Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016070613-A1
Application number	US-201514833468-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 24, 2015
Priority date	Sep 8, 2014
Publication date	Mar 10, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A history of transmission/reception via a line is stored in association with the line, and it is detected whether or not a communication apparatus is physically connected to the line. Then if the line is detected to be disconnected, it is determined whether or not a history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored. If it is determined that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored, notification is given to a user that the line is disconnected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication apparatus comprising:
a history storage unit configured to store a history of transmission/reception via a line in association with the line; a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to the line; a first determination unit configured to, if the detection unit detects that the line is disconnected, determine whether or not a history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the history storage unit; and a notification unit configured to notify a user that the line is disconnected if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the history storage unit.

2 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communication apparatus can be connected to a plurality of lines, the history storage unit stores a history of transmission/reception via each of the plurality of lines, and the detection unit detects whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to each of the plurality of lines.

3 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the notification unit performs notification including a date and time of latest transmission/reception extracted from the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line stored in the history storage unit.

4 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection unit configured to select any one of displaying, printing or e-mailing for the notification unit to notify that the line is disconnected.

5 . The communication apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the selection unit, in a case where an operation screen of a transmission function is displayed on a display unit, selects displaying to notify that the line is disconnected.

6 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communication apparatus is capable of being connected to a plurality of lines, and further comprises: a registration unit configured to register, for each of the lines, a setting as a transmission destination, a setting of a telephone number or a name, or setting information set as a transfer destination; and a second determination unit configured to, if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is not stored in the history storage unit, determine whether or not the disconnected line is registered in the registration unit, wherein the notification unit notifies the user that the line is disconnected if the second determination unit determines that the disconnected line is registered in the registration unit, even in a case where the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is not stored in the history storage unit.

7 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an invalidation unit configured to invalidate an operation of a designation unit configured to designate a start of transmission if a line designated to be used for transmission is detected to be disconnected by the detection unit.

8 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection unit detects whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to the line, based on whether or not a line voltage is 0 V.

9 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection unit detects whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to the line, using a silicon DAA and a modem.

10 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the notification unit does not notify the user that the line is disconnected, if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is not stored in the history storage unit.

11 . The communication apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the notification unit does not notify the user that the line is disconnected, if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is not stored in the history storage unit and the second determination unit determines that the disconnected line is not registered in the registration unit.

12 . The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage unit configured to store, in addition to a history of transmission/reception via the line, information indicating whether or not there has been communication via the line after a power supply of the communication apparatus is turned on, wherein the notification unit notifies the user that the line is disconnected, if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the history storage unit and the storage unit stores information indicating that there has been communication.

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , the information indicating whether or not there has been communication stored in the storage unit is erased when the power supply of the communication apparatus is turned off.

14 . A method of controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:
storing, in a memory, a history of transmission/reception via a line in association with the line; detecting whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to the line; if it is detected in the detecting that the line is disconnected, determining whether or not a history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the memory; and notifying a user that the line is disconnected if it is determined in the determining that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the memory.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing the computer to function as a communication apparatus comprising:
a history storage unit configured to store a history of transmission/reception via a line in association with the line; a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the communication apparatus is physically connected to the line; a first determination unit configured to, if the detection unit detects that the line is disconnected, determine whether or not a history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the history storage unit; and a notification unit configured to notify a user that the line is disconnected if the first determination unit determines that the history of transmission/reception regarding the disconnected line is stored in the history storage unit.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Inoue Yutaka
• Naito Yosui

Classifications

• G06F11/0751 Primary

  Error or fault detection not based on redundancy (power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06) · CPC title

• G06F11/0733

  in a data processing system embedded in an image processing device, e.g. printer, facsimile, scanner · CPC title

• G06F11/079

  Root cause analysis, i.e. error or fault diagnosis (in a hardware test environment G06F11/22; in a software test environment G06F11/36) · CPC title

• G06F11/0787

  Storage of error reports, e.g. persistent data storage, storage using memory protection · CPC title

• G06F11/0772 Primary

  Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers · CPC title