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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image communication device that temporarily stores input image information in an image memory and then transmits the image information to a destination. [Prior Art] In recent years, facsimile apparatuses having effective functions such as time-specified transmission and sequential broadcast transmission to a plurality of destinations have been put into practical use. When the set time is reached, the stored image information is transmitted to the designated destination, or the image information accumulated each time is transmitted to the destination while sequentially calling a plurality of destinations. I have. Usually, in such a facsimile apparatus, a plurality of different pieces of image information are often stored in an image memory. When the operator wants to check the image information stored by himself, the image information is designated and the facsimile apparatus Copies were output to a recording device such as a plotter. For this reason, conventionally, there has been an inconvenience that the recording paper is wasted to confirm the input image information. In the mode in which only a part of the input image information is specified and transmitted, the transmission portion is specified by inputting the distance of the image information from the leading edge of the document. Therefore, since the image information actually transmitted cannot be confirmed, the operator is anxious. In particular, when the transmission portion is specified incorrectly, the same information must be transmitted again by the report from the destination. This had the disadvantage of causing many wastes. [Purpose] The present invention has been made to solve the above-described disadvantages of the related art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image communication device capable of easily confirming image information stored in an image memory. [Configuration] The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus for temporarily storing input image information in an image memory and then transmitting the image information to a destination, by providing identification information for identifying the image information to the stored image information. Information providing means, management information storage means for storing the identification information in association with the stored image information, reading means for identifying corresponding image information based on the identification information, and reading the image information from the image memory; , An image information display size detecting means for detecting a display size of the image information read by the reading means, and a display area corresponding to the display size of the image information is set on a display screen of the display means. A display area setting means, a display size of the image information detected by the image information display size detecting means, and a magnification corresponding to the size of the display area set by the display area setting means. Scaling means for scaling the picture information; display control means for displaying the image information scaled by the scaling means in a display area set on the display means; and display control means for changing the image information displayed on the display means. Area designating means for designating an arbitrary area, transmitting means for transmitting image information to a destination, and transmission control for transmitting image information only to the area designated by the area designating means among the displayed image information Means. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 manages and controls the operation of the entire facsimile apparatus. The system control unit 1 includes a microcomputer system and includes a large-capacity image memory 2. The operation unit 3 is provided with various operation keys so that the operator can arbitrarily operate the facsimile machine.
Various responses such as messages from the facsimile apparatus to the operator are displayed as graphic characters or images by the liquid crystal display device 4 configured by arranging a large number of liquid crystal display elements in a matrix (for example, 64 columns by 256 columns). The display data for the liquid crystal display device 4 is stored in the display data buffer 5 by the system control unit 1. Then, the liquid crystal display element of the liquid crystal display device 4 corresponding to the contents of the display data buffer 5 is driven by the liquid crystal drive unit 6,
The display by the liquid crystal display device 4 is performed. The scanner 7 converts the transmission original into a predetermined resolution (for example, the main scanning direction is 8 dots / mm).
, The sub-scanning direction is 7.7 lines / mm), and each pixel is converted into a black-and-white image signal. The output is stored in the image memory 2. The plotter 8 records an image on a recording sheet at the same resolution as the scanner 7 and outputs the image. The communication control unit 9 executes facsimile transmission in accordance with a predetermined transmission control procedure. The communication control unit 9 modulates a transmission signal and demodulates a reception signal through a modem 10 and a network control device 11 to transmit a transmission circuit line network (for example, Network). The encoding / decoding unit 12 encodes image information to be transmitted by a predetermined method, compresses the amount of information, and restores the encoded received image information to the original image information. . FIG. 2 shows an outline of the operation display section 20 in the facsimile apparatus. The operation display section 20 is provided with the above-described operation section 3 and the liquid crystal display device 4. In the figure, the liquid crystal display device 4 is placed at an appropriate position where the operation display unit 20 is easily visible.
And a ten-key 21 for inputting a destination telephone number, a designated transmission time, the number of copies, a file number, etc., a telephone number key 22 for setting a telephone number input mode, and a ten-key input. A clear key 23 for clearing data, a start key 24 for starting a transmission operation and a copy operation, a stop key 25 for stopping the operation of the facsimile apparatus, and a mode key for setting various other operation modes 26, cursor movement keys 27 and 28 for moving a cursor (described later) indicating a range of a transmission portion, a set key 29 for fixing a position specified by the cursor, and a position set by the set key 29 are released. Key 30 is provided at an appropriate position. When the operator accumulates the transmission original in the above configuration, the operator first sets the transmission original on the scanner 7 and then operates the image accumulation key or the like of the mode key 26 to set the original accumulation mode. Is turned on to instruct the start of accumulation. After the telephone number key 22 is operated to set the telephone number input mode, the ten key 21 is operated to input the telephone number or the abbreviated number of the destination, and the destination information is input. Furthermore, after the transmission time input mode is set by operating the time designation key of the mode key 26, the designated transmission time is inputted by operating the numeric keypad 21. As a result, the system control unit 1 operates the scanner 7 to read the image of the transmission document, and stores the obtained image signal in the image memory 2. At the same time, the system controller 1 forms a file number for managing the stored image information, and displays the file number on the liquid crystal display device 4 to notify the operator. Further, the system control unit 1 stores the file number in association with management information including the input destination information, the designated transmission time, the size of the transmission document, the number of transmission documents, and the like. Thereafter, the operator can arbitrarily access both pieces of information corresponding to the transmission original by designating the file number. Now, when the image display key of the mode key 26 is operated to set the image display mode and the numeric keypad 21 is operated to input the file number of the transmission original to be displayed, the system controller 1 shown in FIG. By executing such a document display processing routine, the image of the designated transmission document is reduced and displayed on the designated portion of the liquid crystal display device 4. That is, first, the management information having the file number is searched by referring to the input file number (process 101), and the size of the transmission original is detected by inputting the original size of the transmission original specified from the management information. (Step 102). Next, an image display area is set based on the detected document size (step 103).
). In this process 103, for example, if the transmission original is A4 size portrait, the display area is set so that the longitudinal direction is fully displayed in the short direction of the liquid crystal display device 4. Further, if the transmission original is A5 size landscape, the setting is made so that the short side direction is fully displayed in the short side direction of the liquid crystal display device 4 and other display areas can be sufficiently secured. These display areas are uniquely determined by the size of the document, and the display areas corresponding to the respective document sizes can be set in advance and stored. Then, a reduction ratio corresponding to the document size is set (process 104). This processing 1
In step 04, the vertical and horizontal reduction ratios are set so that the image of the transmission document can be properly displayed in the display area set in step 103. For example, when the transmission original is A4 size portrait and the liquid crystal display device 4 is 64 landscapes by 256 widths, the reduction ratio in the horizontal direction is 1/38 and the reduction ratio in the total direction is 1/36. Further, this reduction rate is uniquely determined by the size of the transmission original, and can be set and stored in advance corresponding to each original size. Then, the system control unit 1 executes the reduction process 105 to reduce the image information to the set reduction ratio, and causes the display data buffer 5 to store the display data obtained by the reduction. For example, at the above-described reduction ratio, image information of 38 dots horizontally and 36 dots vertically is sequentially extracted as one dot of display data, and the number of black and white pixels in the extracted image information is counted. The display state of the dot of the display data is set to the larger pixel state. Next, the system control unit 1 operates the liquid crystal drive unit 6 to operate the display data buffer 5.
Is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 (step 106). As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the image of the transmission original is displayed on the display area 4a of the liquid crystal display device 4. In this way, the operator can confirm the transmitted document. Here, consider the case where the operator intends to transmit only a part of the transmission document. In this case, while the image of the transmission document is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 as described above, the editing key of the mode key 26 Operate. Thereby, the cursors C1 and C2 indicating the area of the image to be transmitted are displayed in the display area 4b of the liquid crystal display device 4. The cursors C1 and C2 can be moved to arbitrary positions by using the cursor movement keys 27 and 28, and the set key 29 is operated to fix the position, and the cancel key 30 is operated to cancel. As a result, the cursor C
1, C2 can be set at any position, and as a result, the area of the image to be transmitted can be set arbitrarily. Note that the same area can be set even when one or three or more cursors are used. Further, the system control unit 1 stores the image area set in this way corresponding to the transmission original, and when the transmission time of the transmission original comes, only the image area is transmitted to the destination as the transmission image. Send. In this manner, only a part of the transmission original can be transmitted, and the transmission part can be visually confirmed, so that the transmission part is not erroneously transmitted, and highly reliable image transmission is possible. The detailed operations of the facsimile apparatus in the transmission operation, reception operation, and copy operation are almost the same as those in the conventional apparatus, and are not directly related to the present invention, so that the description thereof is omitted. Further, the size, reduction ratio, and the like of the liquid crystal display device 4 in the above-described embodiment are not limited to those described above. [Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, in an image communication apparatus that temporarily stores input image information in an image memory and then transmits the image information to a destination, the image information is identified from the stored image information. Information assigning means for assigning identification information, management information storage means for storing the identification information in association with the stored image information, and identifying the corresponding image information based on the identification information, Reading means for reading from
Display means for displaying image information; image information display size detection means for detecting a display size of the image information read by the reading means; and a display area corresponding to the display size of the image information on a display screen of the display means. The image information is scaled by a display area setting means to be set, a display size of the image information detected by the image information display size detecting means, and a magnification corresponding to the display area size set by the display area setting means. Scaling means, display control means for displaying image information scaled by the scaling means in a display area set on the display means, and an area for designating an arbitrary area of the image information displayed on the display means Since there are provided designation means, transmission means for transmitting image information to a destination, and transmission control means for targeting only the area designated by the area designation means among the displayed image information to the transmission image information, Painting Information can be specified and displayed before transmission, and while checking the contents of the displayed image information, an arbitrary area in the information can be specified and the image information of the specified area can be transmitted. As a result, an effect is obtained that only necessary image information can be transmitted appropriately and reliably. Also, since the image information is scaled at a scale factor corresponding to the size information of the detected image information and the display screen size set in the display means, the read image information is displayed on the display screen of the display means. It is displayed without excess or deficiency, whereby the operator can easily determine the desired area when specifying the area, and the effect of greatly improving the operability of the operator is obtained.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of an operation display unit, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the method. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System control part, 2 ... Image memory, 3 ... Operation part, 4 ... Liquid crystal display device, 5 ... Display data buffer, 6 ... Liquid crystal drive part.

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Claims: 1. An image communication apparatus for temporarily storing input image information in an image memory and then transmitting the image information to a destination, wherein identification information for identifying the stored image information is provided. Identification information providing means for assigning image information; management information storage means for storing the identification information in association with the stored image information; reading means for specifying corresponding image information based on the identification information and reading out the image information from the image memory Display means for displaying image information; image information display size detection means for detecting the display size of the image information read by the reading means; and display according to the display size of the image information on a display screen of the display means. A display area setting means for setting an area; a display size of the image information detected by the image information display size detecting means; and a display area size set by the display area setting means. Scaling means for scaling the image information at a corresponding magnification; display control means for displaying the image information scaled by the scaling means in a display area set on the display means; display on the display means Area specifying means for specifying an arbitrary area of the displayed image information, transmitting means for transmitting the image information to the destination, and, of the displayed image information, only the area specified by the area specifying means for transmitting the image information. An image communication apparatus comprising: a transmission control unit to be used.