JP2001061044A - Communication terminal and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a copying function during communication by providing a communication/copying control means for parallel mode copying to read image information stored in an image storage means and for transferring the information to a recording means and to record it on a sheet of recording paper after reading an original is completed, etc. SOLUTION: The image information received by a communication control part 13 is temporarily stored in an image memory 8, the encoded and compressed image information is read from the image memory 8, decoded and extended by an encoding/decoding part 10, developed on a memory 7 and recorded on the recording paper by a recording part 6 after the communication for receiving the image information is completed. Thus, use of the recording part 6 is enabled even during the communication. Furthermore, copying is executed even during the communication though its speed is not so high as in the case that no communication is performed by performing the process of communication/copying control processing in parallel with processes such as other communication and copying by a system control part 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device having image information reading means and recording means and capable of performing copy processing, and a control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus transmits image information obtained by reading a document by a reading means such as a scanner, and records the received image information on recording paper by a recording means such as a plotter. It is used for.

However, the copying function can be easily realized by combining the reading means and the recording means provided in the facsimile apparatus.

In a conventional facsimile apparatus, at the time of transmission, image information of a document is read by a reading unit and the read image information is transmitted at the same time. At the time of reception, the image information is received and the received image information is transmitted simultaneously. Has been communicated by sequential operation of recording on a recording paper by recording means.

For this reason, either one of the reading means and the recording means is in use during communication, and the copying function cannot be used during communication.

However, due to the recent decline in memory prices,
It is relatively easy to provide an image memory for storing image information, and at the time of transmission, before starting communication, the image information of the original is read by the reading means, stored in the image memory, and transmitted to the other party. While transmitting the read image information to the other party, it is possible to temporarily store the received image information in the image memory at the time of reception, and to read out the image information from the image memory and record the image information by the recording unit after the communication is completed. became.

The provision of such an image memory makes it possible to use both the reading means and the recording means during communication, and to improve the processing speed of hardware such as a CPU in recent years. A device that can use the copy function during communication during reception has also been realized.

The copying function in a conventional facsimile apparatus is such that, as in a normal copying machine, at the same time as reading an original, image information of the read original is sequentially recorded on recording paper and output. is there. However, performing such reading processing and recording processing at the same time requires a large processing load.

Therefore, in order to simultaneously perform the reading process and the recording process for the copying function during the communication process during the communication, the hardware such as the CPU requires a considerably high processing speed. Will be required.

[0010]

Therefore, conventionally, the use of the copying function during communication is limited to relatively expensive high-end machines, and in relatively inexpensive popular machines, processing and copying functions for communication are not available. If there is not enough processing capability to simultaneously execute the reading process and the recording process for the communication, the copying function cannot be used during communication.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication terminal device that can use a copy function during communication.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; and recording image information. A recording unit for recording on paper, an image storage unit for temporarily storing unprocessed image information, and when a copy process start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not in progress, reading of the original by the reading unit is started and The normal mode copying process of sequentially transferring the image information read by the reading unit to the recording unit and recording the image information on the recording paper is performed. When the communication is in progress, the original document is read by the reading unit in parallel with the communication process. The image information of all pages read by the reading unit is started once and the image information is temporarily stored in the image storage unit,
Communication / copy control means for performing parallel mode copy processing for reading out image information stored in the image storage means after completion of reading of the document, transferring the image information to the recording means and recording the image information on recording paper; .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; and recording image information. It has a recording unit for recording on paper and an image storage unit for temporarily storing unprocessed image information. When a copy processing start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not in progress, reading of the original by the reading unit is started. The normal mode copying process for sequentially transferring the image information read by the reading unit to the recording unit and recording the image information on a recording sheet is performed, while, during communication, the reading is performed in parallel with the communication process. Means for reading the document by the means, temporarily storing the image information of all pages read by the reading means in the image storage means, and reading the image information stored in the image storage means after the reading of the document is completed. And performing concurrent mode copying process to be recorded on a recording sheet transferred to the recording means to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device for communicating with a counterpart device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; and recording means for recording the image information on a recording sheet. And an image storage unit for temporarily storing unprocessed image information, and when a copy processing start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not being performed, reading of a document by the reading unit is started and read by the reading unit. While the normal mode copying process of sequentially transferring the image information to the recording unit and recording the image information on the recording paper is performed, while the communication is being performed, the reading of the original by the reading unit is started in parallel with the communication process. The image information read by the reading unit is stored in the image storage unit, and when one page of image information is stored in the image storage unit, reading of the original by the reading unit is stopped and An operation of reading the image information for one page stored in the image storage means, transferring the image information to the recording means, recording the image information on a recording sheet, and restarting the reading of the original by the reading means when the recording of the image information for one page is completed. And a communication / copy control means for performing a parallel mode copy process until all pages of the document are completely read.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of a communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, a reading means for reading an original and obtaining image information, and recording the image information. It has a recording unit for recording on paper and an image storage unit for temporarily storing unprocessed image information. When a copy processing start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not in progress, reading of the original by the reading unit is started. The normal mode copying process for sequentially transferring the image information read by the reading unit to the recording unit and recording the image information on a recording sheet is performed, while, during communication, the reading is performed in parallel with the communication process. Means for reading the document by the means, accumulates the image information read by the reading means in the image storage means, and stores the image information for one page in the image storage means. When the reading is stopped, the image information for one page stored in the image storage unit is read out, transferred to the recording unit and recorded on a recording sheet, and when the recording of the image information for one page is completed, the original by the reading unit is read. The parallel mode copying process is repeated to repeat the operation of restarting the reading of the original document until reading of all pages of the document is completed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device for communicating with a counterpart device, a reading means for reading an original to obtain image information and recording the image information developed in a page memory. A recording unit for recording on paper, and when a copy process start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not being performed, reading of an original by the reading unit is started, and image information read by the reading unit is stored in the page memory. While performing normal mode copying processing in which the data is sequentially transferred to the recording means and recorded on recording paper via
In parallel with the communication processing, reading of the original by the reading means is started, the image information read by the reading means is stored in the page memory, and the image information for one page is stored in the page memory. Stopping the reading of the original by the reading means, reading the image information of one page stored in the page memory, transferring the read image information to the recording means and recording it on a recording sheet, and recording the image information of one page Communication / copy control means for performing a parallel mode copy process in which the operation of restarting reading of the document by the reading means is repeated until reading of the document of all pages is completed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of a communication terminal device for performing communication with a partner device, the communication terminal device is provided with a reading means for reading an original and obtaining image information, and a page memory. Recording means for recording the image information on a recording sheet, and when a copy processing start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not in progress, reading of the original by the reading means is started and the reading is performed by the reading means. While the normal mode copying process is performed in which the taken image information is sequentially transferred to the recording unit via the page memory and is recorded on the recording paper, while the communication is being performed, the reading unit is executed in parallel with the communication process. Starting reading of the original by storing the image information read by the reading means in the page memory;
When one page of image information is stored in the page memory, reading of the document by the reading means is stopped, and one page of image information stored in the page memory is read and transferred to the recording means. A parallel mode copying process is performed in which the recording is performed on recording paper, and when the recording of the image information for one page is completed, the operation of resuming the reading of the document by the reading means is repeated until the reading of the document on all pages is completed. I do.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the communication / copy control means performs the parallel mode copy processing. When the communication is stopped, the normal mode copying process is performed for the image information of the subsequent pages.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication terminal device control method according to any one of the second, fourth and sixth aspects, wherein the communication is performed while the parallel mode copying process is being performed. When the image data is no longer in the middle, the normal mode copying process is performed for the image information of the subsequent pages.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the communication / copy control means performs the normal mode copy processing. If there is an incoming call while the communication is in progress, the communication is started by permitting the incoming call after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, and the parallel mode copying process is performed for the image information of the pages thereafter. Characterized in that:

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication terminal apparatus control method according to any one of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth aspects, wherein the normal mode copying process is performed. If there is an incoming communication, the communication is started by permitting the incoming call after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, and the parallel mode copying process is performed for the image information of the subsequent pages. Features.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the communication / copy control means performs the normal mode copy processing. If a call is made while you are
After the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, transmission is permitted and communication is started, and the image information of the subsequent pages is subjected to the parallel mode copying process.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a communication terminal according to any one of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth aspects of the present invention. In the case where the communication is transmitted, the communication is started by permitting the transmission after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, and the parallel mode copying process is performed for the image information of the subsequent pages. Features.

[0024]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, FIG. 1 shows a block configuration of a facsimile apparatus 1 as a communication terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 1 includes a system control unit 2, a ROM 3, a RAM 4, a scanner 5,
DF unit 5a, plotter 6, paper feed unit 6a, page memory 7, image memory 8, line buffer memory 9, encoding / decoding unit 10, operation display unit 11, clock circuit 12, communication control unit 13, modem 14, network It comprises a control unit 15 and a system bus 16.

The system control section 2 is a microcomputer which controls each section of the apparatus while using the RAM 4 as a work area in accordance with a control program written in the ROM 3 for controlling the entire main apparatus.

As described above, the ROM 3 is a read-only memory in which a control program for the system control unit 2 to control each unit of the apparatus is stored.

The RAM 4 is a random access memory used as a work area of the system control unit 2 as described above, and is backed up by a backup circuit (not shown), and retains its stored contents even when the power of the apparatus is turned off.

The reading section 5 reads a document separated and fed one by one from a document of one page or a plurality of pages set in an ADF (automatic document feeder: automatic document feeder) section 5a to obtain image information. Things.

The recording section 6 reads out the image information developed in the page memory 7 and stores the read out image information in the sheet feeding section 6.
This is to record and output on the recording paper fed from a.

The page memory 7 is for developing one page of image information to be recorded in the recording section 6.

The image memory 8 is for temporarily storing unprocessed image information such as image information for transmission standby read by the reading unit 5 and image information for recording standby received by the communication control unit 13. It is.

The line buffer 9 includes an encoding / decoding unit 10
Is for temporarily storing the image information for the lines to be coded and compounded.

The encoding / decoding unit 10 converts transmission image information and image information stored in the image memory 8 into a predetermined code such as an MH coding method, an MR coding method, or an MMR coding method, which is compatible with G3 facsimile. While compressing and encoding the received image information and the image information stored in the image memory 8 by a predetermined decoding method corresponding to the MH encoding method, the MR encoding method, the MMR encoding method, or the like. Things.

The operation display unit 11 is provided with a numeric keypad, a [Start] key, a one-touch dial key, and various other keys for designating a destination telephone number, and includes a display such as a liquid crystal display device. It displays the operating state of the device to be notified to the user and various messages.

The clock circuit 12 counts the current time, and the system control unit 2 can know the current time by reading the clock circuit 12.

The communication control unit 13 controls the modem 14 and the network control unit 15 to perform facsimile communication. The modem 14 is a G3 facsimile modem, and a network control unit 15
And demodulates a signal received from the line via the network control unit 15 while modulating data to be transmitted to the line via. The modem 14 has a DT corresponding to the destination number.
The transmission by the MF signal is also performed.

The network control unit 15 is connected to the line, detects the inversion of the line polarity, closes and releases the DC loop of the line, detects the line release, detects the dial tone, and busy tone (busy). It also controls the connection with the line, such as detection of tone signals such as a ringing signal, and transmission of a dial pulse signal corresponding to the destination number. The system bus 16 is a signal line through which the above components exchange data.

The system control unit 2 of the facsimile apparatus 1 configured as described above performs various functions such as a communication function of the G3 facsimile, a function of reading image information by the reading unit 5, and a function of recording image information by the recording unit 6. By executing the corresponding procedure in a time-division manner, the reading function and the recording function can be simultaneously executed to realize the copying function, and the communication function and the reading function can be simultaneously executed to directly transmit the facsimile without passing through the image memory 8. The function can be realized, and the communication function can be simultaneously executed with the reading function to realize the facsimile receiving function of direct reception without passing through the image memory 8.

However, in the present embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 1 includes the image memory 8, so that the facsimile transmission function is performed by so-called memory transmission. That is,
The image information obtained by reading the document set in the ADF unit 5a by the reading unit 5 is once encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 11 and stored in the image memory 8, and then transmitted to the destination and transmitted to the destination. The image information stored in the device is read and transmitted. Thus, the reading unit 5 can be used even during communication.

Further, in the present embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 1 includes the image memory 8, so that the facsimile reception function is performed by so-called memory reception. That is, the image information received by the communication control unit 13 is temporarily stored in the image memory 8, and after the communication for receiving the image information ends, the image information that has been encoded and compressed is read out from the image memory 8 and encoded. The data is decoded and decompressed by the decoding / decoding unit 11, expanded in the page memory 7, and recorded on the recording paper by the recording unit 6. Thereby, the recording unit 6 can be used even during communication.

Therefore, if the processing capability of the system control unit 2 is high, the reading function and the recording function using the reading unit 5 and the recording unit 6 are executed even during the communication and the processing for the communication function is being executed. Thus, a copying function can be realized.
However, the system control unit 2 can realize a high-speed copying function by simultaneously executing the reading function and the recording function when communication is not being performed. However, when communication is being performed, the system control unit 2 performs processing in parallel with processing for the communication function. The processing capability is not high enough to realize a high-speed copying function by simultaneously executing the reading function and the recording function.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the system control unit 2 executes the communication / copy control process shown in FIG.
By performing the process in parallel with other processes such as communication and copying, the copying function can be performed even during communication, although the speed is not as fast as when communication is not being performed.

In the figure, the system control unit 2 determines whether a normal mode copy process is in progress or a communication is in progress.
When there is a notification of "incoming", "outgoing", or when a document is set on the ADF unit 5a (detected by a document sensor (not shown)), the operation display unit 11
It is monitored whether a [Start] key (not shown) is pressed (No in judgment 101, No in judgment 102, judgment 103)
No, No of judgment 104, No loop of judgment 105).

When the document is set on the ADF unit 5a and the [Start] key is pressed, that is,
If the normal mode copying process is not performed, the communication is not in progress, there is no notification of “incoming”, there is no notification of “outgoing”, and if the facsimile machine 1 is in the standby state and the copying function is activated ( Judgment 105), a normal mode copying process similar to the copying function of the conventional facsimile machine is started, and the process returns to step 106.

Here, a specific processing procedure of the normal mode copying processing started by the processing 106 will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that even during the execution of the normal mode copying process started in the process 106, the communication copying control process of FIG.
By starting the process of the normal mode copy processing in 6, the judgment 101 becomes Yes.

In FIG. 3, the normal mode copying process is first started by the system control unit 2 instructing the reading unit 5 to start reading via the system bus 16 (process 201).

FIG. 5 shows a procedure of the reading process in the reading section 5.

In FIG. 5, the reading unit 5 monitors whether there is an instruction to start reading from the system control unit 2 via the system bus 16 (No loop of decision 301), and when there is an instruction to start reading. Is (Yes in decision 301), ADF
It is determined whether there is a document set in the section 5a (determination 30).
2) If there is no original (No in decision 302), the system controller 2 is notified of "no original" via the system bus 16 (processing 307), and the originals of all the set pages are read. Is notified that reading has been completed.

If there is a document (Ye in decision 302)
s) The one-line image information is read while sub-scanning the original fed by the ADF unit 5a (process 303), and the completion of the one-line reading is notified to the system control unit 2 via the system bus 16. (Process 304).

Then, it is determined whether reading of the original image information for one page has been completed (determination 305). If reading of the original image information for one page has not been completed yet (No in determination 305). , The process returns to step 303, and the image information of the line is read next. If reading of one page of document image information is completed (Yes in decision 305), the fact that reading of one page is completed is notified to the system control unit 2 via the system bus 16 (process 306), and decision 302 is made. Return to

Thus, every time the reading unit 5 reads one line of image information, the system control unit 2 is notified of the fact, and every time the reading of one page of image information is completed, the system control unit 2 is notified. Will be notified. Note that reading of original image information by the reading section 5 is performed continuously for one page of image information. However, after reading of one page of image information is completed, reading of image information for the next page is performed by the system. The operation is continued by permission from the control unit 2.

Returning to FIG. 3, the system control unit 2 instructing the reading unit 5 to start reading in the process 201 sets the sheet feeding unit 6
a, one sheet of recording paper is fed (step 202), and it is determined whether there is a notification of completion of reading of one line (step 203). If it is determined (Yes in the judgment 203), the processing 3 in FIG.
In step 204, the image information of one line read in step S03 is stored in the page memory 7 (step 204).
(03, No), the process proceeds to the determination 205 without doing anything.

In the judgment 205, it is judged whether or not there is unprocessed data in the page memory 7, that is, if there is image information of an untransferred line in the recording unit 6, and if there is unprocessed data (decision 2
05 (Yes), the unprocessed data is transferred to the recording unit 206 (processing 206), and the process proceeds to the determination 207. If there is no unprocessed data (No in decision 205), the process proceeds to decision 207 without doing anything.

In the judgment 207, it is determined whether reading of one page of the document has been completed, that is, 1 is set in correspondence with the process 306 in FIG.
It is determined whether the reading of the page has been completed is notified from the reading unit 5 (determination 207). If reading of one page of the document has not been completed, the process returns to the determination 203 (N of the determination 207).
o), when reading of one page of the document is completed (Yes in decision 207), it is determined whether there is unprocessed data in the page memory 7 (decision 208), and when there is unprocessed data (decision 208). Yes), the unprocessed data is recorded in the recording unit 6
(Process 209), and returns to the determination 208.

If there is no unprocessed data in the page memory 7 in the judgment 208 (No in the judgment 208), it means that the recording of the image information for one page has been completed. The sheet is discharged to the unit 5 (process 210), and it is determined whether there is a notification of “no document” corresponding to the process 307 of FIG. 5 (decision 211). Yes), the process ends.

If there is no notification of "no original" (decision 2
11), “1 page recording completed” is notified to the communication / copy control process of FIG. 2 (process 21).
2). The mutual notification between the processes is performed by storing the value of the flag corresponding to each notification content in the RAM 4 and referring to the value of the corresponding flag when a certain process confirms the notification from another process. ing. The notification of “one page recording completed” in the process 212 will be referred to in the determination 603, 606, 613, and the like of the processing procedure in FIG. 9 performed when the determination 101 in FIG. .

After the process 212, it is monitored whether there is a continuation permission or a stop instruction (No in the decision 213,
If the continuation is permitted (No in decision 213), the process returns to step 202, and the reading and recording of the document of the next page is continued.

If there is a stop command (Y in decision 214)
es), an instruction to end reading is issued to the reading unit 5 via the system bus 16 (process 215), and the process ends. The reading unit 5 can read the original even if the reading is in progress.
When an instruction to end reading is given, reading of the original is interrupted. Therefore, if there is a stop command in the determination 214 (Yes in the determination 214) and an instruction to end reading is given (process 215), an unread original is placed on the ADF unit 5a.

As will be described in detail later, the continuation permission of the judgment 213 is issued corresponding to the process 604 in FIG. 9, and the stop instruction of the judgment 214 is issued corresponding to the processes 607 and 314 of FIG.

Returning to FIG. 2, in the communication / copy control process, it is monitored whether there is a notification of "incoming" during standby (decision 103). It is issued from the incoming call process in the network control unit 15 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, the network control unit 15 monitors whether there is an incoming call through the line (No loop in decision 401), and if there is an incoming call (Yes in decision 401), the system control unit 2 The communication / copy control process of FIG. 2 is notified of the “incoming call” (process 402), and waits for the incoming call response to be permitted (No loop in decision 403).
The incoming call response permission corresponding to the processing 107 in FIG.
When issued from the copy control process (decision 403)
Yes), the line is closed (process 402), and a process of receiving image information based on the G3 facsimile protocol is performed until reception of all image information is completed (process 405, determination 40).
6 (No loop), upon completion of the receiving process (decision 406).
Yes), the line is released, and the receiving process ends. The image information received by the process 405 is stored in the image memory 8 as described above, and is recorded by the recording unit 6 when the recording unit 6 is not used for the copying function after the communication related to the reception. Is recorded and output.

Returning to FIG. 2, when it is determined in the determination 103 during standby in the communication / copy control process that there is an “incoming” notification corresponding to the process 402 in FIG. 6 (Yes in the determination 103), Since the recording unit 6 is in a standby state and is not being used by another process, permission for an incoming call response is issued to the process of the incoming call operation in FIG. 6 (process 107).
Return to decision 101.

When “call-in response permitted” is issued in step 107, the determination in step 403 in FIG. 6 is “Yes” and communication is started.
It will be es.

In the communication / copy control process of FIG. 2, it is monitored whether or not there is a notification of "calling" during standby (decision 104). The notification of "calling" is shown in FIG. It is issued from the time designation transmission process.

The facsimile machine 1 has a function of time designation transmission, and when a predetermined time designation transmission operation involving designation of a destination and transmission start time from the operation display unit 11 is performed,
The image information obtained by reading the original set on the ADF unit 5a is stored as a file in the image memory 8, and the time designation management information 4 is stored in the RAM 4 as shown in FIG.
As “a”, “designated destination information”, “designated time information”, and “pointer to file” are stored. The “designated destination information” is the fax number of the transmission destination input from the operation display unit 11, and the “designated time information” is the operation display unit 1
Time information, such as "23:15", at which transmission is started, which is input from No. 1 and "pointer to file"
Is a storage address of an image information file relating to time designation transmission stored in the image memory 8.

While such time-designated transmission operation is performed, a time-designated transmission process shown in FIG. 8 is performed.

In FIG. 8, it is monitored whether there is a time-designated file, that is, whether the time-designated management information 4a is stored in the RAM 4 (decision 501), and if it is stored (Yes in decision 501), The current time is read from the clock circuit 12 (process 512), and it is determined whether the read current time is “designated time” in the time designation management information 4a (decision 503). If the current time has not reached the designated time yet, (No in decision 503)), and return to decision 501.

When the designated time has been reached (Y in decision 503)
es), the "outgoing call" is notified to the communication / copy control process of FIG. 2 performed by the system control unit 2 (process 50).
4) Wait for transmission permission (No in decision 505)
Loop), the transmission permission corresponding to the processing 108 in FIG.
When issued from the communication / copy control process (Yes in decision 505), the "designated destination" of the time designation management information 4a is read out and the call is made to the designated destination (process 50).
6) The process of reading the file of the image information specified by the “file pointer” of the time designation management information 4a from the image memory 8 and transmitting it based on the G3 facsimile protocol is performed by transmitting all the image information. The process is performed until the process is completed (No loop of process 507 and judgment 508). When the transmission process is completed (Yes of judgment 508), the process is ended. It should be noted that the case where the transmission is activated is not limited to the time-specified transmission, but may be a retransmission that waits for a certain period of time and then retransmits the transmission because of a previous communication error.

Returning to FIG. 2, when it is determined in the decision 104 during standby in the communication / copy control process that the "outgoing call" is notified in response to the process 504 in FIG. 8 (Yes in the decision 104), Since it is on standby, permission for the transmission response is unconditionally issued to the process of the transmission operation in FIG. 8 (process 108), and the process returns to the determination 101.

When the "call origination permission" is issued by the process 108, the decision 505 is YES in FIG. 8 and the communication is started, so that the decision 102 is YES in FIG.
It will be.

In FIG. 2, when the judgment 101 is Yes because the processing 106 has been executed, the processing shifts to the judgment 601 shown in FIG.

At step 601, it is monitored whether there is a notification of “incoming”, “outgoing”, or “one page recording completed” (decision 60).
1, No in decision 602, No in decision 603), and returns to the process 101. If the normal mode copying process is being performed (Yes in the decision 101), the processes after the decision 601 are performed again.

That is, the procedure shown in FIG. 9 is a procedure for coping with the occurrence of an event that affects the execution of the normal mode copying process.
If there is no notification of “one page recording completed” in the judgment 603 corresponding to the process 212 in the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. Is issued (processing 604),
Return to decision 101.

The “continuation permission” issued in step 604 is
It is detected by the judgment 213 in the process of the normal mode copy processing shown in FIGS.
In step s, reading and recording of the document of the next page after the processing is performed in step 202 are performed. That is, during the normal mode copying process, if there is no "incoming" or "outgoing" notification, the normal mode copying process capable of high-speed copying is executed without any problem.

However, in decision 601, “incoming call” corresponds to processing 402 in the incoming call operation process of FIG.
Is received (Yes in the determination 601), it means that there is an incoming call during the normal mode copying process, and furthermore, the process 30 in the reading operation process shown in FIG.
If there is a notification of “no original” by 7 or processing 3
It is monitored whether there is a notification of “one page reading completed” by 06 (No in decision 605, No loop in decision 606),
If there is a notification of "no original" (Yes at decision 605)
s) Since the process of the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is completed, an incoming call response permission is issued (process 611), and the start of the receiving process is permitted to the incoming call operation process of FIG. After that, the process returns to the process 101.

If there is no notification of "no original" but a notification of "one page has been read" (Yes in decision 606)
s) Since a page break has been reached in the middle of the normal mode copying process, a stop instruction is issued to the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 607), an incoming call response permission is issued (process 608), and the receiving operation process of FIG. 6 is permitted to start receiving processing.

In response to the stop command issued in the process 607, the determination 214 becomes Yes in the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and reading and recording of the original are interrupted. Starts the parallel mode copying process and responds (process 609). Although the details of the parallel mode copying process will be described later, the copying speed is lower than that of the normal mode copying process, but is a copy mode with a relatively small processing load that can be executed in parallel with the communication process during communication.

If it is determined in the decision 602 that "outgoing" is notified in response to the process 504 in the outgoing operation process in FIG. Since it is about to be performed, furthermore, there is a notification of “no document” in step 307 in the reading operation process shown in FIG. 5 or a notification of “one page reading completed” in step 306. It is monitored whether there is (No in decision 612, N in decision 613)
o loop), if there is a notification of "no original" (Yes in decision 612), it means that the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 has been completed. (Process 616) After allowing the transmission operation process of FIG. 8 to start the transmission process, the process returns to the process 101.

If there is no notification of "no original" but a notification of "one page has been read" (Yes in decision 613)
s) Since a page break has been reached in the middle of the normal mode copying process, a stop instruction is issued to the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 614), a transmission permission is issued (step 615), and the transmission operation process of FIG. 8 is permitted to start the transmission processing.

According to the stop command issued in the process 614, the determination 214 becomes Yes in the normal mode copying process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and the reading and recording of the original are interrupted. Starts the parallel mode copying process and responds (process 609).

Then, the process waits until the parallel mode copying process started in the process 609 is completed (No loop of the judgment 610). When the process is completed, the process returns to the process 101.

When communication is started by the processing 107, the processing 108, the processing 611, or the processing 616, the judgment 10 of FIG.
If “2” is Yes, the process proceeds to the judgment 701 in FIG.

In the judgment 701 of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the setting operation of the copy function is performed by setting the document on the “a” and pressing the [Start] key of the operation display unit 11.
o) Return to decision 102.

That is, whether the copy function activation operation is performed during communication is continuously monitored. If the copy function activation operation is performed during communication (Yes in decision 701), the process 60 in FIG.
9, the same parallel mode copy processing as that started in step 9 is started (step 702).

Then, the process waits until the parallel mode copying process started in the process 702 is completed (No loop of the judgment 703). When the process is completed, the process returns to the process 101. When the parallel mode copying process is started in the process 609 of FIG.
The process is performed on the document left after the interruption of the normal mode copying process. However, when the process is started in process 702, the process is performed from the first page of the set document.

As described above, when the communication is started during the relatively high-speed normal mode copy processing, the operation is switched to the relatively low-speed parallel mode copy processing to continue the copy operation.
Communication processing can be executed in parallel while securing processing capacity for communication processing. Conversely, if the copying operation is started during communication, the remaining processing capacity is insufficient for performing the normal mode copying process, so that the parallel mode copying process can be performed. . Thus, the communication operation and the copying operation can be performed in parallel, and the processing speed of the copying operation when communication is not being performed does not decrease.

Next, processing 609 in FIG. 9 and processing 7 in FIG.
First, second and third examples of the specific processing procedure of the parallel mode copying processing started in step 02 will be described.

First, the parallel mode copying process procedure of the first example will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the parallel mode copying process is started when the system control unit 2 instructs the reading unit 5 to start reading via the system bus 16 (process 801). In response to the instruction to start reading, the above-described reading operation process shown in FIG. 5 is started.

In step 801, the system control unit 2 instructing the reading unit 5 to start reading determines whether there is a notification of completion of one-line reading (determination 802), and proceeds to step 304 in FIG.
Is received (Yes in decision 802), the image information of one line read by the process 303 of FIG. 5 is stored in the line buffer memory 9 (process 803). After being encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 10 (process 804), the image data is stored in the image memory 8 (process 805).
That is, it is determined whether reading unit 5 has notified that reading of one page has been completed in response to process 306 in FIG.
06), if the reading of one page of the document is not completed, the process returns to decision 802 (No in decision 806), and if the reading of one page of the document is completed (Yes in decision 806).
s), and “no original” corresponding to the process 307 in FIG.
Is judged (judgment 807), and "no original"
Is not received (No in decision 807), the processing 802
Return to If there is a notification of "no original" (decision 80
7), an instruction to finish reading is issued to the reading unit 5 via the system bus 16 (step 808).
Stops reading the original when an instruction to end reading is given. In this manner, unlike the normal mode copying process, by performing only the reading operation without performing the reading operation and the recording operation in parallel, the originals of all pages set in the ADF unit 5a are sequentially read and compression-encoded. Image memory 8
After that, the image information of all the stored pages is sequentially decoded and expanded by the encoding / decoding unit 10 and expanded in the page memory, and the expanded image information is sequentially recorded and output on the recording paper by the recording unit 6. A recording operation is performed (step 809).

As described above, in the copying process performed in parallel with the communication process, after reading of the document of all pages is completed, the document image information of all pages is recorded, so that the reading operation and the recording operation are performed simultaneously. Since the communication operation and the reading operation or the communication operation and the recording operation are performed in parallel, even if the processing capability of the system control unit 2 is low, the simultaneous execution of the communication operation and the copying operation is not performed. Can be realized. In the present embodiment, the image information stored in the image memory 8 is coded and compressed for effective use of the storage capacity of the image memory 8, and the coded compression may be omitted. In this case, although the amount of storage capacity of the image memory 8 increases, the process of encoding / decoding / decompressing image information during the parallel mode copying process can be omitted, so that the parallel mode copying process during communication is performed. The processing capability of the system control unit 2 required for the above can be set low.

Next, the parallel mode copying process procedure of the second example will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the parallel mode copying process is started when the system control unit 2 instructs the reading unit 5 to start reading via the system bus 16 (process 901). In response to the instruction to start reading, the above-described reading operation process shown in FIG. 5 is started.

In step 901, the system control unit 2 instructing the reading unit 5 to start reading determines whether there is a notification of completion of one-line reading (determination 902), and proceeds to step 304 in FIG.
Is received (Yes in decision 902), the image information of one line read by the process 303 of FIG. 5 is stored in the line buffer memory 9 (process 903). After being encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 10 (process 904), the image data is stored in the image memory 8 (process 905).
That is, it is determined whether reading unit 5 has notified that reading of one page has been completed in response to process 306 in FIG.
06) If the reading of one page of the document is not completed, the process returns to decision 902 (No in decision 906), and if the reading of one page of the document is completed (Yes in decision 906).
s) The image information of one page stored in the image memory is sequentially decoded and expanded by the encoding / decoding unit 10 and expanded in the page memory, and the expanded image information is sequentially recorded and output on the recording paper by the recording unit 6. A recording operation is performed (step 907).

Then, it is determined whether there is a notification of "document absence" corresponding to the process 307 of FIG. 5 (decision 908). It is determined whether or not the communication is in progress (decision 909). If communication is still in progress (Yes in decision 909), the process returns to decision 902 to continue the parallel mode copy processing.

If a notification of "no original" is received in the judgment 908 (Yes in the judgment 908), an instruction to end reading is issued to the reading section 5 via the system bus 16 (processing 91).
0) When the reading unit 5 is instructed to finish reading,
The reading of the document ends.

If the determination in step 909 is "Yes", that is, if the communication is stopped while the unread original is still present, the system control unit 2 has sufficient processing capacity to perform the normal mode copy processing. Therefore, the reading completion instruction is issued to the reading unit 5 via the system bus 16 (process 911), and the reading of the document by the reading unit 5 is temporarily stopped. The normal mode copying process shown in FIG. 4 is started (process 912).

As described above, in the copying process performed in parallel with the communication process, after the reading of one page of the document is completed, the operation of recording the one page of the document image information is performed alternately. Since the operation and the recording operation are not performed at the same time and the communication operation and the reading operation or the communication operation and the recording operation are performed in parallel, even if the processing capability of the system control unit 2 is low, the communication operation is not performed. And the copying operation can be performed simultaneously. Further, compared with the first example, the storage capacity of the image memory 8 used for the copying process in the parallel mode is sufficient for one page of the image information. If the communication is terminated during the parallel mode copy processing, the subsequent pages of the original document are switched to the normal mode copy processing, so that there is an effect that the speed of the copy processing can be increased as much as possible.

Next, the parallel mode copying procedure of the third example will be described with reference to FIGS.

In these figures, the parallel mode copying process is first started when the system control unit 2 instructs the reading unit 5 to start reading via the system bus 16 (process 1001). In response to the instruction to start reading, the above-described reading operation process shown in FIG. 5 is started.

Then, the system control unit 2 instructing the reading unit 5 to start reading in the process 1001 causes the paper feeding unit 6a to feed one sheet of recording paper (process 1002) and notifies the completion of reading of one line. It is determined whether there is a line (determination 1003), and if there is a notification of completion of one line reading corresponding to the processing 304 of FIG. 5 (Yes of determination 1003), the one line read by the processing 303 of FIG. 5 is determined. Is stored in the page memory 7 (processing 1004), and then a decision 1005 is made.
If there is no notification of completion of reading one line (No in decision 1003), the process proceeds to decision 1005 without doing anything.
Move to

In the judgment 1005, it is judged whether reading of one page of the document has been completed, that is, whether the reading unit 5 has notified that the reading of one page has been completed corresponding to the process 306 in FIG. 5 (decision 1005). If reading of one page of the document has not been completed (No in decision 1005), decision 10
03, when reading of one page of the document is completed (Yes in decision 1005), it is determined whether or not there is unprocessed data in the page memory 7 (decision 1006). 1006), the unprocessed data is transferred to the recording unit 6 (process 1007), and the judgment 100
Return to 6.

If it is determined in decision 1006 that there is no more unprocessed data in the page memory 7 (No in decision 1006),
Since the recording of image information for one page has been completed,
The recorded recording paper is discharged to the recording unit 5 (step 100
8) It is determined whether there is a notification of "no original" corresponding to the process 307 of FIG. 5 (determination 1009). If there is no notification of "no original" (No of determination 1009), further communication is in progress. It is determined whether there is any data (decision 1010). If communication is still in progress (Yes in decision 1010), the decision 100 is made.
Then, the process returns to Step 3 and the copying process in the parallel mode is continued.

[0106] If there is a notification of "no original" in the judgment 1009 (Yes in the judgment 1009), an instruction to finish reading is issued to the reading unit 5 via the system bus 16 (process 1011). Terminates the reading of the original when there is an instruction to end the reading.

If the judgment 1010 is Yes, that is, if communication is stopped while unread originals are still present, the system controller 2 has sufficient processing capacity to perform normal mode copy processing. Therefore, the reading completion instruction is issued to the reading unit 5 via the system bus 16 (step 1012), and the reading of the original by the reading unit 5 is temporarily stopped. The normal mode copying process shown in FIG.
3).

As described above, in the copying process performed in parallel with the communication process, after the reading of one page of the original is completed, the operation of recording the one page of the original image information is performed alternately. Since the operation and the recording operation are not performed at the same time and the communication operation and the reading operation or the communication operation and the recording operation are performed in parallel, even if the processing capability of the system control unit 2 is low, the communication operation is not performed. And the copying operation can be performed simultaneously. Also, as in the second example, the image memory 8 is not used for the parallel mode copy processing, and the page memory 7 for developing the image information recorded by the recording unit 6 is used for the parallel mode copy processing. In addition, the storage capacity of the image memory 8 can be reduced.

In the embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to a G3 facsimile. However, the present invention is not limited by a communication protocol for exchanging image information, and includes a reading unit and a recording unit. Any communication terminal device that can realize the copying function can be similarly applied.

[0110]

According to the first or second aspect of the present invention,
In the copying during communication, the reading operation of the original image information by the reading unit and the recording operation by the recording unit are not performed simultaneously, but the reading operation of the original image information of all pages by the reading unit, Since the recording operation of the image information of the page is performed by being performed in a time-separated manner, the processing capacity required for the communication operation and the reading operation of the original image information by the reading unit are performed. Processing capacity required for realizing the copy function during communication, which is the sum of the processing capacity required for the image processing and the processing capacity required for the image information recording operation by the recording means. However, even if only the processing capability is provided, the total processing capability of the processing capability required for the communication operation and the processing capability required for the reading operation of the original image information by the reading unit, and the processing capability required for the communication operation The copying function can be used during communication as long as the processing capability exceeds the total processing capability of the processing capability and the processing capability required for the image information recording operation by the recording means. Therefore, the effect that the copying function during communication can be used even in an apparatus having a relatively low processing capability can be obtained.

According to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, in copying during communication, the reading operation of the original image information by the reading means and the recording operation by the recording means are not performed simultaneously. The reading operation of the original image information for one page by the reading unit and the recording operation of the image information for one page by the recording unit are performed by being alternately performed in a time-sequential manner. The conventional communication in which the processing capacity necessary for the image data reading operation by the reading means and the processing capacity required for the image information recording operation by the recording means are summed. Even if it has only the processing capability less than the processing capability required to realize the copying function, it is necessary for the processing capability necessary for the communication operation and the reading operation of the original image information by the reading means. A total processing capacity with a processing capacity, and a processing capacity exceeding a total processing capacity of a processing capacity required for a communication operation and a processing capacity required for an image information recording operation by the recording means. If you have it, you will be able to use the copy function during communication,
The effect that the copying function during communication can be used even in an apparatus having a relatively low processing capability can be obtained. Further, since the storage capacity of the image accumulating means used for the copying operation during communication is only required for the image information of one page, the copying operation during communication can be compared with the invention according to claim 1 or 2. The advantage is that the storage capacity of the image storage means used for the purpose can be reduced.

According to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, in copying during communication, the reading operation of the original image information and the recording operation by the recording unit are not performed simultaneously by the reading unit. The reading operation of the original image information for one page by the reading unit and the recording operation of the image information for one page by the recording unit are performed by being alternately performed in a time-sequential manner. The conventional communication in which the processing capacity necessary for the image data reading operation by the reading means and the processing capacity required for the image information recording operation by the recording means are summed. Even if it has only the processing capability less than the processing capability required to realize the copying function, it is necessary for the processing capability necessary for the communication operation and the reading operation of the original image information by the reading means. A total processing capacity with a processing capacity, and a processing capacity exceeding a total processing capacity of a processing capacity required for a communication operation and a processing capacity required for an image information recording operation by the recording means. If you have it, you will be able to use the copy function during communication,
The effect that the copying function during communication can be used even in an apparatus having a relatively low processing capability can be obtained. Also, for a copying operation during communication, a page memory for expanding image information recorded by the recording unit is used,
According to the invention of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, accumulation of unprocessed image information such as transmitted image information originally waiting for transmission or received image information waiting for recording for a copying operation during communication. It is possible to realize the copy function during communication according to the present invention without consuming the storage capacity of the image storage unit used for the operation and without providing the image storage unit. The effect is obtained.

According to the seventh or eighth aspect of the present invention, the communication is completed and the communication is stopped during the parallel mode copying process in which the processing load is small during the communication but the copying speed is correspondingly low. , When the processing load for communication is gone,
For the image information of the subsequent pages, the processing load is large, but the processing speed is correspondingly high. Since the image information is copied by the normal mode copying process, the speed of the copying process started during communication is increased. An effect that can be achieved is obtained.

According to the ninth or tenth aspect of the present invention,
If there is an incoming call during the normal mode copying process, which has a high processing load but the processing speed is high, the image information of the subsequent pages is reduced by the parallel mode copying process, which has a low processing load but a low copying speed. Since the information is copied and the incoming call is permitted and communication is started, even if the processing capacity is low, it is possible to respond to the incoming call during the copying process without reducing the copying speed as much as possible. Can be

According to the eleventh or twelfth aspect of the present invention, if a call is made during the normal mode copying process, which has a high processing load but a high processing speed, the processing load is reduced for the image information of the subsequent pages. Since the image information is copied and the transmission is permitted and the communication is started by the parallel mode copying processing which is small but the copying speed is slower, the copying processing speed is reduced as much as possible even if the processing capacity is low. This has the effect of enabling an incoming call response during the copying process.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a facsimile apparatus as a communication terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a communication / copy control processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a specific processing procedure of a normal mode copying process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a specific processing procedure of a normal mode copying process together with FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a reading operation procedure in a reading unit of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an incoming call operation procedure in the network control unit of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an R of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the storage contents of an AM.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a time-designated transmission processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a communication / copy control processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a communication / copy control processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a first example of a parallel mode copying process procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a second example of the parallel mode copying process procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a third example of a parallel mode copying process procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a third procedure of the parallel mode copying process in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with FIG.
It is a flowchart shown about an example.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 facsimile apparatus 2 system control unit 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 reading unit 5 a ADF unit 6 recording unit 6 a paper feeding unit 7 page memory 8 image memory 9 line buffer memory 10 encoding / decoding unit 11 operation display unit 12 clock circuit 13 communication control Unit 14 modem 15 network control unit 16 system bus

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, a reading unit for reading an original to obtain image information, a recording unit for recording image information on a recording sheet, and temporarily storing unprocessed image information. When the communication is not in progress when a copy processing start instructing operation is performed with the image storage unit, the reading unit starts reading the document, and the image information read by the reading unit is sequentially stored in the recording unit. While the normal mode copying process for transferring and recording on the recording paper is performed, while the communication is being performed, the reading of the original by the reading unit is started in parallel with the communication process, and all the data read by the reading unit are read. A parallel mode in which image information of a page is temporarily stored in the image storage unit, and after reading of the document is completed, the image information stored in the image storage unit is read, transferred to the recording unit, and recorded on recording paper. Communication terminal apparatus comprising the communication-copying control means for performing a copy process. 2. A method for controlling a communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; recording means for recording the image information on a recording sheet; And an image storage unit for temporarily storing a document, and when a copy process start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not being performed, reading of a document by the reading unit is started and image information read by the reading unit is started. Are sequentially transferred to the recording means and the normal mode copying processing for recording on the recording paper is performed, while during communication, reading of the original by the reading means is started in parallel with the communication processing, and Is temporarily stored in the image storage unit, and after the reading of the document is completed, the image information stored in the image storage unit is read out, transferred to the recording unit, and recorded on recording paper. Control method of a communication terminal apparatus and performs parallel mode copying process of. 3. A communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, a reading unit for reading an original to obtain image information, a recording unit for recording image information on a recording sheet, and temporarily storing unprocessed image information. When the communication is not in progress when a copy processing start instructing operation is performed with the image storage unit, the reading unit starts reading the document, and the image information read by the reading unit is sequentially stored in the recording unit. While the normal mode copying process for transferring and recording on the recording paper is performed, while the communication is being performed, the reading of the original by the reading unit is started and the image read by the reading unit is started in parallel with the communication process. When the image information is stored in the image storage unit and the image information for one page is stored in the image storage unit, reading of the original by the reading unit is stopped, and the one-page image stored in the image storage unit is stopped. When the image information of one page is read, transferred to the recording means and recorded on the recording paper, and the recording of the image information of one page is completed, the operation of restarting the reading of the document by the reading means is completed. And a communication / copy control means for performing a parallel mode copy process that is repeated until the communication terminal device performs the process. 4. A method for controlling a communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; recording means for recording image information on recording paper; And an image storage unit for temporarily storing a document, and when a copy process start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not being performed, reading of a document by the reading unit is started and image information read by the reading unit is started. Are sequentially transferred to the recording means and the normal mode copying processing for recording on the recording paper is performed, while during communication, reading of the original by the reading means is started in parallel with the communication processing, and Is stored in the image storage means, and when one page of image information is stored in the image storage means, the reading of the document by the reading means is stopped and the image storage means The operation of reading out the stacked one-page image information, transferring the read-out image information to the recording unit, recording the image information on the recording paper, and restarting the reading of the original by the reading unit when the recording of the one-page image information is completed is performed for all originals A method for controlling a communication terminal device, wherein a parallel mode copying process is repeated until page reading is completed. 5. A communication terminal device for communicating with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; recording means for recording image information developed in a page memory on recording paper;
When a copy process start instruction operation is performed, when communication is not being performed, reading of a document by the reading unit is started, and image information read by the reading unit is sequentially transmitted to the recording unit via the page memory. While the normal mode copying process for transferring and recording on the recording paper is performed, while the communication is being performed, the reading of the original by the reading unit is started and the image read by the reading unit is started in parallel with the communication process. When the information is stored in the page memory and the image information for one page is stored in the page memory, the reading of the document by the reading means is stopped, and the image information for one page stored in the page memory is stored. The reading is transferred to the recording means and recorded on recording paper, and when the recording of the image information for one page is completed, the operation of restarting the reading of the original by the reading means is performed for all the pages. Communication terminal apparatus characterized by reading the manuscript has a communication-copying control means for concurrent mode copying process is repeated until completion. 6. A control method for a communication terminal device for performing communication with a partner device, comprising: reading means for reading an original to obtain image information; and recording means for recording the image information developed in a page memory on a recording sheet. When a copying process start instruction operation is performed,
When communication is not being performed, normal mode copying in which reading of an original by the reading means is started, and image information read by the reading means is sequentially transferred to the recording means via the page memory and recorded on recording paper. On the other hand, when communication is being performed, in parallel with the communication processing, reading of the original by the reading means is started, and the image information read by the reading means is stored in the page memory, and one page is stored. When the image information of one page is stored in the page memory, reading of the original by the reading means is stopped, and the image information of one page stored in the page memory is read and transferred to the recording means. And the operation of restarting the reading of the original by the reading means when the recording of the image information for one page is completed is repeated until the reading of the original of all pages is completed. Control method of a communication terminal apparatus and performs processing. 7. The communication / copy control means performs the normal mode copy processing for image information of a subsequent page when communication is stopped during the parallel mode copy processing. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device is a communication terminal device. 8. When the communication is stopped during the parallel mode copying process, the normal mode copying process is performed for the image information of the subsequent pages. 7. The control method for a communication terminal device according to any one of items 4 and 6. 9. The communication / copy control means, if there is an incoming call during the normal mode copy processing, permitting the incoming call after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed and permitting the communication. 8. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the parallel mode copying process is performed for image information of a page after the start, and for the subsequent pages. 10. When an incoming call is received during the normal mode copying process, the incoming call is permitted after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, and communication is started. 7. The parallel mode copying process is performed for the image information of (3).
Or the control method of the communication terminal device according to any one of the above items 8. 11. The communication / copy control means, when a communication is transmitted during the normal mode copy processing, permits the transmission after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed to perform the communication. 8. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the parallel mode copying process is performed for image information of a page after the start, and for the subsequent pages. 12. When a communication is transmitted while the normal mode copy processing is being performed, the transmission is permitted after the recording of the page currently being copied is completed, and communication is started. 7. The parallel mode copying process is performed for the image information of (3).
Or the control method of the communication terminal device according to any one of the above items 8.