JPS6166464A - Facsimile transmitting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to select an optical form without printing of a standardized form by composing characters or patterns read out from an equipment that stores plural forms and read original information, and sending this to the other party. CONSTITUTION:When a user selects a form from a control panel 6, format information, i.e. page information is read out from a page information storing section in a format storing section 2. This form information is converted to raster information of character and graphic font line by line by a character and graphic font, and stored in a line memory in a picture processing section 3. Then, the original information is read by an original reading section 7, and this is composed with the form information stored in the line memory. The composed information is sent out to a transmission controlling section 8 through an I/O port 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile transmitting device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a facsimile transmission device that adds frames, ruled lines, characters, etc. to read image information and sends it.

(Prior Art) In a conventional facsimile transmission device, when sending a document in a stylized format by facsimile, a frame,
This is done by writing sentences on paper with ruled lines or characters printed on it.

For example, if you want to send a document in the format shown in Figure 5 with frames, ruled lines, and text to the other party by facsimile, print out the format shown in Figure 5 in advance, and then
By writing on this, a document in a certain format is created and sent to the other party's facsimile.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-described conventional techniques had the following problems.

(1) It is necessary to print and prepare a standardized format, which is time-consuming and costly.

(2. Space is required to store the form.

(3) The user has to search for the desired old form from the form archive, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.

(Means and operations for solving the problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention combines characters or patterns read from means for storing a plurality of formats and read manuscript information. The feature is that this is sent to the other party's facsimile.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, CPU1. The format storage section 2, the image processing section 3, and the I10 boat 4 are connected by a bus 5 so that signals can be transmitted to each other. A control panel 6, a document reading section 7, and a transmission control section 8 are connected to the r10 boat 4.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of the format storage section 2. As shown in FIG. The format storage section 2 is composed of a page information storage section 2a, a character/graphic font 2b, and a control section 2C. The page information storage unit 2a stores ruled line code information, character information, etc. of a document format, as will be described later. The character/graphic font 2b is stored in the page information storage section 2a.
The code information or character information read from is converted into raster information using a character/graphic font and output to the bus 5 via the control unit 2C.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of information stored in the page information storage section 2a. In the page information storage unit 2a, page 1, page 2, page 3, etc. are stored in accordance with the document format.
There is an area for each page, and code information or character information for each line of ruled lines is stored in the area of each page.

For example, in the first line of page 1, Figures 3 (a) and (b)
, spaces as shown in (c) and (d),
Ruled line code information is stored according to rules. Although not shown in the second line and below of page 1, ruled line code information or character information similar to the above is stored, and the entire page 1 is configured to form one format. There is. For example, the format shown in FIG. 5 is formed.

Pages 2 and 3 similarly store ruled line code information or character information in other formats.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 4 shows a flowchart for explaining the functions of the CPU 1 in FIG. 1.

Step S1: The user selects a format from the control panel 6. For example, a signal to select the format of page 1 shown in FIG. 3 is input from the control panel 6.

Step $2: Format information, that is, page information is read from the page information storage section 2a. For example, page 1
The ruled line code or (and) character information is read out line by line.

Step S3: The format information read from the page information storage section 2a is converted into raster information of the text/graphic font line by line by the text/graphic font 2b.

Step S4: The raster information is sent to the image processing section 3 through the control section 2c and stored in the line memory in the image processing section 3.

Step S5...Next, the document reading section 7 reads one line of document information.

Step S6: The document information read in step S5 is sent to the image processing section 3 and combined with the format information stored in the line memory. For example, the format information and the original information are logically summed.

Step S7...The combined information is I10 port 4
The data is then sent to the transmission control section 8 via.

Step S9: It is determined whether the sending of format information and manuscript information for one page has been completed.

If the process has not been completed, the process returns to step S2 and the next line is processed. On the other hand, if the process has been completed, the series of processes ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, frames, ruled lines, and/or characters are read out from the format storage section 2 by issuing a format instruction from the control panel 6.
By combining these with the document information read from the document, a standardized document can be sent to the other party's facsimile machine.

(Effects of the Invention fJ) As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, the following effects are achieved.

(1) There is no need to print and prepare a standardized format, which saves time and money.

(2) There is no need to store the form in a storage, and no space is required.

(3) The user can select any format by operating the buttons on the control panel 6, and the operation is easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a conceptual diagram of information stored in the page information storage section of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the functions of the CPU of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a detailed block diagram of the format storage section of FIG. is a diagram showing an example of a format. 1...CPU, 2...Format storage unit, 3...
・Image processing unit, 4...I10 boat, 5...bus,
6...Control panel, 7...Document reading section, 8
...Transmission control unit, 2a...Page information storage unit, 2b
...Character/graphic font, 2C...Patent attorney Michito Hiraki of the Control Department, 1 person, 1 figure, 2 [4 years old, 3 figures]

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A means for specifying a format, a means for storing a plurality of format information, a document reading section, information on the format specified by the format specifying means, and a document read by the document reading section. 1. A facsimile transmitting apparatus comprising: means for synthesizing the information; and means for outputting the information synthesized by the synthesizing means.