JPH1056552A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable transmission by processing an image in a format requested by a receiver different for each country by transmitting data after transforming them in a prescribed size, based on country data representing the country and original width data on the side of reception. SOLUTION: When the size of an original to be transmitted is A3, for example, the original size is detected and it is judged whether its transmission width is the A3 size or not (step 1). When the transmission width is not the A3 size, ordinary transmission is performed (step 5). When the transmission width is the A3 size, it is judged whether the ability of width on the reception side is B4 or not (step 2) and when the ability of width on the reception side is B4, it is judged whether the country code shows the country to transmit the original with A3 width while forcedly reducing it to an original with A4 width or not (step 3). When it is not the country as the object of A4 reduction, ordinary transmission is performed but when it is the country as the object of A4 reduction, the original is transmitted while reducing the direction of main scanning to the A4 width (step 3).

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 converting image data based on data transmitted from a receiving apparatus and transmitting the converted image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-318997 is known as a facsimile apparatus having a function of converting image data to be transmitted based on a country to which a receiving apparatus belongs. This facsimile machine has a language conversion function, which registers the transmission language for each country to which each receiving device belongs, and converts the transmission information into transmission information expressed in this transmission language and transmits it. Features.

[0003]

However, in the facsimile apparatus described above, since the size of a document to be transmitted is not changed according to the document receiving capability of the receiving apparatus, image data having the size of the read document is transmitted. There is a problem.

[0004] In a facsimile apparatus of a manual call,
Since the user inputs country data indicating the country to which the receiving device belongs, there is a problem that it cannot be said that there is no input error at the time of this input.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can process and transmit an image in a format required by a receiving device depending on the country to which the receiving device belongs.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a facsimile apparatus having first reading means for reading image data of a document and first transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a receiving means, the size of the document is set to a first value.
Second reading means for reading as size data, and the first data based on country data indicating the country to which the receiving means belongs, output from the receiving means, and data on the width of a document receivable by the receiving means. It is characterized by having conversion means for converting size data into second size data, and second transmitting means for transmitting the second size data to receiving means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first size data of the document read by the reading means is transmitted by the receiving means to the country data indicating the country to which the receiving device belongs and the document which the receiving device can receive. Since the first size data is converted into the second size data based on the data having the width of?, Image data suitable for the receiving device can be transmitted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the size of the original is A3, and
Is characterized in that the size data represents A4.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even in a facsimile apparatus capable of outputting a B4 size document, an A3 document can be reduced to an A4 size and output, thereby facilitating the management of paper printed on the receiving side. Can be

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the size of the original is B4 and the size of the second original is B4.
Is characterized in that the size data represents A4.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even in a facsimile apparatus capable of outputting a B4 size document, a document of B4 size can be reduced to A4 size and output, thereby facilitating the management of paper printed on the receiving side. Can be

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first reading means for reading image data of a document, a first transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a receiving means, and a length of the document in a sub-scanning line direction. A third reading unit that reads first size data representing the size of the document, and country data indicating a country to which the receiving unit belongs output from the receiving unit and document width data receivable by the receiving unit. Converting means for converting the first size data into third size data which fits on one sheet of standard paper set in the receiving means;
And transmitting means for transmitting the size data to the receiving means.

In the invention described in claim 4, the first document representing the length in the sub-scanning line direction of the document read by the third reading means.
Is compared with the size of the standard paper, and if the size data is larger than the size of the standard paper, the data is reduced to fit on one transfer paper of the receiving means and transmitted.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first reading means for reading image data of a document, a first transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a receiving means, and a first language to be given to the document. A conversion unit configured to convert the represented first information into second information expressed in a language of a country indicated by the country data based on country data indicating a country to which the receiving unit to which the receiving unit transmits; Transmitting means for transmitting the second information to the receiving means as second information data.

In the invention described in claim 5, the converting means converts the first information into second information expressed in a language of a country to which the receiving means belongs, and sends the second information to the receiving means. Since the first information is, for example, a date, a transmission department or the like and is described in the language of the country to which the transmitting means belongs, the first information is converted into the language of the country to which the receiving means belongs. The person who receives the fax can easily understand the information.

[0016]

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

This facsimile apparatus performs control C
PU 1, ROM 2 for storing programs, RAM 3 for storing data, file memory 4 for storing files for memory transmission and reception, compression of image information upon transmission, and generation of received compressed data A compression / decompression device 5 for decompression to return to data, a scanner 6 for reading transmitted original data as binary data, a plotter 7 for printing received data, and various information specifying a facsimile destination and a reading mode. Operation unit 8 for displaying
And a MODEM 9 that modulates and demodulates data in order to send compressed data to a public line at the time of transmission, and an NCU 10 that matches the public line.

FIG. 1 shows a state before transmitting an image (calling side).
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a protocol sequence of a signal exchanged between the communication device and a receiving side (called side).

This protocol sequence includes a called terminal identification number signal (CE) as a signal transmitted from the called side to the calling side.
D signal), a non-standard function identification number signal (NSF signal) for identifying a specific user request, and
An NSF signal includes a digital identification signal (DIS signal) indicating that it has a CITT receiving function and a reception preparation confirmation signal (CFR signal) indicating permission to start sending a message. A non-standard function setting signal (NSS signal) indicating a function to be set from among the non-standard functions displayed in the above section, and a training of a modem for receiving a facsimile message and checking whether a channel can be used at this transmission rate. A check signal (TCF signal) and a facsimile image information signal (PIX signal) are included.

The NSF signal corresponds to the NSF signal shown in FIG.
, The first two octets indicate the CCITT member code, the next one octet indicates the manufacture code, and the next one octet indicates the country code.

The country code is a code for determining the country to which the called party belongs, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation when the size of the document to be transmitted is A3 size.

In step 1, the original size is detected by a sensor, and the transmission width is A3 size (ITU-T T.3).
(The size set to 0).
If the transmission width is not A3 size (NO), step 5
To perform normal transmission. If the transmission width is A3 size (YES), it is determined whether the width capability of the receiving side is B4 (step 2). When the width capability of the receiving side is not B4 (NO), the process proceeds to step 5 to perform normal transmission.
If the width capability of the receiving side is B4 (YES), whether the country code of the NSF signal sent from the receiving side is a country to which A3 width originals are forcibly reduced to A4 width originals and transmitted. It is determined whether or not it is (step 3). The receiving side is A4
If the country is not a reduction target country (NO), the process proceeds to step 5 and normal transmission is performed. If the country indicated by the country code is an A4 reduction target country, the main scanning direction is reduced to A4 width and transmitted (step 4), and the operation ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation when the transmission width is the B4 size.

In step 6, the size of the original is detected by the sensor, and the transmission width is set to B4 size (T.3 of ITU-T).
(The size set to 0). If the transmission width is not the B4 size (NO), the process proceeds to step 10 and normal transmission is performed. If the transmission width is B4 size (YES), it is determined whether the width capability of the receiving side is B4 (step 7). B4 width capability on the receiving side
If not (NO), the process proceeds to step 10 to perform normal transmission. When the width capability of the receiving side is B4 (YES),
It is determined whether or not the country code of the NSF signal sent from the receiving side is a target country to which the B4 width document is forcibly reduced to an A4 width document and transmitted (step 8). If the receiving side is not the A4 reduction target country (NO), the process proceeds to step 10 to perform normal transmission. If the country indicated by the country code is an A4 reduction target country, set the main scanning direction to A
The data is reduced to 4 widths and transmitted (step 9), and the operation is completed.

If the sub-scanning direction of the original to be transmitted is slightly longer than the standard paper set on the receiving side, the NS
If the country code of the F / DIS is detected and the country code matches the country in which the sub-scanning direction of the document is forcibly reduced, the size of the document to be transmitted is detected by the sensor, and the size in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction are detected. From the relationship with the size in the direction, the size of the sub-scanning direction is forcibly reduced according to the table in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the reduction of the length in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the length of the document in the main scanning direction and the length in the sub-scanning direction.
Amm, Bmm and Cmm are 0 <A <67, 0 <B <5
The user can set arbitrarily in the range of 6. In FIG.
The term "reduced to 97 mm" means that the length in the sub-scanning direction is reduced to 297 mm so as to fit on the A4 standard paper, and the term "reduced to 364 mm" means that the length in the sub-scanning direction is 364 mm so as to fit on the B4 standard paper. Is reduced to 420 mm, and the length in the sub-scanning direction is set to 4 so as to fit on the A3 standard paper.
Reduce to 20 mm. For example, if the length in the main scanning direction is 21
0 mm and the length Lmm in the sub-scanning direction is 364 <L <364
The image data of the original + B has a length of 36 in the sub-scanning direction.
Since the image is reduced to 4 mm, the receiving device that has received the image data can print the image on one B4 sheet.

If the information described in the document to be transmitted is different from the language that the receiving side can understand, the information is converted into a language that can understand the information based on the country code in the NSF / DIS output from the receiving side. For example, when the country code indicates Japan, as shown in FIG. 7A, the date 21, address 22, and transmission department 23 are described in a part of the transmission original 20 in Japanese and transmitted. For example, when the country code indicates the United States, as shown in FIG. 7B, the date 25, the address 26, the transmission section 2
7 is described in a part of the transmission original 24 in English and transmitted.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention can convert image data in accordance with the reception width capability and output format of the receiving apparatus based on the data output from the receiving apparatus. it can.

Further, since country data indicating the country to which the receiving device belongs is output from the receiving device, there is no need to input data indicating the country to which the receiving device belongs even in the case of a manual call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a protocol sequence of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows the NS received by the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the bit assignment of F.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of reducing an A3-width original to an A4-width original and transmitting the original;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of transmitting a B4 width document by reducing it to an A4 width document.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a document size and a reduction in the length in the sub-scanning direction.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion of an image transmitted by the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 File memory 5 Compression / decompression device 6 Scanner 7 Plotter 8 Operation part 9 MODEM 10 NCU 20 Image 21 Date 22 Address 23 Transmission department 24 Image 25 Date 26 Address 27 Transmission department

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: first reading means for reading image data of a document; and first transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a receiving means. The first size data based on country data indicating the country to which the receiving unit belongs, output from the receiving unit, and data on the width of a document receivable by the receiving unit. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a conversion unit that converts data into second size data; and a second transmission unit that transmits the second size data to a reception unit. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the size of the document is A3, and the second size data represents A4. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the size of the document is B4, and the second size data represents A4. 4. A first reading unit for reading image data of a document, a first transmitting unit for transmitting the image data to a receiving unit, and a first size representing a length of the document in a sub-scanning line direction. A third reading unit for reading data, the first size data based on country data output from the receiving unit and indicating country to which the receiving unit belongs, and data of a document width receivable by the receiving unit. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a conversion unit that converts data into third size data that fits on one sheet of standard paper set in the reception unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the third size data to a reception unit. . 5. A first reading means for reading image data of a document, a first transmitting means for transmitting the image data to a receiving means, and a first language expressed in a first language added to the document. Conversion means for converting information into second information expressed in a language of a country indicated by the country data, based on country data indicating a country to which the reception means to which the reception means transmits; and the second information Transmitting means for transmitting to the receiving means as the second information data.