Transmission result output method for use in data transmission apparatus

• US 6,833,934 B1
• Filed: 02/10/2000
• Issued: 12/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Suehiro, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Kimberly
• Assistant Examiner(s): CARTER, TIA A
• Application Number:
  US09/501,213
• Time in Patent Office: 1,776 Days
• Field of Search: 358/468, 358/1.15, 358/1.16, 358/401, 358/403, 358/404, 358/405, 358/400, 358/440, 358/442, 345/173, 345/174
• US Class Current: 358/468
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32106 separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3202 of communication or activity log or report
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/328 Processing of the additional information

Abstract

As described above, a user selects desired ones of the transmission results and then depresses the start key. Then, only the selected transmission results are extracted from the transmission results recorded in a transmission management section 18a and are printed in a transmission management record. Thus, only the transmission results selected from many, which the user wishes to check, can be printed. This prevents a waste of paper sheets. Moreover, since only the transmission results the user has selected are printed in the form of a transmission management record, the user can check and confirm them easily.

Claims

1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

an operating panel having a display section with an incorporated touch panel;

a facsimile section operating when a transmission destination and an instruction for starting facsimile transmission are entered from the operating panel, and transmitting facsimile data to the transmission destination through a communication line;

a transmission management section for storing transmission results of the facsimile data transmitted by the facsimile section;

a control section operating when an instruction is entered to confirm transmission results stored in the transmission management section, and displaying a list of the transmission results on the display section; and

an output section operating when transmission results to be output are selected from the list of the transmission results using the touch panel, and outputting only the selected transmission results.

2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output section is a printer for printing only transmission results selected on the touch panel, on an image recording medium.

3. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output section is a display control section for displaying only transmission results selected on the touch panel.

4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an identification data management section for checking whether or not identification data related to a transmission content to be transmitted are entered using the touch panel when an instruction to start facsimile transmission is input,

said control section operating when identification data is entered using the touch panel in a state where a list of transmission results are displayed on the display section, and selecting all transmission results associated with the identification data stored in the transmission management section.

5. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the identification data further identifies a content or purpose of a document that corresponds to the transmission content to be transmitted.

6. A method which a facsimile apparatus uses to confirm transmission results, comprising:

checking whether or not a transmission destination and an instruction for starting facsimile transmission are entered from an operating panel having a display section with an incorporated touch panel, and transmitting facsimile data to the transmission destination through a communication line;

storing transmission results of the facsimile data transmitted by the facsimile section;

checking whether or not an instruction is entered to confirm transmission results stored in the transmission management section, and displaying a list of the transmission results on the display section; and

checking whether or not transmission results to be output are selected from the list of the transmission results using the touch panel, and outputting only the selected transmission results.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein transmission results selected using the touch panel are output by being printed on an image recording medium using a printer.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein transmission results selected using the touch panel are output by being displayed on the display section.

9. A method according to claim 6, further comprising checking whether or not identification data related to a transmission content to be transmitted are entered using the touch panel when an instruction to start facsimile transmission is input,

transmission results selected using the touch panel being displayed by checking whether or not identification data is entered using the touch panel in a state where a list of transmission results are displayed on the display section, and selecting all transmission results associated with the identification data stored in the transmission management section.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the identification data further identifies a content or purpose of a document that corresponds to the transmission content to be transmitted.