JPH02288664A - Picture processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send only a required part in an original by designating an area to be sent in the original with a system at a transmission side. CONSTITUTION:The system is constituted of a main control section 31 controlling an entire system, an operation section 32 for the user to make operation, a memory 33 storing a picture data read by a read section 34 and sent from an opposite system, a data conversion section 36 converting a read data from the read section 34 into a transfer data to be sent to the opposite system or converting the received transfer data into a data form to be outputted to an output section 35, a communication control section 37 and a display section 38 to display the data. Then an optional range in the original is used for the picture of transmission object and the output position of the transmission picture is set by the transmission side. Thus, it is not required to send the undesired part of the data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image processing system that outputs an input image to a recording medium.

[Prior Art J] Conventionally, in an image processing system, such as a facsimile machine used in an office, the sending side reads a document, encodes all the data in the read document, and transfers the data to the receiving device. is common.

[Problem we are trying to solve] However, the conventional facsimile mentioned above does not have an editing function, so even if the content you want to send is only a small part of the document, the entire document is sent, so even unnecessary parts or parts that you do not want to send are There was a drawback to sending it. In addition, in order to avoid this, it was necessary to manually create a separate manuscript for transmission, which was time-consuming.

Furthermore, if the image information to be transmitted is smaller than the size of the recording medium to be output, in order to output the image to the desired position on the recording medium, it is necessary to use a transmitter that is the same size as the recording medium and exactly as the output image. I have to create a manuscript,
It took a lot of time.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] According to the present invention, an image processing system that transmits and receives image information includes an input means for reading and inputting image information, and a storage means for storing image information input by the input means. a display means for displaying image information stored in the storage means; a first designation means for designating an area on the display means; and a second designation means for designating an output position on an output medium. , a transmitting means for transmitting information, and a transmitting means configured to transmit image information of an area displayed on the display means and designated by the first specifying means, together with information designated by the second specifying means, by the transmitting means. a transmitting section comprising a first control means for controlling the information, a receiving means for receiving information, an output means for outputting the image information received by the receiving means to a recording medium, and an image information received by the receiving means. and a receiving section comprising a second control means for controlling the output to the output means based on the designation information received together with the image information. The output position of the transmitted image can be set on the transmitting side.

[Embodiment] Fig. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In Fig. 1, 31 is a main control unit for controlling the entire system, and 32 is an operation for the user to operate. 33 is an image memory that stores image data read from the reading unit 34 and image data sent from the other party's system; 36 is an image memory that converts the data read from the reading unit into data for transfer when sending to the other party's system. 37 is a communication control unit that controls communication, and 38 is a display unit that displays data.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that communication of image data is performed by connecting two devices shown in FIG. 1 via a communication line.

This will be explained below using this figure.

Assume that the diagram shown in FIG. 2 is the manuscript to be transmitted. The part surrounded by the frame 21 in Fig. 2 is as shown in Fig. 3,
The case of changing the output position and transmitting will be explained.

First, the original shown in FIG. 2 is read from the reading section 34, and the image data is imported into the memory 33.
By 2.

Specify the area 21 to be transmitted on the display unit 38 using a cursor or the like, and then set the output position on the output paper on the receiving side of this image data by entering the address of the position of the output start point 23 in Fig. 3. In response to this designation, the main control unit 31 calculates which part of the image data stored in the memory 33 is to be transmitted.

As an example, the number of pixels in the main scanning direction of area 21 in FIG. 2, that is, the X size shown as 24 in FIG. is 1000 pixels. Also, output starting point 2 in Figure 3
Assume that the address of No. 3 on paper is X=100 and y=75. These pieces of information are sent as additional information to the image data to be sent to the other party's system in accordance with the format shown in FIG. 4 before the image data is sent. In Figure 4, 10 is the position information of the point on the output paper on the receiving side (point 23 in the example in Figure 3) where image data output starts, and 11 is size information indicating the size of the area of the image data to be output. be. In the case of this embodiment, the information transmitted prior to the image information is as shown in FIG.
1.

Next, communication control will be explained.

In communication control, first, after transmitting a communication control protocol to the destination system specified by the operation unit 32,
A command is issued to clear the memory on the receiving side, and then the additional information is transmitted. After that, the image data to be transmitted is transmitted, and the transmission is completed.

Finally, the operation of the receiving side system will be explained.

After executing the memory clear request received from the transmitting side, the system on the receiving side writes the image data that is subsequently transferred to the memory 33 on the receiving side based on the additional information, and sends the information written in the memory to the output unit. By outputting the image from 35 onto recording paper, an output image shown in FIG. 2(b) can be obtained.

In this embodiment, a case has been described in which one image is transmitted and output, but a plurality of images can be combined by repeating area designation and transmission. Furthermore, when composing a plurality of images, the format of the image data to be transferred does not need to be one, as can be easily guessed.

Next, a method for editing and outputting received image data in the receiving side system will be described.

To simplify the explanation, consider enlargement processing as an editing function. In the receiving system, the received image data is the image data shown in FIG. 3, and it is assumed that the image data has already been stored in the memory within the receiving system. Further, the magnification ratio is set to "2" in both the X direction and the X direction. As mentioned above (when sending the additional information shown in FIG. 5 before transmitting the image data, it is possible to calculate the address in the memory 33 of the starting position of the image data from the position information in the additional information). A block diagram of the data conversion unit in this embodiment is shown in Fig. 7. In the figure, 70 and 75 are initial value registers that store the x and y values of the output start address, respectively. Also, 72 and 73 are These are increment registers that store the reciprocal of the enlargement ratio in the X direction and signal 79
and 7100, respectively, initial value register 70.7
With the value of 5 as the initial value, the X register 71 and the y register 7
It operates to add the value stored in the increment register 72.73 to the value in 4 as an increment value, output it to 7110 as an address signal, and write the result to each register 71.74.

In the case of this embodiment, 100 is set in the X initial value register 70, 75 is set in the Y initial value register 75, and the
2. When both the X increment register 73 is set to 0.5, the X register 71 becomes r 100, 100.5, 1
01.0...'' and the Y register 74 is r75
．． 0, 75.5, 76.0...'' and outputs the X register 71. Based on the address output from the Y register 74, the memory 33 is accessed, the corresponding image data is taken into the data converter 78, and is outputted to the output unit 35 through the bus 7130. By repeating this for X and Y pixels indicated by the size information in the additional information, enlarged image data is obtained. In this embodiment, the image data from the memory 33 on the receiving side corresponding to the output image set by the sending side is started from the output start position specified by the sending side, and the image data is captured for the number of pixels specified by the sending side. , only the useful image data specified by the sending side is enlarged and output to the output section 35. Further, at this time, the output start position on the output paper may be specified by the receiving side using an address, or may be displayed on the display unit 38 and set by movement on the display. An example of the output of the enlarged image is shown in FIG.

If there is no additional information such as position information, it is easy to infer that the memory 33 may be scanned from the beginning using CP[J or the like and the address at which the image data starts may be calculated.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, since it is now possible to specify the area to be transmitted in a document on the transmitting side system, there is an effect that only the necessary portion of the document can be transmitted.

Further, it has the effect that the output position of the transmitted image on the receiving side can be set on the transmitting side.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transmitted image, FIGS. 3 and 6 are diagrams showing an example of a received image, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the format of additional information. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of additional information, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of another embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram of another embodiment. l... Scanner 2... Printer... Main control section 2... Operating section 3... Memory 4... Reading section 5... Output section 36... Data conversion section 37... Communication control unit 38...Display units 70-75...Registers 76, 77...Adder 78...Data converter 1 factor b

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An image processing system that transmits and receives image information, comprising: input means for reading and inputting image information; storage means for storing image information input by the input means; and image information stored in the storage means. a display means for displaying; a first designation means for designating an area on the display means; a second designation means for designating an output position on an output medium; a transmission means for transmitting information; a first control means for controlling the image information of the area displayed on the means and designated by the first designation means to be transmitted by the transmission means together with the designation information by the second designation means; a transmitting unit that receives information, a receiving unit that receives information, an output unit that outputs the image information received by the receiving unit to a recording medium, and outputs the image information received by the receiving unit to specified information received together with the image information an image processing system comprising: a receiving section including a second control means for controlling output to the output means based on the received image;