JP2000354156A - Image communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evade reduction of an identification mark to be printed by every communication even when an image is reduced and to facilitate a work to sort sheets of recording paper by adding the identification mark to sort the sheet of recording paper by every communication to the first page of the received image to which a reduction processing is performed. SOLUTION: Data which are received by FAX via a public service telephone network are stored and transmitted to a page memory 102 by every page by a reception buffer 101. The received data for one page are developed and outputted to a recording control IC 103 for recording by the page memory 102. The recording control IC 103 is provided with a function to reduce the data from the page memory 102, reduces the received data to the proper size when they are too large and adds the identification mark to the image of the first page like hardware. The identification mark can be added to any place of the recording paper by the recording control IC 103.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus for adding an identification mark to recording paper every time image data is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile apparatus often has only one tray on which recording paper is placed. When an image received by a plurality of communications is recorded, the recording paper recorded as a result of the plurality of communications is stacked on the recording paper tray without discrimination. Therefore, it is difficult for the user to determine which communication has been obtained by the communication. Under such circumstances, there is a technique for printing an identification mark on the first page of each communication to facilitate sorting. This conventional technique will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional facsimile machine. Data received via the public telephone line is stored in the reception buffer 601 and transmitted to the page memory 602 page by page. In the page memory 602, one page of received data is developed for recording. At this time, an identification mark is added to the first page of the received information by software (not shown). Next, one page of data to which the identification mark has been added is output to the recording control IC 603, and the recording control IC 603 outputs the data in the page memory 602 to the LP recording unit 604 at an appropriate timing. Further, the recording control IC 603 has a function of reducing the data input from the page memory 602. If the received image data is too large, the data is reduced to an appropriate size and output. The LP recording unit 604 records data input from the recording control IC 603 on recording paper.

FIG. 7A is a view showing a normal recording result in a conventional facsimile apparatus, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a recording result when image data is reduced and recorded in a conventional facsimile apparatus. FIG. 7 (a)
In the figure, an identification mark indicating the first page is added to the upper right corner in the image information.

For example, when printing an A4 image on A4 recording paper, if the A4 image is long or the like, it is necessary to reduce the received image on the receiving side. I do. When recording with reduced image data,
An image as shown in FIG. 7B is obtained.

[0006]

However, when the received image is reduced on the receiving side, the identification mark provided on the first page is also reduced at the same time, which makes it difficult to identify the identification mark. This has occurred for the following reasons. That is, the recording control I for performing the reduction process
C603 is a page memory 602 for adding an identification mark.
And the LP recording unit 604. The operation of adding the identification mark is performed in a software manner in the page memory 602.
02 in the recording control IC 603 arranged at the subsequent stage. Therefore, the image is reduced after the identification mark is attached, and when the received image is reduced as shown in FIG. 7B, the image is reduced to the identification mark. As a result, it is difficult to identify the identification mark, and there is a problem that the identification mark for sorting the recording paper does not function for each reception.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and even if an image is reduced, it is possible to avoid reduction in the size of an identification mark to be printed for each communication. An object of the present invention is to facilitate the work of sorting recording paper for each recording sheet.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, after reducing a received image, the received image is sorted on the first page of the received image for each communication. An identification mark is added and the received image is recorded.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An image communication apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises: an image memory for storing a received image; a recording unit for printing out the received image; After performing reduction processing on the received image from the image memory, an identification mark for sorting each communication is added to the first page of the received image, and the received image is output to the recording unit. Identification mark adding means,
Is adopted.

According to this configuration, since the identification mark is added after the image is reduced, even if the image is reduced, it is prevented that the image is reduced to the identification mark, and the user can use the recording paper for each communication. Can be easily performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image communication apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification mark adding means arranges the identification mark outside a printing area of the recording paper.

According to this configuration, since the identification mark is arranged outside the printing area of the recording paper, the image is reduced, but the identification mark is not reduced, so that part of the image is crushed by the identification mark and part of the image is reduced. It is possible to avoid a situation in which reading becomes impossible.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image communication apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification mark adding means has an identification mark that is long in one of a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction. , The recording paper is arranged outside the printing area.

With this configuration, when the identification mark is printed outside the printing area, the size of the identification mark is naturally limited. However, by making the identification mark elongated, the space outside the printing area can be maximized. By utilizing this, the user can easily determine the first page of each communication.

Further, an image communication apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is an image communication apparatus, comprising: an image memory for storing a received image; a recording unit for printing out the received image; After performing reduction processing on the received image from the image memory, an identification mark for sorting each communication is added to the first page of the received image, and the received image is output to the recording unit. Mark addition means, wherein the identification mark addition means removes, when there is information arranged in the vicinity of the outer periphery in the printing area of the recording paper, the identification mark is arranged outside the printing area. Take.

With this configuration, for example, when the location where the sender information and the page information are arranged is known in advance,
Since the identification mark can be added avoiding the vicinity, the user can clearly determine the identification mark. That is, when sender information, page information, and the like are printed, they are often arranged near the outer periphery in the print area, and in such a case, they come close to the identification mark outside the print area, There is a risk of misunderstanding that the mark is a part of other information. However, by adding the identification mark avoiding the vicinity thereof, the identification mark can be clearly displayed.

A facsimile apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes the image communication apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

According to this configuration, the identification mark is added after the image is reduced. Therefore, even when the image is reduced, the image is prevented from being reduced to the identification mark, and the user can use the recording paper for each communication. Can be easily performed.

Further, in the image recording method according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, after performing a reduction process on the received image, an identification mark for sorting each communication is provided on the first page of the received image. In addition, a configuration for recording a received image is adopted.

According to this configuration, the identification mark is added after the image is reduced. Therefore, even when the image is reduced, the image is prevented from being reduced to the identification mark. Can be easily performed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an image communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Data received via the public telephone line is stored in the reception buffer 101 and transmitted to the page memory 102 page by page. In the page memory 102, one page of received data is developed for recording, and the recording control IC 1
03 is output.

The recording control IC 103 includes the page memory 10
2 has a function to reduce the data input from 2,
If the received image data is too large, it is reduced to an appropriate size. Further, the recording control IC 103 adds an identification mark in a hardware manner to the image data of the first page. This identification mark is, as described above, a first
This is added to the data of the page, and is used for distinguishing the recording paper from another reception when the recording paper is stacked on the recording paper placing tray (not shown). The recording control IC 103 can add an identification mark to any location on the recording paper.

The recording control IC 103 outputs the image data for one page to which the identification mark has been added to the LP recording unit 104 at the same timing. The LP recording unit 104 records data input from the recording control IC 103 on recording paper.

Next, the configuration of the recording control IC 103 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the recording control IC in the image communication device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The register circuit 201
Under the control of a CPU (not shown), a mark recording start position and a mark end position are designated to a mark control circuit described later, and information for synchronization control is output to a synchronization circuit 206 described later. The register circuit 201 outputs information for adjusting print data to a print data correction circuit 203 described later.

The print data receiving circuit 202 is an interface for receiving one page of image data input from the page memory 102, and outputs the received print data to the print data correction circuit 203. The recording data correction circuit 203 corrects recording data by smoothing / recording pulse control or the like, and outputs the corrected recording data to a mark data insertion circuit 205 described later.

The mark control circuit 204 includes a register circuit 2
01 and the horizontal BIT position signal, the horizontal synchronizing signal, and the vertical synchronizing signal input from the synchronizing circuit 206 to be described later. Insertion circuit 20
Output to 5 The mark data insertion circuit 205 combines the recording data input from the recording data correction circuit 203 with the mark data input from the mark control circuit 204, and outputs the result to the LP recording unit 104.

The synchronizing circuit 206, based on the signal output from the synchronizing oscillator 207 and the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal input from the LP
4, and the signal timing is set.

Next, the operation of adding the identification mark of the recording control IC in the image communication apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. FIGS. 3 and 4 are operation flowcharts for adding an identification mark of the recording control IC in the image communication apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. When recording starts, various controls FLAG,
COUNT is reset and a comparison value is set (step S1). Here, the following contents are set.
That is, XFLAG which is a FLAG for horizontal synchronization, YFLAG which is a FLAG for vertical synchronization, MARKX FLAG which is a FLAG for recording a mark in the main scanning direction, and MARKKY which is a FLAG for recording a mark in the sub-scanning direction
FLAG is CLEARed. Also, XCOUNT which is a counter in the main scanning direction and YCOUNT which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction are CLEARed.

In step S1, PRIXEND which is a recording end count value in the main scanning direction, PRIYEND which is a recording end count value in the sub scanning direction, MARKXSTA which is a mark recording start count value in the main scanning direction,
MARK which is a mark recording end count value in the main scanning direction
XEND is set. Further, MARKKYSTA which is a mark recording start count value in the sub-scanning direction and MARKKYEND which is a mark recording end count value in the sub-scanning direction are set.

Waiting for signal input (step S
2) When a signal is input, it is determined whether the signal is a vertical synchronization signal (step S3). If the signal is a vertical synchronization signal, YFLAG which is a vertical synchronization FLAG is turned on (step S4), and the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, if the input signal is not a vertical synchronization signal, it is determined whether or not the input signal is a horizontal synchronization signal (step S5). If it is not a horizontal synchronizing signal, it is determined whether or not the signal is a horizontal BIT position signal (step S6). If the signal is not the horizontal direction BIT position signal, the process proceeds to step S2, and if the signal is the horizontal direction BIT position signal, it is determined whether or not XFLAG which is a horizontal synchronization FALG is ON (step S7). Horizontal sync FL
If XFLAG, which is the AG, is not ON, step S
2 and the horizontal synchronization FLAG XFLAG
If N, YFLAG which is a FLAG of vertical synchronization
Is turned on, and 1 is added to YCOUNT which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction (step S8).

Next, whether or not it is the end position in the main scanning direction, that is, XCOUNT which is a counter in the main scanning direction is determined.
PRIXE in which T is a recording end count value in the main scanning direction
It is determined whether it is ND (step S9). If it is the end position in the main scanning direction, XFLAG which is a horizontal synchronization FLAG is turned off, and XCOUNT which is a counter in the main scanning direction is set to 0 (step S10). ). on the other hand,
In step S9, if it is not the end position in the main scanning direction, whether it is the mark recording start position in the main scanning direction, that is, XCOUNT which is a counter in the main scanning direction
T is a mark recording start count value in the main scanning direction.
RKXSTA is determined (step S1)
1). If it is the mark recording start position in the main scanning direction,
MARKX F which is a mark recording FLAG in the main scanning direction
The LAG is turned on (step S12), and the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, if it is not the mark recording start position in the main scanning direction, it is determined whether or not it is the mark recording end position in the sub scanning direction.
NT is the mark recording end count value in the sub-scanning direction M
It is determined whether or not ARKYEND (step S
13). If the mark recording end position in the sub-scanning direction is the mark recording FALG in the sub-scanning direction, MARKKY
The FLAG is turned off (step S14), and the process proceeds to step S2. If it is not the mark recording end position in the sub-scanning direction, whether to perform mark dot printing, that is, MARK which is the mark recording FLAG in the main scanning direction
FLAG and mark recording FLAG in the sub-scanning direction M
It is determined whether or not ARKY FLAG is turned on (step S15). When performing mark dot printing, mark dots are printed (step S16), and the process proceeds to step S2.

If the input signal is a horizontal synchronizing signal in step S5, the vertical synchronizing FLAG
It is determined whether or not YFLAG, which is a vertical synchronization FLAG, is turned on (step S17).
If AG is not ON, YCOUNT, which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction, is set to 0 (step S18), and the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, YF which is a FLAG of vertical synchronization
When LAG is ON, XFLAG which is a FLAG for horizontal synchronization is turned ON, and Y which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction is set.
One is added to COUNT (step S19).

Next, whether or not it is the print end position,
That is, YCOUNT which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction is a PRIYEND which is a recording end count value in the sub-scanning direction.
Is determined (step S20). If it is not the print end position, it is determined whether or not it is the mark recording start position in the sub-scanning direction, that is, YCOUNT, which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction, starts the mark recording in the sub-scanning direction. It is determined whether or not the count value is MARKYSTA (step S21). If it is not the mark recording start position in the sub-scanning direction, it is determined whether it is the mark recording end position in the sub-scanning direction, that is, YC which is a counter in the sub-scanning direction.
It is determined whether or not OUNT is MARKYEND which is a mark recording end count value in the sub-scanning direction (step S22). If it is not the mark recording end position in the sub-scanning direction, the process proceeds to step S2. If it is the mark recording end position in the sub-scanning direction, the mark recording FLA in the sub-scanning direction is made.
The MARKY FLAG which is G is turned OFF (step S23), and the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, in step S21, if it is the mark recording start position in the sub-scanning direction, the MA which is the mark recording FLAG in the sub-scanning direction is used.
RKY FLAG is turned ON (step S24), and the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S20, if it is the print end position, the YF
The LAG is turned off (step S25), and the process ends.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a normal recording result in the image communication apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5A, an identification mark is added to the lower left portion of the first page of the received image data. Here, the identification mark is a rectangle long in the main scanning direction,
It is located outside the printing area of the recording paper. In the present embodiment, MA which is a mark recording start count value in the main scanning direction is used.
Since the count value such as RKXSTA and MATKYSATA which is the count value of the recording start in the sub-scanning direction can be freely changed, the position, shape, size, etc. of the identification mark on the recording paper can be freely changed as necessary. Is possible. Here, if the identification mark is printed outside the printing area, the size of the identification mark is naturally limited. However, by making the identification mark elongated, the space outside the printing area can be effectively used to maximize the user's ability. Can easily determine the first page of each communication.

In this case, since information relating to the data is added to the upper and lower right portions of the image data, the identification mark is added to the lower left portion outside the print area. As described above, the image communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:
If there is information to be arranged near the outer periphery of the print area of the recording paper, the identification mark is arranged outside the print area by removing the vicinity. Thereby, for example, when the location where the sender information and the page information are arranged is known in advance, the identification mark can be added avoiding the vicinity thereof,
This allows the user to clearly determine the identification mark.
That is, when sender information, page information, and the like are printed, they are often arranged near the outer periphery in the print area, and in such a case, they come close to the identification mark outside the print area, There is a risk of misunderstanding that the mark is a part of other information. However, by adding the identification mark avoiding the vicinity thereof, the identification mark can be clearly displayed.

FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a recording result when image data is reduced and recorded in the image communication apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, since the identification mark is added after the image data is reduced, even if the image is reduced, the image is not reduced to the identification mark, and the user can easily recognize the identification mark. In addition, the work of sorting recording paper for each communication can be facilitated. As in the normal recording result shown in FIG. 5A, in the recording result obtained by reducing the image data shown in FIG. 5B, information on the data is added to the upper and lower right portions of the image data. Therefore, the identification mark is added to the lower left portion outside the print area. As described above, in the present embodiment, the count values such as MARKXSTA, which is the mark recording start count value in the main scanning direction, and MARKYSATA, which is the recording start count value in the sub-scanning direction, can be freely changed. It is possible to freely change the position, shape, size, and the like of the identification mark in, as necessary. For this reason, it is possible to make the user clearly determine the identification mark.

[0038]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, since the identification mark is added after the image is reduced, even if the image is reduced, the image is reduced to the identification mark. This can prevent the user from sorting recording paper for each communication.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording control IC in the image communication device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart for adding an identification mark of a recording control IC in the image communication apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart for adding an identification mark of a recording control IC in the image communication apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a normal recording result in the image communication device according to the embodiment; FIG.
A diagram showing a recording result when image data is recorded in a reduced size.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional facsimile machine.

FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating a normal recording result in a conventional facsimile device. FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a recording result in a case where image data is reduced and recorded in a conventional facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 601 Receiving buffer 102, 602 Page memory 103, 603 Recording control IC 104, 604 LP recording section 201 Register circuit 202 Recording data receiving circuit 203 Recording data correction circuit 204 Mark control circuit 205 Mark data insertion circuit 206 Synchronization circuit 207 For synchronization Oscillator

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image memory for storing a received image, a recording unit for printing out the received image, and a reduction process for a received image from the image memory, the reduction unit being arranged between the image memory and the recording unit. After the application, an identification mark for sorting each communication is added to the first page of the received image,
An image communication device comprising: an identification mark adding unit that outputs a received image to the recording unit. 2. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said identification mark adding means arranges the identification mark outside a printing area of the recording paper. 3. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said identification mark adding means makes the identification mark long in one of the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction, and is arranged outside the printing area of the recording paper. Image communication device. 4. An image memory for storing a received image, recording means for printing and outputting the received image, and a reduction processing unit arranged between the image memory and the recording means for reducing a received image from the image memory. After the application, an identification mark for sorting each communication is added to the first page of the received image,
An identification mark adding unit that outputs a received image to the recording unit, wherein the identification mark adding unit includes information arranged near an outer periphery in a print area of the recording paper,
An image communication apparatus wherein an identification mark is arranged outside a printing area by removing the vicinity thereof. 5. A facsimile device comprising the image communication device according to claim 1. 6. An image recording method for recording a received image by applying a reduction process to the received image, adding an identification mark for sorting each communication to the first page of the received image, and recording the received image.