JP2574380B2 - Image communication device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus used for transmitting newspapers, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional device of this type includes a transmitting device 10 and a receiving device 20, and the transmitting device 10 transmits image data A of a transmitting page through a transmission path 30. On the other hand, on the receiving device 20 side, the image data A received via the transmission path 30 is output to a film, photographic paper, or the like with predetermined image output parameters to reproduce the receiving paper. (See, for example, JP-A-62-149249).

The transmission device 10 includes an image data output device 11, a compression unit 12,
It has a terminal station 13, a transmission control unit 14, and the like. The image data A read from the newspaper is processed by the compression unit 12 to reduce the amount of information, and is transmitted to the transmission line 30.

The receiving device 20 includes a terminal station 21, an expansion unit 22, an image output device 2,
3, the receiving control means 24, etc., after the image data A received via the transmission path 30 is restored by the decompressing means, recorded on a film or photographic paper with predetermined image output parameters, and To play.

In the above-described image communication apparatus, in order for the receiving side to obtain a receiving sheet of a desired output format, for example, image output parameters that determine normal image / reverse image, negative / positive, and the like must be properly set. No.

However, for example, in the field of newsprint transmission, the output style of the reception paper required on the receiving side is different from each other.
At the same time, the image output parameters on the transmitting side have not been determined. For this reason, the image output parameters cannot be determined uniformly.

Therefore, in the related art, every time image communication is performed, the receiving-side operator variably sets the parameters of the image output device 23 in accordance with the transmitting-side parameters, or the transmitting-side operator sets the receiving-side parameters to the receiving-side parameters. By performing the matching setting, the parameters are matched between the transmitting side and the receiving side so that the receiving side of the output format required by the receiving side can be correctly obtained.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, according to such a configuration, the trouble of the operator on the transmitting side and the receiving side becomes complicated, it is difficult to perform the broadcast,
There was a problem.

 The above problem occurs for the following reasons.

That is, for example, in newspaper transmission, the transmitting side and the receiving side each communicate with a plurality of parties having different parameter settings, and the communication time is not always constant. For this reason, each time communication is performed, the operator on the transmitting side and the operator on the receiving side must make contact by telephone or the like to set parameters.
This complicates the labor of the transmitting and receiving operators.

Also, since the output format of the receiving paper required on the receiving side often differs depending on the receiving station, when transmitting the paper to multiple receiving stations, it is necessary to change the parameter setting for each receiving station before transmitting. No. This has made it difficult to perform a broadcast in which the same page is simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of receiving stations.

Further, if the transmitting side attempts to set parameters for each receiving station, it is necessary to manage for each receiving station what parameters the receiving station is currently setting.
However, the parameter setting of the receiving station is frequently changed in order to receive a page from another transmitting station, so that its management is very difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and allows a broadcasting to be performed on a transmitting side without imposing a large burden on an operator, and a receiving side can correctly receive a page of a predetermined output format. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image communication device capable of outputting.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, on the transmission side, while arbitrarily creating and transmitting a transmission schedule menu composed of image identification information and transmission destination information by the console means, The receiving side arbitrarily creates a reception schedule menu composed of image identification information and image output parameters based on the received transmission schedule menu, and outputs the received image data to a film or photographic paper. The image output parameters are determined based on the reception schedule menu.

Operation The present invention has the above-described configuration so that the image output parameters on the receiving side can be collectively set in advance on the schedule menu without performing the setting for each communication, and the transmitting side Even if the parameters are not changed for each receiving station, the parameters for outputting the receiving screen of the required output format on the receiving side are automatically and variably set based on the menu. Therefore, the broadcasting can be performed on the transmitting side without imposing a great burden on the operator, and the receiving side can correctly output the receiving page in a predetermined output format.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an image communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The image communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is configured to be applied to the transmission of newspaper pages, 10 is a transmission apparatus for transmitting an image eta A of newspaper pages via a transmission path 30, and 20 is a transmission apparatus. This is a receiving apparatus that outputs image data A received via the interface 30 to a film, photographic paper, or the like with predetermined image output parameters and reproduces the receiving paper.

The transmission device 10 has, as its basic components, an image data output device 11, a compression unit 12, a terminal station 13, a transmission control unit 14, and the like. The configuration is such that the information amount is reduced and transmitted to the transmission path 30.

The receiving device 20 has, as its basic components,
It has a terminal station 21, an expansion unit 22, an image output device 23, a reception control unit 24, and the like. After the image data A received via the transmission path 30 is restored by the expansion unit 22, a film or photographic paper Is recorded with a predetermined image output parameter to reproduce the receiving paper.

Here, the following configuration is added to the image communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in addition to the above-described configuration.

That is, the console device 15 that arbitrarily creates a transmission schedule menu including image identification information and transmission destination information is provided on the transmission device 10 side. Accordingly, the transmission control means 14 is configured to be able to transmit the transmission schedule menu created by the console device 15 to the transmission path 30.

The transmission-side console device 15 described above includes a rewritable storage unit 15A that stores the identification information ID of the image data A to be transmitted and the transmission destination information C in a menu format in association with each other, and a storage unit 15A. An input console 15B for registering the contents of an arbitrary menu in the storage unit 15A, and a monitor display unit 15C for displaying the contents of the menu registered in the storage unit 15A in a list format. With the support, for example, the identification information ID of the paper that is scheduled to be transmitted on the day
And the transmission destination information C can be arbitrarily set and registered in the storage unit 15A.

On the receiving device 20 side, there is provided a console device 25 for arbitrarily creating a reception schedule menu including an image identification information ID and an image output parameter B based on the received transmission schedule menu. Accordingly, the reception control means 24 is provided with a control function of variably setting the image output parameter B for each page based on the reception schedule menu created by the console device 25.

The receiving-side console device 25 described above includes a rewritable storage unit 25A that stores a reception schedule menu obtained by adding the image output parameter B to the received transmission schedule menu, and arbitrarily stores the reception schedule menu contents of the storage unit 25B. An input console 25B for adding or changing, a monitor display unit 25C for displaying the contents of the menu stored in the storage unit 25A in a list format, and an image identification information ID received together with the image data A. Search means 25D for searching for the image output parameter B to be transmitted to the reception control means 24 and the like. With the support of the monitor display unit 25C, the transmission schedule menu sent from the transmission side is sent to the own station. In addition to arbitrarily selecting only the identification information ID of the relevant image, an arbitrary image output parameter B is set for the selected identification information ID, and registered in the storage unit 25A. It is configured to be able to.

The items determined by the image output parameter B include a normal image / reverse image, a negative / positive image, a scanning line density, a scale factor, and the like.

The operation of the image communication device configured as described above will be described below.

First, the transmitting device 10 uses the console device 15 to create and register a transmission schedule menu including an identification information ID for identifying a sheet to be transmitted on the day and information C of the transmission destination. The registered transmission schedule menu is transmitted to each receiving station in advance before transmission of image data as actual information is started. The transmission at this time can be performed all at once by broadcasting.

On the other hand, on the receiving device 20 side, the transmission schedule menu sent from the transmitting side is temporarily stored in the storage device 25A in the console device 25.
And display the contents in a list on the monitor display unit 25C. Here, the operator first
While checking the display contents of the monitor display unit 25C, the input console 25B arbitrarily extracts the paper to be received by the own station. At the same time, the identification information ID of the extracted paper
The user performs an operation of arbitrarily setting the image output parameter B in response to. As a result, a reception schedule menu including the identification information ID of the page on which the own station is to receive and the image output parameter B for the page to be received is set and registered in the storage unit 25A.

Thereafter, the transmitting device 10 transmits the identification information ID and the image data according to the above-described transmission schedule menu.

The receiving device 20 converts the received image data A into an image output parameter B defined by the identification information ID received together with the image data A and the reception schedule menu.
To record on film or photographic paper. As a result, the receiving paper in the desired output format is reproduced for each receiving station.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the operation of the above-described image communication apparatus on the receiving apparatus 20 side.

In the figure, after starting the receiving operation in response to a receiving request from the transmitting side, first, the identification information ID from the transmitting side is received. When the identification information ID is received, the reception menu is searched to determine whether or not the destination on the page specified by the received identification information ID specifies the own station (S1).

If the result of this determination is that the own station has not been designated as the destination (S1-NO), the reception operation is terminated and the process shifts to a standby state waiting for the next reception request. If the result of the determination is that the own station has been designated as the destination (S1-YES), the reception schedule menu is searched again to determine whether the image output parameter corresponding to the received identification information ID is registered. It is determined whether or not it is (S2).

As a result of this determination, an image is output to the menu to be received. As a result of this determination, if the image output parameter is registered in the menu to be received (S2-YES), the registered image output parameter B is output to the image output device 23. (S3). Also, as a result of the determination,
If the image output parameters are not registered in the reception schedule menu (S2-NO), the standard parameters arbitrarily set on the receiving side or the image output parameters sent together with the identification information ID from the transmitting side are output to the image output. Device 23
(S4).

Thereafter, the image data A received subsequent to the identification information ID is output to a film or photographic paper according to the image output parameter B set in the image output device 23 (S5). As a result, the receiving paper in the predetermined output format is reproduced.

As described above, the setting of the image output parameters on the receiving side can be performed collectively in advance by using the schedule menu without performing each time of communication, and
Even if the transmitting side does not change the parameters for each receiving station, the parameters for outputting the receiving screen of the required output format on the receiving side are automatically variably set based on the above menu. You. As a result, the broadcasting can be performed on the transmitting side without imposing a large burden on the operator, and the receiving side can correctly output the receiving page in a predetermined output format.

If a plurality of image output devices 23 are installed on the receiving device 20 side, the identification information of the image output device is included in the reception schedule menu and registration items, or the reception schedule menu is created for each image output device. By doing so, it becomes possible to operate a plurality of image output devices in parallel, or to simultaneously receive and output image data sent from each of a plurality of transmission devices.

Effect of the Invention As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, on the transmission side, the console means arbitrarily creates and transmits a transmission schedule menu composed of image identification information and transmission destination information, Then, an arbitrarily created reception schedule menu including image identification information and image output parameters is created based on the received transmission schedule menu, and an image output when the received image data is output to a film, a photographic paper, or the like. By causing the parameters to be set based on the scheduled reception menu, the setting of the image output parameters on the receiving side can be performed collectively in advance by the scheduled menu without having to perform the setting each time of communication,
The parameters for outputting the receiving screen of the required output format on the receiving side are automatically variably set based on the above menu, even if the transmitting side does not change the parameters for each receiving station. The broadcasting can be performed on the transmitting side without imposing a heavy burden on the operator, and the receiving side can correctly output the receiving page in a predetermined output format. It has.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image communication device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline of operation of the main part, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional image communication device. is there. 10 transmission device, 11 image data output device, 12 compression means, 13 terminal station, 14 transmission control means, 15 console device, 15A storage storing a transmission schedule menu Unit, 15B ... input console, 15C ... monitor display unit,
20 ... receiving device, 21 ... terminal, 22 ... expansion means, 23 ...
Image output device, 24 ... Reception control means, 25 ... Console device, 25A ... Storage unit in which a scheduled reception menu is registered, 2
5B Input console, 25C Monitor display, 25D
Search means, A: Image data, ID: Image identification information, B
... Image output parameters, C...

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An image communication apparatus for transmitting image data via a transmission path on a transmission side and outputting image data received via a transmission path with predetermined image output parameters on a reception side. Comprises console means for arbitrarily creating a transmission schedule menu composed of image identification information and transmission destination information, and transmission control means for transmitting the transmission schedule menu created by the console means. Console means for arbitrarily creating a reception schedule menu composed of image identification information and image output parameters based on the received transmission schedule menu, and image output parameters for determining received image data based on the reception schedule menu An image communication device provided with a reception control means for outputting the image data at a time.