JPH01180185A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To apply decoding by a 2nd decoding circuit and to reduce communication time by storing plural sets of fixed format information to a fixed format memory circuit of a facsimile equipment and outputting the fixed format information inputted via a signal transmission/reception circuit from a fixed format selection circuit. CONSTITUTION:When a signal transmission/reception circuit 1 of a facsimile equipment receives a call from a communication opposite device, a nonstandard function identification signal NSF, a called terminal identification signal CSI and a digital identification signal DIS in addition to a called terminal identification signal CED are sent. Then a nonstandard function setting signal NSS including fixed format designation information and a transmission terminal identification signal TSI are received from the opposite device, the content of the signal NSS is decoded by a fixed format selection circuit 2 and it is read while being selected in the fixed format memory circuit 3. The read fixed format is decoded by a decoding circuit 4 and the picture information from the sender side is decoded by a decoding circuit 5 and fed to a recording circuit 7 via an OR gate 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applied to a facsimile device for image communication. In particular, the present invention relates to a facsimile machine that performs composite recording control of multiple screens.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a facsimile device in which the sending side does not send fixed format information, but only the fixed format specification information and writing information, and the receiving side sends multiple types of stored information based on the fixed format specification information. Fixed format information specified from the fixed format information is extracted and combined with written image information and recorded, thereby shortening communication time and reducing communication charges.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when sending a document, facsimile machines often fill out the necessary information on a predetermined format paper like a slip and send it, and the fixed format itself is also read and sent as image information, or the fixed format was printed in dropout color, only the entered information was read and sent, and the receiving side recorded only the received image information as is.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, such conventional facsimile machines have the drawback that the fixed format itself is also received and recorded as image information, which increases the amount of transmitted image information and increases communication charges. Also, if the fixed format is printed in dropout color and only the entered information is received and recorded, the amount of transmitted image information will be reduced by the fixed format and communication charges will be reduced, but there is no fixed format information and the meaning of the received document will be reduced. Because it was difficult to understand, the reception record had to be copied on top of the format paper, which required double effort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can shorten communication time and reduce communication charges.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a facsimile machine that includes a first decoding line that decodes image information input via a signal transmitting/receiving circuit, and a recording circuit that stores the decoded image information. a fixed format memory circuit that stores format information; a fixed format selection circuit that outputs selected fixed format information from the fixed format memory circuit based on fixed format designation information input via the signal transmitting/receiving circuit; a second decoding line for decoding the output of the fixed format memory circuit; and means for superimposing the output of the first decoding line and the output of the second decoding line and providing the same as image information to the recording circuit. It is characterized by having the following.

[Effect]

A plurality of types of fixed format information are stored in a fixed format memory circuit. The fixed format selection circuit causes the fixed format memory circuit to output selected fixed format information based on the fixed format designation information input via the signal transmission/reception circuit. A second decoding line decodes the output of the fixed format memory circuit. The output means superimposes the output of the first composite line and the output of the second composite line and supplies them as image information to the recording circuit. The above operations can shorten communication time and reduce communication charges.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the facsimile device includes a signal transmitting/receiving circuit 1 for transmitting and receiving encoded image information to and from a destination;
It includes a high-performance decoding line 5 for decoding image information input via the signal transmitting/receiving circuit 1, and a recording circuit 7 for storing the decoded image information.

Here, the features of the present invention include a fixed format memory circuit 3 that stores a plurality of types of fixed format information, and a fixed format memory circuit that stores multiple types of fixed format information based on fixed format designation information input via the signal transmitting/receiving circuit 1. a fixed format selection circuit 2 that outputs the fixed format information selected from the fixed format memory circuit 3; a second decoding line 4 that decodes the output of the fixed format memory circuit 3;
The apparatus is provided with an OR gate 6 which takes the logical sum of the output of the decoding line 5 and the output of the decoding line 4 and supplies it to the recording circuit 7 as the decoded image information.

The operation of the facsimile machine having such a configuration will be explained. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the recording operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the communication procedure of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2(a) is an example of a transmission document in which necessary information shown in solid lines is written on a format sheet printed in dropout color shown in broken lines, and only the solid line portions are read and transmitted. 2] is an example of a fixed format that is encoded and stored in advance. FIG. 2(C) is an example of a recording output obtained by combining the transmission image information shown in FIG. 2(a) and the fixed format shown in FIG. 2 et al.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a G3 facsimile communication procedure recommended by CCITT, showing an example of signals between this facsimile device connected to a telephone network and a communicating party device.

Now, when this facsimile device is called by a communication partner device, as shown in Fig. 3, the signal CED (called terminal identification signal) is followed by the signal NSF (non-standard function identification signal).
It sends out a signal C3l (called terminal identification signal) and a signal DIS (digital identification signal). Thereafter, a signal NSS (non-standard function setting signal) and a signal TSI (transmitting terminal identification signal) including fixed format designation information is received from the communication partner device. The contents of the signal NSS are analyzed by the fixed format selection circuit 2, and the fixed format specified by the sending side as shown in FIG. select. The selected fixed format shown in FIG. 2(b) is read out from the fixed format memory circuit 3 and decoded by the decoding line 5. At the same time, the image information shown in FIG. 2(a) from the transmitting side is decoded by the decoding line 4.

The outputs of the composite line 4.5 are combined line by line by an OR gate 6, and a combined recording output shown in FIG. 2(C) is obtained by a recording circuit 7.

Here, the fixed format memory circuit 3 may be a RAM designated by the sending side to receive and store a plurality of types of fixed format information, or read and store by a reading circuit not shown in FIG. . Alternatively, it may be a ROM or a memory card stored in an external storage means not shown in FIG.

Further, as the fixed format information, information such as illustrations that are not directly related to the transmitted manuscript can be stored and selected.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the excellent effect of shortening communication time and reducing communication charges.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the recording operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the communication procedure of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Signal transmission/reception circuit, 2... Fixed format selection circuit, 3... Fixed format memory circuit, 4.5
... Composite line, 6... OR gate, 7... Recording circuit. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A signal transmitting/receiving circuit that exchanges encoded image information with a destination; a first decoding circuit that decodes image information input via this signal transmitting/receiving circuit; In a facsimile machine equipped with a recording circuit for storing encoded image information, a fixed format memory circuit for storing multiple types of fixed format information, and a fixed format designation information inputted via the signal transmitting/receiving circuit. a fixed format selection circuit that outputs fixed format information selected from the fixed format memory circuit of the lever; a second decoding circuit that decodes the output of the fixed format memory circuit; and an output of the first decoding circuit. A facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising: means for superimposing the output of the second composite line and supplying the output as image information to the recording circuit.