JP2006129312A - Image information device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image information device in which a receiver side is capable of receiving a document that is not unnatural, there is no complicated work, an illegal action such as cut and paste is also disabled, and only a secret document can not be easily sent whoever performs facsimile transmission. <P>SOLUTION: The image information device comprising a scanner 5 for reading images on an original and a communication control unit 2 for transmitting image data read by the scanner 5, is constituted so that a pattern picture processing control unit 18 creates pattern data, the pattern data are overwritten on the image data read by the scanner 5, and a plotter 6 forms an image on printing paper based on the image data with the pattern data overwritten thereon, and on the other hand, before performing facsimile transmission, a pattern determination unit 29 discriminates whether or not pattern data are contained in image data of a transmission target and if a pattern is contained, a communication controller 21 prohibits the transmission of said image data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image information apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus, a copying machine, a multifunction image information apparatus capable of copying and facsimile communication, and more particularly to an image information apparatus capable of preventing facsimile transmission of a copied confidential document.

In the past, a facsimile machine simply sent an image on a document by facsimile, or received a facsimile and output the received image data on a print sheet. In recent years, image information devices such as facsimile machines and copiers have become more and more multifunctional due to advances in information processing technology, and image data can be stored, copied, and communicated with a single image information device. In such an image information apparatus, for example, image data input at the time of copying is stored as a file, and then a file list is displayed to re-copy a desired document or to perform facsimile transmission. can do.
In the present invention, confidential documents are prevented from being transmitted by facsimile transmission performed by such an image information apparatus or facsimile apparatus. Hereinafter, related prior arts disclosed in the patent literature will be described.
First, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, in this prior art, a confidential document is inadvertently transmitted by performing recognition processing of specific marks and characters at the time of reading a document, and performing facsimile transmission only when these are recognized. Avoid the situation.
Further, in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 2, when a predetermined password is input, it relates to a communication device such as a facsimile machine that executes a function corresponding to the input password. Information is stored, and the stored information is printed out every predetermined time, or a change of the personal identification number is prompted for a predetermined number of fraud attempts.
JP 7-203192 A JP 2000-332889 A

As described above, an image information processing apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus has a problem in terms of maintaining confidentiality. If a confidential document that is not confidential in the department but must be kept confidential to the outside is copied and distributed to the department, the distributed confidential document is read and leaked to the outside by facsimile transmission. It is. The prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above solves this problem to some extent. However, in this prior art, a specific mark or character is added to a large number of documents (image data) that are not confidential documents. It is unnatural for the recipient of the document, and it is often troublesome to manually add a specific mark or character. In addition, it is possible to cheat by adding a specific mark or character by cutting and pasting.
In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is difficult to prevent only confidential documents from being sent by anyone who performs facsimile transmission.
The object of the present invention is to solve such problems of the prior art. Specifically, the receiving side can receive an unnatural document, there is no troublesome manual work, and fraudulent acts such as cutting and pasting are also possible. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image information apparatus that makes it impossible to send only confidential documents even when anyone performs facsimile transmission.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the invention described in claim 1, image information comprising image reading means for reading an image on a document and facsimile communication means for transmitting image data read by the image reading means. In the apparatus, pattern determination means for determining whether or not pattern data is included in image data to be transmitted before facsimile transmission, and communication that prohibits transmission of the image data if a pattern is included And a control means.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the pattern creating means for creating the pattern data, the overwriting means for overwriting the created pattern data on the image data read from the document, and the pattern data And image forming means for forming an image on printing paper based on the overwritten image data.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided image information comprising image reading means for reading an image on a document, and image forming means for forming an image on printing paper based on image data read by the image reading means. The apparatus comprises a pattern creating means for creating pattern data and an overwrite means for overwriting the created pattern data on image data read from a document, and an image is printed on a print sheet based on the image data overwritten with the pattern data. The image forming means was configured to form
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect of the present invention, there is provided area setting means for setting a pattern writing area for writing the pattern.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, an area selection means for selecting the pattern writing area, and whether or not a pattern is written in the pattern writing area selected by the area selection means. The pattern creating means is configured to write a pattern in another pattern writing area when it is determined that the pattern has already been written by the already written determination means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the pattern determining means performs a determination process only on a preset pattern writing area.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a warning message indicating that the image data targeted for facsimile transmission is a confidential document when the image data includes the pattern. Warning display means for displaying is provided.
Further, in the invention described in claim 8, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the communication error is displayed or the history is recorded when the designated facsimile transmission is not executed. When transmission is not executed because the target image data includes the pattern, the communication error is excluded from display or history recording.
Further, in the invention described in claim 9, in the invention described in claim 8, prohibited facsimile information storage for storing prohibited facsimile information indicating facsimile transmission prohibited from being transmitted because the image data includes the pattern. Means and a list information output means for outputting a list of stored prohibited facsimile information.
In the invention of claim 10, in the invention of claim 9, as the prohibited facsimile information, the transmission time for direct transmission, the time stored in the memory for memory transmission, and the destination telephone number are recorded. Made the configuration.
According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the ninth or tenth aspect, a recording number determining means for determining the number of the prohibited facsimile information recorded in the prohibited facsimile information storage means, and the number of cases And a list transmission means for transmitting a list of the prohibited facsimile information to a specific destination when the predetermined number is reached.

According to the present invention, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not pattern data is included in the image data to be transmitted before performing facsimile transmission. Can be prohibited so that a document with a specific mark or character is not sent to the receiver as in the prior art, so the receiver can receive an unnatural document, Troublesome manual work of adding marks and characters to a large number of documents is not necessary, and fraudulent acts such as cutting and pasting are also impossible, and it is easy to prevent only confidential documents from being sent when anyone performs facsimile transmission.
According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the pattern data is created, the created pattern data is overwritten on the image data read from the document, and the pattern data is overwritten on the basis of the image data. Since an image can be formed on the printing paper, it is possible to prohibit transmission of image data if a pattern is included when facsimile transmission is performed by the facsimile apparatus.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided image information comprising image reading means for reading an image on a document, and image forming means for forming an image on printing paper based on image data read by the image reading means. In the apparatus, it is possible to create pattern data, overwrite the created pattern data on the image data read from the original, and form an image on the printing paper based on the image data overwritten with the pattern data. When a facsimile transmission is performed by an information apparatus or a facsimile apparatus, it is possible to prohibit transmission of image data if a pattern is included.
Further, in the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 2 or claim 3, the pattern writing area into which the pattern is written can be set, so that the pattern writing area can be narrowed, and therefore, only the amount that is narrowed. The pattern determination time can be shortened, and handshaking can be performed within the time allowed by the standard protocol instead of the original mode.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, a pattern writing area is selected, it is determined whether or not a pattern is written in the selected pattern writing area, and the pattern has already been written. Since it is possible to write a pattern in another pattern writing area when it is determined that the pattern is present, if it is difficult to determine the first pattern by grandchild copy or the like, pattern determination is performed using the latest pattern written in the other area. be able to.
Further, in the invention according to claim 6, in the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2, since the discrimination process can be performed only on the preset pattern writing area, the pattern writing area becomes narrower. Therefore, the time for the discrimination process can be shortened, and handshaking can be performed within the time allowed by the standard protocol instead of the original mode.
Further, in the invention described in claim 7, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, if the image data targeted for facsimile transmission includes a pattern and is not transmitted, it is a confidential document. Since a warning message indicating this can be displayed, the sender can know the reason for the failure to transmit.

Further, in the invention described in claim 8, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the communication error is displayed or the history is recorded when the designated facsimile transmission is not executed. When transmission is not executed because the image data that was targeted included a pattern, the communication error can be excluded from display or history recording, so the sender thinks that the fraudulent intention has been completed. In addition, no other method is attempted, and as a result, illegal acts by another method can be prevented. Moreover, since it is thought that the intended facsimile transmission was performed, as a result, further transmission attempts can be prevented.
Further, in the invention described in claim 9, in the invention described in claim 8, prohibited facsimile information indicating facsimile transmission prohibited from being transmitted because the image data includes a pattern is stored, and the stored prohibition is stored. Since a list of facsimile information can be output, the system administrator can obtain information on unauthorized facsimile transmission, and thus more effective confidentiality can be realized.
Further, in the invention described in claim 10, in the invention described in claim 9, the prohibited facsimile information can record the transmission time for direct transmission, the time stored in the memory for memory transmission, and the destination telephone number. Thus, it becomes possible to identify an unauthorized sender from these prohibited facsimile information, and therefore, more effective confidentiality can be realized.
In the invention described in claim 11, in the invention described in claim 9 or claim 10, the number of recorded prohibited facsimile information is determined, and when the number reaches the predetermined number, the list of prohibited facsimile information is displayed. Since transmission can be automatically made to a specific destination, the system administrator can obtain information on illegal facsimile transmission without any trouble by setting the specific destination as the facsimile number of the system administrator.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the components, types, combinations, shapes, relative positions, and the like described in this embodiment are not merely intended to limit the scope of this description unless otherwise specified, but are merely illustrative examples. .
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image information apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, this image information apparatus includes a copy control unit 1 for controlling a copying operation, a communication control unit 2 for controlling various communications including facsimile transmission / reception, a power supply unit 3 for supplying a DC voltage thereto, and this image. An operation panel 4 that performs operations related to the entire information apparatus, a scanner 5 that reads an image on a document, a plotter 6 that prints an image on paper, and other various input / output devices 7 are provided. In order to allow copying and facsimile communication to operate in parallel, the copy control unit 1 controls the operation panel 4, reads an image from a document, and prints out. The communication control unit 2 is in charge of data transmission / reception in various communications.
The copy control unit 1 also includes a main CPU 11 that controls the copy function and the entire apparatus, a ROM 12 that stores programs, a RAM 13 that stores various setting values, a work RAM 14 that is used for data processing, and the like. The RAM 13 is backed up by a primary battery or the like, and data is retained even when the power is turned off. Further, a large-capacity memory (for example, a hard disk storage device) 10 that stores image data, an operation panel control unit 15 that controls the operation panel 4, a scanner control unit 16 that controls the scanner 5, and a plotter control unit that controls the plotter 6. 17, a pattern image processing control unit 18 that performs pattern processing to be described later, an IO control unit 19 that controls various input / output devices 7, and a compression / decompression control that performs compression / decompression suitable for filing for filing (accumulating) image data The unit 20 and the like are provided.
The operation panel control unit 15 is mainly controlled by the main CPU 11, and control from the communication control unit 2 is performed directly or via the main CPU 11. The IO control unit 19 processes signals from the paper sensor, door sensor, and heater temperature sensor, and drives motors and the like.

The communication control unit 2 includes a communication control controller 21 that controls the entire communication control unit 2, a ROM 22 that stores programs, a RAM 23 that stores setting values, a work RAM 24 that is used for data processing, and the like. The RAM 23 is backed up with a primary battery or the like and retains data even when the power is turned off. Also, a G3fax modem 25 is provided and connected to a line via an analog line interface (IF) 26 to an analog circuit network to perform facsimile transmission / reception. Data to be transmitted / received is converted by a FAX compression / decompression unit 28 in the communication data processing unit 27. The communication data processing unit 27 also includes a pattern determination unit 29 described later. Furthermore, a communication data storage memory 30 for storing various communication data is also provided.
The copy controller 1 and the communication controller 2 are connected by a bridge 8 and exchange data between them.
With this configuration, the facsimile transmission data flows from the scanner 5 to the communication data processing unit 27 via the bridge 8 and further to the G3fax modem 25 at the time of direct transmission, and the facsimile reception data from the G3fax modem 25 at the time of immediate reception. It flows to the communication data processing unit 27 and further to the plotter 6. At this time, image data transfer between the copy control unit 1 and the communication control unit 2 is performed between the work RAMs 14 and 24 via the bridge 8 for each page, each block, or each line.
In the power supply unit 3, AC power is input from the power cord 31, and the DC supply unit 32 generates various DC power sources to be used.
Further, in the image information apparatus of this embodiment, the image reading means described in the claims is realized by the scanner 5, the facsimile communication means is realized by the communication control unit 2, and the pattern determining means is realized by the pattern determining unit 29. The control unit is realized by the communication data processing unit 27, the pattern creating unit and the overwriting unit are realized by the pattern image processing control unit 18, and the image forming unit is realized by the plotter 6.
Examples of the present invention will be described below.

In this embodiment, the confidential document is printed (printed) with a pattern that cannot be visually recognized at the time of print output. A pattern is created from a set of fine dots that can only be seen as dust spots so that they do not become obstructive when printed, and are extracted by filtering. FIG. 2A shows an example of a pattern printed on the paper P. This is D surrounded by a dotted line (the dotted line is not printed), and the portion written by the solid line is not an actual print but indicates a place with the highest density. In the present invention, a confidential document with such a pattern is prohibited from being transmitted by facsimile communication by pattern detection. At that time, there is a skew when reading an image, and a document set in both vertical and horizontal directions is set. In consideration of the fact that there is, there is a rotationally symmetric pattern as shown (15 degree rotational symmetry in the example shown).
In this embodiment, when a confidential document is copied by the image information apparatus shown in the embodiment, a pattern is added. First, the user instructs the operation panel 4 to copy the confidential document. To do. As a result, the main CPU 11 instructs the pattern image processing control unit 18 to add a pattern to the image data read by the scanner 5, and outputs the image data with the pattern added thereto by the plotter 6. In the case of enlargement / reduction copying, scaling is performed by the scanner control unit 16 (or the pattern image processing control unit 18), and then a pattern is added.
When distributing confidential documents within a department, the main CPU 11 outputs such a document with a pattern in response to an instruction from the operation panel 4 at the time of copying. Collect documents and keep them from being taken out.

Next, a facsimile transmission protocol (transmission control procedure) will be described. For comparison, FIG. 3A shows a simple protocol for normal facsimile transmission. As shown in the figure, first, the image information apparatus on the calling side transmits the telephone number of the other party, and a call signal is sent from the exchange to the called party facsimile apparatus. As a result, the counterpart facsimile machine goes off-hook and sends a response signal. On the calling side, the analog line IF 26 responds to it, and the G3fax modem 25 sends out the facsimile image information, and the communication is terminated after the response / response handshake.
In transmitting the facsimile image information, the transmission data read by the main CPU 11 by the scanner 5 is transferred to the work RAM 24 in the communication control unit 2 via the bridge 8 in response to a request from the communication controller 21. The FAX compression / decompression unit 28 in the communication data processing unit 27 compresses the transmission data in the compression mode established by the handshake, and transmits the compressed image information via the G3fax modem 25.
On the other hand, in the transmission according to the present invention, when the facsimile transmission is attempted, the unique mode is entered as shown in FIG. 3B, and a handshake is made to wait for the destination facsimile apparatus before the image information transmission. . In the meantime, the pattern determination unit 29 detects the pattern from the transmission data by the pattern detection filter (designed according to the pattern) inside. If there is no pattern, the facsimile image shown in FIG. Continue below information transmission. When there is a pattern, as shown in FIG. 3B, a communication error operation is executed without transmitting image information, a line disconnection signal is sent to the partner facsimile machine, and the line is on-hooked.
In the above, when the memory transmission function is used, after determining the pattern of the transmission data developed in the work RAM 24, the data is compressed in the mode with the best compression rate and stored in the work RAM 24. When the set time is reached, the facsimile transmission operation is not executed, and a communication error occurs.
In this way, according to this embodiment, facsimile transmission of confidential documents can be prevented, and there is no need to add a specific mark or character to a document other than confidential documents in order to realize the facsimile transmission as in the prior art. The recipient can receive a non-natural document, and the manual operation of adding a specific mark or character is not often annoying, and fraudulent acts such as cutting and pasting are impossible, and anyone performs facsimile transmission Even in this case, it is easy to prevent only confidential documents from being sent.

In this embodiment, there is provided an area setting means for setting a writing area in which a pattern is written, and the discrimination processing is performed only for the writing area. In this embodiment, the area setting means is realized by the operation panel 4 and the CPU 11.
FIG. 4 shows a write area setting example. In this example, the area is divided into nine (1) to (9), and the area (1) is set as the writing area. For example, when the super user (system administrator) inputs a number through the operation panel 4 and selects a writing area at the time of initial setting, the main CPU 11 acquires the number and stores it in the RAM 13. When the confidential document is copied, the pattern image processing control unit 18 writes the pattern in the selected area. In this way, at the time of facsimile transmission, the pattern determination unit 29 in the communication control unit 2 determines the presence / absence of a pattern only for the selected area. In the determination, even if the image is rotated as shown in FIG. 5, the determination can be made without any problem for the reason described above.
Thus, according to this embodiment, the pattern determination time can be shortened as much as the pattern writing area is narrowed, and handshaking can be performed within the time allowed by the standard protocol instead of the original mode.

In this embodiment, in the second embodiment, the pattern image processing control unit 18 is equipped not only with the pattern creation means but also with the same filter as the filter in the pattern determination unit 29 in the communication control unit 2. Further, the area selection means and the already written discrimination means according to claim 5 are realized by the pattern image processing control unit 18.
With such a configuration, the pattern image processing control unit 18 selects, for example, the area (1) shown in FIG. 4 in the first copy (child copy) of the confidential document, and writes the pattern in this area. Further, when copying from a copied confidential document (during grandchild copy), the area (2) is selected and written. That is, after reading by the scanner 5, the pattern image processing control unit 18, which is already written determination means, performs pattern determination for the area (1), and if it is determined that there is no pattern in the area (1), the first time If it is determined to be a copy (child copy), a pattern is written in the area (1), and if it is determined that there is a pattern, it is determined to be a grandchild copy and a pattern is written in the area (2). At the time of facsimile transmission, transfer from the work RAM 24 to the communication data processing unit 27 is performed in order from the area (1) for each divided area, and the pattern determination unit 29 performs pattern determination from the area (1) in order.
As a result, in this embodiment, the latest pattern can be found from other areas even when it is difficult to distinguish the first pattern by grandchild copy or the like. When the first pattern can be determined, it is determined that facsimile transmission is impossible at that time.

In each of the embodiments described above, when a pattern is detected and facsimile transmission is prohibited, the main CPU 11 sets a communication error and displays a communication error screen. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the warning display means described in claim 7 is realized by the operation panel 4, the main CPU 11, and the operation panel control unit 15, and when the pattern is detected and the facsimile transmission is prohibited, the main CPU 11 Causes a communication error and displays a warning message on the display unit of the operation panel 4 stating that “this manuscript cannot be facsimile-transmitted because it is a confidential document”.
Thereby, according to this embodiment, the user can know the reason why the transmission could not be performed.

In each of the above-described embodiments, when a pattern is detected and facsimile transmission is prohibited, a communication error is determined. However, in this embodiment, the communication ends normally without a communication error. In this embodiment, a communication history (communication management report) is recorded. When the designated facsimile transmission is not executed, a communication error is displayed and the error history is recorded. When the facsimile transmission is detected and detected, the communication history (communication management report) describes the established communication mode at the time of direct communication, and describes the default communication mode of the image information apparatus at the time of memory transmission. Keep it. Communication modes include, for example, G3 V34 procedure, V17 procedure, ECM mode, and modes determined by ITU recommendations such as fine characters, which are set according to user instructions. These are coded and described in the communication management report (E in ECM mode).
As a result, in this embodiment, since the process is normally completed, it is possible to prevent the unauthorized facsimile transmission from being forbidden, and the sender considers that the unauthorized intention has been completed. As a result, illegal acts by other methods can be prevented. Moreover, since it is thought that the intended facsimile transmission was performed, as a result, it is possible to prevent further attempts.

In this embodiment, the prohibited facsimile information storage means described in claim 9 is realized by the RAM 23, and the list information output means is realized by the plotter 6 and the main CPU 11. In the fifth embodiment, when the transmission is prohibited because the pattern is included, the main CPU 11 stores the prohibited facsimile information indicating the prohibited facsimile transmission in the RAM 23, and then stores it according to the instruction. The plotter 6 outputs a list of prohibited facsimile information. The prohibited facsimile information includes the time for direct transmission, the time stored in memory for memory transmission, and the input destination telephone number. Such prohibited facsimile information is stored in the RAM 23 separately from normal communication management information (communication history information). A list of prohibited facsimile information can be output by, for example, a system administrator (superuser).
Thus, according to this embodiment, the system administrator can obtain information on illegal facsimile transmission, so that more effective confidentiality can be realized.
In this embodiment, the communication control controller 21 is configured so as to operate also as the recording number discriminating means and the list transmission means according to claim 11, and the communication control controller 21 has a recording number of prohibited facsimile information, for example, a system. It is also possible to determine whether or not the designated number of times has been reached according to the setting of the administrator, and when it is reached, a list of prohibited facsimile information is transmitted by facsimile to a designated destination facsimile apparatus. In such a configuration, by setting the designated destination as the facsimile number of the system administrator, the system administrator can obtain information on illegal facsimile transmission without trouble.
As described above, the embodiments have been described in the case of the image information apparatus having the copying function and the facsimile communication function. However, the copy control unit including the above-described pattern image processing control unit is provided in the copying machine, and the communication control including the pattern determination unit. The copying machine and the facsimile apparatus may be configured as separate apparatuses in the facsimile apparatus.

1 is a configuration block diagram of an image information apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an image information apparatus showing a first embodiment of the invention. The transmission control procedure figure of the image information apparatus which shows the 1st Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the image information apparatus which shows the 2nd Example of this invention. FIG. 6 is another explanatory diagram of an image information apparatus showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Copy control part 2 Communication control part 4 Operation panel 5 Scanner 6 Plotter 8 Bridge 11 Main CPU
13 RAM
14 Work RAM
18 Pattern Image Processing Control Unit 21 Communication Control Controller 23 RAM
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25 G3fax modem 27 Communication data processing unit 29 Pattern determination unit

Claims (11)

  In an image information apparatus comprising an image reading means for reading an image on a document and a facsimile communication means for transmitting image data read by the image reading means, pattern data is added to the image data to be transmitted before facsimile transmission. An image information apparatus comprising: a pattern determining unit that determines whether or not a pattern is included; and a communication control unit that prohibits transmission of the image data when a pattern is included.   2. The image information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein pattern creating means for creating pattern data, overwrite means for overwriting the created pattern data on image data read from a document, and image data overwritten with the pattern data. And an image forming unit for forming an image on the printing paper.   Pattern creation for creating pattern data in an image information apparatus comprising an image reading means for reading an image on a document and an image forming means for forming an image on printing paper based on image data read by the image reading means And image forming means configured to form an image on a printing paper based on the image data overwritten with the pattern data. An image information device characterized by the above.   4. The image information apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising area setting means for setting a pattern writing area into which the pattern is written.   5. The image information apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an area selection means for selecting the pattern writing area, and an already written determination means for determining whether or not a pattern is written in the pattern writing area selected by the area selection means. An image information apparatus comprising: the pattern creating means configured to write a pattern in another pattern writing area when it is determined that the pattern has already been written by the already written determination means.   3. The image information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pattern discrimination means performs a discrimination process only on a preset pattern writing area.   3. The image information apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising warning display means for displaying a warning message indicating that the image data is a confidential document when the image data to be facsimile-transmitted includes the pattern. An image information apparatus characterized by that.   3. The image information apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a communication error is displayed or a history is recorded when the designated facsimile transmission is not executed, and the image data targeted for facsimile transmission is the above-described image data. An image information apparatus characterized in that a communication error is excluded from display or history recording when transmission is not executed because a pattern is included.   9. An image information apparatus according to claim 8, wherein prohibited facsimile information storage means for storing prohibited facsimile information indicating facsimile transmission prohibited from being transmitted because image data includes said pattern, and stored prohibited facsimile. An image information apparatus comprising: list information output means for outputting a list of information.   10. The image information apparatus according to claim 9, wherein as the prohibited facsimile information, a transmission time for direct transmission, a time stored in a memory for memory transmission, and a destination telephone number are recorded. Image information device. 11. The image information apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the number of records of the prohibited facsimile information recorded in the prohibited facsimile information storage means is determined, and when the number reaches a predetermined number, An image information apparatus comprising: list transmission means for transmitting a list of prohibited facsimile information to a specific destination.

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