JPH02237357A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To utilize the idle time by predicting and calculating the processing time with a counter section measuring stored picture coding quantity and a modulation system recognition section recognizing the communication modulation system. CONSTITUTION:A picture signal obtained by reading an original is inputted to a code conversion section 10, the code is converted and stored in a storage section 20 and a coded picture signal read by the storage section 20 at communication is modulated by a modulation section 30 and send to a line. In this case, the code quantity stored in the storage section 20 is measured by a storage picture code quantity counting section 40 and the communication system confirmed in response to the opposite equipment type and the quantity of the transmission line is recognized by a modulation system recognition section 50. Then the communication time up to the end of transmission is prescribed and calculated by a processing time calculation section 60 based on the quantity of code and the modulation system from the count section 40 and the recognition section 50 and the end time (result of calculation) is informed to a display section 70. Thus, even when the frequency of using is high, the utilization of an idle time is attained.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device with a memory function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, some facsimile apparatuses of this type store encoded image signals in a memory on the communication side and notify the remaining capacity of the memory.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, since conventional facsimile machines only notify the remaining memory capacity, there is a drawback that the transmission end time at the time of transmission cannot be predicted at all based on the remaining capacity notification.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a counter unit that measures the amount of image code to be stored, a modulation scheme recognition unit that recognizes the communication modulation scheme, and a processing time calculation unit that predicts and calculates the processing time from the counter unit and the modulation scheme recognition unit. have.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, lO is a code conversion unit, 20 is a large-capacity image storage unit, and the image signal obtained by reading the original is sent to the code conversion unit 1.
0, the code is converted, and the data is stored in the storage unit 20. During communication, the encoded image signal read from the storage section 20 is modulated by the modulation section 30 and sent out to the line. At this time, the amount of code accumulated in the storage section 20 is measured by the accumulated image code amount counting section 40, and the communication method determined according to the partner model and transmission line quality is determined by the modulation method recognition section 50.
Based on the code amount and modulation method from 40 and 50, the processing time calculation unit 60 calculates a predicted communication time until the end of transmission, and notifies the display unit 70 of the end time (calculation result).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the usage time of the facsimile machine can be predicted by notifying the estimated communication time, so even if the facsimile machine is used frequently, it is possible to use the facsimile machine in free time.

part, 30...Modulation unit, 40...Accumulated image code amount counting unit, 50...Modulation method recognition unit, 6
0...Processing time calculation unit, 70...Display unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine having a large capacity image storage unit,
Consisting of a counter section that measures the amount of image code accumulated in the storage section, a modulation method recognition section that recognizes the communication modulation method, and a processing time calculation section that calculates the processing time from the counter section and the modulation method recognition section. A facsimile device with a memory function is characterized in that one communication time is calculated and notified from a code amount counter value by recognizing a modulation method.