JPH08237421A - Received image recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily distinguish sheets recording received images at a low cost without the need for a memory with a large capacity even when the sheet is outputted in a state of face-up. CONSTITUTION: A facsimile section 4 receives image data sent from a telephone line and the image data are fed to a printer section 2, in which the data are recorded on a sheet in a visual image form and the printed sheet is discharged. In this case, only the image data of a 1st page received at first are stored in a memory such as a buffer and image data of 2nd and succeeding pages are recorded on the sheet by the printer section 2 and discharged and the image data of the first page stored in the memory are recorded on the sheet and discharged finally.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording received image data on a sheet, and more particularly to a received image recording apparatus in which the sheet on which the image of the first page is recorded is at the top. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, fax machines have been
The recording by the laser beam printer (abbreviated as LBP) is increasing from the recording of the received image by the thermal paper, and the variety of specifications is increasing. Among them, recently, multifunctional machines that use a digital copying machine in a FAX system have begun to appear.

The discharge form of the recording paper of the received image in such a received image recording device is basically face-up. Therefore, if the received original that is usually sent from the first page is output as it is, the last page of the received image will be at the top, and the description of the sender, the recipient, etc., usually stated on the first page will be displayed. The contents disappear.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a conventional large-capacity receiving buffer is provided in the recording device, and the received image data is once stored in the large-capacity receiving buffer. The pages are stored, the pages are sorted in the reverse order, the data is recorded on the paper by the printer, and the first page is output so that it is at the top.

However, such a structure requires a large-capacity receiving buffer and is costly, and if the large-capacity receiving buffer cannot be received, page sorting cannot be performed. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above problems, and a sheet on which a received image is recorded at low cost without requiring a large-capacity memory even when outputting face-up. It is an object of the present invention to provide a received image recording device in which it is easy to distinguish

[0007]

The received image recording apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) Receiving means for receiving image data via a telephone line, storage means for storing at least one page of the image data received by the receiving means, and an image in accordance with the image data received by the receiving means. Recording means for recording a sheet on a sheet, image data of the first page received by the receiving means is stored in the storage means, and an image according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages is recorded and discharged, A control unit for recording and discharging an image according to the image data of the first page stored in the storage unit is provided.

(2) Receiving means for receiving image data via a telephone line, recording means for recording an image on a sheet in accordance with the image data received by the receiving means, and the sheet recorded by the recording means temporarily. And a sheet on which an image according to the image data of the first page received first by the receiving means is stored in the temporary storage means and an image according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages. The recording medium is recorded on a sheet and discharged without passing through the temporary storage means, and then the control means for discharging the sheet on which the image of the first page stored temporarily in the temporary storage means is discharged.

(3) Recording means for recording an image on a sheet according to the received image data, and control means for ejecting the sheet on which the image is recorded according to the first received image data of the first page to the top.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the image data of the first page received first by the receiving means is stored in the storage means, and the images according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages are sequentially recorded and output on the sheet. After that, an image according to the image data of the first page stored in the storage means is recorded on the sheet and output.

Further, according to the present invention, the sheet on which the image according to the image data of the first page received first by the receiving means is recorded is temporarily stored in the storing means, and the sheet following the image data of the second and subsequent pages is stored. The sheets on which the recorded images are recorded are sequentially discharged, and then the first page sheet stored in the storage means is discharged.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a received image recording apparatus according to the present invention, showing the overall configuration of an image forming system (apparatus) having a copying function and a printing function. There is.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an image input device (hereinafter referred to as a reader unit) for converting a document into image data, and 2 denotes a plurality of recording paper cassettes (paper feed cassettes) for storing a plurality of types of recording papers (sheets). An image output device (hereinafter referred to as a printer unit) 3 that has image data recorded on a recording sheet in the form of a visible image on a recording sheet and outputs (discharges) the image by a print command. The device has the following various functional units.

That is, in the external device 3, reference numeral 4 is a facsimile (FAX) unit for decompressing the image compression data sent from the telephone line to obtain the bitmap image data. At least 1
It has a memory (image storage unit) capable of electrically storing pages (pages) and is connected to the hard disk 11.

Reference numeral 5 is a file unit connected to the external storage device 12, and 6 is a man-machine interface unit connected to the file unit 5, which is connected to the display unit 608 and the keyboard 619.

Reference numeral 7 is a computer interface unit for connecting to a computer 790 such as an external personal computer or workstation, 8 is a formatter unit for converting the information from the computer 790 into a visible image, and 9 is the reader unit 1. An image memory unit 10 for accumulating information from the computer or temporarily accumulating information sent from the computer 790 is a core unit (control means) for controlling each of the above functional units.

Next, the function of each of the above units will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the construction of the reader unit 1 and the printer unit 2 shown in FIG. The configuration and operation will be described below.

First, the reader unit 1 will be described. The originals stacked on the original feeding device 101 are sequentially conveyed one by one onto the original glass 102. When a document is conveyed to the platen glass 102, the lamp 10 of the scanner unit is
3 is turned on, and the scanner unit 104 moves to illuminate the document. The reflected light of the original is sequentially reflected by the mirrors 105, 1.
After passing through the lens 108 via 06, 107, CC
It is input to the D image sensor unit (hereinafter simply referred to as CCD) 109.

The configuration and operation of the signal processing system for the image signal converted into an electric signal by the CCD 109 of the reader unit 1 will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The image information input to the CCD 109 is photoelectrically converted here and converted into an electric signal. This CCD
The color information from 109 is transmitted to the amplifier 110R, 1 of the next stage.
The signals are amplified in 10G and 110B according to the input signal level of the A / D (analog-digital) converter 111. A /
The output signal of the D converter 111 is the shading circuit 11
2 is input to the light distribution unevenness of the lamp 103 and the CCD.
The sensitivity unevenness of 109 is corrected. Shading circuit 1
The signal from 12 is input to the Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113 and the external I / F (interface) switching circuit 119. The Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113 calculates the signal from the shading circuit 112 based on the following equation (1) to obtain the Y signal.

Y = 0.3R + 0.6G + 0.1B (1) The Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113 separates the R, G, and B signals into seven color signals and outputs signals for each color. To do. The output signal of the Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113 is input to the scaling / repeat circuit 114, where scaling in the sub-scanning direction is performed by the scanning speed of the scanner unit 104, and this scaling / repeat circuit 114 is performed.
This makes it possible to output a plurality of identical images.

The contour / edge enhancement circuit 115 obtains edge enhancement and contour information by enhancing the high frequency component of the signal from the scaling / repeat circuit 114. The signal from the contour / edge enhancement circuit 115 is input to the marker area determination / contour generation circuit 116 and the patterning / thickening / masking / trimming circuit 117.

Marker area determination / contour generation circuit 116
Reads a portion of a document written with a marker pen of a designated color and generates contour information of the marker. Next patterning / thickening / masking / trimming circuit 1
Reference numeral 17 performs thickening, masking and trimming based on the contour information, and patterning is performed by the color detection signal of the Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113. The output signal of this patterning / thickening / masking / trimming circuit 117 is
The signals input to the laser driver circuit 118 and converted into various signals are converted into signals for driving the laser. The signal from the laser driver circuit 118 is input to the printer unit 2, where a visible image is formed.

Next, the external I / F switching circuit 119 for interfacing with the external device 3 will be described.

The external I / F switching circuit 119 includes the reader unit 1.
When outputting the image information from the external device 3 to the external device 3, the image information from the patterning / thickening / masking / trimming circuit 117 is output to the connector 120. In addition, the external device 3
When the reader unit 1 inputs the image information from the Y-signal generation / color detection circuit 11, the image information from the connector 120 is input.
Enter in 3.

The above-mentioned respective image information is given by the instruction of the CPU 122, and the area generation circuit 121 generates various timing signals necessary for the above-mentioned image processing from the values set by the CPU 122. In addition, communication with the external device 3 is performed using the communication function built in the CPU 122. The sub (SUB) CPU 123 controls the operation unit 124 and also communicates with the external device 3 by using a built-in communication function.

Next, the structure and operation of the printer unit 2 of FIG. 2 will be described.

The signal input to the printer unit 2 is converted into an optical signal by the exposure control unit 201, and this image signal is applied to the photoconductor 202. With this irradiation light, the photoconductor 20
The latent image formed on the surface 2 is developed by the developing device 203. Then, the transfer paper is conveyed from the paper feed cassette 204 or the paper feed cassette 205 at the same timing as the latent image, and the developed image is transferred at the transfer unit 206. The image of this transfer paper is fixed by the fixing roller 207 of the fixing unit, and then discharged from the paper discharge unit 208 to the outside of the apparatus. Then, the transfer paper output from the paper discharge unit 208 is discharged to each bin when the sort function is working in the sorter 220, or to the uppermost bin when the sort function is not working.

Next, a method for outputting images sequentially read by the reader unit 1 to both sides of one transfer sheet (output sheet) will be described.

After the transfer sheet having the image fixed on one side by the fixing roller 207 is once conveyed to the sheet discharge section 208, the conveying direction of the sheet is reversed, and the sheet is re-fed through the conveying direction switching member 209. The transfer sheet stacking unit 210. Then, when the next original is prepared, the original image is read in the same manner as the above-mentioned process, but the transfer paper is fed from the transfer paper stacking unit 210 for re-feeding, and the surface of the same transfer paper is ended up. It is possible to output two original images on the back side.

Next, the system configuration and operation of the external device 3 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The external device 3 is connected to the reader unit 1 by a cable, and the core unit 10 controls signals and functions. In the external device 3, a facsimile unit 4 for performing facsimile transmission / reception, a file unit 5 for converting various document information into electric signals and storing the same, a formatter unit 8 for developing code information from the computer 790 into image information, and a computer 790. A computer interface section 7 for interfacing with a computer, an image memory section 9 for accumulating information from the reader section 1 and temporarily accumulating information sent from the computer 790, and a core section 10 for controlling the above-mentioned functions. Is provided.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the detailed structure of the core section 10.

The connector 1001 of the core unit 10 is connected to the connector 120 of the reader unit 1 by a cable, and the connector 1001 has signal lines for four types of signals built therein. An 8-bit multilevel video signal is transmitted to the signal line 1057, and a control signal for controlling the video signal is transmitted to the signal line 1055. A signal line 1051 is for communicating with the CPU 122 in the reader unit 1, and a signal line 1052 is a sub CPU 123 in the reader unit 1.
To communicate with. The signals on the signal lines 1051 and 1052 are processed by the communication IC 1002 by a communication protocol, and the signal line 1053 serving as a CPU bus is used.
The communication information is transmitted to the CPU 1003 via the.

The signal line 1057 is a bidirectional video signal line, which enables the core unit 10 to receive information from the reader unit 1 and output the information from the core unit 10 to the reader unit 1. There is. The signal line 1057 is connected to the buffer 1010, and here, the bidirectional signal line is separated into the unidirectional signal line 1058 and the signal line 1070.

The signal line 1058 is an 8-bit multivalued video signal line from the reader unit 1, and the video signal is input to the LUT 1011 in the next stage. The LUT 1011 converts the image information from the reader unit 1 into a desired value using a look-up table. Signal line 105 from LUT 1011
The signal output to 9 is input to the binarization circuit 1012 or the selector 1013.

The binarization circuit 1012 is connected to the signal line 105.
Simple binarization function for binarizing 9 multi-valued signals at a fixed slice level, binarization function by variable slice level in which slice level fluctuates from pixels around the pixel of interest, and binary by error diffusion method It has a conversion function. And
The binarized information is converted into a multivalued signal of 00h at 0 and FFh at 1 and input to the selector 1013 at the next stage.

The selector 1013 selects either the signal from the LUT 1011 or the output signal of the binarization circuit 1012. The signal output from the selector 1013 to the signal line 1060 is input to the selector 1014.

The selector 1014 is for the facsimile section 4,
The video signals output from the file unit 5, the computer interface unit 7, the formatter unit 8 and the image memory unit 9 are input to connectors 1005, 1006, 1 respectively.
The signal of the signal line 1064 input to the core unit 10 via the channels 007, 1008, and 1009 and the signal output from the selector 1013 to the signal line 1060 are input to the CPU 1003.
Select according to the instructions. The signal output from the selector 1014 to the signal line 1061 is input to the rotation circuit 1015 or the selector 1016.

The rotation circuit 1015 has a function of rotating the input image signal by +90 degrees, -90 degrees, and +180 degrees. Further, the rotation circuit 1015 stores the information output from the reader unit 1 and converted into a binary signal by the binarization circuit 1012 as information from the reader unit 1. And
According to an instruction from the CPU 1003, the rotation circuit 1015 rotates and reads the stored information.

The selector 1016 includes a signal output from the rotating circuit 1015 to the signal line 1062 and the rotating circuit 1015.
One of the signals input from the signal line 1061 is selected, and through the signal line 1063, the connector 1005 with the facsimile unit 4 and the connector 1006 with the file unit 5 are selected.
Connector 100 with computer interface section 7
7, a connector 1008 with the formatter unit 8 and a connector 1009 with the image memory unit 9 and a selector 101.
Output to 7.

The signal line 1063 is a synchronous 8-bit unidirectional signal for transferring image information from the core unit 10 to the facsimile unit 4, file unit 5, computer interface unit 7, formatter unit 8 and image memory unit 9. It is a video bus. The signal line 1064 includes a facsimile section 4, a file section 5, a computer interface section 7,
It is a synchronous 8-bit unidirectional video bus for transferring image information from the formatter unit 8 and the image memory unit 9. Then, the signal line 1063 and the signal line 10
The video control circuit 1004 performs 64 synchronous bus control, and control is performed by the signal output from the video control circuit 1004 to the signal line 1056.

Further, the connectors 1005 to 1009 are provided with
In addition, the signal lines 1054 are respectively connected. The signal line 1054 is a bidirectional 16-bit CPU bus, and asynchronous data commands are exchanged. To transfer information to and from the facsimile unit 4, file unit 5, computer interface unit 7, formatter unit 8 and image memory unit 9, the above two signal lines 106 are used.
3, 1064 and the signal line 1054 which is a CPU bus.

The signals output from the facsimile section 4, the file section 5, the computer interface section 7, the formatter section 8 and the image memory section 9 to the signal line 1064 are input to the selector 1014 and the selector 1017. The selector 1016 inputs the signal to the rotation circuit 101 of the next stage according to the instruction of the CPU 1003.

The selector 1017 selects a signal on the signal line 1063 or the signal line 1064 according to an instruction from the CPU 1003. The signal output from the selector 1017 to the signal line 1065 is input to the pattern matching unit 1018 and the selector 1019. Pattern matching unit 101
Reference numeral 8 pattern-matches the input signal from the signal line 1065 with a predetermined pattern, and outputs a predetermined multilevel signal to the signal line 1066 when the patterns match. When the pattern matching processing in the pattern matching unit 1018 does not match, the input signal from the signal line 1065 is output to the signal line 1066.

The selector 1019 selects the signal on the signal line 1065 or the signal line 1066 according to an instruction from the CPU 1003. The signal output from the selector 1019 to the signal line 1067 is input to the LUT 1020 in the next stage. L
When outputting image information to the printer unit 2, the UT 1020 converts the input signal of the signal line 1067 according to the characteristics of the printer.

The selector 1021 selects the signal output from the LUT 1020 to the signal line 1068 and the signal output to the signal line 1065 according to an instruction from the CPU 1003. The output signal of the selector 1021 is input to the enlarging circuit 1022 at the next stage. The expansion circuit 1022 is a CPU
It is possible to set the enlargement ratio independently in the X and Y directions by an instruction from 1003. The expansion method is a linear interpolation method of the first order, and the expansion circuit 1022
The signal output to the signal line 1070 from the buffer 10
Input to 10.

The signal on the signal line 1070 input to the buffer 1010 becomes a signal on the bidirectional signal line 1057 according to an instruction from the CPU 1003, and is sent to the printer unit 2 via the connector 1001 and printed out.

The signal flow of the core section 10 and each section will be described below.

First, the case of outputting information to the facsimile section 4 will be described. The CPU 1003 is a communication IC
It communicates with the CPU 122 of the reader unit 1 via 1002 and issues a document scan command. The reader unit 1 outputs image information to the connector 120 when the scanner unit 104 scans a document according to this document scan command.

At this time, the reader unit 1 and the external device 3 are connected by a cable, and information from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the core unit 1.
0 is input to the connector 1001. Also, the connector 1
The image information input to 001 is input to the buffer 1010 through the signal line 1057 which is a multi-valued 8-bit signal line. The buffer 1010 inputs the signal of the unidirectional signal line 1058 based on the signal of the bidirectional signal line 1057 to the LUT 1011 according to the instruction of the CPU 1003.
The LUT 1011 changes the image information from the reader unit 1 to a desired value using a look-up table. For example,
The background of the original can be skipped.

The signal output from the LUT 1011 to the signal line 1059 is input to the binarization circuit 1012 in the next stage. The binarization circuit 1012 converts the 8-bit multilevel signal on the signal line 1059 into a binarized signal. Binarization circuit 101
2 converts 00h when the binarized signal is 0 and FFh and 2 multi-level signals when it is 1. The output signal of the binarization circuit 1012 is the selectors 1013, 101.
4 through the rotation circuit 1015 or selector 1016
Is input to

In addition, the rotation circuit 1015 to the signal line 106
The signal output to 2 is also input to the selector 1016, and the selector 1016 selects one of the signal line 1061 and the signal line 1062. This signal is selected by the CPU1
003 is determined by communicating with the facsimile section 4 via a signal line 1054 which is a CPU bus. The signal output from the selector 1016 to the signal line 1063 is
It is sent to the facsimile unit 4 via the connector 1005.

Next, the case of receiving information from the facsimile section 4 will be described. The image information from the facsimile unit 4 is transmitted to the signal line 1064 via the connector 1005. This signal is applied to the selector 101 and the selector 1.
017 is input. When the image upon facsimile reception is rotated and output to the printer unit 2 according to an instruction from the CPU 1003, the rotation circuit 1015 rotates the signal 1064 input to the selector 1014. The signal output from the rotating circuit 1015 to the signal line 1062 is input to the pattern matching unit 1018 via the selector 1016 and the selector 1017.

When the image at the time of facsimile reception is output as it is to the printer unit 2 according to the instruction of the CPU 1003, the signal line 1 input to the selector 1017 is input.
The signal from 064 is input to the pattern matching unit 1018.

The pattern matching unit 1018 has a function (smoothing function) for smoothing the jaggedness of an image when it is received by facsimile. The pattern-matched signal is passed through the selector 1019 to the L level.
It is input to the UT 1020. The LUT 1020 has a table that can be changed by the CPU 1003 in order to output an image received by facsimile to the printer unit 2 at a desired density. The signal output from the LUT 1020 to the signal line 1068 is sent to the expansion circuit 1 via the selector 1021.
022 is input.

The enlargement circuit 1022 has two values (00h,
The 8-bit multi-valued signal having FFh) is enlarged by the linear interpolation method of the first order. The 8-bit multi-valued signal with many values from this expansion circuit 1022 is stored in the buffer 1010
And is sent to the reader unit 1 via the connector 1001. The reader unit 1 sends this signal to the external I via the connector 120.
It is input to the / F switching circuit 119. External I / F switching circuit 1
Reference numeral 19 inputs the signal from the facsimile section 4 to the Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113. The output signal of the Y signal generation / color detection circuit 113 is output to the printer unit 2 after being subjected to the above-described processing, and an image is formed on the output paper here.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the detailed arrangement of the facsimile section 4.

The facsimile section 4 is connected to the core section 10 by the connector 400 and exchanges various signals. When the binary information from the core unit 10 is stored in any of the memory (A) 405 to the memory (D) 408, the signal from the connector 400 is input to the memory controller 404 through the signal line 453, and this memory is stored. Controller 4
Memory (A) 405, memory (B) 40 under the control of 04.
6, memory (C) 407, memory (D) 408, or two sets of memory connected in cascade.

The memory controller 404 is the CPU 41.
Memory (A) 405, memory (B) 4
06, the memory (C) 407, the memory (D) 408, and the signal line 4 serving as a CPU bus through the signal lines 455 to 458.
62, a mode in which data is exchanged with the memory 62, a mode in which data is exchanged via the CODEC 411 having a coding / decoding function and a signal line 463 which is a CODEC bus, a memory (A) 405, and a memory (B ) 406,
Under the control of the timing generation circuit 409, a mode in which the contents (data) of the memory (C) 407 and the memory (D) 408 are transmitted to the scaling circuit 403 via the signal line (bus) 454 under the control of the DMA controller 402. To store the binary video input data of the signal line 454 in the memory (A) 40.
5, a mode of storing in any of the memory (B) 406, the memory (C) 407, and the memory (D) 408, and the memory (A) 405, the memory (B) 406, and the memory (C) 40.
7 and the memory (D) 408, the contents of the memory are read out and output to the signal line 452.

Further, the memory (A) 405, the memory (B)
406, memory (C) 407, and memory (D) 408
Has a capacity of 2 Mbytes each, 400DP
An image corresponding to the JIS standard A4 size is stored at the resolution of I.

The timing generation circuit 409 is connected to the connector 4
00 and a signal line 459, and control signals (HSYNC, HEN, VSYNC, VE) from the core unit 10 are connected.
N), it generates signals to accomplish the following two functions: One of them is to store the image signal from the core unit 10 in any one of the memory (A) 405, the memory (B) 406, the memory (C) 407, and the memory (D) 408, or two memories. Function, the second is
This is a function of reading an image signal from any one of the memory (A) 405, the memory (B) 406, the memory (C) 407, and the memory (D) 408 and transmitting the image signal to the signal line 452.

The dual port memory 410 includes the signal line 4
It is connected to the CPU 1003 of the core unit 10 via 61 and to the CPU 412 of the facsimile unit 4 via a signal line 462. Then, the respective CPUs exchange commands via the dual port memory 410.
The SCSI controller 413 is connected to the facsimile section 4 and interfaces with the hard disk 11.

The CODEC 411 for storing data at the time of transmitting a facsimile or receiving a facsimile has a memory (A) 405, a memory (B) 406, and a memory (C) 40.
7. The image information stored in any one of the memory (D) 408 is read out, and after the desired encoding of the MH, MR, MMR system is performed, the memory (A) 405, the memory (B)
406, memory (C) 407, or memory (D) 408 is stored as encoded information. In addition, memory (A)
405, the memory (B) 406, the memory (C) 407, and the memory (D) 408 are read out and encoded by a desired method of the MH, MR, and MMR methods, and then the memory ( A) 405, a memory (B) 406, a memory (C) 407, and a memory (D) 408 are stored as decryption information.

The MODEM 414 has a function of modulating the coded information from the hard disk connected to the CODEC 411 or the SCSI controller 413 in order to transmit it on the telephone line, and demodulating the information sent from the NCU 415 to obtain the coded information. Converted to CODEC411
Alternatively, it has a function of transferring the encoded information to a hard disk connected to the SCSI controller 413. The NCU 415 is directly connected to a telephone line and exchanges information with an exchange station installed in a telephone station or the like according to a predetermined procedure.

Next, the facsimile transmission processing operation will be described.

The binarized image signal from the reader unit 1 is input from the connector 400, transmitted through the signal line 453 and transmitted to the memory controller 404. Then, it is stored in the memory (A) 405 by the memory controller 404. The timing of storing in this memory (A) 405 is
The signal transmitted from the reader unit 1 through the signal line 459 is generated by the timing generation circuit 409.

The CPU 412 is the memory controller 40.
Memory (A) 405 and memory (B) 4 connected to
06 is a signal line 46 which is a bus line of the CODEC 411
Connect with 3. The CODEC 411 is a memory (A) 40
5, the image information is read out, encoded by the MR method, and the encoded information is written in the memory (B) 406.

Then, the A4 size image information is transferred to the CO
When the DEC 411 encodes, the CPU 412 connects the memory (B) 406 of the memory controller 404 to the signal line 462 which is the CPU bus. The CPU 412 sequentially reads the encoded information from the memory (B) 406,
Transfer to MODEM 414. The MODEM 414 modulates the coded information input from the signal line 464 and transmits it as facsimile information on the telephone line via the signal line 465 of the NCU 415 and the connector 416.

Next, the facsimile reception processing operation will be described.

Information sent from the telephone line is MCU
It is input to the facsimile unit 4 by a predetermined procedure by the NCU 415. The information from this NCU 415 first enters the MODEM 414, where it is demodulated. The CPU 412 is a signal line 46 that is a CPU bus.
The information sent from the MODEM 414 via 2 is stored in the memory (C) 407.

Information of one screen is stored in the memory (C) 40.
7, the CPU 412 controls the memory controller 404 to connect the signal line 457 which is the data line of the memory (C) 407 to the signal line 463 of the CODEC 411. The CODEC 411 sequentially reads the encoded information in the memory (C) 407 and decodes it, that is, stores it in the memory (D) 408 as image information.

Further, the CPU 412 communicates with the CPU 1003 of the core unit 10 via the dual port memory 410, and makes settings for sending an image from the memory (D) 408 via the core unit 10 to the printer unit 2 for printout. To do. Upon completion of this setting, the CPU 412 activates the timing generation circuit 409 and outputs a predetermined timing signal from the signal line 460 to the memory controller 404.

The memory controller 404 reads the image information from the memory (D) 408 and synchronizes with the signal line 45 in synchronization with the signal from the timing generation circuit 409.
2 and outputs to the connector 400.

Since the operation of the core unit 10 has been described until the information is output from the connector 400 to the printer unit 2, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Memory 405 of FIG.
Numerals to 408 constitute storage means for storing image data for at least one page of the received document, which is first generated by the facsimile section 4 which is the receiving means.
The bitmap image data of the first sheet (first page) is stored in any memory, and the second and subsequent sheets are recorded (printed) on a sheet (recording sheet) in the form of a visible image by the printer unit 2 which is a recording unit. Then, after all reception is completed and output to the sheet is completed, the first bitmap image data stored in the memory is recorded on the sheet by the printer unit 2 and finally output. The above control is performed by the core unit 10
It is performed by

That is, when a plurality of pages of original image data are received through the telephone line shown in FIG. 5 (step S1
1) First, the coded image data of the first page is decoded and stored as image information in the memory (A) 405 or the memory (B) 406 by the above-described predetermined processing operation (step S12). At this time, the printer unit 2
Image data of the second and subsequent pages without transferring the image information to the memory (C) 407 or the memory (D) 40.
8 is used to decode the image data by a predetermined processing operation, the image data is transferred to the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10, and images according to the image data are sequentially recorded on a sheet to print the image data on the printer unit. 2 is discharged to the outside (step S13).

When the sheet up to the last page has been discharged (step S14), the memory (A) 40 for the first page
The image data stored in the image information 5 as image information is transferred to the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10, and an image according to the image data is recorded on a sheet and discharged to a discharge tray. This completes a series of operations.

By such processing operation, the printer unit 2
Sheets of a plurality of pages (1 to 4) are discharged onto the paper discharge tray in the form shown in FIG.

Therefore, even when outputting face-up, a large-capacity memory is not required, the sheets on which the received images are recorded can be easily distinguished at a low cost, and the received images indicate who the original is. You can see at a glance.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. The configurations of the apparatus and system are the same as those in FIGS.

The transfer sheet stacking unit 210 for re-feeding shown in FIG.
An intermediate tray unit (temporary storage unit) that temporarily stores printed sheets without discharging them is provided, and the first-page bitmap image data received and generated by the facsimile unit 4 is stored in the intermediate tray. Stored on the intermediate tray unit after the second page and subsequent pages are recorded on the sheet by the printer unit 2 as a visible image and output, and all the reception is completed and output on the sheet. The first recording sheet is ejected by the printer unit 2. The above control is performed by the core unit 10.

That is, when a plurality of pages of original image data are received via the telephone line shown in FIG. 5 (step S2
1) First, the coded image data of the first page is decoded into image information by the above-mentioned predetermined processing operation. Next, the image information is transferred to the printer unit 2. At this time, after forming an image on the sheet in the printer unit 2, the sheet is not output to the outside of the printer unit 2 and the conveyance direction is switched. The member 209 conveys the sheet to the intermediate tray unit (transfer sheet stacking unit 210) for re-feeding. Then, the image data on the subsequent pages is decoded into image data by a predetermined processing operation, these image data are transferred to the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10, and the images according to the image data are sequentially recorded on the sheet. Then, the sheet is discharged to the outside of the printer section 2 without passing through the intermediate tray section (step S23).

When the discharge to the final page is completed (step S24), the recorded sheet is conveyed from the re-feeding intermediate tray portion containing the first page (the image forming process is not performed. Then, the sheet is discharged to the outside of the printer unit 2 (step S25). This completes a series of operations.

By the above processing operation, the printer unit 2
Sheets of a plurality of pages are discharged onto the paper discharge tray in the form shown in FIG.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. The configurations of the apparatus and system are the same as those in FIGS.

Similar to each of the above-described embodiments, a plurality of pages of original image data are received via the telephone line (step S3).
1) At this time, if four pieces of image information of A4 size can be stored in the facsimile unit 4, the facsimile unit 4 stores the memory (A) 405 and the memory (B) 40.
6, the memory (C) 407 and the memory (D) 408 are sequentially transferred to the printer unit 2 without decoding the image information, and the image information is decrypted. When the transmitted image is 4 pages or less, the image data of each page is stored in each memory (D).
408, the memory (C) 407, the memory (B) 406, and the memory (A) 405 (step S32), and each image data is transferred to the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10 in that order, and is stored in each memory. An image according to the stored image data of the second and subsequent pages is recorded on a sheet and discharged (step S3).
3).

After the sheet of the final two pages is discharged (step S34), an image according to the image data of the first page stored in the memory is recorded on the sheet and discharged (step S35). As a result, the printed sheet is ejected as shown in FIG.

However, when an image of 5 pages or more is sent, after decoding up to the 4th page, the memory (A) 405 remains as it is, and the memory (B) 406 and the memory (C) 40.
7, the image of the memory (D) 408 via the core unit 10,
The sheet is sent to the printer unit 2, the sheet is printed by the printer unit 2, and the sheet is discharged to the sheet discharge tray.

Thereafter, the memory (B) 406, the memory (C) 407, and the memory (D) 408 are used to sequentially decode the data on and after the fifth page, and each time the image is transferred to the printer unit 2 for recording. Eject the next sheet.

After printing the last page, the image information stored in the memory (A) 405 is sent to the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10, and the sheet is discharged as shown in FIG.

Even if such processing is performed, the same effect as that of each of the above-described embodiments can be obtained, and even when outputting face-up, a plurality of originals sent from the first page are usually stored in a large capacity. By using the memory for one page, the intermediate tray originally possessed by the printer, the memory possessed by the facsimile, etc. without sorting all pages with the memory of It can be ejected to the top so that you can see at a glance who received the image from the original.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
The first received image data of the first page is stored in the storage means, images according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages are sequentially recorded and output on a sheet, and then the first page of the stored image data is stored. Since the recorded image is recorded on the sheet and output at the end, it does not require a large-capacity memory even when outputting face-up, and at low cost, it is easy to distinguish the sheet on which the received image is recorded. There is an effect.

Further, the sheet on which the image according to the image data of the first page received first is temporarily stored in the storing means, and the sheets on which the images according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages are recorded are sequentially stored. After the sheet is discharged, the sheet temporarily stored is discharged at the end. Therefore, similarly to the above, a large-capacity memory is not required, and at a low cost, it is easy to distinguish the sheet on which the received image is recorded. There is an effect that.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a received image recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing configurations of a reader unit and a printer unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a signal processing system of the reader unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a core unit shown in FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a facsimile unit in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output of sheets on a discharge tray in the first and second embodiments.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output of sheets on a discharge tray in the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output of sheets on a discharge tray in the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 reader unit 2 printer unit (recording unit) 3 external device 4 facsimile unit (receiving unit) 5 file unit 6 man-machine interface unit 7 computer interface unit 8 formatter unit 9 image memory unit 10 core unit (control unit) 11 hard disk 12 external Storage device 210 Transfer paper stacking unit (temporary storage unit) 405 to 408 Memory (storage unit)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving image data via a telephone line, a storing means for storing at least one page of the image data received by the receiving means, and an image according to the image data received by the receiving means. The recording means for recording on the sheet and the first received by the receiving means
The image data of the first page is stored in the storage unit, the image according to the image data of the second page and thereafter is recorded and discharged, and then the image according to the image data of the first page stored in the storage unit is recorded. A received image recording apparatus having a control means for discharging the discharged image. 2. A receiving unit for receiving image data via a telephone line, a recording unit for recording an image on a sheet according to the image data received by the receiving unit, and a sheet for temporarily recording the sheet recorded by the recording unit. A temporary storing means for storing and a sheet on which an image according to the image data of the first page received by the receiving means is recorded are stored in the temporary storing means, and an image according to the image data of the second and subsequent pages is stored. Receiving image recording, comprising control means for discharging the sheet on which the image of the first page temporarily stored in the temporary storage means is discharged after recording on the sheet and discharging without passing through the temporary storage means apparatus. 3. A recording means for recording an image on a sheet according to the received image data, and a control means for ejecting the sheet on which the image is recorded according to the first received image data of the first page to the top. Receiving image recording device.