JPH05227339A - Picture data communication equipment connecting to isdn and its print control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To implement transmission and reception of plural originals with a similar content efficiently by sending and receiving part of picture data through the use of a D channel in the communication equipment utilizing ISDN. CONSTITUTION:This communication equipment is a picture data communication equipment sending and receiving a UUI (user user information element) in a setup message of a D channel to which a CD (character data) is added and connecting to an ISDN and provided with a data generating section 7 composing the CD as the UUI corresponding to picture data sent through a B channel at the transmission, a data conversion section converting the CD added to the received UUI into picture data and a picture data synthesis section 10 synthesizing the picture data of the converted CD and the picture data sent through the B channel with cross reference and part of the picture data being an object of transmission reception is sent and received by using the UUI.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is connected to an ISDN,
The present invention relates to an image data communication device such as a facsimile device which transmits and receives image data by digital signals, and particularly to transmitting an original document having the same content such as an invitation to a plurality of destinations, and a plurality of pages each having a small amount of data for one page. Receiving page information,
The present invention relates to an ISDN-connected image data communication device suitable for efficient execution and a print control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication device connected to an ISDN, for example, as described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-134056, a short message etc. is obtained by using a user user information element included in a D channel call setup message. Can be sent prior to the sending of information by the B channel, and can be printed on the receiving side recording paper or displayed on the display.

In this technique, however, the message (message) by the user information element of the D channel and the image received by the B channel cannot be left on the same recording paper, so that the received image and the message are closely related. If there is, it cannot be dealt with completely. Therefore, for example, I
In digital facsimiles connected to SDN, when sending multiple copies of the same manuscript with different characters on it, such as an invitation, only the kind of manuscript corresponding to each destination is sent on the sending side. It must be created in advance and sent.

On the other hand, in a facsimile or an image processing apparatus, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-6977 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-117468, the received image and the original size are the recording paper size. If it is less than half of the above, it is possible to prevent the waste of the recording paper by recording the received images of two pages on one recording paper.

However, according to this conventional technique, even if a plurality of transmission originals having different portions, such as the above-mentioned invitation, are less than half of the recording paper used in the receiving side apparatus, the transmission for the type of original is performed. If the above is not repeated, the receiving side cannot efficiently perform recording on two or more types of originals on one recording sheet.

[0006]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the prior art does not consider the advanced use of the data transmitted / received by the D channel. This is a point that cannot be dealt with efficiently when multiple sheets are transmitted by mounting the. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art and enable efficient transmission when a plurality of different messages are placed on a certain manuscript, such as address designation of an invitation card, Further, at the time of reception, a plurality of received image data of the same content transmitted in this way are collectively printed on one recording sheet, which enables effective use of the recording sheet.
An object of the present invention is to provide an ISDN-connected image data communication device and a print control method therefor, which can reduce the burden on the transmission side intermediary, the paper used and the transmission cost, and improve the economical efficiency.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an ISDN-connected image data communication device of the present invention comprises:
(1) An ISDN interface accommodating a D channel used for call setting control and a B channel used for transmitting and receiving image data stored in an image information storage unit included therein,
In an ISDN-connected image data communication device that transmits and receives character data by adding character data to a user information element included in a call setup message on the D channel, at the time of transmission, the character data is associated with the image data to be transmitted on the B channel. , A data forming unit assembled as a user user information element, character data added to the received user user information element of the D channel at the time of reception, and an image of the received image sent by the B channel and accumulated in the image information accumulating unit. An image data synthesizing unit for synthesizing data in association with each other is provided, and part of the information to be transmitted / received is transmitted / received by using the user user information element of the D channel. (2) In the ISDN-connected image data communication device described in (1) above, an information amount determination unit that determines each information amount of image data of a plurality of documents stored in the image information storage unit, and a print provided The recording paper size determination unit that determines the size of the recording paper set in the set, the recording paper size determination unit, and the information amount determination unit, based on the respective determination results, From the image data of the received image, the received image that fits on one page of the recording paper is judged, and based on this judgment, the operation of the printing unit is controlled and the printing of multiple received images combined by the image data combining unit is performed. And a print control unit for collecting one page of recording paper. Further, (3) the printing control method of the image data communication apparatus of ISDN connection of the present invention is the IS described in (2) above.
In the DN-connected image data communication device, the print control unit prints the recording paper from the received images stored in the image information storage unit based on the determination results of the recording paper size determination unit and the information amount determination unit. The received image that fits within one page is determined, and based on this determination, the operation of the printing unit is controlled. This printing unit controls the operation of the printing control unit. Are collectively printed on one page of recording paper.

[0008]

In the present invention, on the transmitting side, a part of the information to be transmitted / received is transmitted using the user user information element transmitted / received through the D channel. Then, on the receiving side, the image data of the received image sent by the B channel and the character data sent by using the user information element of the D channel are combined. This makes it possible to efficiently and economically send a plurality of images having different character strings. For example, when sending multiple copies of the same manuscript, such as an invitation, with different messages, such as the recipient's address, there is no need to create multiple manuscripts, reducing the burden on the sending intermediary. be able to. In addition, the paper used and the transmission cost can be reduced. Further, at the time of reception, a plurality of originals having the same content transmitted in this manner are collected on one page of recording paper and printed out. That is, the information amount of the received image is compared with the recording paper size, and if the information amount of the received image is equal to or smaller than half the recording paper size, for example, two received images are combined on one recording paper. To print. As a result, a plurality of images having different character strings can be output without wasting the recording paper, and the recording paper can be effectively used.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a configuration relating to the present invention of a digital facsimile to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a line for connecting the digital facsimile of this embodiment and the ISDN network, 2
Is a B channel 2 line connected to the D channel control unit 3 and the image information storage unit 12 and having 64 Kbps, and
An interface unit 7 for converting a transmission signal of a D channel as a control channel having 16 Kbps, 7 is connected to the encoding unit 6 and the D channel control unit 3, and the encoding unit 6
The data forming section 5 for assembling the character code encoded by the user into a user information element and sending it to the D channel control section 3 includes a character input section 8 which is an interface for taking in a character from the operation panel 4.
Is a data extraction unit that is connected to the D channel control unit 3 and the decoding unit 9, extracts a user user information element from the information received from the network, and sends a character code to the decoding unit 9, The decoding unit 12 which decodes the character code sent from the data extracting unit 8 into character data and sends the character data to the image data synthesizing unit 10 stores and stores the image information sent by the B channel. Image information,
The image information storage unit 12 which is sent to the image information reproduction unit 13 at any time,
Reference numeral 13 denotes an image information reproducing unit that converts the received image information that has been compressed and sent to raw image data and sends the raw image data to the image data synthesizing unit 10. The image data and the character data sent from the decoding unit 9 are superimposed on each other at predetermined positions, and combined.
An image data composition unit for sending to the plotter 11, and a plotter 11 as a printing unit for outputting the combined image information. With such a configuration, in the digital facsimile of this embodiment, part of the image information to be transmitted / received is transmitted / received using the user user information element transmitted / received by the D channel.

That is, at the time of transmission, the character input unit 5 captures, for example, a character such as an addressee of an invitation letter input by the operator through the operation panel 4. This character is encoded by the encoding unit 6. Then, the data forming unit 7 assembles the coded character code as a user user information element. At this time, B read by an image reading device (not shown) is assembled.
It is assembled in association with the image data sent on the channel. The user user information element thus assembled is transmitted by the D channel control unit 3 via the interface unit 2.
It is sent to line 1 and sent to the destination.

On the other hand, at the time of reception, the image data sent via the interface unit 2 on the B channel having 64 Kbps is stored in the image information storage unit 12. Also, the user user information element sent by the D channel as a control channel having 16 Kbps is taken into the data extraction unit 8 via the D channel control unit 3. The data extraction unit 8 extracts the user user information element from the information received via the D channel control unit 3 and sends the character code to the decoding unit 9. The decoding unit 9
The character code sent from the data extraction unit 8 is
The character data is decoded and sent to the image data synthesizing unit 10. Then, the image data synthesizing unit 10 synthesizes the image data sent from the image information reproducing unit 13 and the character data sent from the decoding unit 9, and the character is displayed at a predetermined position of the received image. The operation of generating the superimposed image data and transmitting it to the plotter 11 is individually performed for the plurality of transmitted character strings. in this way,
In the digital facsimile of this embodiment, a part of the image information is transmitted / received by using the D channel, so that a plurality of received images having different character strings can be efficiently transmitted / received.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the configuration of the digital facsimile according to the present invention according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 to 13 are the same parts as in FIG. 1, and the description thereof is omitted, and 14 is the image information storage unit 12.
An information amount discriminating unit for discriminating the information amount of the received image accumulated in the recording medium, a recording paper size discriminating unit 15 for discriminating the size of the recording paper set in the plotter 11, and a recording paper size discriminating unit 15 for discriminating the recording paper size. The print control unit controls the printing operation of the plotter 11 with respect to the received image combined by the image data combining unit 10 based on the respective determination results of the information amount determination unit 14. With such a configuration, in the digital facsimile of this embodiment, it is possible to efficiently control the printing operation of the plotter 11 and avoid waste of the recording paper used in the plotter 11.

That is, the image information amount determination unit 14
The information amount of the image data of the received image sent from the channel is determined, and the result is sent to the print controller 16. Further, the recording paper size determination unit 15 determines the size of the recording paper set in the plotter 11, and the result is
It is sent to the print control unit 16. Then, in the print control unit 16,
The information amount of the image data sent from the image information amount determination unit 14 is compared with the information of the recording paper size sent from the recording paper size determination unit 15, and if the received image is less than half of the recording paper. For example, the plotter 11 is controlled so that the received image combined with the character can be written on one sheet of recording paper. For example, when image information from a plurality of originals is sent and the amount of image data received as the first original is less than half of the recording paper used by the plotter 11,
The amount of image data for the following document is combined with the amount for one sheet of recording paper before printing out. As described above, in the digital facsimile of the second embodiment, a plurality of received images received are collected and printed out for one page of recording paper used by the plotter 11. As a result, a single sheet of recording paper
It is possible to efficiently obtain a plurality of received images having different character strings.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the operation of the digital facsimile in FIG. 2 according to the present invention. In particular, the print control operation at the time of reception is shown. First, the print control unit 16 in FIG. 2 is provided with the image information amount and the recording information from the image information amount determination unit 14 and the recording paper size determination unit 15 in FIG. When the paper size is input (step 301), the image information that can be printed on one recording sheet is calculated, and a plurality of image information to be printed is judged (steps 302 to 304). In this way, the image data of the image information to be printed and the character data sent through the D channel are combined by the image data combining unit 10 of FIG. 2 (step 305), and the plotter of FIG. The print output at 11 is started (step 306). In the plotter 11 of FIG. 2, printing up to 1 / n of the recording paper, that is,
When the printing of the first combined image information to be printed is completed (step 307), the conveyance of the recording paper is stopped (step 30).
8), it is determined whether the output of the image data of all the received images accumulated in the image information accumulating unit 12 of FIG. 2 is completed (step 309). If the image information to be printed still remains, it is judged whether or not the printing of one page of the recording paper is completed (step 310). If printing of one page has not been completed, the process directly returns to step 305 to print the next composite image information to be printed. If the printing for one page is completed, the preparation for the printing operation for the next page is performed (step 311), and the process returns to step 305. If it is determined in step 309 that the output for all image information has been completed, the printing process ends.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, in the digital facsimile of this embodiment, the image data of the received image sent by the B channel and the user information element of the D channel are used. The sent character data is combined. This makes it possible to efficiently and economically send a plurality of received images having different character strings. Also, with the information amount of the received image,
The size of the recording paper is compared, and if the information amount of the received image is less than half the size of the recording paper, a plurality of received images are printed together on one recording paper. As a result, a plurality of received images having different character strings can be output without wasting the recording paper. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. For example,
Although the present embodiment has been described using a digital facsimile, the present invention can be applied to a communication device that transmits and receives image data via ISDN. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the received images stored in the image information storage unit 12 are sequentially combined and then printed out. Alternatively, the combination processing may be collectively performed. Further, in the present embodiment, the image information amount detection unit 14 of FIG. 2 determines only the image information amount sent by the B channel, but the information amount for the character sent by the D channel is determined. You may judge together.

[0016]

According to the present invention, by transmitting and receiving a part of image data using the D channel, a plurality of different messages, such as the destination, can be placed on the same original document, for example, to specify the destination. Even if one wants to send multiple sheets, it is not necessary to create multiple originals, the burden on the transmitting intermediary can be reduced, and transmission of multiple sheets can be performed efficiently, and even during reception. It is possible to effectively use the recording paper by collectively printing the plurality of received image data of the same content transmitted in this way on one recording paper as much as possible.

[0017]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a configuration relating to the present invention of a digital facsimile to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the configuration of the digital facsimile according to the present invention according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the operation of the digital facsimile in FIG. 2 according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 line 2 interface section 3 D channel control section 4 operation panel 5 character input section 6 encoding section 7 data forming section 8 data extracting section 9 decoding section 10 image data synthesizing section 11 plotter 12 image information accumulating section 13 image information reproducing section 14 information amount determination unit 15 recording paper size determination unit 16 print control unit

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An ISDN interface for accommodating a D channel used for call setting control and a B channel used for transmitting and receiving image data stored in an image information storage means included therein, and a call setting message for the D channel is provided. In an ISDN-connected image data communication device that transmits and receives character data by adding it to the included user information element, at the time of transmission, the character data is associated with the image data transmitted on the B channel, and the user user information is transmitted. Data forming means assembled as elements, character data added to the received user user information element of the D channel at the time of reception, and image data of the received image sent by the B channel and accumulated in the image information accumulating means And image data synthesizing means for synthesizing
An IS characterized in that part of information to be transmitted and received is transmitted and received using the user information element of the D channel.
Image data communication device with DN connection. 2. The ISDN-connected image data communication device according to claim 1, further comprising: an information amount discriminating means for discriminating the respective information amounts of image data of a plurality of originals accumulated in the image information accumulating means. The recording paper size discriminating means for discriminating the size of the recording paper set in the means, the recording paper size discriminating means, and the information amount discriminating means, based on the respective discrimination results, are accumulated in the image information accumulating means. From the image data of each received image, a received image that fits within one page of the recording paper is determined, and based on the determination, the operation of the printing unit is controlled, and a plurality of images are synthesized by the image data synthesis unit. And an image data communication apparatus of ISDN connection, which is provided with a print control means for collecting the print of the received image of 1) on one page of recording paper. 3. The print control method for an ISDN-connected image data communication device according to claim 2, wherein the print control means determines the determination result of each of the recording paper size determination means and the information amount determination means. Based on the received images stored in the image information storage means, the received images that fit within one page of the recording paper are determined, and based on the determination, the operation of the printing means is controlled, Based on the control of the print control means, a plurality of received images synthesized by the image data synthesizing means are collectively printed on one page of recording paper and printed by an image data communication apparatus of ISDN connection. Control method.