JPH07123241A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm an added picture even after transmission and its synthesized position by printing out a picture number of an added picture composited at transmission of an original and its added position onto the original as an identification signal and to increase number of added pictures registered to an IC card by using a decoding section and a coding section of the facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:When an added picture is registered in an IC card 30, a control section 9 starts a print section 13 to print out composite information relating to a picture number of an added picture and a composited position onto an original whose reading is finished by a read section 5. With respect to the registration to the IC card, added picture data generated by a picture processing section 2 are compressed by a coding section 6 to obtain coded additional picture data and they are registered in the IC card 30. On the other hand, in the composite of the added picture, coded picture data read from the IC card 30 are decoded by a decoding section 4 and the decoded data are given to the picture processing section 2, in which the data are composited with original picture data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine for synthesizing an additional image on a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of the prior art, which is characterized by synthesizing an additional image on a document, is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-288469. This prior art is an invention relating to a copying machine. An IC card 5 is provided, an additional image such as a company logo is stored in the IC card, and the additional image is combined with an original image to form a hard copy.

[0003]

When the above-mentioned conventional technique is applied to a facsimile apparatus, there are the following problems.

First, in a facsimile machine, the combined image is transmitted and only the original remains at hand. Therefore, after the transmission, there is a problem that it is not possible to confirm what kind of image was transmitted.

Secondly, this conventional technique has a problem that the number of additional images that can be stored in the IC card 5 is small because the data of the additional images is held without being compressed. Further, even if a data compression technique is applied to solve this problem, there is a problem that the hardware for this is increased.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, an IC card, a writing function for writing the input additional image data into the IC card, and the addition from the IC card are added. An IC card reading / writing device having a reading function of reading and outputting image data, a reading unit having a reading function of converting an original image into original image data and outputting the read original image, and the original image data output by the reading unit A first function of creating the additional image data and outputting it to the IC card reading / writing device, the additional image data output by the IC card reading / writing device, and the original image data output by the reading unit. An image processing unit having a second function of synthesizing and transmitting as synthesized image data;
A transmission unit having a transmission function of converting the composite image data output by the image processing unit into a transmission signal and transmitting the transmission signal to a communication line; and a reading unit for reading the additional image when writing the additional image in the IC card. As for the function, the image processing unit is caused to perform the first function, and the IC card reading / writing apparatus is caused to execute the writing function. When the additional image data and the original image data are combined and transmitted, The IC card reading / writing device has a reading function, and the image processing device has the second function.
And a control unit that causes the transmission unit to execute the transmission function.

[0007]

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the terms used here will be explained. First, the additional image refers to an image added to a document or figure. For example, a proviso such as "secret document" or "provisional version", the name and address of the sender, the company logo, etc. The original image means an image of a document to be transmitted by facsimile.
The composite image is an image in which the additional image is composited at a predetermined position of the original image. The additional image data, the original image data, and the combined image data refer to image data in a format capable of processing information, which is obtained by converting the additional image, the original image, and the combined image, respectively. For example, scanning an image in raster
For example, image data that has been binarized. The encoded additional image data, the encoded original image data, and the encoded combined image data refer to image data obtained by encoding and compressing the additional image data, the original image data, and the combined image data, respectively. The transmission signal refers to a signal obtained by converting encoded image data into a state in which it can be transmitted to a communication line.

Referring to FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 20 of this embodiment has a control section 9 for controlling the entire apparatus, an operation panel 10 for inputting information to the control section 9, and a control section 9 for outputting. Display unit 11 for displaying information to be displayed, IC card 30 for storing additional image data, and this IC card 3
IC for reading and writing additional image data for 0
Card reading / writing device 1, reading unit 5 for converting an original image into original image data and outputting the same, printing unit 13 for printing predetermined information on the original image that has passed through reading unit 5, creation of additional image data and composite image A signal between the image processing unit 2 that creates data, an encoding unit 6 that encodes the image data output by the image processing unit 2 to create encoded original image data and encoded combined image data, and a communication line 12. Line control section 8 for controlling transmission / reception of data, a modulation / demodulation circuit 7 for modulating the data output from the encoding section 6 to create a transmission signal and for demodulating and outputting the signal input from the line control section 8, and this modulation / demodulation circuit A decoding unit 4 that decodes and expands the data demodulated by the decoding unit 7 and a recording unit 3 that prints the data decoded by the decoding unit 4 on a printing paper 43 are provided.

Of these configurations, the IC card 30, I
The C card reading / writing device 1, the recording unit 3, the decoding unit 4, the reading unit 5, the encoding unit 6, the modulation / demodulation circuit 7, and the line control unit 8 are the same as those conventionally used. Therefore, description of the detailed structure of these configurations will be omitted.

The control unit 9 sends a signal through a signal line to thereby read / write the IC card reading / writing device 1, the image processing unit 2, the recording unit 3, the decoding unit 4, the reading unit 5, the encoding unit 6 and the modulation / demodulation unit. The operations of the circuit 7, the line control unit 8, the display unit 11, and the printing unit 13 can be controlled. However, in FIG. 1, only a part of these signal lines is illustrated. The control unit 9 uses the CP
It can be configured with U and a program executed by this CPU. Details of the operation of this program are described below.

The operation panel 10 is a keyboard such as a numeric keypad. The display unit 11 is a display device such as a CRT display. In this embodiment, the operation panel 10 and the display unit 11 are a transparent keyboard and a liquid crystal display, respectively. These are integrated to form the touch panel 14. Therefore, the operator touches the touch panel 1
Information can be input to the control unit 9 by touching a predetermined position on the touch panel 14 according to the display of 4.

The image processing unit 2 has a memory for temporarily storing and processing image data, a CPU for processing an image stored in this memory, and a program executed by this CPU. It is configured and has the following two functions.

First, it has a first function of converting the original image data input from the reading unit 5 to create additional image data. The additional image data created here is output to the IC card reading / writing device 1 and written in the IC card 30. When this function is executed, the image processing information for processing the original image data and the image number to be added to the created additional image data are input from the control unit 9. Here, the image processing information is information that specifies a cutout region for cutting out a portion of the additional image from the original image, information such as a scaling ratio when the original image is enlarged or reduced to be the additional image. The image number is a number such as "1", "2" ... The image number is added to the additional image data and written in the IC card 30.

Secondly, it has a second function of synthesizing original image data and additional image data to create synthetic image data.
When executing this function, the image number of the additional image to be combined and the position to be combined are input from the control unit 9.

A program for realizing these functions can be realized by a combination of well-known techniques. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

The image processing section 2 also has the following third to fifth functions. Thirdly, the image processing unit 2 has a third function of storing the original image data input from the reading unit 5 in its own memory and simultaneously outputting it to the control unit 9. Fourth,
The image processing unit 2 reads the additional image with the image number designated by the control unit 9 from the IC card 30 via the IC card reading / writing device 1 and stores it in its own memory.
It has a fourth function of outputting to the control unit 9. Fifthly, it has a fifth function of directly transmitting the original image data input from the reading unit 5 to the encoding unit 6. A program for realizing these functions can also be realized by a combination of well-known techniques. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

The printing unit 13 is an improvement of the printing mechanism used as a transmission confirmation stamp in a conventional facsimile machine. Specifically, it has a function of printing numbers, alphabets, etc. at predetermined positions on the document. Also,
A printer may be used to print complicated information such as Chinese characters. Such a printing unit 13 can be realized by making some changes to the conventional printing device.
Therefore, the detailed description of the structure of the printing unit 13 will be omitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, a normal transmission / reception operation will be described.
In a normal transmission operation, the control unit 9 activates the reading unit 5, the encoding unit 6, the modulation / demodulation circuit 7, and the line control unit 8 and causes the image processing unit 2 to execute the above-described fourth function.
As a result, the original image of the original is converted into original image data by the reading unit 5, and the original image data passes through the image processing unit 2 and passes to the encoding unit 6.
Is converted into encoded original image data, the encoded original image data is converted into a transmission signal in the modulation / demodulation circuit 7, and the transmission signal is sent to the communication line by the line control unit 8. This data processing process is exactly the same as that of a normal facsimile machine.

Next, a normal receiving operation will be described. Upon receiving the notification from the line control unit 8 that the received signal has been received, the control unit 9 activates the modulation / demodulation circuit 7, the decoding unit 4, and the recording unit 3. The received signal is demodulated by the modulation / demodulation circuit 7, the demodulated received signal is decoded by the decoding unit 4, and the decoded received signal is printed on the printing paper 43 by the recording unit 3. This data processing process is also the same as that of a normal facsimile machine.

Next, the operation of registering an additional image in the IC card 30 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 1, the control unit 9 first activates the reading unit 5 to convert an original image into original image data. At the same time, the control unit 9 causes the image processing unit 2 to perform the above-mentioned third operation.
To execute the function of. As a result, the control unit 9 inputs the original image data.

In step 2, the control section 9 outputs the original image data to the display section 11 for display. The operator looks at the original image displayed on the display unit 11, specifies an area to be used as an additional image, and enlarges or reduces the area if necessary.

This operation is performed by the operation panel 10, and is input to the control unit 9 as image processing information in step 3.
At the same time, the image number given to this additional image is also input.

In step 4, the control unit 9 outputs the image processing information and the image number to the image processing unit 2, and causes the image processing unit 2 to execute the above-mentioned first function. by this,
The image processing unit 2 processes the original image data to create additional image data. The created additional image data is output to the IC card reading / writing device 1 together with the image number.

In step 5, the control unit 9 activates the IC card reading / writing device 1 and writes the additional image data in the IC card 30 together with the image number.

Next, the operation when the additional image is combined with the original image and transmitted will be described.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 1, the control unit 9 activates the IC card reading / writing device 1 to read all the additional image data from the IC card 30, and
The image processing unit 2 is caused to execute the fourth function, and this additional image data is input.

In step 2, the control section 9 causes the display section 11 to display this additional image data. Referring to FIG. 4, in this case, the additional images 1 to 4 which are all the additional images registered in the IC card 30 are displayed on the display unit 11. The operator can input the image number of the additional image by touching the additional image desired to be combined.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 3, the control unit 9 inputs the image number of the selected additional image from the display unit 11.

In step 4, the control unit 9 controls the display unit 1
The composite position is displayed in 1. Referring to FIG. 5, in this case, positions 1 to 6 are displayed. The operator inputs the position information of the additional image by touching the desired combining position.

Referring again to FIG. 3, in step 5, the control unit 9 displays the position information of the selected combined position on the display unit 1.
Enter from 1.

In step 6, the control section 9 outputs the image number and position information input in steps 3 and 5 to the image processing section 2 and causes the image processing section 2 to execute the above-mentioned second function. As a result, the image processing unit 2 synthesizes the additional image data of the additional image corresponding to the image number and the original image data, and outputs the synthesized image data.

In step 7, the control unit 9 controls the encoding unit 6
Then, the modulation / demodulation circuit 7 and the line control unit 8 are activated. As a result, the composite image data output from the image processing unit 2 is converted into a transmission signal and sent to the communication line 12.

In step 8, the control unit 9 controls the printing unit 1
The image number and the position information are sent to No. 3. The printing unit 13 prints the composite information on the document based on these information. Here, the combination information is information for specifying the combined additional image and its additional position. It is assumed that 1 is selected as the image number in step 3 and 4 indicating the upper right position is selected as the position information in step 4. At this time, referring to Fig. 6A, the printing unit 13 prints the characters "1-4" on the lower end of the document, and it is convenient to use ink of a color that is not copied by a copying machine. Even after the transmission, the operator can confirm the additional image combined with the document and the combination position by looking at this print.

The operator can change the setting as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to select printing such as. With this setting,
Only the image number of the additional image is printed. The print position is the composite position of the additional image. Even with such printing, the operator can confirm the additional image and the additional position combined with the original.

In the operation of this embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, depending on the configurations of the reading section 5 and the printing section 13, it is necessary to change the execution order of each step or to execute a plurality of steps simultaneously. In some cases.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an additional image is combined with an original and transmitted, the composite information for identifying the image number of the additional image and its combined position is printed on the original. I chose Therefore, the operator can
It is possible to easily confirm what kind of image was sent.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, by compressing the additional image data registered in the IC card 30, the number of additional image data that can be registered in the IC card 30 is increased. The feature of the present embodiment is that the data compression of such an additional image is realized without adding a component.

Referring to FIG. 7, the structural differences between the first embodiment and this embodiment are as follows. That is, FIG.
In the first embodiment described in 1), the transmission / reception of signals between the IC card reading / writing device 1 and the image processing unit 2 is directly performed. On the other hand, in the present embodiment of FIG. 7, the transmission of the signal from the IC card reading / writing device 1 to the image processing unit 2 is performed via the decoding unit 4, and the image processing unit 2 sends the signal to the IC card reading / writing device 1. The transmission of the signal is performed via the encoding unit 6. As described above, according to the present embodiment and the first embodiment, a signal is transmitted and received between the IC card reading / writing device 1 and the image processing unit 2 via the decoding unit 4 and the encoding unit 6. There are structural differences. And, in other points, the present embodiment is the first
It has the same configuration as that of the embodiment.

Next, the present embodiment and operation will be described.

The normal transmission operation and reception operation are the same as those in the first embodiment. Therefore, the operation when registering the additional image in the IC card 30 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 8, step 1 to step 3
Regarding the above, the operation is the same as in the case of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

In step 4, the control unit 9 outputs the image processing information and the image number to the image processing unit 2, and causes the image processing unit 2 to execute the above-mentioned first function. Thereby, the image processing unit 2 creates additional image data. Figure 7
At this time, the additional image data is output not to the IC card reading / writing device 1 but to the encoding unit 6.

Referring again to FIG. 8, in step 5, the control unit 9 activates the encoding unit 6 to encode the additional image data output by the image processing unit 2. As a result, the encoding unit 6 outputs the encoded additional image data.

In step 6, the control unit 9 activates the IC card reading / writing device 1 and writes the encoded additional image data output by the encoding unit 6 into the IC card 30. Since the encoded additional image data is obtained by encoding and compressing the additional image data, more additional images can be registered in the IC card 30 than when the additional image data is registered as it is.

Next, the operation when the additional image is combined with the original image and transmitted will be described.

Referring to FIG. 9, in step 1, the control unit 9 activates the IC card reading / writing device 1 to read all the encoded additional image data registered in the IC card 30. Further, at this time, the control unit 9 activates the decoding unit 4 to decode the encoded additional image data and convert the additional image data. Further, the control unit 9 causes the image processing unit 2 to perform the above-mentioned fourth operation.
The function of is executed and this additional image data is input.

The operation after step 2 is the same as in the case of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the additional image data is encoded and compressed into the encoded additional image data by using the decoding unit 4 and the encoding unit 6 built in the facsimile apparatus 20,
This is stored in the IC card 30. Therefore, in this embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, it is possible to achieve the effect that a large amount of additional image data can be registered in the IC card 30 without increasing the number of constituent elements.

Similar to the case of the first embodiment, also in the case of this embodiment, the execution order of the steps shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 may be changed depending on the configurations of the reading unit 5 and the printing unit 13.
Alternatively, multiple steps may need to be performed simultaneously.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Referring to FIG. 10, the feature of the present embodiment is that the printing unit 13 is eliminated from the configuration of the first embodiment, and data is transmitted from the image processing unit 2 to the recording unit 3 instead. . The configuration other than this is the same as that of the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment when the additional image is combined with the original image and transmitted will be described. Referring to FIG. 11, steps 1 to 7 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

In step 7, the control unit 9 activates the encoding unit 6, the modulation / demodulation circuit 7 and the line control unit 8 to transmit the composite image data output by the image processing unit 2 to the communication line 12. At the same time, the control unit 9 activates the recording unit 3 to add the additional image data output by the image processing unit 2 to the printing paper 43.
Print on. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, the composite image transmitted on the communication line 12 is also printed on the printing paper 43. The operator can check the composite image after the transmission by looking at the print paper 43.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, since the composition information indicating the image number and composition position of the additional image is printed on the document, the additional image added and its composition position even after transmission. And can be confirmed.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the additional image data is encoded and compressed into the encoded additional image data by using the decoding unit 4 and the encoding unit 6 built in the facsimile apparatus 20, and this is subjected to IC It was stored in the card 30. Therefore, in this embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, it is possible to achieve the effect that a large amount of additional image data can be registered in the IC card 30 without increasing the number of constituent elements.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display on a touch panel 14.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display on the touch panel 14.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of printing of composition information 42. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of printing of the composite information 42.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 IC card reading / writing device 2 Image processing unit 3 Recording unit 4 Decoding unit 5 Reading unit 6 Encoding unit 7 Modulation / demodulation circuit 8 Line control unit 9 Control unit 10 Control panel 11 Display unit 12 Communication line 13 Printing unit 14 Touch panel 20 Facsimile device 30 IC card 40 Original 41 Document 42 Composite information 43 Printing paper

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An IC card reading and writing apparatus having an IC card, a writing function of writing input additional image data into the IC card, and a reading function of reading out and outputting the additional image data from the IC card. A reading unit having a reading function of converting an original image into read original image data and outputting the read original image data; and creating the additional image data based on the original image data output by the reading unit and outputting the additional image data to the IC card reading / writing device. A second function, which combines the additional image data output by the IC card reading / writing device and the original image data output by the reading unit, and sends the combined image data as combined image data.
An image processing unit having a function of: a transmitting unit having a transmitting function of converting the composite image data output by the image processing unit into a transmission signal and transmitting the transmission signal to a communication line; When reading, the reading unit is caused to perform the reading function, the image processing unit is caused to perform the first function, and the IC card reading / writing device is caused to perform the writing function, respectively, so that the additional image data and the original image data are obtained. And a control unit that causes the image processing apparatus to execute the second function and the transmission unit to execute the transmission function. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 2. A coding unit for the transmission unit to code the composite image data and output the coded composite image data, a modulation / demodulation circuit for modulating the coded composite image data and outputting a transmission signal, and a transmission signal. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a line control unit for transmitting the message to a communication line. 3. When writing the additional image to the IC card, the image processing unit adds the image number instructed by the control unit to the additional image data and outputs it to the IC card reading / writing device. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus comprises: 4. When synthesizing the additional image data and the original image data, an image number of the additional image data to be synthesized by the control unit and position information indicating a position to be synthesized,
4. The image is output to the image processing device.
The described facsimile machine. 5. An operation panel connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit inputs the image number and the position information from the operation panel. Fax machine. 6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit for printing the composite information including the image number and the position information on the original. 7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the printing unit prints the composite information on an end portion of the document. 8. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the printing unit prints the composite information by printing a symbol indicating the additional image at a composite position of the additional image data on the document. . 9. An IC card reader having an IC card, a writing function of writing the input encoded additional image data into the IC card, and a reading function of reading out and outputting the encoded additional image data from the IC card. A writing device, a decoding unit having a decoding function of decoding the encoded additional image data output from the IC card reading / writing device to generate and outputting additional image data, and converts a document into read original image data. A reading unit having a reading function of outputting the additional image data; a first function of creating and outputting the additional image data based on the original image data output by the reading unit; the additional image data output by the decoding unit; An image processing unit having a second function of combining the original image data output by the reading unit and outputting the combined image data as combined image data, and the additional image data output by the image processing unit. A third function for encoding the encoded additional image data and outputting the encoded additional image data to the IC card reading / writing device, and encoding the combined image data output by the image processing unit to generate the encoded combined image data. An encoding unit having a fourth function of outputting, and a transmitting unit having a transmission function of converting the encoded additional image data or the encoded combined image data output by the encoding unit into a transmission signal and transmitting the transmission signal to a communication line. When writing the additional image to the IC card, the reading unit has the reading function, the image processing unit has the first function, and the encoding unit has the third function. When the writing device is caused to execute each of the writing functions and the additional image data and the original image data are combined and transmitted, the IC card reading / writing device is provided with the reading function and the decoding section is provided. Previous Facsimile machine to the transmitting portion of the second function fourth functions to the image processing apparatus characterized by having a control unit for executing the transmission function. 10. A recording unit for printing an image on a print sheet based on input data, wherein the image processing apparatus has the composite image data as the input data in addition to the first function and the second function. And a third function of sending the additional image data to the recording unit, and the control unit causes the image processing apparatus to also execute the third function when the additional image data and the original image data are combined. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, which is characterized in that.