JPH0438071A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To insert or delete a document in/from a transmitting original by simple operation when necessary by synthesizing image data read out by a scanner and image data already stored in a memory by prescribed logical operation. CONSTITUTION:When a through mode, an OR mode, an exclusive OR mode, or an AND mode is specified from an operation part 13, a data operation part 9 synthesizes image original image data read out by the scanner part 7 and stored in the page memory 8 and image data read out by the scanner part 7 successively to the former data in each specified mode and outputs the synthesized data to a data compressing part 10, which compresses the synthesized data and transmits the compressed data. Consequently, the insertion of a message or an additional document to an optional position of a transmitting original, or the emphasis or deletion of an important part can simply be executed without requiring complex operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a facsimile device that facilitates the insertion or partial deletion of another document into a transmission document.

C. Prior Art] With conventional facsimile machines, when sending a document, it is possible to add a sheet of paper with the sender's name and recipient's name written on it, and to electronically insert character information into the transmitted document. It has become.

Examples of such conventional facsimile devices include:
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-60587. With this device, multiple messages can be registered in advance using text and image information, and by selecting one of the registered messages as needed, it is possible to insert the message into the transmission document and send it. There is.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in such conventional facsimile machines, when adding message paper, one extra page must be sent, which increases communication time and increases communication costs. Furthermore, since the receiving side also prints out one extra page, this has the effect of increasing the amount of recording paper consumed and shortening the maintenance period for the block portion. Also,
When inserting text information electronically or registering multiple messages in advance, an operation is required to insert the text information, and the number of characters is large (if the number of characters is large, it will take time to input it, creating a burden on the operator). Become.

[Purpose of the invention]

Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to combine image data read by a scanner and image data already stored in memory using a predetermined logical operation, so that a document can be inserted into a transmitted original or a document can be inserted as needed with a simple operation. The purpose of the present invention is to improve the operability of facsimile machines and reduce communication costs by making it possible to delete and eliminate the need to send additional sheets of paper for inserting messages, etc., thereby reducing communication costs.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a scanner that reads an original image and outputs image data, and a memory that stores the image data. A facsimile device for transmitting data to a predetermined destination, further comprising image data synthesis means for synthesizing image data read by the scanner and image data already stored in the memory by a predetermined logical operation process. .

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

1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile device 1. The facsimile device 1 includes a main control section 2, a main memo I73, an image memory 4, a communication control section 5, a line control section 6, a scanner section 7,
page memory 8, data operation section 9, data compression section 10,
It includes a plotter section 11, a data decompression section 12, an operation section 13, and the like.

The main control unit 2 executes the sequence as the facsimile machine W1 according to the program in the main memory 3, and
Image data composition processing, which will be described later, is executed to insert image data into the transmission document, delete image data from the transmission document, and compress the image data.

Main memory 3 is ROM (Read Only Msta
It is composed of three programs such as ``Facsimile I'', and stores the basic program of the facsimile machine 1 and the image data synthesis processing program of this embodiment.

The image memory 4 stores image data to be sent and received.

The communication control section 5 performs communication control of transmission signals and reception signals according to a facsimile communication control procedure.

A public telephone network or the like is connected to the line control unit 6, and the line control unit 6 switches and disconnects lines.

As the scanner section 7, for example, a CCD (Charge
An image reading device using a Coupled Device is used, and the scanner section 7 reads the image of the document line by line and outputs image data.

The page memory 8 has a memory capacity to store image data for one page of a document outputted from the scanner section 7, temporarily stores the image data, and outputs the image data to the data operation section 9.

The data manipulation section 9 synthesizes the image data output from the scanner section 7 and the image data output from the page memory 8 through logical operation processing, which will be described later, and outputs the synthesized image data to the data compression section 10.

The data compression section 10 compresses the image data output from the data manipulation section 9 using a data compression method such as the MMR method or the MH method.

As the plotter section 11, for example, a thermal recording device using a thermal element is used, and the plotter section 11 transfers the image data output from the data decompression section 12 directly onto thermal recording paper or indirectly through an ink sheet. Record on regular recording paper.

The data decompression section 12 decompresses compressed image data received via the line control section 6 and the communication control section 5 and outputs it to the plotter section 11 .

The operating section 13 includes command keys, a numeric keypad, a display section, etc., and transmits instructions operated by the operator to each section, and also displays messages to notify the operator on the display section.

Next, the effect will be explained.

In this embodiment, the image data read by the scanner section 7 and the image data already stored in the page memory 8 are transferred to the data operation section 9.
Its feature is that image data is inserted into and deleted from the transmission document by compositing it through logical operation processing. The image data composition process will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

The data operation unit 9 of the facsimile machine 1 of this embodiment has the following four modes for synthesizing image data, and the operations of these four modes will be explained with reference to FIG. 2.

(1) Through mode This mode is a mode for conventional facsimile transmission, in which the image data output from the scanner unit 7 is compressed and transmitted as is.

(II) OR mode As shown in Figure 3, this mode is used when inserting a message or additional text into the original to be sent. The image data of the insertion original 2 read later by the scanner section 7 is inserted into the image data of the transmitted original 1 which has already been stored.

However, in this mode, the image data is combined using a logical sum, so if the image data of the sent original 1 overlaps the image data of the inserted original 2, the overlapping image data will be sent, making it difficult to see. It ends up. However, by utilizing this effect, it is also possible to send text superimposed on a picture with sufficient contrast. Furthermore, if there is a part of the transmitted manuscript that you do not want the recipient to see, you can black out the corresponding part of the inserted manuscript.

(III) EXCLUSIVE OR
Mode This mode can also obtain composite image data similar to the OR mode, but in this mode, if a message or additional text overlaps with the characters or pictures of the original manuscript, only the overlapping part will be inverted in black and white. It can be made easier to see. Furthermore, by utilizing this effect and emphasizing important parts of the original manuscript by blacking them out in the inserted manuscript, it is possible to clearly inform the recipient of the important parts.

(rV) Logical product (AND) mode In this mode, as shown in FIG. 4, partial deletion of the original document 1 can be executed at a specified location on the inserted original document 2, and the document content of the transmitted original document 1 can be processed without changing it. The method of designation is to designate the portion of the inserted document 2 corresponding to the transmitted document 1 to be deleted, which the recipient does not want to see, by filling it in black.

In the data operation unit 9, by specifying these modes from the operation unit 13, the image data of the document read by the scanner unit 7 and stored in the page memory 8 and the image data subsequently read by the scanner unit 7 are The signals are combined for each specified mode and output to the data compression section 10, where the data is compressed and transmitted.

By specifying and executing the above-described image data composition processing mode when reading a transmission document with the scanner unit 7, the image data can be printed on any part of the transmission document.

You can easily insert messages or additional documents, highlight important parts, or delete them without any complicated operations. That is, the operator selects each of the above motes (I) to (IV) by operating the operation unit IS, and transfers the transmitted original to the scanner unit 7.
After reading the inserted original, the necessary processing is completed by simply reading the inserted original using the scanner section 7.

Therefore, there is no need to incur extra communication charges due to sending a separate sheet of paper from the original as in the past, and there is no need to output extra recording sheets on the receiving side.
Reduce the amount of recording paper used.
The effect on the parts can also be reduced.

〔effect〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to synthesize image data read by a scanner and image data already stored in a memory by a predetermined logical operation, so that it is possible to insert a document into a transmitted original or document as necessary with a simple operation. This makes it possible to eliminate the need for additional transmission of paper for inserting messages and the like, thereby reducing communication costs, thereby improving the operability of the facsimile machine and reducing communication costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 are diagrams showing one embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile device, and FIG. 2 is an image data composition of the data operation section in FIG. 1. A diagram showing an example of the processing mode, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of image data synthesized by the logical sum mode of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is an example of image data synthesized by the logical AND mode of FIG. 2. FIG. 1...Facsimile machine, 2...Main control section, 3...Main memory, 4...Image memory, 5...Communication control Section, 6...- Line control section, 7... Scanner section, 8... Page memory, 9... Data operation section, 10... ...data compression section, 11...plotter section, 12...data decompression section, 13...operation section. Rito

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A scanner that reads a document image and outputs image data, and a memory that stores the image data, and stores the image data read by the scanner in the memory and then transmits it to a predetermined destination. What is claimed is: 1. A facsimile device comprising: an image data synthesizing means for synthesizing image data read by the scanner and image data already stored in the memory by predetermined logical operation processing.