JPH08265503A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a facsimile equipment which transmits the original information so as to easily and quickly record the received information equivalent to two sheets of original on a single sheet of recording paper of a regular form in a proper way. CONSTITUTION: A facsimile equipment transmits the original information and records the information on the recording paper. When a 2-in-1 processing function is notified from the facsimile equipment to record the information equivalent to two sheets of original on a single sheet of recording paper, the 2-in-1 processing is not applied to the received original information and this information is transmitted as it is. When the facsimile equipment has no 2-in-1 function, the 2-in-1 processing is applied to the original information and this information is transmitted under the control of an addition circuit 14, a vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 15, a coding circuit 16, a decoding/variable power/coding circuit 20, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting document information obtained by reading a plurality of documents as recording information for recording on one recording sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile apparatus reads a document and transmits document information, receives document information transmitted from another facsimile apparatus, detects document data from the received document information, and prints it on recording paper. It is configured to record. An apparatus that uses a cut sheet having a specified size as a recording sheet is generally widely used.

There is a demand for a facsimile apparatus having an nin1 function for recording a plurality of external documents on one recording sheet, and recording two sheets of original information on one recording sheet. An apparatus having a 2in1 function is configured to automatically perform recording by the 2in1 function when receiving document information.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, it is possible for the transmitting side to understand whether or not the receiving side records the document information for a plurality of sheets on one recording sheet by the 2in1 function. Therefore, there is a problem in that the reception side cannot perform appropriate measures and the transmission is performed.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a facsimile apparatus capable of appropriately and easily recording a plurality of original document information on one fixed recording sheet. It is intended.

[0006]

Therefore, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, (1) reading means for reading a document and document information obtained by reading a plurality of documents can be recorded on one recording sheet. And a receiving means for receiving information from a facsimile machine which receives the document information and records the information on the recording paper, and a control means for controlling the respective means. When a notification having a function of recording original information for a plurality of originals on one recording sheet is received from the facsimile apparatus for performing recording, the nin1 of the original information by the nin1 means is The document information is transmitted from the transmission means without performing any processing, and (2) the configuration described in (1) above, in addition to the configuration described in claim 1. In addition to the configuration, receiving means for receiving document information, recording means for recording on a fixed recording paper based on the received document information, rotating the direction of the received document information or receiving the received document information Means for notifying the facsimile apparatus that transmits the manuscript information of the presence or absence of the nin1 function of recording manuscript information for a plurality of manuscripts on one recording sheet by reducing the size of the manuscript, and control means for controlling the respective means. By the configuration characterized by having and
(3) In the above configuration, two facsimiles of A (n + 1) size in the horizontal direction are recorded on one sheet of A (n) size in the vertical direction from the facsimile machine which performs recording by the receiving means, or 2 in 1, or A notification of the presence or absence of the function of performing 2 in 1 for recording two A (n + 1) -size vertical originals on one A (n) -size vertical recording paper is received.
1) When transmitting document information of size, the facsimile apparatus for recording does not have recording paper of A (n + 1) size but has recording paper of A (n) size. If there is no A (n + 1) size recording paper in the facsimile machine for recording and there is no 2in1 function, the read image information is processed in 2in1 by the nin1 means without transmitting the 2in1 processing by the nin1 means. With the configuration characterized by transmitting the manuscript information,
(4) In the above configuration, when the read image information is transmitted without the 2-in-1 processing, the value of the page counter of the document information counted on the transmission side and the value of the page counter of the recording counted on the transmission side are equal to each other. However, when the read image information is subjected to 2-in-1 processing and the document information is transmitted, the page counter value of the document information counted by the transmitting side is larger than the recording page counter value counted by the transmitting side. With the above-mentioned structure, the above-mentioned object is achieved.

[0007]

With the configuration (1) above, the facsimile apparatus on the transmission side records the original information for a plurality of originals received from the facsimile apparatus for recording on one recording sheet.
Appropriate document information can be transmitted according to the presence or absence of one function.

Further, with the above configuration (2), the facsimile apparatus which reads the original and transmits the original information records the original information for a plurality of sheets on one recording sheet.
The presence / absence of a function can be notified, and appropriate document information can be received and recorded by the device itself.

Specifically, according to the above configuration (3), A
The transmission of (n + 1) -size document information is performed when the facsimile apparatus for recording does not have A (n + 1) -size recording paper.
If there is (n) size recording paper and has the 2in1 function, the read image information is transmitted without performing the 2in1 processing, and the facsimile apparatus for recording does not have the A (n + 1) size recording paper and also has the 2in1 function. By performing the 2-in-1 processing on the read image information and transmitting it, both the transmitting side and the receiving / recording side can perform appropriate operations.

Further, as shown in (4) above, when the read image information is transmitted without the 2 in 1 processing, the page counter value of the document information counted by the transmission side and the recording counted by the transmission side are recorded. When the page counter values are the same and the read image information is subjected to 2 in 1 processing and the document information is transmitted, the page counter value of the document information counted by the transmitting side is the value of the recording page counter counted by the transmitting side. By increasing the number, the number of pages included in the procedure in ECM communication can be determined, and appropriate operation confirmation can be performed on both the transmission side and the reception recording side.

[0011]

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

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a method of setting an original and recording paper in the same embodiment. .

An NCU (network control unit) 2 is connected to a terminal of the line in order to use the telephone network for data communication and the like,
It controls the connection of the telephone exchange network, switches the data communication path, and holds the loop. If the signal level (signal line 54a) from the control circuit 54 is "0", the NCU 2 connects the telephone line 2a to the telephone 4
If the signal level is "1", the telephone line 2a
Is connected to the facsimile machine side. In the normal state, the telephone line 2a is connected to the telephone 4 side.

The hybrid circuit 6 separates the transmission system signal and the reception system signal, sends the transmission signal from the addition circuit 24 to the telephone line 2a via the NCU 2, and receives the signal from the other side via the NCU 2. The signal line 6a sends the signal to the V29 demodulator 28 and the V21 demodulator 26.

The V21 modulator 8 is a modulator for performing modulation based on the well-known ITU-T recommendation V21, and is a control circuit 5.
4 modulates the procedure signal (signal line 54i) from
It is sent to the adder circuit 24 through a.

The reading circuit 10 is a CCD (charge coupled device).
The image signal for one line in the main operation direction is sequentially read from the transmission original by an image pickup device such as the above and an optical system, and a signal string representing binary values of white and black is created and output from the signal line 10a. .

The transmission source information creating circuit 12 includes a control circuit 54.
The signal of the signal line 54b is input while the signal of the signal level "1" is output from the signal line 54c to the signal line 54c, and if the signal "0" is output, the source information is added to the upper side shown in FIG. As described above, if the signal "1" is output in synchronization with the reading circuit 10, the source circuit information is added to the left side of FIG.
If the signal "2" is output, it is output in synchronization with the reading circuit 10 so that the sender information is added to the lower side shown in FIG. 2, and if the signal "3" is output, The source information is output in synchronization with the reading circuit 10 so that the source information is added to the right side.

The adder circuit 14 includes a signal line 10a and a signal line 1
The information output to 2a is input and added, and the addition result is output to the signal line 14a. The vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 15 inputs the information output to the signal line 14a and outputs the vertical / horizontal converted information to the signal line 15a.

The encoding circuit 16 inputs the information output to the signal line 14a when the signal of the signal level "0" is output to the signal line 54g, and the signal level "1" to the signal line 54g. If the signal of “” is output, the signal line 15a
The information output to the above is input and encoded (MR encoded with K = 8) and output to the signal line 16a.

The memory circuit 18 stores the encoded data output to the signal line 16a under the control of the signal line 54d, and stores the stored encoded data in the signal line 1
8a.

The decoding / magnifying / magnifying / encoding circuit 20 is a circuit which inputs the signal output to the signal line 18a, and once decodes the signal, magnifies it, and encodes it if necessary. The converted data is output to the signal line 20a.

The modulator 22 is a known ITU-T recommendation V2.
Modulation based on 7ter (differential phase modulation) or V29 (quadrature modulation) is performed. The modulator 22 receives the signal on the signal line 20a, modulates the signal, and outputs the modulated data to the signal line 22a.

The adder circuit 24 includes a signal line 8a and a signal line 22.
The signal a is input, and the addition result is output to the signal line 24a.

The demodulator 26 is a well-known ITU-T recommendation V2.
Demodulate based on 1. This demodulator 26 uses the signal line 6
The signal a is input, V21 demodulation is performed, and the demodulated data is output to the signal line 26a.

The demodulator 28 is a known ITU-T recommendation V2.
Demodulation based on 7ter (differential phase modulation) or V29 (quadrature modulation) is performed. The demodulator 28 receives the signal on the signal line 6a, demodulates it, and outputs the demodulated data to the signal line 28a.

The decoding / encoding circuit 30 uses the signal line 28a.
Input the demodulated data output to, decode once,
The decoded data is output to the signal line 30a, and the MR coded data of K = 8 is output to the signal line 30b again.

The memory circuit 32 stores the encoded data output to the signal line 30b in the memory circuit 32 according to the control of the signal line 54e, and stores the encoded data in the memory circuit 32 according to the control of the signal line 54e. Data to signal line 3
2a.

The decoding circuit 34 inputs the signal output to the signal line 32a and decodes it (MR decoding with K = 8).
The output data is output to the signal line 34a.

The vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 35 inputs the information output to the signal line 34a and converts the vertical / horizontal information into the signal line 3a.
Output to 5a.

The recording circuit 36 inputs the data output to the signal line 34a when the signal of the signal level "0" is output to the signal line 54f, and inputs the signal of the signal level "1" to the signal line 54f. Is output, the data output to the signal line 35a is input, and recording is sequentially performed line by line at a constant speed.

The document size and direction detection circuit 38 is a circuit for detecting the size and direction of the document set on the document table. When an A4 size document is set in the vertical direction, a signal "38" is output to the signal line 38a. A signal of "0" is output, and when an A4 size original is set in the horizontal direction, the signal line 38a
The signal of "1" is output to the signal line, and when the A3 size document is set in the vertical direction, the signal of "2" is output to the signal line 38a.

The recording size and direction detection circuit 40 is a circuit for detecting the size and direction of the recording paper set in the recording paper cassette. When the recording paper of A4 size is set in the vertical direction, a signal is output. The signal "0" is output to the line 40a, and the signal "1" is output to the signal line 40a when the A4 size recording paper is set in the horizontal direction, and the signal A3 is output.
Signal line 4 when a size document is set vertically
The signal of signal "2" is output to 0a.

The control circuit 54 has means for informing the transmitter from the receiver of the function of recording a plurality of pieces of reception information on one recording sheet, and the transmitter controls transmission based on this information. Change. More specifically, A4 from the receiver to the transmitter
Notify the presence / absence of the function of 2 in 1 horizontal size originals on A3 size vertical recording paper, or 2 in 1 A4 size vertical originals on A3 size vertical recording paper, and send If you try to send an A4 size document on the machine side, if there is no A4 size recording paper in the receiver and there is an A3 size recording paper and there is a 2in1 function, then the transmitter side does not process 2in1 Send the original and send it to the receiver 2
If there is no in1 function, the transmitter side performs 2in1 processing and transmits the document. Specific examples of the above control are shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

In FIG. 3, step S60 represents the start of control. In S62, the signal of signal level "0" is output to the signal line 54a, and the CML is turned off.

In S64 and S66, it is judged whether reception or transmission is selected, and if reception is selected, S7 is selected.
If 0 is selected and transmission is selected, the process proceeds to step S78 in FIG. 4, and if neither is selected, the process proceeds to step S68 to perform other processing.

In S70, a signal of signal level "1" is output to the reception line 54a to turn on the CML.

Step S72 represents a pre-procedure. Here, the information of the signal line 40a is inputted to judge the size and direction of the recording paper. Here, for example, there is a recording paper of A3 vertical direction,
If there is no A4 horizontal recording paper or A4 vertical recording paper, this is notified to the transmitter. The receiver side records both A4 landscape and A4 portrait documents on A3 portrait recording paper 2in
1 Declares that there is a function.

Step S74 represents the reception / recording of the image signal. Here, if it is an A4 portrait original, it is rotated by 90 degrees via the signal line 54f, and if it is an A4 landscape original, it is printed as 2 in 1 and recorded on A3 recording paper. S76 represents a post-procedure.

After S78 in FIG. 4, the transmission original is A
4 sizes will be described.

In S78, a signal of signal level "1" is output to the signal line 54a to turn on CML.

S80 and S82 represent a pre-procedure,
In S80, only the recording sheet in the A3 vertical direction is present, and there is no recording sheet in the A4 vertical direction or recording sheet in the A4 horizontal direction.

In S82, it is judged whether or not the receiver has a function of recording the A4 portrait original and the A4 landscape original on the A3 recording paper by 2in1. If there is this function, the process proceeds to S84 and the A4 original is processed. As is, specifically, A4 portrait orientation remains A4 portrait orientation, 4 landscape orientation original remains A4 landscape orientation, and both are transmitted with the sender information added to the left end side shown in FIG. It means to do. S86 represents a post-procedure.

If there is no 2in1 function in S82, the process proceeds to S88, in which if the transmitted original is A4 portrait, the original information is rotated by 90 °, and the original information of the A4 horizontal original remains 2in1.
After processing, the image signal is transmitted as an A3 original. here,
If the original is in the A4 vertical direction, the sender information is added to the left end of the data before rotation, and if the original is the A4 horizontal direction, the sender information is added to the left end. S90 represents a post-procedure.

(Second Embodiment) The second embodiment is the ECM communication of the first embodiment, in which the transmitter communicates on the receiver side with a PPS-Q signal every time transmission of one page is completed. The receiver is notified of the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of pages at the time. Further, the transmitter side adds information of a page counter indicating the number of transmission pages on the transmitter side to be added to the sender information.

Here, when the transmitter side does not perform the 2 in 1 processing, the value of the page counter indicating the number of transmission pages on the transmitter side counted on the transmitter side and the receiver side counting on the transmitter side. The value of the page counter at the time of communication is the same. That is, the number of pages for one page is assigned to one A4 size original.

On the other hand, when performing 2 in 1 processing on the transmitter side, the value of the page counter representing the number of pages transmitted on the transmitter side counted by the transmitter side is 1 page for one A4 size original. Minute pages are allocated. The value of the page counter at the time of communication on the receiver side, which is counted on the transmitter side, is that two A4 size originals are transmitted as one A3 size and the number of pages for one page is assigned. The point is that the number of transmitted pages is larger than the page counter value on the receiver side. As a result, the ECM can be used in either the case where 2in1 is performed on the transmitter side or the case where 2in1 is not performed on the transmitter side.
Communication is possible.

(Third Embodiment) In addition to the structure of the third embodiment, the third embodiment has a structure in which the transmitter side notifies the receiver side whether or not 2 in 1 transmission is being performed. .

Specifically, in the pre-procedure of S84, the receiver is notified that 2in1 transmission is not performed, and in the pre-procedure of S88, the receiver is notified that 2in1 transmission is performed.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The facsimile apparatus on the transmission side can recognize the presence or absence of the nin1 function of recording the original information of a plurality of originals received from the facsimile apparatus for recording on one recording sheet, and based on this recognition, the appropriate original information can be obtained. Can be sent.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the facsimile apparatus which reads the original and transmits the original information records the original information for a plurality of sheets on one recording sheet.
It is possible to notify the presence / absence of one function, and it is possible to receive the document information appropriate to the own device and perform recording.

Specifically, according to the configuration of claim 3,
The transmission of A (n + 1) size original information is performed by processing the read image information in 2 in 1 if the facsimile machine for recording does not have A (n + 1) size recording paper but has A (n) size recording paper. If there is no A (n + 1) -size recording paper in the facsimile machine that performs transmission without recording and there is no 2in1 function, the read image information is processed by 2in1 and transmitted, and Both can perform appropriate operations.

Further, as described in claim 4, when the read image information is transmitted without the 2-in-1 processing, the page counter value of the document information counted by the transmitting side and the recording page counted by the transmitting side are transmitted. The counter values match, and when the read image information is subjected to 2 in 1 processing and the document information is transmitted, the page counter value of the document information counted on the transmission side is greater than the page counter value of the recording counted on the transmission side. By increasing the size, the number of pages included in the procedure in ECM communication can be determined, and proper operation confirmation can be performed on both the transmission side and the reception recording side.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a facsimile apparatus which can appropriately and easily record the document information for a plurality of sheets on one fixed recording sheet.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a setting direction of a document and a recording sheet according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a control flowchart of a control circuit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a control flowchart of a control circuit according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 NCU 4 Telephone 6 Hybrid circuit 8, 22 Modulator 10 Reading circuit 12 Source information creation circuit 14 Addition circuit 15, 35 Vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 16 Encoding circuit 18, 32 Memory circuit 20 Decoding / scaling / encoding circuit 24 Adder circuit 26, 28 Demodulator 30 Decoding / encoding circuit 34 Decoding circuit 36 Recording circuit 38 Detection circuit 40 Detection circuit 54 Control circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading an original, a nin1 means for processing the read information by nin1 so that the original information obtained by reading a plurality of originals can be recorded on one recording sheet, and a transmitting means for transmitting the original information. And a receiving unit that receives information from a facsimile device that receives document information and records the information on a recording sheet, and a control unit that controls each unit. When a notification having a function of recording original information for a plurality of originals on one recording sheet is received from the nin
A facsimile apparatus, wherein original information is transmitted from the transmitting means without performing one process. 2. In addition to the structure according to claim 1, a receiving means for receiving document information, a recording means for recording on a fixed recording paper based on the received document information, and the received document information. Notification for notifying a facsimile apparatus which transmits document information whether or not there is a nin1 function for recording document information for a plurality of documents on one recording sheet by rotating the direction or reducing the received document information. A facsimile apparatus comprising means and control means for controlling each of the means. 3. A 2 in. A (n + 1) size document in the horizontal direction is recorded on one A (n) size recording sheet in a vertical direction from a facsimile machine for recording by the receiving means.
1 or 2 A (n + 1) size originals in the vertical direction
When a notification of the presence or absence of the function of performing 2 in 1 for recording on one (n) size recording sheet in the vertical direction is received and the document information of A (n + 1) size is transmitted, A ( If there is no (n + 1) size recording paper and there is an A (n) size recording paper and there is a 2in1 function, the read image information is 2in1 by the nin1 means.
There is no A (n + 1) size recording paper in the facsimile machine that transmits the document information without processing and records the data.
If there is no function, read the image information by the nin1 means 2
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the in-one processing is performed and original information is transmitted. 4. When the read image information is transmitted without performing the 2-in-1 processing, the value of the page counter of the document information counted by the transmitting side and the value of the page counter of the recording counted by the transmitting side match, When the read image information is subjected to the 2-in-1 processing and the manuscript information is transmitted, the value of the page counter of the manuscript information counted on the transmitting side becomes larger than the value of the page counter of the recording counted on the transmitting side. Claims 1 to 3
The facsimile apparatus according to any one of 1.