JPH05145716A - Image communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To previously evade the shortage of the storage capacity due to the undesired image data and the time/labor needed for erasion of the undesired image data by providing a storage control means which selectively interrupts the storage of the received image data during display on a monitor. CONSTITUTION:The image data received through a circuit L are displayed on a monitor by an image display part 8 and at the same time stored in an external storage 3 via a storage control part 9. When the transfer stopping switch 51 of an operating part 5 is turned on, the storage is also stopped for storage of the displayed image data. At the same time, the image data on a part stored already in the storage 3, that is, the image data on the page set when the switch 51 is turned on are erased. Therefore a user can decide at every page whether the received image data should be accumulated or not based on the monitoring display of the part 8. Thus it is possible to previously evade the shortage of capacity of the storage 3 due to the undesired image data and the time/labor needed for detection and erasion of the undesired image data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus having a storage function for storing received image data in a storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional apparatus of this type includes an NCU (network control unit) 1 for controlling a communication line L and a facsimile communication processor for receiving image data from the communication line L. 2, a storage device 3 for storing received image data, an image printer 4, an operation unit 5, and a main control unit 6, and the received image data is printed and recorded by the printer 4 as shown in FIG. It was previously stored and stored in the storage device 3 (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2
888462).

[0003]

However, according to such a configuration, unnecessary image data is also accumulated in the storage device, resulting in an unreceivable state due to insufficient capacity of the storage device, or once in the storage device. It is necessary to find unnecessary image data from the accumulated image data and delete it.
There was a problem.

The above-mentioned problems occur for the following reasons. That is, the received image data is indiscriminately stored in the storage device as it is. Therefore, unnecessary image data and necessary image data are mixed and accumulated in the storage device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the storage device becomes insufficient in capacity due to unnecessary image data, and it is troublesome to find and delete unnecessary image data from the accumulated image data. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image communication device that can be avoided in advance.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores image data received from a communication line in a storage device, displays image data being received on a monitor, and displays the image data on the monitor. The configuration is such that storage of received image data is selectively interrupted by an instruction from the operation unit.

[0007]

According to the present invention, with the above-described structure, it is possible to judge the necessity of the received image data during the reception, and
Since it is possible to arbitrarily block the unnecessary received image data from being accumulated in the storage device in advance, the storage device may run out of capacity due to unnecessary image data, and unnecessary image data may not be collected from the accumulated image data. It is possible to avoid the trouble of finding and erasing in advance.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an image communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an NCU (network control unit) for controlling a communication line L,
Reference numeral 2 is a facsimile communication processor for receiving image data from the communication line L, 3 is an external storage device for storing received image data, 4 is an image printer, 5 is an operation unit, 6 is a main control unit, and 7 is a receiving unit. An image display control unit for displaying the image data on the image display unit 8 by a monitor, and a storage control unit 9 for selectively stopping the storage of the received image data during the monitor display by an instruction from the operation unit 5.

Here, in addition to various switches necessary for performing a normal facsimile communication operation, the operation unit 5 has a transfer stop switch (key) 51 for giving the above instruction to the storage control unit 9. It is provided.

The image display unit 8 displays the received image data on a monitor page by page, but the display does not necessarily have to be all the information of the received image data. For example, the resolution is reduced so that the outline of the image content can be grasped. Alternatively, only a part of the page may be extracted and displayed.

The operation of the image communication apparatus configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 2 shows a schematic operation of a main part of the image communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1. First, when image data is received from the line L, the received image data is monitored by the image display unit 8. While being displayed, it is stored in the external storage device 3 via the storage control unit 9 (S1 to S4).

Here, the transfer stop switch 51 of the operation unit 5
When is turned on, the storage of the image data displayed on the monitor at the time of turning on is stopped (S5, S
6). At the same time, a process of erasing from the storage device 3 the image data of the page when the transfer stop switch 51 is turned on and which has already been stored in the storage device 3 is performed (S7). ).

The storage stop state of the image data described above is continued until the image data of the next page is received. When the image data of the next page is received, the storage of the image data is restarted. The storage of the restarted image data is also stopped or continued by operating the transfer stop switch 51.

As described above, while confirming the contents of the received image data on the monitor display of the image display unit 8, the user can specify whether or not to accumulate the received image data in page units. .. As a result, it is possible to avoid in advance that the storage device 3 becomes insufficient in capacity due to unnecessary image data and the trouble of finding and deleting unnecessary image data from the accumulated image data.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the image data received from the communication line is stored in the storage device, the image data being received is displayed on the monitor, and the image received on the monitor is displayed. By selectively suspending the storage of data in response to an instruction from the operation unit, it is possible to determine whether or not the received image data is needed during the reception, and to store unnecessary received image data in the storage device. Since it can be arbitrarily blocked in advance, it is possible to avoid in advance that the storage device becomes insufficient in capacity due to unnecessary image data and the trouble of finding and deleting unnecessary image data from the accumulated image data is deleted. It has the effect of.

[Brief description of drawings]

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 a schematic operation of a main part of the image communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional image communication device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a schematic operation of a conventional image communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 L communication line 1 NCU (network control unit) 2 facsimile communication processor 3 storage device 4 image printer 5 operation unit 51 transfer stop switch 6 main control unit 7 image display control unit (display unit) 8 image display unit (display unit) 9 storage Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage device for storing image data received from a communication line, an image display means for displaying image data being received on a monitor, and storage of received image data being displayed on the monitor selected by an instruction from an operation unit. And an image communication device having storage control means for temporarily interrupting the image communication.