JPH05252383A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to add transmitting source information without losing image information. CONSTITUTION:One page of image information read out by an original reading means 3 is stored in an image information storing means 4. The length of the image information is detected by an image information length detecting means 5 and supplied to an image information contraction rate calculating means 7. A DIS signal received from the terminating side is analyzed by a terminating side recording paper length detecting means 2 to detect the whole length of terminating side recording paper and the whole length is supplied to the image information contraction ratio calculating means 7. The transmitting source information is also supplied from a transmitting source information adding means 6 to the means 7. When the image information is included within a prescribed range from the head of an original and the image information is longer than recordable length obtained by subtracting the length of the transmitting source information from the whole length of the recording paper, the recordable length is divided by the length of the image information to calculate the contraction rate of the image information. A contracting means 8 contract the image information based upon the contraction rate and the transmitting source information is externally added to the contracted information and transmitted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone number or I
The present invention relates to a facsimile device capable of adding sender information such as a D number to the head of image information.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Many recent facsimile machines are designed to add sender information such as a sender's telephone number, ID number, company name, and transmission time to the beginning of image information. This is convenient because even if the sender of the manuscript forgets to enter the company name or the like, the receiver can determine where the original was sent from. As the method of adding the sender information, internal attachment to be added in the image information page,
There is external attachment added to the outside of the page of image information.

When the sender information is added, the sender information is added within the range of one page of the original to be sent. Therefore, for example, when transmitting an A4 size document, the receiving side will receive at most A4 size information by combining the sender information and the image information.

On the other hand, when the sender information is externally attached, the sender information is added outside the range of one page of the original to be sent. Therefore, when transmitting a document of A4 size, the receiving side receives information of a size larger than A4 in the maximum case where the sender information and the image information are combined.

[0005]

When the sender information is added internally, the image information is described within a predetermined range X from the upper edge of the document D, as shown in FIG. 6 (a). When,
The source information is transmitted without transmitting the image information in the range X, and the image information with the leading portion missing is recorded on the recording paper K on the receiving side as shown in FIG.

When the sender information is added externally, the sender information of length X and the image information are sent when the document D as shown in FIG. 7A is sent. Therefore, when the recording paper K on the receiving side is a cut sheet, if the image information is described within the predetermined range X from the lower edge of the document D, as shown in FIG. The image information is recorded on the recording paper K.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and proposes a facsimile apparatus capable of adding sender information without losing image information described in a document. Is.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a facsimile in which sender information such as a telephone number or ID number of a sender can be added to the head of image information to be transmitted. In the apparatus, a storage unit that stores image information, an image information length detection unit that detects the length of the image information, and a control signal sent from the reception side are analyzed to detect the length of the recording paper on the reception side. Partner side recording paper length detection means and image information reduction ratio calculation means for calculating a reduction ratio of image information by dividing a value obtained by subtracting the length of transmission source information from the length of recording paper by the length of image information A reduction means for reducing the image information at the image information reduction rate is provided.

[0009]

In FIG. 1, in the case of the memory transmission, the image information of the document D (FIG. 5) read by the document reading means 3 is stored in the image information storage means 4 for one page. The length of this image information is detected by the image information length detection means 5, and this is supplied to the image information reduction ratio calculation means 7. Further, the DIS signal received from the other party is analyzed and the total length L1 of the recording sheet K of the other party is analyzed.
(FIG. 2) is detected, and this is also supplied to the image information reduction rate calculation means 7. The sender information is also supplied from the sender information adding means 6 to the image information reduction rate calculating means 7.

If the image information is present within a predetermined range X from the beginning of the document D and the image information is longer than the value obtained by subtracting the length X of the sender information from the total length L1 of the recording paper K, the image information is obtained. The reduction rate calculation means 7 calculates the reduction rate of the image information. That is, the recordable length L2 is calculated by subtracting the length X of the transmission source information from the total length L1 of the recording paper K, and the recordable length L2 is divided by the length of the image information to reduce the reduction ratio of the image information. Is calculated. The image information is reduced by the reduction means 8 based on this reduction ratio. Then, the image information including the sender information is formed and transmitted. As a result, the image information is recorded on the recording paper K of the other side without being lost.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the functional blocks of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a transmission / reception means, which is connected to a communication line and transmits source information, image information, control signals, and the like, and receives control signals from the other side. Reference numeral 2 denotes a partner recording paper length detecting means, which analyzes the DIS signal (digital identification signal) received from the partner to detect the length of the recording paper provided in the partner.

Reference numeral 3 is a document reading means, which reads image information described in a normal document. Reference numeral 4 is an image information storage means. The image information read by the document reading means 3 is stored for at least one page. 5 is an image information length detecting means,
The length of image information for one page is detected. Reference numeral 6 is a sender information adding means for sending sender information together with image information. Various kinds of information such as the telephone number, ID number, owner name of the facsimile device, transmission time, and the number of pages of the page can be added as the sender information.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an image information reduction ratio calculating means, which calculates the recordable length L2 by subtracting the length X of the transmission source information from the length L1 of the recording paper K on the partner side as shown in FIG. Next, by dividing this recordable length L2 by the length of the image information,
The reduction ratio of image information is calculated. That is, here, even when the sender information is externally attached to the image information, the reduction ratio is calculated so that the image information can be recorded on the recording paper K of the other party without being lost and the image information is not reduced more than necessary. It is a thing.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes image information reduction means, which reduces the image information at the reduction rate calculated by the reduction rate calculation means and supplies it to the transmission / reception means 1. Then, the transmitter / receiver 1 first transmits the source information and then the image information. As a result, the sender information is first recorded on the recording paper K of the other party, and then the image information is recorded without omission.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of this facsimile apparatus. In the figure, 11 is a CPU that manages transmission / reception control,
Reference numeral 12 is a ROM that stores various control programs such as a transmission / reception program, and 13 is a RAM that stores image information to be transmitted. The image information read by the document reading unit 14 is stored in the RAM 13 via the interface 15 or is directly supplied to the modem and the network control circuit (NCU) 16 functioning as a transmitting / receiving unit.

The image information input from the communication line is stored in the memory 23 via the modem and the NCU 16 or is directly supplied to the recording unit 18 functioning as a printer via the interface 17 to record the content. To be done. The telephone number of the transmission destination is displayed by being supplied to the display unit 20 via the interface 19. The operation unit 21 is provided with a plurality of keys (not shown), and when these keys are operated, the contents thereof are taken into the CPU 11 via the interface 22. Each of the above-mentioned means 2 to 8 is achieved by software by a predetermined program.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the transmission process 30 in this facsimile apparatus. First, the flag indicating whether or not the memory transmission is set to "0", that is, the one which is not the memory transmission is set (step 31). Next, it is judged whether or not it is a transmission (step 32), and if it is not a transmission, a flag setting process and whether or not it is a transmission are judged in steps 31 and 32. If it is determined in step 32 that it is transmission, it is then determined whether or not it is memory transmission (step 33).

Here, for example, when the operator sets the memory transmission mode, it is judged that the memory transmission is performed, the above-mentioned flag is set to "1" (step 34), and then the number of lines of image information is set. Is set to "0" (step 35). If it is determined in step 33 that the transmission is not a memory transmission, then in step 35, the count value of the number of lines is set to "0". Following this step 35, one line of image information is read (step 36), and then it is judged whether or not there is black data in this line (step 37).

If it is determined that there is no black data, it is next determined whether or not the count value of the number of lines has reached "n". This "n" can be appropriately set according to the length X of the transmission source information. If the count value of the number of lines is not "n", then the count value is incremented by "1" (step 39). Then, in step 36, the next line is read and the same processing as described above is performed. If it is determined in step 38 that the count value is "n", then the image information to which the sender information is internally added is transmitted (step 40), and this transmission processing 30 ends.

If it is determined in step 37 that black data is present in the line within the predetermined range, it is then determined whether or not the flag is "1" (step 41). If the flag is not "1", the image information to which the source information is externally attached is transmitted next (step 42), and this transmission processing 30 ends. When the flag is determined to be "1" in step 41, the image information read next is stored for one page (step 43), and then the length L1 of the recording paper K on the partner side is detected ( Step 44). Next, the reduction ratio of the image information is calculated by the above-described method (step 45), then the stored image information is reduced as shown in FIG. 5, and the sender information is externally attached to the image information and transmitted. (Step 46). This completes the transmission process 30.

As described above, in this transmission processing 30, when there is no image information within the predetermined range X from the beginning of the document D, the sender information is added internally regardless of whether it is a memory transmission or not. If the image information is within the predetermined range X from the beginning of the document D in the case of not the memory transmission, the sender information is externally added and the image information is transmitted without being reduced. On the other hand, in the case of the memory transmission, when the image information is within the predetermined range X from the beginning of the document (FIG. 5), the image information is appropriately reduced so that the sender information is externally added thereto. Become. This makes it possible to add sender information without missing image information.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, image information is stored in a facsimile apparatus capable of adding sender information such as a telephone number or ID number of a sender to the head of image information to be transmitted. Storage means, image information length detection means for detecting the length of image information, and partner recording paper length detection means for analyzing the control signal sent from the receiving side to detect the length of the recording paper on the receiving side. , An image information reduction ratio calculating means for calculating a reduction ratio of the image information by dividing a value obtained by subtracting the length of the sender information from the length of the recording paper by the length of the image information, and the image information with the image information reduction ratio. Is provided with a reducing means for reducing.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when there is a margin on the upper side of the image information, the sender information is internally added and transmitted, so that the receiving side does not lose the received image information on the recording paper. It will be possible to record reliably. If there is no room above the image information, the image information is appropriately reduced, and the sender information is externally added to the image information to send it, so that the receiving side does not lose the image information on the recording paper. It has the effect of enabling recording.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a recording range of image information.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a procedure of a transmission process.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a transmission process in the case of memory transmission.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of internally adding sender information according to a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of externally attaching sender information according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transmission / reception means 2 Opposite side recording paper length detection means 3 Original reading means 4 Image information storage means 5 Image information length detection means 6 Source information addition means 7 Image information reduction rate calculation means 8 Reduction means 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 14 Original Reading unit 16 Modem and network control circuit 18 Recording unit 20 Display unit 21 Operation unit D Original document K Recording paper X Length of sender information

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device capable of adding sender information such as a telephone number or ID number of a sender to the beginning of image information to be transmitted, and a storage means for storing the image information, and a storage unit for storing the image information. Image information length detecting means for detecting the length, partner recording paper length detecting means for detecting the length of the recording paper on the receiving side by analyzing the control signal sent from the receiving side, and the length of the recording paper A value obtained by subtracting the length of the transmission source information from the above, and dividing the image information by the length of the image information to calculate a reduction ratio of the image information; A facsimile apparatus comprising a reducing means for reducing the size.