JPH06152810A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To preclude the possibility of undelivery of part of a content of a transmission original to a transmission destination by providing a means designating an expansion direction of TTI function information and an expansion means of the TTI function based on the designated expansion direction to the facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:The expansion method by which TTI function information is expanded in an easily readable direction and in an easily readable character direction at a most easily read position on an original is designated via a TTI function information designation section 100. The designated expansion method is stored in a TTI function information storage section 101. When the designated expansion method is stored in the TTI function information storage section 101, picture data of an original are read from a scanner (not shown) to a bit map memory 102, an expansion section 103 extracts the TTI function information from the storage section 101 to expand the TTI function information from the expansion start position to the memory 102 according to the stored expansion method. Thus, when the TTI function information is in use, it is avoided that part of the content of a transmission original is not delivered to a transmission destination. Furthermore, the TTI function information is made easily readable.

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 facsimile machine having a TTI function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile machine, TTI that can automatically transmit information of a sender or the like registered in advance
It has a function, and the TTI function information is expanded at the head portion in the sub-scanning direction. In addition, there is a facsimile apparatus which is additionally provided at the beginning in the sub-scanning direction.

[0003]

However, according to the conventional facsimile apparatus, since the TTI function information is fixedly developed at the head portion in the sub-scanning direction, image data exists at the head portion in the sub-scanning direction. , TTI function information overwrites the image data, and there is a problem that a part of the content of the transmission document may not be transmitted to the transmission destination.

Here, the above contents will be specifically described. T
The TI function information is normally developed at the uppermost part on the assumption that the output sheet is a vertically long sheet, but when the output sheet is a horizontally long sheet, the TTI function information is developed at the right end.
Therefore, if the image data exists at the upper end of the vertically long paper or at the right end of the horizontally long paper, the TTI function information overwrites the image data, and part of the image data is erased.

Further, since the TTI function information is added to the leading portion in the sub-scanning direction in an additional form, there is no problem when transmitting to a roll paper facsimile device, but it is transmitted to a standard paper facsimile device. In this case, there is a problem that the tail end portion of the transmitted document may not fit on the paper, in other words, a part of the content of the transmitted document may not be transmitted to the destination.

Further, since the orientation of characters at the time of developing the TTI function information is fixed to horizontal writing, when the transmission original is landscape-oriented paper, the orientation of the characters of the transmission original and the TTI are fixed.
There is a problem that the direction of the function information is different and the TTI function information may be difficult to read.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is an object of the present invention to prevent a part of the content of a transmission original from not being transmitted to the transmission destination when the TTI function is used.

Further, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to make the TTI function information easy to read.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a facsimile apparatus having a TTI function, a designating means for designating a developing direction of TTI function information, and a deployment designated by the designating means. Based on direction, T
(EN) A facsimile machine provided with a developing means for developing TI function information in either the main scanning direction or the sub scanning direction.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a facsimile machine having a TTI function,
Designating means for designating a direction of a character at the time of developing the TI function information, and developing means for developing the TTI function information in either vertical writing or horizontal writing based on the direction of the character at the time of developing designated by the designating means. The present invention provides a facsimile machine equipped with.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a facsimile machine having a TTI function,
(EN) A facsimile apparatus provided with a designating unit for designating a position where the TI function information is to be expanded and a developing unit for starting the expansion of the TTI function information from the position specified by the designating unit.

[0012]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention specifies the expansion direction of the TTI function information, and according to the specified expansion direction, T
The TI function information is expanded in either the main scanning direction or the sub scanning direction.

Further, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is
Specify the direction of the character at the time of developing the I function information, and write the TTI function information vertically according to the specified direction of the character.
Expand to one of the horizontal writing.

Further, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is
The position where the I function information is expanded is specified, and the TTI function information is expanded from the specified position.

[0015]

Embodiments of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described below.
[Embodiment 1] and [Embodiment 2] will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1] A facsimile machine according to a first embodiment is a facsimile machine having a bit map memory for one page, and a method of expanding TTI function information designated by an operator at the time of transmission, that is, a starting position for expansion,
TTI depending on the direction of development and the direction of characters at the time of development
The function information is expanded and transmission processing is performed. Figure 1
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment, which is designated through the TTI function information designating unit 100 that designates the content of the TTI function information and the expanding method, and the TTI function information designating unit 100. TTI function information and a TTI function information storage method for storing the TTI function information, and a bitmap memory 102 for storing and synthesizing image data to be transmitted and TTI function information.
And TT based on the information in the TTI function information storage unit 101.
The I-function information is expanded in the bit map memory 102 and the expansion unit 103. The expansion method of the TTI function information stored in the TTI function information storage unit 101 is as follows: the expansion start position, the expansion direction (main scanning direction / sub scanning direction), and the direction of characters at the time of expansion (vertical writing / horizontal writing).
Is.

The operation of the above arrangement will be described.
The content of the TTI function information is designated in advance via the TTI function information designation unit 100, and the TTI function information storage unit 1
It is assumed that it is stored in 01. First, the sender considers the position of the image data on the original to be transmitted when using the facsimile apparatus, and develops the TTI function information in the most readable position on the original in the readable direction and the readable character direction. The developed expansion method is specified via the TTI function information specifying unit 100. Specifically, in the place where the image on the manuscript is vacant, the development method suitable for this place is designated. The specified expansion method is stored in the TTI function information storage unit 101. When the development method is stored in the TTI function information storage unit 101, one page of image data of an original is read into the bitmap memory 102 from a scanner (not shown). When the image data is read into the bitmap memory 102,
The expansion unit 103 stores the TT from the TTI function information storage unit 101.
The I-function information is taken out, and according to the expansion method stored in the TTI function information storage unit 101, the bitmap memory 10
The TTI function information is expanded in 2 from the expansion start position. TT
When the expansion of the I function information is completed, the bitmap memory 1
The image data on 02 is facsimile-transmitted by a transmission unit (not shown).

Here, the TTI function information actually developed on the transmission original by the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is
A description will be given with reference to the drawings. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG.
6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams showing an output result of a transmission destination when the TTI function is used, FIG. 9A showing a case of a conventional facsimile machine, and FIG. 9B showing a case of a facsimile machine of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of the case where the development direction of the TTI function information is designated as the sub-scanning direction. As shown in the figure, when the transmission document is horizontally written, the direction of characters on the document and the TTI function information are changed by changing the operation direction. The orientation of the characters can be aligned, and the TTI function information can be read easily. That is, when the orientation of the paper is matched with the orientation of the characters on the original, the orientation of the characters of the TTI function information naturally becomes the same. According to this method, it is possible to prevent the TTI function information from overwriting the original when there is no upper and lower margins and left and right margins. Also, in FIG.
This is an example of the case where the direction of the character at the time of developing the TI function information is designated as vertical writing. By changing the direction of the character as shown in the figure, the TTI function information becomes easy to read as in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the development start position of the TTI function information is designated at the lower end of the document, and when the characters on the document are concentrated on the upper part as shown in the figure, the TTI function information is It is possible to prevent the document from being overwritten, and further, since the document is developed in a space where characters are vacant, the TTI function information can be easily read. According to this method, the position of the TTI function information can be freely changed, so
It is easy to avoid overwriting the document with the TI function information. In addition, for a document of portrait paper, the orientation of the characters on the document and the orientation of the characters of the TTI function information can be aligned. Further, FIG. 5 is an example of a case where the expansion methods of the TTI function information are combined and specified, and the expansion start position is specified in the lower right, the direction of characters at the time of expansion is specified as vertical writing, and the expansion direction is specified as sub-scanning walking. It was done. As shown in the figure, the TTI is moved to another place with the same effect as the method shown in FIG.
Functional information can be expanded.

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the first embodiment, since the expansion method is specified by designating the expansion method of the TTI function information, it is possible to prevent the TTI function information from overwriting the original. The TTI function information can be easily read. It should be noted that the expansion methods are effective even if specified individually, but if specified in combination, various kinds of specifications can be made, so a larger effect can be expected.

[Second Embodiment] A facsimile machine according to a second embodiment is a facsimile machine having a bit map memory having a storage capacity of several lines. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment,
A bitmap memory 601 for storing and synthesizing image data to be transmitted and TTI function information, a work memory 602 for expanding and temporarily storing the TTI function information, and T
The expansion unit 60 that expands the TTI function information in the bitmap memory 601 based on the information in the TI function information storage unit 101.
3 and 3. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The operation of the above arrangement will be described.
The facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment uses image data and TTI.
Other operations and effects are the same as those in the first embodiment except that the function information expansion method is different. Here, a method of expanding the image data and the TTI function information will be described. First, when using the facsimile apparatus, the sender specifies the method of expanding the TTI function information via the TTI function information specifying unit 100, as in the first embodiment. The specified deployment method is TTI
It is stored in the function information storage unit 101. Next, the expansion unit 60
3 extracts the TTI function information from the TTI function information storage unit 101 and expands the TTI function information in the work memory 602 from the expansion start position according to the expansion method stored in the TTI function information storage unit 101. The work memory 6
02 is horizontally long if the development direction is the main scanning direction, and vertically long if it is the sub scanning direction. When the development into the work memory 602 is completed, the image data of the original is read line by line from the scanner (not shown) into the bit map memory 601. Each time the image data is read into the bitmap memory 601, the expansion unit 603 takes out the bit data (TTI function information) for one line from the work memory 602 while conscious of the line position, and rewrites the bitmap memory 601. To do. Next, the bitmap memory 6
The image data on 01 is facsimile-transmitted by a transmitter (not shown), and the process from the expansion of the TTI function information to the transmission process is repeated until the transmission of one page of the transmission original is completed.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus having the TTI function, the designating means for designating the developing direction of the TTI function information and the developing direction designated by the designating means. Based on the TTI function information, the TTI function information is expanded in either the main scanning direction or the sub-scanning direction.
When the function is used, it is possible to avoid that a part of the content of the transmission document is not transmitted to the destination, and the TTI function information can be easily read.

Further, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus having the TTI function, the T
Designating means for designating a direction of a character at the time of developing the TI function information, and developing means for developing the TTI function information in either vertical writing or horizontal writing based on the direction of the character at the time of developing designated by the designating means. Because TT has
When the I function is used, the TTI function information can be read easily.

Further, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus having the TTI function, the T
Since the specification means for specifying the position to start the expansion of the TI function information and the expansion means for starting the expansion of the TTI function information from the position specified by the specification means are provided, the contents of the transmission original document when the TTI function is used It is possible to prevent a part of the message from being transmitted to the destination, and the TTI function information can be read easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a part of a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an output result of a transmission destination when the TTI function is used.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an output result of a transmission destination when the TTI function is used.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an output result of a transmission destination when the TTI function is used.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an output result of a transmission destination when the TTI function is used.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 TTI function information specification unit 101 TTI function information storage unit 103 expansion unit 602 work memory 603 expansion unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus having a TTI function, a designating means for designating a developing direction of TTI function information, and a TTI function information in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction based on the developing direction designated by the designating means. A facsimile machine, comprising: a developing means for expanding in either direction. 2. In a facsimile apparatus having a TTI function, a TTI function is specified based on a designation means for designating a direction of a character at the time of developing TTI function information and a direction of the character at the time of development designated by the designating means. A facsimile machine, comprising: a developing means for developing information vertically or horizontally. 3. A facsimile apparatus having a TTI function, comprising: a designating unit for designating a position to start developing TTI function information; and a developing unit for starting the development of TTI function information from the position designated by the designating unit. A facsimile machine characterized by being provided.