JP2945018B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[Prior art] Generally, when a document is transmitted by a facsimile machine,
In order to clearly indicate the destination to the recipient, a cover page in which the destination is recorded is often transmitted to the destination together with the transmission original.

In order to eliminate the trouble of writing an address in this way each time a transmission is made, various types of character information to be recorded on a cover sheet are preliminarily stored in a facsimile machine as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 152269/1987. Please register and send it.
A facsimile apparatus has been proposed in which, when necessary information is selected, a cover sheet in a certain format in which the information is entered is transmitted to a destination together with a transmission original.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in this proposal, a source name and the like in addition to the destination name must be selected and designated each time transmission is performed, and there is a disadvantage that the operation is troublesome.

Also, in this case, the character string such as the destination name registered in advance is an alphanumeric Kana character, and the size of each character is constant.
For this reason, there is an inconvenience that the data cannot be easily transmitted to the other party in a desired character size so that the data can be easily read on the receiving side and, if necessary, stand out. Furthermore, in the above proposal, the cover sheet on which the name of the other party is recorded is output separately from the original document on the receiving side, so that there is an inconvenience that the recording paper is excessively consumed.

On the other hand, the transmitting side sets the telephone number and name of its own station to TTI (Tr
2. Description of the Related Art It has been conventionally performed to transmit the received information to a receiving side and record the information in an upper part of a received image on the receiving side.

There is known a model in which the TTI information is overwritten on a received image on the receiving side so that recording paper is not excessively consumed. Therefore, it is conceivable to record the destination name and the like together with the TTI information.
Conventional TTI information is composed of alphanumeric kana characters and has a small character size, and thus has the same disadvantages as described above.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-described disadvantages and transmitting character information of a desired character size for each character without excessive consumption of recording paper on the receiving side. And

[Means for Solving the Problems] For this purpose, the first invention allows a desired character string to be input as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size, The input character string information is stored, and the character font data of each character of the stored character string information is taken out when transmitting the original,
Each character font data is scaled to the corresponding character size, and the scaled character font data is combined with a part of the document image and transmitted.

According to a second invention, a plurality of desired character strings are input as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size, and the input character string information is stored. Then, one of a plurality of stored character string information is selected at the time of transmission of the original, and the character font data of each character of the selected character string information is taken out. The data is scaled to the corresponding character size, and the scaled character font data is combined with a part of the document image and transmitted.

In the third invention, a desired character string corresponding to each one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is input as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size, and the input is performed. Character string information is stored in association with the corresponding one-touch dial or abbreviated dial, and if the destination dial is specified by one-touch dial or abbreviated dial operation when sending the original, the stored character string information Of the character string information corresponding to the specified destination dial,
When the destination dial is specified by one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation when sending a document, the character font data of each character of the selected character string information is extracted and each character font data is changed to the corresponding character size. In addition to the multiplication, the scaled character font data is combined with a part of the document image and transmitted.

[Operation] In the first aspect, the character string image information to be transmitted is overwritten on the received image on the receiving side, so that the recording paper is not excessively consumed. Further, a desired character size can be set for each character constituting the character string to be transmitted, and character information in which characters of a desired character size are arbitrarily combined can be transmitted.

In the second aspect, the character string image information to be transmitted is overwritten on the received image on the receiving side, so that the recording paper is not consumed excessively. Further, a desired character size can be set for each character constituting the character string to be transmitted, and character information in which characters of a desired character size are arbitrarily combined can be transmitted. The character string to be transmitted can be arbitrarily selected from a plurality of character strings stored in advance.

In the third aspect, the character string image information to be transmitted is overwritten on the received image on the receiving side, so that the recording paper is not excessively consumed. Further, a desired character size can be set for each character constituting the character string to be transmitted, and character information in which characters of a desired character size are arbitrarily combined can be transmitted. Further, the character string to be transmitted can be automatically selected by a corresponding one-touch dial or speed dial operation.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a scanner 1 reads a document image to extract image information, and a plotter 2 records the image information on a recording sheet. The encoding / decoding unit 3 encodes image information to be transmitted and decodes received image information.

The image memory 4 stores image information to be transmitted and received. The network control device 5 performs predetermined calling and receiving operations by supplementing a line, transmitting a selection signal as a destination telephone number, detecting an incoming call, and the like.

The modem 6 modulates and demodulates the image information and transmits the same, and also transmits various procedure signals in the transmission control procedure. The communication control section 7 controls the network control device 5 and the modem 6 to execute facsimile communication according to a predetermined transmission control procedure.

The operation display unit 8 displays the operation state and operation guidance of the apparatus and performs various operations on the apparatus.

The character font memory 9 stores character font data such as alphanumeric kana characters, symbols, and kanji. The character scaling unit 10 processes the character font data in order to reduce or enlarge a character to half-width, double-width or three times or more.

The system memory 11 stores various information to be registered and information necessary for transmission / reception processing. The system control unit 12 is configured by a microcomputer system, and controls the above-described units to execute a predetermined operation of the facsimile machine.

FIG. 2 shows a board view of the operation display unit 8, and a start button 81 for starting the operation of the facsimile machine and a stop button 82 for stopping the operation are provided at the right end in the figure. Have been. To their left, 40
One-touch keys 83 are provided. This one-touch key 83 is used to register a destination telephone number corresponding to each key and use it for calling by one-touch dialing,
When a predetermined cover is attached, each character of an alphanumeric key is assigned to each key, and can be used as a character or numeric input key.

Above it, ten mode switches 84 for setting various transmission modes such as a line density of transmission image, halftone, document density, conversation reservation and the like are provided.

In the upper left of them are errors during communication, running out of recording paper,
A display unit 85 for displaying the operation states of other devices with symbol marks is provided. Below this, a character display section 86 capable of displaying several lines of various characters including Chinese characters is provided. Further below, seven operation keys 87 for operating the display screen are provided. In the upper left, switching between facsimile communication and copy operation,
Three changeover switches 88 for selecting and setting various operation modes are provided.

With the above configuration, the operator performs a registration process of a speed dial or a one-touch dial in advance before transmitting an image by the facsimile machine.

FIG. 3 shows the speed dial registration process.
In this case, the operator first sets the facsimile apparatus to the short dial registration mode (process 101). Further, a predetermined cover is attached to the one-touch key 83 so that the assignment of an alphanumeric symbol or the like to each key can be understood.

Next, the one-touch key 83 is used to input a speed dial number such as "* 00" (process 102). In the input state, an input guidance is displayed on the character display unit 86, and the operation can be performed according to the instruction. Next, the destination telephone number to be registered is input (process 103).

By the way, this embodiment has a function of registering character string information such as fixed characters and symbols corresponding to the destination at the time of registering the destination telephone number. Therefore, when registering this character string information (Y in step 104), the input guidance is specified to input character information (step 105).

When each key of the one-touch key 83 is pressed in this state, the assigned characters and symbols are displayed on the character display section 86. The display of the characters and the like is performed by reading the corresponding character font data from the character font memory 9 and displaying the dot data.
Further, by a predetermined operation of the operation key 87, the display characters can be displayed in an arbitrary size for each character such as a full-width character, a half-width character, a double-width character, and a triple-width character. The display of the various character sizes is performed by the character scaling unit 10 processing the dot data.

Here, the operator creates an arbitrary character string on the character display unit 86 with a desired character size by using known one-touch keys 83 and by performing known Roman-kana / kanji conversion. In this case, it is optional to add a ruled line or a frame to a character string using not only characters but also symbols and graphic patterns. As the character string information, for example, an address of the destination such as “XX Corporation Business Division XX Department” can be input.

Next, by performing a registration operation, the character string information is stored in the system memory 11 (process 107). This character string information is, for example, together with the character size information, for example.
Stored as code information such as JIS code.

Next, when registering for another destination (process 108),
Processing is performed in the same manner as described above (to processing 102). Also, in the above case, when the character string information is not registered (N in step 104), the process similarly proceeds to the next step (step 102).

When the registration of all the destinations is completed (N in process 108), the registration mode is released and the above-described registration process is completed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the destination telephone number and character string information are stored in the system memory 11 corresponding to each speed dial number “* 00” to “* n”.

Next, when transmitting an original, as shown in FIG. 5, the operator first sets the original to be transmitted on the scanner 1 (process 201) and inputs a shortened telephone number corresponding to the transmission destination (process 202). Next, the user presses the start button 81 to activate the facsimile machine (process 203).

As a result, the facsimile apparatus executes a predetermined calling operation, and when the other party answers, starts reading the set transmission original (process 204). Then, the read image information is sequentially stored in a line buffer (not shown) (process 205).

This embodiment has a function of inserting the registered character string information at a certain position above the first page and transmitting the original when transmitting the original.

The facsimile machine determines whether the image information stored in the line buffer is image information corresponding to the insertion position of the character string information (process 206). If it is not the insertion position (N in process 206), the image information of the line buffer is coded next as it is and transmitted to the destination (process 207). Here, the TTI information is inserted and transmitted in the image information at the leading end of the page, but the description is omitted.

Next, it is determined that there is image information to be transmitted next (N in process 208), and the process returns to reading of the original image (process 2).
04). As a result, the document images are sequentially transmitted.

Then, when the image information of the insertion position of the character string information is stored in the line buffer (Y in step 206), it is next determined whether or not there is character string information registered for the destination (processing 206). 209).

Here, if the character string information is not registered (processing
(N in 209), the transmission operation is continued as it is (processing 207).
What).

On the other hand, if character string information is registered (step 20
9) The corresponding character string information is sequentially ended from the system memory 11 (process 201). Subsequently, character font data corresponding to each of the character codes is read from the character font memory 9 (process 211). If a character size is specified, the read dot data is converted into character size data specified by the character scaling unit 10 (process 212). Next, the converted character font data is transferred to the line buffer, and the dot data of the document image and the character font data are combined (process 213). In this case, the original image of the portion to be combined is deleted.

Next, the image information in the combined line buffer is encoded and transmitted (to process 207). Then, this transmission operation is executed for each page of the transmission original, and when there is no more image information to be transmitted (Y in step 208), the above operation is terminated. As a result, the transmission original is transmitted sequentially from the first page, and those images are recorded on the receiving side.

FIG. 6 shows a recorded image of the first page on the receiving side, and the telephone number and the transmitting side of the transmitting side are placed on the upper end of the original image 302 recorded on the recording paper 301 on the receiving side as in the conventional case. TTI information 302a as a name is recorded. Then, the character string information 302b is recorded below the TTI information 302a.

Thus, on the receiving side, the transmitted character information is recorded as a part of the received image, so that the recording paper is not consumed extra.

On the transmitting side, when registering desired character string information,
Since the character size can be set for each character, character information can be transmitted in a desired character size for each destination.

In the above embodiment, the desired character string information is registered for each destination at the time of abbreviated dial registration. However, at the time of one-touch dial registration, the character string information is registered in the same manner, and the one-touch dialing is performed. Can be transmitted in the same manner when the call is transmitted.

Also, instead of fixing the character string information to the destination in advance and registering it, the operator may arbitrarily manually select from a plurality of registered character strings at the time of transmission.

Furthermore, when character string information is recorded on the receiving side, when overwriting a certain position of the received image, the received image at that position is erased, but may not be erased.

The character string information is recorded so as to be superimposed on the received image. For example, as shown in FIG.
After recording 2b, the recording position can be set arbitrarily, such as recording the received image 302 or recording the last image.

Further, in this embodiment, the character information is transmitted, but an image such as a handwritten character or a figure may be transmitted. In this case, a desired image can be read by a scanner and stored in an image memory.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the first aspect, a desired character string is input and stored as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size. In addition, when transmitting the original, the stored character string information is taken out and combined with a part of the original image information and transmitted, so the receiving side may consume extra recording paper. Disappears. In addition, since each character constituting the character string information is arbitrarily set and transmitted at a variable size,
It is possible to transmit character information in which characters of a desired character size are arbitrarily combined in order to make it easier to read on the receiving side or to make it stand out as necessary.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of desired character strings are input and stored as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size. Then, the selected character string information of the plurality of stored character string information is taken out and combined with a part of the original image information to be transmitted. Will not be consumed. Also, since each character constituting the character string information is arbitrarily set and transmitted in a scaled manner to the character size, it is desirable to make it easier to read on the receiving side or to make it stand out as necessary. It is possible to transmit character information obtained by arbitrarily combining characters having the character size of. Also, by storing a plurality of character string information and selecting one at the time of transmission, any character string information can be set for each destination. It is not necessary to input each time transmission is performed, and the setting can be performed by a simple selection operation.

According to the third aspect, a desired character string corresponding to each one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is input and stored as character string information in which each character constituting the character string is associated with an arbitrary character size. If a destination dial is specified by one-touch dialing or speed dial operation when sending a document, the character string corresponding to the specified destination dial of the stored character string information Since the information is selected, taken out 4, and combined with a part of the original image information and transmitted, the receiving side does not consume recording paper excessively. Also, since each character constituting the character string information is arbitrarily set and transmitted in a scaled manner to the character size, it is desirable to make it easier to read on the receiving side or to make it stand out as necessary. It is possible to transmit character information obtained by arbitrarily combining characters having the character size of. Also, by storing character string information in association with each one-touch dial or speed dial, the character string image information corresponding to the destination dial specified by the one-touch dial or speed dial operation at the time of transmission can be selected. One-touch or abbreviated dialing to specify the destination without having to enter the character string information to be sent to the destination each time because the character string information for each destination can be automatically set The setting can be performed by a simple operation using the operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a board diagram of an operation display unit, FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart showing registration processing, and FIG. 4 is stored in a system memory. FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a document transmission process, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a received image output on the receiving side, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the received image. is there. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Scanner 2 ... Plotter 3 ... Encoding / decoding part 4 ... Image memory 5 ... Network control device 6 ... Modem 7 ... Communication control part 8 ... Operation display part , 9 ... Character font memory, 10 ... Character magnification unit, 11 ... System memory, 12 ... System control unit, 81 ... Start button, 82 ... Stop button, 83 ... One-touch key,
84 Mode switch, 86 Character display section, 87 Operation keys, 88 Switch.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting information stored in advance together with a document image at the time of document transmission, wherein a desired character string is converted into an arbitrary character size for each character constituting the character string. Character string input means for inputting the character string information associating the character string information; character string information storage means for storing the character string information input by the character string input means; and Character font data extracting means for extracting character font data of each character of the stored character string information; character font scaling means for scaling the extracted character font data to a corresponding character size; A facsimile apparatus comprising: image information transmitting means for combining each character font data with a part of a document image and transmitting the combined data. 2. A facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting information stored in advance together with a document image at the time of document transmission, wherein a plurality of desired character strings are added to each character constituting the character string. A plurality of character string input means for inputting character string information associated with character sizes; a plurality of character string information storage means for storing a plurality of character string information input by the plurality of character string input means; A character string selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of character string information stored in the plurality of character string information storing means; and a character string information selected by the character string information means at the time of document transmission. Character font data extracting means for extracting character font data of a character; character font scaling means for scaling the extracted character font data to a corresponding character size; It and a picture information transmitting means for synthesizing and sending a portion of the original image each character font data facsimile apparatus according to claim. 3. A facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting information stored in advance together with a document image at the time of document transmission, wherein a desired character string corresponding to each one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is replaced with the character string. Dial-specific character string input means for inputting character string information in which each character to be composed is associated with an arbitrary character size, and one-touch dial or speed dial corresponding to each character string information input by the dial-specific character string input means A character string information storage means for each dial which is stored in association with a character string stored in the dial-specific string information storage means when a destination dial is designated by one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing operation when transmitting a document. A character string selection procedure for selecting character string information corresponding to the specified destination dial from the column information. Character font data extraction for extracting character font data of each character of the character string information selected by the character string selection means when a destination dial is designated by one-touch dialing or speed dialing operation when transmitting a document. Means, character font scaling means for scaling the extracted character font data to a corresponding character size, and image information transmission for combining and transmitting the scaled character font data with a part of the original image And a facsimile apparatus.