JP2649677B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having an image storage function.

[Related Art] For example, when an image transmitted by using a facsimile apparatus is transmitted to another facsimile apparatus as a transmission image as it is by a receiving side, conventionally, the receiving side transmits the received image recorded and output again. It was read and transmitted to the intended destination.

However, such a conventional method has a disadvantage in that the quality of an image transmitted from the receiving side to another facsimile apparatus is greatly deteriorated.

In order to eliminate such inconvenience, for example, the receiving side communicates to the transmitting side by telephone or the like so that the same image is transmitted to the desired destination (in the above case, another facsimile machine). However, there is a problem in that the labor on the receiving side and the transmitting side is large and the degree of freedom is lacking.

[Purpose] The present invention has been made in order to solve the disadvantages of the related art, and has as its object to provide a facsimile apparatus that can transmit a received image to another facsimile apparatus without deteriorating the quality of the received image.

[Configuration] In the facsimile apparatus having an image storage function, the present invention relates to an identification information adding means for adding identification information to each image when a received image is stored, and an image representing the identification information in the stored received image. Image adding and recording means for adding and recording the received image, selecting means for selecting a received image transfer function for transmitting the stored received image to another device, and identification information input means for inputting identification information added to the received image And control means for transmitting a received image to which the identification information input from the identification information input means is added to a designated destination when the received image transfer function is selected by the selection means. is there.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 controls the entire facsimile apparatus and has a clock function, a function of generating a character pattern such as a serial number to be recorded on a received document, and the like. .

The scanner 2 is for reading a transmission original at a predetermined resolution, and the plotter 3 is for recording and outputting a received image at a predetermined resolution.

The encoding / decoding unit 4 encodes and compresses the transmitted image signal and decodes the received image information into the original image signal, and the memory 5 stores the image in an encoded and compressed state. It is.

The operation display unit 6 includes various operation keys for operating the facsimile apparatus and a screen display having a large degree of freedom. The image processing unit 7 performs image processing for converting the size and resolution of an image. belongs to.

The communication control unit 8 executes a predetermined facsimile transmission control procedure and exchanges image information with a facsimile apparatus of the other party. The communication control unit 8 can use a public telephone line network or the like as an analog line network as a transmission line. It also has a modem function for modulating and demodulating digital data, and a network control function for connecting a facsimile machine to a public telephone network, which can be automatically connected and received.

Also, a system control unit 1, a scanner 2, a plotter 3,
The encoder / decoder 4, the memory 5, the operation display 6, the image processor 7, the communication controller 8, and various kinds of data are exchanged with each other via the data bus 9 and the control bus 10.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the operation panel surface of the operation display unit 6.

In the figure, a start key 61 is for starting a transmission / reception operation or the like of the facsimile apparatus, a stop key 62 is for terminating an operation being performed by the facsimile apparatus, and a ten key 63 is for destination telephone number or the like. The clear key 64 is for clearing the numeric data immediately before input from the numeric key 63, and the YES key 65 and the NO key 66 are for inputting the operator's answer to the guidance message. It is for doing.

The character display 67 displays a multi-digit character string image on many lines, a guidance display section 67a for displaying a guidance message for guiding an operator's operation, and a mode key 68a for setting a transmission function and the like. It comprises a key content display section 67b for displaying the operation function contents of .about.68h.

With the above configuration, when this facsimile apparatus receives a call from another facsimile apparatus and receives an image, the system control unit 1 terminates the pre-transmission procedure by the function of the communication control unit 8 and receives an image from the partner apparatus. While preparing
Set the serial number added to identify each received image.

Then, each time the received image information is received, the processing shown in FIG. 3 is executed.

That is, when image reception is started, the received image information is stored in the memory 5 in a state where a serial number is added to each received image information (process 101), and the stored received image information is read and encoded / decoded. After the original image signal is decoded by the converting unit 4, the plotter 3 records and outputs the original image signal (process 102).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, a serial number (S.No.) added to the received image information on which the received image is based is recorded at the head of the received image. The image information for displaying the serial number is stored in the system control unit 1.
Occurs.

Then, the storage period of the stored received image information is set (step 103). As the accumulation period, for example, a time when 24 hours have elapsed from the reception time is set.

In this way, the received image information is stored in the memory 5 with the serial number added thereto, and is recorded and output from the plotter 3 with the serial number recorded.

When the receiving operation is completed, the system control unit 1 can select, for example, an image transfer mode for transmitting the received image to another facsimile apparatus and an image erasing mode for erasing received image information from the memory 5, for example, Mode key
An image transfer mode and an image erasing mode are assigned to 68g and 68h, respectively.

Along with this assignment, as shown in FIG. 5, a character string "image transfer" is displayed in a portion corresponding to the mode key 68g of the key content display section 67b of the character display 67, and the character string corresponding to the mode key 68h is displayed. A character string "image erasure" is displayed at the part where the image is to be deleted.

When the operator operates the mode key 68g to select the image transfer mode, the system control unit 1 may input, for example, "enter the serial number of the image to be transmitted, Please select "on the guidance display section of the character display 67. At this time, press the mode key
One of 68a to 68h is assigned to an "input end key".

When the operator inputs one or more serial numbers using the numeric keypad 63 according to the guidance message and operates the input end key, the system control unit 1 displays and transmits a guidance message of a normal transmission operation thereafter. A destination, transmission conditions, and the like are input, and when preparation for transmission is completed, the user is prompted to turn on a start key 61.

Thus, when the operator turns on the start key 61, the system control unit 1 transfers the input transmission destination to the communication control unit 8, causes the destination to call, and starts the transmission operation.

When a call connection is established with the transmission destination, a transmission condition to be used is determined by executing a pre-transmission procedure, and received image information having a serial number designated by the operator is transmitted to the destination.

At this time, when the image size that the transmission destination can receive is smaller than the image size of the stored reception image information, or when the image resolution that the transmission destination can receive is lower than the resolution of the reception image information The image information read from the memory 5 is returned to the original image signal by the encoding / decoding unit, and the image processing unit 7 converts the image into an image state in which the transmission destination can be received, and the encoding / decoding unit 4 encodes the image signal. Then, it is transmitted to the transmission destination.

In this way, the received image information stored in the memory 5 is transferred to another facsimile apparatus, so that the transfer destination facsimile apparatus can receive a very high quality image.

When this image transfer mode is set, it is also possible to specify a multiple destination or a transmission time as in the case of normal image transmission.

When the operator operates the mode key 68h to select the image erasing mode, the system control unit 1 displays, for example, a guidance message "Please enter the serial number of the image to be erased" Then, an unnecessary image is erased from the memory 5.

It should be noted that the image transfer mode may be automatically transferred to the image erasing mode after the image transfer mode is performed by immediate transmission and terminated.
In such a case, for example, a guidance message such as "Delete the image just transferred from memory? Y / N" is displayed, and when the YES key 65 is operated and input,
When the guidance message "Delete all at once? Y / N" is displayed and YES key 65 is operated,
All the transferred image information is deleted from the memory 5. Also, NO
When the key 66 is operated and input, as described above,
Select an image to delete.

Further, the system control unit 1 sequentially searches the image information stored in the memory 5 for information whose storage time limit has elapsed,
The image information whose storage time limit has elapsed is deleted from the memory 5.

In the above-described embodiment, the storage time limit is set to 24 hours after the image information reception time, but it can be set to an appropriate time such as 72 hours.

By adding an image editing function that can arbitrarily edit the image information stored in the memory, for example, a new transmission image can be formed by combining a plurality of reception images.

[Effects] As described above, according to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus having an image storage function, when storing a received image, identification information adding means for adding identification information to each image; Image addition recording means for adding an image representing the identification information to the image and recording and outputting the image; selection means for selecting a reception image transfer function for transmitting the stored reception image to another device; and identification information added to the reception image. Identification information input means for inputting information, and when the received image transfer function is selected by the selection means, the received image to which the identification information input from the identification information input means is added,
Since the control means for transmitting the image to the designated destination is provided, an effect is obtained that the image can be transmitted to another facsimile apparatus without deteriorating the quality of the received image. Further, since the identification information is added to the received image, the effect that the operator can clearly identify the intended received image is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of an operation panel surface of an operation display unit, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram exemplifying a received image recorded and output, and FIG. 5 is a partial schematic diagram exemplifying assignment to a mode key. 1 System control unit, 5 Memory, 6 Operation display unit, 67 Character display, 68a to 68h Mode key.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having an image storage function, an identification information adding means for adding identification information to each image when storing a received image, and adding an image representing the identification information to the stored received image. Image addition recording means for recording and outputting the received image, selecting means for selecting a reception image transfer function for transmitting the stored reception image to another device, identification information input means for inputting identification information added to the reception image, When the received image transfer function is selected by the selection means,
A facsimile apparatus comprising a control unit for transmitting a received image to which identification information input from the identification information input unit is added to a designated destination.