JPH05284328A - Facsimile equipmeht - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send a transmission original while omitting undesired part of the original by designating the text undesired of transmission in the transmission original. CONSTITUTION:A mask function switch is depressed in an input section 10 and a mask function signal is stored in a memory section 5. An original is read by a read section 8, the read data are stored in a 1st storage section 7 and displayed on a display section 11. The masking start position and end position are entered from the input section 10 and data entered in the memory section are stored. A delete section 9 discriminates the mask mode based on the mask function signal in the memory section, identifies a masking location based on the mask position designation data stored in the memory section and converts the data to be masked in the data of the 1st storage section into 0 level data and rewrites the data other than the masked data into 1 level data. A 2nd storage section 12 stores the data converted by the conversion section. A synthesis section 13 uses an AND circuit to ANDing the data in the 1st storage section and the data in the 2nd storage section. A control section 6 uses a compression section 1 to compress an output of the AND circuit, a modem section 2 modulates the resulting data and they are sent via a network controller section 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly to a device for masking and transmitting a part of a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a document is transmitted or copied by a facsimile machine, a part of the document may include a document or the like that the other party does not want to see. In such a case, if you erase the portion of the document you do not want to see with a correction fluid, the surface will be uneven and paper jams will occur at the paper feed part of the fax machine. You have to make a second manuscript.
Or, it took time and effort to put a piece of paper on the part to be erased, mask it, make a copy with a copy machine, and make a second original.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. In the transmission manuscript, a portion of a sentence which is not desired to be transmitted is designated, and the portion of the same sentence is omitted and transmission is performed. To be done.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a reading unit for converting an original into read data, a first storage unit for storing the read data, and a display for displaying the read data. Section, an input section for switching a device to a masking mode for masking a part of the contents of the first storage section and transmitting the masking start position and an end position, and a memory section for storing the input position data. And a conversion unit that rewrites all data in the data in the first storage unit to be masked with 0 data based on the masking command stored in the memory unit, and rewrites all data other than the masked data into 1 data. A second storage unit for storing the converted data; and the first storage unit.
A synthesizing unit that is a logical product of the data in the storage unit and the data in the second storage unit; a compression unit that compresses output data of the same logical product; a modem unit that modulates and transmits the compressed data; A facsimile device comprising a first storage unit, a display unit, an input unit, a memory unit, a conversion unit, a second storage unit, a synthesis unit, a compression unit, and a control unit for controlling a modem unit. Is.

[0005]

According to the above construction, the mask function switch is inputted from the input section and the mask function signal is stored in the memory section.
The original is read by the reading unit, and the read data is stored in the first storage unit and displayed on the display unit. The masking start position and the masking end position are input from the input unit, and the input data is stored in the memory unit. The conversion unit determines the mask mode based on the mask function signal of the memory unit and identifies the masking location from the progressive position designation data stored in the memory unit.
In the data of the first storage unit, all the data at the masking location is rewritten to 0 data, and all the data other than the masking location is rewritten to 1 data. The second storage unit stores the data converted by the conversion unit. The synthesizing unit ANDs the data in the first storage unit and the data in the second storage unit. The control unit compresses the output of the AND circuit by the compression unit, modulates it by the modem unit, and transmits it via the network control unit unit.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram of a transmission original of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram of a receiving sheet of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIGS. Is a diagram showing a storage area of a storage unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing transmission data of the storage area of the storage unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 10 is an input unit for inputting a "mask function switch" for switching the device to a masking mode for erasing (masking) a part of the content of the original and transmitting it, and for inputting a start position and an end position of masking. . Reference numeral 5 is a memory unit, and the input data is stored in the memory unit. A reading unit 8 reads a document and converts it into image data.
The first storage unit 7 stores the read data. 11
The display section displays the read data. Reference numeral 9 denotes a conversion unit, which rewrites all the data in the data in the first storage unit 7 at the masking portion to 0 data and rewrites all the data other than the masking portion to 1 data based on the masking command stored in the memory unit 5. .. A second storage unit 12 stores the data converted by the conversion unit 9. Reference numeral 13 is a synthesizing unit that ANDs the data in the first storage unit 7 and the data in the second storage unit 12. A compression unit 1 compresses the output data of the synthesis unit 13. Reference numeral 2 is a modem unit that modulates compressed data. A network control unit 3 has functions such as transmission of a selection signal, reception of a calling signal, and holding of a DC loop. Reference numeral 4 is a line, which is connected to an external facsimile machine via a switch (not shown). A control unit 6 includes the input unit 10, the memory unit 5, the reading unit 8, the first storage unit 7, the display unit 11, the conversion unit 9, the second storage unit 12, the combining unit 13, the compression unit 1, and the modem unit. Control 2 FIG. 2 is a diagram of a transmission document, which is stored in the first storage unit 7 and displayed on the display unit 11. Reference numeral 15 is a manuscript, 16 is a document A to be transmitted, 19 is a document C to be transmitted, 17 is a document B which is not partially transmitted, and 18 is a cursor indicating a portion to be masked. FIG. 3 is a diagram of a receiving sheet, 20 is a receiving sheet, and 21 is a partially masked document B.

In the above structure, when a "mask function switch" is input from the input unit 10 to mask and transmit a part of the content of the original, the mask function signal is stored in the memory unit 5. The transmission section is caused to read by the reading section 8 and the storage section 7
It is stored in and displayed on the display unit 11. Display 1
For example, the left end of the beginning of the sentence and the right end of the sentence of the document (the document B17 that is not partially transmitted) in the content of the transmission document displayed in 1 are designated by the cursor 18, for example. The input position data designating the masking position is stored in the memory unit 5. The conversion unit 9 recognizes the mask mode because the mask function signal is written in the memory unit 5, and identifies the data indicating the masking position. Then, in the data of the first storage unit 7, all the data at the masked portion is rewritten to 0 data, and all the data other than the masked portion is rewritten to 1 data. The second storage unit 12 stores the data converted by the conversion unit 9. The synthesizing unit 13 takes the AND of the data in the first storage unit 7 and the data in the second storage unit 12 and outputs it. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage area of the first storage unit 7, and shows data when the number 7 is read in four lines, for example. 1 is a bit of data and represents black, and 0 represents white. An example of masking one line in the upper part of the data of FIG. 4 and transmitting will be described.
As described above, when all the data in the portion masked by the conversion unit 9 is rewritten to 0 data and the data other than the masked portion is rewritten to 1 data, the result is as shown in FIG. The synthesizing unit 13 matches the data of FIG. 4 with the data of FIG. 5 by the AND circuit of the logic circuit,
Obtain the data in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the same data as when the masking designated portion of FIG. 4 is masked. The data thus synthesized is used as a transmission signal. The control unit 6 compresses the data of the combining unit 13 by the compression unit 1, modulates it by the modem unit 2, and transmits it to the line 4 via the network control unit unit 3. Form 20 received
The documents for which masking is specified are not transmitted, and the partially masked documents B21, A16, and C19 are not transmitted.
Is printed. Instead of masking a part of the original and transmitting it, it is also possible to mask a part of the original with a facsimile machine and make a copy.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, the portion of the text written on the manuscript that is not desired to be known to the other party is purposely deleted with a correction fluid or the like and transmitted in the related art. The effect that you can delete the part you do not want the other person to know and send it is great just by specifying with.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a transmission document of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a receiving sheet of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage area of a storage unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage area of a storage unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing transmission data in a storage area of a storage unit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 compression unit 2 modem unit 3 network control unit unit 4 line 5 memory unit 6 control unit 7 first storage unit 8 reading unit 9 conversion unit 10 input unit 11 display unit 12 second storage unit 13 composition unit 15 original document 16 document to be sent A 17 Document that is not partially sent B 18 Cursor 19 Document that is sent C 20 Receiving paper 21 Document that is partially masked B

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reading unit for converting an original into read data, a first storage unit for storing the read data, a display unit for displaying the read data, and a part of the contents of the first storage unit. The device is switched to the masking mode for transmission and then the start position and the end position of the masking are input, the memory unit for storing the input position data, and the masking command stored in the memory unit are used for the above-mentioned first operation. A conversion unit that rewrites all data in the data stored in one storage unit to 0 data and all data other than the masked region into one data; a second storage unit that stores the converted data;
A synthesizing unit that is a logical product of the data in the storage unit and the data in the second storage unit; a compression unit that compresses output data of the same logical product; a modem unit that modulates and transmits the compressed data; A facsimile apparatus comprising a first storage unit, a display unit, an input unit, a memory unit, a conversion unit, a second storage unit, a synthesis unit, a compression unit, and a control unit for controlling the modem unit.