JPH10290316A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile equipment that transfers image information of the image being the same as a recording image by a recording means of its own equipment to an information processor. SOLUTION: This facsimile equipment 1 stores received image information once in an image information storage memory 9, and when facsimile communication is finished, the image information in the image information storage memory 9 is reproduced by a DCR 7 and expanded in an image information line memory 10. When the expansion of information in the image information line memory 10 is finished, a main control section 2 transfers the image information from the image information line memory 10 to a recording section 5, which prints out the information on recording paper, and edit processing such as division processing to divide image information, reduction processing to reduce the image information and link processing or the like linking the image information on different pages is applied to the information depending on a size of recording paper set to a recording section 4. The main control section 2 stores the content of the edit processing and transfers the image information to a PC I/F section 6 when the recording processing is finished and in the case of transfer, the same edit processing as the content of the edit processing is applied to the image information and transfers the result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus in which a facsimile apparatus and an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer are connected and transfer received image information from the facsimile apparatus to the information processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus, a reading section for reading an image of a document, a transmitting / receiving section for facsimile communication of a facsimile control signal and image information with a partner facsimile apparatus, and recording and outputting the received image information on a recording sheet. Recording unit and an operation unit for instructing various operations,
It functions as one independent device.

Recently, however, the functions of facsimile machines have been improved with the spread of the facsimile machines, and information processing apparatuses such as personal computers have been connected to the facsimile machines.
A facsimile apparatus for exchanging image information with the information processing apparatus has appeared.

[0004] In such a facsimile apparatus,
Conventionally, received image information is transferred to an information processing apparatus in the same document format as the reception format, that is, in the length and the number of image information of each page of a received document.

[0005]

However, in a conventional facsimile apparatus connected to such an information processing apparatus, a received original is directly transferred from the facsimile apparatus to the information processing apparatus in the form of a received document. The recorded image when the received document is recorded by the facsimile machine and the recorded image when the received document transferred from the facsimile device to the information processing device is recorded and output by the recording device connected to the information processing device are different from each other. There was a problem of poor sex.

That is, when a facsimile apparatus conventionally records and outputs a received document with its own plotter, if the plotter is provided with cut recording paper, the image information for one page of the received document is converted to the cut recording paper. If the size of the received document is longer than the recordable size, the divided image processing for dividing and recording the image information for one page of the received document is performed. When the length of the received document is slightly longer than that of the cut recording paper, the image information of one page of the received document is reduced according to the recording paper size and recorded. When the size of the received document is smaller than the recordable size and the received document has a plurality of pages, the image information editing process such as the connection recording process of connecting and recording the image information for the plurality of pages of the received document is performed. It is recorded Te.

However, as described above, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, the received original is transferred from the facsimile apparatus to the information processing apparatus in the form of a received document, so that the information processing apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus. When the image information of the received document is recorded and output by a recording device such as a printer, the information processing device does not perform the above-described divided recording process, reduced recording process, and linked recording process.
The recorded image in which the image information of the received document is recorded and output by the plotter of the facsimile apparatus is different from the recorded image that is recorded and output by the recording apparatus such as a printer connected to the information processing apparatus. There was a problem of bad.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when image information is recorded on a cut recording sheet, a page dividing process is performed.
When editing information applied to image information by an image information editing unit that performs various kinds of editing processing such as image information reduction processing or image information consolidation processing, and transfers the image information to an information processing apparatus, The image information to be processed is subjected to the same editing processing as that performed on the image information at the time of recording by the image information editing means and transferred, so that the same image as the recorded image of the image information recorded and output by the recording means of the facsimile apparatus is obtained. The image information is transferred to the information processing device to facilitate handling of the image information in the information processing device, such as searching for the image information, and when the image information is recorded on recording paper by a recording device such as a printer connected to the information processing device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus with good usability by eliminating a sense of incongruity with a recorded image of image information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, according to the transfer size set by the size setting means for setting the transfer size of the image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus, the image information is divided into pages, reduced, The image information is transferred to the information processing device by performing an editing process such as a linking process, for example, so that the transfer size of the image information matches the size of the recording paper of a recording device such as a printer connected to the information processing device. Is set, the image information of the image when recorded by the recording device connected to the information processing device is transferred, and the handleability of the image information in the information processing device, such as searching for the image information, is improved. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which records image information appropriately by a connected recording apparatus and has good usability.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when performing division processing on image information to be transferred, predetermined division information indicating a divided page is added to a predetermined area of a page of the divided image information. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus that is more versatile by making it possible for an information processing apparatus to recognize image information that has been subjected to division processing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing process of transfer image information based on editing contents of image information at the time of recording, an editing process of transfer image information based on a set size, or a process of adding division information to a divided page. Only when the transmission source of the received image information is registered in the destination registration means for registering the destination to perform each process such as, the image information editing process can be performed according to the transmission source. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can reduce the transfer time by performing, for example, dividing a page more than necessary by performing or not performing the processing, and further improving the usability.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing process of transfer image information based on editing contents of image information at the time of recording, an editing process of transfer image information based on a set size, or a process of adding division information to a divided page. The processing is performed only when the validity of the processing is set by the valid / invalid setting means for setting the validity / invalidity of each processing such as, for example, the case where the page is divided more than necessary is suppressed. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus in which the transfer time is reduced and the operability is further improved.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus for performing facsimile reception of image information according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure, and temporarily storing the received image information in an image information storage unit. At the time of recording and outputting on a cut recording paper by the recording means, the image information editing means divides the image information into pages according to the size of the recording paper, reduces the image information, or executes processing for different pages. The information processing device performs an editing process such as a connection process for linking image information, has an interface with the information processing device, and communicates a predetermined command with the information processing device via the interface. A facsimile apparatus which transfers the received image information to the image information edited by the image information editing means during the recording process. When storing the content and transferring the image information to the information processing apparatus via the interface, the image information to be transferred is subjected to the same editing processing as the editing content applied to the image information at the time of recording by the image information editing means. The above object is attained by providing a control means for transferring the information to the information processing apparatus.

According to the above arrangement, when the image information is recorded on the cut recording paper, the image information is subjected to various editing processes such as a page dividing process, a reducing process of the image information, or a connecting process of the image information. When the edited contents applied to the image information by the editing means are stored and the image information is transferred to the information processing apparatus, the same editing processing as the edited contents applied to the transferred image information at the time of recording by the image information editing means is performed. The image information is transferred to the information processing apparatus, so that the image information of the same image as the recorded image of the image information recorded and output by the recording means of the facsimile apparatus can be transferred to the information processing apparatus. Can be easily handled,
It is possible to improve the usability of the facsimile machine by eliminating the discomfort of the image information recorded on the recording paper by a recording device such as a printer connected to the information processing device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus performs facsimile reception of image information according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure, temporarily stores the received image information in the image information storage means, and is provided with a cut recording sheet. The recording means records and outputs the data on the recording paper, and has an interface with the information processing device, and communicates a predetermined command with the information processing device via the interface to transmit the command to the information processing device. In a facsimile apparatus for transferring received image information, size setting means for setting a transfer size of the image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus, a page dividing process for the image information, a process for reducing the image information, or a different process. An image information editing unit for performing an editing process such as a linking process for linking the image information of a page; and the size setting unit. According to the set the transfer size, the division processing of the image information to the image information editing means,
The above object is achieved by providing control means for performing the reduction processing or the editing processing such as the connection processing and transferring the processed data to the information processing apparatus.

According to the above arrangement, according to the transfer size set by the size setting means for setting the transfer size of the image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus, the image information is divided into pages, reduced, or linked. Since the image information is transferred to the information processing device by performing editing processing such as processing, for example,
Set the transfer size of the image information according to the size of the recording paper of a recording device such as a printer connected to the information processing device,
The image information of the image recorded by the recording device connected to the information processing device can be transferred, and the handleability of the information processing device, such as searching for the image information, can be improved. The image information can be appropriately recorded by the recording device connected to the printer. Therefore, usability of the facsimile apparatus can be improved.

In each of the above cases, for example, when the control means causes the image information editing means to perform the division processing of the image information, the control means divides the image information into the image information editing means. Predetermined division information indicating that the page is divided into predetermined areas of the image information page may be added.

According to the above configuration, when performing division processing on image information to be transferred, predetermined division information indicating that the page is divided into predetermined areas of the divided image information pages is added. The processed image information can be recognized by the information processing apparatus, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be further improved.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 4, the facsimile apparatus edits the transferred image information based on the edited contents of the image information at the time of recording, and performs processing based on a set size of the size setting means. A destination registration unit for registering a destination to perform each of the processes, such as the process of editing the transfer image information or the process of adding the division information to the division page, wherein the control unit includes Only when the transmission source of the information is the destination registered in the destination registration unit, the image information editing unit may perform the process and transfer the information to the information processing apparatus.

According to the above arrangement, the transfer image information editing process based on the editing content of the image information at the time of recording, the transfer image information editing process based on the set size, or the process of adding the division information to the division page is performed. This process is performed only when the sender of the received image information is registered in the destination registration unit that registers the destination to perform each process, so that the image information can be edited according to the source. For example, it is possible to suppress the case where a page is divided more than necessary, shorten the transfer time, and further improve the usability of the facsimile apparatus.

Further, for example, in the facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus edits the transfer image information based on an edit content of the image information at the time of recording, and performs a process based on a set size of the size setting means. Valid / invalid for setting the validity / invalidity of each process such as the process of editing the transferred image information or the process of adding the divided information to the divided page.
An invalid setting unit, wherein the control unit causes the image information editing unit to perform the process only when the validity of the process is set by the valid / invalid setting unit, and causes the information processing apparatus to perform the process. It may be transferred.

According to the above arrangement, the transfer image information is edited based on the editing contents of the image information at the time of recording, the transfer image information is edited based on the set size, or the division information is added to the divided page. The processing is performed only when the validity of the processing is set by the validity / invalidity setting means for setting the validity / invalidity of each processing. Therefore, for example, the transfer is performed while suppressing the division of the page more than necessary, for example. The time can be shortened, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be further improved.

[0023]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIGS. 1 to 6 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus 1 to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied. It is.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 1 includes a main control unit 2, an operation unit 3, a reading unit 4, a recording unit 5, a PC I /
F unit 6, DCR (encoding / decoding unit) 7, NCU (Netw
ork control unit) 8, image information storage memory 9, image information line memory 10, destination registration memory 11, transfer length registration memory 12, destination identification memory 13, and code memory 14.
Etc. are provided.

The main control unit (control means) 2 includes a CPU (Cent
ral Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory)
And ROM (Random Access Memory)
Stored therein are a basic processing program as the facsimile apparatus 1 and various processing programs such as an image information transfer processing program to be described later, and various kinds of processing necessary for performing various processes such as the basic processing and the image information transfer processing. System data and the like are stored. The main control unit 2 has its CPU
Controls various parts of the facsimile machine 1 based on a program in the ROM while using the RAM as a work memory, executes basic processing as the facsimile machine 1, and executes various processing such as image information transfer processing to be described later. .

The operation unit 3 includes various operation keys such as a numeric keypad, a start key, and a function key, and also includes a display (for example, a liquid crystal display). Various commands such as a transmission operation are input from the operation keys. Displays the content of a command input from the operation keys and various information notified from the facsimile machine 1 to the operator. In particular, the transfer size of the image information of the received document to be transferred, for example, A4 size, B5 size, etc., is input from the operation unit 3 in the image information transfer processing described later, and the received document is recorded by the recording unit 5. Source data of facsimile communication, such as source facsimile number, source name, etc., which is used to edit the image information to be transferred with the document editing content at the time of transfer, and further, the transferred image information based on the edited content of the image information at the time of recording , Edit processing of transfer image information based on a transfer size, or addition / disabling processing of adding division information to division pages, is set to valid / invalid.

The reading unit 4 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Cou
A line image scanner or the like using a pled device is used to scan a set document and read an image of the document at a predetermined resolution.

As the recording section (recording means) 5, for example, a thermal recording apparatus using a thermal element or an electrophotographic recording apparatus is used, and cut recording paper can be set thereon. The image information and other information of the document read by the unit 4 are recorded and output on recording paper.

PC I / F (interface) 6
Is connected to an information processing device such as a personal computer (not shown), and the facsimile device 1
An AT command is exchanged via the / F unit 6 to transmit and receive various data (information), particularly image information, to and from the information processing apparatus.

Although not shown, the information processing apparatus transmits and receives AT commands to and from the facsimile apparatus 1 via the host PC I / F unit 6, and transmits and receives image information to and from the facsimile apparatus 1. A communication management software is provided, and a printer or the like that performs recording on cut recording paper is connected. The information processing device particularly displays the image information received from the facsimile device 1 on a display,
The data is recorded and output by a connected printer.

The DCR 7 is an image information storage memory 9 for image information.
The purpose of this is to improve the efficiency of storage in the data and shorten the transmission time, and to encode image information according to a predetermined encoding method,
In addition, the encoded image information is decoded.

The NCU 8 operates under the control of the main control unit 2, exchanges facsimile control signals with a facsimile machine of the other party, executes a facsimile communication procedure, and includes a modem and a network control unit. By modem
The modulation of the transmission signal and the demodulation of the reception signal are performed, and the network control unit performs automatic call origination and termination processing.

Image information storage memory (image information storage means) 9
Is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM and a hard disk, and temporarily stores mainly image information of a transmission original and image information of a received reception original. The image information storage memory 9
Stores various types of management information and the like necessary for managing the image information stored in the image information storage memory 9.

The image information line memory 10 is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM, and has a number corresponding to the number of lines of image information that can be recorded on the recording paper of the maximum size of cut recording paper that can be mounted on the recording unit 5. Has capacity. The image information line memory 10 temporarily stores the image information reproduced by the DCR 7,
The image information stored in the image information line memory 10 is transferred to the recording unit 5 and recorded and output on recording paper by the recording unit 5.

Destination registration memory (destination registration means) 11
Is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM, and stores various management information such as a destination telephone number and a name and its own telephone number and a name, and records a received document in an image information transfer process described later. The unit 5 stores data relating to a transmission source of facsimile communication for editing image information to be transferred based on the document editing content when recording, for example, a transmission source facsimile number, a transmission source name, and the like.

The transfer length registration memory 12 is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM, and transfers the transfer image information size inputted from the operation unit 3, that is, to the information processing apparatus in the image information transfer processing described later. The size of the image information of the received document to be transferred, for example, A4 size, B5 size, and the like are stored.

The destination identification memory 13 is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM, and transmits a facsimile communication based on a non-standard function setting signal or a transmission terminal identification signal transmitted from a transmission source facsimile apparatus. It stores identification information for identifying the source. The main control unit 2 analyzes the non-standard function setting signal or the transmission terminal identification signal transmitted from the transmission source facsimile apparatus by the identification information of the destination identification memory 13 at the time of reception.
When the transmission source is identified, it is checked whether the identified destination is registered in the destination registration memory 11, and when the received document is recorded by the recording unit 5 when the image information is transferred to the information processing apparatus. Decide whether to transfer with the contents of the document edit.

The code memory 14 is composed of a readable / writable memory such as a RAM. When the received image information is transferred to the information processing device via the PC I / F unit 6, the image information encoded by the DCR 7 is transmitted. Is temporarily stored.

The main control unit 2 includes the DCR 7, the image information storage memory 9, the image information line memory 10, and the code memory 14.
And the image information stored in the storage unit 5 and the PC I /
The image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus via the F unit 6 is divided, reduced, and connected. Therefore, the main control unit 2, DCR 7, image information storage memory 9, image information line memory 10, and code memory 14 function as image information editing means as a whole.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. When the facsimile machine 1 receives an incoming call, as shown in FIG. 2, the main control unit 2 drives the NCU 8 to execute a facsimile control procedure with the other party's facsimile machine. The main control unit 2 sends a CED signal (called terminal identification signal) to notify that the call has been received, and then includes an NSF signal (non-standard function identification signal) for notifying the manufacturer's specifications and the facsimile apparatus 1. It sends out a DIS signal (identification signal) notifying the function that is present.

Upon receiving these signals, the transmitting facsimile apparatus sets a transmission mode in accordance with the function of the facsimile apparatus 1 on the receiving side from these signals, and
SS (RTI) signal (non-standard function setting signal) and DCS
After transmitting a (TSI) signal (digital command signal) and then performing a TCF signal (training check) and appropriately completing the training check, the facsimile apparatus 1 transmits a CFR signal (reception preparation confirmation signal) to the transmitting side facsimile. Send to device.

The facsimile machine 1 identifies the transmission source of the non-standard function setting signal or the transmission terminal identification signal transmitted from the other party facsimile machine based on the identification information stored in the destination identification memory 13.

Upon receiving the CFR signal, the transmitting-side facsimile apparatus prepares (RETRAIN) the receiving-side modem again to transmit image information, and then starts transmitting image information (MESSAGE).

When the transmission of the image information is completed, the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side sends out an EOP signal (procedure end signal) indicating the end of the transmission.

When the facsimile machine 1 on the receiving side confirms that the image information has been normally received, it transmits an MCF signal (message confirmation signal) to notify that the image information has been normally received.

Upon receiving the MCF signal, the transmitting facsimile machine sends out a DCN signal (disconnect command signal) to notify the receiving side that the line is to be disconnected, and then disconnects the line.

The facsimile apparatus 1 temporarily stores the image information received as described above in an encoded state in the image information storage memory 9 and completes the facsimile communication. The image information is read out from the information storage memory 9 line by line from the first page, transferred to the DCR 7, the image information is sequentially reproduced by the DCR 7, and transferred to the image information line memory 10 while counting the number of lines.
The reproduced image information is expanded in the image information line memory 10. When the development to the image information line memory 10 is completed, the main control unit 2 transfers the image information from the image information line memory 10 to the recording unit 5 and causes the recording unit 5 to record and output the image information on recording paper.

The main control unit 2 performs a document editing process in the image information recording process. That is, the main control unit 2
As shown in FIG. 3, the number of recordable lines is obtained from the size of the recording paper set in the recording unit 4 (Step S).
1) It is checked whether the connection mode has been set (step S2). The connection mode is set by key operation of the operation unit 3, and the setting state is stored in the RAM or the like of the main control unit 2.

When the connection mode is not set, the main control unit 2 checks whether the image information of the next line to be developed is present in the image information storage memory 9 (step S3). Since there is image information of the next line, the image information is
The image data is read out for each line, transferred to the DCR 7, the counter for counting the number of lines is incremented by “1”, reproduced by the DCR 7, and the reproduced image information is transferred to the image information line memory 10. The data is developed in the memory 10 (step S4). When developing the image information in the image information line memory 10, the main controller 2 exceeds the number of lines that can be recorded on the recording paper (reduction limit line number) set when the image information is reduced by thinning. (Step S5), and if the number does not exceed the reduction limit line number, it is checked whether the received image information is the last line of the page (step S6).

If it is determined in step S6 that the current line is not the last line of the page, the main control unit 2 returns to step S3, checks whether a next line exists, and performs the same processing as described above. In step S6, the main line is the last line. The main control unit 2 determines whether or not the number of lines that can be recorded at the same magnification without reducing the image information is determined by the count number of the counter and the step S.
The number of recordable lines acquired in step 1 is checked by comparison (step S7). If the number of recordable lines is within the number of recordable lines, the image information expanded in the image information line memory 10 is not processed without reducing the image information. The image data is transferred to the recording unit 5 and the recording unit 5 records the image information on the recording paper at the same magnification (step S).
8).

If the number of recordable lines is exceeded in step S7, the main control section 2 reduces the image information by thinning-out processing and transfers the reduced image information to the recording section 5; As shown in (1), the image information obtained by reducing the image information of the received document is recorded on the recording paper by the recording unit 5 (Step S).
9).

In step S5, when the limit line to be reduced is exceeded, as shown in FIG. 5, division recording for dividing one page of image information into a plurality of pages and recording is started (step S10).

At this time, the main control unit 2 adds the image information of the last line of the previous page of the divided page to the first line of the page after the divided page as division information indicating that the page is divided. To record. That is, the main control unit 2
When the image information of one page is divided into two or more pages, the image information of the last line of the previous page of the divided page is converted to the position of the first line when the image information of the next page is developed in the image information line memory 10. When the image information of the last line of the previous page is added to the first line of the subsequent page and the development of the image information of the subsequent page to the image information line memory 10 is completed, the image information is stored in the recording unit 5. Is transferred and recorded on recording paper.

If there is no next line in step S3, the main control unit 2 proceeds to step S8,
The same-size recording is performed (step S8).

When the connection mode is set in step S2, the main controller 2 checks whether the image information of the next line to be developed is present in the image information storage memory 9 (step S11), and When there is image information, the image information is read from the image information storage memory 9 line by line, transferred to the DCR 7, the counter for counting the number of lines is incremented by "1", reproduced by the DCR 7, and then reproduced. The image information is transferred to the image information line memory 10 and developed on the image information line memory 10 (step S).
12).

After developing the image information in the image information line memory 10, the main control unit 2 checks whether the number of lines exceeds the number of lines recordable on recording paper (the number of recordable lines) (step S13). If the number does not exceed the number of recordable lines, the process returns to step S11 to perform the same processing as above (steps S11 to S13).

In step S13, when the number of recordable lines is exceeded, the main control unit 2 transfers the image information developed in the image information line memory 10 to the recording unit 5, and causes the recording unit 5 to print the image information on the recording paper. Is started (step S14).

In step S11, when there is no next line, that is, when the last line is reached, the main control unit 2 shifts to step S14 and transfers the image information developed in the image information line memory 10 to the recording unit 5. Then, the recording unit 5 starts recording the image information on the recording paper (step S14).

Therefore, when the connection mode is set, as shown in FIG. 6, the image information of two or more pages of the received document is connected and recorded on one page of recording paper.

The main control unit 2 controls the document editing information of the image information in the image information recording process, for example, the reduction ratio of the image information,
The link information and the like are stored in a RAM or the like, and the document editing information is referred to when editing the image information to be transferred to the information processing device.

When the recording process is completed, the main control unit 2
Performs edit transfer processing of the received image information to the information processing apparatus.

In the process of editing and transferring image information to the information processing apparatus, the main control unit 2 first sets the PC I / F unit 6
After the AT command is exchanged with the information processing device connected to the PC I / F unit 6 via the PC and the preparation of the transfer of the image information is performed, the transfer of the received image information in the image information storage memory 9 is performed. At this time, first, the non-standard function setting signal or the transmission terminal identification signal transmitted from the transmission source facsimile apparatus at the time of reception is analyzed by the identification information of the destination identification memory 13 and the identified destination is registered. It is checked whether or not it is registered in the memory 11, and it is determined whether or not the image information of the received document is to be transferred based on the content of the document edited when the recording is performed by the recording unit 5. That is, when the transmission source of the received image information is registered in the destination registration memory 11, the received image information is document-edited with the editing contents at the time of recording and transferred to the information processing apparatus, and the destination information is stored in the destination registration memory 11. When the transmission source of the received image information is not registered, the received image information is transferred to the information processing apparatus in the receiving state.

It is checked whether or not the transfer size of the image information at the time of transfer has been registered with reference to the transfer length registration memory 12. If the transfer size has been registered, the registered transfer size has been registered. The received image information is edited in accordance with, and the edited image information is transferred to the information processing apparatus.

Now, assuming that the source of the received image information is registered in the destination identification memory 13 and the transfer size is not registered in the transfer length registration memory 12, the main control unit 2 stores the image information. The received image information stored in the memory 9 is sequentially read from the first page, and the image information is reproduced by the DCR 7 and expanded in the image information line memory 10 while referring to the editing contents at the time of the recording process. The image information is compressed again by the DCR 7 using the compression method specified by the AT command exchanged with the processing device, and stored in the code memory 14. At this time, for example, when the image information is reduced at the time of recording, the main control unit 2 records the image information by performing pixel thinning or the like based on the reduction ratio stored as the editing content in the RAM. At the same reduction rate as at the time of reduction processing,
When the image information linking process is being performed, the same image information linking process is performed. When the image information splitting process is being performed, the same image information splitting process is performed.

When one page of image information is stored in the code memory 14, the main control unit 2 stores the compressed image information in the PC.
The data is transferred to the information processing device via the I / F unit 6.

The above processing is sequentially performed with reference to the contents of editing in the RAM, and when all the image information has been transferred to the information processing apparatus, the image information editing and transfer processing ends.

If the transmission source of the received image information is not registered in the destination identification memory 13 and the transfer size is not registered in the transfer length registration memory 12, the main control unit 2 After the received image information in the image information storage memory 9 is sequentially expanded in the image information line memory 10 without performing the page configuration of the information in the receiving state, that is, without performing the reduction process, the division process, the connection process, and the like, the AT command is issued. Encoding by the DCR 7 in the encoding method
When the image information for one page is stored in the code memory 14, the image information is transferred to the information processing device via the PC I / F unit 6.

Further, when the transfer size is registered in the transfer length registration memory 12, the main controller 2 adds the transfer information of the transfer length registration memory 12 to the received image information stored in the image information storage memory 9. Based on the size, an editing process similar to the process shown in FIG.
0 is expanded to the image information line memory 10.
Is encoded by the DCR 7 using the encoding method specified by the AT command, and is stored in the code memory 14. The main control unit 2 stores the image information for one page in the code memory 1
4, the image information in the code memory 14 is transferred to the information processing device via the PC I / F unit 6.

The information processing apparatus displays the transferred image information on a display, and records and outputs the image information on recording paper by a printer connected to the information processing apparatus.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 1 operates the key operation of the operation unit 3 to edit the transfer image information based on the edit contents of the image information at the time of recording, edit the transfer image information based on the transfer size, or perform the split page It is possible to set the validity / invalidity of each process such as the process of adding the division information to the device, and this setting content is stored in the RAM or the like in the main control unit 2. Then, the main control unit 2 checks the setting contents of each processing, and executes the above processing only for the processing for which the validity is set.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the received image information is recorded on the cut recording paper by the recording unit 5,
In each of the editing processes such as a page division process, an image information reduction process, and an image information connection process, the editing content applied to the image information is stored, and the information connected via the PCI / F unit 6 is stored. When the image information is transferred to the processing device, the image information to be transferred is subjected to the same editing processing as that performed on the image information at the time of recording, and is transferred.
The image information of the same image as the recorded image of the image information recorded and output by the recording unit 5 can be transferred to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus can easily handle image information retrieval and the like. In addition to this, it is possible to eliminate a sense of incompatibility with the recorded image of the image information when recorded on recording paper by a printer or the like connected to the information processing apparatus. Therefore, usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be improved.

According to the transfer size set by the operation unit 3, the image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus is subjected to an editing process such as a page dividing process, a reducing process, or a linking process. Is transferred to the information processing apparatus, for example, the transfer size of the image information is set in accordance with the size of the recording paper of the printer or the like connected to the information processing apparatus, and the printer connected to the information processing apparatus sets The image information of the image at the time of recording can be transferred, the handleability of the image information retrieval and the like in the information processing device can be improved, and the image information can be appropriately transmitted by the printer connected to the information processing device. Can be recorded. Therefore, usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be improved.

Further, when performing division processing on the image information to be transferred, the image information of the last line of the previous page is added to the first line of the page of the divided image information as division information indicating that the page is a divided page. Since the image information is added, the information processing apparatus can recognize that the image information has been subjected to the division processing, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1 can be further improved.

Further, various processes such as a process of editing the transfer image information based on the editing contents of the image information at the time of recording, a process of editing the transfer image information based on the set size, and a process of adding the division information to the division page are performed. The destination is registered in the destination registration memory 11 and the process is performed only when the source of the received image information is registered in the destination registration memory 11, so the image information editing process is performed in accordance with the source. Can be performed or not. For example, it is possible to suppress a case where a page is divided more than necessary, to shorten a transfer time, and to further improve the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1.

Further, each process such as an edit process of the transfer image information based on the edit contents of the image information at the time of recording, an edit process of the transfer image information based on the set size, or a process of adding the division information to the division page is performed. Since the process is performed only when the validity of each process is set by the operation unit 5, for example, it is possible to suppress a case where a page is divided more than necessary, to shorten a transfer time, and to perform a facsimile. The usability of the device 1 can be further improved.

Although the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

For example, in the above embodiment, the image information of the last line of the page before the divided page is added to the first line of the next page as the divided information, but the divided information is not limited to this. Instead, for example, a predetermined mark or character indicating that the page is a divided page may be stored in a ROM or the like in advance, and the mark or character may be added to an area of the divided page that does not interfere with the image information. .

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According to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect of the invention, when image information is recorded on a cut recording paper,
Stores the editing contents applied to the image information by the image information editing unit that performs each editing process such as a page division process, an image information reduction process, or an image information connection process, and transfers the image information to the information processing apparatus. The image information to be transferred is subjected to the same editing processing as that performed on the image information at the time of recording by the image information editing means and transferred, so that the image information recorded and output by the recording means of the facsimile apparatus is recorded. Image information of the same image as the image information can be transferred to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus can easily handle image information search and the like, and can record the image data on a printer or the like connected to the information processing apparatus. The usability of the facsimile apparatus can be improved by eliminating the discomfort of the image information recorded on the recording paper by the apparatus and the recorded image.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the page is divided into image information in accordance with the transfer size set by the size setting means for setting the transfer size of the image information to be transferred to the information processing apparatus. The image information is transferred to the information processing device by performing an editing process such as a reduction process or a linking process, so that, for example, the image is adjusted to the size of the recording paper of a recording device such as a printer connected to the information processing device. By setting the transfer size of the information, the image information of the image recorded by the recording device connected to the information processing device can be transferred, so that the information processing device can easily handle the image information search and the like. The image information can be appropriately recorded by a recording device connected to the information processing device. Therefore, usability of the facsimile apparatus can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when performing the dividing process on the image information to be transferred, the predetermined division indicating that the page is divided into a predetermined area of the page of the divided image information. Since the information is added, the information processing apparatus can recognize that the image information has been subjected to the division processing, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be further improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the transfer image information is edited based on the editing contents of the image information at the time of recording, the transfer image information is edited based on the set size, or the divided page is edited. This process is performed only when the source of the received image information is registered in the destination registration unit that registers the destination to which each process such as the division information addition process is performed. Information editing processing can be performed or not performed. For example, it is possible to suppress a case where a page is divided more than necessary, to shorten a transfer time, and to further improve the usability of a facsimile apparatus. Can be.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the transfer image information is edited based on the edited contents of the image information at the time of recording, the transfer image information is edited based on the set size, or the divided page is edited. The processing is performed only when the validity of the processing is set by the validity / invalidity setting means for setting the validity / invalidity of each processing such as the division information addition processing. For example, when a page is divided more than necessary. For example, the transfer time can be reduced, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a time chart showing a protocol at the time of reception by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of editing image information during recording by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a process of dividing image information by the editing process of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of image information reduction processing by the editing processing of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of image information linking processing by the editing processing of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 facsimile machine 2 main control unit 3 operation unit 4 reading unit 5 recording unit 6 PC I / F unit 7 DCR 8 NCU 9 image information storage memory 10 image information line memory 11 destination registration memory 12 transfer length registration memory 13 destination Identification memory 14 Code memory

Claims (5)

[Claims] A facsimile reception of image information is performed according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure, and the received image information is temporarily stored in an image information storage means, and then, when the image information is recorded and output on a cut recording paper by the recording means, The information editing unit performs an editing process such as a page division process, the image information reduction process, or a connection process of connecting the image information of different pages to the image information according to the size of the recording paper, A facsimile apparatus having an interface with an information processing apparatus and communicating predetermined commands with the information processing apparatus via the interface to transfer the received image information to the information processing apparatus; Sometimes, the editing information applied to the image information by the image information editing means is stored, and the information processing is performed via the interface. When transferring the image information to the image information, the image information editing unit controls the image information to be transferred by performing the same editing processing as the editing content applied to the image information at the time of recording, and transfers the image information to the information processing apparatus. A facsimile apparatus comprising: 2. Facsimile reception of image information according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure, temporarily storing the received image information in image information storage means, and recording the image information on the recording paper by a recording means provided with a cut recording paper Output,
A facsimile apparatus having an interface with an information processing apparatus, communicating predetermined commands with the information processing apparatus via the interface, and transferring the received image information to the information processing apparatus; Size setting means for setting a transfer size of the image information to be transferred to the device; editing such as a page division process, a reduction process of the image information, or a connection process of connecting the image information of different pages to the image information An image information editing unit for performing processing, and the image information editing unit editing the image information in accordance with the transfer size set by the size setting unit, such as the division processing, the reduction processing, or the connection processing. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control unit for performing processing and transferring the processed data to the information processing apparatus. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the image information editing unit to perform the dividing process on the image information. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein predetermined division information indicating the presence is added. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus edits the transfer image information based on an editing content of the image information at the time of recording, edits the transfer image information based on a set size of the size setting means, or A destination registration unit for registering a destination to perform each of the processes, such as a process of adding the division information to the divided page, further comprising:
Only when the transmission source of the received image information is a destination registered in the destination registration unit, the image information editing unit performs the process and transfers the process to the information processing apparatus. A facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The facsimile apparatus edits the transfer image information based on the edit contents of the image information at the time of recording, edits the transfer image information based on a size set by the size setting means, or Validity / invalidity setting means for setting validity / invalidity of each of the processes, such as a process of adding the division information to the divided page, wherein the control means sets the validity of the processing by the validity / invalidity setting means The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the processing is performed by the image information editing unit and transferred to the information processing apparatus only when the processing is performed.