JPH09214744A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit a user to surely know the order of a page after the first at the time of reading, which is added to the plural pages, when picture data of the plural continuous pages stored in a memory are transmitted by a transmission function by which the picture data is judged based on the number of recordable lines at a reception side and the plural pages are coupled to be one page. SOLUTION: Picture data of an original with the plural pages, which is read by a contact sensor 9, is temporarily stored in a picture memory 13. When picture data of the plural continuous pages stored in the picture memory 13 is being transmitted by the transmission function by which the picture data is judged based on the number of recording possible lines at the reception side and the plural pages are coupled to be one page, CPU 1 executes control so as to display the number of the pages which are actually transmitted and the number of the reading pages added to the plural pages in a display equipment 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, image data of a plurality of pages of originals read by an image reading means and the number of lines for each page are temporarily stored in a memory, and the reception is obtained as a result of recognizing the sub-scan length of a recording sheet on the receiving side. If the total number of recordable lines of the image data of a plurality of consecutive pages accumulated in the memory is less than the threshold value, the number of recordable lines on the side is set as a threshold value, and the consecutive record images are accumulated in the memory. A facsimile device having a transmission function of combining image data of a plurality of pages into one page and transmitting the combined image data has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 7 (1999) -107242).
-248307).

Further, the conventional facsimile apparatus displays only the number of pages actually transmitted.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since only the number of pages actually transmitted is displayed, it is possible to record the image data of a plurality of consecutive pages accumulated in the memory on the receiving side. Judging from the number of lines, when only the number of pages to be transmitted is displayed as in the conventional case when transmitting by the transmission function of combining and transmitting to one page, the page includes what page at the time of reading. However, there is a problem that the user does not know.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the above-mentioned conventional technique, and an object of the present invention is to record continuous plural pages of image data accumulated in a memory on the receiving side. Judging from the number of possible lines,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device which allows a user to surely know how many pages at the time of reading the page when transmitting by a transmission function of combining and transmitting to one page.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention accumulates image data of a plurality of pages of originals read by an image reading means and the number of lines for each page. Accumulating means, detecting means for recognizing the sub-scan length of the recording paper on the receiving side, and detecting the number of recordable lines corresponding to the recording paper on the receiving side obtained as a result, and a plurality of pages accumulated in the accumulating means. Calculating means for calculating the sum of the number of lines of the image data, and when the sum is less than the number of recordable lines, the continuous image data of a plurality of pages accumulated in the memory are combined into one page and transmitted. And a display for displaying information, and a display for displaying both the number of transmission pages transmitted by the transmission unit and the number of read pages included in the transmission page. It is characterized in that provided with the stage.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the facsimile apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the transmitting means is
The image data of a plurality of pages combined and transmitted as a page is characterized by being image data read as continuous pages.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
In the figure, 1 is a CPU (central processing unit), which is a ROM
The entire apparatus is controlled according to the contents of the program stored in the (read-only memory) 2. Further, the first RAM (read / write memory) 3 is used as a work area as needed.

The original is read by a contact sensor (CS) 9 which is a reading means, compression-coded through a read control gate array (R-CNT) 10, and stored (stored) in an image memory (DRAM) 13. "Reception number", "Destination information", "Page number", "Stored image memory block information", "Resolution", "Image size",
The management information such as "the number of lines for each page" is stored in the second RAM 4
Is stored (accumulated) in. The image information stored in the image memory 13 and the management information stored in the second RAM 4 are C
When there is a recording request from the PU 1, the recording control gate array (W-CNT) 11 decompresses and decodes it, and the laser printer (LBP) 12 records it on recording paper.

When there is a transmission request from the CPU 1,
The image information stored in the image memory 13 is stored in the CPU 1
Is compressed and encoded according to the mode of the other device,
After being PM-AM modulated by the modulation demodulator (MODEM) 14, it is output to the line through the network control unit (NCU) 15.

The image data received through the line is also modulated and demodulated by the network control unit 15.
4 and is demodulated by this modulation demodulator 14 and C
After being decoded by the PU 1 and compressed and encoded again, it is stored in the image memory 13 and the management information is stored in the second RAM.
Stored in 4.

Further, the operator (user) can press various keys on the key (KEY) board 8 which is an information input means to perform various instructions and settings and input information, and the instructions can be given. And the contents of setting and input information are
It can be confirmed by being stored and held in the RAM 5 and displayed on the display (LCD) 7. In this case, the CPU 1 controls the operation panel control gate array (OP-C
The key input data from the keyboard 8 is detected through the NT) 6 and the necessary data is displayed on the display 7. Furthermore,
During transmission, the CPU 1 also causes the display 7 to display the number of pages currently being transmitted and the number of read pages included in the page.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an image data storage operation and a display state of the display device 7 in the facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration. In FIG. 2, the i-th page 20 at the time of reading
1 and (i + 1) th page 202 and (i + 2) th page 2
It is shown that the pages up to 03 are combined and transmitted as the kth page at the time of transmission, and the (i + 3) th page 204 at the time of reading could not be combined. Here, i is a page counter at the time of reading, and k is a page counter at the time of transmitting. Further, in FIG. 2, (a) is a read image, (b) is
Is the image of the transmission buffer, and (c) is the display content of the display 7, and the accumulation process is shown from top to bottom.

That is, after reading a plurality of pages in advance, the image data of the i-th page 201 at the time of reading is accumulated in the transmission buffer, and the display content indicating that the i-th page is included in the k-th page at the time of transmission k [i] 209 is displayed on the display 7
To display. Next, the image data of the (i + 1) th page 202 is stored in the transmission buffer as the same page data, and the kth page at the time of transmission and the i page at the time of reading and (i
+1) Display contents indicating that the page is included k [i,
(I + 1)] 210 is displayed on the display unit 7. Further, the image data of the (i + 2) th page 203 at the time of reading is also stored in the transmission buffer as the same page data, and the i page, the (i + 1) page, and the (i + 2) page at the time of reading the kth page at the time of transmission are stored. Display content k indicating inclusion
[I, (i + 1), (i + 2)] 211 is displayed on the display unit 7.

That is, the i-th page 201, the (i + 1) -th page 202, and the (i + 2) -th page 203 at the time of reading
Are sequentially stored in the transmission buffer as one page of image data (205 to 207), and the storage status is sequentially displayed on the display 7
While being displayed (209 to 211), they are combined and transmitted as the k-th page at the time of transmission. The (i + 3) th page 204 at the time of reading, which could not be combined, is stored in the new (k + 1) th page 208, and the display content (k + 1) [(i + 3)] 212 indicating the situation is displayed on the display unit 7.

Next, the processing operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the image data accumulation operation shown in FIG.
The display operation on the display 7 at that time will be described with reference to FIG. However, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the read document width and the read resolution are the same for the i-th page 201, the (i + 1) -th page 202, the (i + 2) -th page 203, and the (i + 3) -th page 204. To do.

Here, i is a page counter at the time of reading, j is a page counter at the time of reading from the i-th page 201, k is a page counter at the time of transmission, and x _i is at the time of transmission.
The number of lines of the image data of the i-th page at the time of reading stored in the transmission buffer, x _{i + j} is (i + j) at the time of reading
It is the number of lines of the image data of the page. Further, y is a threshold value for judging whether or not image data of a plurality of continuous pages is combined into one page, and the recording paper width and the receiving side sent from the partner device which is the sending side in the pre-communication procedure. It is decided based on information such as the cut paper size that can be used in. For example, if the recording paper width is A4 and the reading resolution is standard, the number of lines that can be recorded on A4 size recording paper at standard resolution is set as y as a threshold value.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the control procedure of the memory transmission processing operation of the facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment. In the figure, at the time of transmission, the first step S
In step 301 and step S302, the transmission page counter k and the reading page counter i are set to 1, and then in step S303, the page counter j and the number of storage lines x _i of the transmission buffer are set to 0. Then, step S30
I-th page 201 stored in the image memory 13 in step 4
The image data of the original document is stored in the transmission buffer. At this time, the number of read lines of the original on the i-th page 201 is set to the number of accumulated lines x _i of the transmission buffer. Next, in step S305, the display content indicating that the k-th page at the time of transmission includes the i-th page at the time of reading (20 in FIG. 2).
9) is displayed on the display 7.

Next, in step S306, the page counter j is incremented by 1, and in step S307 it is determined whether or not the (i + j) th page is stored in the image memory 13. If the (i + j) th page is not accumulated, the image data in the transmission buffer is transmitted in step S315, and then this processing operation is ended. Further, (i + j) if page is accumulated in the step S307, the sum (x _i of the accumulated number of lines x _i of the transmission buffer and (i + j) number of pages th storage line x _{i + j} in step S308 + X _{i + j} ) is compared with a threshold value y corresponding to the number of recordable lines on the recording paper on the receiving side, and the sum of the number of lines (x _i
+ X _{i + j} ) is smaller than the threshold value y, step S
In step 309, the image data of the (i + j) th page is combined with the image data of the previous page in the transmission buffer and stored in the transmission buffer as a memory storage image 206 in FIG.

Then, in step S310, k at the time of transmission
I- (i + j- at the time of reading included in the page
1) Display contents (210 and 211 in FIG. 2) indicating that the (i + j) th page is included in addition to the 1st page are additionally displayed on the display unit 7. Next, proceeding to step S311, after adding the number of accumulated lines x _{i + j} of the (i + j) th page to the number of accumulated lines x _i of the transmission buffer, the process returns to step S306.

If the sum (x _i + x _{i + j} ) of the number of stored lines is larger than the threshold value y in step S308, the image data in the transmission buffer is transmitted to the other party in step S312, and step S313. At, i is updated to a value obtained by adding the page counter i at the time of reading and the page counters j and i at the time of reading from the i-th page. Then, in step S314, 1 is added to the page k at the time of transmission, and the process returns to step S303.

The above processing is executed until the memory transmission for one communication is completed.

As described in detail above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when transmitting image data of a plurality of pages of a document read by the image reading means, the sum of the sub-scanning lengths of a plurality of consecutive pages is received. If the length of the recording paper on the side is less than the length, the continuous pages are combined and sent as a single page image, and both the page at the time of sending and the page at the time of reading included in that page are displayed. By displaying it on, the user can know which page is combined with which page and which page is transmitted.

[0024]

As described above in detail, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, image data of a plurality of pages of originals read by the image reading means is temporarily stored in the memory, and the continuous plurality of pages stored in the memory are stored. Judging from the number of recordable lines on the receiving side, the image data is transmitted by the transmission function that combines and transmits to one page, and both the number of pages actually transmitted and the number of read pages included in the page are described above. By controlling the display on the display, the user can surely recognize which page is combined with which page and which page is transmitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing image data when a storage processing operation is performed in the facsimile apparatus and a display state of a display device accompanying the image data.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of processing operation of the facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 1st RAM 4 2nd RAM 5 3rd RAM 6 Operation panel control gate array (OP-CNT) 7 Display (LCD) 8 Keyboard (KEY) 9 Contact sensor (CS) 10 Read control gate array (R-CNT) ) 11 recording control gate array (W-CNT) 12 laser printer (LBP) 13 image memory (DRAM) 14 modulation demodulator (MODEM) 15 network control unit (NCU)

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Sai Sai Hitoshi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Satoshi Imai 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Makoto Kobayashi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Sugawara 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Invention Person Toru Maeda 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Masanori Momose 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Naomi Nakamura Tokyo 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for accumulating image data of a plurality of pages of a document read by an image reading unit and the number of lines for each page, and a sub-scan length of a recording paper on the receiving side, and receiving the result obtained as a result. Detection means for detecting the number of recordable lines corresponding to the recording paper on the side, calculation means for calculating the sum of the line numbers of the image data of a plurality of pages accumulated in the accumulating means, and the sum is the recordable line number. If it does not meet the requirements, a transmission unit that combines the image data of a plurality of consecutive pages accumulated in the memory into one page and transmits the image data, a display that displays information, and a transmission page that is transmitted by the transmission unit. A facsimile apparatus comprising display means for displaying both the number of pages and the number of read pages included in the transmitted page. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data of a plurality of pages that are combined and transmitted as one page by the transmitting unit are image data read as continuous pages.