JPH06245053A - System for converting facsimile picture information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile picture information converting system whereby the reduction of communication time and the saving of recording paper usage quantity by means of the effective compression of picture information quantity are attained. CONSTITUTION:A main control part 8 judges longitudinal/lateral conversion propriety from a multi-address group number which is received by a receiving part 2 and reports original size conversion propriety, a conversion size and longitudinal/lateral conversion propriety to a reception picture information converting part 3. Picture information is converted in the reception picture information converting part 3 and stored in a picture information storing part 4. After a destination terminal 7 responds, the main control part 8 judges original size conversion propriety, the conversion size and longitudinal/lateral conversion propriety corresponding to the ability of the destination terminal and reports them. Stored picture information is converted by an output picture information converting part 5 and transmitted from an output part 6. Therefore, picture information transmitted from a facsimile storage exchanging device is transmitted by the original size corresponding to the ability of the respective destination terminals so that transmission time is shortened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage / exchange apparatus using a facsimile apparatus as an input terminal, or a facsimile image information conversion system in a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to proxy communication, broadcast communication, information of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus. In bulletin communication, mailbox communication, mailbox broadcast communication, etc., conversion of the original image information sent from the sending terminal is performed according to the recordable original size of the destination terminal, the service designation, and the original length of the sent original. The present invention relates to a facsimile image information conversion method that enables efficient transmission of image information to a destination terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an increasing number of companies have introduced a facsimile storage / exchange device for the purpose of reducing communication charges and saving labor in facsimile communication. A system that sends and receives messages (original images of facsimile images) via a facsimile storage / exchange device using a facsimile device as an input / output terminal is a proxy communication, a broadcast communication, a time designation communication, a mailbox communication such as a confidential box / post office box, a mail. It is possible to provide abundant mail services such as box broadcast communication and information bulletin board communication.

Among the future services, the broadcast communication is for transmitting the same original document to a plurality of destinations, and normally, one transmission request is made for a facsimile operation which the sender must repeat for the number of destinations. This is a convenient service that allows you to request a facsimile storage and exchange device on your behalf. Broadcast communication can be performed with 1 transmission request operation regardless of the number of destinations.
Since it can be carried out once, there is an advantage that the greater the number of broadcast destinations, the more labor can be saved.

By the way, the number of destinations is often large in the broadcast communication carried out through such a system. In a large company, when performing regular notification to each department, emergency contact, etc., the number of destinations becomes large. It is not uncommon to exceed 100. Also, in the information provision industry, etc.
Broadcasting to 1000-2000 destinations may be required.

In such a case, what is important is to reduce the communication charge, that is, the communication time and the broadcast end time.

[0006] Specifically, there are countermeasures such as non-standard communication modes such as own means, speedup of communication modems, etc. to reduce communication time, but these means are applicable only to a specific facsimile machine. However, there is a problem that the standard facsimile apparatus cannot handle the problem.

In order to reduce the communication time and the broadcast end time of the standard facsimile apparatus, the image information is utilized by reducing the original area by using the means of compressing the image information by reducing the original. Procedure (mode) to reduce
Therefore, countermeasures such as realizing reduction of communication time without depending on communication speed can be considered.

As a conventional technique for reducing such communication time in a facsimile apparatus, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
The technique described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 0-182257 is known. This prior art relates to a communication control system for a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus, which identifies the maximum capability of a transmission destination terminal and sets conversion parameters, and changes the scanning line density and the document size of image information according to this information. By transmitting, it is possible to shorten the transmission time and improve the quality of image information when transmitting the image information to terminals having different capabilities.

[0009]

The above-mentioned conventional technique has a problem that the image information cannot be efficiently transmitted when the maximum recordable document size of the partner terminal is larger than the transmitted document size. That is, in the above-described conventional technique, for example, when transmitting a document of A4 size, if the maximum recordable document size of the partner terminal is B4 size, the transmitted document is B
Since the size of the document is increased to four, the image information is increased by enlarging the document, and as a result, there is a problem that the communication time is delayed and the amount of recording paper used is increased. Have

Further, even when the document size is reduced, the above-mentioned conventional technique has a limitation in the reduction rate because the reduction is between standard sizes. For example, a transmission document of B4 size is A4 size. The reduction rate is 87% when reducing the size to A4 size and 71% when reducing the transmission document of A3 size to A4 size, and there is a problem that it is not possible to dramatically reduce the image information. .

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to provide a facsimile image information conversion system capable of reducing the communication time by efficiently compressing the image information amount and saving the recording paper usage amount. To provide.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned object is to provide a transmission document in a facsimile message with M
The image image is vertically and horizontally converted with respect to the facsimile image information encoded by the facsimile encoding method such as H, MR, MMR, and the facsimile image information encoded in the format to be stored in the facsimile storage / exchange device or the facsimile device. , 90 degrees, that is, with respect to the dot pattern data obtained by converting the facsimile image information into an image image, the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction are switched to the directions opposite to those of the normal facsimile encoding method. This is accomplished by providing means for scanning again and encoding in a form for storage within the device.

Further, the above-mentioned object is to convert the image information when receiving the facsimile image information in the facsimile storage / exchange device from the originating facsimile terminal or the facsimile image information transmitted to the facsimile device in the receiving side device. Before this, it has a means for temporarily converting the above-mentioned facsimile encoding method into a dot pattern image of an image, and a two-sided buffer for temporarily storing the facsimile image information (dot pattern image) for one page of the transmission document. Means for alternately storing the image images of the transmission original on each side of the two-sided buffer, means for arbitrarily converting the image size of the image images temporarily stored in the buffer, as described above A means for performing vertical / horizontal conversion of images and encoding and storing in the format to be stored in the device. It is accomplished by to perform and a that means.

Further, the above-mentioned object is to convert the image information when transmitting the stored facsimile image information to the destination facsimile terminal, by using the above-mentioned MH for the facsimile storage / exchange device or the facsimile image information stored in the facsimile device. , MR, MMR, or the like, and means for temporarily converting the format stored in the device into a dot pattern image of the image before conversion by a facsimile encoding method, and facsimile image information (dot pattern) for one page of the transmission document. (2) a buffer for temporarily storing (images), means for alternately storing the image image of the transmission original on each side of the two-sided buffer, and the image image temporarily stored in the buffer And a means for performing vertical / horizontal conversion of the same image as the above. And decoded by the aforementioned facsimile coding schemes is achieved by the performed and means for the destination facsimile terminal.

Further, the above-mentioned purpose is a PB signal or O
When the service is designated by the CR / OMR sheet, means is provided as an additional service for applying the mode for prohibiting vertical / horizontal conversion of the image, and means for decoding whether or not the mode is applied when the service is accepted, and the means. And means for inhibiting vertical / horizontal conversion of the image when the application of the mode is decoded by.

[0016] Further, the object is to store means for storing a group class for each broadcast group number in a facsimile storage / exchange device or a facsimile device, and at the time of group broadcast by the device, facsimile image information based on the group class. A means for determining whether or not the image image needs to be vertically and horizontally converted at the time of reception, and a means for vertically and horizontally converting the image image based on the result of the determination by the means are provided.
This is achieved by allowing facsimile image information to be stored in an optimum format when receiving a broadcast message.

Further, the object is to provide means for measuring the document length (vertical width) of the stored image image in the buffer for temporarily storing the facsimile image information (dot pattern image) for one page described above. Means for determining whether or not vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image is possible based on the measurement result of the size (horizontal width) of the original document and the original length, and vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image based on the result determined by the means. Means for receiving or reading out of the facsimile image exchange information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile terminal to the facsimile storage / exchange device or the facsimile device, or the facsimile image information accumulated in the device. Regarding the facsimile image information for one page, the image information conversion method according to the length of the corresponding reception page The is accomplished by such a variable.

[0018]

With respect to the facsimile image information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile terminal to the facsimile storage / exchange device or the facsimile device, it is possible to switch the main scanning direction and the sub scanning direction and convert them into image image data rotated by 90 degrees. Therefore, it is possible to use the paper of the output side facsimile terminal without waste.

Further, with respect to the received facsimile image information, it is possible to perform vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image from the facsimile image information encoded by the facsimile encoding system such as MH, MR, MMR, etc., and also the facsimile storage. It is possible to convert the image information into a format for storing information in the exchange device or the facsimile device. Further, as described above, since two buffers for receiving the facsimile image information are provided and used alternately, the reception of the facsimile image information can be performed without waiting for the facsimile communication procedure with the transmitting facsimile terminal. It is possible to

Further, with respect to the facsimile image information to be transmitted to the destination facsimile terminal, it is possible to perform vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image from the facsimile storage / exchange device or the facsimile image information in a format in which the information is stored in the facsimile device. Also, and MH, MR, MM
It is possible to convert into facsimile image information encoded by a facsimile encoding method such as R. further,
As described above, since the two buffers for transmitting the facsimile image information are provided and used alternately, the transmission of the facsimile image information can be performed without waiting for the facsimile communication procedure with the destination facsimile terminal. It becomes possible to do.

Further, since it is possible to prohibit the vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image of the transmission original according to the specification of the user of the transmission facsimile terminal, the image image of the original at the time of transmission remains unchanged and the facsimile image is transmitted to the destination facsimile terminal. It becomes possible to send information.

Further, depending on the status of the destination facsimile terminal of the broadcast group designated by the originating facsimile terminal, the facsimile image information is stored in the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus or in the facsimile apparatus in an optimum format that does not require conversion at the time of output. It becomes possible.

Further, it is possible to automatically discriminate not to carry out vertical / horizontal conversion for an image image having a short original length (vertical width). Also, if there are multiple pages of originals in the same facsimile message, the pages for which the vertical / horizontal conversion is performed and the pages for which the vertical / horizontal conversion is not performed are mixed in the facsimile storage / exchange device or in the facsimile device. It is possible to store the data in the destination or send it to the destination facsimile terminal.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus and a facsimile image information conversion system in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention when the present invention is applied during the broadcast communication of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a conversion process of image information in a reception unit according to the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the conversion process when transferring the image information accumulated in the image information accumulating unit 4 according to the present invention to the output unit. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the present invention. It is a figure explaining the example of an output original by a facsimile storage exchange apparatus. In FIG. 1, 1 is a transmitting terminal, 2 is a receiving unit, and 3
Is an accepted image information conversion unit, 4 is an image information storage unit, 5 is an output image information conversion unit, 6 is an output unit, 7 is a destination terminal, 8 is a main control unit, 9 is a main storage unit, and 10 is a facsimile storage exchange device. Is.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, a transmission terminal 1 is a facsimile terminal which requests a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus 10 for broadcast communication and transmits a message (original). The reception unit 2 checks the requested communication method (service) received from the transmission terminal 1, the destination terminal number, the broadcast group number, etc., and stores the image information of the message transmitted from the transmission terminal 1 in the facsimile storage / exchange device. The encoding process is performed. The acceptance image information conversion unit 3 performs document size / vertical / lateral conversion of the image information encoded by the acceptance unit 2 according to an instruction from the main control unit 8. The image information storage unit 4 temporarily stores the image information converted by the received image information conversion unit 3. The output image information conversion unit 5 performs size and height / width conversion of the received document image information extracted from the image information storage unit 4 according to an instruction from the main control unit 8. The output unit 6 calls the destination terminal 7 by telephone, decodes the image information converted by the output image information conversion unit 5 into a facsimile signal, and transmits the facsimile signal to the destination terminal 7. The destination terminal 7 is a facsimile terminal that receives a message from the facsimile storage / exchange device 10, converts a facsimile signal into an image image, and prints it. The main control unit 8 controls the entire system and manages information. The main storage unit 9 stores a system program, station data, other management data, and the like, and assists the main control unit 9 in controlling the system.

The facsimile storage / exchange device 10 includes a plurality of line control units each including a reception unit 2, a reception image information conversion unit 3, an output image information conversion unit 5, and an output unit 6, a main control unit 8, and an image information storage unit. It has a center constituted by the unit 4 and the main storage unit 9, and operates as a host device.

Next, a communication process according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 by an example in which the present invention is applied to the case of performing broadcast communication. In the example described below, the transmission terminal 1, the destination terminal 7, and the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus 10 are connected via the public telephone line network and the private branch exchange (PBX), and the facsimile communication is performed by the G3 procedure. Shall be performed.

(1) First, the calling terminal 1 calls the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus 10. The facsimile storage / exchange device 10 receives the call by the accepting unit 2 and starts accepting the call. The transmitting terminal 1 specifies a service and a destination by a PB signal, OCR / OMR sheet, etc. (101).

In the service designation in this example, the broadcast communication service is designated as described above. When the service is designated by the PB signal, the calling terminal 1 first
The terminal number of the transmitting terminal 1 is input, and subsequently, the service code of the broadcast communication and the broadcast group number are input. Also, O
When the service is designated by the CR / OMR sheet, the calling terminal 1 uses the calling terminal 1 on a predetermined OCR / OMR sheet.
Terminal number, broadcast communication service designation, broadcast group number, etc. are entered at predetermined positions, attached to the beginning of the transmitted document, and set in the document reading section of the transmission terminal 1 in advance. When the reception of 10 starts, the transmission starts.

Although the present invention performs image information conversion, it is possible to apply a mode that prohibits image information conversion during broadcast communication. Specifically, in the case of the service designation by the PB signal input from the transmitting terminal 1, the application of this mode is performed by inputting the additional service code for prohibiting the image information conversion as the additional service after the broadcast communication service designation. Assumed to be performed. Also, OCR / OMR
When a service is designated by a sheet, the above-mentioned image information conversion prohibition mode designation column is provided in the additional service column, and this mode can be applied by entering a mark.

(2) The accepting unit 2 decrypts the service, the additional service and the destination specified in (1) above. As described above, the present invention has a mode in which image information conversion is prohibited as an additional service, and therefore the reception unit 2 has means for decoding whether or not this mode is applied. When the accepting unit 2 decodes the application of the mode that prohibits the image information conversion, which is an additional service, the accepting unit 2 instructs the main control unit 8 not to convert the image information according to the present invention with respect to the corresponding accepted image information.

After deciphering the above-mentioned services and destinations, the acceptance unit 2 checks the authenticity of these pieces of information, and if the information is normal, notifies the originating terminal 1 to that effect through guidance (OCR / OMR sheet). In the case of input, the normal acceptance is notified when the reading of the transmitted document is started), and the acceptance of the message is started (102).

(3) When the service is designated by inputting the PB signal, the accepting unit 2 enters into the facsimile procedure (phase B) with the transmitting terminal 1 and negotiates the size of the transmission document, the communication mode, the transmission speed and the like. . Of these, information such as the transmission document size notified from the transmission terminal 1, the group number and the image information vertical / horizontal conversion prohibition mode decoded according to the above (2) is notified to the main control unit 8 (1
03).

(4) After the completion of the facsimile procedure (Phase B) with the reception unit 2, the transmission terminal 1 starts image information transmission of a transmission message (104).

When the service is designated by the OCR / OMR sheet, the processes of the above (3) and (4) are the same as those of the item (2).
It is assumed that it has been performed before the decoding of the service of.

(5) The acceptance unit 2 encodes (dot image) the image information from the transmission terminal 1 and transfers it to the accepted image information conversion unit 3 (105).

(6) On the other hand, the main control unit 8 has the receiving unit 2
The broadcast group information (group class) of the corresponding broadcast group is extracted from the main memory 9 using the broadcast group number notified by the key (106).

The group class is information about the terminals in the broadcast group, and stores information such as the minimum document size and the maximum document size in the group. For example, regarding the document size, if all the terminal classes in the group are the same, it is more efficient to perform vertical / horizontal conversion of image information at the time of acceptance because it is not necessary to change the number of destination terminals at the time of output. Operation becomes possible. However, it is necessary to consider whether or not the image information conversion prohibition mode is applied from the transmitting terminal 1 and whether or not the combination of the transmission document size and the destination document size has a problem in performing the vertical / horizontal conversion. There is. The main control unit 8 instructs the accepted image information conversion unit 3 to convert the image information vertically and horizontally only when all the above three conditions are met.

Depending on the combination of the transmission original size and the destination original size, it is necessary to change the original size before performing the vertical / horizontal conversion. Further, even when the prohibit mode of image information conversion is applied from the transmitting terminal 1 and vertical / horizontal conversion is not instructed, it is necessary to unavoidably change the size depending on the combination of the transmission document size and the destination document size. For this reason, the main control unit 8 controls the reception image information conversion unit 3
In the case of instructing the vertical / horizontal conversion, the presence / absence of the document size is changed, and if the size is changed, the changed document size and the like are also instructed together with the image information vertical / horizontal conversion instruction.

(7) The main controller 8 operates as described above.
Whether or not the original size of image information is changed, the original size to be changed,
The presence / absence of image information vertical / horizontal conversion is accepted and notified to the image information conversion unit 3 (107).

(8) The acceptance image information conversion unit 3 has two buffers capable of sufficiently storing one page of image information, and the image information of the dot image transferred from the acceptance unit 2 is alternated for each page. Buffer. The acceptance image information conversion unit 3 performs portrait / horizontal conversion of image information based on the length of the received document when there is no terminal in the group in which image information portrait / horizontal conversion is prohibited and no image information portrait / horizontal conversion is prohibited. Determine if it is possible. When the image information can be converted into portrait and landscape, the document size is changed, the portrait and landscape of the image information is converted, and the image information is stored in the image information storage unit 4.

In the vertical / horizontal conversion of the image information, the horizontal scanning original image information transferred from the accepting unit 2 is temporarily buffered in the image information converting unit, one page is stored, and then the original image information is transferred in the vertical scanning. By doing so, the original is rotated by 90 °. Then, if the vertical / horizontal conversion of image information is prohibited, or if there is a terminal in the specified broadcast group that cannot be vertically / horizontally converted, or from the combination of the transmission document size and the destination document size, When it is impossible to perform the vertical / horizontal conversion of the image information, the main control unit 8 determines that there is no vertical / horizontal conversion.

Therefore, in these cases, the accepted image information conversion unit 3 converts the document size only when it is necessary to change the document size according to the instruction of the main control unit 8 and stores the image information in the image information storage unit 4. Forward. That is, the received image information conversion unit 3 determines whether or not it is necessary to change the document size, converts the document size if necessary, and transfers the image information to the image information storage unit 4 (108).

The above-described operation is the communication process from the start of communication to the storage of image information according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the processing procedure of image information conversion at the time of acceptance during this period is the flowchart shown in FIG. Since this flow is the same as that described above, its description is omitted.

Next, the communication process until the image information is output will be described.

(9) After the image information is normally stored in the image information storage unit 4, the reception unit 2 reports it to the main control unit 8. At that time, the reception unit 2 also mainly collects objective information such as the terminal number of the transmitting terminal, service, destination (broadcast group number), reception time, number of originals received, serial number of received message (sequence number), etc. The control unit 8 is notified (109).

(10) After receiving the notification of the normal reception of the message from the reception unit 2, the main control unit 8 expands the destination for the designated broadcast group and retrieves the destination terminal telephone number from the main storage unit 9. After determining the destination terminal telephone number, the main control unit 8 selects an unused line and outputs it to the output unit 6 of the corresponding line.
Is instructed to call the destination terminal 7 by designating the destination telephone number (110).

(11) The output unit 6 calls the destination terminal 7 (111).

When there is no response from the destination terminal 7 within the fixed time, the output unit 6 stops the calling and, after the fixed time elapses, calls again.

(12) When the destination terminal 7 responds, the output unit 6 immediately enters the facsimile procedure (phase B) with the destination terminal 7 and negotiates the size of the transmission document, the communication mode, the transmission speed, and the like. Here, the output unit 6 adjusts the size of the transmitted document to the maximum receivable size of the destination terminal 7. Then, the output unit 6 notifies the main control unit 8 of the response and the negotiation result of the destination terminal 7 after the end of the phase B (112, 113).

(13) Whether the main control unit 8 has already converted the image information into the optimum format with respect to the vertical and horizontal sizes and the size based on the maximum recorded original size of the destination terminal and the original size (width) of the stored image information. Whether or not it is determined from the maximum recorded document size of the destination terminal and the document size of the stored image information. If the image information is not in the optimum document format and the prohibition of vertical / horizontal conversion of image information is not designated, the main control unit 8 notifies the output image information conversion unit 5 of an instruction to perform vertical / horizontal conversion (114).

(14) The output image information conversion section 5 has two buffers capable of sufficiently storing one page of image information, and the image information of the dot image transferred from the image information storage section 4 is divided into one page. Alternate buffering (1
15).

When the main control unit 8 instructs the output image information conversion unit 5 to convert the image information vertically or horizontally, the document length of the stored image information transferred from the image information storage unit 4 is used. Or not. If the image information can be vertically and horizontally converted, the output image information conversion unit 5 transfers the document size of the image information and the result of the vertically and horizontally converted image information to the output unit 6. The output image information conversion unit 5 only converts the document size to the output unit 6 when the prohibition of the vertical / horizontal conversion of the image information is designated or the image information of the original document in which the vertical / horizontal conversion of the image information is impossible. Transfer image information. Further, when the image information has already been converted into the optimum document format, the output image information conversion unit 5 transfers the image information to the output unit 6 without conversion.

The operation after the above item (9) is the communication process from image information storage to output according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the processing procedure of the output image information conversion during this period is the flowchart shown in FIG. Since this flow is the same as that described above, its description is omitted.

Next, the communication process until the end of image information transmission will be described.

(15) The output section 6 shifts to image information transmission (phase C) after the facsimile procedure (phase B) with the destination terminal 7 is completed. The output unit 6 decodes the image information converted by the output image information conversion unit 5 and transmits it to the destination terminal 7 (116, 117).

(16) After the message transmission is completed normally,
The output unit 6 disconnects the communication with the destination terminal 7, and the main control unit 8
Is notified of the normal end (118).

(17) After that, the processes of the above items (9) to (14) are repeated for the number of destination terminals, and when the transmission of the message to all the destinations in the designated group is completed, The control unit 8 erases the image information of the transmission message stored in the image information storage unit 4. Further, in the item (10), the main control unit registers the terminal class of the destination terminal 7 stored in the main storage unit 9 and the corresponding terminal according to the negotiation result of the destination terminal notified from the output unit 6. Then, the group class of the broadcast group is updated, and all communication processes are completed (119).

Next, according to the embodiment of the present invention described above,
A specific example of the case where a 4-size document is transmitted via the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

Now, it is assumed that only B4 size paper is set in the receiving side facsimile apparatus. In this case, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the A4 size original is reduced to the B5 size, and the image information is further rotated by 90 degrees and transmitted to the receiving side facsimile apparatus. As a result, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the image information of the transmission original can be output without wasting the paper set in the receiving side facsimile device.

If the length of the image information in the A4 size document to be transmitted is short, the image information is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side without reducing or rotating the image information. As a result, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to minimize the waste of the paper set in the receiving side facsimile device and output the image information of the transmission original.

It is also assumed that only A4 size paper is set in the receiving facsimile machine. In this case, the above-described embodiment of the present invention transmits the image information to the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side without reducing or rotating the document. As a result, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the image information of the transmission original can be output without wasting the paper set in the receiving side facsimile device. In the case of this example, it is possible to reduce an A4 size document to A5 size, rotate the image information by 90 degrees, and transmit the image information to the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side. As a result, the output paper can be saved and used without waste.

The above-described embodiment of the present invention is one in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus. The present invention is particularly applicable to proxy communication, broadcast communication, information posting communication, mailbox communication, and mailbox. It is suitable to be applied to broadcast communication and the like. The present invention can also be applied to a facsimile machine. Then, in these embodiments of the present invention, with respect to the image image of the facsimile image information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile terminal, the image size conversion and the vertical / horizontal conversion are performed according to the recording paper size of the destination facsimile terminal, and each destination facsimile terminal It becomes possible to send.

The above-described embodiment of the present invention is
Image conversion that effectively uses recording paper at the time of image size conversion and high-magnification (reduction ratio) image conversion are possible, saving recording paper, reducing communication time by dramatically compressing image information, reducing communication charges, In addition, it is possible to obtain the effect of shortening the broadcast end time.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to specify the prohibit mode of image information conversion from the transmitting facsimile terminal for the image image of the facsimile image information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile terminal. When applied, it is possible to prevent vertical / horizontal conversion of image information for the corresponding received facsimile image information.

As a result, the facsimile storage exchange device,
Alternatively, the user of the facsimile apparatus can, for example, send an original with fine characters and the like without transmitting the present invention when sending an original having fine characters, and thus the user can easily use the original. It is possible to obtain effects such as improvement of

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the received facsimile image information is stored, the facsimile storage / exchange device or the group class stored in the main storage unit of the facsimile device is referred to so that the device can be stored. It is possible to store the facsimile image information in the optimum format.

As a result, the embodiment of the present invention can reduce the load in the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus or the system of the facsimile apparatus, improve the processing capability, and the like, thereby enabling efficient system operation. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the effect that the communication time can be prevented from being delayed.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, regarding the image image of the facsimile image information transmitted from the transmission facsimile terminal, it is determined whether or not the image can be vertically and horizontally converted according to the document length of each page of the transmission document to determine the image size. It is possible to perform the conversion and the vertical / horizontal conversion, and send the data to each destination facsimile terminal.

As a result, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the transmission original sent from the transmitting facsimile terminal from being conversely increased in communication time and waste of recording paper due to the vertical and horizontal conversion. Therefore, it is possible to obtain effects such as efficient document transmission, prevention of increase in communication time, and prevention of waste of recording paper.

[0072]

As described above, according to the present invention, efficient transmission of originals, prevention of increase in communication time, prevention of waste of recording paper, saving of recording paper, communication time by dramatic compression of image information. It is possible to obtain effects such as a reduction in communication cost, a reduction in communication charge, and a reduction in broadcast end time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention when the present invention is applied during a broadcast communication of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of image information conversion processing in a reception unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a conversion process when the image information stored in the image information storage unit 4 according to the present invention is transferred to an output unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output document by a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sending Terminal 2 Receiving Section 3 Receiving Image Information Converting Section 4 Image Information Accumulating Section 5 Output Image Information Converting Section 6 Output Section 7 Destination Terminal 8 Main Control Section 9 Main Storage Section 10 Facsimile Storage / Exchange Device

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[Claims] 1. A facsimile image information conversion method in a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus for receiving facsimile image information transmitted from a transmitting facsimile terminal, temporarily storing the facsimile image information, and then transmitting the facsimile image information to a destination facsimile terminal, Facsimile image information obtained by encoding a transmission original by a facsimile encoding method, and dot pattern data obtained by converting the facsimile image information encoded in a format to be stored in the facsimile storage / exchange device into an image image, in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction. By changing the direction and the direction, the image is vertically and horizontally converted,
A facsimile image information conversion system characterized by having a means for rotating it by 0 degrees. 2. The destination facsimile terminal is a destination facsimile terminal designated by the originating facsimile terminal or a plurality of destination facsimile terminals registered within a broadcast group number designated by the originating facsimile terminal. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The facsimile image information conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the destination facsimile terminal is a facsimile terminal that has issued a request to take out facsimile image information from a mailbox or an information bulletin board. 4. The facsimile image information of the transmission original read by the transmission original reading unit is temporarily stored and registered in the destination facsimile terminal designated from the operation panel or the broadcast group number designated from the operation panel. In a facsimile image information conversion system in a facsimile apparatus that transmits the facsimile image information to a plurality of destination facsimile terminals, facsimile image information obtained by encoding a transmission document by a facsimile encoding system,
Also, by changing the main scanning direction and the sub scanning direction, the dot pattern data obtained by converting the facsimile image information encoded into the format to be stored in the facsimile apparatus into the image image is converted into the vertical and horizontal directions to obtain 90 degrees. A facsimile image information conversion system characterized by having a rotating means. 5. A facsimile image information conversion method in a facsimile apparatus for receiving facsimile image information transmitted from a transmitting facsimile terminal for relay, temporarily storing it, and transferring it to a destination facsimile terminal. By changing the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction of the dot pattern data obtained by converting the encoded facsimile image information and the facsimile image information encoded in the format to be stored in the facsimile device into an image image, the image image is changed. A facsimile image information conversion method, characterized in that it is provided with means for performing vertical and horizontal conversion and rotating 90 degrees. 6. A means for temporarily converting the facsimile-encoded image information into a dot pattern image before storing the facsimile image information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile terminal in the receiving side device, and one page of the transmission original document. 2 side buffers for temporarily storing the facsimile image information, means for alternately storing the image images of the transmission originals on each side of these buffers, and the size of the image of the image images temporarily stored in the buffer, if necessary. 6. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for arbitrarily converting the image data and means for encoding and storing the image image in a format for storing the image in the apparatus. 7. A unit for temporarily converting a format of the image stored in the apparatus into a dot pattern image of the image before converting the facsimile image information stored in the apparatus by facsimile encoding, and one page of a transmission manuscript. A two-sided buffer for temporarily storing minute facsimile image information, a means for alternately storing the image images of the transmission original on each side of these buffers, and an image size of the image image temporarily stored in the buffer are required. 7. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit for converting the dot pattern image of the image according to a facsimile encoding system. 8. When accepting a service, means for applying a mode for prohibiting vertical / horizontal conversion of an image and image by means of service specification, means for decoding whether or not the mode is applied, and application of the mode are decoded by the means. 8. A facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising means for prohibiting vertical and horizontal conversion of the image. 9. The service designation is a dial signal, P
9. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 8, which is performed by a B signal or an OCR / OMR sheet. 10. A means for storing a group class for each broadcast group number in the apparatus, and the necessity of vertical / horizontal conversion of an image image at the time of receiving facsimile image information is determined based on the group class at the time of group broadcast. 10. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising: a means for performing the above-mentioned processing, and means for performing vertical-horizontal conversion of the image image based on the result determined by the means. 11. A means for measuring the original length (vertical width) of the stored image image, and a determination as to whether or not vertical / horizontal conversion of the image image is possible based on the original size (horizontal width) and the measurement result of the original length. 11. The facsimile image information conversion system according to claim 1, further comprising means and means for performing vertical-horizontal conversion of the image image based on a result determined by the means.