JP3140541B2 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for transmitting image data edited by DTP editing or the like via a communication line.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a workstation-type document processing apparatus for performing this type of DTP editing processing has been put into practical use, and various advanced DTP editing operations have been performed by an easy operation.
It is configured to output a document image edited with an electronic image with high definition.

[0003] The image resolution processed by such a device is, for example, 100 DPI at the time of CRT display and 400 DPI at the time of print output. The management is performed via a storage medium such as a hard disk.

On the other hand, facsimile apparatuses capable of mutually transmitting documents and the like have become widespread with the progress of communication media, and can easily transmit and receive documents and the like output on paper.

Using such a facsimile machine,
In order to transmit high-resolution document image information edited based on a format that complies with the typesetting rules in the document processing device,
For example, a secondary medium in which a laser beam printer having a resolution of 400 DPI outputs the data once to a sheet, sets the data in a facsimile machine, and transmits data obtained by compressing a read image based on a predetermined data compression rule at a predetermined transfer rate. Had to go through.

For this reason, the image quality may be deteriorated. In recent years, however, a document edited by such a document editing apparatus is connected to a document editing apparatus by connecting a facsimile adapter or a facsimile apparatus. 2. Description of the Related Art Systems that can transmit data without printing once have become widespread. However, when considering transmission in such a system, the operator needs to edit the data to be transmitted again in order to perform transmission in a desired form, which is a problem that the operation is complicated. was there. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can easily transmit edited image data of a selected transmission target as image data of a desired form without performing editing work again. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that can perform the processing.

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According to the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: selecting means for selecting desired image data from a plurality of image data edited according to predetermined format information;
A designation unit for designating an arbitrary transmission size for the image data selected by the selection unit; and a size of the image data based on the format information of the image data selected by the selection unit is set to be smaller than the transmission size specified by the designation unit. Determining means for determining whether the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size; setting means for setting whether or not to reduce the size of the image data when the size of the image data is determined to be larger than the transmission size; Control means for performing reduction processing according to the transmission size specified by the specification means, and controlling to extract the transmission size specified by the specification means and transmit it via a communication line if the setting is not to reduce. And

Further, there is provided automatic size determination means for automatically determining the transmission size based on the format information of the image data selected by the selection means.

An image processing method according to the present invention comprises a selecting step of selecting desired image data from a plurality of image data edited according to predetermined format information, and an optional process for selecting the image data selected in the selecting step. A designation step of designating a transmission size, a decision step of judging whether the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size designated in the designation step based on the format information of the image data selected in the selection step, A setting step of setting whether or not to reduce the image data when it is determined that the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size; and a transmission size specified in the specification step if the setting in the setting step is a setting to reduce. In the case of setting not to reduce, the transmission size designated in the designation step is extracted and transmitted via the communication line. In which a control step of controlling so.

Further, there is provided a size automatic determination step of automatically determining the transmission size based on the format information of the image data selected in the selection step.

[0021]

In the image processing apparatus according to the present invention, the selecting means selects desired image data from a plurality of image data edited in accordance with predetermined format information, and the specifying means selects an arbitrary image data corresponding to the selected image data. A transmission size is specified, and the determination unit determines whether the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size specified by the specification unit based on the format information of the image data selected by the selection unit. If the setting is larger than the transmission size, the setting unit sets whether or not to reduce the image data. If the setting is a setting to reduce, the setting unit performs reduction processing according to the transmission size specified by the specification unit, and if the setting is not to reduce. Is controlled by the control means to extract the transmission size specified by the specification means and to transmit the data through the communication line, thereby reducing the transmission size specified by the transmission means. If the image data is large, expand the main part of the reduced or expanded, only the transmission size of the image data in accordance with a transmission size image data according to the setting,
It is possible to transmit to the facsimile of the other party.

Further, the automatic size determination means automatically determines the transmission size based on the format information of the image data selected by the selection means, so that an appropriate transmission size according to the image data can be automatically determined.

In the image processing method of the present invention, desired image data is selected from a plurality of image data edited according to predetermined format information, and an arbitrary transmission size for the selected image data is designated. It is determined whether the size of the image data is larger than the designated transmission size based on the format information of the selected image data, and if the size of the image data is determined to be larger than the transmission size, whether to reduce the image data If the setting is set to reduce, the reduction processing is performed according to the specified transmission size, and if the setting is not reduced, the specified transmission size is extracted and transmitted via the communication line. If the image data is larger than the transmission size, the image data is reduced or expanded according to the transmission size according to the setting,
The main part of the image data is expanded by the transmission size and can be transmitted to the facsimile of the destination.

Furthermore, by automatically determining the transmission size based on the format information of the selected image data, it is possible to automatically determine an appropriate transmission size according to the image data.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As long as the functions of the present invention are executed, even a single device may be used. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a system including devices and a system in which processing is performed via a network such as a LAN.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a system bus,
Each constituent block described later is connected to the system bus 1. Reference numeral 2 denotes a CPU, which is a program memory (PME).
M) Each device is generally controlled based on the program (document editing program, FAX communication processing program, etc.) read into M3. The document editing program, F
Various programs including the AX communication processing program and the like are stored in the hard disk 15, read as appropriate under the control of the external storage control unit 14, and expanded in the program memory 3. In the program memory 3 which also functions as a text memory, data input from the keyboard 8 or the like is stored as code information.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an image scanner, which is controlled by an image input / output control unit 6 and develops read image data into an image memory 4 and then develops displayable image information into a VRAM 11 which functions as a video image memory. ,
It is displayed on the CRT display device 13. The display state of the CRT display device 13 is controlled by the display output control unit 12. After the print image is developed in the image memory 4 as bitmap data, the print image is output from the printer 7 under the control of the image input / output control unit 6.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an input control unit to which input devices such as a keyboard 9 and a pointing device (PD) 10 are connected. The operator operates this keyboard 9 to
Performs system operation commands and the like. The pointing device 10 is for selecting and processing instructions of document information on the screen of the CRT display device 13. In this embodiment, a so-called mouse is used. In response to the operation of the pointing device 10, the mouse cursor on the screen of the CRT display device 13 is arbitrarily moved in the X and Y directions to select a menu,
Select and edit image data and figure data. Reference numeral 16 denotes a floppy disk (FD) functioning as a disk for data files, and various media (2HD, 2ED,
2DD) floppy disk can be accessed.

The data displayed on the CRT display 13 is developed as bitmap data on the VRAM 11. For example, if the data is graphic data, a graphic pattern corresponding to the position and attribute information is developed into a bitmap. .
Further, the configuration is such that a cursor can be directly generated in the display area of the VRAM 11 by software control and displayed on the CRT display 13.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a facsimile adapter which transmits and receives data to and from a facsimile machine via the present system and a public line.
The FAX adapter 17 is a transmission file (facsimile transmission data file) expanded with a predetermined compression code in a transmission file area secured on the hard disk 15, for example.
Are sequentially transmitted, and the compressed code transmitted from the destination is received and expanded on a storage medium such as a hard disk 15, a floppy disk 16, or the like. In this embodiment, as the work files used in the facsimile transmission processing, a facsimile image file, an invoice file, a call identification line template image file, a transmission information file, and the like are created on the hard disk 15.

Here, the FAX image file is a file in which each page to be transmitted of the designated document is converted into an image and MH-compressed data is held, and "transmission" is designated in a facsimile transmission window described later. Is secured in a predetermined area of the hard disk 15. The invoice file is a file for storing data obtained by compressing a developed image of the invoice with MH compression, and is created for the number of recipients only when "send" is selected in the FAX transmission window. Further, the call identification line model image file is a so-called letterhead line expanded image.
This file is stored as H-compressed data and is created only when the designation of the call identification line in the FAX transmission window is set to “output”. Also, the transmission information file is
This file contains instruction information for instructing the transmission process on the fax number of the destination, the name of the image file to be transmitted, and the like. Only one file is created per transmission.

In the FAX image file creation, since the resolution of the FAX of the G3 standard is about 200 DPI in the case of “Fine”, the image is developed at a resolution (200 DPI) different from the resolution 400 of the print image. The font uses FAX font data, and the hatching pattern is similarly created at 200 DPI. Image data is reduced to half and expanded. Note that, instead of the CRT display 13, an FLC display using a high dielectric liquid crystal capable of high definition display may be used.

In the document processing apparatus thus configured, the data selection means (pointing device) is displayed with the document image data list screen stored in the data storage means (IMEM4) displayed on the display means (CRT display 13). When a desired transmission target document image data is selected and instructed from the document image information list screen by 10), the transmission file creation means (CPU2) selects the document selected based on the transmission paper size arbitrarily designated by the transmission size designation means. A facsimile transmission data file is created from the image data and stored in the file storage means storage (IMEM4), and the facsimile transmission data file stored in the file storage means is instructed by the transfer control unit (FAX adapter 17) via the communication line. Transfer to the destination facsimile machine Ri, makes it possible to output a high-definition document image data edited in accordance with a predetermined format information from the facsimile apparatus of the destination at the desired transmit paper size with high quality.

When a desired transmission target document image data is selected and instructed from the document image information list screen by the data selection means while the document image data list screen stored in the data storage means is displayed on the display means, A facsimile transmission data file is created from the document image data selected based on the transmission area arbitrarily designated by the transmission area designation means, stored in the file storage means storage, and the facsimile transmission data file stored in the file storage means is transferred. The control unit transfers the data to the destination facsimile apparatus designated via the communication line, so that only the desired area in the high-definition document image data edited according to the predetermined format information is transmitted to the destination facsimile apparatus. To output with high quality.

Further, when a desired transmission target document image data is instructed to be selected from the document image information list screen by the data selection means while the document image data list screen stored in the data storage means is displayed on the display means, A facsimile transmission data file is created from the document image data selected based on the transmission mode designated by the transmission mode designation means, stored in the file storage means storage, and the facsimile transmission data file stored in the file storage means is transferred. The unit transfers the image information in the high-definition document image data edited in accordance with the predetermined format information in a state closer to the print image by transferring to the facsimile machine of the transmission destination specified via the communication line. It is possible to output a high-quality image from a facsimile machine of the other party.

Further, when a desired transmission target document image data is selected and instructed from the document image information list screen by the data selection means while the document image data list screen stored in the data storage means is displayed on the display means, A facsimile transmission data file is created from the document image data selected based on the transmission development mode designated by the transmission development mode designation means, stored in the file storage means storage, and the facsimile transmission data file stored in the file storage means is stored in the file storage means. The transfer control unit transfers the image information in the high-definition document image data edited according to the predetermined format information to a plurality of pages by transferring the data to the destination facsimile apparatus specified via the communication line. It is possible to output a high-quality image from a facsimile machine of the other party.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a system menu window displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG. 1. By instructing a FAX icon with a mouse cursor, FAX function processing can be started. it can.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show FAs of the edited document list window displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of an X transmission document instruction process, 21 shows a document data list window displaying an example of document data registered in the present system, 23 shows a registered document name, and 22 shows a registered document name 23 Is a command field for instructing facsimile transmission of the selected document data.

In the state shown in FIG. 3, when the pointing device 10 selects the document data to be transmitted by facsimile in the document data list window 21, the selected transmission document candidates 30, 31 are displayed on the CRT display as shown in FIG. 1
3 is highlighted. In this state, the command field 2
When FAX 4 is clicked with the pointing device 10, a FAX transmission parameter setting window shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is displayed on the CRT display 13.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are an outline view and a detailed view showing an example of a facsimile transmission parameter setting window displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 40 denotes a facsimile transmission parameter setting window for setting a telephone number of a destination of facsimile transmission and the like, for inputting a facsimile number of a transmission destination, the number of retransmissions, etc., and designating "normal / high definition" resolution. It can be carried out. Reference numeral 41 denotes a transmission start command field for instructing the start of facsimile transmission.
Is clicked by the pointing device 10,
FAX transmission processing described later is started.

Although FIG. 5 shows the main part of the facsimile transmission parameter setting window 40, FIG.
Items 50 to 53 can be set as shown in FIG. 3, and for item 51, direct entry 51a, basic directory 51b,
The item of the group 51c can be designated. For the item 52 (the FAX image conversion setting item in this embodiment),
Transmission page 52a, paste image 52b, invoice 52
The user is able to arbitrarily set various items such as c, call identification line 52d, date and time display format 52e, non-transmission portion 52f, expansion mode 52g, transmission size designation 52h, etc. Shows the selected state of.

As for item 53 (transmission parameter setting item in this embodiment), the resolution 53a, the number of retransmissions 53b,
The user is able to arbitrarily set the retransmission interval 53c, and the reverse display state indicates the current selection state.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are views showing an example of a FAX transmission record list display displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 7 shows a transmission list, and FIG. 8 shows a transmission error list. Is shown. 7 and 8, the transmission history that goes back in time from the latest transmission end state is displayed for one screen according to the set window size, and the history state is reversibly reversible by a scroll instruction of the pointing device 10. Is configured to be displayed. Thus, the operator can immediately grasp the latest transmission state without performing a complicated scroll instruction.

The list shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the CRT display 13 by designating “FAX transmission record” in the tool box of the system menu window shown in FIG.
The X transmission record list window 60 is displayed. In this embodiment, the facsimile transmission record list indicates all cases 61a (currently selected), normal transmission 61b, and transmission error 61c by pointing the pointing device 10 to all the cases 61a.
Is selected, those normally transmitted and those transmitted by error are displayed in a mixed state as shown in FIG. Note that the display control may be executed so that the transmission error 61c is preferentially selected and displayed, whereby the operation load for confirming the latest transmission document that has become the error target is reduced. .

When the normal transmission 61b is selected, the latest normally transmitted one is displayed in a FAX transmission normal end list window shown in FIG. 11, which will be described later, as shown in FIG. Further, when the transmission error 61c is selected, the FAX transmission error list window 62 is displayed on the screen 20 of the CRT display 13 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed, and the transmission error document name, occurrence date, and error number (decryptable error code (for example, code E012 (there is an untransmitted destination)) are displayed.

Hereinafter, a series of processing operations from selection of document data to facsimile transmission will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a facsimile transmission procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. (1) to (8) show each step.

First, when an instruction to display a list of document data recorded in the present system is given from the keyboard, the display screen 2 of the CRT display 13 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Then, a document data list window 21 is displayed on the screen 0 (1).
Next, from the document data list window 21, the document data to be transmitted by facsimile is input to the pointing device 10.
When the operation is instructed with a cursor that operates in conjunction with and clicked and selected (2), the display state of FIG. 3 is switched to the selection shown in FIG. 4, and the selected document data, that is, the transmission document candidates 30, 31 are highlighted. Is done.

Next, it is determined whether or not designation of the document data to be transmitted by facsimile is completed (3). If NO, the process returns to step (2) to repeat the document selection process.
Whether or not the AX transmission is instructed, that is, the command field 24 waits for an instruction with a cursor operating in conjunction with the pointing device 10 or an instruction by a key input from the keyboard 9 (4), and the FAX transmission command is When instructed, the document data list window 21 is erased, and the FAX transmission parameter setting window 40 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display screen 20 of the CRT display for instructing to which facsimile transmission is performed. Yes (5). Next, FAX transmission parameters such as the fax number of the destination, the number of retransmissions, and the resolution of transmission data are set.
(6). Next, the facsimile transmission parameter setting window 40
By moving the cursor operating in conjunction with the pointing device 10 on the field of the transmission start command 41 above, it is determined whether or not transmission start is instructed by pressing the click button of the pointing device 10 or key input on the keyboard 9. (7) If NO, return to step (6) to set the FAX transmission parameters,
If S, the selected document data is stored in the facsimile shown in FIG.
The document is transferred to the adapter 17 and the selected document data is transmitted from the FAX adapter 17 to the destination specified in step (6) (8).

The document image data edited in this manner can be transmitted by facsimile in the form of a document image in accordance with the format. However, only the main part of the edited document image data, for example, a designated area is transmitted (trimmed transmission) or Transmission outside the specified area (masking transmission), upper and lower end cut transmission of edited document image data, or transmission size specification transmission, editing transmission based on the receiving paper size (rotated transmission, reduced rotation transmission), print image It is configured to be able to respond to various requests such as reduced transmission. Hereinafter, each edit transmission process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a size designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (10) indicate each step.

First, it is determined whether or not "transmission size designation" is selected in the item 52h shown in FIG. 6 (1).
If NO, proceed to step (8), select a paper size that can accommodate all the documents or pages to be transmitted, perform image development processing of the selected document data, etc. (9), return, and shift to the transmission processing described above. .

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is YES, a transmission size designation window shown in FIG. 11 is displayed.
It waits until a transmission size (in this embodiment, any one of A4, B4, and A3 is selectable) is selected.
(2) When the transmission size is selected and specified, it is determined whether or not the paper size (original size) for which formatting has been set at the time of editing is larger than the selected transmission size (selected size). (3) If NO, For example, the transmission image is developed according to the transmission size specified in step (1) (10), and the process returns to the above-described transmission processing.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (3) is YES, it is determined whether reduction is selected on the transmission size designation window shown in FIG. 11 (4), and if YES, the specified transmission size is determined. The transmission image is reduced and expanded so as to satisfy (7), and the process returns to the above-described transmission process.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (4) is NO, the edited image of the paper size is developed into the main part in the area defined by the designated transmission size (for example, A4 is edited by B4 editing).
When transmitting, the main part of the edited image of B4 within the A4 size is performed (5), and it is determined whether or not the operator has issued an untransmitted portion generation OK instruction (6). If NO, step (1) is performed. ), If YES, return and proceed to the transmission process described above.

As a result, the operator can arbitrarily select the transmission size. For example, in the case of B4 editing, if the user selects A4 transmission and selects "not to reduce", the B4 size is set within the A4 size.
The main part of the edited image can be expanded and transmitted.
Is not automatically reduced and transmitted to the other party, and the main part of the edited image of B4 can be transmitted in a state close to the edited image. In addition, since the transmission size can be arbitrarily selected, for example, the A3 edited image can be reduced in size to the A4 transmission size and transferred, and the communication time can be reduced.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of a non-transmission part designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (3) indicate each step.

First, in item 52f shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary non-transmission part value of, for example, 0 to 20 mm is set at the upper end / lower end of the “non-transmission part” (1).
If NO, the edited image is normally developed into a transmission image (3), and the flow returns to the above-described transmission processing.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is YES, the upper end / lower end specified in the edited image is expanded by a specified amount of blank paper (2), and the process returns to the above-described transmission process.

As a result, the transmission portion can be limited in the edited image, and the transmission time as a whole can be reduced. The transmission area can be arbitrarily specified by allowing the specified amount of the upper end / lower end to be up to half the transmission size.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing an example of a procedure for transmitting the expansion mode designation in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (3) indicate each step.

First, it is determined whether or not “standard”, that is, to expand the image of each page of the designated document file into the memory at 200 DPI in the development mode of the item 52g shown in FIG. If the answer is YES, the image of each page of the document file is developed on the memory at the normal resolution (200 DPI) (2), and the flow returns to the above-mentioned transmission processing.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is NO, the image of each page specified from the document file is first developed on the memory at the same 400 DPI as printing, and
Furthermore, this was reduced and expanded to 200 DPI (3)
And returns to the above-described transmission process.

As a result, a pattern such as a hatching pattern can be transmitted in a state close to a print image.
It is easy to confirm the finished image of the document image data including the hatching pattern and the like.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of a block designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (12) indicate each step.

First, as an item other than the items shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not transmission area designation has been selected (1). If NO, the process waits until transmission document data is selected (10). When transmission document data is selected, a transmission file is created (11), facsimile transmission is started (12), and the process returns.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is YES, the process waits for transmission document data to be selected (2). When transmission document data is selected, it is determined whether or not frame designation has been selected. (3), if NO, waits for a frame instruction on the screen (9), if YES, determines whether the transmission specification is within the frame (4), and if YES, the specified frame is It is determined whether or not image data for a plurality of blocks can be expanded in the same transmission page (5).
The data in one block is expanded (6), and the process proceeds to step (11). If YES, the data in the selected plurality of blocks is expanded (7), and the process proceeds to step (11).

In the block extraction, as shown in FIG. 15, a plurality of pages may be selected from the same page of the document data, or blocks B1, B2, and C designated arbitrarily from a plurality of pages P1 to P3. Data may be used. As a result, it is possible to perform trimming transmission in which blocks are arbitrarily extracted from the edited page, and only necessary portions can be transmitted to the other party. In addition, the frame format at the time of frame extraction is not limited to a rectangle, and may be configured to be extracted in an arbitrary figure pattern, for example, a shape that is cut out in a heart shape, or an arbitrary image may be read and subjected to contour processing. You may comprise so that it may extract with the bound outline data.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (4) is NO, the process waits until image data outside the designated frame is extracted and expanded (8), and if expanded, the process proceeds to step (11).

As a result, each page of the document data can be transmitted only in an area outside the frame designation, that is, in a state where the inside of the frame is masked.

A plurality of collected blocks are collectively transmitted (see FIG. 15) by arranging and developing an image in a divided frame corresponding to the transmission size in a transmission page while taking the extracted frame size into consideration. May be configured as
At this time, the image in the frame may be transmitted together with the frame so that the boundaries of the plurality of collected blocks can be recognized.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of a 2in1 transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (5) show each step.

First, the process waits for the destination paper size to be obtained (1).
in1 (for example, if B4 size paper is set on the receiving side and the transmission size is B5 size, two pages become B4 size, so two pages are developed in B4 size (see FIG. 18A)). ) It is determined from the transmission size or the like whether transmission is possible (2). If NO, 2-in-1 transmission is canceled, normal transmission is performed (5), and the process returns.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (2) is YES, the end of the 2in1 image development is waited for (3), and when the image development is completed, the 2in1 image transmission is performed (4),
To return.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of a 2in1 image expansion processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (4) indicate each step.

First, a comparison is made between the receiving paper size of the destination and the transmission size, and it is determined whether 2-in-1 image development is possible without image loss if the page is rotated.
(1) If YES, the image is rotated in a predetermined direction as shown in FIG. 18B to develop a 2-in-1 image (4), and the process returns.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is NO, it is determined whether or not the transmission size can be reduced to expand the 2-in-1 image (2). If YES, the transmission size is reduced and the 2-in-1 image is expanded. (3) If NO, reduce and rotate to develop a 2-in-1 image and return.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the 2-in-1 image is developed and two pages are processed as one transmission. However, it is also easy to develop the number n (an integer of 3 or more) in1 images. Further, a configuration may be adopted in which the number of developments n can be arbitrarily selected and designated by the user.

[0080]

As described above, according to the present invention,
If the size of the selected image data is larger than the specified transmission size, it is possible to reduce the transmission size according to the setting or to extract the transmission size and transmit it. It is not necessary to perform the operation of re-editing the file again.

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Therefore, the edited image data of the selected transmission target can be easily transmitted as image data of a desired form without editing work again.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating proofreading of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a system menu window displayed on the CRT display shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a FAX transmission document instruction process using a list window of edited documents displayed on the CRT display illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a FAX transmission document instruction process using a list window of edited documents displayed on the CRT display illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a facsimile displayed on the CRT display shown in FIG.
It is an outline figure showing an example of a transmission parameter setting window.

6 is a facsimile displayed on the CRT display shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a detailed diagram illustrating an example of a transmission parameter setting window.

FIG. 7 shows an F displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing an example of AX transmission record list display.

8 is a diagram showing an F displayed on the CRT display 13 shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing an example of AX transmission record list display.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a facsimile transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a size designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission size designation window in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a non-transmission part designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an expansion mode designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a block designation transmission processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a block designation transmission processing state in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 shows a 2-in-1 document processing apparatus according to the present invention.
It is a flowchart which shows an example of a transmission processing procedure.

FIG. 17 shows a 2-in-1 document processing apparatus according to the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an image development processing procedure.

FIG. 18 shows a 2-in-1 document processing apparatus according to the present invention.
It is a schematic diagram which shows an image development processing state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System bus 2 CPU 3 PMEM 4 IMEM 11 VRAM 12 Display output control unit 13 CRT display 14 External storage device control unit 15 Hard disk 16 Floppy disk 17 FAX adapter

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of files edited according to predetermined format information
To select the desired image data from the image data
Means for transmitting arbitrary image data selected by the selecting means.
Means for designating a communication size, and format information of the image data selected by the selection means.
The size of the image data to be transmitted is specified by the specifying means.
Determining means for determining whether the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size;
Whether to reduce image data when it is determined that
Setting means for setting, and when the setting of the setting means is reduced, the setting means
Performs reduction processing according to the transmission size specified in the
If the setting is not small, the sending server specified by the
Control to extract noise and transmit via communication line
Image processing apparatus comprising:
Place. 2. An image selected by the selection means.
Automatically determine transmission size based on data format information
Claims having automatic size determination means
2. The image processing device according to 1. 3. A plurality of files edited according to predetermined format information.
To select the desired image data from the image data
And an arbitrary transmission for the image data selected in the selection step.
A step of designating an image size, and a step of designating the image size based on the format information of the image data selected in the selecting step.
The size of the image data to be transmitted
A determining step of determining whether the size of the image data is larger than the transmission size;
Whether to reduce image data when it is determined that
Setting step to set, and in the case of setting to reduce the setting in the setting step,
Perform reduction processing according to the transmission size specified in the specified process.
If the setting is not reduced,
Extract the transmission size and send it via the communication line
And a control step of controlling the image processing.
Method. 4. An image selected in the selecting step.
Automatically determine transmission size based on data format information
Claims having an automatic size determination step
3. The image processing method according to 3.