JP2014232984A - Image processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a work to transmit an image by enabling each destination information to be printed on a medium together with an image of a manuscript concerning each image processing device of a transmission destination.SOLUTION: An image processing device includes: a manuscript reading unit 21; an image extraction unit 22 for generating image data of a manuscript on the basis of manuscript data; a designation information generation unit 26 for generating destination information of a receiver; a destination information conversion unit 27 for converting the destination information into image data; an image analysis determination unit 28 for determining whether a blank space is present or not; a destination information print area setting unit 29 for setting a destination information print area in accordance with a blank space; and a facsimile data generation unit 33 for generating facsimile data with the image data of the destination information written therein. Each piece of destination information can be printed without using a special format.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an image processing apparatus such as a facsimile machine or a multifunction peripheral (MFP), for example, a multifunction peripheral, when an original image is transmitted to another image processing apparatus, for example, a multifunction peripheral, the scanner unit reads the original image. Document image data, that is, document image data is generated, and the document image data is transmitted as facsimile data to the other multifunction device, that is, the destination multifunction device. Then, when the facsimile data is received at the destination multi-function peripheral, the facsimile data is converted into print data, and the image of the original is printed on a sheet as a medium based on the print data in the printer unit. .

  By the way, in the conventional multi-function device, when transmitting facsimile data, the telephone number of the sender who transmits the image of the original, the transmission date / time, etc. are written as the sender information at the head of the facsimile data. It can be done. In that case, the sender information is printed together with the image of the document on the paper in the multi-function device at the transmission destination (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-48790

  However, in the conventional image processing apparatus, the address indicating the name of the recipient who receives the image of the original, the telephone number of the recipient, etc. is written as the destination information at the beginning of the facsimile data instead of the sender information. In this case, the destination information is printed on the paper together with the original image. However, since only one destination information can be written at the head of the facsimile data, the original image is simultaneously sent to a plurality of image processing apparatuses. In this case, the destination information cannot be printed on the paper together with the image of the original in each image processing apparatus as the transmission destination.

  Therefore, in the image processing apparatus, it is necessary to individually transmit the facsimile data in which each destination information is written to the destination image processing apparatus so that the destination information is printed in each destination image processing apparatus. Work becomes complicated.

  The present invention solves the problems of the conventional image processing apparatus and, when transmitting an image of a document simultaneously to a plurality of image processing apparatuses, in each image processing apparatus as a transmission destination, An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of printing destination information and simplifying an operation for transmitting an image.

  For this purpose, in the image processing apparatus of the present invention, an image of a document is read, a document reading unit that generates document data, and a document image is extracted from the document data generated by the document reading unit. An address extraction unit that generates destination information of a recipient specified by a user, a destination information image conversion unit that converts destination information generated by the destination information generation unit into image data, A margin for printing destination information by detecting a size of a margin formed in a predetermined portion of the medium when the image of the document is printed on the medium based on the image data of the original and the image data of the destination information An image analysis determination unit that determines whether or not there is sufficient, and based on the determination result of the image analysis determination unit, a destination information print area corresponding to the margin of the medium A destination information print area setting unit to be set, a facsimile data generation unit that reads the image data of the original document and the image data of the destination information, and generates facsimile data in which the image data of the original document and the image data of the destination information are written, and a user And a communication unit that transmits the facsimile data to the recipient specified by.

  According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus reads an image of a document, generates a document data, and extracts a document image from the document data generated by the document reading unit. An address extraction unit that generates destination information of a recipient specified by a user, a destination information image conversion unit that converts destination information generated by the destination information generation unit into image data, A margin for printing destination information by detecting a size of a margin formed in a predetermined portion of the medium when the image of the document is printed on the medium based on the image data of the original and the image data of the destination information An image analysis determination unit that determines whether or not there is sufficient, and based on the determination result of the image analysis determination unit, a destination information print area is set corresponding to the margin of the medium A destination information print area setting unit, a facsimile data generation unit that reads the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information, and generates facsimile data in which the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information are written, and a user A communication unit that transmits the facsimile data to the specified recipient.

  In this case, the destination information of the recipient specified by the user is converted into image data, and based on the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information, whether or not there is sufficient margin for printing the destination information on the medium A destination information printing area is set corresponding to the margin of the medium based on the judgment result, and facsimile data in which the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information are written is generated. Without being used, each destination information can be printed on a medium together with an image of an original in a plurality of destination image processing apparatuses.

  Accordingly, facsimile data in which each destination information is written can be simultaneously transmitted to each image processing apparatus as a transmission destination, so that the operation can be simplified.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the network system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a first flowchart illustrating an operation of the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows operation | movement of the multifunctional device in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a 1st figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a 2nd figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a 3rd figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 6 is a first flowchart illustrating an operation of the multifunction peripheral according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows operation | movement of the multifunctional device in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the 1st figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the 2nd figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a 3rd figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the facsimile data generation part in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this case, a multifunction peripheral as an image processing apparatus will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, Sy is a network system, mi (i = 1, 2,...) Is a multi-function device constituting the network system Sy, and each multi-function device mi has a network Nt that is a communication line such as the Internet or a telephone line. And having a facsimile communication function, information such as characters and images on the document, that is, images of the document can be transmitted and received with each other. In this case, the original refers to a document that does not have a specific facsimile transmission format.

  Next, each of the multifunction peripherals mi will be described. In this case, since each multifunction device mi has the same structure, the multifunction device m1 will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, the multifunction machine m1 includes a main control unit 10 that performs overall control of the multifunction machine m1, a storage device 11 including a storage unit such as a RAM, a ROM, and an EEPROM, and various types such as an inkjet type and an electrophotographic type. The printing unit 12 that prints an image of a document on a sheet (not shown) as a medium based on the print data when facsimile data is received from another multifunction device, and a user of the multifunction device m1 provides various instructions. Are provided with an operation unit 15 composed of an operation panel for inputting a display, a display unit 16 composed of an LED, an LCD and the like.

  The storage device 11 includes a transmission destination information storage unit 14. The transmission destination information storage unit 14 includes an address indicating the name of a recipient who receives an image of a document by the user of the multifunction peripheral m 1, a telephone number of the recipient, and the like. Is previously registered (recorded) as destination information as transmission destination information.

  The multifunction machine m1 includes a document reading unit 21 as a document reading processing unit, an image extraction unit 22 as an image extraction processing unit, an image reduction unit 23 as an image reduction processing unit, and destination information generation as a destination information generation processing unit. Unit 26, destination information image conversion unit 27 as destination information image conversion processing unit, image analysis determination unit 28 as image analysis determination processing unit, destination information print region setting unit 29 as destination information print region setting processing unit, facsimile data A facsimile data generation unit 33 serving as a generation processing unit, a communication unit 34 serving as a communication processing unit connected to the network Nt, and the like are provided.

  The document reading unit 21 performs document reading processing, reads an image of a document placed on a document placement unit (not shown), generates document data, and sends the document data to the image extraction unit 22. The image extraction unit 22 performs image extraction processing, reads the document data, extracts a document image from the document data, generates document image data, that is, document image data, and generates the image reduction unit 23 or facsimile data. The data is sent to the generation unit 33. The image extraction unit 22 calculates the data size of the document image data in millimeters or pixels, and uses the data size as data size information, and information such as the font and font size of the document image data as font information. The data is sent to the analysis judgment unit 28.

  The image reduction unit 23 reduces the document image when an instruction to reduce the document image and a reduction ratio as a reduction index are sent from the image analysis determination unit 28. In this case, the image reduction unit 23 reads the document image data from the image extraction unit 22, performs image reduction processing based on the reduction rate on the document image data, and converts the document image data subjected to the image reduction processing together with the reduction rate. The data is sent to the facsimile data generation unit 33. In the image reduction process, the original image is reduced on the bitmap data. However, the original image can be reduced by changing the font size.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, when transmitting an image of a document from the multifunction peripheral m1 to a predetermined multifunction peripheral, a destination information printing area corresponding to a predetermined portion where the paper is not printed, for example, a margin at the top of the paper. Is set, and in the present embodiment, predetermined address information, in this embodiment, an address is written, it becomes possible to print the address along with the original image in the MFP at the transmission destination. ing.

  Therefore, when the user specifies the recipient by operating the operation unit 15, the destination information generation unit 26 performs destination information generation processing, refers to the transmission destination information storage unit 14, and corresponds to the specified recipient. A destination name is generated by reading out and sent to the destination information image conversion unit 27. The user can directly input the recipient's address and telephone number by operating the operation unit 15. In this case, the destination information generation unit 26 generates the destination by reading the input address. The information is sent to the information image conversion unit 27.

  The destination information image conversion unit 27 performs a destination information image conversion process, converts the address for each recipient into image data, and sends the image data to the image analysis determination unit 28 and the facsimile data generation unit 33. The destination information image conversion unit 27 calculates the address image data, that is, the data size of the address image data in units of millimeters or pixels, and uses the data size as data size information for the font and font of the address image data. Information such as size is sent to the image analysis determination unit 28 as font information. The font and font size of the address image data are set in correspondence with the font and font size of the document image data fed back from the image analysis determination unit 28.

  The image analysis determination unit 28 performs an image analysis determination process, and determines whether or not an image of an original and an address can be printed on a sheet in a destination multi-function peripheral based on the original image data and the address image data. The determination result is sent to the destination information print area setting unit 29.

  When the destination MFP cannot print the original image and address on the paper, the image analysis determination unit 28 reduces the original image to print the original image and address on the paper. Instructions for determining whether or not a document image needs to be reduced and calculating a reduction ratio based on the data size of the document image data and address image data and reducing the document image And the reduction ratio is sent to the image reduction unit 23.

  The destination information print region setting unit 29 performs destination information print region setting processing, sets a destination information print region based on the determination result of the image analysis determination unit 28, and sends the destination information print region to the facsimile data generation unit 33.

  Then, the facsimile data generation unit 33 performs facsimile data generation processing, original image data sent from the image extraction unit 22, original image data subjected to image reduction processing and reduction sent from the image reduction unit 23 Facsimile data is generated on the basis of the destination address image data sent from the destination information image conversion unit 27 and the destination information print region sent from the destination information print region setting unit 29, and sent to the communication unit 34. In this case, the document image data is written in a portion corresponding to the area other than the destination information print area, and the address image data is written in a position corresponding to the destination information print area.

  Next, the operation of the MFP m1 having the above-described configuration will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a first flowchart showing the operation of the multifunction device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a second flowchart showing the operation of the multifunction device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a first diagram for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 and FIG. 7 are third diagrams for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the user operates the operation unit 15 (FIG. 1) to display a destination information list on a screen (not shown) of the display unit 16, and selects and specifies a plurality of predetermined recipients to which an image of the document is transmitted, Instructs whether or not to print the address along with the image of the original in the multi-function device at the transmission destination.

  Next, when the user places a document on the document placement unit and operates the operation unit 15 to instruct reading of a document image, the document reading unit 21 reads the document image and generates document data. And sent to the image extraction unit 22. The image extraction unit 22 reads the original data, extracts an original image from the original data, and generates original image data.

  Subsequently, the destination information generation unit 26 determines whether or not the user has instructed the destination multifunction device to print the address, and does not instruct the user to print the destination name in the destination multifunction device. In this case, the facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the document image data from the image extraction unit 22 and generates facsimile data based on the document image data, and the communication unit 34 transmits the transmission destination corresponding to the recipient specified by the user. Are read from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and the facsimile data is simultaneously transmitted to the respective MFPs of the transmission destination.

  In addition, when the user instructs to print the address on the destination MFP, the destination information generation unit 26 refers to the destination information storage unit 14, reads the address corresponding to the identified recipient, The information is sent to the information image conversion unit 27.

  The destination information image conversion unit 27 converts the address for each recipient into address image data, sends the address image data to the image analysis determination unit 28 and the facsimile data generation unit 33, and the data size, font, font size, etc. of the address image data Is sent to the image analysis determination unit 28.

  Next, the image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether the image of the document and the address can be printed on the paper based on the document image data and the address image data.

  For this purpose, the image analysis determination unit 28 acquires the data size of the document image data from the image extraction unit 22 and reads the data size of the name image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27. Subsequently, based on the document image data, the image analysis determination unit 28 is a predetermined portion that is not printed on the sheet formed when the document image is printed on the sheet, in the present embodiment, the upper part of the sheet. The size of the margin is detected, and it is determined whether there is sufficient margin for printing the address on the top of the sheet.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the margin for printing the address is sufficient at the top of the sheet, the destination information print area setting unit 29 sets the destination information print area in correspondence with the margin at the top of the sheet. . In the present embodiment, the destination information print area is set at the top of the sheet, and the user can arbitrarily set the location where the address name is printed in the destination information print area.

  The facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image extraction unit 22 and the address image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns names (A-like, B-like, Facsimile data in which C-like or the like is written is generated.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, when there is not enough margin for printing the address on the upper part of the paper, the image analysis determining unit 28 printed the image of the original on the paper based on the original image data. Other predetermined portions that are not printed on the formed paper, in the present embodiment, the size of the lower and middle margins are detected, and the margin for printing the address on the lower and middle portions of the paper Determine if there is enough. When there are sufficient margins for printing the address on the lower and middle portions of the sheet, the destination information print area setting unit 29 forms a margin on the upper portion of the sheet by moving the image of the document downward. The destination information print area is set in correspondence with the margins. In the present embodiment, first, whether or not the margin for printing the address on the upper part of the paper can be formed by moving the image above the margin in the middle portion downward to eliminate the margin in the middle portion. When the margin for printing the address cannot be formed, the entire image is moved downward to eliminate the lower margin, thereby forming the margin for printing the address on the top of the paper. It is judged whether it can be done.

  The facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image extraction unit 22 and the address image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns the names (A-like, B-like, C-like) corresponding to the destination multi-function peripheral. Facsimile data in which is written) is generated.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when there is not enough margin for printing the address on any of the upper, middle and lower parts of the paper, the image analysis determining unit 28 sets the data size of the document image data. By adding the data size of the address image data, the size of the print area necessary for printing the image of the document and the address is calculated, and the ratio of the data size of the document image data to the size of the print area is expressed as a percentage. The calculated value is calculated as a reduction ratio.

  Subsequently, the image analysis determination unit 28 sends an instruction to reduce the image of the document to the image reduction unit 23 and the destination information print area setting unit 29, and sends the calculated reduction rate to the image reduction unit 23. The unit 23 reduces the original image. For this purpose, the image reduction unit 23 reads the document image data from the image extraction unit 22, performs image reduction processing on the document image data based on the reduction rate, and converts the document image data on which the image reduction processing has been performed together with the reduction rate. The data is sent to the facsimile data generation unit 33.

  The destination information print area setting unit 29 sets a destination information print area corresponding to the upper and lower margins of the paper.

  Next, the facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image reduction unit 23 and the address image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns the address (A-like, B-like) to the corresponding multifunction peripheral. , C, etc.) is generated. In this case, the facsimile data generation unit 33 generates data for printing a message notifying that the image of the original is reduced from the actual original in the lower margin of the paper.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the address of the recipient specified by the user is converted into address image data, and there is sufficient margin for printing the address on the paper based on the document image data and the address image data. The destination information print area is set corresponding to the margin of the paper based on the determination result, and the facsimile data in which the document image data and the address image data are written is generated. Without using, each address can be printed on the paper together with the image of the original in a plurality of multi-function peripherals.

  Accordingly, facsimile data in which each address is written can be simultaneously transmitted to each multi-function peripheral as a transmission destination, and the work for transmitting an image can be simplified.

Next, a flowchart will be described.
Step S1: The user selects a recipient.
Step S2: The user instructs whether to print the address.
Step S3 The document reading unit 21 reads an image of the document.
Step S4: The destination information generator 26 determines whether or not the user has instructed to print the address. If the user instructs to print the address, the process proceeds to step S5. If the user does not instruct to print the address, the process proceeds to step S14.
Step S5 The destination information image conversion unit 27 converts the address to address image data.
Step S6: The image analysis determining unit 28 acquires the data sizes of the document image data and the address image data.
Step S7: The image analysis determining unit 28 detects the size of the upper margin of the paper.
Step S8: The image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether or not there is a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet. If there is a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S13. If there is not a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S9.
Step S9: The image analysis determining unit 28 detects margins at the bottom and middle of the sheet.
Step S10: The image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether there are sufficient margins at the lower and middle portions of the sheet. If there are sufficient margins at the bottom and middle of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S12. If there are not enough margins at the bottom and middle of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S11.
Step S11 The image reducing unit 23 reduces the image of the document.
Step S12 The destination information print area setting unit 29 moves the image of the document downward.
Step S13: The destination information print area setting unit 29 sets the destination information print area.
Step S14: The facsimile data generation unit 33 generates facsimile data.
Step S15: The communication unit 34 simultaneously transmits facsimile data to the destination multi-function peripheral and ends the process.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, about the thing which has the same structure as 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is provided and the effect of the same embodiment is used about the effect of the invention by having the same structure.

  In this case, when a destination image print area is set corresponding to the margin at the top of the paper when an image of a document is transmitted from the multifunction peripheral m1 (FIG. 1) as an image processing apparatus to the destination multifunction peripheral, the destination information is set. Predetermined destination information, in this embodiment, information indicating that the address and the document image were simultaneously transmitted to other recipients, that is, broadcast information can be printed in the print area. It is like that.

  Therefore, when the user specifies the recipient by operating the operation unit 15, the destination information generation unit 26 as the destination information generation processing unit refers to the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and corresponds to the specified recipient. A destination name is generated by reading out and sent to a destination information image conversion unit 27 as destination information image conversion processing means. As in the first embodiment, the user can directly input the recipient's address and telephone number by operating the operation unit 15. In this case, the destination information generation unit 26 The generated address name is generated by reading it and sent to the destination information image conversion unit 27.

  The destination information image conversion unit 27 converts the address for each recipient to address image data and the broadcast information to broadcast information image data, and the address image data and the broadcast information image data serve as image analysis determination processing means. Are sent to the image analysis determination unit 28 and the facsimile data generation unit 33 as facsimile data generation processing means. The destination information image conversion unit 27 calculates the data sizes of the address image data and the broadcast information image data, and uses the data sizes as the data size information as the fonts of the address image data and the broadcast information image data. Information such as the font size is sent to the image analysis determination unit 28 as font information. Note that the font and font size of the address image data and the broadcast information image data are set in correspondence with the font and font size of the document image data fed back from the image analysis determination unit 28.

  The image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether or not the manuscript, the address and the broadcast information can be printed on the sheet as the medium based on the manuscript image data, the address image data and the broadcast information image data. The result is sent to a destination information print area setting unit 29 as a destination information print area setting processing means.

  If the manuscript, the address and the broadcast information cannot be printed on the paper, the image analysis determination unit 28 needs to reduce the image of the manuscript in order to print the manuscript, the address and the broadcast information on the paper. When it is necessary to reduce the original image, the reduction ratio as the reduction index is calculated based on the data size of the original image data, the address image data, and the broadcast information image data. Is sent to the image reduction unit 23.

  The destination information print region setting unit 29 sets a destination information print region based on the determination result of the image analysis determination unit 28 and sends the destination information print region to the facsimile data generation unit 33.

  The facsimile data generation unit 33 receives the image data sent from the image extraction unit 22, the original image data and the reduction ratio sent from the image reduction unit 23, the address image data sent from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and Based on the broadcast information image data and the destination information print area setting unit 29 sent from the destination information print area setting unit 29, facsimile data is generated and sent to the communication unit 34. In this case, the image data of the document is written in a portion corresponding to the area other than the destination information print area, and the address image data and the broadcast information image data are written in a place corresponding to the destination information print area.

  Next, the operation of the MFP m1 having the above-described configuration will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a first flowchart showing the operation of the MFP according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a second flowchart showing the operation of the MFP according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a first diagram for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit in the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit in the second embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 12 and 12 are third diagrams for explaining the operation of the facsimile data generation unit in the second embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the user operates the operation unit 15 (FIG. 1) to display a destination information list on the screen of the display unit 16, and selects and specifies a plurality of predetermined recipients to which an image of the document is transmitted. The multi-function apparatus instructs to print the address and broadcast information together with the original image.

  Next, when the user places a document on the document placement unit and operates the operation unit 15 to instruct reading of the image of the document, the document reading unit 21 serving as a document reading processing unit reads the image of the document, Document data is generated and sent to the image extraction unit 22 as image extraction processing means. The image extraction unit 22 reads the original data, extracts an original image from the original data, and generates original image data.

  Subsequently, the destination information generation unit 26 determines whether or not the user has instructed the destination multifunction device to print the address and broadcast information. The destination information and broadcast information is determined by the user in the destination multifunction device. When the instruction to print is not given, the facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the document image data from the image extraction unit 22, generates the facsimile data based on the document image data, and the communication unit 34 as a communication processing unit Each telephone number of the transmission destination corresponding to the recipient specified by the user is read from the transmission destination information storage unit 14, and the facsimile data is simultaneously transmitted to each multi-function peripheral of the transmission destination.

  In addition, when the user instructs the destination MFP to print the address and the broadcast information, the destination information generation unit 26 refers to the destination information storage unit 14 and the address corresponding to the identified recipient. And broadcast information is created for each recipient, and the address and broadcast information for each recipient are sent to the destination information image converter 27.

  The destination information image conversion unit 27 converts the address for each recipient into address image data, and converts the broadcast information into broadcast information image data. The destination image data and the broadcast information image data are converted into an image analysis determination unit 28 and The data is sent to the facsimile data generation unit 33. The destination information image conversion unit 27 calculates each data size of the address image data and the broadcast information image data in units of millimeters or pixels, and uses the data size as data size information to send the address image data and the broadcast information image data. Information such as the font and font size of the information image data is sent to the image analysis determination unit 28 as font information. Note that the font and font size of the address image data and the broadcast information image data are set in correspondence with the font and font size of the document image data fed back from the image analysis determination unit 28. Also, the font, font size, etc. of the broadcast information are set based on user instructions.

  Next, the image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether the image of the document, the address, and the broadcast information can be printed on the paper based on the document image data, the address image data, and the broadcast information image data.

  For this purpose, the image analysis determination unit 28 obtains the data size of the document image data from the image extraction unit 22 and reads the data sizes of the address image data and the broadcast information image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27. . Subsequently, the image analysis determination unit 28 detects the size of the upper margin of the sheet formed when the image of the document is printed on the sheet based on the document image data, and the address and broadcast information are formed on the upper part of the sheet. It is determined whether there is enough margin for printing.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when there is sufficient margin for printing the address and broadcast information at the top of the sheet, the destination information print area setting unit 29 prints the destination information corresponding to the margin at the top of the sheet. Set the area. In the present embodiment, the destination information printing area is set at the top of the sheet, and the user can arbitrarily set the destination and the location where the broadcast information is printed in the destination information printing area.

  The facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image extraction unit 22 and the address image data and the broadcast information image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns the address (A And B-like, C-like, etc.) and broadcast data in which broadcast information is written are generated. In this case, the broadcast information is a message indicating that the image of the document has been transmitted to other recipients at the same time.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  If there is not enough margin for printing the address and broadcast information on the upper part of the paper, the image analysis determining unit 28 is formed when the original image is printed on the paper based on the original image data. The margins of the lower and middle portions of the paper to be detected are detected, and it is determined whether there are sufficient margins for printing the address and the broadcast information at the lower and middle portions of the paper. When there are sufficient margins for printing the address at the lower and middle portions of the sheet, the destination information print area setting unit 29 forms a margin on the upper portion of the sheet by moving the image of the document downward, and the margin The destination information print area is set in correspondence with.

  Next, the facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image extraction unit 22, the address image data and the broadcast information image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns the address ( A-like, B-like, C-like, etc.) and broadcast data in which broadcast information is written are generated.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  If there is not enough margin for printing the address and broadcast information on any of the upper, middle and lower parts of the paper, the image analysis determining unit 28 sets the address image data and the data size of the original image data. By adding the data sizes of the broadcast information image data, the size of the print area necessary to print the image, address and broadcast information of the original is calculated, and the data of the original image data corresponding to the size of the print area A value representing the size ratio as a percentage is calculated as a reduction ratio.

  Subsequently, the image analysis determination unit 28 sends an instruction to reduce the image of the document to the image reduction unit 23 and the destination information print area setting unit 29, and sends the calculated reduction rate to the image reduction unit 23. 23 reduces the image. For this purpose, the image reduction unit 23 reads the document image data from the image extraction unit 22, performs image reduction processing on the document image data based on the reduction rate, and converts the document image data on which the image reduction processing has been performed together with the reduction rate. The data is sent to the facsimile data generation unit 33.

  Subsequently, the facsimile data generation unit 33 reads the original image data from the image reduction unit 23 and the address image data and the broadcast information image data from the destination information image conversion unit 27, and assigns the address (A-like, B-like, C-like). Etc.) and broadcast data in which broadcast information is written.

  Subsequently, the communication unit 34 reads out each destination telephone number corresponding to the recipient specified by the user from the transmission destination information storage unit 14 and simultaneously transmits facsimile data to each multifunction device as the transmission destination.

  In FIG. 10, the address and broadcast information are printed in the margin at the top of the paper. However, as shown in FIG. Margins can be formed at the bottom, the address can be printed on the top margin of the paper, and the broadcast information can be printed on the bottom margin of the paper.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12, it is possible to print the address of each transmission destination as “destination” and the address of other recipients to whom the document image has been transmitted simultaneously as “CC (carbon copy)”.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the address and broadcast information of the recipient specified by the user are converted into image data, and the address and broadcast information image data are converted based on the original image data, address image data, and broadcast information image data. It is determined whether there is enough margin for printing the broadcast information, and a destination information print area is set corresponding to the margin of the paper based on the determination result, and the original image data, address image data, and broadcast information are set. Since the facsimile data in which the image data is written is generated, each address and broadcast information can be printed on the paper together with the image of the document in a plurality of destination MFPs without using a special format. .

  Accordingly, each recipient can easily know that other recipients are simultaneously receiving the original image.

Next, a flowchart will be described.
Step S21 The user selects a recipient.
Step S22: The user instructs whether to print the address and broadcast information.
Step S23 The document reading unit 21 reads an image of the document.
Step S24: The destination information generator 26 determines whether the user has instructed to print the address and the broadcast information. If the user instructs to print the address and broadcast information, the process proceeds to step S25. If the user does not instruct to print the address and broadcast information, the process proceeds to step S34.
Step S25 The destination information image conversion unit 27 converts the address into address image data and converts the broadcast information into broadcast information image data.
Step S26: The image analysis determining unit 28 acquires the data sizes of the document image data, the address image data, and the broadcast information image data.
Step S27: The image analysis determination unit 28 detects the size of the upper margin of the paper.
Step S28: The image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether or not there is a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet. If there is a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S33. If there is not a sufficient margin at the top of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S29.
Step S29: The image analysis / determination unit 28 detects margins at the lower and middle portions of the sheet.
Step S30: The image analysis determination unit 28 determines whether there are sufficient margins at the lower and middle portions of the sheet. If there are sufficient margins at the bottom and middle of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S32. If there are not enough margins at the bottom and middle of the sheet, the process proceeds to step S31.
Step S31 The image reducing unit 23 reduces the image of the document.
Step S32 The destination information print area setting unit 29 moves the image of the document downward.
Step S33 The destination information print area setting unit 29 sets a destination information print area.
Step S34: The facsimile data generation unit 33 generates facsimile data.
Step S35: The communication unit 34 simultaneously transmits facsimile data to the destination multifunction machine, and ends the processing.

  In each of the above embodiments, the multifunction peripheral m1 has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a facsimile as an image processing apparatus, a terminal apparatus having a facsimile function, and the like.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made based on the gist of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Image reading part 22 Image extraction part 26 Destination information generation part 27 Destination information image conversion part 28 Image analysis judgment part 29 Destination information printing area setting part 33 Facsimile data generation part 34 Communication part mi MFP

Claims (6)

(A) a document reading unit that reads an image of a document and generates document data;
(B) an image extracting unit that extracts an image of a document from document data generated by the document reading unit and generates image data of the document;
(C) a destination information generation unit that generates destination information of the recipient specified by the user;
(D) a destination information image conversion unit that converts the destination information generated by the destination information generation unit into image data;
(E) To detect the size of a margin formed in a predetermined portion of the medium when the image of the document is printed on the medium based on the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information, and to print the destination information An image analysis determination unit that determines whether there is sufficient margin,
(F) a destination information print area setting unit for setting a destination information print area corresponding to the margin of the medium based on the determination result of the image analysis determination unit;
(G) a facsimile data generation unit that reads the image data of the original and the image data of the destination information, and generates facsimile data in which the image data of the original and the image data of the destination information are written;
(H) An image processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit that transmits the facsimile data to a recipient specified by a user. (A) When there is not enough margin for printing destination information in a predetermined portion of the medium, the image analysis determination unit has a margin for printing destination information in another predetermined portion of the medium. Determine if there is enough,
(B) When the other predetermined part of the medium has a sufficient margin for printing the destination information, the destination information print area setting unit moves the image of the document to make it sufficient for the predetermined part. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a margin is formed. (A) having an image reduction unit that reduces the image data of the document generated by the image extraction unit;
(B) The image processing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image analysis determination unit sends an instruction to reduce the image of the document to the image reduction unit when there is not enough margin for printing the destination information. apparatus.   The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image analysis determination unit calculates a reduction ratio for reducing the image of the document based on the image data of the document and the image data of the destination information. .   The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination information is a recipient address.   The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination information is a recipient address and broadcast information.

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