JPH0195660A - Picture transmitting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly control a picture on a reception side by sending a cabinet destination to indicate the control system of a registered picture and key word information as a header at the time of the transmission of the registered picture. CONSTITUTION:The picture is retrieved based on the key word designated by an operator, and before retrieved picture data are read, the header information is written to a main memory device 4. Here, since the cabinet designations to become the headers are code data, the code data are converted into image data, and the converted data are written to the main memory device 4. After the image data of the cabinet designation are written to the header part, the picture data retrieved from an optical disk 11 are read, extended by an extending circuit 18, and written to the main memory device 4. Further, the picture data and the image data of the cabinet designation are compressed by a compressing circuit 18, and transmitted to facsimile equipment 20. Thus, the picture on the receiving side can be smoothly controlled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image transmission method in a document file system.

[Prior Art] In a conventional document file system to which a facsimile machine is connected, when an image registered in the document file system is transmitted to the facsimile machine, sender information is recorded as a header of the document. The sender information includes the sender's telephone number and name.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, from a system having an advanced image management function such as a single document file system,
When a facsimile machine receives an image, even if the receiving side tries to manage the image, there is a problem that the image cannot be managed just by looking at the received document.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, when transmitting a registered image, the cabinet name or keyword information indicating the management system of the registered image is sent as a header.

[Operation] According to the present invention, when transmitting a registered image, the cabinet name or keyword information indicating the management system of the registered image is sent as a header, so that image management on the receiving side can be performed smoothly.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document file system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the internal bus l, the CPU3, and the
A main storage device 4 that temporarily stores the U3 control program, work data, and image data, a ROM 5 that stores the startup control program, a keyboard 6, a pointing device 7, a CRT 8, and a CRT.
8 and an optical disk 11 .
a hard floppy controller 12 that controls the hard disk 13 and floppy disk 14; and a scanner/printer controller 15 that controls the printer 16 and scanner 17.
a companding circuit 18 that compresses and expands image data;
An R3232C19 for connecting a facsimile device and a facsimile device 20 are provided.

The CPU 3 and the R3232C19 are an example of means for transmitting the name of the cabinet indicating the management system of the registered image as a header when transmitting the registered image.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, when transmitting a predetermined image to a facsimile machine, the operator uses the keyboard 6 and pointing device 7.
, use the CRT8, enter search information, and search for the desired image. Then, based on the search information, the optical disc 11
Desired image data is retrieved from , and the retrieved image data is decompressed by the companding circuit 18 and written into the main storage device 4 . Then, when writing image data to the main memory bag M4, preparations are made to record the cabinet name in the header by including the cabinet name in the header.

Furthermore, in order to transmit the image data stored in the main storage device 4 to the facsimile device 20, the image data is once compressed in the companding circuit 18 and sent to the facsimile device 2.0 via the R3232C19.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the preparation work for recording the cabinet name in the header in the above embodiment.

First, open the file in which the cabinet is recorded (si), specify the cabinet in which the keyword that is the search information attached to the desired image is recorded (S2),
Perform the process to open the cabinet (S3)
Next, an image search is performed based on the keyword specified by the operator (34), and before reading the searched image data, header information is written into the main storage device 4. Since the name is code data, you need to convert the code data to image data.
5), write the converted data to the main storage device 4 (S
6).

After writing the image data of the cabinet name in the header portion, the retrieved image data is read from the optical disc 11 (S7), decompressed by the decompression circuit 18 (38), and written to the main storage device 4 (S9). Then, the image data and the image data of the cabinet name are compressed by the companding circuit 18 (5tO) and transmitted to the facsimile machine 20 (S11).
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This makes it easier for the facsimile machine, which is the receiving side, to manage the received images across multiple cabinets.

In the above embodiment, only the cabinet name is added to the header information, but keyword information may be sent instead of the cabinet name, or the cabinet name and keyword information may be sent simultaneously as header information to the facsimile machine. You can.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, in an image transmission method in a document file system in which a registered image is sent together with a header, it is possible to smoothly manage images on the receiving side.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the preparatory work for recording the cabinet name in the header when writing one image data to the memory in the above embodiment. 3...CPU, 5...ROM. 16...Printer, 17...Scanner, 20...Facsimile device. Patent Applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Arata Yokubo - Figure 1, Figure 2, Starting Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an image transmission method in a document file system that sends a registered image together with a header, when transmitting a registered image, a cabinet name or keyword information indicating a management system for the registered image is sent to the header. An image transmission method characterized by sending images as .