JPH0591340A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly transmit data with a small data volume and to beautifully print out reception data by movable type. CONSTITUTION:Data of a document read by a document read function is discriminated as characters and data other than characters by a discriminating function 2. Character data is encoded to a character code by a character recognizing function 3, and the part other than characters is compressed as image data by a compressing function 4. These data are transmitted by a transmitting function 5. Data which is transmitted from a facsimile equipment of the other party and is received by a reception function 6 is printed by a character font expanding and printing function 7 in the case of the character code and is printed by an image expanding and printing function 8 in the case of compressed image data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a document data transfer processing system in the facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional facsimile machines of this type are
The method is to compress the image of the read original data as it is and send it.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, since the image of the read original data is compressed and transmitted as it is, the data amount is large and the transmission takes a long time. When the manuscript is handwritten, there are drawbacks such as difficulty in reading on the receiving side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a novel facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned problems inherent in the prior art. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention has an original reading function for reading an original to be transferred and an identification for identifying the read original data into characters and portions other than the characters. Functions, a character recognition function that recognizes characters and character codes, a compression function that compresses non-character parts as image data, a transmission function that transfers data of these characters and non-character parts, and a partner A reception function that receives the data sent by the transmission function, and a character font expansion print function that converts the received data to a character font and prints it if it is a character code,
If it is compressed image data, it is configured to have an image decompression printing function for decompressing and printing.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings with respect to a preferred embodiment thereof.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a document reading function, 2 is an identification function, 3 is a character recognition function, 4 is a compression function, 5 is a transmission function, 6 is a reception function, and 7 is a character font expansion printing. Function 8 indicates an image expansion printing function.

In the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the document to be transferred is read by the document reading function 1, and the read data is identified by the identifying function 2 into characters and non-character portions. The data identified as a character is recognized by the character recognition function 3 and converted into a character code, and the portion other than the character is compressed as image data by the compression function 4. These data are transferred through the transmission function 5.

Further, the data transmitted by the transmitting function 5 of the partner machine and received by the receiving function 6 is converted into a character font by the character font expansion printing function 7 if it is a character code and printed. If there is, the image is expanded and printed by the image expansion print function 8.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By recognizing the character part of the manuscript data and converting it to a character code, compressing and transferring the part other than the character,
It is possible to transfer quickly with a small amount of data, and it is possible to obtain the effect that the characters can be printed clearly.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Original reading function 2 ... Identification function 3 ... Character recognition function 4 ... Compression function 5 ... Sending function 6 ... Reception function 7 ... Character font expansion printing function 8 ... Image expansion printing function

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document reading function of reading a document to be transferred, an identification function of identifying read document data into characters and data other than characters, a character recognition function of recognizing characters and converting them into character codes, and a function other than characters. A compression function that compresses a part as image data, a transmission function that transfers these coded character data and compressed image data, a reception function that receives the data sent by the partner's transmission function, and the received data If the character code is a character code, it has a character font expansion print function that converts it to a character font and prints it, and if it is compressed image data, it has an image expansion print function that expands it and prints it. A facsimile machine characterized by.