JPS60114077A - Facsimile multiple address device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain multiple address of picture information of an original whose contents are partially different depending on their addresses by inputting and storing picture information of originals (basic originals) whose contents are common for their entire addresses, and originals (inserted originals) whose contents are different in address, without reduction in usage efficiency of a picture information storage means. CONSTITUTION:A system controller 11 temporarily accumulates picture information of the basic original transferred from a scanner control 13 in its internal memory to have the memory perform band compression. The controller 11 temporarily accumulates said picture information in the internal memory, and then has its magnetic disk device 14 store the information. A picture information synthesizing part 20 gives instructions to transfer data to the controller 11 based on the synthesized control information, takes picture information (compressed data) of the basic original or inserted original line by line, using a line synchronizing signal as a sign, has its compression extending part 16 convert the picture information back into live picture information when necessary to synthesize the picture of the transmitted original, and has the picture information converted into compressed data to send said information to a transmission controller 17.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial application field 1-yb +1-1 +'' + h ~, yu Gyo old σ Sobatake 1r All - door Structure of conventional example and its problems Figure 1 shows the conventional facsimile FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a broadcasting device. In this figure, 1 is a system control unit consisting of a microcomputer, 2 is a scanner that reads a document,
3 is a scanner control section.

4 is a magnetic disk device for storing image information, and 6 is an auxiliary storage control section. 6 is image information according to CCITT Recommendation T,
This is an image information compression/expansion unit that compresses or expands according to the encoding method No. 4. 7 is a transmission control unit that sends compressed image information to the line. Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation section consisting of a display, a keyboard, etc., and 19 an operation control section. 1o is a system that connects the system control section 1 and each section.

Next, the operation will be briefly explained. The telephone number of each destination of the circular is input by the operator through the operation section 8, and this telephone number is stored in the internal memory of the system control section 1. Documents to be circulated are sequentially set on the scanner 3 and read. The image information of the document read by the scanner 3 is once sent to the system control section 1, and from there to the image information compression/expansion section 6 where it is compressed. The compressed image information is once sent to the system control unit 1, and from there is transferred to the magnetic disk device 4 via the auxiliary storage unit 5 and stored there. Now it is possible to start broadcasting operations.

When the operator presses the send key on the operation unit 8,
The system control section 1 causes the transmission control section 7 to make a call to the destination corresponding to the first telephone number stored in the internal memory. After establishing a line connection with the destination, the system control section 1 sequentially reads original image information from the magnetic disk device 4, transfers it to the transmission control section 7, and causes the information to be transmitted to the destination. When the transmission of the image information of all manuscripts is completed, the system control section 1 disconnects the line with that destination, and then starts the same operation for the next destination. In this way, when the transmission to the last destination is completed, the series of operations ends.

When sending facsimile mail, there is a strong desire to change only a small portion of the original document for each destination. For example, there is a desire to add recipient-specific information such as a recipient's name to the same manuscript and then broadcast the same document. However, the conventional facsimile/broadcasting apparatus as described above has the problem of not being able to meet such requests because it can only send the same original to all destinations.

To solve this problem, we have created a facsimile circular that reads a separate document prepared for each destination, stores its image information in association with each destination, and then sends the corresponding document to each destination. It is also possible to deal with this by configuring the device. However, the image information of one document whose contents differ only in a small part is stored as the image information of another document, which deteriorates the utilization efficiency of the image information storage means (magnetic disk device 4 in Fig. 1). A problem arises in that the number of destinations and the number of manuscripts that can be sent to are reduced. Another problem is that it takes more time to create a manuscript.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and allows for the creation of short manuscripts without reducing the utilization efficiency of the image information storage means or reducing the total number of destinations that can be sent or the number of manuscripts. To provide a facsimile transmission device capable of transmitting image information of a manuscript whose content is partially different depending on the destination without increasing labor.

Components of the Invention The present invention provides a facsimile distribution device that inputs and stores image information of a document with common contents for all destinations (basic document) and a document with contents specific to each destination (insertion document), and The above purpose can be achieved by inputting and storing control information, and at the time of broadcasting, combining the image information of the basic original and the inserted original according to the composition control information to create the image information of the transmitted original to each destination. That is.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile communication device of the present invention includes an image information input means (a) for inputting image information of the basic original and the inserted original, and this image information input means (a).
An image information storage means (b) for storing image information inputted by , an information input means e → for inputting composition control information, and a composition control information storing means for storing composition control information inputted by this information input means 0 According to the synthesis control information stored in the storage means) and the synthesis control information storage means),
Image information synthesis means (E) that synthesizes the image information of the basic original stored in the image information storage means (B) and the image information of the insertion original to create image information of the original to be sent to each destination; The apparatus is characterized in that it has a transmitting means (e) for transmitting the image information of the transmission document created by the image information synthesizing means (e) to a corresponding destination.

Description of examples Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile IJ reporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, 11 is a system control section consisting of a microcomputer, 12 is a scanner for reading a document, and 13 is a scanner control section.

14 is a magnetic disk device for storing image information, 16
is an auxiliary storage control unit. Reference numeral 16 denotes an image information compression/expansion unit that compresses or expands image information in accordance with the CCITT Recommendations T and 4 encoding methods. 1 is a transmission control unit that sends compressed image information to the line. Reference numeral 18 is an operation section consisting of a display, keyboard, etc., and 19 is an operation control section. 2
0 is an image information synthesis unit that synthesizes image information of the common original and the inserted original. 21 is a system bus that connects the system control section 11 and each section.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment. The operation will be explained below according to this flowchart.

First, the operator sends one or more basic documents to the scanner 12.
, and operate the keyboard of the operation section 18 to instruct document reading, and switch the image information compression/expansion section 16 to the compression mode. The system control unit 11 includes an operation control unit 19
When receiving an instruction to read the original through the system bus 21,
The scanner control unit 13 is commanded to start reading the original.

The scanner control unit 13 that has been given this command operates the scanner 12 and sends the image information read by the scanner control unit 13 to the system control unit 1 through the system bus 21.
1 sequentially. When reading of all the set basic documents is finished, the scanner control unit 13 stops the scanner 12 and sends a reading completion notification to the system control unit 11. The system control section 11 temporarily stores the image information of the basic document transferred from the scanner control section 13 in an internal memory, and transfers it to the image information compression/expansion section 16 to perform band compression. The system control unit 11 temporarily stores the compressed image information in an internal memory, and then transfers it to the auxiliary storage control unit 16 and stores it in the magnetic disk device 14. Note that the image information transferred to the auxiliary storage control section 16 is indexed by the system control section 11. In this way, when inputting and storing the image information of the last basic document is completed and a reading completion notification is issued from the scanner control unit 13, the system control unit 11 completes step 1 and proceeds to step 2.

In step 2, the operator operates the keyboard of the operating section 18 to input the number of the basic document in which the insertion area is located. The system control unit 11 reads the image information (compressed data) of the basic document having the index corresponding to the number from the magnetic disk device 14, and transfers it to the image information compression/expansion unit 16.
Transfer to.

In this step, the image information compression/expansion section 16 has been switched to the expansion mode by the system control section 11, so it expands the image information transferred from the system control section 11 into half-image information and transfers it to the system control section 11. . The system control unit 11 temporarily stores the image information transferred from the image information compression/decompression unit 16 in the internal memory, and then transfers it to the operation control unit 1.
9 and displayed on the display of the operation unit 18. In other words, the basic document specified by the operator is displayed.

The operator operates the keyboard of the operation unit 18, sequentially positions the cursor on a pair of diagonal points in each insertion area of the basic document displayed on the display screen, and instructs reading of the cursor position. Also, input the number of each insertion area from the keyboard. Similarly, when the operator has finished operating all the insertion areas, he presses the registration key on the keyboard. The system control unit 11 controls the cursor position, that is, the position of the diagonal point of the insertion area, 12
14 people's L When the registration key is pressed, the insertion format table (details will be described later) on the internal memory is updated. The registered contents of this insertion format table are used as composition control information for the basic original and the insertion original.

Also for all other base documents with merge areas:
Similar processing is performed, and when the end *- key is pressed on the keyboard, the system control unit 11 stores the contents of the insertion format table in the magnetic disk device 14. When the input of the synthesis control information is completed in this way, the process moves to Step 3, Knob 3.

In step 3, the operator first inputs the destination's telephone number from the keyboard of the operation unit 18. The system control unit 11 reads the telephone number into its internal memory, displays the telephone number on the display of the operation unit 18, and also refers to the insertion format table to input all the insertion area numbers and an input instruction message for the insertion original. display it on the display. The operator sequentially sets the originals, each with a length of 1/fr to 14λ, on the scanner 12, and gives an instruction to read them from the keyboard. By inputting this instruction, the system control unit 1
1 instructs the scanner control unit 13 to start reading. The image information of the inserted original read by the scanner 12 is compressed according to the same procedure as the image information of the basic original and stored in the magnetic disk drive 14. It should be noted that the image information of the insertion original is given a destination telephone number, a basic original number, and an insertion area number corresponding to the system control unit 11.

When similar processing is performed for all destinations, it becomes possible to start broadcasting.

When the operator presses the send key on the operation unit 18 (step 4), the system control unit 11 sets the destination counter l.
In step 6), the telephone number of the first (first in this case) destination is read from the internal memory, and a call is set up for that destination through the transmission control section 17 (step 7). Next, the system control unit 11
Set the basic document counter n to 1. Step 8), n
The image information (compressed data) of the th (first in this case) basic document and the contents of the insertion format table (composition control information) related thereto are read from the magnetic disk device 14 and stored in the internal memory (step 9). System control unit 1
Step 1 determines whether or not there is an insertion area in the basic document from the composition control information (Step 1o). If there is an insertion area, magnetically stores the image information (compressed data) of the corresponding insertion document for the first destination. The data is read from the disk device 14 into the internal memory (step 11). Then, the system control unit 11 activates the image information synthesis unit 2o, transfers the synthesis control information to the image information synthesis unit 20, and thereafter performs basic original editing or insertion of original documents according to a request from the image information synthesis unit 20. The image information is transferred line by line to the image information synthesis section 20.

The image information synthesis section 20 issues a data transfer request to the system control section 11 based on the synthesis control information, takes in the image information (compressed image data) of the basic original or inserted document line by line using the line synchronization signal as a guide, and compresses it as necessary. The decompression unit 16 converts the image information back to raw image information, combines the image information of the transmission document, and the image information compression/decompression unit 16 converts the image information back into compressed data before sending it to the transmission control unit 17.Transmission control unit 17 sends the image information of the transmission document inputted from the image information synthesis section 2o to the line (step 12).

When step 12 is completed, the system control unit 11 increments the basic original counter n by 1 (step 13), and compares the value of the counter n with the basic number of originals (registered in the insertion format table). ,
Determine whether there are any documents left to send (step 14)
). If there are any originals remaining, return to step 9.

If there are no documents remaining, the system control unit 11 instructs the transmission control unit 17 to release the call to the current destination (step 16), and increments the destination power count (step 16).
Step 16), the value of the counter l is compared with the number of destinations (stored in the internal memory of the system control unit 11 in step 3), and it is determined whether there are still untransmitted destinations. ,,,, -7' 1-y) 6 &Tsu; 窪-I-I-F↓ day ・-The system control unit 11 returns to step 6 and performs the same process for the next destination.

When it has been sent to all destinations, the system control unit 11
displays this on the display of the operation unit 18 (step 18), and ends the notification operation.

FIG. 6 is a detailed block diagram of the image information synthesis section 20. In this figure, 301 to 308 are shift registers for inputting compressed image information, and 311 to 318 are shift registers 30.
Tri-state gates 321 to 32 control the clock supply to 308 and 308 are shift registers 301
This is a tri-state gate for output control of ~308.

A decoder 33 decodes the output of the counter 34 and outputs a signal for selectively enabling one set of tristate gates 311 to 318 and tristate gates 321 to 328. 35 is a shift register into which image information is input from one of the shift registers 3o to 3o8, and the 12-bit output on the output side is input to the EOL detector 36,
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This is a circuit that detects EOL, and when EOL is detected, it supplies a clock to the clock CLK of the counter 34. 37id register. The output of this register 37 and the output of the counter 34 are compared by the comparator 3B, and if they match, the output of the comparator 38 becomes "H" level. The output of the comparator 38 is applied to the set input S of the counter 39 and the clear input CLH of the counter 34. The output Q of this flip-frog 39 is input to the microcomputer 40vC4 and also inputted to the tristate gate 41 as a control signal. A reset input R of the flip-flop 39 is connected to a microcomputer 40 . 42td shift register 30
~308, a timing generator that generates a clock for the shift register 36, and a gate for controlling the output of this clock is the above-mentioned tristate gate 41
It is. 43 is an internal bus of the image information synthesis section 2o.

Before explaining the operation of the image information synthesis section 20, the insertion format table will be explained.

Consider the case where the first basic document has insertion areas 50, 51, and 53 as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows the contents of the insertion format table in this case.

In this figure, 61 is the basic number of documents. A is the synthesis control information regarding the first basic document, which includes the basic document number (1 in this case) e2, the number of 1-line grooves and lines of the basic document 63, the number of lines 64, the number of insertion areas 65, and the insertion area 50, 51.52. Information about B1. B2゜B3
Consists of. B1 to B3 have similar items, namely, the insertion start line number 66, which is the number of the top line of the insertion area, the insertion end line number 67, which is the number of the bottom line of the insertion area, and the number of lines from the left edge of the insertion area to the left edge of the basic document. It consists of an insert left margin indicating the distance, the number of slots 68, and an insert second margin number 69 that is the width of the insertion area (rectangular area). The composition control information for the second basic document continues after the document number TO.

Returning to FIG. 6, the operation of the image information synthesis section 20 will be explained.

First, when the composition control information A regarding the first basic document is transferred from the system control unit 11, the microcomputer 40 stores it in its internal memory. The microcomputer 40 sends a compressed image information transfer request signal to the system control unit 11, and upon receiving the signal, the system control unit 11 transfers the compressed image information of the basic original and each insert original that are temporarily stored in its internal memory. , shift registers 3o1 to 3o1, which are dedicated input ports for the image information synthesis control unit 20.
DMA transfer to 3o8 in parallel. Shift register 3o~
308 automatically sends a compressed image information transfer request signal to the system control unit 11 when all the contents have been output.

When the microcomputer 40 issues a transfer request signal for compressed image information, the shift register 30 . -308 (maximum 8) is set in the register 37. In the example shown in FIG. 6, 1 is set. Next, the flip-flop 39 of the microconveyor 40H counter 34 is reset. By resetting the flip-flop 39, the tristate gate 41 enters the -pull state. Since the value of the counter 34 becomes 0, the output of the decoder 33 enables the tristate gates 311 and 321. Therefore, compressed image information is output from the shift register 3o1 and input to the shift register 36. When the shift register 35 becomes full of image information, it sends a signal instructing the image information compression/expansion section 16 to take in the compressed image information, thereby causing the image information compression/expansion section 16 to take in the contents of the shift register 36 .

EOL is input to the shift register 35, and it is EOL.
When detected by the detector 36, the clock output from the EOL detector 36 increments the value of the counter 34 to one. A match is found in the converter 38, and its output becomes "H". This causes flip-flop 39
is set and the 1 counter 34 is cleared. Since the output Q of the flip-flop 39 becomes "H"', the microcomputer 40 determines that one line of compressed image information has been inputted, resets the flip-flop 39, and inputs the next line. That is, the compressed image information of the line without the insertion area is directly sent from the shift register 36 to the transmission control section 17 and transmitted.

The microcomputer 40 counts the number of times the "Ho" output is output from the Frisoge flop 39 and the input line number of the basic document to be shuffled. ), the mode of the shift register 36 is switched so that the compressed image information is transferred from the shift register 36 to the image information compression/expansion section 16, and the mode of the shift register 36 is changed.
7 and 2 cents. Note that in the case of a line that passes through two insertion areas, such as the upper end line of the insertion area 52, 3 is set in the register 3.

In this mode, when the shift register 36 becomes full of compressed image information, it sends a signal instructing the image information compression/expansion section 16 to take in data. Receiving this signal, the image information compression/expansion unit 16 takes in the compressed image information transferred from the shift register 35, incorporates the compressed image information transferred from the register 35, restores it to half-image information, and restores it to the microcomputer C. Transfer to. This half-image information of the basic original is stored in the internal memory of the microcomputer 40.

Thereafter, when EOL is detected by the EOL detector 36 and the counter 34 is incremented, the tri-states 312 and 322 become in the - pull state, and the compressed image information of the current line of the insertion original for the current destination in the insertion area 6o is generated. is transferred from shift register 302 to shift register 36. This compressed image information, like the compressed image information of the basic original, is expanded into half-image information by the image information compression/expansion section 16, transferred to the microcomputer 40, and stored in its internal memory. Note that a signal indicating the boundary between the image information of the basic original and the image information of the insertion original is also sent from the image information compression/expansion section 16 to the microcomputer 40.

The microcomputer 4o refers to the number of insertion left margin dots 68 and the number of insertion line tods 69 stored in the internal memory, synthesizes the half-screen information of the basic original stored in the internal memory and the insertion original, and creates the original to be sent. 1 line of half-screen information is created and stored in the internal memory.

After that, the EOL detector 36 detects the EOL of the current line of the inserted original, and when the value of the counter 34 becomes 2, the output of the comparator 38 becomes "Ho", the flip-flop 39 is reset, and the counter 34 is cleared. Since the output Q of the flip-flop 39 becomes "Ho", the tristate gate 41 becomes disabled, and the supply of clocks to the shift registers 301 to 3o8 and 36 is stopped. It is determined that the input of line insertion original image information is completed, and the half-image information of one line that has been synthesized and stored in the internal memory is transferred to the image information compression/expansion section 16.The image information compression/expansion section 16 The transferred half-screen information is compressed again,
The compressed image information is transferred to the transmission control section 17.

Similar operations are repeated until the line specified by the insertion end line number 67 in the insertion area 6o. Also,
In areas where there is no insertion area, the compressed image information for each line of the basic document is sent to the transmission control unit 1 as is, as described above.
7. In this way, the compressed image information of the transmission document is created by combining the insertion document for each destination with the basic document by the image information synthesis section 20, and is transmitted to the destination by the transmission control section 17.

Although this embodiment uses the scanner 12 as the image information input means, a word processor or digitizer may be used instead. Unfortunately, the image information synthesis section 20 is equipped with shift registers for inputting image information for multiple lines.
Only one line may be provided. However, in the case of this embodiment, the transfer of compressed image information to the image information synthesis section 20 and the image information synthesis processing can be performed without increasing the storage capacity of the internal memories of the system control section 11 and the microcomputer 40. Can be executed efficiently.

Effects of the Invention As mentioned above, the facsimile communication device according to the present invention has the following features:
image information input means, image information storage means for storing the image information of the basic original inputted by this means and the image information of the insertion original for each destination, information input means, and composition control information inputted by this means and a composition control information storage means for storing image data, and according to the composition control information stored in this means, the image information of the basic original stored in the image information storage means and the inserted original for each destination are combined, and the image information of the inserted original for each destination is combined. Since the configuration has an image information synthesis means for creating image information of the transmission original and a transmission means for transmitting the image information of the transmission original to the destination, (1) the basic original that is common to all destinations can be sent to only a part of it; You can change the content and send it to each recipient.

(2) Compared to inputting and storing the image information of a separate transmission document prepared for each destination, the storage space of the image information storage means can be used more efficiently, reducing the number of destinations and documents that can be sent simultaneously. A decrease in numbers can be avoided.

(3) Compared to preparing separate transmission documents for each destination,
Manuscript creation is easy.

You can get the following effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional facsimile broadcasting device, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile broadcasting device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an implementation diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of image information synthesis. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the insertion area, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the insertion format table. 11...System control unit, 12...Scanner, 13...Scanner control unit, 14...
... Magnetic disk device, 15 ... Auxiliary storage control section, 16 ... Image information compression/expansion section, 17 ...
...Transmission control unit, 18...Operation unit, 19...
...Operation control section, 20... Image information synthesis section, 2
1...System bus, 301-308.35.
...Shift register, 311-318, 321-
328°41...tristate gate, 33.
... Decoder, 34 ... Counter, 36.
...EOL detector, 37 ...Register, 3
8...Kononoreta, 39...Furi Fugu Flop, 40...Micro Combi. Computer, 42... Timing generator, 43...
...Internal bus. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person
1 Figure 2 Figure E Figure 3 Figure 4 Sheep illustration 6 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image information input means for inputting image information of the basic original and the insertion original; an image information storage means for storing the image information input by the image information input means; an information input means for inputting composition control information; A composition control information storage means for storing composition control information inputted by the input means, and image information of the basic document stored in the image information storage means according to the composition control information stored in the composition control information storage means. an image information compositing unit that combines the image information of the inserted original and creates image information of the original to be sent to each destination; and a transmission unit that sends the image information of the transmission original created by the image information compositing unit to the corresponding destination. 1. A facsimile communication device characterized by having means.