JP2931307B2 - Image communication method - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image communication method. [Prior art] In a conventional image communication method, when communicating image information,
Communication of communication-related information such as various rules regarding the image communication and the name of the sender was performed. Recently, a program for processing image information has come to be communicated. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional image communication method, when a program for processing image information is transmitted and the receiving side performs the processing, the image information is transmitted after the program is transmitted. Or a program after transmitting the image information. Further, on the receiving side, the processing of the image information is always executed by the transmitted program, so that when the image information which cannot be processed by the program is received, the image information cannot be processed. In addition, even when a plurality of programs are transmitted to the receiving side and a plurality of programs can be executed on the receiving side, when processing the image information, the operator selects a program corresponding to the image information one by one. There was a problem that had to be done. In addition, text information, vector graphic information,
When transmitting visualization target code information such as video information,
Since transmission was always performed after conversion to image information for transmission, there was a problem that the transmission time was long. On the receiving side, in order to return the once converted image information to code information, for example, in the case of text information, character recognition processing must be performed, and in the case of vector graphic information, vector code conversion must be performed. In addition, there is a problem that an enormous amount of processing is required and accuracy is deteriorated. In addition, although the conventional image communication method originally uses a public telephone line for communicating human voice information,
Acoustic information such as voice and music cannot be transmitted as data, and tends to be tasteless and dry. [Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve such problems, the present invention provides an image information, acoustic information, visualization target code information, image information, When transmitting communication data including a program for performing processing relating to at least one of the acoustic information and the visualization target code information, and when the transmitted communication data is received at the destination device, at the time of the reception, By executing a program in the received communication data, performs a process related to at least one of image information and audio information and visualization target code information in the received communication data, the received communication data When the desired communication data in the storage device is designated and stored in the storage device in the transmission destination device, the designated communication data is designated at the time of the designation. That performs processing relating to at least one of image information, acoustic information, and visualization target code information in the called communication data by calling a data from the storage device and executing a program in the called communication data. It is. [Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a is a transmitting unit, which transmits digital code information and acoustic information together with image information. A receiving unit b receives the image information, the code information, and the acoustic information transmitted from the transmitting unit a of another device, and temporarily stores all the received information in the storage unit c. The above-mentioned code information is, for example, text information, vector graphic information, or moving image information,
Alternatively, it is at least one of a program relating to processing of each information and program data used in the program. The program and the program data are used when each information such as image information is processed on the receiving side. Further, the above-described transmission and reception are performed only between, for example, the same model. FIG. 2 shows an example of a circuit configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) such as a microprocessor for controlling the entire apparatus, which has a memory RAM for storing control procedures and processing data, and is stored in a file device (storage device) 2 in advance. The control procedure as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 is loaded into the memory RAM in the CPU 1, and the control operation according to the present invention is executed according to the procedure. When facsimile communication is not performed, the CPU 1 is a normal personal computer having a word processor function and a graphic editor function. The file device 2 stores the received image information, text information, vector graphic information, moving image information, and acoustic information in addition to the control procedure (program) described above. Reference numeral 3 denotes an input device such as a keyboard device for inputting a telephone number or inputting a user instruction to the device. Reference numeral 4 denotes an image reading device which reads image information of a document and converts the image information into an electric image signal.
Is a printer that prints out received images and the like. Reference numeral 6 denotes an output device such as a CRT display for displaying communication information, images, and the like, and 7 denotes a modem connected to a public line 8.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a CRT display for displaying an execution result of a character editing process or the like. Reference numeral 10 denotes a microphone for inputting acoustic information, and reference numeral 11 denotes a speaker for outputting acoustic information. FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a communication format used in the embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, 21 is a communication protocol, 22 is image information, 23 is text information, 24 is vector graphic information,
25 is moving image information, 26 is audio information, 27 is a program, and 28 is a program data section. Program 27 is incoming part 27
-1 and an information extraction portion 27-2. FIG. 4 shows a control procedure at the time of transmission of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 shows a control procedure at the time of reception of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a control procedure at the time of extracting information of the embodiment of the present invention. Is shown.
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6. The above-described image information 22, text information 23, vector graphic information 24, moving image information 25, and audio information 26 are stored in the file device 2 before transmission. That is, the text information is input to the input device 3 by the character editing program (word processor program) stored in the file device 2.
The file is created in the file device 2 by using the CRT display 9. The vector graphic information is similarly created in the file device 2 using the input device 3 and the CRT display 9 by the image editor program stored in the file device 2. In addition, moving image information is also stored in the file device 2 from a TV or a video camera. Further, the sound information is stored in the file device 2 from the microphone 10. As shown in FIG. 4, at the time of transmission, image information from the image reading device 4 is input and temporarily stored in the file device 2 (step S1), and the file name of a program to be transmitted simultaneously with the image information is input from the input device 3. If specified (step
S2), prior to transmission, determine whether or not to transmit to the same type of machine based on, for example, the destination telephone number (step S3);
If the transmission is not to the same type machine, the image information read from the image reading device 4 or the text information, vector graphic information, and moving image information stored in the file device 2 are used as normal facsimile communication similar to the conventional one. The image information obtained by conversion by the conversion program in the file device 2 is transmitted to the other party via the modem 7 (steps S4, S5, S6). On the other hand, in the case of transmission to the same type machine, the above-described text information, vector graphic information, moving image information, audio information, and file device 2 stored in the file device 2 based on the specified file name described above. The program having the specified file name and its program data portion are read out of the file device 2 from the programs stored in the file device 2, and are converted into image information in the format shown in FIG. 3 added to the image information. The information is sequentially transmitted to the destination through the public telephone line 8 in the form of the code information as it is (step S7). Therefore, the transfer time is saved, and the information is easily reworked. Next, as shown in FIG. 5, at the time of reception, whether or not transmission is from the same type machine is determined based on, for example, the source telephone number (step S11). All of image information, text information, vector graphic information, moving image information, acoustic information, programs, and program data are stored (step S12). Subsequently, the program of the incoming call portion 27-1 in the program 27 of the received information is executed (step S13). On the other hand, if the transmitting side is not the same type machine, the received image information is immediately output by the printer 5 (step S14). Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when the user of the receiving apparatus extracts and uses the information such as the text information stored in the file device 2, the information extracting portion 27-2 in the program 27 is used. It is executed (steps S21, S22). The above-described communication function according to the present invention operates only when the receiving-side apparatus recognizes the same apparatus as the transmitting-side apparatus in the normal operation at the start of facsimile as described above. The communication compatibility with the conventional facsimile machine is sufficiently maintained. Further, as described above, since the processing program is transmitted and received simultaneously with the information portion such as the image information, various and versatile applications are possible. For example, when the receiver attempts to extract the received information, the audio information is output from the speaker 11 and the moving image information is output to the CRT.
After outputting to the screen of the display 9, text information,
If a processing program for outputting graphic information and image information is added to image information and the like and facsimile communication is performed, transmission communication such as direct mail with voice and animation is achieved. [Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when a program is transmitted from a source device to a destination device as additional information of image information, audio information, and visualization target code information, the source In the device, both are transmitted as a set, and at the transmission destination device, upon receiving the data, the program immediately performs processing relating to at least one of image information, acoustic information, and code information to be visualized, and stores both as a set. Once stored in the device, at the time of the call,
Again, the program performs at least one of the image information, the acoustic information, and the code information to be visualized, so that the destination device after the communication operates the program corresponding to the received image information, the acoustic information, and the code information to be visualized. At least one of the image information, the audio information, and the code information to be visualized can be immediately processed by the corresponding program without any special designation by the user, and after the operator stores the image information, the audio information, and the visualization target code information in the storage device. Has the effect that the image information, the acoustic information, and the code information to be visualized and the corresponding program can be called to process at least one of the image information, the acoustic information, and the code information to be visualized at any time. In addition, text information, vector graphic information,
Since the visualization target code information such as video information can be transmitted as it is, the transmission time is saved, the processing on both the transmission side and the reception side is simplified, and the accuracy of the visualization target code information is improved. There is an effect that it can be maintained. Further, since the sound information can be transmitted and received, there is an effect that the application range of the device can be widened.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control procedure at the time of transmission according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control procedure at the time of reception according to the embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure at the time of extracting information according to the embodiment. 1 ... CPU, 2 ... File device, 3 ... Input device, 4 ... Image reading device, 5 ... Printer, 6 ... Output device, 7 ... Modulator / demodulator, 9 ... CRT display, 10 ... Microphone, 11 Speaker, 21 Communication protocol, 22 Image information, 23 Text information, 24 Vector graphic information, 25 Video information, 26 Sound information, 27 Program, 27 -1: Partial program for incoming call, 27-2: Partial program for information extraction, 28 ... Program data part.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] The image processing apparatus includes, from a transmission source apparatus to a transmission destination apparatus, image information, acoustic information, visualization target code information, and a program for performing processing relating to at least one of the image information, the acoustic information, and the visualization target code information. When the communication data is transmitted, and the transmitted communication data is received by the destination device, by executing the program in the received communication data at the time of the reception, the communication data in the received communication data is transmitted. A process related to at least one of image information, audio information, and visualization target code information is performed, the received communication data is stored in a storage device in the destination device, and desired communication data in the storage device is designated. Then, at the time of the designation, the designated communication data is called from the storage device, and the program in the called communication data is called. By executing the image communication method and performing at least one related processing of the image information and the audio information and the visualization object code information of the called within communication data. 2. In the transmission source device, it is determined whether or not the transmission destination device is the same type as the transmission source device before transmission, and when it is determined that the transmission type is the same type, the communication data is transmitted, and 2. The image communication method according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the communication device is not a device, the visualization target code information in the communication data is converted into image information and transmitted. 3. 3. The image communication according to claim 2, wherein the transmission source device determines whether or not the transmission destination device is the same type as the transmission source device based on the transmission destination telephone number. Method. 4. In the destination device, it is determined whether or not the source device is the same type as the destination device prior to reception, and if it is determined that the source device is the same type, the received communication data is 2. The image communication method according to claim 1, wherein the image information is stored in a storage device, and the received image information is output immediately when it is determined that the device is not the same type. 5. 5. The image communication according to claim 4, wherein the destination device determines whether or not the source device is the same type as the destination device based on the source telephone number. Method. 6. The program includes a first program that is executed when the transmitted communication data is received, and a second program that is called and executed when a desired image information in the storage device is designated. The image communication method according to claim 1, wherein 7. 2. The image communication method according to claim 1, wherein the visualization target code information is at least one of text information, vector graphic information, and moving image information.