JPH05110729A - Picture communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] An object is to provide an image communication device capable of transmitting an image to various destinations by a simple operation. [Structure] The telephone number of the other party is stored in the RAM of the control section 1-1 in correspondence with the mark at the predetermined position of the predetermined format. The image read by the reading unit 1-3 at the time of transmission is stored in the image memory 1-6.
The control unit 1-1 determines whether or not there is a mark in the stored image, and when the mark is detected, the telephone number corresponding to the mark is dialed to automatically perform transmission.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication device having a function of reading a mark on a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile machines have rapidly penetrated into companies and have established themselves as office automation equipment essential for business. Nowadays, with enhanced functions and lower prices, a full lineup from high end to low end is being developed.

Although various functions have been developed functionally, there is a function using a mark sheet in order to simplify the dial operation of the operator. This function is called number
This is a function of reading the reading mode and the like on a mark sheet and transmitting the document to the other party who is automatically marked. For example, when performing a broadcast transmission to a large number of destinations, once the mark sheet document is created, when performing a broadcast transmission to the same destination, the operation from the second time becomes very easy.

[0004]

However, it is necessary to recreate the mark sheet originals if the other party changes, and if the number of mark sheet originals increases, the management becomes troublesome and the operator becomes inconvenient. Further, if the mark sheet document is used for a long time, there is a high possibility that the document becomes dirty and the mark sheet is erroneously recognized.

[0005]

According to the present invention, by assigning and storing a call number to a mark located at a predetermined position, a destination having a stored call number when a mark is detected is stored. Automatically realizes facsimile transmission. As a result, the operator can specify the dial simply by writing the mark corresponding to the destination of the transmission, and the transmission can be performed to various destinations by a simple operation.

Further, by setting only the first or last page of the page to be read as the document for detecting the mark,
It is possible to prevent erroneous recognition of the mark. Furthermore, by transmitting the mark sheet excluding the mark sheet on which the mark is written, it is possible to reduce communication costs and waste of paper on the receiving side.

Further, by assigning not only the call number but also a function to the mark, it is possible to judge that the predetermined function that is the detection of the mark is not performed, and the operator can automatically write the mark. The function becomes feasible.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

Reference numeral 1-1 is a control unit, which is a CPU, ROM,
A microcomputer circuit composed of RAM, clock IC, I / O, CGROM, etc., and operation control of the entire device by software control of the microcomputer.
Manages various data. Reference numeral 1-2 denotes an operation unit, which is composed of various keys and a display unit and receives an operator's key input and displays various information. Reference numeral 1-3 is a reading unit, which is composed of a CCD, an AD conversion circuit, an image processing circuit, and the like, and performs photoelectric conversion, AD conversion, and the like on the optically read data.
Image processing such as image correction and binarization processing is performed. Reference numeral 1-4 is a recording unit, which is an image output device such as a thermal printer or a laser beam printer, which stores image data read by the reading unit 1-3, received image data, or image data formed by the control unit 1-1. Output. An image processing unit 1-5 is an encoding control unit that encodes the image data read by the reading unit 1-3 into a compression code, a decoding control unit that decodes the received compression code into raw image data, and image data Performs image conversion control for reduction / enlargement. An image memory 1-6 stores read image data, encoded code data, received code data, and decoded raw image data. 1-7 is a communication control unit which is a line interface
It is composed of a telephone circuit, etc. and sends and receives image data and communication control data, and controls incoming and outgoing calls.

Next, the outline of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of the mark sheet of this example. FIG. 2 shows a document exclusively for the mark sheet. In this figure, only transmission / cover page is described, but it is determined whether or not there is a mark corresponding to each, and it is determined whether or not to transmit, or only the cover sheet / all pages are transmitted. For example, in the figure, black mark,
Depending on the judgment of the white mark, it operates like "ABCCD sales / send all pages to Sapporo, ABCD sales / send only cover page to Sendai, not to USA ...". In FIG. 3, a sheet in which the guide text and the mark sheet are mixed is shown on the cover. This is a commonly used form of manuscript, such as company format paper. The operation method is the same as the operation in FIG. 2, and for example, in the figure, "send only the cover page to the general manager, send only the cover page to the general manager, send all pages to the development manager". Works like.

Next, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG.
An example of operation control will be described using. FIG. 4 shows the call numbers corresponding to the marks stored in the RAM in the control section 1-1 in the figure. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the result of determining whether or not there is a mark is stored. Marks 1 to N indicate presence / absence of a mark corresponding to transmission in FIGS. 2 and 3, and marks a to n indicate presence / absence of a mark corresponding to only the front cover. For example, the mark 1 stores "1" and the mark a stores "0".
Is stored. In this case, for example, only the cover page is transmitted to the destination of call number 1. Further, the mark 2 stores “1”, and the mark b stores “0”. In this case, for example, all pages are transmitted to the destination of call number 2. The call number of the destination to be transmitted refers to the call number stored in FIG. Figure 6
Indicates address information stored in the RAM of the control section 1-1 and indicating at which position in the document the mark is located. FIG. 7 shows a state of the image data stored in the image memory 1-6 shown in FIG. The image data read by the reading unit 1-3 in FIG. 1 is temporarily stored in the image memory 1-6 as raw image data. The raw image data is read by the control unit 1-1 and it is determined whether or not the mark is present. The raw image data read are either not determined which part which areas are accumulated since the data size of one line by the paper size and resolution are determined. Therefore, the control section 1-1 can detect the presence / absence of a mark by referring to the mark position address information of FIG. 5 and searching the data of the determined address in the image memory 1-6. The raw image data is compressed and coded by the image processing apparatus 1-5 and stored in the image memory 1-6 page by page.

Next, a control example will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 8 is an example of a control flow for controlling the reading operation and the mark detection operation. In step S-1, various parameters are set. Reading is started in step S-2. In step S-3, the end of reading is determined. If the reading is not completed, the process proceeds to the next step. In step S-4, the mark position is determined. The mark position of the read image is detected based on the address information of the image memory storing the read image data and the mark position address information as shown in FIG. If it is the mark position, step S
At -5, the image data is read from the image memory 1-6 and it is determined whether or not there is a mark. If there is a mark, it is stored in step S-6 that the mark is detected as shown in FIG. The above operation is repeated to execute the mark search. Next, the operation of transmitting image data according to the mark information detected as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, N is a pointer of information indicating that transmission is not performed to the destination, L is a pointer that indicates whether only the cover page or all pages are transmitted to the destination, and P is a pointer that indicates the number of pages. .. In step S-11, various parameters are set. In step S-12, it is determined whether the mark N is 1, that is, whether the mark N is transmitted to the destination. If not transmitted, the pointer N is incremented by 1 in step S-13, and the process returns to step S-12. When transmitting, the call number of the destination corresponding to the mark is read in step S-14, and the call is originated in step S-15. In step S-16, it is determined whether transmission is possible. If transmission is possible, the process proceeds to the next step. Step S
At -17, S-18, and S-19, it is determined whether the P page is a marked original, and if the marked original is not transmitted, the page pointer is advanced by one. For example, in the case of FIG. 2, it is not necessary to transmit the marked original, and the next P-1.P-
2 ... Transmission is executed. In step S-20, transmission of P page is started. In step S-21, the transmission of one page is waited for. When the transmission is completed, it is determined in step S-22 whether the transmission of all pages is completed. If it is completed, the release is performed in step S-25 and the transmission is completed. To finish. If the transmission of all pages has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S-23, and the mark L is determined. This is a determination as to whether or not only the front cover is transmitted. If the front cover only is transmitted, the process proceeds to the transmission to the next destination. If the entire page is transmitted, the process proceeds to the next page transmission. In step S-24, the page pointer is transmitted. By 1 and returns to step S-17. Step S-2
At 6, it is determined whether or not the transmission has been completed for all the destinations, and if completed, the operation ends. If there is a next destination, the pointer N · L is advanced by 1 in step S-27, and the operation is advanced to the transmission of the next destination. As described above, it is possible to perform transmission (broadcast transmission) in the destination / transmission mode designated by the mark sheet.

Next, a method of selecting a mark sheet original when there are a plurality of mark sheets will be described with reference to FIG. Although two types of mark sheet originals are shown in FIG. 10, a mark indicating the type of mark sheet original is written in a portion surrounded by a dotted line in this figure. In the upper manuscript in the figure, a mark is written on the left end, and in the lower manuscript, a mark is written on the second manuscript from the left. If this mark is at the defined position, it is possible to detect the type of mark sheet by detecting this mark as described above. By storing the call number, communication mode, and mark address information for each type of mark sheet, a plurality of mark sheets can be handled.

Finally, another embodiment of the mark searching means will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG. 11 shows an image determination unit 1-8 added to FIG. In this embodiment, the image determination unit searches for a mark. 12
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing in detail the image determination unit 1-8. 11-1
An image signal 1 is sent from the image reading unit 1-3. In 11-2, the line counter 11-3 and the main scanning pixel counter 11-4 are controlled based on the image signal of 11-1. The line counter 11-3 counts the number of lines of the read image data, and the main scanning pixel counter 11-
4 counts the number of main scanning pixels of the image data. 11-
Reference numerals 5 and 11-8 are registers that store parameters set by the control unit 1-1. By comparing the stored parameters with the output values of the two counters 11-6 and 11-7, the judgment circuit 11-9 can detect the mark position, and by detecting the image data at that position. It is possible to judge the presence or absence of the mark. The detected result is read by the control section 1-1 and stored in the RAM in the control section 1-1.

As described above, by assigning and storing the call number to the mark at the determined position, when the mark is detected, the facsimile transmission is automatically performed to the destination having the stored call number. To achieve. As a result, the operator can specify the dial simply by writing a mark corresponding to the destination of the transmission, and the transmission can be performed to various destinations with a very simple operation.

Further, by setting only the first or last page of the page to be read as the document for detecting the mark,
It is possible to prevent erroneous recognition of the mark. Further, by transmitting the mark sheet excluding the mark sheet in which only the mark is written, it is possible to reduce communication costs and waste of paper on the receiving side.

In addition to the call number for the mark,
By assigning a function to select whether to send only the cover page or all pages, it is possible to judge whether to perform the function by detecting the mark, and the operator can automatically realize the function just by marking the mark. It is possible to reduce communication costs and waste paper.

Further, a plurality of mark sheets can be handled by the means for detecting the mark for selecting the mark sheet, so that more users can use the above-mentioned function.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but various modifications can be made.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operator can specify the dial only by writing the mark corresponding to the destination of the transmission, and the transmission can be performed to various destinations by a very simple operation. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a usage example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a usage example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage state of control data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage state of control data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a storage state of control data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage state of image data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the control operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an application example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of an image determination unit 1-8.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-1 Control Unit 1-2 Operation Unit 1-3 Reading Unit 1-4 Recording Unit 1-5 Image Processing Unit 1-6 Image Memory 1-7 Communication Control Unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An image communication apparatus having an image memory, comprising means for detecting a mark at a predetermined position on a document to be read, and means for storing a call number corresponding to the mark, when the document is read. An image communication apparatus, which stores the fact that a mark has been detected and transmits the read document image to a call number corresponding to the detected mark. 2. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark detection of the first or last page of the document is performed. 3. The image communication device according to claim 2, wherein the image of the page for which the mark is detected is not transmitted. 4. The image communication device according to claim 1, wherein broadcast transmission is performed by detecting a plurality of marks. 5. An image communication apparatus for handling a plurality of types of mark sheets, comprising means for detecting a mark at a predetermined position on a document to be read, and means for storing the type of mark sheet for the mark. An image communication apparatus characterized in that a mark detected when read is stored and a mark sheet corresponding to the detected mark is recognized. 6. An image communication device having an image memory, comprising means for detecting a mark at a predetermined position on a document to be read, means for storing a call number for the mark, and means for storing a transmission mode. However, the fact that the mark is detected when the original is read is stored, and the read original image is transmitted to the destination with the call number corresponding to the detected mark in the transmission mode corresponding to the detected mark. Image communication device. 7. The image communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when a mark corresponding to the transmission mode is detected, only one page as a cover page is transmitted, and when not detected, all pages are transmitted.