JP2000101769A - Facsimile display system and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm the display of an image by allowing a display device side separated from the existing facsimile to receive and store the image sent by facsimile transmission. SOLUTION: Data transmitted by the facsimile machine 11O are transmitted to a receiving side facsimile machine 110 via an exchange 111 and further through the display device 101. At that time, the display device 101 monitors a transmission signal, and only when it is transmitted by facsimile transmission, the facsimile signal is received by the display device 101 and its image data are stored in a memory part. On the other hand, in the case of speech communication, a transmission signal passes through the display device 101 and is transmitted as it is to the receiving side facsimile machine 110. Also, an image stored by the display device 101 is able to be printed by performing facsimile transmission of it to the receiving side facsimile machine as one chooses.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device capable of receiving and storing received image data in a facsimile apparatus from the facsimile apparatus and displaying the received image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, by using a personal computer having a modem or a facsimile function (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) as a computer, image data transmitted by facsimile can be stored, displayed, and arbitrarily printed. System is provided.

On the other hand, existing stand-alone type facsimile machines do not have a large screen display unit as in personal computers. Therefore, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, it is possible to arbitrarily print image data transmitted by facsimile by facsimile reception, but there is provided a means for confirming the contents of an image to be printed before printing. Not.

[0004]

Therefore, in the conventional facsimile apparatus as described above, the content of the image to be printed cannot be confirmed in advance, and the data received by facsimile must be printed. However, there was a disadvantage that the contents were not understood.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile display system and a display device capable of confirming the display of an image before printing by connecting an input / output of communication data to an existing facsimile device to a display device having a connection. Aim.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a facsimile display system provided with a facsimile apparatus for performing facsimile communication and a facsimile apparatus separated from the facsimile apparatus.
A display device for displaying image data transmitted by the facsimile communication, the display device receiving means for receiving image data received by the facsimile device, and displaying the image data received by the receiving means And display means for performing the operation.

The display device of the present invention is provided separately and independently from a facsimile device for performing facsimile communication, and displays image data transmitted by the facsimile communication. Receiving means for receiving the image data, and display means for displaying the image data received by the receiving means.

The display device has an input / output connection terminal for inputting / outputting image data from a line. Further, the display device includes a storage unit that stores the image data received by the reception unit, and a selection unit that arbitrarily selects and displays the image stored in the storage unit on the display unit. . Further, the display device includes an image conversion unit that enlarges and reduces an image stored in the storage unit, an instruction unit that instructs the image conversion unit to perform image conversion, and an image converted by the image conversion unit to a facsimile device. Transmitting means for transmitting the image, wherein the image transmitted by the transmitting means can be printed by a facsimile machine.

Further, the display device has a file unit for outputting the image data stored in the storage unit to a file on a storage medium. The display device may further include a character,
It has a pen input device for writing and storing graphic information.

[0010] The display means of the display device is a liquid crystal display panel of 10 inches or more. Further, the display device receives the image data by the receiving unit only at the time of facsimile communication.

With the above arrangement, the facsimile display system and display device of the present invention can easily be connected to an existing facsimile device and can check an image before printing, so that useless printing of paper can be omitted and paper printing can be performed. You can save.
Also, by arbitrarily reducing or enlarging the size of the image, printing suitable for the intended use can be performed. Further, the stored image can be written and stored by a pen input device or the like, and wastefulness of newly writing and transmitting on paper can be eliminated. The stored image can be output in a file format from a storage medium or the like, and can be used as image data to a personal computer or the like.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus 110 is relayed through an exchange 111, further through a display apparatus 101, and received by a facsimile apparatus 110 on the receiving side.
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At this time, the display device 101 monitors the transmission signal, and only when facsimile transmission is performed, the facsimile signal is received by the display device 101 and the image data is stored in the memory unit. On the other hand, in the case of a call, the transmission signal passes through the display device 101 and is transmitted to the receiving facsimile device 110 as it is.

The image stored in the display device 101 can be printed by optionally facsimile transmitting it to the receiving facsimile device 110.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the receiving facsimile apparatus 11 via the exchange 111 from the transmitting facsimile apparatus 110.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional system that is transmitted and received to 0.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of the display apparatus 101 separated from the receiving facsimile apparatus 110 in the facsimile display system shown in FIG.

In the display device 101, the facsimile data transmission / reception circuit unit 102 recognizes the facsimile transmission signal, and the communication data memory storage circuit unit 103 stores the data. From the stored communication data, arbitrary image output information is selected by the image selection operation circuit unit 107, displayed on the monitor unit 108 as display image data by the image conversion circuit unit 104, and converted into display image data. The file data is stored in the image memory unit 105.

The image selected by the image selection operation circuit unit 107 can be optionally converted and transmitted as a facsimile transmission signal from the image conversion circuit unit 104 again, so that the image can be printed by the receiving facsimile apparatus 110. is there. The image files stored in the image memory unit 105 can be stored and stored (HD, FD, MO, etc.) in a storage medium unit (file unit) 106.

FIGS. 4 to 6 show the image selection operation circuit section 107.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display image selected in FIG.

In FIG. 4, B for one page received
An example in which a 4-size image is displayed is an image 112, and A4
An example in which the size is displayed is the image 113, and an example in which the B5 size is displayed is the image 114.

In FIG. 5, one page of received B
An example in which a 4-size image is displayed is an image 112, a display example in which the length direction is ２ is an image 115, and a length direction is 1
The image 116 is an example in which the display is set to / 2. Thus, the image can be reduced or enlarged to an arbitrary size.

In FIG. 6, B of one page received
An example in which a four-size image is displayed is an image 112, and an example in which two pages are displayed is an image 117, and an example in which four pages are displayed is an image 118. In this way, it is possible to reduce and divide an image into an arbitrary size.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing functions of the display device 101 separated from the receiving-side facsimile apparatus 110 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The display device 101 is provided with a new pen input device circuit section 109 capable of writing and inputting, and the other components are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

By means of the pen input device circuit section 109, it is possible to write an arbitrary image on the image displayed on the monitor section 108 with a pen or to correct the image. Also,
The image data can be printed by the receiving-side facsimile apparatus 110 by facsimile transmission or stored as an image file by the storage medium unit 106 as in the embodiment described with reference to FIG.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the image communication data transmitted by facsimile transmission is received and stored by the display device separated from the existing facsimile device, and the image is stored. The content can be confirmed by being displayed, and paper can be saved.

Further, by using various functions provided on the display device side, it is possible to convert an image into an arbitrary size, write or modify an image, and store image data in a file.
Further, it is possible to print an image stored on the display device by utilizing an existing facsimile machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of a display device in the facsimile display system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display image selected by an image selection operation circuit unit of the display device illustrated in FIG. 3;

5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display image selected by an image selection operation circuit unit of the display device illustrated in FIG. 3;

6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display image selected by an image selection operation circuit unit of the display device illustrated in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another example of the function of the display device in the facsimile display system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference numeral 101: display device 102: facsimile data transmission / reception circuit unit 103: communication data memory storage circuit unit 104: image conversion circuit unit 105: image memory unit 106: storage medium unit 107: image selection operation circuit unit 108 ... monitor section, 109: pen input device circuit section, 110: facsimile apparatus, 111: exchange.

Claims (16)

[Claims] A facsimile apparatus for performing facsimile communication; and a facsimile apparatus provided separately and independently from the facsimile apparatus.
A display device for displaying image data transmitted by the facsimile communication, the display device receiving means for receiving image data received by the facsimile device, and displaying the image data received by the receiving means A facsimile display system comprising: 2. The facsimile display system according to claim 1, wherein the display device has an input / output connection terminal for inputting / outputting image data from a line. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device stores the image data received by the receiving device, and a selection device for arbitrarily selecting and displaying the image stored in the storage device on the display device. And a facsimile display system. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device enlarges an image stored in the storage unit.
Image conversion means for reducing, instructing means for instructing the image conversion means to perform image conversion, and transmission means for transmitting the image converted by the image conversion means to a facsimile apparatus, the image transmitted by the transmission means A facsimile display system characterized in that printing can be performed by a facsimile machine. 5. The facsimile display system according to claim 1, wherein the display device has a file unit for outputting the image data stored in the storage unit to a file on a storage medium. 6. The facsimile display system according to claim 1, wherein the display device has a pen input device for writing and storing text and graphic information in the image data stored in the storage means. 7. The facsimile display system according to claim 1, wherein the display means of the display device is a liquid crystal display panel of 10 inches or more. 8. The facsimile display system according to claim 1, wherein the display device receives the image data by the receiving means only during facsimile communication. 9. A display device, which is provided separately and independently from a facsimile device that performs facsimile communication and displays image data transmitted by the facsimile communication, comprising: a receiving unit that receives image data received by the facsimile device; And a display unit for displaying the image data received by the receiving unit. 10. The display device according to claim 9, further comprising an input / output connection terminal for inputting / outputting image data from a line. 11. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a storage unit for storing the image data received by the reception unit; and a selection unit for arbitrarily selecting and displaying an image stored in the storage unit on a display unit. Characteristic display device. 12. The image processing device according to claim 9, wherein the image stored in the storage unit is enlarged or reduced, an instruction unit instructs the image conversion unit to perform image conversion, and the image converted by the image conversion unit is converted. A display unit having transmission means for transmitting the data to a facsimile apparatus. 13. The display device according to claim 9, further comprising a file unit for outputting the image data stored in the storage unit to a file on a storage medium. 14. The display device according to claim 9, further comprising a pen input device for writing and storing character and graphic information in the image data stored in the storage unit. 15. The display device according to claim 9, wherein said display means is a liquid crystal display panel of 10 inches or more. 16. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the image data is received by the receiving means only during facsimile communication.