JPH10210211A - Copying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a copying device executing sort by which the separation of respective parts is cleared by making only one copy output in respective groups to be vertical. SOLUTION: A code stored in a code storage part 407 is decoded in a decoding part 406 and one page is developed in a picture storage part 404. When the developed page is not the final page of a reading order, copy is outputted in a lateral direction from a recording part 408. When copy is the final page and it is not the first part, copy is outputted in the vertical direction. Thus, sorted copy can be obtained by repeating the operation until the first page of the final part is outputted. Only the copy picture of the original which is inputted last in second and subsequent parts is outputted in the vertical direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copying apparatus which encodes and stores original image information and records a decoded reproduced image, in which sorting can be performed without using a mechanical sorter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a plurality of sets of originals are copied in a plurality of sets, a copying machine without a dedicated sorter or the like makes copies of a required number of sets from one original. Was repeated as many times as the number of originals, and the discharged paper was manually rearranged. On the other hand, a copying apparatus has been proposed in which document images are electrically stored, sorted, and output.
That is, in this copying apparatus, a copy function is performed by switching the copy output horizontally and vertically for each copy and outputting it. For example, when four originals are read and four copies are set, copies are output in the order shown in FIG. 10, and the first copy is next, the second copy is vertical, the third copy is four copies, By switching the paper direction in the order of the vertical direction, each section is separated as shown in FIG.

[0003]

By the way, A4 size paper has a size of 210 mm × 2 as shown in FIG.
97 mm, and the length in the paper feeding direction is different between the horizontal output and the vertical output. Therefore, the time until a copy is output from the paper supply unit becomes longer in the vertical output in proportion to the paper length. I will. Therefore, the method of outputting a copy by switching vertically and horizontally for each copy as described above has a drawback that the output speed is reduced as compared with the case where all copies are horizontally output, while the division of each copy is easy to understand. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a copying apparatus of the prior art, in which only one copy of each section is output vertically to perform sorting in which the division of each section is clear, and the conventional copying speed is reduced. The object of the present invention is to provide a copying apparatus which solves the above problem.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image reading means for reading a document image, and an image for storing image information of a plurality of documents read by the image reading means as electrical information. Information storage means, recording means for recording an image on transfer paper based on the image information stored in the image information storage means, and output means for outputting the transfer paper on which the image information has been recorded by the recording means When the output unit outputs a plurality of sets of image information of a plurality of originals stored in the image information storage unit as a set, the output unit normally outputs each set of sections output in the horizontal direction. The above object is achieved by outputting the paper in a vertical output direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the copying apparatus of the first aspect, the image information storage means encodes the image information to be stored and stores the code as a code, and stores the stored code in the image information storage means. The object is achieved by providing decoding means for decoding and reproducing. Claim 3
In the copying apparatus according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned object is attained by setting the page which sets the paper output direction to vertical in each set of sections by the output means as the first page. I do.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the copying apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the output means sets the page in which the output direction of the sheet is vertical for each set of breaks as the last page. The above objective is achieved. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the copying apparatus according to the first or second aspect, a page in which the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of sections is set as the first page or the last page. The above object is attained by further providing a selection means for selecting whether or not to use.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided image reading means for reading a document image, image information storage means for storing image information of a plurality of documents read by the image reading means as electrical information, In a copying apparatus comprising: a recording unit that records an image on a transfer sheet based on image information stored in an image information storage unit; and an output unit that outputs a transfer sheet on which image information is recorded by the recording unit. When the output means outputs a plurality of sets of image information of a plurality of documents stored in the image information storage means as one set, the output is switched vertically and horizontally for each set, or output in the normal horizontal direction. The above object is attained by providing output method selecting means for selecting whether to output the paper in the vertical direction for each set of divisions.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a copying apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a copying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The copying apparatus includes a scanner 402,
Image processing unit 403, image storage unit 404, encoding unit 40
5, decoding unit 406, code storage unit 407, and recording unit 40
And 8. Further, a main control unit 409 for controlling the movement of each unit and an operation unit 401 connected to the main control unit 409 are provided. In FIG. 1, broken arrows indicate data, and solid arrows indicate control signals.

First, when a user presses a button on the operation unit 401, the scanner 402 reads image data of a document. This image data is processed by the image processing unit 403.
After being subjected to processing such as gamma conversion and color conversion, it is stored once in the image storage unit 404. Then, the image data stored in the image storage unit 404 is encoded by the encoding unit 405 and stored in the code storage unit 407 as compressed data.

The code stored in the code storage unit 407 is decoded by the decoding unit 406, expanded by the image storage unit 404, and output as a copy by the recording unit 408. When sorting and outputting a plurality of originals into a plurality of copies, the code storage unit 40
7, storing the codes of a plurality of pages and sequentially developing and outputting the codes to the image storage unit 404 by the number of output copies can be realized.

Next, the procedure of processing for storing images, sorting a plurality of copies, and outputting them will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, a sort button 603 on the operation panel shown in FIG. 3 is pressed (step 10), and a sort output is selected. Thereafter, the number of copies to be output is set with the numeric keys 604 (step 11). Subsequently, the original is set (step 12), and the image storage button 602 is pressed (step 13). When the image storage button 602 is pressed, the scanner 402 scans the original (step 14) and reads the original.

The signal of the read original is encoded by an encoding section 40.
5 (step 15) and stored in the code storage unit 407 (step 16). The above processing is repeated until the desired number is stored (step 17). When all the originals have been stored (Step 17; Y), the start button 605 is pressed (Step 1).
8) The stored documents are sorted one by one for the set number of copies and output (step 19). In this embodiment, instead of alternately switching the paper direction vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 10, only the copy image of the last input document of the second copy and thereafter is output in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. To The state after the sort output is as shown in FIG. 5, and each part is separated by the last page. The numbers on the copy paper in FIG. 4 and FIGS. 8 and 10 described later indicate the order in which the originals of these copies are stored.

Next, the procedure for switching the paper direction at the time of copy output will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The code stored in the code storage unit 407 is decoded by the decoding unit 406, and one page is developed in the image storage unit 404 (step 20). If the developed page is not the last page in the reading order (step 21; N), a copy is output in the horizontal direction from the recording unit 408 (step 23). If the last page is not (Step 21; Y) and it is not the first copy (Step 2
2; N), and output a copy in the vertical direction (step 2)
4). By repeating the above operation until the last page of the first page is output (Step 25; Y, Step 26;
Y), a sorted copy as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 can be obtained. In this output method, the output in the vertical direction is small, so that the output can be performed at a higher speed than in the conventional method of alternately outputting each section vertically and horizontally.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, output is performed as in the first embodiment, or an output form as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is selected. When the sort button 603 on the operation panel in FIG. 3 is pressed, the screen is displayed on the operation panel 601 as shown in FIG. 7, and the normal sort (vertical / horizontal output sort for each unit) or the high-speed sort (the output method according to the first embodiment) is performed. ) Can be selected by touching the panel.

In the third embodiment, high-speed sorting is performed as shown in FIG.
Instead of making the last page vertical as shown in FIG. 8, the first page is made vertical as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, it is possible to select whether to make the last page vertical as shown in FIG. 4 or to make the first page vertical as shown in FIG. After selecting the high-speed sort by touching the high-speed sort in FIG. 7, the screen in FIG. 9 is displayed on the operation panel 601. Here, the vertical output of the first page or the vertical output of the last page can be selected by touching the panel. In this embodiment, it is possible to select an output method that is easy for the user to handle, and further improve the convenience of high-speed sorting.

[0016]

According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, when a plurality of sets of originals are output, the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of sections which are normally output in the horizontal direction. Therefore, compared to the method in which the vertical and horizontal directions are changed for each copy, sorting can be performed at a higher speed at which similar separation between each copy can be clearly seen.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select a separator page to be output in the vertical direction according to the user's judgment,
Further, convenience can be improved.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select, according to the user's judgment, a sort in which the paper direction of each copy is switched vertically and horizontally and a sort in which only each section is output vertically.
Further, convenience can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of an operation panel.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a specific example of output according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process of switching a sheet direction at the time of copy output according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where a sort selection screen is displayed on the operation panel.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a state where a high-speed sort selection screen is displayed on the operation panel.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional output.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the appearance of a specific example of conventional output.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the size of A4 paper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 401 operation unit 402 scanner 403 image processing unit 404 image storage unit 405 encoding unit 406 decoding unit 407 code storage unit 408 recording unit 409 main control unit 601 operation panel 603 sort button

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image reading means for reading a document image, an image information storage means for storing image information of a plurality of documents read by the image reading means as electrical information, and a storage means in the image information storage means A copying device that includes a recording unit that records an image on a transfer sheet based on the obtained image information, and an output unit that outputs a transfer sheet on which the image information is recorded by the recording unit. When outputting a plurality of sets of image information of a plurality of documents stored in the information storage means as one set, the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of sections which are normally output in the horizontal direction. Features a copying machine. 2. The image information storage means further comprises: an encoding means for encoding the image information to be stored and storing it as a code; and a decoding means for decoding and reproducing the stored code. The copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a page in which the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of breaks is set as a first page. 4. The copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a page in which the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of breaks by the output unit is a last page. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit configured to select whether a page in which the output direction of the sheet is set to be vertical for each set of breaks is set to a first page or a last page. The copying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 6. Image reading means for reading a document image, image information storing means for storing image information of a plurality of documents read by the image reading means as electrical information, and storing in the image information storing means. A copying device that includes a recording unit that records an image on a transfer sheet based on the obtained image information, and an output unit that outputs a transfer sheet on which the image information is recorded by the recording unit. When outputting a plurality of sets of image information of a plurality of documents stored in the information storage means as one set, the image information is output by switching the direction vertically and horizontally for each set, or a set of divisions normally output in the horizontal direction. A copying apparatus comprising an output method selecting means for selecting whether to output a sheet in a vertical direction every time.