JPH10336377A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conveniently arrange and maintain a recording paper without any waste by allowing a user to preliminarily select plural reference length, allowing this device to select reference length closest to composited image length obtained and adding additional information to an original image, image- processing the composited image so that the selected length can be obtained, recording it, and cutting a roll recording paper. SOLUTION: A user preliminarily registers a size which is convenient to arrangement and maintenance, that is, A5S, A4L, and AA (length for two lines is added to a A4 size) in the case of the A4 size as a roll paper. This device is provided with a picture memory for at least one page, and image length is judged by receiving a page end signal RTC, and a necessary image processing is operated. The device selects reference length closest to composited image length obtained by adding additional information to the original picture. Then, the whole composited image is reduced so that the selected length can be obtained, or one part of the while line of the composited image is properly pulled out, and the image is recorded without being interrupted in the middle of the image, and a roll recording paper is cut.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for recording additional information such as source information together with a facsimile machine, which cuts a roll of recording paper at a reference length for convenient organization and storage. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus having a function of synthesizing additional information such as source information and recording a received image on a roll-shaped recording paper, a source document is transmitted in a fixed length. However, since the additional information is synthesized on the recording paper and the received image is recorded, the recording paper to be recorded and cut is smaller than the standard length by the amount added with the additional information for transmission and reception. Therefore, when filing with recording paper of another fixed length, the recording paper becomes irregular, giving a feeling of complexity. On the other hand, even when a fixed-length original is transmitted, the length of the received image may be longer than the fixed length due to slippage of the original feed roller of the facsimile apparatus, causing the same problem.

Further, when recording and cutting on roll-shaped recording paper, regardless of whether additional information is synthesized or not, it is necessary to record the received image data as it is and cut it in terms of saving recording paper. However, in this case, if the size of the receiving source document varies, the recorded and cut recording paper also varies, which is inconvenient for organizing and storing.

On the other hand, from the viewpoint of organization and storage, there is a method of limiting the cutting length of the recording paper to only one type such as A4 size. However, image data which is considerably shorter than the limited size such as A4 size is received. In such a case, the roll-shaped recording paper is wasted, and the advantage that the roll-shaped recording paper can be cut at an arbitrary length cannot be utilized. In addition, as described above, when recording and cutting an image combined with additional information or when there is slippage,
Forcibly cutting at a limited size may result in cutting in the middle of a recorded image.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and cuts a recorded roll-shaped recording paper at a reference length so as to be convenient for organization and storage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which is not cut off in the middle of a recorded image even when a combined image is recorded.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to achieve the above object, and a facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is capable of processing a composite image of a received original image and additional information. -When recording and cutting on a roll-shaped recording paper, from the pre-registered reference lengths, select the selected length closest to the composite image length, and if the composite image length is less than or equal to the selected length, If the combined image length is longer than the selected length and is within the allowable range, the combined image is subjected to image processing, recorded, and cut to the selected length so that the selected length becomes the selected length.

[0007] Normally, A5 size, A4 size, and the like are registered as the reference length. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The user can freely set the reference length, such as adding the additional information line to the A4 size. And can be registered. In the facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, the image processing according to claim 1, wherein the image processing reduces the synthesized image according to the selected length, or reduces a part of a white line from the synthesized image according to the selected length. We are going to process it.

A facsimile apparatus according to a third aspect is the facsimile apparatus according to any one of the first and second aspects, wherein the selected length is the largest one of the reference lengths, and the synthesized image length is the same as the reference length. If the selection length is longer than the tolerance,
The composite image is recorded as it is, and
To cut the recording paper.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a processing flowchart for recording cutting in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an aspect of a reference length of recording paper cutting, and FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an image processing method.

The flow chart of FIG.
115) and the conceptual diagram of FIG. 2, the flow of processing for cutting recording paper in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described. This facsimile machine has a reference length cutting mode for performing the processing characteristic of the present invention and a normal mode for not performing such processing. Therefore, first, it is determined whether or not the mode is the reference length cutting mode (step 100). If the mode is not the reference length cutting mode, the received image to which the additional information is added is directly recorded on a recording sheet and cut and output (step 110).

The additional information includes the source information, the date and time of transmission, the number of pages to be transmitted, and the like, and whether or not to add it is selected by the device on the transmission side. Therefore, the composite image includes the case where the additional information is added and the case where the received image data is not added as it is. In the case of the reference length cutting mode, the process enters a feature of the present invention. Here, as shown in FIG.
In the case of using a sheet of a size, that is, a sheet whose recording paper width is the length of the short side of the A4 size sheet, the reference length is A
The length A5S of the short side of the 5-size paper, the length A4L of the long side of the A4-size paper, and the length obtained by adding the length of the long side of the A4-size paper to the length of one or two lines for recording the additional information. A
A is registered in advance.

As described above, the reference length, which is a candidate for the selected length, can be set according to the request of the user of the facsimile apparatus, in addition to the case where the reference length is adjusted to the general A-series or B-series paper size. . In addition, the length AA is convenient for a user who always records and organizes and keeps additional information as it is, because the received image is recorded as it is, in principle, without being reduced.

Further, a or b added to the reference length shown in FIG. 2 indicates whether or not to perform image processing on the combined image to have a length A5S, a length A4L, or a length AA, respectively. This is an allowable range for determination, and is appropriately determined within a range where the image after image processing is not extremely reduced for each reference length, and is registered in the apparatus together with the reference length.

Further, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention has an image memory capable of storing at least one page of image data. By receiving the RTC (a signal in which six EOLs (line end signals) are continuous) indicating the end, it is possible to determine the combined image length and perform necessary image processing described below.

In the reference length cutting mode, first, the length A5S which is the shortest size of the reference length and the length of the combined image length are determined (step 101). As a result, the composite image length becomes length A
If it is less than 5S, the composite image is recorded as it is, and the recording paper is cut to length A5S and output (step 111). If the composite image length is longer than the length A5S,
The length of the length A5S + a is determined (step 10).
2). As a result, if the combined image length is equal to or less than the length A5S + a, the combined image is image-processed and recorded to have the length A5S, and the recording paper is cut to have the length A5S and output (step 112). ).

If the combined image length is longer than the length Aa, the length is determined to be the length A4L (step 103). As a result, if the combined image length is equal to or less than the length A4L, the combined image is recorded as it is, and the recording paper is cut to the length A4L and output (step 113). If the synthesized image length is longer than the length A4L, it is determined whether the length is the length AA (step 104). As a result, the composite image length becomes length A
In the case of A or less, the combined image is recorded as it is, and the recording paper is cut to length AA and output (step 114).

If the combined image length is longer than the length AA, it is determined whether the length is AA + b (step 105). As a result, when the combined image length is equal to or less than the length AA + b, the combined image is subjected to image processing and recorded to have the length AA, and the recording paper is cut to have the length AA and output (step 115). ). If the combined image length is longer than the length AA + b, the combined image is recorded as it is, cut, and output (step 106).

Thereafter, if there is a next page of the received data, the process returns to the original process, and if not, the process is terminated (step 107). As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the user registers in advance the reference length convenient for organizing and storing, so that the selection closest to the combined image length obtained by adding the additional information to the original image is performed. The device selects the length from its reference length, processes the image, records it, and cuts the recording paper at the selected length, so there is little waste of recording paper, convenient for organizing and storing, and in the middle of the recorded image. You will not be cut off.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, in claim 2, a method of reducing the entire synthesized image or a method of appropriately extracting a part of a white line from the synthesized image is proposed as an image processing method. doing. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the image processing method. FIG. 3A shows a method of simply reducing the entire synthesized image. In this method, since the entire composite image is reduced, only a part of the image is not removed. However, since the image is also reduced in the width direction, extra blank space is generated on both sides. Sometimes. FIG. 3B shows a method of appropriately extracting a part of a white line (a hatched portion shown in the figure) of the composite image. This method is excellent in that only white lines without information are extracted, but cannot be applied to the case where there is a vertically linear image over the entire length. These methods can be configured so that they can be selected manually or automatically in a facsimile machine as appropriate, and thus the image processing can be easily realized.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, as proposed in claim 3, when the combined image length exceeds the allowable range of the selected length which is the maximum of the reference lengths, image processing is performed. Instead, a composite image is recorded, and the recording paper is cut at the composite image length (FIG. 1).
Step 106). According to this method, when the synthesized image length is exceptionally long, the received image is output as it is without performing extreme image processing, which is convenient for subsequent necessary processing. In other words, a person looks at the output result and makes a decision,
Appropriate processing can be performed.

Note that the above-described processing of the present invention is performed for each received page. If the size of a plurality of documents constituting one transmission unit is not the same, the size of the received recording paper and the size of the cut recording paper May not be aligned. in this case,
The maximum size of the original in one transmission unit may be stored, and the recording may be cut off by limiting the selection length to one so as to match the maximum size.

The additional information includes, in addition to the information added at the transmission source, a reception time added at the receiving side and other optional information.

[0023]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect, the user registers in advance a reference length convenient for organizing and storing, so that additional information can be added to the original image. Since the apparatus selects the selected length closest to the added composite image length from the reference length, processes and records the composite image so that the selected length becomes the selected length, and cuts the recording paper at the selected length. There is little waste of the recording paper, which is convenient for organizing and storing, and the recording image is not cut in the middle.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect, since a specific method of the image processing is proposed, the effect of the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect can be easily realized. . According to the facsimile apparatus of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the facsimile apparatus of the first or second aspect, when the synthetic image length is exceptionally long, no extreme image processing is performed. Since the received image is output as it is, it is convenient for subsequent necessary processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing flowchart for recording disconnection in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an aspect of a reference length of recording paper cutting in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a method of image processing in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A5S, A4L, AA Reference length (selection length) a, b Allowable range

Claims (3)

[Claims] When a composite image obtained by adding additional information to a document image is recorded on roll-shaped recording paper and cut, a selected length closest to the composite image length is selected from pre-registered reference lengths. If the selected image length is less than the selected length, and if the synthesized image length is longer than the selected length and is within the allowable range, the synthesized image is processed so that the selected length is equal to the selected length. Facsimile machine which records and cuts to the selected length. 2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing reduces the synthesized image according to the selected length, or extracts a part of a white line from the synthesized image according to the selected length. A facsimile machine. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said selected length is the largest of said reference lengths, and said synthesized image length is longer than an allowable range of said selected length. A facsimile apparatus in which the composite image is recorded as it is and the roll-shaped recording paper is cut to the composite image length.