JP2003087449A - Facsimile machine, its control method and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile machine that uses a desired image for a standby display menu of the facsimile machine with a simple operation. SOLUTION: The control method of the facsimile machine includes a step S101 of inputting an image used for a standby display image, a step S102 of displaying part of the inputted image data on a display section 7, a step S103 of scrolling or magnifying the image data displayed on the display section 7 depending on the operation of a cursor key or a magnification key of an operation section 8 by a user, a step S105 of storing the image data of the displayed image to a standby display image data storage area in a memory of the facsimile machine when depression of a set key by the user is detected (S104), and a step S106 of displaying the stored image data in a standby state so as to use the image data for the standby display image.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, a control method therefor, a control program, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus having a display means such as a liquid crystal screen has been generally known.

[0003]

However, the display contents of the display means of the facsimile apparatus are only the screens originally set in the apparatus, and in particular, the standby screen while waiting for an incoming call can be arbitrarily set by the user. I couldn't.

As a result, there is little room for the user to customize the facsimile machine, and there is little freedom for the user.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus having a large degree of freedom in setting by a user, a control method thereof, and a control program.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus according to the present invention comprises image input means for inputting image data, display means capable of displaying an image corresponding to the image data, and the image. Display control means for displaying at least a part of the image corresponding to the image data input from the input means on the display means as a standby image.

The image input means includes receiving means for receiving image data by facsimile communication, and the display control means sets at least a part of the image data received by the receiving means as a standby image. .

The image input means includes an image reading means for reading an image on a document, and the display control means uses at least a part of image data of the image read by the image reading means as a standby image. And

The display control means further includes a memory having a standby image data storage area for storing image data for the standby image, and the display control means converts the image data input from the image input means into the standby image data in the memory. It is characterized by including means for storing in the storage area and means for displaying on the display means an image corresponding to the image data stored in the standby image data storage area.

The memory has a storage area for storing a plurality of input image data, and the display control means reads out the image data selected by a user's selection operation from the storage area, and the standby image data. It is characterized by including means for storing in a storage area.

It is characterized by further comprising selection means for selecting image data to be used as a standby image among the image data input by the image input means.

The display control means is characterized by having an image processing means for applying image processing to the image data input by the image input means to obtain image data for a standby image.

The image processing means enlarges or reduces the image data input from the image input means, or
It is characterized by including means for color-converting the image data input from the image input means.

In order to achieve the above object, a method according to the present invention is a control method for controlling a facsimile machine,
An image input step of inputting image data, a conversion step of converting at least a part of the image data input in the image input step into image data for standby image, and inputting image data for the standby image, And a display step of displaying a standby image according to the data.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a program according to the present invention is a control program for controlling a facsimile machine, and a processor included in the facsimile machine,
An image input step of inputting image data, a conversion step of converting at least a part of the image data input in the image input step into image data for standby image, and inputting image data for the standby image, And a display step of displaying a standby image according to the data.

In order to achieve the above object, a storage medium according to the present invention stores the above control program.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be illustratively described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the relative arrangement of the constituent elements, the display screen, and the like described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to them unless otherwise specified. In addition, in this specification, "standby" means a non-call state,
A standby state in which incoming or outgoing calls can be made. The “standby image” is an image displayed on the display unit of the device in such a standby state.

(Embodiment) An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

<Outline> In the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, image data obtained by reading optically or a part of image data obtained from the outside by facsimile communication is first displayed on a display unit such as a liquid crystal at an appropriate magnification. indicate. The displayed image is an operation unit equipped with a cursor and the like.

<Apparatus Configuration> A specific configuration of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, the present facsimile machine has a central processing unit (CPU) 3 for controlling the entire machine.
ROM 6 for storing various programs such as a browser program and unique data, backup data such as personal data, telephone directory, user setting switch, CP
The memory 2 stores U work data, HTML data, display data, recording data, and the like.

Further, an image reading unit 1 for optically reading an image on a document, a display unit 7 for displaying received data, read data, device status, browser screen, etc., ten keys (dial), etc. An operation unit 8 composed of, a recording unit (printer) 4 for recording the received image and text, a modem 5 for connecting the public line 9 to communicate with the outside, scaling of image data, resolution conversion, color conversion, etc. The image processing unit 10 for performing Here, each unit is connected by the system bus 11.

<Standby screen setting process> Next, the process of registering a standby image in the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Input processing for inputting (for example, an image as shown in FIG. 3) is performed.

Specifically, the user selects an image including an image he / she wants to set on the standby screen from the image reading unit 1.
Or read such an image from an external facsimile machine or the like via the public line 9 and the modem 5. Alternatively, in the case of a facsimile machine having a mail receiving function and an internet connection function, image data may be downloaded from such a network.

In step S102, step S101
As shown in FIG. 4, a part of the image data input in
To display.

In step S103, the operation of the cursor key or the scaling key of the operation unit 8 by the user is detected,
The image data displayed on the display unit 7 is scrolled or scaled (see FIG. 5). Alternatively, image processing such as resolution conversion and color conversion may be performed, and image processing other than scaling may be added to image data to be used as a standby image.

As a result of the processing in step S103, the user determines whether the portion of the original image that is desired to be the standby screen is displayed on the display unit 7 (see FIG. 6). If the desired image is displayed on the display unit 7,
The user performs a predetermined operation such as pressing a set key. In step S104, an operation such as pressing the set key is detected.

Further, in step S105, the image data of the image displayed on the display unit 7 is transferred to the memory 2 of the facsimile apparatus in response to the user's operation such as pressing the set key.
The image data is stored in the standby image data storage area in.

Then, in step S106, the image data stored in step S105 is displayed on the display unit during standby and used as a standby image. That is, after the operation such as a call is canceled, a standby state is set when a predetermined time elapses without an incoming call or key input from the user, and the image automatically stored in the standby image data storage area in the memory 2 is displayed. The control is performed so that the data is stored in the display VRAM (not shown).

Here, for example, when (1) the image reading unit is color and the display unit is monochrome, or vice versa (2) the reading unit is monochrome and the display unit is color, color ← → Image processing for performing mutual conversion between monochrome is required. In the case of (1), from the RGB digital data obtained by the reading unit, only G data is used or, for example, (R × 3 + G × 6 + B) / 10 is set as gray pixel data, whereby monochrome image data can be obtained.
In the case of (2), the brightness data of the read pixels may be written in the VRAM as the same R, G, and B values.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the standby state of the device in which the standby image is registered by the processing of steps S101 to S106.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user can display an arbitrary image held by the user on the liquid crystal display unit of the facsimile apparatus by a simple operation and enjoy it as a standby image.

In the above embodiment, the input image data is displayed as it is on the display unit 7 and the image processing is applied to the image data for the standby image. However, a plurality of input image data are stored in the apparatus. The image data desired to be the standby image may be selected from the plurality of image data.

The present invention may be applied to various devices including a facsimile device function (for example, a copying machine, a multi-function peripheral, etc.).

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium (or recording medium) recording a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiment to a system or apparatus, and to supply a computer of the system or apparatus ( Alternatively, by the CPU or MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium,
It goes without saying that it will be achieved. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.
Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also based on the instruction of the program code,
An operating system (OS) running on the computer does some or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that the processing includes the case where the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion card inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code. , The CPU provided in the function expansion card or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that the processing includes the case where the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized.

When the present invention is applied to the above storage medium, the storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-described flowchart (shown in FIG. 2).

[0038]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a facsimile apparatus having a high degree of freedom of setting by the user, a control method therefor, and a control program.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of standby image setting processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an original image that a user intends to set as a standby image in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a user is in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the example of the image displayed on a display part when the image of is input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation content until a user displays on a display unit a portion of an original image that the user wants to set as a standby image in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation in which a user determines a standby image in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which a standby image set by a user is displayed on the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An image input unit for inputting image data, a display unit capable of displaying an image corresponding to the image data, and at least a part of the image corresponding to the image data input from the image input unit, A facsimile apparatus comprising: a display control unit that displays a standby image on a display unit. 2. The image input means includes a receiving means for receiving image data by facsimile communication, and the display control means uses at least a part of the image data received by the receiving means as a standby image. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The image input means includes image reading means for reading an image on a document, and the display control means sets at least a part of image data of the image read by the image reading means to be a standby image. The facsimile machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: 4. A memory having a standby image data storage area for storing image data for a standby image, wherein the display control means stores the image data input from the image input means in the standby image of the memory. 4. A storage device for storing data in a storage data storage area; and a device for displaying an image corresponding to the image data stored in the standby image data storage area on the display device. The described facsimile machine. 5. The memory comprises a storage area for storing a plurality of input image data, and the display control means reads out the image data selected by a user's selection operation from the storage area and displays the standby image. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising means for storing the data in a storage area for data. 6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit that selects image data to be used as a standby image among the image data input by the image input unit. 7. The display control means includes image processing means for applying image processing to the image data input by the image input means to obtain image data for a standby image. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of 1. 8. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processing means includes means for enlarging or reducing the image data input from the image input means. 9. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processing means includes means for color-converting the image data input from the image input means. 10. A control method for controlling a facsimile apparatus, comprising: an image input step of inputting image data; and a conversion for converting at least a part of the image data input in the image input step into image data for standby image. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus, comprising: a step of inputting image data for the standby image and displaying a standby image corresponding to the image data. 11. A control program for controlling a facsimile apparatus, comprising: an image input step of inputting image data to a processor of the facsimile apparatus; and a standby image for at least a part of the image data input in the image input step. And a display step of inputting the image data for the standby image and displaying a standby image according to the image data. 12. A storage medium on which the control program according to claim 11 is stored.