JPH08163285A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To add transmission source information at the additional position of transmitting original information so as to be easily read for a call receiver for each transmission mode. CONSTITUTION: This facsimile equipment is provided with a first additional position register circuit 40 for registering the additional position of transmission source information corresponding to A4/A3 mode for transmitting two pieces of original information in A4 size as one piece of original information in A3 size and a third additional position register circuit 58 for registering the additional position of transmission source information corresponding to A3/A3 mode for transmitting one piece of original information in A3 size as one piece of original information in A3 size. When executing the A4/A3 mode, the transmission source information is added to the transmitting original information at the additional position in the first additional position register circuit 40 and when executing the A3/A3 mode, the transmission source information is added to the transmitting original information at the additional position in the third additional position register circuit 58.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for transmitting sender information together with original information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus has been proposed and realized in which sender information is transmitted together with document information.

As one of the facsimile machines, there is one proposed by the applicant of the present application to set an additional position of sender information according to the size of original information (teach application number or publication number). For example, in a facsimile apparatus that reads A3 size document information while conveying it from its short side from right to left and reads A4 size document information while conveying it from its long side from right to left,
When transmitting A3 size document information, sender information is added to the right end of the document information, and when transmitting A4 size document information, sender information is added to the upper end of the document information.

The position where the source information is added, which is set according to the size of the document information, will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a source information addition position in conventional A3 document information and a source information addition position in A3 document information including two pieces of A4 document information.

When transmitting A3 size document information, as shown in FIG. 10A, the additional position of the sender information is set to the right end position of the A3 size document information and the right end of the A3 size document information. At the position, the communication date and time is "94, 11, 24" as sender information, and the sender is "Canon Co., Ltd."
And the page number “1” is added. The first recording sheet is shown in this figure. On the other hand, two A4
When the size original information is transmitted as one A3 size original information, as shown in FIG. 10B, each A4 size original information is rotationally converted by 90 degrees with respect to the vertical direction (hereinafter referred to as vertical and horizontal). A4 that has been converted) and has been vertically and horizontally converted
The original information of size is arranged so as to be the original information of A3 size, but the original information of two A4 sizes is converted into one A of original information.
The sender information when transmitting as the 3 size document information is added to the upper end position of the A3 size document information, similarly to the position where the sender information is added when transmitting the A3 size document information.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus, since the additional position of the sender information is set according to the size of the original information to be transmitted, for example, A3
A4 size of two sheets and the additional position of the sender information in the mode of transmitting the document information of the size as the document information of the A3 size
In the mode in which the document information of size is transmitted as the document information of A3 size, it is the same position as the addition position of the sender information, that is, the upper end of the document information of A3 size. Therefore, A
When the 3 size document information is transmitted as A3 size document information, the set additional position of the sender information (the upper end position of the A3 size document information) is a position where the receiver can easily read the sender information. When two pieces of A4 size document information are transmitted as A3 size document information, since each A4 size document information is vertically / horizontally converted, the upper end position of the A3 size document information indicates the sender information to the receiver. The position is difficult to read.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of adding transmission source information to a transmission document information addition position that is easy for a receiver to read in each transmission mode.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a facsimile device that executes a transmission mode for transmitting at least one document information to a destination device as document information having a size equal to or larger than the size of the document information, and adding sender information to the transmitted document information, Additional position setting means for setting additional positions and the number of additional positions in the original information of the transmission source information according to the number of pieces of original information included in the original information to be transmitted, and the additional position setting means during execution of the transmission mode. And a sender information adding unit for adding the sender information to the number of additional positions set by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, there is provided a sender information addition instructing means for instructing whether or not the sender information is added by the sender information adding means. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a transmission mode is executed in which at least one document information is transmitted to the destination device as one document information having a size equal to or larger than the document information, and the transmission is performed. In a facsimile apparatus that adds sender information to manuscript information, A3 manuscript information of sender information is included in the A3-manuscript mode included in the transmission mode, in which one A3 manuscript information is transmitted as one A3 manuscript information. Register the additional position and its number in A3-
For the A3-mode additional position registration means and the A4-A3 mode for transmitting two pieces of A4 original information included in the recording mode as one piece of A3 original information, the additional position in the A3 original information of the sender information and its position Register the number A4-
A3 mode additional position registration means, execution means for selecting and executing one of the A3-A3 mode and A4-A3 mode, and the A3-A3 mode additional position registration means when executing the A3-A3 mode. The sender information is added to the number of additional positions registered in
When the mode is executed, there is provided source information adding means for adding the source information to the number of additional positions registered in the A4-A3 additional position registering means.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3 or 4.
In the above described facsimile apparatus, the A4-A3 mode additional position registration means is configured to add a plurality of additional position information including the additional positions and the number of additional positions in the A3 document information of the sender information for the A4-A3 mode based on a user's instruction. It is characterized in that it is selectively readable and registered.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect, there is provided source information addition instruction means for instructing whether or not the source information is added by the source information addition means. .

[0013]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the additional position setting means sets the additional position and the number of the original information of the transmission source information in accordance with the number of pieces of original information included in the original information to be transmitted, and transmits the original. The source information adding unit adds the source information to the number of additional positions set by the additional position setting unit when the transmission mode is executed.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the sender information addition instructing means instructs whether or not the sender information is added by the sender information adding means.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect, A
For the A3-A3 mode in which one A3 document information included in the transmission mode is transmitted to the 3-A3 mode additional position registration means as one A3 document information, the addition position in the A3 document information of the sender information and Register the number, A4-
For the A4-A3 mode in which two pieces of A4 original information included in the transmission mode are transmitted to the A3 mode additional position registration means as one piece of A3 original information, additional positions in the A3 original information of the sender information and the number thereof Is registered, and the execution means selects one from the A3-A3 mode and the A4-A3 mode and executes it.
When the A3 mode is executed, the sender information is added to the number of additional positions registered in the A3-A3 mode additional position registration means, and when the A4-A3 mode is executed, it is registered in the A4-A3 additional position registration means. The sender information is added to the number of additional positions.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fourth aspect, A
In the 4-A3 mode additional position registration means, a plurality of additional position information consisting of additional positions and the number of additional positions in the A3 document information of the sender information for the A4-A3 mode are selectively readable registered based on a user's instruction. .

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the sender information addition instructing means instructs whether or not the sender information is added by the sender information adding means.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a first embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

The facsimile machine, as shown in FIG.
A network control device (hereinafter, NC) connected to the telephone line 2a
2). The NCU 2 controls the connection of the telephone switching network such as connecting to a line terminal for using the telephone network for data communication, switches to the data communication path, connects the telephone line 2a and the telephone 4, and makes a telephone call. The connection between the line 2a and the hybrid circuit 6 is selectively switched. N
CU2 and telephone 4 are connected by signal line 2b, and NCU2
And the hybrid circuit 6 are connected by a signal line 2c. The switching operation of the NCU 2 is controlled by the control circuit 54 described later. When the control signal given from the control circuit 54 via the signal line 54a is "0", the telephone line 2a and the telephone 4 are connected. On the other hand, when the control signal is "1", the telephone line 2a and the hybrid circuit 6 are
Connection is made. In the normal state, the telephone line 2
The connection between a and the telephone 4 is selected.

The hybrid circuit 6 includes a transmission signal transmitted from the transmission system via the telephone line 2a and the telephone line 2a.
It separates from the received signal to the receiving system received via.

The transmission system includes a reading circuit 10 composed of an image pickup device such as a CCD (electrically coupled device) and an optical system, and a document size detecting circuit 38 for detecting the size of a document placed on the platen of the reading circuit 10. , And a sender information creating circuit 12 for adding sender information to the transmitted manuscript information.

The reading circuit 10 sequentially reads an image of one line in the main scanning direction from the transmission original, and generates a white and black binary signal corresponding to the read image. The width of the transmission original that can be read by the reading circuit 10 is set to 297 mm. That is, the main scanning direction for the A4 size transmission original is the long side or the short side direction of the transmission original, and the main scanning direction for the A3 size transmission original is the short side direction of the transmission original. The binarized signal from the reading circuit 10 is given to the vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 13 or the addition circuit 14 via the signal line 10a.

The original size detection circuit 38 outputs a signal of level "0" to the control circuit 54 through the signal line 38a when the A4 size transmission original is set, and the A3 size transmission original is set. Level "1" when
Signal is output to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 38a.

The transmission source information creating circuit 12 includes a control circuit 54.
When a signal of level "1" is given from the signal line 54c via the signal line 54c, the signal from the signal line 54b is input and the signal line 54b is input.
The source information is output in synchronization with the binarized signal from the reading circuit 10 so that the source information is added to the corresponding position according to the value of the signal level from.

Specifically, when the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is "0", as shown in FIG.
When the sender information is output so as to be added to the upper end position 201 of the A3 size document information and the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is "1", as shown in FIG. Original information is A3 size document information right edge position 20
When the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is “2”, the source information is A3 size original information as shown in FIG. 2C. When it is output so as to be added to the right end position 204 and the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is "3",
As shown in FIG. 2D, the sender information is output so as to be added to the lower end position 205 of the A3 size document information,
When the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is "4", as shown in FIG. 2E, the sender information is output so as to be added to the left end positions 206 and 207 of the A3 size document information, respectively. When the value of the signal level from the signal line 54b is "5", the source information is output so as to be added to the left end position 208 of the A3 size document information as shown in FIG. 2 (f). It

The additional position shown in FIG. 2A is A3.
This is the position set when the character direction of the size document information is downward in this figure. At each additional position shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, the character direction of the A3 size document information is this figure. The position is set for the case of leftward orientation, and the character direction of the source information added to each additional position is set to match the character direction of the document information. On the other hand, the additional position shown in FIG. 2D is a position set when the character direction of the A3 size document information is upward in this figure, and is shown in each of FIGS. 2E and 2F. The addition position is a position set when the character direction of the A3 size document information is rightward in this figure, and the character direction of the sender information added to each addition position matches the character direction of the document information. Is set as follows. In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, the sender when the character direction of A3 size document information is downward in FIG. 2 or when the character direction of A3 size document information is left in FIG. The position where information is added will be described. When the character direction of A3 size document information is upward in FIG. 2 or when the character direction of A3 size document information is right in FIG. 2, that is, in FIG. ), (E), and (f), the description of the usage examples of the additional positions will be omitted.

The vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 13 inputs 2 via the signal line 10a so that the image of the transmission original is vertically / horizontally converted.
Vertical / horizontal conversion processing is performed on the binarized signal, and the binarized signal subjected to the vertical / horizontal conversion processing is output to the addition circuit 14 via the signal line 13a.

When the control signal supplied from the control circuit 54 via the signal line 54f is the signal of level "0", the adder circuit 14 outputs the binarized signal from the signal line 10a and the signal from the signal line 12a. When the control signal supplied from the control circuit 54 via the signal line 54f is a signal of level "1", the signals from the respective signal lines are fetched, added, and binarized by the vertical / horizontal conversion process from the signal line 13a. The signal and the signal from the signal line 12a are taken in, and the signals from the respective signal lines are added. The signal obtained by the addition of the addition circuit 14 is output to the encoding circuit 16 via the signal line 14a.

The encoding circuit 16 encodes the signal taken in via the signal line 14a and outputs the encoded signal via the signal line 16a. For this encoding, K
= 8 modified read coding (MR coding) is used.

The encoded signal from the encoding circuit 16 is supplied to the memory circuit 18, and the memory circuit 18 encodes from the encoding circuit 16 based on the control signal supplied from the control circuit 54 via the signal line 54d. The stored signal is stored, and the stored signal is output to the decoding / magnification / encoding circuit 20 via the signal line 18a.

The decoding / scaling / encoding circuit 20 decodes the signal input thereto via the signal line 18a once, scales it, encodes it, and encodes this encoded signal. Output to the V27ter modulator 22 via the line 20a.

The V27ter modulator 22 performs a modulation process on the encoded signal to generate a modulated signal. Differential phase modulation based on ITU-T Recommendation V27ter is used for this modulation processing. In addition, ITU-T Recommendation V27te
Instead of differential phase modulation based on r, quadrature modulation based on Recommendation V29 can also be used.

The modulated signal from the modulator 22 is a signal line 22a.
Is given to the adder circuit 24 via. The adder circuit 24 is
The modulation signal output from the V21 modulator 8 via the signal line 8a and the modulation signal from the modulator 22 are added, and the added signal is output to the hybrid circuit 6 via the signal line 24a as a transmission signal. .

The V21 modulator 8 performs a modulation process on the procedure signal output from the control circuit 54 via the signal line 54i, and outputs the generated modulated signal via the signal line 8a. For this modulation processing, modulation based on ITU-T Recommendation V21 is used.

On the other hand, the receiving system is the V21 demodulator 26.
And a V27ter demodulator 28. V21 demodulator 2
6 is a hybrid circuit 6 based on ITU-T Recommendation V21
The demodulation process is performed on the received signal from to generate a procedure signal. This procedure signal is given to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 26a.

The V27ter demodulator 28 performs demodulation processing on the received signal from the hybrid circuit 6 and generates a demodulated signal. For this demodulation processing, ITU-T Recommendation V27te
A demodulation process based on r is used. In addition, ITU-
Instead of the demodulation processing based on the T recommendation V27ter, the recommendation V2
It is also possible to use a demodulation process based on 9.

The demodulated signal output from the V27ter demodulator 28 via the signal line 28a is applied to the decoding / magnification / encoding circuit 30. The decoding / scaling / encoding circuit 30
The demodulated signal input to this is once decoded, the decoded signal is output to the control circuit 30a via the signal line 30a, and the MR coded signal of K = 8 is signal line 30b.
To the memory circuit 32 via.

The memory circuit 32 stores the MR-coded coded signal, and the stored coded signal is stored in the control circuit 5.
4 is read out based on a control signal given through the signal line 54e.

The encoded signal read from the memory circuit 32 is given to the decoding circuit 34 via the signal line 32a. The decoding circuit 34 decodes the coded signal (M = K = 8).
R decoding), and the decoded signal is given to the recording circuit 36 via the signal line 34a.

The recording circuit 36 captures the signal from the signal line 34a and sequentially records the image indicated by the captured signal on the recording paper line by line. The recording circuit 36 is composed of an LBP (laser beam printer) that performs a recording operation at a constant speed.

The control circuit 54 executes a transmission mode for transmitting at least one document information to the destination device as one document information having a size equal to or larger than the size of the document information, and included in the transmitted document information. According to the number of pieces of original information to be set, the additional positions and the number of the original information of the sender information are set, and the control for adding the sender information to the set number of additional positions is executed.

Specifically, in the transmission mode, one A3 sheet is used.
The A3-A3 mode in which size document information is transmitted as one A3 size document information, and the A4-A3 mode in which two A4 size document information are vertically and horizontally converted and transmitted as one A3 size document information Included, select each mode,
The control for executing the control is performed, and at the same time, the addition position of the transmission source information registered in association with the selected mode is read and the control for adding the transmission source information to the read addition position is performed.

The additional position of the source information associated with the selected mode is the first additional position registration circuit 4
0, the second additional position registration circuit 56, and the third additional position registration circuit 58, respectively.

The first additional position registration circuit 40 has A4-A
The additional position and the number of the source information in the three modes are registered. As the additional position of this sender information,
As shown in FIG. 2B, the position 202 in the upper half area of the A3 size document information (one page of A4 size document information area) and the lower half area of the A3 size document information (1
Position 203 in A4 size document information area for one sheet)
And two places. That is, two additional positions are registered. The registration of the additional position in the first additional position registration circuit 40 and the reading of the registered additional position are performed by the signal line 40.
via a. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, in order to simplify the description, the character direction of the A3 size document information is shown in FIG.
In the case of facing downward in the drawing, or in the case where the character direction of A3 size document information is facing left in FIG. 2, the additional position registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40 is
This is a position set under the condition that the character direction of A3 size document information is leftward in FIG.

The second additional position registration circuit 56 has A4-A
The additional position of the transmission information source in the 3 modes is registered. As the additional position, as shown in FIG.
A position 204 in the upper half area of A3 size document information (A4 document information area for one sheet), that is, one additional position is registered. Second additional position registration circuit 5
The registration of the additional position in 6 and the reading of the registered additional position are performed via the signal line 56a. The additional position registered in this is a position set under the condition that the character direction of the A3 size document information is leftward in FIG. 2, as described above.

The third additional position registration circuit 58 has A3-A
The recording position of the reception footer in the 3 modes is registered. As shown in FIG. 2A, the recording position of the reception footer is the position 201 in the upper half area of A3 size document information (A4 document information area for one sheet), that is, one additional position. Is registered. The registration of the additional position in the third additional position registration circuit 58 and the reading of the registered additional position are performed via the signal line 58a.
The additional position registered in this is A as described above.
This is a position set under the condition that the character direction of the three-size document information is upward in FIG.

The additional positions of the source information in the A4-A3 mode are the additional positions of the number registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40 and the additional positions of the number registered in the second additional position registration circuit 56. One of the additional positions is selected, and the selection is made from the additional position selection circuit 50 to the signal line 5
This is performed based on the selection signal output via 0a. Specifically, when selecting the additional position registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40, the additional position selection circuit 50 outputs a selection signal of level “0” to the second additional position registration circuit 58. When selecting a registered additional position, a level "1" selection signal is output.

Whether or not the source information is added in each mode is determined based on the instruction signal output from the source information addition instruction circuit 59 through the signal line 59a. The source information addition instruction circuit 59 outputs a signal of level "1" when the user instructs addition of the source information, and outputs level "0" when the user instructs not to add the source information. The signal of is output.

When registering the additional position in each of the first additional position registration circuit 40, the second additional position registration circuit 56, and the third additional position registration circuit 58, the position registration button 42 and the numeric keypad 4 are used.
5, the set key 46 and the up / down / left / right keys 48 are used.

When the position registration button 42 is pressed, a pressing pulse is generated, and this pulse is output to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 42a. With the output of this pulse, each of the first additional position registration circuits 40, 2 Additional position registration circuit 5
6. The start and end of registration of the additional position is instructed to the third additional position registration circuit 58.

The numeric keypad 45 has numeric keys 0 to 9, # key and * key. When each key is depressed, a signal corresponding to the depressed key is output to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 44a. To be done. The ten-key pad 45 is used as an input means for inputting information relating to transmission settings such as a telephone number of the other party, and inputting an additional position of source information to be registered.

The set key 46 is a key for instructing the input of information relating to transmission settings such as the telephone number of the other party and the confirmation of various inputs such as the input of the additional position of the sender information to be registered. When the key is depressed, a signal corresponding to the depressed key is output to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 46a.

The up / down / left / right keys 48 move the cursor up, down,
It is composed of four keys for moving to the left and right respectively, and when each key is depressed, a signal corresponding to the depressed key is output to the control circuit 54 via the signal line 48a. The up / down / left / right keys 48 are used to move the cursor to the input position when inputting information related to transmission settings such as the telephone number of the other party or inputting the additional position of the transmission source information to be registered.

Next, the operation of the control circuit 54 in the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowcharts showing the operation of the control circuit in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, step S62.
Is executed. In step S62, a signal of level "0" is output to the signal line 54a to turn off CML.

Then, step S64 is executed. In step S64, the signal of level "0" is output to the signal line 54f, and the addition of the signal of the signal line 10a and the signal of the signal line 12a to the addition circuit 14 is set.

After the execution of step S64, step S66
Is executed. In step S66, a signal from the signal line 58a is input and the number of additional positions registered in the third additional position registration circuit 58 is set as the additional position of the source information.

Then, step S68 is executed. In step S68, it is determined whether or not the additional position of the source information in the A3-A3 mode, that is, the additional position of the third additional position registration circuit 58 is selected by the operation of the operation unit (not shown). If the additional position of the third additional position registration circuit 58 is selected, step S70 is executed, and if it is not selected, step S72 (shown in FIG. 4) is executed.

In step S70, the number of additional positions registered in the third additional position registration circuit 58 is set as the additional position of the sender information. Specifically, the sender information is set to be added to one additional position shown in FIG.

At step S72, as shown in FIG.
By the operation of the operation unit, the additional position of the source information in the A4-A3 mode, that is, the first additional position registration circuit 4
It is determined whether the number of additional positions registered in 0 has been selected. When the additional position of the source information in the A4-A3 mode is selected, step S74 is executed, and when the additional position is not selected, step S76 is executed.

In step S74, the number of additional positions registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40 is set as the additional position of the sender information. Specifically, the sender information is set to be added to each of the two additional positions shown in FIG.

In step S76, it is determined whether transmission of A-size document information has been selected. If the transmission of the A size document information is selected, step S80 is executed, and if the transmission is not selected, step S78 is executed.

In step S78, other processing is executed, and after execution, the processing returns to step S68 (shown in FIG. 3).

In step S80, a signal of level "1" is output to the signal line 54a to turn on the CML.

Then, step S82 is executed, and in step S82, the pre-procedure is executed. After performing the previous steps,
Step S84 is executed.

In step S84, it is determined whether A3 size document information is transmitted. If it is transmission of A3 size document information, step S86 is executed, and if it is not transmission of A3 size document information, step S90 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed.

In step S86, the image signal is transmitted and the sender information is added to the additional position registered in the third additional position registration circuit 58.

Then, step S88 is executed. In step S88, the post-procedure is executed, and after execution, the process returns to step S62 (shown in FIG. 3).

In step S90, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to perform vertical / horizontal conversion on the A4 size document information. Specifically, when the short side direction of the A4 size document information is the main scanning direction, it is determined whether or not the A4 size document information needs to be vertically / horizontally converted. A4
When it is necessary to perform the vertical / horizontal conversion on the document information of the size, step S92 is executed, and when it is not necessary,
Step S94 is executed.

In step S92, a signal of level "1" is output to the signal line 54f, and the signal line 13a is output to the adder circuit 14.
And the signal from the signal line 12a are input.
The signal from the signal line 13a is a signal that has been subjected to vertical / horizontal conversion processing.

In step S94, the sender information is set to be added to the number of additional positions registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40.

After the execution of step S94, step S96
Is executed. In step S96, the image signal is transmitted, and the sender information is added to each of the two additional positions registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40.

Then, step S88 is executed. In step S88, the post-procedure is executed, and after execution, the process returns to step S62 (shown in FIG. 3).

As described above, since the additional position and the number of the source information associated with each mode are registered in the first additional position registration circuit 40 and the third additional position registration circuit 58, the source information is It is added to the corresponding additional position according to the mode, and the sender information in each mode can be added to the position where the receiver can easily read. Specifically, when the document information is transmitted in the A4-A3 mode, FIG.
As shown in (a), on the receiving side, A3 size in which sender information is recorded at the right end position of the A4 size original information recording area of the first page and the right end position of the A4 size original information recording area of the second page, respectively. The recording paper of is obtained.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment has the same structure as that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, two A4 sheets are used.
A first additional position registration circuit 40 and a second additional position registration circuit 56 for registering the additional position of the sender information for the A4-A3 mode in which the size original information is vertically and horizontally converted and transmitted as one A3 size original information. Additional position selection circuit 50
To select the source information addition position as appropriate.

Next, the operation of the control circuit in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the control circuit in the second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. In the description of this embodiment, steps different from those in the first embodiment will be described, and description of the same steps will be omitted.

First, the setting of the addition position of the sender information in the initial state will be described.

After performing step S74 (shown in FIG. 4),
Alternatively, “NO” in step S72 (shown in FIG. 4).
When the determination is made, step S104 is executed as shown in FIG. In step S104, it is determined whether the setting of the additional position of the second additional position registration circuit 56 is selected. When the additional position of the second additional position registration circuit 56 is selected, step S106 is executed, and when the additional position of the second additional position registration circuit 56 is not selected, step S76 (shown in FIG. 4) is executed.

In step S106, the sender information is set to be added to the number of additional positions registered in the second additional position registration circuit 56. This additional position is shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the position at the right end of the upper half area of A3 size document information (recording area for one sheet of A4 document information) is set, that is, one additional position is set.

Next, the operation of selecting the first additional position registration circuit 40 and the second additional position registration circuit 56 by using the additional position selection circuit 50 and appropriately selecting the additional position of the transmission source information will be described.

After executing step S92 (shown in FIG. 5),
Alternatively, after the determination of “NO” in step 90 (shown in FIG. 5), step S114 is executed as shown in FIG. 6 (b). In step S114, it is determined whether the additional position selection circuit 50 selects the additional position of the source information. This determination is made according to the signal level from the additional position selection circuit 50. When the first additional position registration circuit 40 is selected, step S94 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed, and when the second additional position registration circuit 56 is selected, step S118.
Is executed.

In step S118, the signal line 54 is sent to the source information creating circuit 12 so that the source information is added to the number of additional positions registered in the second additional position registration circuit 56.
Instruct via c. Then, step S96 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed.

As described above, it is possible to appropriately select the addition position preferred by the sender and add the sender information to this selection position. Specifically, when the additional position of the first additional position registration circuit 40 is selected when transmitting the document information in the A4-A3 mode, as shown in FIG.
Right edge position of A4 size document information recording area of page 2
A3 size recording paper in which the sender information is recorded at the right end position of the A4 size original information recording area of the page is obtained, and when the addition position of the second addition position registration circuit 56 is selected, FIG. 9B is displayed. As shown in the figure, on the receiving side, A3 size recording paper in which the sender information is recorded at the right end position of the A4 size document information recording area of the first page is obtained.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the sender information addition instruction circuit 59 is used to instruct whether or not to add the sender information. .

Next, the operation of the control circuit in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. 7 and 8 are flow charts showing the operation of the control circuit in the third embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. In the description of this embodiment, steps different from those in the first embodiment will be described, and description of the same steps will be omitted.

After the determination of "YES" in step S76 (shown in FIG. 4), as shown in FIG.
30 is executed. In step 130, the signal line 54a
The signal of level "1" is output to and the CML is turned on.

Then, step S132 is executed, and in step S132, the pre-procedure is executed. After the execution of the pre-procedure, step S134 is executed.

In step S134, an instruction signal for instructing the presence / absence of addition of the transmission source information is fetched from the transmission source information addition instruction circuit 59, and the presence / absence of addition of the transmission source information is selected based on the level of the instruction signal.

Then, step 136 is executed, and in step 136, it is determined whether or not the A3 size document information is transmitted. If the document information of A3 size is transmitted, step S138 is executed, and if the document information of A3 size is not transmitted, step S90 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed.

In step S138, it is determined whether or not the sender information is added. When the sender information is added, step 140 is executed.
The same processing as the processing of step 86 (shown in FIG. 4) is performed.

When the sender information is not added, step 1
42 is executed. In step 142, the image signal is transmitted without adding the source information. Then, step S8
8 (shown in FIG. 4) is executed.

Next, a description will be given of the presence / absence operation of the addition of the sender information in the A4-A3 mode in which two pieces of A4 size original information are transmitted as one piece of A3 size original information.

After execution of step 92 (shown in FIG. 5) or after "NO" determination in step S90 (shown in FIG. 5), step S144 is executed as shown in FIG.

In step S144, it is determined whether or not the sender information is added. When the sender information is added, step S94 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed.

When the sender information is not added, step 1
46 is executed. In step 146, the image signal is transmitted without adding the source information. Then, step S9
8 (shown in FIG. 5) is executed.

As described above, the sender information addition instruction circuit 59
It is possible to easily select whether or not to add the sender information by instructing whether or not to add the sender information using.

As in the second embodiment described above, the addition position of the sender information for the A4-A3 mode in which the A4 size document information of two sheets is vertically / horizontally converted and transmitted as one A3 size document information. Even when the first additional position registration circuit 40 and the second additional position registration circuit 56 for registering the information are selected using the additional position selection circuit 50 and the additional position of the source information is appropriately selected, as in the present embodiment. Whether or not the source information is added can be selected by instructing whether or not the source information is added using the source information addition instruction circuit 59.

In each of the above-described embodiments, when the character direction of A3 size document information is downward in FIG.
The addition position of the sender information when the character direction of the three-size document information is leftward in FIG. 2 has been described.
When the character direction of the 3 size document information is upward in FIG. 2 or when the character direction of the A3 size document information is right in FIG. 2, the character direction of the A3 size document information is detected to detect the character. 2 (d), (e), (f) described above while matching the direction and the character direction of the sender information.
It can be set to add the sender information of each additional position shown in.

[0102]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the additional position setting means determines the additional position and the number of the original information of the sender information in accordance with the number of original information included in the transmitted original information. When the transmission mode is set by the transmission source information adding means, the transmission source information is added to the number of additional positions set by the additional position setting means. The sender information can be added to the addition position.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the sender information addition instructing means instructs the sender information adding means to add or not add the sender information. Therefore, whether or not the sender information is added by the sender. Can be selected, and usability can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the third aspect, the A3-A3 mode in which the A3-A3 mode additional position registration means transmits one A3 document information included in the transmission mode as one A3 document information. To the A3 original information of the sender information and the number of them,
In contrast to the A4-A3 mode in which two pieces of A4 original information included in the transmission mode are transmitted to the A4-A3 mode additional position registration means as one piece of A3 original information, A3 of the sender information is set.
The additional position and the number of the original information are registered, and one of the A3-A3 mode and the A4-A3 mode is selected by the executing means and executed.
When the 3-A3 mode is executed, the sender information is added to the number of additional positions registered in the A3-A3 mode additional position registration means, and when the A4-A3 mode is executed, it is registered in the A4-A3 additional position registration means. Since the sender information is added to the specified number of additional positions, the sender information can be added to the additional positions of the transmission document information that the receiver can easily read for each transmission mode.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the fourth aspect, the A4-A3 mode additional position registration means is provided with the A4-A3 mode.
Since a plurality of additional position information consisting of the additional position and the number of the A3 original information of the transmission source information for the mode are selectively readable based on the user's instruction
It is possible to appropriately select the addition position of the sender information that is preferable for the sender.

According to the fifth aspect of the facsimile apparatus, since the sender information addition instructing means instructs the sender information adding means to add or not add the sender information, whether or not the sender information is added by the sender. It becomes selectable, and usability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

2 is a diagram showing an example of an addition position of sender information in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control circuit in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control circuit in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control circuit in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit in the second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit in the third embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit in the third embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a recording sheet on which sender information is recorded, which is obtained on the receiving side.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a source information addition position in conventional A3 document information and a source information addition position in A3 document information including two pieces of A4 document information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 NCU 10 Reading circuit 12 Source information creation circuit 13 Vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 36 Recording circuit 38 Original size detection circuit 40 First additional position registration circuit 50 Additional position selection circuit 54 Control circuit 56 Second additional position registration circuit 58 Third additional position Registration circuit 59 Source information addition instruction circuit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A transmission mode in which at least one document information is transmitted to a destination device as document information having a size equal to or larger than the size of the document information, and sender information is added to the transmitted document information. In the facsimile apparatus, additional position setting means for setting additional positions and the number of additional positions in the original information of the sender information according to the number of original information items included in the original information to be transmitted, and when executing the transmission mode, A facsimile machine, comprising: sender information adding means for adding the sender information to the number of additional positions set by the additional position setting means. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sender information addition instructing unit for instructing whether or not the sender information is added by the sender information adding unit. 3. A transmission mode in which at least one document information is transmitted to a destination device as one document information having a size equal to or larger than the size of the document information, and the transmission source information is included in the transmitted document information. In addition to the A3-A3 mode in which one sheet of A3 document information is transmitted as one sheet of A3 document information included in the transmission mode, the addition position and number of the source information in the A3 document information A3-A3 mode additional position registration means for registering the A3 original information and A4-A3 mode for transmitting two pieces of A4 original information included in the recording mode as one piece of A3 original information. A4-A3 mode additional position registration means for registering the additional positions and the number thereof and one of the A3-A3 mode and the A4-A3 mode. Selecting and executing means, and the above-mentioned A
When the 3-A3 mode is executed, the sender information is added to the number of additional positions registered in the A3-A3 mode additional position registration means, and when the A4-A3 mode is executed, the A4-A3 additional positions are added. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: sender information adding means for adding the sender information to the number of additional positions registered in the registration means. 4. The A4-A3 mode additional position registration means selects a plurality of additional position information consisting of additional positions and the number of additional positions in the A3 document information of the sender information for the A4-A3 mode, based on a user's instruction. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the facsimile apparatus is registered so that it can be read out. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a sender information addition instructing unit for instructing whether or not the sender information is added by the sender information adding unit.