JPS6187462A - Composite facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit a picture synthesizing character information and picture information to a remote location by storing character information subjected to imaging in an optional address of a picture memory by the operation of a input device. CONSTITUTION:In setting an original to a read section 2, a read management program in a main storage device 11 is started, the read section 2 converts the original into image information and stores it in a picture memory 15. When the conversion is finished, a readmanagement program informs the end of read to a picture synthesis program. The picture synthesis program inquires about whether the synthesized document is formed newly or not to the operator by using an input/output device 22. When formed, a Kanji (Chinese character) converting program is called, and when an object document A is outputted to the input/output device 22, the synthesized area is designated by operating a key of the input/output device 22. The picture synthesized program selects the picture information of the area A and the code information constituting the synthesized document, loads the result to the picture memory 15 and outputs it to a recording section 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a compound facsimile device having a Japanese language processing function and an image editing function, and is applicable to, for example, a Japanese telex machine, a word processor, and the like.

Conventional Blood Sampling FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional facsimile machine. A document to be transmitted is inputted from a reading section 2 and is stored in an image memory 4 via an image lot 9 as image information.

Then, based on a command from the control section 1, the signal is compressed by the compression/reproduction section 5 via the control bus 8, modulated by the modulation/demodulation section 6, and transmitted to a remote location via the communication line 7. Further, the received original is demodulated by the modulation/demodulation section 6 and reproduced by the compression/reproduction section 5, and then outputted from the recording section 3 via the image bus 9.

On the other hand, word brochures, which create documents by editing strings of character codes entered through input devices such as keyboards, have become popular in recent years, but documents handled in offices do not only contain characters, but also shapes and forms. In many cases, image information such as However, since the word processor is a device for inputting and editing character codes, drawing figures and forms using a keyboard is a very time-consuming task. Furthermore, there are still few word processors equipped with communication functions, and documents cannot be easily transmitted.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and was made for the purpose of combining image information such as figures and forms with character information including Chinese characters and transmitting the synthesized information to a remote location. More specifically, we provide a composite facsimile device that combines the facsimile function of easily transmitting image information with the function of creating documents including kanji and the function of arbitrarily specifying the layout of the document on the image to be transmitted. It was done for the purpose of

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a reading unit that reads an image of a document and converts it into an electrical signal, an image memory that can store image information for at least one screen of the document, and a device that transmits the image from a remote location. A facsimile machine equipped with a recording unit that converts electrical signals into images can perform a series of VJ operations such as reading, compressing, and modulating image information when transmitting image information, and demodulating, reproducing, and recording when receiving image information. It also includes an input device for inputting character information, an external storage device for storing kanji information, etc., and a first microprocessor for converting input code information into image information. 2 microprocessor, and by storing character information converted into an image by operating the input device into an arbitrary address of the image memory, it is possible to transmit an image obtained by combining character information and image information to a remote location. It is characterized by what it did.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Recording section 3. Compression/reproduction section 5° modulation/demodulation section 69
The communication line 7 uses the components of the conventional facsimile machine shown in FIG. 10 as is, and is connected to the microprocessor 10 via a local bus 13.

The local bus 13 is composed of a data line, an address line, and a control line, and carries various command information from the microprocessor 10 and the reading section 2. recording section 3,
Compression and playback section 5. It serves to transfer status information of each of the modulation/demodulation sections 6 and interrupt signals to the microprocessor 10. When the power is turned on, the microprocessor 10 loads an image transmission/reception program from the external storage device 16 in which the program is stored into the main storage device 11 via the HAS interface 12, and plays a central role in transmitting and receiving image information. . On the other hand, the microprocessor 18 handles document creation and man-machine interface, and when the power is turned on, the microprocessor 18 controls the external storage device 1.
6 to local bus 2 via HAS interface 17
O3 (operating system), a document creation program, and a man-machine interface program are loaded into the main storage device 20 connected to the computer. local bus 23
Nikeman-machine interface input/output device 22 and character pattern ROM for converting character codes into patterns
21 is connected. The local hash 23 is composed of a data line, an address line, and a control line, and is used as a data transfer line between the main storage device 20 and the input/output device 22 and between the main storage device 20 and the character pattern ROM 21. Further, the microprocessor 18 can access an image memory 15 and an external storage device 16 connected to the system bus 14 via the path interface 17. Further, the microprocessor 10 can also access the image memory 15 and the external storage device 16 via the HAS interface 12. Therefore, since the system bus 14 can be shared by the microprocessor 10 and the microprocessor 18, the system bus 14
4 (signal indicating ffi usage right)
and 17, the microprocessors 10 and 18 are
The above signal is judged and access is made only if there is a right to use it.

FIG. 2 is a software configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The software is stored in the external storage device 16, and includes an image sending/receiving program for controlling image sending and receiving, a document creation program for creating and editing documents, and a man-machine computer. A man-machine interface program that operates the interface, and an operating system (O8) that controls the above programs and also operates the interface with the hardware.
The above programs can be executed in parallel under the control of O8. The image transmission/reception program mainly consists of a transmission management program and a reception management program. After the power is turned on, the microcomputer 10 is normally stored in the main memory 11 shown in FIG. Start. Also, during transmission, in Figure 1,
A key operation on the input/output device 22 causes an interrupt to the microcomputer 18 via the local bus 23, and when the microcomputer 18 obtains the right to use the system bus 14, it interrupts the microcomputer 10 via the bus interface 12. . The microcomputer IO, which has accepted the interrupt, activates the transmission management program and starts the transmission operation. The basic operation of the program during transmission is as shown in FIG. 3, and the basic operation of the program during reception is as shown in FIG.

In the document creation program, the microcomputer 18 is interrupted by a key operation on the input/output device 22, the man-machine interface program is activated, and a menu of programs necessary for document creation is output. The operator selects the desired program by key operation. The man-machine interface program loads the selected program into the main storage device 20 and activates it.

Next, image synthesis, which is one of the features of the present invention, will be explained.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the basic operation of image composition used to implement the present invention. When the power is first turned on, the program stored in the external storage device 16 is loaded as described above. It is loaded into the main storage device 11 or 20. The microprocessor 10 waits for a signal from a facsimile machine located at a remote location, and when the interrupt is accepted, a reception management program operates to start reception operations. At the same time, if it is desired to create a document, it is also possible to call and execute the kana-kanji conversion program by operating the keys on the input/output device 22. When performing image composition, first call an image composition program.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the basic operation of the image composition program. When the original shown in FIG. 7 is sent to the reading section 2 shown in FIG. 1, the reading management program in the main storage device 11 is activated, and 2. Convert the original into image information,
The image is stored in the image memory 15. When storage is completed, the reading management program notifies the image composition program of the completion of reading.

The image composition program uses the input/output device 22 to ask the operator whether or not to create a new document to be composited. If the file name is to be created, the kana-kanji conversion program is called, and if the file name is not to be created, the operator is instructed to input the file name using the input/output device 22. When a file name is input, code information is stored from the external storage device 16 to the main storage device 20. Target document A shown in Figure 8
is outputted to the input/output device 22, the next area of the outputted document to be combined is specified by operating the keys of the input/output device 22. That is, in FIG. 8, points P and Q are stored in the main storage device 20 using a cursor or the like, and then points P and Q are stored in the main memory 20 using a cursor or the like.
The position to be synthesized with the image information of area A defined by point and Q point (
Point R in FIG. 8) is similarly stored in the main storage device 20 using a cursor or the like. The image synthesis program selects the code information that constitutes the document to be synthesized from the coordinates of points P and Q, calculates the address of the document area in the image information area from the coordinates of point R, and stores the character pattern ROM 21. Then, the code information is converted into pattern information character by character, and the pattern information is stored in the image memory 15 corresponding to the calculated address. When the storage is completed, the process is returned to the man-machine interface program, and if a hard copy is desired, the hard copy program is called.

FIG. 9 shows image information that is output to the recording section 3 shown in FIG. 1 by combining the original shown in FIG. 7 and the document area (A shown in FIG. 8) defined by the operation of the input/output device 22. show.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, (a) figures and forms created using conventional word processors can be handwritten and input with simple operations.

(b) 0 document information can be used as is, using the functions of conventional word processors, combining documents and images, and also extracting hard copies and transmitting them to remote locations.

(c) Since the word processor function and the facsimile function are implemented in one piece of hardware, the cost is reduced.

There are advantages such as

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a software configuration diagram, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the basic operation of a program during transmission, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the basic operation of the program at the time of reception. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the basic operation of image composition used to implement the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the basic operation of the image composition program. , FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a document, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of image composition operation, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an original document.
FIG. 10, a diagram showing an example of synthesized image information, is an electrical program for explaining an example of a conventional facsimile machine.
It is a Tsuk diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Control part, 2... Document reading part, 3... Recording part, 4... Image memory, 5... Compression reproduction part, 6...
Modulation/demodulation section, 7... Communication line, 8... Control bus, 9.
...Image lotus. 10... Microprocessor, 11... Main storage device. 12... Bus interface, 14... System bus. 15... Image memory, 16... External storage device, 17
...Has interface, 18...microprocessor. 19... System bus, 20... Main storage device, 21
... Character pattern ROM, 22 ... Input/output device, 2
3...Local lotus. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure a6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] A reading section that reads an image of a document and converts it into an electrical signal, an image memory that can store image information for at least one screen of the document, and a recording section that converts an electrical signal transmitted from a remote location into an image. A facsimile machine equipped with a first microprocessor that manages a series of operations such as reading, compressing, and modulating image information when transmitting image information and a series of operations such as demodulating, reproducing, and recording when receiving image information. It also includes an input device for inputting character information, an external storage device for storing kanji information, etc., and a second input device for converting input code information into image information.
The system is equipped with a microprocessor, and by storing text information converted into an image by operating the input device at an arbitrary address in the image memory, it is possible to transmit an image that is a combination of text information and image information to a remote location. A compound facsimile device characterized by: