JPH02298167A - Picture communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a received document offering ease of arrangement such as filing by generating mark picture information indicating an original size received prior to the reception of the picture information in dot lines or the like and adding the information to the received picture information. CONSTITUTION:After received picture information Pr is decoded, the information is once stored in a line memory 4. In this case, based on the original size received by the preceding communication protocol, whether or not a width W1 of recorded paper is wider than the width W2 of the transmission original is discriminated and when the mark picture information Pm is recorded with the recording original width W1 larger than the transmission recording width W2, line number of the received picture information Pr is counted by a line counter 81, a mark picture information addition means 80 is operated and the mark picture information Pm indicating the original width W2 of the received picture information Pr, that is, the mark picture information Pm indicating the effective recording range is added to the received picture information Pr of the line memory 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus that prints and records received image information of different document sizes on recording paper of a constant size.

Conventional technology In conventional devices of this type, when receiving image information read from an original whose size is smaller than the recording paper loaded in the recording section, the received image information is kept at the original size of the original. Printing and recording on recording paper is practiced (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 85555/1983).

For example, if image information read from an A4 size document is received while B4 size recording paper is loaded, A4 recording is performed on the B4 size recording paper. This allows images of documents, drawings, etc. to be received in their original size.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with this configuration, there is a problem in that when image information read from an original smaller than recording paper is received, it becomes troublesome to file and organize the received document. there were.

The above problem arises for the following reasons.

In other words, if received image information read from an original smaller than the recording paper is printed and recorded on recording paper of a certain size, the printed received document will contain invalid parts that are not recorded because they are outside the range of the original. occurs. This invalid part often gets in the way when organizing things such as filing. Therefore, in such a case, only the invalid portion is cut off with scissors or a cutter, or folded.

However, from a received document containing image information read from a normal white original, the range of the original cannot be identified. If you need a document of the same size as the original for filing, etc., use a scale or paper pattern to trim only the effective recording area. I had to take action.

As a means to avoid the above-mentioned trouble, for example, it is possible to load a plurality of types of recording paper of different sizes, and to use these recording papers according to the size of the received image information.

It may be possible to use them differently depending on the situation.

However, such a method significantly increases the size and complexity of the device, making it difficult to implement in a general popular facsimile device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has a simple configuration that can be applied to general popular facsimile machines. An object of the present invention is to provide an image communication device that can obtain received documents that are easy to organize such as filing.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention generates image information that indicates the effective recording range of the received document size with a dotted line or the like before receiving the image information, and adds it to the received image information. It is equipped with a configuration in which it is added.

Effect of the Invention With the above-described configuration, the effective recording range of received image information printed and recorded on recording paper can be clearly identified by a mark image such as a dotted line. With a simple configuration,
When receiving image information read from a document smaller than recording paper, it is possible to obtain a received document that is easy to file and organize.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an image communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where L is a communication line such as a telephone line or a facsimile line, 1 is an NCU (network control unit), and 2 is a reception unit. A modem 3 demodulates the image information, a decoding unit 3 decodes the received image information, 4 a line memory that buffers and stores the decoded received image information line by line, and a numeral 5 transfers one line at a time from the line memory 4. 6 is a received document on which image information is printed and recorded; 7 is a communication control unit that executes a predetermined communication procedure when communicating image information; 8 is the entire device 9 is an operation panel on which an operation section and a display section are arranged.

Here, the communication control unit 7 receives and receives the document size sent from the transmitting side in a communication procedure performed prior to receiving image information.

The main control unit 9 is constructed using a microcircuit-based general-purpose information processing device, a so-called microcontroller, and has a comprehensive control function that controls the operation of the entire facsimile machine, as well as the following mark image information. It has the function of the addition means 80 in the form of software.

That is, the main control section 8 generates mark image information Pm indicating the document size received in the communication procedure, adds this mark image information Pm to the received image information Pr, and prints it in the recording section 6. mark image information adding means 8
0 is added.

This mark image information adding means 80 compares the received original size with the recording paper size before the communication control unit 7 receives the image information, and if the original size is smaller than the recording paper size, the original Mark image information Pm indicating the outline of the portion corresponding to , using black pixels, is generated and added to the received image information Pr on the line memory 4.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, a line counter 81 for counting the number of lines of the received image information Pr is provided, and the operation of the marker image information adding means 80 is controlled based on the count value of the line counter 81. By selecting a control pattern based on this count value, various image patterns of the mark image information Pm can be selected, such as a solid line or a dotted line, for example.

The operation of the image receiving apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the image communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1 at the time of reception.

To explain with reference to Figures 1 and 2, first,
When communication is started by an incoming signal, a predetermined communication procedure is executed to prepare for receiving image information (Sl)
. During execution of this communication procedure, the document size of image information is received (S2).

When a predetermined communication procedure is completed, reception of image information, which is actual information, is started. After the received image information Pr is decoded, it is temporarily stored in the line memory 4 (S3 and S4). At this time, it is determined whether the width W1 of the recording paper is larger than the width W2 of the transmitted document, based on the document size received in which communication procedure (S5). If the recording paper width W1 is larger than the transmission document width W2, the mark image information P
It is determined whether a setting operation for recording m has been performed (S6).

Here, the recording paper width wi is larger than the transmission document width W1,
In addition, if a setting operation to record mark image information Pm has been performed, the received image information Pm is stored in the line counter 81.
While counting the number of lines of r, the mark image information adding means 80 is operated to add mark image information Pm indicating the original width W2 of the received image information Pr, that is, the effective recording range, to the received image information Pr on the line memory 4. Add (S6.
S7. S8).

Then, image information (P
r+Pm) is transferred line by line from the line memory 4 to the recording unit 5 and printed and recorded on recording paper (S9).

As a result, the image P of the received image information Pr is output from the recording unit 5.
The received document 6 is printed together with the image Pm' of the mark image information Pm indicating the original range of the received image Pr', that is, the effective recording range.

When the reception of the image information to be printed and recorded as described above is completed, the communication is completed after a predetermined communication procedure (SIO).
.

As mentioned above, when receiving image information read from a document smaller than recording paper,
As shown in the figure, a received document 6 is obtained in which a mark image Pm' indicating the effective recording range of the received image Pr' is recorded together with the received image Pr'. From the received document 6, the outline of the transmitted document can be clearly identified by the mark image Pm'. Furthermore, it is possible to cut out only the non-original part, that is, the invalid part, of the received document 6 and fold it in a sheet along the mark image Pm' without having to take troublesome measurements using scales or paper patterns. Can be done accurately. This makes it very easy to organize the received documents 6 by filing them.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention generates mark image information that indicates the size of the received document using a dotted line or the like prior to receiving the image information, and adds this to the received image information. Since the effective recording range of the received image information printed on the recording paper can be clearly identified by mark images such as dotted lines, it is possible to clearly identify the effective recording range of the received image information printed on the recording paper. This has the effect that when receiving image information read from an original of a smaller size, it is possible to obtain a received document that can be easily organized by 7-eye ringing, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a receiving operation by the device, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are documents received by the device, respectively. FIG. L...Communication line, 1...NCU, 2...Modem, 3
... decoding unit, 4... line memory, 5... recording unit, 6... received document, 7... communication control means, 8.
. . . Main control unit, 80 . . . Mark image information addition means, 81
...Line counter, 9...Operation panel, Pr...
・Received image information, Pr''... Recorded image of received image information, P
m...mark image information, Pm'...recorded image of mark image information, Wl...recording paper width, W2...document width. Name of agent Written by patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and one other person
1 (Figure 3, 6, 1, 5, 11 Procedural amendment book format) June 2, 1990 1 Display of the case 1986 Patent Publication No. 333342 2 Name of the invention Image communication device 3 Case of person making amendments Relationship with Patent application
Person 4 Agent 〒571 Address 1006 Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Contents of amendment (1) "Figure 3 and Correct "Figure 4 each" to "Figure 3".

Claims (1)

[Claims] a communication control unit that executes a predetermined communication procedure including receiving the document size prior to receiving the image information; a recording unit that prints and records the received image information on recording paper of a predetermined size after executing the communication procedure; An image communication apparatus comprising mark image information adding means for adding image information indicating a mark of a document size received in a communication procedure to the received image information.