JPH0626401B2 - Fax machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly, to a machine with a “one-touch function” that can transmit to a partner by pressing a switch at one place.

[Prior Art] Although a conventional device has a "one-touch function", a switch corresponding to the number of destinations is required, and when transmitting to N places, N switches are required. Was needed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, when the number of partners capable of the "one-touch function" is increased, the number of installed switches increases, the operation panel area increases, and the user There was a problem that it took a long time to find the destination to send.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to increase the number of partners without increasing the number of switches and without increasing the operation panel area, and the usability of the user. It is to provide a facsimile device in consideration.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a plurality of key tops formed of a transparent material and designating a destination to be transmitted, and the plurality of keys are provided. A switch that is arranged opposite to the top, operates by operating the corresponding key top, calls the telephone number of the other party, and holds each of the key tops in an array and holds a sheet between each key top and each switch. It consists of a holding structure having a space for insertion and a plurality of types in which the destination is individually written at the positions corresponding to the plurality of key tops, and distinguishes the type at each predetermined position. A destination sheet that is provided with a specific identification portion and that is selectively inserted into the sheet insertion space of the holding structure, and a destination sheet that is selectively inserted into the sheet insertion space of the holding structure. A detector that detects the specific identification unit and determines the type of the inserted destination sheet, and circuit means that changes the telephone number called by the operation of the switch according to the type of the destination sheet determined by the detector It is characterized by having and.

[Operation] In the present invention, as described above, the key top, the switch, the holding structure, the other party sheet, the detector, and the circuit means are provided, and when the other party sheet is selectively used, the type of the detector is determined by the detector. Since it is configured so that the telephone number called by the switch operation can be changed by the circuit means, even if the key top at the same position is pressed, the telephone number can be switched according to the type of the other party's sheet. Can be called. Therefore, not only is it unnecessary to increase the number of installed switches as in the prior art, but it is possible to prevent the operation panel area from increasing. That is, the number of telephone numbers of the other party can be increased without increasing the number of switches and without increasing the operation panel area.
As a result, the usability of the user is improved, and the problem associated with an increase in the telephone number of the other party can be solved. Moreover, since the number of key tops and switches can be reduced as much as possible by preparing several sheets of the other party, the area occupied by the keys on the operation panel can be reduced accordingly. Also, the key tops are made of transparent material, and the name of the other party is written at the position corresponding to the key top of each other party sheet, so you can easily confirm the name even from the outside of the key top. . Such a destination sheet has good usability if the area to be called is specified according to the type. Further, since it is possible to configure the types of the destination sheets to be different depending on the front and back sides, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that the number of sheets of the destination sheet will increase.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In the facsimile machine of the embodiment, a key top 4 made of a transparent material as shown in FIG. 3 is provided on a part of the operation panel. The key tops 4 are for designating a destination to be transmitted, and a plurality of key tops 4 are arranged in the holding structure 6. Then, when pressed by the user, the switch 3 disposed below the switch is actuated,
The other party's telephone number will be called. Therefore, when the switch 3 is actuated by the key top, the telephone numbers corresponding to the switch 3 are called, and the switch 3 is arranged on the printed circuit board 5 corresponding to the key top 4. The holding structure 6 is attached to a part of the operation panel, and is provided so that the key top 4 can be pushed into a cutout portion formed at a predetermined position of the upper plate 6a thereof. A lower plate 6b is provided below the upper plate 6a, and the key tops 4 provided on the lower plate 6b and the upper plate 6a.
A partner sheet, which will be described later, can be selectively inserted between and.

The destination sheet is a plurality of types in which the names of the destinations are individually written at the positions corresponding to the key tops 4,
In the drawing, only two types of the destination A sheet 1 as shown in FIG. 1 and the destination B sheet 7 as shown in FIG. 2 are shown, but in this example, there are three types of destination sheets. . As a specific recognition portion, a cutout is formed by cutting off a part of the short cut side of the other party A sheet 1, and a similar cutout is formed in the center of the shorter side of the other party B sheet 7. Are formed, and the types of the A and B sheets 1 and 7 can be distinguished by changing the positions of these notches.

On the other hand, on the printed circuit board 5, a detector a as a detecting means is provided.
2, a detector b8 and a detector c9 are provided. When any one of the destination sheets is inserted into the holding structure 6, each of the detectors a to c determines the type of the inserted destination sheet. For example, any one of the partner sheets is colored in black in advance, and when one black partner sheet A1 is inserted into the holding structure 6 as shown in FIG. 1, the light emitted from the detector a2 is held. Upper plate 6a of structure 6
By passing through the passage hole 6c provided in the inside of the sheet and the notch of the other party sheet A1, and being reflected by the reflection plate 6d provided inside the upper plate 6a of the holding structure 6 and returning to the detector a2, It is determined that the detector a2 is the destination sheet A1. At that time, the emitted light from the other detector b8 and the detector c9 hits and absorbs the portion of the other sheet A1 excluding the notch. Further, when the other party sheet B7 is inserted as shown in FIG.
The light emitted from the detector b8 passes through the notch of the other party sheet B7 in the same manner as described above to determine the type of the other party sheet B7, and when the other party sheet (not shown) is inserted. This is determined by the detector c, so that each of the detectors a to c2, 8 and 9 can detect only the corresponding type of destination sheet. Therefore, in this example, reflective photodetectors are used as the detectors a to c.

On the other hand, a circuit means is provided for changing the telephone number called by the operation of each switch 3 when the type of the other party's sheet is judged by any one of the detectors a to c2, 8, 9. Although the circuit means is not shown, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the detector a2 determines that the telephone number string is inserted by inserting the telephone number, the telephone number string stored in advance corresponding to the type of the destination sheet A1 is switched to the callable state.
Then, in the switching state, when the user presses any one of the key tops 4 and the corresponding switch 4 is actuated, the desired destination number written on the destination sheet A is called. There is.

Since the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment has the above-mentioned configuration, the operation will be described based on its handling. It is assumed that a telephone number string corresponding to the types of the other party sheet A1 and the other party sheet B7 is stored in advance in the storage area of the circuit means.

Now, for example, when the user selects the other party sheet A1 and inserts the sheet A1 into the holding structure 6, the notch of the other party sheet A1 is detected by the detector a, so that the type of sheet is changed. The determination is made, and the circuit means (not shown) switches the telephone number string corresponding to the type of the destination sheet A1 from the storage area to the callable state by the determination.

In this state, when one of the key tops 4 is pressed, the switch 3 is operated via the other party's sheet A, and the operation of the switch 3 causes the telephone number string corresponding to the type of the other party's sheet A1 to be selected. , The telephone number corresponding to the switch 3 is called.

On the other hand, the other party's sheet B7 is the holding structure 6 by the user.
When the sheet B7 is set, the type is determined by detecting the sheet B7 by the detector b8, and the telephone number string corresponding to the type of the destination sheet B7 is switched to the callable state by the circuit means. Therefore, in that state, the key top 4 at the same position as the case of the partner sheet A1
When is pressed and the switch 3 is activated accordingly, a telephone number corresponding to the type of the other party's sheet B7 is called.
That is, even if the key top 4 at the same position is operated, the telephone number can be changed to the type of the other party's sheet and called.

In this way, when the other party's sheet A1 and the other party's sheet B7 are selectively used, the type can be judged by the detector and the telephone number called by the operation of the switch can be changed by the circuit means. Even if the key top 4 at the position is pressed, the telephone number can be switched and called depending on the type of the other party sheet, and not only is it unnecessary to increase the number of installed switches as in the conventional technique, It is possible to prevent the operation panel area from increasing. That is, it is possible to increase the number of telephone numbers of the other party without increasing the number of switches and without increasing the operation panel area, and the usability of the user is improved accordingly, and the telephone number of the other party increases. Can solve the problem.
Moreover, the number of the key tops 4 and the switches 3 can be reduced as much as possible by preparing several sheets of the other party, so that the area occupied by the keys on the operation panel can be reduced accordingly.

Further, since the key tops 4 are made of a transparent material and the name of the other party is written at a position corresponding to the key tops 4 of each other party sheet, the name can be easily confirmed from the outside of the key tops 4. be able to.

If such a destination sheet is used to identify the area to be called according to the type, for example, domestic use is the destination sheet A1, overseas use is the destination sheet B7, etc. Therefore, it is possible to easily find the person to be sent, and the usability is further improved.

Further, in this example, since the number of the other party sheets is set according to the number of types, the number of the sheets may increase as the number of types of the other party sheets increases. In such cases,
For example, if the name of the other party is written on the front and back sides of the other party sheet, and the detector can determine the type according to the state of the front and back set for the holding structure 6 of the other party sheet, Since it is possible to configure two types of partner sheets with one sheet, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that the number of partner sheets will increase, and further improve usability.

In the illustrated embodiment, an example in which a notch is provided in order to distinguish the type of each partner sheet by a reflection type detector is shown, but a hole or a black mark can be detected. It is possible. Although a reflection type detector is used, a transmission type photodetector or a detector such as a microswitch may be used, as long as the type of the other party sheet can be accurately discriminated. .

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when the destination sheet is selectively used according to the type, the detector determines the type and the telephone number called by the operation of the switch by the circuit means. Since you can change the number, even if you press the key top in the same position, you can call by switching the telephone number according to the type of the other party's sheet, so you do not have to increase the number of switches. In addition, the number of telephone numbers of the other party can be increased without increasing the operation panel area, which has the effect of improving the usability of the user, and by preparing several sheets of the other party. The number of key tops and switches can be reduced as much as possible, the area occupied by keys on the operation panel can be reduced accordingly, and the type of the other party's sheet If you specify the area called according to the type,
Not only is the usability even better, but it is also a problem that tends to occur because the other party sheet is used because there is no possibility of increasing the number of other party sheets by configuring different types depending on the front and back sides of the other party sheet. There is also an effect that points can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view showing a state in which one destination sheet is set, and FIG. 2 is a state in which the other destination sheet is set. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to line AA in FIG. 1. 1 ... Destination sheet A, 2 ... Detector a, 3 ... Switch, 4
... key top, 5 ... printed circuit board, 6 ... holding structure, 7
... Destination sheet B, 8 ... Detector b, 9 ... Detector c.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of key tops made of a transparent material and designating a destination to be transmitted, and a plurality of key tops, which are respectively disposed so as to face each of the plurality of key tops, and which are operated by corresponding key tops. A switch that operates and calls the telephone number of the other party, and an array holding of each key top, and a holding structure having a space for inserting a sheet between each key top and each switch, and the plurality of keys. The destination is made up of a plurality of types in which the destination is individually indicated at the position corresponding to the top, and a specific identification portion for distinguishing the type is provided at each predetermined position, and a space for inserting the sheet of the holding structure. Of the destination sheet that is selectively inserted into the sheet and the specific identification part of the destination sheet that is selectively inserted into the sheet insertion space of the holding structure to determine the type of the inserted destination sheet Check Vessels and, depending on the type of the destination sheet is determined by the detector, a facsimile apparatus, comprising a circuit means for changing the phone number to be called by the operation of the switch.