the call charge data stored in the storage unit according to the day of the week of each month. 3. The output device of the terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a data editing unit that graphs the call charge data stored in the storage unit for each month. 4. The output device of the terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising operation means capable of arbitrarily selecting said totalizing means and data editing means. 5. A discrimination means for discriminating the call charge data stored in the storage means into communication charge data or call charge data, and separately processing the communication charge data and the call charge data when editing or summing the data. The output device of the terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: a selection unit that selects whether to perform processing or to process together.