JPS63263876A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output a long original to one printing paper by thinning a picture signal, and contracting and converting picture data. CONSTITUTION:Picture data received by a picture data receiving part 3 are decoded by a decoder 4. Simultaneously, a decoding line number M is measured by a decoding line number counting part 5. When the number of decoding lines is larger than a standard value N (determined by the length of one printing paper), the output of the decoder 4 is inputted to a thinning reducing part 7 with a relay 6. The thinning and contracting part 7 thins and contracts the decoded picture information for one page to N/M times and delivers it to a printing output part 8. Thus, a long original is thinned and contracted and outputted as one print without being divided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a long document receiving means for a facsimile machine.

〔overview〕

The present invention is a facsimile machine that prints out long originals, and is capable of outputting long originals onto a single sheet of paper by thinning out image signals and reducing the image data. It is.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional facsimile machines, when receiving and printing a long document (a document with a length longer than a standard value), the document is divided and output due to the length limit of the print paper.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Such conventional devices have the disadvantage that if there is character information on the division boundary line, the information is divided and becomes difficult to read.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can eliminate such drawbacks and print out a long document without dividing it into pieces.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a facsimile machine that includes decoding means for decoding one page of incoming image data and recording means for recording the decoded image data on print paper. It is characterized by comprising a counting means for counting the number of lines of the image signal included in the data, and a means for thinning out the image data when the number of lines of the image data counted by the counting means exceeds a reference number of lines. shall be. Further, the reference line number may be the number of lines that can be recorded on print paper of a specified size.

[For production]

The number of lines of the decoded image signal is counted, and when the number of lines is greater than a standard value, the image signal of that page is thinned out and reduced. As a result, a long original can be printed out on standard size printing paper.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. This embodiment includes an image data receiving section 3, a decoder 4, a decoded line number counting section 5, a relay 6, a thinning/reducing section 7, and a print output section 8.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of this embodiment. The operation of this embodiment will be explained based on this figure. Now,
The image data received by the image data receiving section 3 is decoded by the decoder 4. At the same time, the decoded line number counting section 5 measures the number M of decoded lines. When the number of decoded lines is larger than the standard value N (determined by the length of one sheet of printed paper), the output of the decoder 4 is input to the thinning/reducing section 7 by the relay 6. The thinning/reducing section 7 thins out and reduces the decoded -page image information by N/M times and sends it to the print output section 8 .

In this way, a long document is thinned out and output as a single print without being divided.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention thins out and reduces the received long document, so it has the effect of outputting image information without dividing it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Facsimile machine, 2...Line, 3...Picture data receiving section, 4...Decoder, 5...Decoded line number counting section, 6...Relay, 7...Thinning out Reduction section, 8.
...Print output section. Patent applicant: NEC Corporation,...＼Representative: Naotaka Ide, patent attorney - Figure 1 of the structure of the embodiment

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine equipped with a decoding means for decoding one page of incoming image data and a recording means for recording this decoded image data on print paper, the decoded one page of image data is processed. The invention is characterized by comprising a counting means for counting the number of lines of the image signal included in the image data, and a means for thinning out the image data when the number of lines of the image data counted by the counting means exceeds the reference number of lines. facsimile machine. (2) The facsimile device according to claim (1), wherein the reference number of lines is the number of lines that can be recorded on print paper of a specified size.