JPH08181809A - Facsimile equipment with camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To confirm a photographing state without using a display device of a large screen by supplying a photographed video to a printing part and printing it out. CONSTITUTION: A facsimile equipment main body 1 outputs a read start signal to a digital camera 1 through an I/F circuit 2. The camera 1 automatically and continuously executes photographing for the prescribed number of times (eight times, for example). When one photographing is finished and the transmission of digital video data of a frame to the equipment main body is finished, photographing is started after prescribed time, and the transmission of digital video data to the equipment main body is repeated for the prescribed number of times. A frame identification information generation circuit 8 generates frame identification information of video data on the respective frames, adds them to video data to the respective frames by a composite circuit 7, obtains composited picture data and stores it in a memory 10. After photographing for eight times is completed, composite data of eight frames is read by a control part 21 and it is printed out by the printing part 14. A user selects the picture he desired to be transmitted and inputs frame identification information from an input circuit 9. After a line is connected, the designated frame picture is transmitted and the line is released.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus with a camera input for transmitting image information obtained by photographing with a digital camera or the like as original information by facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general facsimile machine, C
A sheet-shaped original or a book-shaped original is read by a digital scanner using a CD line sensor or the like, and the read image information is encoded and compressed and transmitted to the other party. Further, in recent years, there has been known a digital camera or the like which enables facsimile transmission by handling digital image information obtained by photographing a three-dimensional object as document information (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-170).
No. 150).

[0003]

However, in the conventional facsimile device with a camera in which the above digital camera or the like is incorporated, the photographed image is not displayed on the display device having a large screen, so that the photographing state is confirmed. However, there is a problem that a defective image due to a shooting error is transmitted to the other party by facsimile. On the other hand, when the captured image is displayed on the large-screen display device as described above, the large-screen display device is expensive and requires a large installation space. There is a drawback that

In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a camera-equipped facsimile apparatus capable of confirming a photographing state without using a large-screen display device.

[0005]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-equipped facsimile apparatus in which the image information obtained by photographing is facsimile-transmitted as document information, and the image information is supplied to a printing section. It is characterized in that a confirmation print means for printing out is provided.

The camera-equipped facsimile apparatus of the present invention is a camera-equipped facsimile apparatus in which the image information obtained by photographing is facsimile-transmitted as document information. Identification information generating means for generating, composition means for adding the frame identification information to the corresponding video information to generate composite image information, and confirmation printing for supplying the composite image information to a printing section for printing. And means.

Further, the camera-equipped facsimile apparatus of the present invention is such that, in the camera-equipped facsimile apparatus in which the image information obtained by photographing is facsimile-transmitted as the document information, the frame identification information is added to each of the image information for a plurality of frames. Identification information generating means for generating, composition means for adding the frame identification information to the corresponding video information to generate composite image information, and confirmation printing for supplying the composite image information to a printing section for printing. Means, frame video designation input means for inputting frame identification information by a user, and selection means for selecting video information corresponding to the input frame identification information and outputting it to a transmission system. To do.

[0008]

According to the first structure, since the image information obtained by photographing is printed out by the printing unit, the photographing state can be easily confirmed without a large screen display device, and there is a photographing mistake. It is possible to prevent the transmission of video.

According to the second configuration, since the frame identification information is added to each piece of video information of a plurality of frames obtained by photographing and printed out, the video information of a plurality of frames is printed on one recording sheet. Even if it is output, it is possible to easily determine which is the video of which frame.

According to the third configuration, any one is selected from the plurality of image information printed out as described above, and the frame identification information corresponding to the selected one is input to select it. Video information can be sent to the other party by facsimile.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments.

The facsimile machine with a camera of the present invention is
The image information obtained by photographing with a camera can be transmitted by facsimile as document information, and is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG.

A digital camera 1 including a CCD image pickup device, an optical lens and the like is connected to a camera interface circuit 2 in the facsimile apparatus main body. The image captured by the digital camera 1 is converted into digital image data by an A / D converter (not shown). This digital video data is stored in the camera interface circuit 2
Is input to the synthesizing circuit 7 after being controlled by the second transfer control circuit 3. The frame identification information from the frame identification information generation circuit 8 is also input to the synthesis circuit 7.

The combined image data combined by the combining circuit 8 is input to the image memory 10. Further, in the image memory 10, image data from a document reading system for a sheet-like document including a reading unit 4, an image processing circuit 5, and a first transfer control circuit 6, and received image data received from a partner. Is also entered.

The memory controller 21 controls data writing / reading of the image memory 10 in accordance with a command from the CPU 20. That is, an address generation for writing the composite image data from the synthesizing circuit 8, an address generation for writing the image data from the image processing circuit 5, and an address generation for writing the received image data received from the other party, and An address is generated to read out one or a plurality of already written composite image data or image data.

The printing unit 14 receives one or a plurality of composite image data or received image data read from the image memory 10 and prints on recording paper based on the data.

The frame image designation input circuit 9 is operated by the user, and outputs the frame information designated by this operation to the CPU 20. The CPU 20 reads the image information of the designated frame via the memory control unit 21 and outputs it to a transmission system described later.

The coding circuit 11 codes the image data to be transmitted and outputs it to the modulation / demodulation circuit 13. The modulation circuit 13 modulates the encoded data into a signal suitable for a telephone line. This modulated signal is output to the telephone line via the NCU circuit 15. The modulated signal sent from the other party is
The data is demodulated by the modulation / demodulation circuit 13 via the NCU circuit 15 to become coded data, and the coded data is decompressed via the decoding circuit 12 to become image data, which is printed by the printing unit 14 based on this image data. Or is stored in the image memory 10. In addition,
Of course, the encoded data may be stored in the image memory 10.

Next, in the facsimile device with a camera having the above-mentioned structure, a process for facsimile transmission of image information obtained by photographing as document information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The facsimile apparatus main body outputs a reading start signal to the digital camera 1 via the camera interface circuit 2 (step 1). Digital camera 1
When the reading start signal is received, the camera automatically takes a predetermined number of times (8 times in this embodiment) (step 2).

FIGS. 2A and 2B are timing charts showing the read start signal and digital video data. The digital video data of each frame is composed of a line video signal as shown in FIG. 7D, and the line video data is the horizontal sync signal shown in FIGS. It is output to the camera interface circuit 2 in synchronization with the shift clock.

When one photographing is finished and the digital image data of the frame is completely sent to the main body of the facsimile apparatus (step 3), the next photographing is started after a lapse of a fixed time, and when the photographing is finished, the frame is finished. This digital video data transmission process is repeated eight times, such as transmitting the digital video data to the facsimile apparatus main body (step 2, step 3, step 4).

The frame identification information generating circuit 8 generates frame identification information for the video data of each frame.
For example, information such as "1" is generated for the first frame. The generated frame identification information is added to the video data of each frame by the synthesizing circuit 7 to obtain synthetic image data. The composite image data is stored in the print image memory area of the image memory 10 (step 5). This identification information addition processing is performed on the video information of each of the eight frames captured by the digital camera 1 (step 6).

After photographing eight times, the composite image data of eight frames stored in the print image memory area of the image memory 10 is read by the memory control unit 21 according to a command from the CPU 20. The read composite image data is output to the printing unit 14 and printed out by the printing unit 14 (step 7). The CPU 2
In the case of the present embodiment, 0 is to issue the recording command by obtaining the end information of the eight times of photographing, but the recording command may be issued by obtaining the signal of the recording key operation by the user. Is.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the recording paper illustrating the content of the print output of the composite image data by the printing unit 14. Eight images of video data for eight frames are recorded together with frame identification information on one recording sheet.

The user selects an image desired to be transmitted from the eight images recorded on the recording paper. Then, the frame identification information for the selected image is input using the frame image designation input circuit 9 (step 8). The image designation by inputting the frame identification information is finished, for example, by operating an end key (not shown) on the operation panel (step 9).

When the image to be transmitted is selected, the other party is dialed to establish a line connection (step 10). Then, after the handshake with the partner, the CPU 20 reads out the video data corresponding to the designated image from the image memory 10 through the memory control unit 21 and transmits it to the partner (step 11). When the transmission of the image data for all the designated images is completed, the line is released (step 12) and the transmission is completed.

As described above, the image information obtained by photographing is stored in the image memory 10 and sent to the printing section 14 to be printed out, so that the photographing state can be easily confirmed without a large screen display device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the transmission of a video having a shooting error.

Further, since frame identification information is added to each piece of video information of a plurality of frames obtained by photographing and printed out, as shown in FIG. 3, the video information of a plurality of frames is printed on one recording sheet. Even if you go out
You can easily determine which is the video of which frame.

Then, by selecting any one of the plurality of video information printed out as shown in FIG. 3 and inputting the frame identification information corresponding to the selected video information, the selected video information is displayed. You can send a fax to the other party.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since you can check the shooting status by printing the shooting video,
Since it is not necessary to use a large-screen display device, the size and cost of the device can be reduced. In addition, even when shooting is performed a plurality of times at a time, it is possible to easily determine which video is in which frame, select it easily, and send the video information to the other party.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus with a camera of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a time chart showing an image reading sequence from the digital camera of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a recording sheet illustrating the content of print output of composite image data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing contents when the image information of the present invention is transmitted by facsimile as document information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Digital Camera 2 Camera Interface Circuit 3 Second Transfer Control Circuit 4 Reader 5 Image Processing Circuit 6 First Transfer Control Circuit 7 Compositing Circuit 8 Frame Identification Information Generation Circuit 9 Frame Video Designation Input Circuit 10 Image Memory 11 Encoding Circuit 12 Decoding Circuit 13 modulation / demodulation circuit 14 printing unit 15 NCU circuit 20 CPU 21 memory control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A camera-equipped facsimile apparatus adapted to facsimile-transmit image information obtained by photographing as document information, comprising a confirmation printing unit for supplying the image information to a printing unit and printing it out. Facsimile machine with camera. 2. A camera-equipped facsimile apparatus adapted to facsimile-transmit video information obtained by photographing as document information, and identification information generating means for generating frame identification information for video information of a plurality of frames, respectively. The image forming apparatus further comprises: a synthesizing unit that adds frame identification information to the corresponding video information to generate synthetic image information; and a confirmation printing unit that supplies the synthetic image information to a printing unit and prints it out. Facsimile machine with camera. 3. A camera-equipped facsimile apparatus adapted to facsimile-transmit image information obtained by photographing as document information, and identification information generating means for generating frame identification information for a plurality of frames of image information, respectively. Combining means for adding frame identification information to the corresponding video information to generate composite image information, confirmation printing means for supplying the composite image information to a printing section for printing, and frame identification information by a user. A camera-equipped facsimile apparatus, comprising: a frame image designation input unit for inputting the image information; and a selection unit for selecting image information corresponding to the input frame identification information and outputting the selected image information to a transmission system.