JPH0414955A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the arrangement performance of received originals by overwriting a pattern diagram representing a pattern resulting from reducing and dividing picture information of an original at a size able to be recorded on one sheet onto the reduced picture and sending the result together with the divided picture information. CONSTITUTION:A recording paper size of a destination is recognized by a facsimile control signal sent from an opposite facsimile equipment and a reduced picture generating means 4 generates a reduced picture of an original based on the result of recognition. Then a picture division means 5 decides the division number and the division method of the original based on the result of recognition to apply division processing of the original picture. On the other hand, a division pattern picture generating means 7 generates the division pattern of the original picture based on the division method of the picture division means 5 and a pattern diagram representing the divided pattern is overwritten onto the reduced picture and the result is sent to the receiver side together with the divided picture information. Thus, the arrangement performance of received originals at the receiver side is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a facsimile machine that has a function of dividing an image of a document into multiple images and transmitting the divided images according to the functions of the receiving side. Relating to facsimile equipment.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in the information age, facsimile machines have become widespread, and with this spread, various types of facsimile machines have appeared.

Some facsimile machines have appeared that are equipped with the ability to read and send large-sized documents such as A1 or A2, or to record and output on recording paper.
A4, B4, or even A5 and B as smaller models have become popular in recent years.
A type that records on grade 5 recording paper has appeared.

Therefore, in facsimile machines that read large-sized originals, if the image of the scanned original is sent as is to the receiving side, if the receiving side does not have the function to record images of originals of that size, the receiving side may The received image cannot be properly recorded and output on recording paper. Therefore, facsimile machines have appeared that are equipped with a function that divides the scanned image and sends it according to the functions of the receiving side. The image is only divided and transmitted, and information regarding the method of dividing the image, etc. is not transmitted.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, with such conventional facsimile devices, the image of the document is simply divided and sent according to the functions of the receiving side, and no information regarding the division method etc. is sent, so the receiving side Then, without knowing the outline of what the image of the original before being divided looks like, - pages of the original are divided into multiple images and recorded and output.
There is a problem in that it is difficult to paste together a plurality of recorded images that have been divided and printed out onto the original image, resulting in poor workability.

[Purpose of the invention]

Therefore, the invention as claimed in claim 1 provides that, when dividing a read original into a plurality of image information and transmitting the image information, the image information of the read original is reduced to a size that can be recorded on a single sheet of recording paper on the receiving side, and A pattern diagram displaying the divided pattern is overwritten on the reduced image and transmitted to the receiving side together with the divided image information, so that the receiving side can understand how the original image has been divided,
The invention as claimed in claim 2 aims at making it easier to organize the divided images on the receiving side and improving the work efficiency of organizing the received manuscript, and the invention as claimed in claim 2 provides the following: dividing a read manuscript into a plurality of image information and transmitting the divided images. By combining each divided image information with a display mark that indicates which part of the original document the image information belongs to and sending it to the receiving side, you can see how the original image was divided and how each divided image is displayed. The purpose of this is to enable the receiving side to know where in the original image the image is located, to make it easier to organize the divided images on the receiving side, and to further improve the work efficiency of organizing received manuscripts. There is.

[Failure to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a function of dividing the image information of a single document read by the document reading unit into a plurality of image information according to the function of the receiving side and transmitting the divided image information. In a facsimile machine, when the image information of a scanned original is divided into multiple pieces of image information and sent, the receiving side reduces the image information of the read original to a size that can be recorded on a single sheet of recording paper, and A facsimile device characterized in that a pattern diagram displaying a pattern is overwritten on the reduced image and transmitted to a receiving side together with divided image information.

The invention according to claim 2 provides a facsimile machine having a function of dividing image information of a single document read by a document reading unit into a plurality of image information and transmitting the divided image information according to the function of the receiving side. When image information is divided into multiple pieces of image information and sent, a display mark indicating which part of the original document the image information belongs to is combined with each divided image information and then sent to the receiving side. There is.

Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given based on examples.

1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the invention as claimed in claim 1.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile device.
It includes a divided image file creating means 6, a divided pattern image creating means 7, an image synthesizing means 8, a transmitting means 9, and the like.

As the image reading means 2, for example, a CCD (Char
GE Coupled Device) is used, and the image reading means 2 scans the original by main scanning and sub-scanning, reads the image of the original, and outputs it as image data.

The read image file creation means 3 has a predetermined memory capacity, and develops and stores the image data read by the image reading means 2 as an image file.

The reduced image creation means 4 reduces the image data of the document read by the image reading means 2, more specifically, the image file developed in the read image file creation means 3, using a predetermined reduction method. As the image reduction method of the reduced image creation means 4, for example, methods such as line data thinning and pixel data thinning are used. Reduce to image.

The image dividing means 5 divides the image data of the document read by the image reading means 2, specifically, the image file developed by the read image file creation means 3, into image files of a predetermined size, and divides the image data to be divided into image files of a predetermined size. The size of the file is determined according to the function of the facsimile machine on the receiving side, such as the size of recording paper. The image division means 5 divides the image by, for example, dividing the image data by a predetermined number of lines, and by dividing the line data by a predetermined number of pixels.

The divided image file creation means 6 has a predetermined memory capacity and develops each image divided by the image dividing means 5 as an image file.

The division pattern image creation means 7 creates a pattern image based on the division pattern of the original image of the document divided by the image division means 5. The size is the same as the reduced size of the image. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, this pattern image shows the dividing positions with broken lines.

The image synthesis means 8 synthesizes the pattern image created by the divided pattern image creation means 7 and the reduced image created by the reduced image creation means 4, and determines how the original image was divided based on the reduced image. A reduced divided pattern image shown is created and stored.

The transmitting means 9 includes, for example, a network control section, a modem, a communication control section, etc., and performs line connection exchange, image data modulation/demodulation, facsimile control signal exchange, etc., and performs facsimile communication with the other party's facsimile device. I do. Transmission means 9
transmits the image data of the divided image developed by the divided image file creation means 6 and the image data of the divided pattern reduced image developed by the image synthesis means 8 to the other party's facsimile machine.

Next, the effect will be explained.

Now, as shown in FIG. 2, when image data is transmitted from the facsimile device 1 of the present invention to the facsimile device 11 that can only record on recording paper of a smaller size than the document that can be read by the facsimile device 1. explain.

From the facsimile machine 1, a standard size document 12 of A1
Alternatively, send a long document 13 with a width of 34 to the facsimile machine 1.
As shown in FIG. Perform a call operation by operating the keys on the operation panel. When the original 12 or 13 is set, the facsimile machine 1 detects the size of the original 12 or 13 and stores it in the memory (step S2). When a call operation is performed, the image reading means 2 uses the image reading means 2 to The scanned originals 12.13 are read and stored in the scanned image file creation means 3 (step S3.34). The transmitting means 9 calls the destination facsimile device 11, and when the destination facsimile device 11 answers the call, a facsimile control procedure is executed. At this time, the recording paper size of the other party is recognized based on a facsimile control signal sent from the other party's facsimile machine 11, and is stored in the memory.

Based on this recognition result, the reduced image creating means 4 sets the reduced size of the original document and creates a reduced image (steps S5, S6). The created reduced image is stored in the memory in the reduced image creation means 4 as a reduced image file (step S7). Furthermore, based on this recognition result, the image division means 5 determines the number of divisions and division method of the original document, and divides the original image (original image file developed in the read image file creation means 3). , step S8), and expands the image file of the divided image into divided image file creation stage 6 (step S9). On the other hand, the division pattern image creation means 7 creates a division pattern of the original image based on the division method of the image division means 5, and develops it in the memory in the division pattern image creation means 7 as a division pattern image file (step 510). The divided pattern image file in the divided pattern image creating means 7 and the reduced image file in the reduced image creating means 4 are combined by the image combining means 8,
A reduced division pattern image is created and developed as a reduced division pattern image file in the memory within the image synthesis means 8 (
Step 511). After creating the divided image file and the reduced divided pattern image file in this way, each of these image files is read out from the divided image file creation means 6 and the image composition means 8 and transmitted to the destination facsimile device 11 (step 512). .

Therefore, in the facsimile machine ffclll on the receiving side,
As shown in Fig. 2, the image is divided by the facsimile device 11 into a size that can be recorded on recording paper, and is printed and output on a plurality of recording papers, as shown in Fig. 4 (a) and (b). A reduced division pattern image that displays how the original image has been divided using the reduced image and its division pattern is printed and output on recording paper.

As a result, the operator on the receiving side can easily and simply restore the image of the original document, which has been divided and recorded and outputted, to the original original by referring to the reduced division pattern image. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of organizing the received manuscripts on the receiving side.

In addition, in FIG. 4, FIG.
Figure (b) shows a reduced division pattern image of a B4 width long document.

5 to 8 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention as claimed in claim 2, and each of the facsimile apparatus 2
1 includes a system control section 22, an image reading means 23, a recording means 24, a memory section 25, an image division function section 26, a mark pattern generation function section 27, a modem 28, and a network control section 29.
etc.

The system control unit 22 includes a CPU (Central
Processing Unit), ROM (Re
ad 0nly Memory) and RAM (R
The basic program of the facsimile device 21 and programs for image division and mark pattern creation/synthesis processing according to the claimed invention are stored in advance in the ROM. The system control unit 22 controls each part of the facsimile machine 21 according to the program in the ROM, executes the sequence of the facsimile machine 22, and executes the mark pattern creation/synthesis process of the invention described in the claims. Furthermore, during communication with the other party's facsimile machine, the system control unit 22 detects the functions of the other party's facsimile machine, particularly the recording paper size, based on a facsimile control signal sent from the other party's facsimile machine. Execute the mark pattern creation/synthesis process of the invention.

The image reading means 23, like the image reading means 2, is, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled Decoder).
A line image sensor using an image sensor (Vice) is used, and the image reading means 23 scans the original by main-scanning and sub-scanning, reads the image of the original, and outputs it as image data.

The recording means 24 is, for example, a laser printer, and records and outputs the received image and the image read by the image reading means 23 on recording paper.

The memory section 25 has a predetermined capacity and mainly stores image data.

The image division function section 26 divides the transmitted image based on the recording paper size on the receiving side, the document size read by the image reading section 23, etc., and the divided image data is stored in the memory section 25. The image division by the image division function section 26 is similar to that of the image division means 5, and the explanation thereof will be omitted.

The mark pattern generation function unit 27 creates a division pattern based on the size of the document read by the image reading unit 23 and the recording paper size on the receiving side, and also synthesizes a mark indicating the position of each divided image into the division pattern. Then, it is stored in the memory section 25 as a divided pattern mark image. The mark pattern generation function unit 27 stores various division patterns and their division pattern images in its memory,
The above division pattern is created by selecting a division pattern in this memory and combining a mark with the selected division pattern. The divided images divided by the image division function section 26 and the divided pattern mark images created by the mark pattern generation function section 27 are combined in the memory section 25 under the control of the system control section 22, and sent to the other party's facsimile machine. Sent.

The modem 28 modulates the transmitted signal and demodulates the received signal.

A line L, for example, a telephone line, is connected to the network control section 29, and the network control section 29 performs call setup/cancellation, etc. Next, the operation will be explained.

A case will be described in which image data is transmitted from the facsimile device 21 according to the present invention to a facsimile device that can only record on recording paper of a smaller size than the document that can be read by the facsimile device 21.

Assuming that the facsimile machine 21 is to send an AI standard size original, the operator of the facsimile machine 21 sends the original to the image reading means 23 of the facsimile machine 2, as shown in FIG. 6 (step TI).
, performs a call operation by operating keys on the operation section of the facsimile machine 21 (step T2). Facsimile device 21
When a document is set, the image reading unit 2 detects the size of the document and stores it in memory.
3, and stores it in the memory unit 25 (step T3). When the storage of the image data in the memory unit 25 is completed, the network control unit 29 calls the destination facsimile device, and When the facsimile machine answers the call, the facsimile control procedure is executed (step T4).At this time, the facsimile control signal (DIS signal: digital identification signal) sent from the other party's facsimile machine determines the recording paper size of the other party. In recognition step T5), the image division function section 26 determines the number of divisions and division method of the original document based on the recognition result, and performs division processing on the original image (original image stored in the memory section 25). (Step T6), the image data of the divided images is stored in the memory section 25.

On the other hand, the mark pattern generation function section 27 selects a division pattern of the original image from a plurality of pre-stored division patterns based on the division method of the image division function section 26, and uses the original image of the divided image in the selected division pattern. Mark processing is performed to display the position of as a mark on the divided pattern (step T7). The divided pattern mark image obtained by performing mark processing on this divided pattern is stored in the memory section 25, and the divided image stored in the memory section 25 and the divided pattern mark image are combined and transmitted from the network control section 29 (
Step T8). The composition of this divided image and the divided pattern mark image is performed as shown in FIG.
The divided pattern mark image MB in which the mark is placed at the position corresponding to the j position is synthesized.

That is, in FIG. 7, the divided image at the position corresponding to A includes a divided pattern mark image MB in which the mark MK is placed at the position A of the original image, as shown in FIG. 8(a). They are synthesized as shown in Figure 7, and the divided pattern mark image MB, in which the mark MK is placed at the position B of the original image, is added to the divided image at the position corresponding to B, as shown in Figure 8 (b). 7
Combine as shown in the figure. When the transmission of all the divided images is completed, a termination message is transmitted (step T9),
When a reception end message is received from the other party (step T10), the line is disconnected and the transmission process is ended (step T11).

Therefore, the facsimile machine on the receiving side records and outputs the image divided into a size that can be recorded on recording paper, and also records and outputs the image on multiple recording papers, as shown in Fig. 7. , a division pattern mark image MB indicating the position of each division image in the original image is recorded on the recording paper on which the division image is recorded. As a result, the operator on the receiving side can easily and simply restore the divided images recorded and outputted to the original original by referring to the divided pattern mark images MB. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of organizing the received documents on the receiving side.

〔effect〕

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, when dividing a read document into a plurality of image information and transmitting the image information, the image information of the read document is reduced to a size that can be recorded on a single sheet of recording paper on the receiving side, and A pattern diagram displaying the divided pattern can be overwritten on the reduced image and sent to the receiving side together with the divided image information, so the receiving side can easily know how the original image was divided. This allows easy organization of divided images on the receiving side. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of organizing the received manuscripts.

According to the invention set forth in claim 2, when a read original is divided into a plurality of image information and transmitted, a display mark indicating which part of the original original the image information belongs to is combined with each divided image information. The receiver can easily know how the original image was divided and where each divided image is located in the original image, and the Organizing can be done even more easily. As a result, the efficiency of organizing the received manuscripts can be further improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the invention as claimed in claim 1, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram of main parts of the facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a communication form of the facsimile apparatus. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of image division and reduced division pattern image creation/synthesis processing, and FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) are diagrams showing reduced division pattern images, respectively. 5 to 8 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the invention as claimed in claim 2, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 6 is an image division and division pattern mark image thereof. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the division pattern mark image creation process, and FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) are diagrams showing the division pattern mark image and its mark display. 1.11.21...Facsimile machine, 2...
... Image reading means, 3 ... Read image file creation means, 4 ...
..Reduced image creation means, 5.. Image division means, 6.. Divided image file creation means, 7..
...Divided pattern image creation means, 8... Image composition means, 9... Transmission means, 12... Al standard size original, 13...
・84 width long original, 22... System control section, 23... Image reading means, 24... Recording means, 25... Memory section, 26 ......Image division function section, 27...Mark pattern generation function section, 28...
...Modem, 29...Network control unit. Agent Patent Attorney Yugagun Department (a) (l)) (a) (b)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine that is equipped with a function that divides the image information of a single document read by the document reading unit into multiple pieces of image information according to the functions of the receiving side and sends the image information, When dividing and transmitting image information, the image information of the scanned document is reduced to a size that can be recorded on a single sheet of recording paper on the receiving side, and a pattern diagram displaying the divided pattern is overwritten on the reduced image. A facsimile device is characterized in that the facsimile device transmits the divided image information together with the divided image information to the receiving side. (2) In a facsimile machine that divides the image information of a single document read by the document reading unit into multiple pieces of image information according to the functions of the receiving side and sends the image information, the image information of the scanned document is divided into multiple pieces of image information. What is claimed is: 1. A facsimile device that combines each divided image information with a display mark indicating which part of the original document the image information belongs to and transmits the image information to a receiving side.