JPH03107279A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the confirmation of a document by deciding the presence of a black picture element in one line read out from a storage means, and displaying this line first when the black picture element exists. CONSTITUTION:When an operator inputs the file number, etc., of an original he wants to confirm from a key 2, a main control part reads out the document instructed by the key 2 from the storage device 11, and inputs it to a code buffer 7. This document is decoded by an encoding decoding control part 6, and is developed on an image buffer memory 5. A black picture element deciding part 8 designates a prescribed area B as a neglect area from among the area C of the original, and makes the area A excluding this area a black picture element line deciding ares, and searches the memory 5 corresponding to the area A, and decides whether there is the black picture element in the line or not. When it decides the line including the black picture element, the main control part 1 displays picture information in a definite area from the line in which the black picture element was detected on a bit map display 9. When this display is the desired document, it is printed out by a printer 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial field of use) The present invention relates to a facsimile device and the like.

(b) Prior Art Recently, facsimile machines equipped with large-capacity storage devices using IC memories or hard disks have become popular.

These devices store originals to be sent and received originals in a temporary storage device, and can be sent later or
Applications such as printing out data can be considered. In the case of conventional devices like this, when sending a document in the storage device or printing it out using a printer, for example, it is necessary to remember the number of the file that stores the target document, or to enter the name of a single document. And,
In the case of received documents, it is necessary to refer to the other party's station name, date and time, etc., and input the file number into the device before sending or printing. Therefore, the document may not be received or recorded by the other party's device, or the blink of the own device. I could only confirm that it was the desired document by printing it out.

In addition, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 62-143564, by entering a password such as a predetermined PIN number, a received image sent in a confidential communication can be displayed on a liquid crystal panel with the display capacity of one page. It has been proposed that the image be displayed face down.

However, this method has the disadvantage that the apparatus is large-scale and that the need for the received image can only be determined when it is viewed face down.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences, and it is possible to print out the received images, etc. that have been stored, without making the device large-scale. The objective is to provide a facsimile machine that can be used to confirm information.

(Means for Solving the Piece Problem) The present invention includes a storage means for storing a manuscript to be transmitted or a received manuscript, and an area corresponding to a frame of a document or an arbitrary frame area from information read from this storage means. and a black pixel line determination unit that determines whether or not there are black pixels in one read line, and a bitmap display that displays a certain amount of image information, and in the black pixel line determination unit, It is characterized in that it searches for lines containing black pixels in a document, and displays on a bitmap display starting from the line where a black pixel is detected.

(f) Function According to the apparatus of the present invention, documents required for operation can be confirmed by viewing the display on the bitmap display. Particularly in a facsimile machine that can store a large amount of files, documents can be checked without having to be printed out each time they are sent or printed out, allowing reliable communication and eliminating wasted recording.

Embodiment 1 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, +1) is the main control section of the facsimile machine, (2) is a key control section consisting of a key operation panel operated by an operator, and (3) is a communication control section that controls communications. (4) is a reading control unit that reads the original and outputs the read original as a binary image signal; (5)
is an image buffer memory that stores the image signal from the reading control unit and the transmitted and decoded image signal. (
6) is a code that encodes the image signal read by the reading control unit (4) into a code signal such as MH code or MR code, and decodes it into a binary image signal such as the transmitted code signal.
This is a decoding control unit. (7) is a code buffer memory that temporarily stores codes, (8) is a black pixel determination unit that ignores the specified frame area and determines whether there are black pixels in a line, and (9) is a document (10) is a printer device such as a laser printer or thermal printer that records documents; (1) l is an IC that stores document information; Memory, hard disk storage.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the present invention in detail, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a document showing an ignored area when searching for a line containing black pixels, and FIG. 4 is an explanation of the document and its display on a bitmap display. FIG.

Assume that a document that is currently desired to be manipulated, for example, a document to be transmitted or a received document, is registered in the storage device +11).

When the operator wishes to confirm the document he or she wishes to operate, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the operator first inputs the file number, etc. of the document he wishes to confirm using the key (2). In step Sl, it waits until there is an input from key (2), and when it is input, it proceeds to step S2.
In step S2, the main control unit (1) reads the document specified by the key (2) from the storage device +11),
Predetermined document data is input to the code buffer (7).

Then, in step S3, the encoding/decoding control unit (6
), the decoded image signal is developed on the image buffer memory (5), and the process advances to step S4.

In step S4, the black pixel determination unit (8) selects a predetermined area+Bl from the document area (C1) as shown in FIG.
is specified as the ignored area, and the area excluding this area + AI
is the black pixel line determination area, and the image buffer memory (5) corresponding to this area (Al) is searched.
It is determined whether there are black pixels in the line. If there are black pixels, the process advances to step S5, and if there are no black pixels, the process returns to step S2.

The above operation is repeated until there is a black pixel.

The reason why the portion corresponding to the frame is ignored is to make it possible to handle documents in which the edges of the document are read as black pixels when reading the document.

As mentioned above, in step S4, the black pixel determination unit (8)
If a line including a black pixel is determined in step S5, the main control section (1) is notified of this fact, and in step S5, the main control section (1) determines whether the black pixel is detected as shown in FIG. Image information of a certain area from the drawn lines is displayed on a bitmap display (9).

From this display, the operator confirms whether it is the desired document (step S6), and if it is the desired document, operates the facsimile machine to send it or print it out by blinking (9).

By using this method, which ignores the white parts of a document and displays part of the document from a line with black pixels, you can easily check the document without requiring a large-scale display device, and avoid mistakes. This has the advantage of preventing mistakes such as sending or printing out documents that have been registered.Also, even if you want to delete a registered document, you can easily confirm it.
It is unlikely that you will make the mistake of deleting a necessary file.

(g) As described in detail, according to the present invention, documents can be easily checked without requiring a large-scale display system, and the waste of recording and checking each time is eliminated. This is most effective for facsimile machines that have a built-in capacity storage device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the invention in detail, and FIG. 3 is for explaining an ignored area when searching for a line containing black pixels. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the original and the display on the bitmap display. l... Main control section, 2... Key manual section, 4... Reading control section, 5... Image buffer memory, 6...
Encoding/decoding control unit, 7... code buffer memory, 8
. . . Black pixel determination section, 9 . . . Bit map display, 11 . . . - Storage circuit. Figure 2 Go to next process Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A storage means for storing a document to be transmitted or a received document, and information read from this storage means, ignoring the area corresponding to the frame of the document or any frame area, and detecting black pixels in one read line. a black pixel line determining unit that determines whether or not there is a black pixel line, and a bitmap display that displays a certain amount of image information; A facsimile device is characterized in that the facsimile device performs the processing and displays the line on the bitmap display starting from the line where the black pixel is detected.