JPH04270549A - Facsimile display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To understand accurately date and time display even at any district of overseas and to allow the operator to easily select the display system by devising the outputted date time display system to be switched by a software switch. CONSTITUTION:A selection means of the date and time display system consists of the software and is operated based on a specific button entry on a control panel of a facsimile equipment. For example, a software switch A is selected, the date and time display form A is selected and when a software switch B is selected, the date and time display form B is selected. That is, the date time display form is selected by the operator operating the software switch and printed out on an LCD and a printer, and for example, in the case of the date and time display form B, the display is indicated as month 1, date 2, the Christian Era 3 and time 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile display mechanism that can automatically display the date and time during transmission and reception.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, facsimile machines equipped with a liquid crystal display section such as an LCD and a display mechanism for displaying a message on a print have been used, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-228164, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 62-71960, and Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 62-1999. -63790
No. 1 and Utility Model Application Publication No. 1-82542. What is shown in FIG. 2(a) explains the date and time display format output on the LCD and print of these conventional examples, where 6 is the month, 2 is the date, 5 is the day of the week, and 4 is the hour.
Everything is shown in Arabic numerals, except for the days of the week, which are shown in alphabetical letters.

As described above, in the conventional facsimile machine, the date and time on the LCD is displayed as an initial screen when the power of the facsimile machine is turned on, and is also displayed on the printout every time a report is output.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional facsimile machine is configured as described above, it only outputs a date and time display in which the year, month, and day are all displayed in Arabic numerals, and when used in a specific area overseas, There are regions where the month and day are reversed.
There was a problem with misreading.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a facsimile display mechanism that allows the date and time display to be accurately understood in any region overseas and allows the operator to easily select the display method. The purpose is to

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile display mechanism according to the present invention is a facsimile display mechanism that displays the date and time at the time of transmission, and includes a plurality of date and time display formats depending on the destination area, and switches these date and time display formats using software. It is equipped with a selection means for selecting by operation.

[0007]

[Operation] The facsimile display mechanism according to the present invention easily switches a specific date and time display format from a plurality of date and time display formats based on the selection by the software selection means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be explained below based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, showing a date and time display method selection means, which is configured by software. This selection means operates based on a specific button input on the control panel of the facsimile machine. For example, when switch A by software is selected in step S1, the date and time display format A shown in FIG. On the other hand, when switch B is selected, date and time display format B shown in FIG. 2(b) is selected (step S3). Here, in FIG. 2(b), 1 is the month (English alphabet), 2 is the date,
3 is the year of the Western calendar, and 4 is the time.

That is, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 1, the operator selects the date and time display format of FIG.
and print it out.

[0010] In the above embodiment, when the year, month, and day were all displayed in Arabic numerals, the month was displayed in English alphabets, which are an international common language, due to the inconsistency of interpretation in each region. In order to accommodate each specific region, as shown in Figure 3, the number of date and time display formats that can be selected is increased so that the operator can also select month display formats in French, Italian, etc., and the same effect as in the above embodiment is achieved. play.

[0011]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention,
The date and time display format output on the LCD and printout is configured so that it can be switched using a software switch, so the operator can choose the display format he or she wants to use, and the switching method is easy. It has an effect that can be used even in areas where it is understood.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, showing the operation of a facsimile machine in which the date and time display format is changed by an operator operating a software switch.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a date and time display format.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation when the number of selected date and time display formats is increased.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Month (alphabet) 2 Date (Arabic numerals) 3 Year (Arabic numerals) 4 Time (Arabic numerals) 5 Day of the week (alphabet) 6 Month (Arabic numerals)

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A facsimile display mechanism for displaying date and time at the time of transmission, characterized by having a plurality of date and time display formats depending on the destination area, and selection means for selecting one of these date and time display formats by operating a switch using software. facsimile display mechanism.