JP2011160027A - Image display device, communication apparatus, and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate an operator to check the results of communication performed previously, prior to communication to a communication destination. <P>SOLUTION: The image display device includes: a communication destination memory 53, which stores a communication destination to be communicated; a display controller 522, which displays an address book screen C on a display, wherein, each communication destination is listed at the address book screen C as a communication destination candidate; a communication destination accepting portion 523, which accepts a communication destination to be communicated from the operator, while the address book screen C is displayed on the display 410; and a communication result memory 54, which stores the result of communication to a communication destination to which transmission is performed. When the address book screen C is displayed on the display 410, the display controller 522 reads out the communication result corresponding to each communication destination from the communication result memory 54, and displays the read-out communication result in the address book screen C, along with each communication destination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display apparatus, a communication device, and an image forming apparatus, and more particularly to a technique for designating a communication partner at the time of communication.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, communication devices that perform communication such as telephone, facsimile transmission, and electronic mail transmission to a communication partner designated by an operator are known. In such a communication device, although the communication partner registered in the main body is registered assuming that it repeatedly transmits to the same destination, the communication result transmitted to the previous communication partner is Another screen such as a communication log screen showing past communication records must be displayed for confirmation. For this reason, the operator has failed in communication when selecting the communication partner at the time of instructing communication start even though the operator is the communication partner that failed in communication in the previous transmission. The operation to know this is troublesome. Furthermore, even if you try to check on the communication log screen etc., the period or number of communication log retention is often finite, so even if the operator wants to check the previous communication result of a specific communication partner, it is already deleted. There may be.

  Further, the facsimile apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 stores a communication partner whose non-delivery probability of facsimile communication has reached a certain value based on past communication records in a certain value exceeding list, and this certain overtaking list. The stored communication partners are collectively displayed on the display unit.

JP 2008-22279 A

  However, even in the case of the facsimile apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the operator designates the communication partner before the facsimile transmission, the above-mentioned problem in the past communication with respect to the communication partner desired to be designated this time. If you want to check if the probability of reaching is high, perform the task of displaying the communication partner stored in the list above the certain value on the display unit, on a screen different from the communication partner input screen. The confirmation work had to be done, and it was troublesome.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object of the present invention is to enable an operator to easily confirm the result of communication performed before communication to a communication partner. To do.

The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a communication unit that performs communication,
A communication partner storage unit for storing a communication partner indicating a communication partner to be communicated by the communication unit;
A display unit for displaying the communication partner;
A display control unit for displaying on the display unit a communication partner list screen in which the communication partner is listed as a communication partner candidate;
A communication partner receiving unit that receives from the operator a communication partner that causes the communication unit to perform communication when the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit;
A communication result storage unit that stores at least a previous communication result to the communication partner performed by the transmission unit;
The display control unit, when displaying the communication partner list screen on the display unit, reads the communication result corresponding to each communication partner from the communication result storage unit together with the communication partner and reads the communication partner. This is an image display device to be displayed in the destination list screen.

  According to the present invention, when the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit, the communication result corresponding to each communication partner is read from the communication result storage unit and displayed together with each communication partner. Before the communication with the communication partner, the operator can easily confirm the result of the communication performed previously.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the image display device according to the first aspect, wherein the display control unit stores the communication result when the communication partner list screen is displayed on the display unit. The communication result is displayed on the initial screen of the communication partner list screen together with the communication partner, and the communication result is not a communication error. As for the communication partner, the communication result associated with each communication partner is not displayed on the communication partner list screen.

  According to the present invention, when the communication result corresponding to the communication partner is a communication error, the display control unit indicates that the communication to the communication partner has caused a communication error. If the communication result is not a communication error, the communication result for each communication partner is not displayed on the communication partner list screen. By avoiding the situation where important information cannot be grasped, the operator can accurately grasp the fact that an error has occurred in the previous communication, which is important information during communication.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is the image display device according to claim 2, wherein a communication result display request reception request for receiving a corresponding communication result display request from the operator is received for each communication partner. Further comprising
When the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit, the display control unit determines that the communication result corresponding to each communication partner stored in the communication result storage unit is a communication error. When the communication result is displayed on the initial screen of the communication partner list screen, and the communication result is not a communication error, the communication result display request receiving unit receives the display request for the communication partner. The communication result associated with each communication partner is displayed on the communication partner list screen.

  According to the present invention, when the communication result corresponding to the communication partner is a communication error, the display control unit indicates that the communication to the communication partner has caused a communication error. If the communication result is not a communication error, and the communication result is requested by the operator, the communication result for each communication partner is displayed on the communication partner list screen. The fact that an error has occurred in the previous communication, which is important information during communication, can be accurately grasped, and other communication results can be displayed and grasped as necessary.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is the image display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the destination information stored in the destination information storage unit A selection receiving unit that receives an instruction to select arbitrary destination information from the operator;
The display control unit is configured not to display the communication result on the communication partner list screen for the communication partner selected by the selection receiving unit.

  According to this invention, since the display control unit does not display the communication result on the communication partner list screen for the communication partner selected by the selection accepting unit, the operator can communicate only with the desired communication partner. The result can be displayed on the communication partner list screen.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is a communication device including the image display device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising the image display device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

  According to the present invention, the operator can easily confirm the result of the communication performed first before the communication with the communication partner.

1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral that is an example of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It is the elements on larger scale of an operation part. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows 1st Embodiment of the process at the time of displaying a communication other party and a communication result on a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a display part. It is a flowchart which shows 2nd Embodiment of the process at the time of displaying a communication other party and a communication result on a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a display part. It is a flowchart which shows the modification of the process at the time of displaying a communication other party and a communication result on a display part. (A) and (b) are figures which show an example of the display screen of a display part.

  Hereinafter, an image display apparatus and an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral that is an example of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the operation unit 400. The multifunction device 1 has a scanner function, a facsimile function, a printer function, a copy function, and the like. The multi-function device 1 includes a main body 200, a paper post-processing section 300 disposed on the paper carry-out side, for example, the left side of the main body 200, an operation section 400 for an operator to input various operation commands, and the like. The document reading unit 500 is disposed at the upper part of the main body unit 200 and the document feeding unit 600 is disposed at the upper part of the document reading unit 500.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 made up of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and the like, and an operation key unit 430 into which an operation instruction is input from the operator. The operation key unit 430 includes a help key 431, a start key 432, a numeric keypad 433, a function switching key 434, and the like.

  The help key 431 receives an instruction from the operator to cause the display unit 410 to display an operation screen (help screen) that displays each operation method related to the scanner function, facsimile function, printer function, copy function, and the like.

  The start key 432 receives an instruction to start each operation such as a copy operation and a scan operation from the operator. The numeric keypad 433 is a key for receiving an instruction for designating the number of copies from the operator. In the present embodiment, the numeric keypad 433 functions as an information input unit that receives input of information (for example, a user box number) necessary for inputting an operation instruction corresponding to the operation screen displayed on the display unit 410.

  The function switching key 434 has a copy function, a transmission function (scanner function, facsimile function, etc.), a document box function (function to read and print data stored in a storage area (mail box) in the HDD 74 described later), and the like. This is a key for receiving a function switching instruction for switching between them from the operator.

  The display unit 410 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and includes a touch panel unit combined with a touch panel function. The display unit 410 displays various operation screens and allows the operator to input execution commands for various functions by touching the display surface (displayed operation keys).

  The document feeding unit 60 includes a document placement unit 601, a paper feed roller 602, a document transport unit 603, and a document discharge unit 604, and the document reading unit 500 includes a scanner 501. The paper feed roller 602 feeds the required number of documents set on the document placement unit 601 one by one, and the document transport unit 603 sequentially transports the fed document to the reading position of the scanner 501. The scanner 501 sequentially reads images of the conveyed document, and the read document is discharged to the document discharge unit 604.

  The main body 200 includes a plurality of paper feed cassettes 201, a plurality of paper feed rollers 202, a transfer roller 203, a photosensitive drum 204, an exposure device 206, a developing device 207, a fixing roller 208, a discharge port 209, a discharge tray 210, and the like. Prepare.

  The photosensitive drum 204 is uniformly charged by a charging device (not shown) while rotating in the direction of the arrow. The exposure device 206 scans the photosensitive drum 204 with laser light modulated in accordance with the image of the original read by the original reading unit 500, and forms an electrostatic latent image for each color on the drum surface. The developing device 207 supplies a black developer to the photosensitive drum 204 to form a toner image.

  On the other hand, the paper feed roller 202 draws the print paper from the paper feed cassette 201 in which the print paper is stored, and feeds the print paper to the transfer roller 203. The transfer roller 203 transfers the toner image on the photosensitive drum 204 to the conveyed printing paper, and the fixing roller 208 heats and fixes the transferred toner image on the printing paper. Thereafter, the printing paper is carried into the paper post-processing unit 300 from the discharge port 209 of the main body unit 200. The printing paper is also discharged to the discharge tray 210 as necessary.

  The paper post-processing unit 300 includes a carry-in port 301, a print paper carrying unit 302, a carry-out port 303, a stack tray 304, and the like. The printing paper conveyance unit 302 sequentially conveys the printing paper carried into the carry-in port 301 from the discharge port 209 and finally discharges the printing paper from the carry-out port 303 to the stack tray 304. The stack tray 304 is configured to be movable up and down in the direction of the arrow in accordance with the number of print sheets stacked from the carry-out port 303.

  FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the MFP shown in FIG. The multifunction device 1 includes a scanner unit 11, an image processing unit 21, a printer unit 31, an operation unit 400, a control unit 51, a network I / F (interface) unit 71, an HDD (hard disk drive) 74, and a facsimile communication unit 75. .

The scanner unit 11 includes an exposure lamp 12 and a CCD (charge coupled device) 13 that constitute the scanner 501 shown in FIG. The scanner unit 11 irradiates the document with the exposure lamp 12 and receives the reflected light with the CCD 13, thereby reading an image from the document and outputting an image corresponding to the read image to the image processing unit 21.

  The image processing unit 21 includes a correction unit 22, an image processing unit 23, and an image memory 24. The image processing unit 21 processes the read image by the correction unit 22 and the image processing unit 23 as necessary. The image processed by the image processing unit 21 is stored in the image memory 24 for printing or output to the printer unit 31. The correction unit 22 performs predetermined correction processing such as level correction and γ correction on the read image. The image processing unit 23 performs various types of processing such as image compression or expansion processing and enlargement or reduction processing.

  The printer unit 31 is an image composed of a paper transport unit 32 composed of the paper feed cassette 201 and paper feed roller 202 shown in FIG. 1, the photoconductive drum 204, the exposure device 206 and the development device 207 shown in FIG. The image forming apparatus includes a forming unit 33, a transfer unit 34 including the transfer roller 203 shown in FIG. 1, and a fixing unit 35 including the fixing roller 208 shown in FIG. The printer unit 31 prints an image on recording paper using the document data read by the scanner unit 11. Specifically, the paper transport unit 32 transports the recording paper to the image forming unit 33, the image forming unit 33 forms a toner image corresponding to the above image, and the transfer unit 34 transfers the toner image to the recording paper. The fixing unit 35 fixes the toner image on the recording paper to form an image.

  The network I / F unit 71 uses a network interface (10 / 100Base-TX) or the like, and controls transmission / reception of various data to / from an external device via the LAN or the Internet via a router. The network I / F unit 71 is a personal computer connected to the multi-function device 1 through, for example, a LAN under the control of the operation control unit 521, and has an address designated by the operator through the operation of the operation unit 400 Original image data read by the scanner unit 11 is transmitted to the personal computer and stored in a folder in the personal computer designated by the operator. The network I / F unit 71 is a computer connected to the multifunction machine 1 through the router or the like under the control of the operation control unit 521, for example. An electronic mail is transmitted to the personal computer having the designated address.

  The HDD 74 stores an image read by the scanner unit 11, an output format set for the image, and the like.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 and an operation key unit 430 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The display unit 410 displays a plurality of keys that accept input of various instructions by a touch panel function under the control of the display control unit 522.

  For example, when an address book screen C shown in FIG. 6 described later is displayed on the display unit 410, an “OK” key 411 and a cancel key 412 are displayed in the screen by display control of the display control unit 522.

  The “OK” key 411 is a key for accepting an input completion instruction indicating the completion of the input of the operation instruction corresponding to the address book screen C from the operator using the touch panel function.

  The cancel key 412 is a soft key that accepts an instruction to cancel the input of the input operation instruction from the operator by the touch panel function when the operation instruction corresponding to the address book screen C has already been input by the operator.

  The operation key unit 430 is provided with the function switching key 434, the start key 432, the numeric keypad 433 and the like shown in FIG. The CPU 52 of the control unit 51 receives instructions input by the operator from the keys of the display unit 410 and the operation unit 400.

  The facsimile communication unit 75 includes an encoding / decoding unit (not shown), a modem unit (not shown), and an NCU (Network Control Unit) (not shown). The facsimile communication unit 75 transmits the image data of the document read by the scanner unit 11 under the control of the operation control unit 521 to the facsimile apparatus of the communication partner designated by the operation of the operation unit 400 by the operator via a telephone line. The image data is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus or the like via the network, or the image data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus or the like is received. The encoding / decoding unit compresses and encodes image data to be transmitted, and decompresses and decodes received image data. The modem unit modulates the compressed and encoded image data into an audio signal, and demodulates the received signal (audio signal) into image data. The NCU controls connection via a telephone line to a facsimile machine or the like as a transmission / reception destination. In addition, the facsimile communication unit 75 designates the facsimile device of the communication partner designated by the operation of the operation unit 400 by the operator or the multifunction device 1 as a recipient of facsimile data under the control of the operation control unit 521. Data communication by Internet fax is performed between incoming external facsimile machines.

  The control unit 51 includes a CPU 52 and a data storage unit 50. The CPU 52 controls the operation of the multifunction device 1.

  The data storage unit 50 includes a communication partner storage unit 53 and a communication result storage unit 54.

  The communication partner storage unit 53 includes a memory or the like, and includes an address indicating the transmission partner of the e-mail input by the operation of the operation unit 400 by the operator, a personal computer that stores the document image data, and a folder thereof Is stored as a communication partner of communication by the network I / F unit 71 or communication by the facsimile communication unit 75.

  The communication result storage unit 54 includes a memory or the like, and communication results for these communications acquired by the operation control unit 521 when communication by the network I / F unit 71 and communication by the facsimile communication unit 75 are performed. (For example, a communication error indicating that communication has not been established, a communication success indicating that communication has been established, and the like) are stored. The types of communication error acquired by the operation control unit 521 as the communication result and stored in the communication result storage unit 54 are as follows: (1) In the case of e-mail transmission, the transmission destination address is invalid and transmission cannot be completed. (2) In the case of data transmission to a personal computer, information such as denial of access to the personal computer that is the communication partner, (3) In the case of facsimile communication, information such as rejection of the communication partner's incoming call or busy is stored. .

  The CPU 52 includes an operation control unit 521, a display control unit 522, a communication partner reception unit 523, a selection reception unit 524, and a communication result display request reception unit 525. The operation control unit 521 controls operation of each unit (the operation unit 400, the scanner unit 11, the image processing unit 21, the printer unit 31, and the like) of the multifunction machine 1. For example, as described above, the operation control unit 521 controls communication by the network I / F unit 71 and communication by the facsimile communication unit 75.

  The display control unit 522 controls the display operation of the display unit 410. The display control unit 522 reads out image data and the like necessary for display of the operation screen from a data storage unit (not shown), and together with each information stored in the communication partner storage unit 53 and the communication result storage unit 54, an address A book screen C (an example of a communication partner list screen) is generated and displayed on the display unit 410.

  The communication partner accepting unit 523 selects a communication partner that performs communication by the network I / F unit 71 and the facsimile communication unit 75 when the address book screen C is displayed on the display unit 410 by the display control unit 522. The communication partner indicated is received based on the operation of the operation unit 400 by the operator.

  The selection receiving unit 524 is a communication partner stored in the communication partner storage unit 53, and is selected from the communication partners displayed on the display unit 410 as the address book screen C by the display control unit 522. Receives an instruction to select an arbitrary communication partner as a communication partner based on an operation of the operation unit 400 by the operator. Note that the display control unit 522 does not cause the display unit 410 to display the communication result as the address book screen C for the communication partner selected by the operator in the selection receiving unit 524.

  The communication result display request receiving unit 525 receives from the operator a display request for communication results corresponding to each communication partner displayed on the address book screen C by display control by the display control unit 522. As an embodiment according to the present invention, (1) when the display control unit 522 displays the address display screen C on the display unit 410, the communication result display request receiving unit 525 requests the display of the communication result from the operator. Regardless of the presence or absence, the first embodiment displays the communication result associated with each communication partner and stored in the communication result storage unit 54 on the display unit 410 (in this embodiment, the communication result display request reception unit) 525 is not an essential component.) (2) When the display control unit 522 displays the address display screen C on the display unit 410, the communication corresponding to each communication partner stored in the communication result storage unit 54 When it is determined that the result is a communication error, the communication result is displayed on the initial screen of the address display screen C. If the communication result is not a communication error, the communication result display request accepting unit 525 is operated. (In this embodiment, a communication result display request receiving unit 525 is an essential component) the second embodiment in which the display request from the user is displayed on the address display screen C when accepted and there is. In the case of the second embodiment, when the display control unit 522 initially displays the address display screen C on the display unit 410, the communication result corresponding to each communication partner stored in the communication result storage unit 54 is a communication error. For the communication partner whose communication result is determined to be a communication error, the communication result is displayed together with the communication partner, and for the communication partner whose communication result is determined not to be a communication error. The communication result is not displayed together with the communication partner.

  The image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an operation unit 400, a display unit 410, an operation control unit 521, a display control unit 522, and a communication result storage unit 54, in addition to this. Furthermore, at least one of the network I / F unit 71 or the facsimile communication unit 75 is provided.

  Note that a display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored in a storage medium in the MFP 1 such as the HDD 74, and the CPU 52 performs operation control according to the display control program, whereby the display control unit 522 is operated. , Function as a communication partner reception unit 523, selection reception unit 524, and communication result display request reception unit 525, and further cause the memory of the control unit 52 to function as the communication result storage unit 54. This display control program is stored in the HDD 74 or the like by reading from a CD-ROM or DVD, or by downloading from a server on the Internet via the network I / F 71.

  However, the display control unit 522, the communication partner reception unit 523, the selection reception unit 524, and the communication result display request reception unit 525 are not limited to those realized by the CPU 52 controlling the operation according to the display control program. The display control unit 522, the communication partner reception unit 523, the selection reception unit 524, and the communication result display request reception unit 525 may be provided in hardware by a circuit or the like.

  Next, a description will be given of a first embodiment of processing performed when the multifunction device 1 displays the operation status of each function on the display unit 410. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of processing when displaying a communication partner and a communication result on the display unit 410, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating an example of a display screen of the display unit 410.

  When the main power supply of the multifunction device 1 is turned on by the operator, the display control unit 522 causes the display unit 410 to display an initial display screen A as shown in FIG. 5 (S1). In the present embodiment, as an example of the initial display screen A, the display control unit 522 shows an example in which the display unit 410 displays a display screen on which the operating conditions for the copy function can be set.

  When the display control unit 522 is displaying the initial display screen A on the display unit 410, an operation instruction other than the transmission function, such as a copy operation execution instruction, is input by the operator, and the operation control unit 521. (No in S2), another operation in which the input is accepted is executed by the operation control unit 521 (S9).

  When the display control unit 522 displays the initial display screen A on the display unit 410, for example, the transmission key 4341 that forms the function switching key 434 of the operation key unit 430 is pressed by the operator, and based on this pressing operation When the operation control unit 521 receives a transmission function start instruction for transmitting image data or the like acquired by the multifunction device 1 to an external device (YES in S2), the display control unit 522 stores in the communication partner storage unit 53. The stored communication partner (the address indicating the destination of the e-mail transmission, the address indicating the personal computer and the folder storing the original image data, the facsimile number, etc.) is read and the read communication partner is read. Past communication results stored in association with each other (in this embodiment, the communication result for the previous one time is stored in the communication partner storage unit 53. Are further read from the communication result storage unit 54 (S3).

  Subsequently, the display control unit 522 reads out image data and the like necessary for displaying the address book screen C for receiving designation of the communication partner from the operator from a data storage unit (not shown), and in S4 above Using the read communication partner and the communication result corresponding to each communication partner, an address book screen C as shown in FIG. 6 is generated and displayed on the display unit 410 (S4).

  When the display unit 522 displays the address book screen C on the display unit 410, if a display portion of a desired communication partner on the address book screen C is pressed by a touch operation by the operator, the operation is performed by the touch panel function. The communication partner displayed in the pressed part in the communication partner reception unit 523 via the unit 400 and the communication method stored in the communication partner storage unit 53 in association with the communication partner Is accepted as the communication partner and communication method of this time (YES in S5).

  When the OK button 411 on the address book screen C is pressed by the touch operation by the operator after accepting the communication partner and communication method in S5, the operation control unit 521 sends the communication partner to the received communication partner. Communication is performed using the accepted communication method (S6). For example, when the operator presses the “Name: Osaka Company Details: 66-6666-6666” display portion 419 shown on the address book screen C as a facsimile transmission destination and presses the OK button 411, The operation control unit 521 causes the facsimile communication unit 75 to perform facsimile transmission to the facsimile number “66-6666-6666”. In this case, the operation control unit 521 causes the scanner unit 11 to read the document set in the document reading unit 500, and causes the facsimile communication unit 75 to send the image of the read document to the designated communication partner number. Send.

  After the completion of the communication, the operation control unit 521 receives the communication result (for example, as described above (for example, a communication error indicating that communication has not been established) from the facsimile communication unit 75 or the network I / F unit 711. (Successful communication indicating that communication has been established, etc.) is acquired (S7), and the operation control unit 521 stores the acquired communication result information in the communication result storage unit 54 (S8). The communication result stored in this way is used for display of the address book screen C in S4 by the display control unit 522 when a communication partner is designated at the next communication.

  In the first embodiment, the communication partner storage unit 53 stores the communication result for the previous communication for each communication partner, and the display control unit 522 displays the communication result for the communication partner for the previous communication. The communication partner storage unit 53 reads the data and displays it in the address book screen C. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For each communication partner, a predetermined number of times until the previous communication (for example, 20 Communication control results are stored, and the display control unit 522 may read the communication results of each communication partner for the plurality of times from the communication partner storage unit 53 and display it in the address book screen C. .

  Next, a description will be given of a second embodiment of processing performed when the operation status of each function is displayed on the display unit 410 by the multifunction device 1. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of processing when displaying a communication partner and a communication result on the display unit 410. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the display unit 410. The description of the same processing as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the operation control unit 521 receives an instruction to start the transmission function (YES in S12), the display control unit 522 reads out the communication partner stored in the communication partner storage unit 53, When the past communication result stored in association with the read communication partner is read from the communication result storage unit 54 (S13), the display control unit 522 further has a communication error in the previous communication result. A communication partner is extracted (S14).

  Based on the extraction result of S14, the display control unit 522 displays each communication partner as shown in FIG. 8, and the communication result (only the communication partner whose previous communication result is a communication error ( That is, the communication error) is displayed on the address book screen C (S15). At this time, the display control unit 522 does not display the communication result on the address book screen C for the communication partner whose communication result is not a communication error based on the extraction result of S14.

  After the address book screen C is displayed in S15, if a communication result display request is received by the communication result display request receiving unit 525 via the operation unit 400 based on the operation of the operator (YES in S16), the display The control unit 522 displays the communication results for all communication partners as shown in the example of FIG. 6 (S17). For example, when the “previous” display portion 413 illustrated in FIG. 8 is pressed by the operator, the instruction for the communication result display request is input to the operation unit 400 by the touch panel function, and the communication result display request is transmitted via the operation unit 400. Is received by the communication result display request receiving unit 525.

  In this case, the display control unit 522 may display the communication result only for the communication partner designated by the operator. For example, the operator presses the display part 420 of “name: Osaka company details: kyo@ky.jp” shown as the communication partner of the e-mail on the address book screen C, and presses the OK button 411. Display control unit 522 may display the communication result for the designated communication partner.

  After the above processing, the processing of S18 to S21 is performed in the second embodiment as well as S5 to S8 described in the first embodiment.

  Next, further modifications of the first and second embodiments will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a modified form of processing when the communication partner and the communication result are displayed on the display unit 410. FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating an example of the display screen of the display unit 410. The description of the same processing as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is omitted.

  In this modification, the display control unit 522 displays the communication result only for the specific communication partner selected by the operator.

  In the modification, when the address book screen C is displayed on the display unit 410 by the display control unit 522, a desired communication partner on the address book screen C shown in FIG. The display portion 414 is pressed, and thereafter, a “result non-display” button 415 is pressed, and the communication partner displayed in the pressed portion is displayed on the selection receiving unit 524 via the operation unit 400 by the touch panel function. When the selection is accepted (YES in S32), the selection accepting unit 524 stores the communication partner as a communication partner whose communication result is not displayed (S33). The subsequent communication processing (S34) is performed in the same manner as in the first or second embodiment.

  In S31 in this modification, the display control unit 522 receives an instruction to start the transmission function from the operation control unit 521, and the display control unit 522 displays the communication partner stored in the communication partner storage unit 53 and the communication partner. When the communication result associated with is read, the display control unit 522 displays the communication partner stored in the selection receiving unit 524 as the communication partner whose communication result is not displayed. As shown in the example, the communication result is not displayed on the address book screen C. At this time, the display control unit 522 does not read out the communication result associated with the communication partner stored in the selection receiving unit 524 as the communication partner whose communication result is not displayed. Also good.

  Thus, the communication partner selected by the selection accepting unit 524 does not display the communication result on the address book screen C, so that the operator displays the communication result on only the desired communication partner on the address book screen C. The display contents of the address book screen C become complicated, and it becomes possible to narrow down to the communication result desired by the operator and easily grasp this.

  The configuration and processing according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 are merely examples of the configuration and processing of the display control apparatus and the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, and the configuration and processing of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention are the same. The processing is not limited to the contents shown above.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention has been described as the multi-function device 1. However, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the multi-function device, and may be a copier, a facsimile machine, a printer, or the like. . Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the image forming apparatus, and may be another communication device such as a mobile phone or a mobile device capable of data communication.

1 MFP 51 Control Unit 52 CPU
521 Operation control unit 522 Display control unit 523 Communication partner reception unit 524 Selection reception unit 525 Communication result display request reception unit 53 Communication partner storage unit 54 Communication result storage unit 71 Network I / F unit 75 Facsimile communication unit 400 Operation unit 410 Display section C Address book screen

Claims (6)

A communication unit for communication;
A communication partner storage unit for storing a communication partner indicating a communication partner to be communicated by the communication unit;
A display unit for displaying the communication partner;
A display control unit for displaying on the display unit a communication partner list screen in which the communication partner is listed as a communication partner candidate;
A communication partner receiving unit that receives from the operator a communication partner that causes the communication unit to perform communication when the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit;
A communication result storage unit that stores at least a previous communication result to the communication partner performed by the transmission unit;
The display control unit, when displaying the communication partner list screen on the display unit, reads the communication result corresponding to each communication partner from the communication result storage unit together with the communication partner and reads the communication partner. An image display device to be displayed in the destination list screen.   When the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit, the communication result is determined when the previous communication result stored in the communication result storage unit is determined to be a communication error. Is displayed on the initial screen of the communication partner list screen together with the communication partner, and for the communication partner whose communication result is not a communication error, the communication result associated with each communication partner is displayed on the communication partner list screen. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the image display device is not displayed. For each communication partner, further comprises a communication result display request receiving unit that receives a corresponding display request for the communication result from an operator,
When the display control unit displays the communication partner list screen on the display unit, the communication result is determined when the previous communication result stored in the communication result storage unit is determined to be a communication error. Is displayed on the initial screen of the communication partner list screen together with the communication partner, and for the communication partner whose communication result is not a communication error, when the display request is received by the communication result display request receiving unit, The image display device according to claim 2, wherein a communication result associated with a communication partner is displayed on the communication partner list screen. A selection receiving unit that receives from the operator an instruction to select arbitrary destination information from the destination information stored in the transmission destination information storage unit;
The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit does not display the communication result on the communication partner list screen for the communication partner selected by the selection receiving unit.   The communication apparatus provided with the image display apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4.   An image forming apparatus comprising the image display device according to claim 1.

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