JP2002125112A - Facsimile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile terminal that can create a Web page from image data facsimile-received as they are. SOLUTION: The facsimile terminal 10 designates an area to image data that are facsimile-received and stored in an image storage section by an instruction from client devices C1-Cn to designate the presence of painting out the background thereof, applies coloring to the image data of the designated area in a color designated among colors, overlaps a plurality of the image data in time series, adds prescribed link information to the overlapped image data respectively, an acts like a Web server by converting a form of the image data into the HTML form the create the Web page from the image data. Thus, the facsimile terminal can directly, easily and quickly create the Web page from the facsimile-received image data and easily and quickly transmit information desirably transmitted as the Web server.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus that creates facsimile-received image data as a Web page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to create a Web page (Web page), it is necessary to create the Web page using a dedicated Web page creation tool or a tool equivalent thereto, which is a heavy burden on the user. Therefore We
He often asked professionals to create b-pages.

[0003] Therefore, conventionally, it takes a long time to create a new Web page, and even if there is information that the user wants to send quickly and frequently, it is difficult to send the information, and considerable labor is required. Was.

[0004] Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus which incorporates a Web server function and suppresses output of extra paper has been proposed (see JP-A-11-55448).

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, as described above, a new Web
There is a lot of work for creating a page, and there is a problem that it takes a long time and a great deal of labor to put information to be transmitted on a Web server.

Further, the technology described in the above publication is to suppress the output of extra paper by incorporating a Web server function into a facsimile machine, and does not solve the above problem.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 is to specify a region for image data received by facsimile and stored in the image storage means, to specify whether or not to paint a base, and to use a color specified from a plurality of colors. Coloring the image data of the designated area, superimposing a plurality of the image data in time series, adding predetermined link information to the superimposed image data, and converting the image data into the HTLM format By creating a web page from image data and operating as a web server, a web page can be created easily and quickly directly from facsimile-received image data, and information to be transmitted can be easily and quickly posted on the web server. Facsimile that can improve the usability of image data It is an object of the present invention to provide a location.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when a processing procedure for operating the conversion function, the color setting function, the superimposition function, and the link function according to a predetermined procedure is set, facsimile reception is performed and stored in the image storage means. By automatically creating a web page based on the processing procedure for the created image data, the operation of the same pattern among the operations of creating a web page from the image data is automated, and the operation is more quickly performed. Another object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can more easily create a web page, place information to be transmitted more easily and more quickly on a web server, and further improve the usability of image data. I have.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, TSI information or received source information such as a source telephone number for received image data is taken in, and a web page created from the image data is classified and displayed based on the source information. When there are many created web pages, they are categorized and displayed according to the source information, and the necessary web pages can be opened quickly and efficiently so that the necessary information can be obtained promptly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a better facsimile machine.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus for temporarily storing image data received by facsimile in an image storage means, wherein the image data stored in the image storage means is stored in the image storage means. A color setting function that specifies the area and specifies whether or not to fill the background and colors the image data of the specified area with a color specified from multiple colors, and superimposes multiple pieces of the image data in chronological order An alignment function, a link function of adding predetermined link information to the superimposed image data, and a conversion function of converting the image data into the HTLM format.
The object is achieved by creating a web page from the image data stored in the image storage means and operating as a web server.

According to the above arrangement, for the image data received by facsimile and stored in the image storage means, an area is designated to specify whether or not to paint a background, and the designated area is designated by a plurality of colors. The image data is colored, a plurality of the image data are superimposed in chronological order, predetermined link information is added to the superimposed image data, and the image data is converted into an HTLM format. Since it operates as a web server by creating a web page from data, it can easily and quickly create a web page directly from facsimile-received image data, and easily and quickly post information to be transmitted on the web server, Data usability can be improved.

In this case, for example, as set forth in claim 2, the facsimile apparatus performs a processing procedure in which the conversion function, the color setting function, the superimposition function, and the link function are respectively processed in a predetermined procedure. Is set, a web page automatic creation function for automatically creating the web page based on the processing procedure for the image data stored in the image storage means may be provided.

According to the above arrangement, when the processing procedure for operating the conversion function, the color setting function, the superimposition function, and the link function according to the predetermined procedure is set, the facsimile is received and stored in the image storage means. Since the web page is automatically created for the image data based on the processing procedure, the operation of the same pattern among the operations for creating the web page from the image data is automated, so that the operation can be performed more quickly and further. A web page can be easily created, and information to be transmitted can be more easily and more quickly placed on a web server, so that the usability of image data can be further improved.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 3, the facsimile apparatus has a source information capture function for capturing source information such as TSI information or a source telephone number for the received image data; A classification display function of classifying and displaying the web page created from the image data based on the transmission source information.

According to the above configuration, the source information such as the TSI information or the source telephone number for the received image data is fetched, and the web page created from the image data is classified and displayed according to the source information.
When there are many created web pages, they can be classified and displayed by sender information, open the necessary web pages quickly and efficiently, and acquire the necessary information promptly, The usability can be further improved.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a facsimile system 1 to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied. It is.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile system 1
The facsimile apparatus 10 and a plurality of client apparatuses C1 to Cn are connected to a network NW, and a public telephone line is connected to the facsimile apparatus 10.

The facsimile apparatus 10 transmits and receives facsimile data via a public telephone line, has a network interface, and has a network NW.
To transmit and receive data to and from the user's client devices C1 to Cn via the.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 10 includes an image storage unit (image storage unit) such as a hard disk for storing received image data, a web editing unit, a display unit, and the like. A color setting function of specifying an area for the accumulated image data to specify the presence or absence of a background fill and coloring the image data of the specified area with a specified color from a plurality of colors;
A superimposing function of superimposing a plurality of the image data in time series, a link function of adding predetermined link information to the superimposed image data, and a conversion function of converting the image data into an HTLM format, A web page is created from the image data stored in the image storage unit. And the facsimile machine 10
Has a function as a web server that outputs a web page created by the web editing unit in response to a request from the client devices C1 to Cn and the like.

Further, the facsimile machine 10 is controlled by control signals from the user's client devices C1 to Cn, and can specify the color of a Web page on a screen on the client devices C1 to Cn.

The client devices C1 to Cn are, for example,
It is a personal computer or the like, and is equipped with an image data control tool. The user can access the client device C
By activating the image data control tool installed in the facsimile apparatus 1 to Cn, the function of the facsimile apparatus 10, particularly, the function of the Web editing unit can be controlled on the display screen.

The facsimile apparatus 10 has a function of displaying image data on a display unit by operating the operation unit, and coloring the image data in accordance with the operation of the operation unit.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. When facsimile reception is performed via a public telephone line, the facsimile apparatus 10 performs the facsimile reception, stores the received image data in the image storage unit, and when the image storage unit is full, the old image data Delete in order from.

As described above, when the image data is stored in the image storage unit, the user operates the client device C.
When the image data control tool is activated at 1 to Cn, a list of received image data stored in the image storage unit of the facsimile machine 10 is displayed. This list includes, for example, as shown in FIG.
As a result, the file No. And the user
By selecting the corresponding image from the image data list displayed on the screen, the selected image data can be displayed on the screens of the client devices C1 to Cn as shown in FIG.

The user can add a color to the image in the intended area on the image displayed on the screen of the client devices C1 to Cn. For example, an area Ar indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 3 is specified by surrounding the area with a mouse, and the color displayed in the color specification area Ac is specified with the mouse. Area Ac
The color specified by can be applied. At this time, it is possible to specify the presence / absence of the base color of the color designation area Ac and the designation of the fill color when the color is filled.

For example, in FIG. 3, if the designated area Ar is originally a black character, that is, a black image, and if the inside of the background is designated and the black character is designated in the color designated area Ac, It can be changed to the specified color character (image of the specified color).

The above-described area designation, color designation, and the presence / absence of background filling and designation of the filling color can be appropriately performed for all the image data displayed on the screen. When the specification of the fill color is completed, the specified area information, the color information, the information on the presence / absence of the base color and the specification information of the fill color are transmitted from the client devices C1 to Cn.
The facsimile machine 10 stores the transmitted designated area information and color information, the information on the presence or absence of a base fill, and the designated fill color in the image storage unit in association with the image data.

In the facsimile apparatus 10, when the designated area information, the color information, the information on the presence or absence of the base color and the designated information on the fill color are stored in the image storage unit in correspondence with the image data, the Web editing unit transmits the designated area. The corresponding image data is converted into the HTLM format based on the information, the color information, the information on the presence / absence of filling of the base, and the information on the designation of the fill color, to create a Web page.

The user of each of the client devices C1 to Cn can use the Web settings by setting from the client devices C1 to Cn or by setting the operation unit of the facsimile machine 10.
Automatic page creation can be specified. When the automatic creation of the Web page is designated, the facsimile apparatus 10 automatically converts the received image data of the facsimile into a different process based on the designated designation information without receiving the designation. Then, the Web page is converted into the HTLM format and a Web page is created.

The created Web page can be read by the facsimile machine 10 or the client devices C1 to Cn, and is displayed on the display unit of the facsimile machine 10 or the display screen of the client devices C1 to Cn, for example, as shown in FIG. A plurality of Web pages stored in the image storage unit are displayed for each page, and at the top of the display screen, an arrow for moving to the previous or next document, and a classification in which a specified TSI or telephone number can be selected as a classification. Displays the selection icon. Various searches and sortings can be performed on the Web page display, but basically, the Web pages are displayed in the order in which they are received.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment specifies the area of the image data received by facsimile and stored in the image storage unit by determining the area of the image data and determining whether or not the background is filled. The image data of the designated area is colored with the designated color from the plurality of colors, and the plurality of the image data are overlapped in chronological order, and predetermined link information is added to the overlapped image data. Then, by converting the image data into the HTLM format, a web page is directly created from the image data and operates as a web server.

Therefore, it is possible to easily and quickly create a web page directly from facsimile-received image data, and to easily and quickly put information to be transmitted on a web server, thereby improving the usability of the image data. .

Further, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment
0, when a processing procedure for operating the conversion function, the color setting function, the superimposition function, and the link function in accordance with predetermined procedures is set, the facsimile reception and the image data stored in the image storage unit are performed. Web pages are automatically created based on the processing procedure.

Therefore, it is possible to automate the operation of the same pattern among the operations of creating the web page from the image data, to create the web page more quickly and more easily, and to transmit the information to be transmitted to the web. It can be more easily and more quickly loaded on the server, and the usability of the image data can be further improved.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 10 of the present embodiment takes in TSI information or received source information such as a source telephone number for received image data, and classifies a web page created from the image data by the source information. indicate.

Therefore, when there are a large number of created web pages, they can be classified and displayed according to the source information, and the necessary web pages can be quickly and efficiently opened and the necessary information can be quickly obtained. As a result, the usability can be further improved.

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

[0039]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the image data received by facsimile and stored in the image storage means is designated by specifying an area to specify the presence or absence of a base color and a plurality of colors. The image data of the designated area is colored with a color designated from, and a plurality of the image data are overlapped in a time series, and predetermined link information is added to the overlapped image data, and the image data is Is converted to HTLM format, and a web page is created from the image data, and operates as a web server. Therefore, a web page can be easily and quickly created from facsimile-received image data, and information to be transmitted can be easily sent to the web server. And can be placed quickly, improving the usability of image data Door can be.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, when a processing procedure for operating the conversion function, the color setting function, the superimposition function, and the link function according to a predetermined procedure is set, facsimile reception is performed. Since the web page is automatically created based on the processing procedure for the image data stored in the image storage means, the operation of the same pattern among the operations of creating the web page from the image data is automated, A web page can be created more quickly and more easily, and information to be transmitted can be posted more easily and more quickly on a web server, so that the usability of image data can be further improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, TSI information for the received image data or transmission source information such as a transmission source telephone number is fetched, and a web page created from the image data is read by the transmission source information. Classify and display, if there are many created web pages, you can sort and display by the sender information, open the necessary web pages quickly and efficiently, and quickly obtain the necessary information As a result, the usability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image data list when image data stored in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 is displayed on a client device.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a Web page editing screen on the client device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a display screen of an edited Web page.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile system 10 Facsimile device NW network C1-Cn Client device

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Claims (3)

[Claims] A facsimile apparatus for temporarily storing image data received by facsimile in an image storage means,
A color setting function of designating an area for the image data stored in the image storage means to specify whether or not to paint a background, and coloring the image data of the designated area with a color designated from a plurality of colors; A superimposition function of superimposing a plurality of the image data in time series, a link function of adding predetermined link information to the superimposed image data, and a conversion function of converting the image data into an HTLM format. A facsimile apparatus for generating a web page from the image data stored in the image storage means and operating as a web server. 2. The facsimile apparatus stores in the image storage means a processing procedure for operating the color setting function, the superimposing function, the link function, and the conversion function according to predetermined procedures. 2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a web page automatic creation function for automatically creating said web page for said image data based on said processing procedure. 3. The facsimile machine according to claim 1, wherein said facsimile apparatus has a function of taking in source information such as TSI information or a source telephone number for said received image data, and said transmitting the web page created from said image data. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a classification display function of classifying and displaying the original information.