JPH01236768A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To selectively record only a desired document out of received documents by recording the received document only at the time of coincidence between the received document and a registered pattern. CONSTITUTION:A transmission control part 1 receives data from a communication line 8 and sends compressed picture data to an expanding part 2, and data is expanded and every one-scanning line components of data are sent to a line memory 3. When one-scaning line components of data are stored in the memory 3, data is successively sent to a picture memory 9. When data of the memory 9 is stored up to the area of an already registered pattern, a discriminating part 10 compares the pattern in the designated area and the registered pattern with each other; and when they coincide with each other, the received document is recorded by a recording part 4. The registered pattern which can be recorded is inputted by an input part 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to facsimile machines, and more particularly to the selection of records of documents received from other facsimile machines.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 shows a facsimile device that performs facsimile communication using a communication line. In the figure, 1 is a transmission control unit that controls the transmission and reception of data over a communication line, 2 is a data decompression unit that decompresses received data sent from the transmission control unit l, and 3 is data decompressed by the data decompression unit 2. a line memory for storing data for one scanning line; 4 a recording section for recording data stored in the line memory 3;
reads the document information and stores the image data in line memory 3.
6 is a data compression unit that compresses the image data passed from the reading unit 5 via the line memory 3;
is a main control unit that controls each of the above configurations and the transmission and reception of the device,
8 is a communication line.

Next, the operation will be explained. In FIG. 6, for example, when receiving image data sent through the communication line 8,
The transmission control unit B 1 receives the data sent from the communication line 8 and transfers the compressed image data to the data decompression unit 2.
Send to. The data decompression unit 2 decompresses the sent data and sends the data for one scanning line to the line memory 3.

The recording unit 4 receives the data for 1 scanning 547 accumulated in the line memory 3 from the line memory 3, and records the image data. In addition, when transmitting a document from the device, the reading unit 5 reads the document to be transmitted using an image sensor,
Image data is sent to the line memory 3 one scanning line at a time. The data compression unit 6 compresses the transmission image data stored in the line memory 3 and sends the data to the transmission control unit 1.

The transmission control unit 1 sends the sent data to the communication line 8. The main control section 7 controls each of the above components and controls transmission and reception of the device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional facsimile machines are configured as described above, so unless an error such as a communication error or device error occurs,
There are problems in that all received documents must be recorded, even information unnecessary for the user must be recorded, and the apparatus is occupied by unnecessary documents.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that allows a user of the device to select and record only the documents that the user wants to record from among the received documents. There is a particular thing.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve such an object, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes an image memory for storing received image data, and a pattern in a certain area is cut out from the image data stored in the image memory and compared with a registered pattern. , a pattern identification unit that identifies whether or not there is a match, and an input unit that has means for inputting a pattern to be registered in the pattern identification unit, and the pattern identification unit identifies the received document and the registered pattern. The received document is recorded only when the value is -4.

[Effect]

A facsimile device according to the present invention identifies whether or not a pattern registered by a user matches a certain area pattern of a received document, and if they do not match, the received document is not recorded. , so that only matching received documents are recorded.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, which performs facsimile communication using a communication line. In the figure, 1 is a transmission control unit that controls data transmission and reception over a communication line, 2 is a data decompression unit that decompresses received data sent from the transmission control unit 1, and 3 is data decompressed by the data decompression unit 2. 4 is a recording unit that records image data stored in an image memory 9, which will be described later, for each scanning line; 5 is a recording unit that reads information on the document and stores the image data in the line memory; 3, a data compression unit 6 compresses the image data passed from the reading unit 5 via the line memory 3, and 7 controls the transmission and reception of each of the above components and equipment W.
'[[At the same time, the registered pattern is sent from the input unit 11 to the pattern identification unit 10
0 to a main control unit that controls whether or not to cause the recording unit 4 to start recording depending on whether or not a certain area pattern of the received document matches the registered pattern; 8 is a communication line; 9 is a line memory 3; An image memory 10 receives the accumulated data for one scanning line and records it as image data; 10 compares the pattern of a certain area of the image data accumulated in the image memory 9 with the registered pattern; A pattern identification section 11 for identifying whether or not there is a match is an input section through which a registered pattern to be compared in the pattern identification section 10 can be inputted using a key or the like.

Next, the operation will be explained. In FIG. 1, when receiving image data through the communication line 8, the transmission control unit 1
receives the data sent from the communication line 8 and sends the compressed image data to the data decompression section 2, which decompresses the sent data and stores it in the line memory 3 for one scan. Sends data line by line. When the line memory 3 has accumulated data for one scanning line,
The data is sent out to the image memory 9 one after another.

When the data in the image memory 9 has been accumulated up to the area of the already registered pattern, the pattern identification unit IO compares the pattern of the specified area with the registered pattern and identifies whether or not they match. If they do not match, the main control unit 7 is notified that they do not match. The main control unit 7 performs the above-mentioned reception control for each component, and when it receives information from the pattern identification unit 10 that the received document does not match the registered pattern, it updates the data in the image memory 9. Erase, do not record, and end reception. If the received document (received document) matches the registered pattern, the recording unit 4 is caused to record the received document. In the input section 11, a registered pattern that can be recorded is input. here,
The user manually enters position information and patterns (numbers, mosaics, etc.) to match the patterns, and registers and deletes the patterns.

An example of the pattern is shown in FIG. In Figure 2,
21 is a registered pattern, and 22 is image data of the received document.

In this embodiment, by canceling the pattern using the input unit 11, it is also possible to receive and record all documents. Further, when transmitting a manuscript, the main control section 7 controls the reading section 5. Line memory 3. Data compression section 6. Transmission control section 1
Send image data via. Since the facsimile device according to the present invention is a device capable of sending and receiving, the reading section 5. A data compression section 6 is provided.

Note that FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and shows the control operations of the pattern identification section 10 and the main control section 7. In FIG. 3, first, a pattern in a specific area of a received document is extracted (step 31), and the pattern identification section 10 compares it with a registered pattern (step 32). If it matches and can be recorded, record the received document Step 33.3
4) If there is no match, do not record the received document (steps 33.35).

In the above embodiment, the case where recording is performed when the registered pattern matches the pattern of an area in the received document is shown, but an example of a different operation is shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, first a step 41) of cutting out a pattern in a certain area of the received document is used to identify, for example, a pattern 51 indicating transfer shown in FIG. The pattern 52 can be cut out and the received document can be sent to the forwarding destination (
Steps 42-44). On the other hand, even if the pattern indicating transfer is not recognized, the received document can be recorded when it is compared with the registered pattern and matches the pattern (steps 45 to 48).

As described above, since the configuration is such that operation can be controlled based on the pattern information of the received document, facsimile machines with different communication controls for various functions such as forwarding and confidential reception can also be configured by agreeing on pattern information for various functions. , the above communication functions can be easily provided.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention compares a document received by a facsimile machine with a pattern registered by a user in a certain area, records only when they match, and ends reception without recording documents that do not match. By doing so,
It saves recording paper, prevents communication lines and equipment from being occupied by the user's unnecessary document reception, and allows users and senders to decide in advance the patterns that can be received. This has the effect of preventing anyone other than those who know the information from transmitting or recording the information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a registered pattern, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the device shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation of the device shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a received document including a pattern for controlling a transfer function, and FIG. 6 shows a conventional facsimile device. It is a system diagram. 1... Transmission control section, 2... Data decompression section, 3...
line memory, 4...recording section, 5...reading section, 6.
...Data compression section, 7...Main side '41■ section, 8...
Communication line, 9... image memory, 10... pattern identification section, 11... input section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile machine that transmits and receives image data through a communication line has an image memory that stores received image data, and a pattern of a certain area is cut out from the image data stored in this image memory and compared with a registered pattern,
The pattern identification section includes a pattern identification section for identifying whether or not they match, and an input section having means for inputting a pattern to be registered in the pattern identification section. A facsimile machine that identifies whether or not there is a match, and records the received document only when there is a match.