JP6065374B2 - Communication apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus that prints a report of a communication result after sending a fax is known. In this facsimile apparatus, when a multi-address transmission is performed in which a plurality of destinations are designated at a time and a fax is transmitted, a report notifying all communication results for each destination is printed. Further, such a report creation function for notifying the communication result of the broadcast communication is also provided in a communication device that transmits an e-mail.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a facsimile apparatus that selects and displays only an error communication result among communication results for all destinations in a report that notifies a communication result of broadcast transmission. Further, Patent Document 1 also discloses that all of the error communication results and all of the normal end communication results are displayed separately in separate display columns in the report.

JP 2004-96605 A

  The objective of this invention is providing the communication apparatus and program which produce the report on which the result of the broadcast transmission was displayed succinctly.

In order to achieve the above object, the communication device according to claim 1 is based on a reception unit that receives designation of a representative destination that represents a plurality of destinations, and one or more representative destinations that have received designation by the reception unit. A transmission unit that transmits information to each of the plurality of destinations, an acquisition unit that individually acquires a transmission result of the information by the transmission unit for each of the plurality of destinations, and the acquisition unit that is acquired by the acquisition unit Of the transmission results, only the result indicating the transmission failure is displayed together with the destination, and the transmission failed among the plurality of destinations for each of the one or more representative destinations received by the receiving unit. Yes number of destination, the cumulative time of communication with a plurality of destinations, or the generating means for generating an image to be displayed all communication modes used in the communication That.

In the communication apparatus according to claim 2, the generation unit generates an image that further displays the name or group number of the one or more representative destinations for which designation is received by the reception unit.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of destinations include abbreviated numbers registered corresponding to the destination numbers.

  In the communication apparatus according to claim 4, the representative destination includes range specifying information for specifying a plurality of ranges of the abbreviated numbers.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program that receives a plurality of communication devices based on a receiving unit that receives designation of a representative destination that represents a plurality of destinations, and the one or more representative destinations that have received designation by the receiving unit. Transmitting means for transmitting information to each of the destinations, acquisition means for individually acquiring the transmission result of the information by the transmitting means for each of the plurality of destinations, and the transmission result acquired by the acquiring means Among them, for each of the one or more representative destinations for which designation is received by the receiving unit, only the result indicating the transmission failure is displayed together with the destination, and the number of destinations for which transmission has failed among the plurality of destinations , functions of a generating means for generating an image to be displayed all communication modes used in the cumulative time or the communication of the communication with the plurality of destinations That.

In the program according to claim 6 , the generation unit generates an image that further displays the name or group number of the one or more representative destinations received by the reception unit.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, the plurality of destinations include abbreviated numbers registered corresponding to the destination numbers.

The program according to claim 8 includes range specifying information in which the representative destination specifies a range of a plurality of the abbreviated numbers.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image on which the transmission result indicating the transmission failure is displayed is generated, the communication result of the broadcast transmission is simple. According to the first aspect of the invention, the number of destinations for which transmission has failed is clarified, and the communication contents of the destinations for which transmission has been successful are clarified.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the representative destination is simplified.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the representative destination is simplified.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the image on which the transmission result indicating the transmission failure is displayed is generated, the communication result of the broadcast transmission is simple. According to the invention of claim 5, the number of destinations for which transmission failed is clarified, and the communication contents of the destination for which transmission was successful are clarified.

According to the invention of claim 7 , the representative destination is simplified.

According to the invention of claim 8 , the representative destination is simplified.

2 is a functional configuration diagram of the image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a detailed functional configuration diagram of the image forming apparatus. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a transmission control part. It is a figure which shows an example of a transmission result recording table. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a report image generation part. It is a figure which shows an example of the report image of a pattern (A). It is a figure which shows an example of the report image of a pattern (B). It is a figure which shows an example of the report image of a pattern (C). It is a figure which shows an example of the report image of a pattern (D).

  An image forming apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a device that provides a user with a copy function, a print function, a scan function, and a fax function. In particular, when providing a fax function, information is provided to other external devices. It operates as a communication device that transmits. In this case, the image forming apparatus 1 further generates a report image for notifying the user of the transmission result, and executes printing of the report image according to the user's selection.

  The image forming apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a non-volatile memory (NVRAM: Non-volatile RAM) 13, and an operation unit 160. And a display unit 161 and a LAN communication processing unit 17.

  The CPU 10 is an arithmetic processing circuit that performs overall control of the image forming apparatus 1 and controls execution of a copy function, a print function, a scan function, a fax function, and the like. The ROM 11 stores a program for operating the CPU 10. The RAM 12 is a working memory for the CPU 10 to operate according to this program. The image forming apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is configured to function by the program (that is, software) as described above, but may be configured by hardware including an application specific integrated circuit.

  The nonvolatile memory 13 is a flash memory, for example, and functions as a storage unit that stores an authentication table including authentication information for authenticating a user, a transmission result recording table for generating the above-described report image, and the like. .

  The operation unit 160 is an operation means for the user of the apparatus 1 to perform various operations, and includes a touch panel, a hard key, and the like. The display unit 161 is, for example, a liquid crystal panel, and is used by being overlapped with the above touch panel. The display unit 161 functions as a means for notifying various information to the user and a display means such as an input screen using a touch panel.

  The LAN communication processing unit 17 is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) and processes transmission / reception of information. That is, the LAN communication processing unit 17 functions as a communication unit that communicates with other external devices via the LAN, and is configured by, for example, a circuit that processes the communication. The LAN may be either a wired system using a cable or a wireless system using an antenna.

  The image forming apparatus 1 further includes an identification information acquisition unit 18, a print data generation unit 19, a hard disk drive (HDD: Hard Disk Drive) 14, an image processing unit 150, an image reading unit 151, and a printing process. Section 152 and fax transmission / reception section 153.

  The identification information acquisition unit 18 functions as input means for inputting identification information for identifying the user. The identification information acquisition unit 18 is, for example, an IC card reader that reads an identification number from the user's IC card 9 by near field communication (NFC). The identification information acquisition unit 18 is connected to the main body of the image forming apparatus 1 via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface or the like.

  As the identification information, for example, an identification number that is a unique number assigned to each user may be used. However, the identification information is not limited to the identification number, and may be a character string including characters such as alphabets.

  The user can use the copy function, print function, scan function, and fax function of the device 1 by placing the IC card 60 on the identification information acquisition unit 18 and causing the device 1 to recognize the identification number. That is, the CPU 10 compares the identification number acquired from the IC card 9 with the authentication information in the authentication table held in the nonvolatile memory 13 to perform the user authentication process. Provide each function. Note that the authentication process may be performed based on an identification number directly input from the operation unit 160, or may be performed based on a password input together with the identification number.

  The hard disk drive 14 is storage means for storing various image data and information. The stored information includes, for example, destination information that is a fax transmission destination.

  The image processing unit 150 performs encoding, decoding, expansion processing, compression processing, and the like of image data.

  The image reading unit 151 functions as a reading unit that reads image data from a document set on an automatic document feeder or the like (not shown) of the apparatus 1 when executing a fax function, a scanner function, and a copy function. The read image data is stored in the hard disk drive 14.

  The fax transmission / reception unit 153 functions as transmission / reception means for performing fax transmission / reception processing. When transmitting a fax, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 transmits image data to a destination designated by the user using the operation unit 160. When there are a plurality of designated destinations, that is, in the case of broadcast transmission, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 performs transmission individually for each destination.

  Each destination is associated with a fax communication mode selected by the user at the time of transmission or registered in advance. As communication modes, for example, each mode of G3, SG3, and G4 in accordance with the recommendation of ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union Communication Standardization Sector), SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), etc. IP-FAX of Internet fax using The fax transmission / reception unit 153 determines a communication speed, a resolution of an image to be transmitted, an encoding method, and the like according to the communication mode.

  The fax transmission / reception unit 153 communicates via a public switched telephone network (PSTN) when the communication mode is G3 and SG3. When the communication mode is G4, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 communicates with a digital public network (ISDN). It communicates via Integrated Services Digital Network. On the other hand, when the communication mode is IP-FAX, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 communicates via the LAN with the communication processing unit 17. In this case, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 uses image transmission / reception protocols such as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and POP3 (POP: Post Office Protocol) to send image data to an email attachment file (for example, TIFF ( (Tagged Image File Format) format file).

  The print data generation unit 19 executes a conversion process of an image to be printed, a generation process of a report image for displaying a fax transmission result, and the like. The print processing unit 152 performs processing for printing various images. When the fax transmission / reception unit 153 transmits an image, the print processing unit 152 prints a report image according to the user's selection.

  The above-described units 10 to 14, 17, 18, 150 to 153, 160, and 161 are electrically connected to each other via the bus B.

  Next, the details of the fax transmission function will be described with reference to FIG. When the CPU 10 reads a program stored in the ROM 11, a registration processing unit 100 and a transmission processing unit 101 are formed. The registration processing unit 100 performs processing for registering a fax destination, and the transmission processing unit 101 performs processing for transmitting a fax.

  The registration processing unit 100 updates the abbreviated number registration table 140 and the group registration table 141 stored in the hard disk drive 14 in accordance with a user operation.

  Table 1 shows an example of the abbreviated number registration table 140. In the abbreviated number registration table 140, each abbreviated number is registered in association with a dial number or e-mail address that is a destination of a fax and a communication mode. The user designates an abbreviated number to be registered via the operation unit 160, inputs a dial number or an e-mail address corresponding to the abbreviated number, and selects a communication mode. The registration processing unit 100 updates the abbreviated number registration table 140 in response to this operation. As in the case of the abbreviated number “021” in the table, when Internet fax is selected as the communication mode, an e-mail address is registered as a destination, and in other communication modes, a dial number is registered.

  Table 2 shows an example of the group registration table 141. In the group registration table 141, a group number such as “Gr01” and “Gr2” in the table or a name such as “Accounting Department” is registered in association with a plurality of abbreviated numbers. . This abbreviated number specifies a dial number registered in the abbreviated number registration table 140 or an e-mail address.

  The user inputs the number or name of the group to be registered through the operation unit 160 and designates the abbreviated number included in the group. The registration processing unit 100 updates the group registration table 141 in response to this operation. In the group registration table 141, a dial number or an e-mail address may be registered instead of or together with the abbreviated number.

  When the user designates a group number or name as a destination, the transmission processing unit 101 performs fax transmission processing for all the abbreviated numbers included in the group. In this way, the group number or name functions as a representative destination representing a plurality of destinations.

  The transmission processing unit 101 registers the destination designated by the user via the operation unit 160 in the destination acceptance list 142 in the hard disk drive 14 prior to sending the fax.

  Table 3 shows an example of the destination acceptance list 142. In the table, the “type” column represents the type of destination designation selected by the user. The “destination” column represents a destination input by the user.

  When “abbreviation” is selected as the “type” by the user, one of the abbreviated numbers registered in the abbreviated number registration table 140 is designated. On the other hand, when “full dial” is selected as the “type”, the dial number is directly input.

  When “Group” is selected as the “Type”, one of the group number or name registered in the group registration table 141 is designated.

When “wild card” is selected as “type”, a plurality of abbreviated numbers registered in the abbreviated number registration table 140 are designated by wild cards (ie, “*”). For example, as shown in Table 3, when “1 **” is designated, the abbreviated numbers “100” to “199” are designated. In addition, when “03 *” is designated, short numbers “030” to “039” are designated.

  When “range specification” is selected as the “type”, a plurality of abbreviated numbers registered in the abbreviated number registration table 140 are specified by a numerical range. For example, as shown in Table 3, when “050-080” is designated, the abbreviated numbers “050” to “080” are designated. Thus, the destination specified by the “wild card” or “range” includes range specifying information for specifying a plurality of ranges of the abbreviated numbers. Accordingly, the destination designated by the “wild card” or “range” functions as a representative destination representing a plurality of destinations, similarly to the destination designated by the “group”. In this case, the operation unit 160 functions as a receiving unit that receives designation of representative destinations representing a plurality of destinations.

  When the transmission processing unit 101 receives a fax transmission instruction from the user via the operation unit 160, the transmission processing unit 101 stores in the hard disk 14 all the individual destinations specified by the destination reception list 142 to the fax transmission / reception unit 153. An instruction to individually transmit the transmitted image data 144 is output. The transmission image data 144 is obtained, for example, by reading the original set on the apparatus 1 by the image reading unit 151 or from another apparatus such as a personal computer connected to the LAN via the LAN communication processing unit 17. To be acquired.

  In accordance with an instruction from the transmission processing unit 101, the fax transmission / reception unit 153 receives one or more representative destinations (that is, “group”, “wild card”, and “range” in Table 3) that have been designated by the operation unit 160, and Based on the individual destinations (“abbreviation” and “full dial” in Table 3), it functions as a transmission means for transmitting information to each of a plurality of destinations. When all the transmissions are completed, the transmission processing unit 101 functions as an acquisition unit that individually acquires the transmission result of information (that is, an image) by the fax transmission / reception unit 153 for each of a plurality of destinations from the fax transmission / reception unit 153. . The transmission processing unit 101 registers all acquired transmission results in the transmission result recording table 130 stored in the nonvolatile memory 13.

  The print data generation unit 19 includes a destination analysis unit 190 and a report image generation unit 191. The destination analysis unit 190 identifies individual destinations based on the destination acceptance list 142 and registers them in the transmission result recording table 130 stored in the nonvolatile memory 13. The report image generation unit 191 generates a report image for displaying the transmission result based on the transmission result recording table 130 and stores the report image data 145 of the image in the storage unit 24. The report image is generated according to one selected from patterns (A) to (D) described later based on the setting information 143.

  Next, transmission processing of the transmission processing unit 101 will be described. When the fax function is selected by the user via the operation unit 160, the transmission processing unit 101 performs a series of processes shown in FIG.

  When the transmission processing unit 101 receives a destination specification from the user via the operation unit 160 (YES in step St1), the transmission processing unit 101 updates the destination reception list 142 (step St2). Then, the transmission processing unit 101 determines whether there is a fax transmission instruction from the user via the operation unit 160 (step St3). This determination process is performed in the same manner even when no destination is specified (NO in step St1).

  If there is no transmission instruction (NO in step St3), the transmission processing unit 101 executes the process in step St1 again. If there is a transmission instruction (YES in step St3), the transmission processing unit 101 scans the document set on the apparatus 1 and outputs an instruction to read an image to be transmitted to the image reading unit 151 (step S1). St4). The image reading unit 151 stores the transmission image data 144 of the image obtained by scanning in accordance with the instruction from the transmission processing unit 101 in the hard disk drive 14 (step St5).

  However, this image reading process (steps St4 and St5) is not executed when one or more destination designations are not included in the destination acceptance list 142. Further, when transmitting an image received from another external device instead of the image obtained by scanning, the image is acquired via the LAN communication processing unit 17 instead of the reading process (steps St4 and St5). Then, processing to be stored in the hard disk drive 14 is performed.

  Next, the transmission processing unit 101 analyzes the destination designation in the destination acceptance list 142 by the destination analysis unit 190 and records the specified individual destination in the transmission result recording table 130 (step St6). FIG. 4 shows an example of the transmission result recording table 130. In the processing of step St6, the transmission processing unit 101 generates and records destination data 130a related to the destination in the transmission result recording table 130 (step St6). In the transmission result record table 130, the detailed data 130b related to transmission is recorded after the transmission of the fax.

  The destination data 130 a is generated by identifying individual destinations corresponding to each destination designation based on the destination acceptance list 142 with reference to the abbreviated number registration table 140 and the group registration table 141. The destination data 130a includes a “type designation” field, a “destination designation” field, a “abbreviated number” field, and a “dial number / e-mail address” field.

  The contents of the “type designation” field and the “destination designation” field correspond to the “type” field and the “destination” field of the destination acceptance list 142, respectively. The content of the “abbreviated number” column is specified with reference to the group registration table 141, the specified content of the wild card, or the specified content of the range specification. For those in which the “type designation” field is “group”, for example, when the “destination designation” field is “Gr01”, the abbreviated number corresponding to “Gr01” in the group registration table 141 is specified. When the “address designation” field is “accounting department”, an abbreviated number corresponding to “accounting department” in the group registration table 141 is specified.

  On the other hand, in the case where the “type designation” field is “wild card”, the abbreviated numbers “100” to “199” are specified according to the above-described wild card rules. In addition, in the case where the “type designation” field is “range designation”, the abbreviated numbers “050” to “080” are specified in accordance with the rules for range designation described above. If the “Type designation” field is “Short”, the abbreviated number is registered in the “Address designation” field, and if the “Type designation” field is “Full dial”, the “Address designation” field Is in an unregistered state (see “-” in the figure).

  The “dial number / e-mail address” field of the destination data 130a corresponds to the dial number or e-mail address registered in the abbreviated number registration table 140. When the “type designation” field is “full dial”, the dial number is registered in the “dial number / e-mail address” field.

  The transmission processing unit 101 selects one individual destination from the “dial number / e-mail address” field of the destination data 130a generated in this way (step St7). Then, the transmission processing unit 101 outputs an instruction to the fax transmission / reception unit 153 to transmit the transmission image data 144 to the selected destination (step St8). The fax transmission / reception unit 153 uses the image processing unit 150 to convert the transmission image data 144 into an encoding method according to the communication mode corresponding to the destination, a resolution, and the like, and transmits the converted data. Here, the communication mode is obtained by referring to the abbreviated number registration table 140. In the process of step St7, the order of selecting the destination is not limited.

  When the transmission by the fax transmission / reception unit 153 is completed, the transmission processing unit 101 acquires information on the transmission result from the fax transmission / reception unit 153 (step St9). Then, the transmission processing unit 101 records the detailed data 130b of the transmission result recording table 130 based on the acquired information on the transmission result (step St10). Then, when there is an unselected destination in the “Dial number / e-mail address” field of the destination data 130a (YES in step St11), the transmission processing unit 101 executes the process again from step St7.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the detailed data 130b of the transmission result record table 130 includes a “No.” field, a “start time” field, a “required time” corresponding to each destination in the “dial number / e-mail address” field. "Column," communication mode "column, and" transmission result "column. The “No.” column indicates the order of transmission by the fax transmission / reception unit 153, that is, the destination selection order in the processing of step St7. The “start time” column indicates the time acquired by the time measuring unit when the transmission processing unit 101 issues a transmission instruction. Note that the time measuring means may be configured by either hardware or software.

  The “required time” column indicates the time required for transmission measured by the fax transmission / reception unit 153. The “communication mode” column indicates the communication mode applied to transmission by the fax transmission / reception unit 153 and corresponds to the content of the “communication mode” column of the abbreviated number registration table 140. When the “type designation” field is “full dial”, the content of the “communication mode” field indicates the communication mode designated by the operation unit 160.

  In the “transmission result” column, when it is “good”, it indicates that the transmission has succeeded, and when it is “Err”, it indicates that the transmission has failed. A number such as “(33-503)” following “Err” is information for identifying a cause of failure such as a call, line-off, and transmission error.

  If there is no unselected destination in the “dial number / e-mail address” field of the destination data 130a (NO in step St11), the transmission processing unit 101 outputs a report image generation instruction to the report image generation unit 191. (Step St12). The report image data 145 generated by the report image generation unit 191 is stored in the hard disk drive 14. Then, the transmission processing unit 101 prints the report image by the print processing unit 152 (step St13). Whether or not this printing process can be executed may be selected according to the setting information 143 set by the user. Further, if not executed, a report image may be displayed on the display unit 161 in accordance with a user operation.

  As described above, the transmission processing unit 101 performs fax transmission processing. Note that the transmission processing unit 101 may update the destination reception list 142 and the transmission result recording table 13 to the initial state after the end of this process.

  Next, the report image generation process executed in step St12 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As already described, the report image generation process is performed according to one selected from the patterns (A) to (D) based on the setting information 143. The setting information 143 relating to the generation of the report image includes “destination development” information and “detailed display when transmission is successful” information.

  The “destination development” information indicates which one of the representative destination and a plurality of individual destinations represented by the representative destination is displayed on the report image as the transmission destination designated by the user. In other words, when the representative destination is specified, the “destination development” information indicates whether the transmission destination to be displayed on the report image is developed as a representative destination or not. To display or not).

  When the “destination development” information is “none”, the report image generation unit 191 determines that the “type designation” field of the transmission result recording table 130 is “group”, “wildcard”, or “range designation”. Then, a report image for displaying the transmission destination is generated according to the contents of the “address specification” field. On the other hand, when the “destination development” information is “present”, the report image generation unit 191 displays the “dial number / e-mail address” field for “group”, “wildcard”, or “range designation”. A report image for displaying the transmission destination is generated according to the contents of.

  The “detailed display at the time of successful transmission” information includes other “start time” field, “required time” field, and “communication” for the “transmission result” field of the transmission result record table 130 indicating “good”. Whether or not each content of the “mode” column is displayed on the report image is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the “destination expansion” information is “none” (NO in step St21) and the “detailed display when transmission is successful” information is “present” (YES in step St22), FIG. 6 is generated (step St23). The report image of pattern (A) includes a reduced image 2 of transmission image data 144 and a transmission result display area 3.

  The reduced image 2 of the transmission image data 144 is obtained, for example, by the report image generation unit 191 performing reduction processing by the image processing unit 150 of the transmission image data 144. In the transmission result display area 3, a destination whose designated destination is “group”, “wild card”, or “range designation” is displayed as a representative destination, and both the success and failure of the transmission are displayed. Detailed information is displayed.

  The “instruction No.” column and the “partner” column in the transmission result display area 3 correspond to the contents of the “No.” column and the “address designation” column in the transmission result recording table 130, respectively. Among the display items 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, 3j, 3l of each “instruction No.”, the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, 3j in which the “partner” column is the representative destination include The contents of the detailed data 130b regarding each destination represented by the representative destination are displayed collectively or representatively. On the other hand, the contents of the detailed data 130b corresponding to each of the display items 3a, 3b, 3l whose “partner” column is not the representative destination are displayed.

  In addition, among the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, and 3j whose “partner” column is the representative destination, an alternate long and short dash line is inserted next to the display items 3c, 3f, and 3j including the destination for which transmission failed. Display items 3d, 3g, 3h, and 3k relating to transmission are provided. In the display items 3d, 3g, 3h, and 3k, the contents of the detailed data 130b relating to each of the destinations are displayed. The same applies to the display item 3b in which the “partner” column is not the representative destination and the transmission has failed.

  The “start time” field and the “required time” field in the transmission result display area 3 correspond to the contents of the “start time” field and the “required time” field in the transmission result recording table 130, respectively. . The “start time” column of the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, and 3j regarding the representative destination indicates the earliest start time among the “start times” of the plurality of destinations for each of the representative destinations. For example, in the “start time” field of the display item 3c whose “instruction No.” field is “3-5”, the earliest “10−” among the start times (see FIG. 4) of each destination for “Gr01”. 4:13:26 "is displayed.

  On the other hand, the “required time” column of the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, and 3j regarding the representative destination indicates the accumulated time of communication with a plurality of destinations for each of the representative destinations. For example, in the “required time” field of the display item 3c whose “instruction No.” field is “3-5”, the required time of each destination for “Gr01” is 15 seconds, 10 seconds, and 15 seconds (see FIG. 40 seconds that is the accumulated time of 4) is displayed.

  The “mode” column and the “communication content” column in the transmission result display area 3 correspond to the contents of the “communication mode” column and the “type designation” column in the transmission result recording table 130, respectively. The “communication mode” column of the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, and 3j regarding the representative destination indicates all communication modes used for communication with a plurality of destinations for each of the representative destinations. For example, in the “communication mode” column of the display item 3c in which the “instruction No.” column is “3-5”, “SG3” and “G3” which are the communication modes of each destination for “Gr01” (FIG. 4). Browse) is displayed. As described above, the contents of the “required time” column and the “communication mode” column are collectively displayed for the destination for which transmission was successful, thereby clarifying the communication content of the destination for which transmission was successful.

  The “transmission result” field in the transmission result display area 3 corresponds to the content of the “transmission result” field in the transmission result recording table 130. Among the display items 3c, 3e, 3f, 3i, and 3j related to the representative destination, the “transmission result” column of the display item 3c, 3f, and 3j that has the destination for which transmission has failed indicates that the transmission has failed among a plurality of destinations. Displays the number of destinations. For example, in the “transmission result” field of the display item 3c whose “instruction No.” field is “3-5”, the number of transmission errors for “Gr01” is 1 (see FIG. 4). "Error" is displayed. Therefore, the number of destinations for which transmission has failed is clarified.

  As described above, in the report image of the pattern (A), the transmission result display area 3 includes one or more representative destinations (names in the “partner” column, group numbers, etc.) that have been designated by the operation unit 160. Of the transmission results acquired by the transmission processing unit 101, the transmission results (contents of the display items 3b, 3c, 3f, 3j) indicating the transmission failure are displayed. Further, in this report image, a transmission result indicating a failure in transmission to any of a plurality of destinations represented by the representative destination is displayed as a transmission result for the name of the representative destination or the group number. Therefore, confirmation of transmission results to a plurality of destinations represented by the representative destination is facilitated.

  Referring to FIG. 5 again, when the “destination development” information is “none” (NO in step St21) and the “detailed display when transmission is successful” information is “none” (NO in step St22), FIG. The report image of the pattern (B) illustrated in (1) is generated (step St24). The report image of the pattern (B) includes a reduced image 2 of the transmission image data 144, an instruction destination display area 4, and an error display area 5.

  In the designated destination display area 4, a destination whose designated destination is “group”, “wildcard”, or “range designation” is displayed as a representative destination. In the error display area 5, Detailed information about the failure is displayed. The reduced image 2 is as described above.

  In the instruction destination display area 4, the contents of the “destination designation” field in the transmission result recording table 130 are displayed in a grouped state with the same contents in the “type designation” field as a unit. For example, since the destinations designated by “abbreviation” are “001” and “002”, they are displayed as “abbreviation (001, 002)”. In addition, since the destinations specified by “Group” are “Gr01”, “Gr02”, and “Accounting Department”, they are displayed as “Group (Gr01, Gr02, Accounting Department)”.

  On the other hand, in the error display area 5, the content of the detailed data 130b is displayed for each destination for which transmission failed, and the detailed data 130b for each destination for which transmission was successful is not displayed. Each column in the error display area 5 is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, in the pattern (B) report image, one or more representative destinations that have been designated by the operation unit 160 are displayed in the designated destination display area 4, and the transmission processing unit 101 displays in the error display area 5. Among the acquired transmission results, a transmission result indicating the transmission failure is displayed.

  Referring to FIG. 5 again, when the “destination development” information is “Yes” (YES in Step St21) and the “detailed display when transmission is successful” information is “Yes” (YES in Step St22), FIG. A report image of the pattern (C) illustrated in (1) is generated (step St26). Note that the report image in FIG. 8 depicts only the first page of a plurality of pages for convenience.

  The report image of the pattern (C) includes a reduced image 2 of the transmission image data 144 and a detailed display area 6. In the detailed display area 6, the destinations whose designated destinations are “group”, “wildcard”, or “range specification” are expanded and displayed as individual destinations. Detailed information is displayed for both failures. The reduced image 2 is as described above.

  In the detail display area 6, the contents of the detail data 130b are displayed for all of the transmitted individual destinations. That is, the details display area 6 displays the contents of the detailed data 130b for all of the destinations that have been successfully transmitted and the destinations that have failed. Also, unlike the patterns (A) and (B) shown above, each destination is displayed as an expanded individual destination without being collected as a representative destination. Therefore, the report image of the pattern (C) has a larger amount of data than the patterns (A) and (B).

  Referring to FIG. 5 again, when the “destination development” information is “present” (YES in step St21) and the “detailed display when transmission is successful” information is “none” (NO in step St22), FIG. A report image of the pattern (D) exemplified in (2) is generated (step St27).

  The report image of the pattern (D) includes a reduced image 2 of the transmission image data 144, an instruction destination display area 7, and an error display area 5. In the designated destination display area 4, transmission destinations whose designated destination is “group”, “wildcard”, or “range designation” are displayed as individual destinations, and an error display area 5 is displayed. Detailed information about the transmission failure is displayed. The reduced image 2 is as described above.

  In the designated destination display area 7, each destination is displayed as an expanded individual destination. That is, the contents of the “abbreviated number” field in the transmission result recording table 130 and the contents of the “dial number / e-mail address” field corresponding to “full dial” are displayed in the instruction destination display area 7. Further, when the abbreviated numbers are consecutive, for example, as shown in the figure, intermediate numbers may be omitted by displaying “...”. The “abbreviated” and “full dial” numbers are displayed separately from each other.

  As described above, in the report image of the pattern (D), each destination is not collected as a representative destination, but is displayed as an expanded individual destination. Further, the detailed data 130b for each destination that has been successfully transmitted is not displayed. Therefore, the report image of the pattern (C) has a smaller data amount than the pattern (D).

  As described above, in the case of the patterns (A) and (B), a report image in which the transmission destination of information is displayed by a representative destination representing a plurality of destinations is generated together with a transmission result indicating a transmission failure. The communication result of broadcast transmission is simple. Further, the representative destination is simplified by adopting “group”, “wild card”, or “range specification” that specifies a plurality of abbreviated numbers. Further, when the report image is printed by the printing process St13 in FIG. 3, the effect of reducing the amount of paper used can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 has been described as an example of the communication apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the above description can be applied to a communication apparatus such as a mail server that transmits an e-mail. It is.

  In addition, the same effect as the embodiment described so far is that a recording medium in which a program for realizing each of the functions described above is recorded is supplied to the communication device, and a computer in the device executes the program. Can also be obtained. The recording medium may be any one of CD-ROM, DVD, SD card, etc., as long as it can be read by a computer.

  Although the contents of the present invention have been specifically described above with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is obvious that those skilled in the art can take various modifications based on the basic technical idea and teachings of the present invention. It is.

1 Image forming apparatus 10 CPU
101 Transmission processing unit 11 ROM
13 NVRAM
130 Transmission result recording table 14 HDD
142 Destination Acceptance List 144 Transmission Image Data 145 Report Image Data 153 Fax Transmission / Reception Unit 160 Operation Unit 17 LAN Communication Processing Unit 19 Print Data Generation Unit 190 Destination Analysis Unit 191 Report Image Generation Unit

Claims (8)

Receiving means for accepting designation of a representative destination representing a plurality of destinations;
A transmission unit configured to transmit information to each of the plurality of destinations based on the one or more representative destinations whose designation is received by the reception unit;
Acquisition means for individually acquiring the transmission result of the information by the transmission means for each of the plurality of destinations;
Among the transmission results acquired by the acquisition unit, only the result indicating the transmission failure is displayed together with the destination, and for each of the one or more representative destinations for which designation is received by the reception unit, A generation unit configured to generate an image that displays the number of destinations that failed to be transmitted, the accumulated time of communication with the plurality of destinations, or all communication modes used in the communication ; Communication device.   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates an image that further displays the name or group number of the one or more representative destinations whose designation is received by the reception unit.   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of destinations include abbreviated numbers registered corresponding to the destination numbers.   The communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the representative destination includes range specifying information for specifying a plurality of the abbreviated number ranges. Communication device
Receiving means for accepting designation of a representative destination representing a plurality of destinations;
A transmission unit configured to transmit information to each of the plurality of destinations based on the one or more representative destinations whose designation is received by the reception unit;
Acquisition means for individually acquiring the transmission result of the information by the transmission means for each of the plurality of destinations;
Among the transmission results acquired by the acquisition unit, only the result indicating the transmission failure is displayed together with the destination, and for each of the one or more representative destinations for which designation is received by the reception unit, Among the destinations, the number of destinations for which transmission has failed, the accumulated time of communication with the plurality of destinations, or a function for generating an image that displays all communication modes used for the communication , Program to do. The program according to claim 5 , wherein the generation unit generates an image that further displays the name or group number of the one or more representative destinations whose designation is received by the reception unit. The program according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the plurality of destinations include abbreviated numbers registered corresponding to the destination numbers. The program according to claim 7 , wherein the representative destination includes range specifying information for specifying a plurality of the abbreviated number ranges.

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