JPH04181860A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To immediately and easily recognize what is described on a page in transmission by displaying a picture indicated by picture information during transmission onto a display section when the picture information stored in a memory is sent. CONSTITUTION:A display section 10 displays such information as kind of communication such as transmission or reception, telephone number of communication destination, total page number of a picture original to be sent, communication mode as standard/fine/binary/half-tone, size of picture original as A4 or A5, and number of pages in transmission. Since a picture represented by the picture information during transmission is reduced and displayed on the display section 10 in this way when the picture information stored in a picture memory 5 is sent, it is easily and immediately recognized what is described on a page in transmission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device that stores image information obtained by reading an image original in a memory and transmits the stored image information.

[Prior Art] As a conventional facsimile device, a device is known that stores image information obtained by reading an image original in a memory and transmits the stored image information. For example, if this facsimile machine has 5
If you set 5 sheets of image originals, the facsimile machine will
A sheet of image original is read and the read image information is stored in the memory. Then, at the time of transmission, the image information stored in the memory is read out and transmitted. Then, the facsimile machine determines that the image information to be transmitted is the total of 5 pages of recording paper, and which page of the 5 pages the image information currently being transmitted is. Displayed on the display during transmission.

Note that since the read image information is stored in the memory, the read image original is removed from the reading device, and therefore, when transmitting the image information stored in the memory, the five image originals that have been read are It is not set in the above facsimile machine. After that, read another manuscript.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile device, when transmitting the image information stored in the memory, the facsimile device calculates the total number of pages of the image document read by the facsimile device and the number of the page currently being transmitted. Since only the page number corresponding to the image document is displayed, it is difficult for the operator to immediately know which page of the image document is currently being transmitted. Also,
When trying to find out what page is being transmitted, the problem is that the image document must be viewed based on the number of pages displayed, which is cumbersome.

According to the present invention, when an image document is read, the read image information is stored in a memory, and the stored image information is transmitted, it is possible to immediately and easily know what page is being transmitted. The purpose of this invention is to provide a facsimile device that can perform the following functions.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention provides a method for transmitting image information stored in a memory.
The image indicated by the image information being transmitted is displayed on the display unit.

[Function] The present invention, when transmitting image information stored in memory,
The image indicated by the image information being sent is displayed on the display, the image original is read, the read image information is stored in memory, and when the stored image information is sent, the page containing what is written on it is displayed. You can immediately and easily know whether transmission is in progress.

[Example] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The above embodiment includes a light source lamp 1 that irradiates an image original, a CCD 2 that converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, an RCNT 3 that binarizes image information photoelectrically converted by the CCD 2, and the binarized image information. C0DE encodes by MMR method
C4, and an image memory 5 that stores encoded image information.

Further, in the above embodiment, the CPU 6 reads out image information from the image memory 5, and the M modulates the image information read out by the CPU 6.
It has an OD E M 7, an NCU 3 that transmits image information modulated by the M O D E M 7 via a communication line, a display controller 9, and a display section 10.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, image information is transferred to P/S (parallel/
Serial) WCNTII to convert and P in WCNTII
/S Thermal head 12 that records converted image information on recording paper with a thermal recording head, ROM 13, and RAM 14
, a key group 15 , a panel controller 16 , a motor 17 , 17 a for performing sub-scanning of an image original and recording paper, and a motor controller 18 .

The C0DEC4 also decodes the image information read out from the image memory 5 by the CPU6. Further, the CODEC 4 has an internal buffer, and stores decoded image information in the buffer. Furthermore, C
0I) EC4 converts the image information in the buffer into MR method and MH method.
It is encoded using a method.

The image memory 5 is also a memory for storing image information received by the above embodiment.

The CPU 6 also controls each part of the above embodiment, such as the CCD 2, RCNT 3, CODEC 4, and image memory 5.

The display controller 9 has an internal display buffer, and converts the image information decoded by the C0DEC4 into 1/10
The reduced image information is stored in a display buffer.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a specific example of the display on the display section 10 in the above embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 10 displays the type of communication such as sending and receiving, the telephone number of the communication destination, the total number of pages of the image original to be sent, and the communication mode such as standard, fine, binary, halftone, etc. , A4, A5, etc., and the number of pages being sent. Further, the display unit 1O is for displaying an image indicated by the image information being transmitted when the above embodiment is transmitting the image information accumulated in the image memory 5, and is an example of a display means. .

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation in the above embodiment.

Now, it is assumed that the above embodiment reads several image originals and the read image information has already been stored in the image memory 5.

Out of the accumulated image information, one line worth of image information is CP
U6 reads out the image information for one line from the image memory 5 (S1), decodes the read image information for one line in C0DEC4 (S2), and stores the decoded image information for one line in a buffer in C0DECJ (S3). Then, the image information for [] lines accumulated in the buffer is encoded using a method (MH method, MR method) suitable for the receiving facsimile machine (S4).
, the image information encoded based on instructions from the CPU 6 is MO
Transfer to DEM7 (S5). Here, the image information before encoding is stored in a buffer in the C0I) EC4.

The image indicated by this saved image information is reduced and displayed on the display unit 1.
Displayed as 0.

The MODEM 7 modulates the transferred image information, and the NCU 3 sends out the modulated image information based on instructions from the CPU 6.

And the 1 stored in the buffer in C0DEC4
The image information for each line is transferred to a buffer in the display controller 9 (S6), and the transferred image information is reduced in size by the display controller 9 and stored in the display buffer.

After transferring one line of image information to the buffer in the display controller 9, if the next line exists (S7, S8),
The operations from Sl to S8 are performed.

In this case, in the display buffer in the display controller 9,
When the image information for 10 lines has been accumulated, the image information for the 10 lines is displayed on the display unit 10 based on instructions from the CPU 6.
and display it (S7, S9). Further, the amount of image original for one sheet is indicated by a vertical white bar, and the part of which transmission has been completed is displayed in black. This bar is displayed next to the display area of the image document being sent.
It is shown in the figure.

After displaying the image information for 10 lines (S9), if the next line exists (SIO), or if the next line does not exist and the next page exists (Sll), repeat the operation from Sl. .

In this way, when the image information stored in the image memory 5 is being transmitted, the image indicated by the image information being transmitted is reduced and displayed on the display unit IO, so that the page containing what is currently displayed can be You can immediately and easily know whether transmission is in progress. Furthermore, since the image displayed on the display unit 10 is updated for each unit line number, if the interval at which the displayed image is updated is long, it can be seen that an image document containing a large amount of image information per unit space is being transmitted. Furthermore, the amount of image original for one page is indicated by a vertical white bar, and the portion of the image that has been sent is displayed in black, so that it is not displayed in the area of the display unit 10 that displays the contents of the original being sent. (Even if you send a blank image original, you can easily check the transmission status.

Note that when the received image information is stored in the image memory 5, the image indicated by the received image information may be reduced and displayed on the display unit IO.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when an image document is read, the read image information is stored in a memory, and the stored image information is transmitted, it is possible to determine what page is being transmitted. ,right away,
Moreover, it has the effect of being easy to know.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a specific example of the display on the display unit 10 in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the above embodiment in more detail. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of transmission in the above embodiment. 4...C0DEC. 5... Image memory, 6... CPU. 9...Display controller, 10...Display section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine that reads an image original, stores the read image information in the memory, and transmits the stored image information, when the image information stored in the memory is transmitted, the image information being transmitted is 1. A facsimile device comprising display means for displaying an image shown by. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein the image displayed on the display means is an image obtained by reducing the image original.