JPH08191366A - Image processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily and surely input information by changing the contents of the guidance information into the contents that are notified to a user based on the information showing the state of the image processor set at the opposite party side. CONSTITUTION: The 'SOSHIN' (transmission) mode shown in a function display area 90D is selected by push of a function key F1. Then the destination of transmission is shown in the area 90D through the function display processing. When the destination of transmission is designated, the paper size set at the destination of transmission is checked. Then the paper size, the transmittable original size and the record mode, i.e., a non-magnification, magnification or reduction mode are decided and shown in a status display area 90B. Furthermore, the state of the record part of the opposite party side, i.e., the presence or absence of a toner, the paper, etc., are detected. This detection information is sent back to the destination of transmission, and the transmission side controls a switchboard based on the detection information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing device for improving display control in a display section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art If the input position and the function are made to correspond one-to-one in accordance with the diversification of the functions of the image processing apparatus, the display section becomes complicated and large.

[0003]

In such a conventional technique, although the functions of the image processing apparatus are diversified, as the image processing apparatus becomes widespread, the opportunity for advanced image processing is increased even if not an expert. However, there is a drawback that it is difficult to use the image processing apparatus.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to make a transition to a content that informs the user of image processing capable of processing the content of the guidance information, based on the information indicating the state of the other party's device. An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of easily and surely inputting.

[0005]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention displays a plurality of parameters relating to image processing corresponding to a plurality of input positions, respectively, and further displays the parameters on the same screen. Display means capable of displaying guidance information relating to image processing, receiving means for receiving information indicating the state of the device of the other party, and receiving by the receiving means while the plurality of parameters are being displayed by the display means A display control for controlling the display means to shift the content of the guidance information to a content that informs the user of image processing that can be processed in the image processing apparatus based on the information indicating the state of the device of the other party. And means.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the information indicating the state of the device of the other party includes the size information of the paper usable by the other party.

Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the guidance information displays a mode in which transmission is possible, based on information indicating the state of the device of the other party.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a network concept of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a private branch exchange (hereinafter referred to as PABX).
Abbreviated), and the local networks 100 and 200
The lines are connected by a public line 600.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of the copying and transmitting apparatus of the present invention, in which 2A to 2D (hereinafter collectively referred to as 2).
Is a reader, 3A to 3C (hereinafter collectively referred to as 3) are printers, and the printer 3 is a PA using an optical fiber 7 or the like.
Connect to BX1 to form a copy network. PAB
X1 is an exchange 4 for selectively connecting each input / output
And a page memory 5 such as a semiconductor RAM for storing image information of several pages and a disk memory 6 capable of storing a large number of pages.
As an auxiliary memory.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the PABX 1. Input / output signals from the reader 2 and the printer 3 are input / output to / from the exchange 4 through a signal line 7 such as an optical fiber, and are selectively stored in the page memory 5 by the CPU 30. When the data is input and the transmission destination is busy, or when there is a transmission / reception request from another terminal device, the input / output signal is stored in the disk memory 6 through the compression lodge 31. At this time, the image data is filed with an index attached to the head thereof, and the file number, the transmission destination address, the transmission destination address, etc. are written in the index portion. Also, the exchange 4 can bypass the page memory 5 and directly transmit to the destination in real time when the destination is vacant. Reference numeral 32 is an input command register, and 33 is an output command register, which stores command packets including various instructions. 34 is a data memory, 35 is a font RO
M and 36 are DMA (direct memory access) controllers.

FIG. 4 shows a detailed example of the exchange 4. The exchange 4 has a terminal P for connecting to the reader 2, the printer 3 and the like.
1 to P6, and rotary switches RSW1 to RSW6 are arranged in pairs with their respective terminals. Further, the rotary switch RSW7 is paired with the page memory 5, and the rotary switch RSW8 is paired with the input command register 32.
Is arranged. The rotary switch RSW distributes the input signal from its own terminal other than the input signal. That is, the input signals from the terminals P2 to P6 and the page memory 5 are supplied to the terminals a to g of the rotary switch RSW1. The switching of the contacts of these rotary switches RSW is selectively connected in response to a command from the CPU 30.

For example, the reader 2 is connected to the terminal P1 and the terminal P3 is connected to the terminal P3.
When the printer 3 is not connected to the printers P4 and P4 and it is desired to transmit from the reader 2 to the two printers 3 of the terminals P3 and P4 and the terminal P4 is busy, it is transmitted to the printer 3 of the terminal P3 in real time. However, the data can be stored in the disk 6 once via the page memory 5 and transmitted to the terminal P4 after the busy release. First, the contact b of the rotary switch RSW3 and the contact a of the rotary switch RSW7.
The CPU 30 selects a contact and outputs the signal from the reader of the terminal P1 to the printer 3 of the terminal P3 and also to the disk 6 via the page memory 5. After releasing the busy state, the printer 3 of the terminal P4 selects the a contact of the rotary switch RSW4 and transmits an output signal from the disk 6 to the printer 3 of the terminal P4 via the page memory 5.

FIG. 5 shows a reader of the information processing device on the transmission side,
An example of a printer, a control part, and an operation display part is shown. Here, 2 is the above-mentioned reader (reading unit), the details of which are shown in FIG. 3 is the above-mentioned printer (recording unit), and 30
0 is a central processing unit (hereinafter, CPU) that controls various devices of the recording unit 3, 301 is a paper feed driver for paper feed, and 3 is a paper feed driver.
02 and 303 are cassettes for accommodating recording sheets of different sizes, 304 is a well-known cassette detection circuit, and C is based on a signal detected by this detection circuit 304.
Under the control of the PU 300, the paper feed driver 301 feeds paper from one of the cassettes. FIG. 7 shows the recording unit 3 in more detail. Reference numeral 51 denotes an operation display unit, details of which are shown in FIG.

Further, 52 is a CPU for controlling various devices of the information processing apparatus, 53 is a communication controller, and PAB
The transfer of image information and the like with other readers 2 and the recording unit 3 is controlled via X1. 54A and 54B are line buffers, the video signal Vd from the reader 2 is supplied via the communication controller 53 and the controller 55, and the output data R thereof is further supplied to the recording unit 3. Key
(1) is a key signal from the key operated on the operation display unit, D
SP is a display signal supplied from the CPU 52 to the operation display unit 51, L _R (E) is a reader enable signal supplied from the reader 2 to the CPU 52, and L _W (E) is a printer supplied from the recording unit 3 to the CPU 52. An enable signal, P _S is a printer status signal for detecting the state of the recording unit 3, DB is a data bus between the communication controller and the CPU, and a communication command packet is read and written based on Ad (address signal). . RCL is a read clock generator, BCO is a byte counter, CO
M is a comparator.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of the reader 2 of the present invention, in which 61 is a document, 62 is a rod-shaped light source such as a fluorescent lamp, 63A and 63B are lenses, and 64A and 64B are CCs.
One-dimensional solid-state image sensor such as D, 65A and 65B are amplifiers,
66 is a synthesizing circuit.

The operation of the reader 2 will be described. A document 61 to be copied is illuminated by a rod-shaped light source 62, and the document 6 is illuminated.
Lens 63 via a mirror or the like (not shown) that scans 1
A document image is formed on CCDs 64A and 64B by A and 63B. The respective image information V1 photoelectrically converted by the two CCDs 64A and 64B is supplied to the corresponding amplifier 65.
The waveform is shaped by A and 65B and supplied to the synthesis circuit 66.
The synthesizing circuit 66 synthesizes the image information V2 sent via the amplifiers 65A and 65B, and the image information V2 is a system of image information (video signal) equivalent to that obtained by image processing with one CCD. It is converted into V3 and transmitted to the printer 3.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the configuration of the printer 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, 71 is a video interface circuit (synchronization circuit), which is a synthesis circuit 6 of the reader 2 in FIG.
6 is synchronized with the horizontal synchronizing signal (beam detect pulse) S1 output from the horizontal synchronizing generating circuit 72 in each printer to obtain a video signal V4, and this video signal V4 is DC. By supplying it to the controller 73, the read timing of the CCDs 64A and 64B and the video signal V4 to each printer are synchronized. The horizontal sync generation circuit 72 supplies the horizontal sync signal S1 to the video interface circuit 71 and the DC controller 73. In addition, the DC controller 7
3 supplies a video signal V5 to the laser driver 74 in response to the supplied video signal V4 and horizontal synchronizing signal S1, and on / off controls the semiconductor laser 75 by this signal V5 to modulate the laser beam B1 and a scanner. The scanner drive signal S2 is supplied to the driver 76, which causes the polygon mirror 7 to pass through the scanner motor 77.
8 is rotated at a predetermined speed. Reference numeral 79 is a tacho generator for rotation control at that time, which detects the number of rotations of the scanner motor 77 and supplies the detected value to the scanner driver 76. The polygon mirror 78 scans the laser beam B1 emitted from the semiconductor laser 75. Reference numeral 80 denotes an Fθ lens that corrects the scanning speed of the laser beam B1 around and around the photosensitive drum 81. Reference numeral 82 is a mirror, 83 is a slit, and 84 is a photodiode.
The signal received at 4 is supplied to the horizontal synchronization generating circuit 72.
The printer 3 described above is a laser beam printer that forms an image with a laser beam, and its operation will be described below. The video signal V3 and the clock signal C1 transmitted from the reader 2 of FIG. 6 and the horizontal synchronization signal S1 output from the horizontal synchronization generation circuit 72 in each printer are supplied to the video interface circuit 71 to establish synchronization. The video signal V4 is supplied from the video interface circuit 71 to the DC controller 73. In response to the video signal V4 and the horizontal synchronizing signal S1, the DC controller 73 supplies the video signal V5 to the laser driver 14 and the scanner drive signal S2 to the scanner driver 76. The laser driver 74 controls on / off of the semiconductor laser 75 in accordance with the video signal V5 to modulate the laser beam B1. The scanner driver 76 controls the rotation of the polyhedral mirror 78 according to the scanner drive signal S2. The laser beam B1 emitted from the semiconductor laser 75 is scanned by the rotating polyhedral mirror 78, and a recorded image is written on the photosensitive drum 81 via the Fθ lens 80 for correction. Further, the laser beam reflected light B2 reflected by the mirror 82 is received by the photodiode 84 through the slit 83, taken out as a horizontal synchronization signal S1 from the horizontal synchronization generation circuit 72, and the scanning start of the laser beam B1 is detected. That is, as described above, this signal S1 is changed to D
C controller 73 and video interface circuit 7
1 and is used as the output timing of the video signal V4.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the operation display section, where:
Reference numeral 90 denotes a display screen of the display unit 51, which is a liquid crystal dot matrix graphic display in this example. This display screen 90 is divided into four areas, that is, a command display area 90A, a status display area 90B, a counter display area 90C, and a function display area 90D. The function display area 90D is further divided into four display areas 20, 21, 22, and 23, and the function keys F0, F1, and
F2 and F3 are arranged so as to correspond to each other, and a key SELECT that changes the display contents of the display areas 20 to 23 is selected.
T is provided and the content displayed in each display area 20 to 23 of the function display area 90D, for example, a function such as "local copy" or "send" is selected from the function keys F0 to F3 below the display. . When there is no desired item, press the select key SELECT to display each of the display areas 20 to 23 in the function display area 90D.
The content of changes to another item. Reference numeral 91 is a ten key, 92 is a clear key, 93 is a copy or transmission start key, and 94 is a stop key. Further, in the command display area 90A, a command related to the next operation to be performed by the operator is displayed, and in the status display area 90B, the size of the recording paper loaded in the transmission destination, the size of the transmittable original, or Recording modes such as possible equal size and variable size recording are displayed. The number of copies and the like are displayed in the counter display area 90C.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the communication procedure. A transmission request is transmitted to the desired receiving side designated by the transmitting side by the command packet shown in FIG. 10 (A). This command packet is a signal composed of a plurality of words, each word consisting of 8 bits, for example, and is STX (start of start).
text), destination address, source address, command, ETX (end of text), and horizontal parity. The information processing device on the receiving side that has received the transmission request receives an ACK (acknowledgeg
e) Transmit the signal to the sender. Next, the transmission side transmits a status request to detect the state of the reception side, for example, the presence / absence of toner, the presence / absence of paper, the presence / absence of jam, copying, line busy, non-connect, etc. The receiving side receiving this signal sends the state of the receiving side to the transmitting side by the status packet shown in FIG. This status packet is composed of STX, destination address, source address, command status, status information, FEX and horizontal parity.

Next, the image information is transmitted from the transmitting side to the destination via the exchange 4. When the receiving side is busy, the image information is temporarily stored in the disk 6 in the exchange 4, and the operation display section 51 displays a status indicating that the file has been saved. In this case, the data in the disk is sent out as soon as the receiving side line is available. Further, “non-connect” means that the communication link between the transmitting side and the receiving side could not be established. After transmitting all the image data, status information is sent again from the receiving side to the sending side, and the status information is displayed on the operation display unit 51. As an example of status information display,
No toner, no paper, copying, busy, jam, non-connect, etc.

The operation of the information processing apparatus thus configured will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 (A) to 11 (F) and FIG.

First, when the power is turned on, step S in FIG.
At 1, the RAM and I / O are initialized. Then, FIG.
As shown in (A), the function key F is used to switch the "source code" mode displayed in the function display area 90D.
Press 1 to select (step S2). Steps S3, S4
In step S7 through S5 and S6, local copy, that is, a copy in a printer integrated with the reader,
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not transmission or other function keys have been selected. Since the "source" mode is now selected, the function display processing is performed in step S8, and the destination is displayed in the function display area 90D as shown in FIG. 11B. If "Honsha" is specified as the transmission destination in step S9, step S10
Check the paper size loaded in the destination in step S11, and in step S11, check the paper size, the transmittable document size and the recording mode, that is, in the present example, any one of the normal size, enlargement, and reduction recording modes is possible. Is displayed and displayed in the status display area 90B. Here, when A4 size recording paper is loaded on the transmission side, the stator display area 90B is
As shown in FIG. 11C, "recording paper on the receiving side ... A
4th edition, size of original that can be sent and recording mode ... A
4th edition / actual magnification, A3 edition / 1/2 times, A5 edition / 2 times, etc. are displayed. Next, in step S12, function display processing is performed, and the recording mode, in this example, the magnification is as shown in FIG.
It is displayed like (C). If the operator selects the function key F0 when transmitting the A4 size original document at the same size, the procedure proceeds from step S2 to step S6 to step S7, and "NO".
The procedure proceeds to step S2 along the flow of. Next, when the number of sheets to be transmitted is designated by the ten keys 91, the steps S2 to S5 are executed and the step S is executed.
In step 13, the ten-key process is executed and step S2 follows.
At this time, the screen 90 becomes as shown in FIG.
Since all the items to be specified have been entered, start key 9
When 3 is pressed down, the process proceeds to step S14 through steps S2 to S4. Since the transmission mode is currently selected, step S1
5, the state of the destination recording unit, for example, the presence or absence of toner,
The presence or absence of paper is detected. The detection information is sent back to the transmitting side, and the transmitting side controls the exchange 4 based on the information. That is, the transmission sequence of step S16 is executed,
If the line is busy, toner is absent, etc., other than the normal state, the image information is temporarily stored in the disk 6. When normal, the display screen is as shown in FIG. 11E, and the image information is transmitted to the receiving side in real time. When it is determined in step S17 that the transmission has been completed, the statuses such as no toner and no paper are displayed in the display area 90B in step S17A. When there is no paper, a screen as shown in FIG. 11F is displayed, and since transmission information is stored in the disk 6, it is displayed as file save. The size of the original to be transmitted can be input by the operator using keys, or can be optically detected by the reading unit and input.

In the case of local copy, the procedure proceeds from step S7 to step S7A, checks the size of the recording paper loaded in the recording unit of its own, and sequentially performs steps S12, S2 ,. Follow the same procedure and start key 9
When step 3 is pressed, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S14, and local copying is performed by steps S18, S19 and S20. An example of this operation procedure and the operation display unit is shown in FIG.
It shows in (A)-(C).

Further, a function of filing and recording the read image information on the disk 6 can be easily added, and in that case, a function such as "disk" is added to any of the display areas 21 to 23 in the same manner as described above. This is done by pressing the function key provided below the display area.

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation display section can be simplified, the operation becomes easy, and even if the function is diverse, the display contents of the display area and the operator interact with the information processing apparatus. It can be operated while operating, and reliable information can be input.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the guidance information to the content for notifying the user of the image processing capable of processing the content based on the information indicating the state of the device of the other party. As a result, it is possible to provide an image processing apparatus capable of easily and surely inputting information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a local area network.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a more detailed example of the private branch exchange device.

FIG. 4 is a connection diagram showing an example of an exchange.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram mainly showing an operation display unit and a control unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a detailed example of the reader.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a detailed example of the recording unit of the same.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the details of the operation display unit of the same.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a transmission procedure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a command packet and its status packet.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a function display area of the operation display unit and its keys.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a function display area of an operation display unit and its keys.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Private exchange device 2, 2A-2D reader (reading unit) 3, 3A-3D printer (recording unit) 4 switch 5 page memory 6 disk 7 optical fiber 20-23 display area 30 CPU 31 compression logic 32 input command register 33 Output command register 34 Data memory 35 Font ROM 36 DMA controller 51 Operation display unit 52 CPU 53 Communication controller 54A, 54B Line buffer 55 Controller 61 Document 62 Light source 63A, 63B Lens 64A, 64B CCD 65A, 65B Amplifier 66 Composite circuit 71 Video interface Face circuit 72 Horizontal sync generation circuit 73 DC controller 74 Laser driver 75 Semiconductor laser 76 Scanner driver 77 Scanner motor 78 Polyhedral mirror 79 Tachogenerator 80 Fθ lens 81 Photoconductor 82 Mirror 83 Slit 84 Photodiode 90 Display screen 90A Command display area 90B Status display area 90C Counter display area 90D Function display area 91 Numeric keypad 92 Clear key 93 Start key 94 Stop key 100, 200 Local network 300 CPU 301 sheet feeding driver 302, 303 cassette 304 cassette detection 600 public line F0, F1, F2, F3 function key SELECT select key

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display unit capable of displaying a plurality of parameters related to image processing corresponding to a plurality of input positions and further displaying guidance information related to the image processing on the same screen. Receiving means for receiving information indicating the state, in the state where the plurality of parameters are displayed by the display means, based on the information indicating the state of the device of the other party received by the receiving means, the guidance. An image processing apparatus, comprising: display control means for controlling the display means so as to transition the content of information to content for notifying a user of image processing that can be processed by the image processing apparatus. 2. The information indicating the status of the other party's device is:
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus includes size information of paper that can be used by the other party. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guidance information displays a transmittable mode based on information indicating a state of a device of a partner.