JPS6288475A - Broadcast facsimile communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention provides a method for reading and transmitting compressed and stored image information, in which sender information is inserted into the image information as facsimile image information. This invention relates to a broadcast facsimile communication system.

[Background of the invention]

Generally, when sending a facsimile machine, in order to improve the reliability of communication, information such as the sending time, transmitter device number, etc.
Information such as the page Nα of the K draft and the number of sheets to be sent, ie, sender information, is inserted into the transmitted image and transmitted.

In facsimile machines that do not have an image information storage function, sender information is created when a document is read, and is combined with the read image information.

By the way, as a conventional facsimile machine capable of storing transmission image information, there is known, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-204377. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of an example of such a facsimile machine.

In this case, the reading processing unit 1 reads the document for which broadcast communication is to be performed, but the source information created by the image pattern creation unit 9 is used in the image composition unit 10 for the read image information. It is supposed to be synthesized by The transmitted image information of this source information phase is then redundantly removed by the information compressor 3 and stored in the memory device 5 in a compressed state. In this case, the writing of image information into the memory device 5 and the subsequent output thereof are performed by the control circuit 6.

Now, when broadcast communication is started, the image information is repeatedly read out from the memory device 5 by the number of times shown above, and then sent to the communication line 11 via the modem (modem/demodulator) 4. In this way, the content of the sender information is created when the image information is read, so the transmission time included in the sender information is actually the time at which each broadcast recipient was storing the image information, not the time it was sent. The time take output from the tears circuit 8, that is, the storage start time, is inserted.For this reason, the actual transmission time is entered in the source record of general transmissions that do not use the image information storage function. In coaxial transmission using the image information storage function, a problem arises in that the storage start time is recorded.Therefore, the receiving side cannot know the exact reception time from the source information alone.

Depending on the source information, it is not possible to manage the reception time or order of reception. In addition, in such devices, source information is created during the document reading process, so
Although it is possible to record page Nα on each received recording sheet, it is impossible to record the total number of transmitted sheets on each received recording sheet.

To make this possible, the number of images to be sent must be set in advance using keystrokes or other means before image information is stored.
If the key input is incorrect, a new problem will arise in which the number of sheets actually sent and the number of sheets sent in the sender information do not match.

[Second aspect of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast facsimile communication system in which image information can be sent to each destination with sender information including the actual transmission time and automatically counted number of sheets sent. It is to provide.

[Summary of the invention]

For this purpose, the present invention adds and synthesizes an image pattern as source information to stored image information not when storing image information but when transmitting stored image information.

This makes it possible to transmit image information to each destination of broadcast communication to which source information including the actual transmission time and transmission number data 3= is added.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, a facsimile apparatus according to a first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 shows the configuration thereof. As shown in the figure, the image information read from the transmission document by the reading processing unit 1 passes through the 1νJ exchange unit 2, and the information compression unit 3 removes its redundancy, and the image information is stored in the memory device 5 in a compressed state. It has become.

At the time of transmission, the image information from the memory device 5 is sent to the information reproducing section 7.
The image data is restored to the original image data, and then the image data synthesis section 10
It is designed to be combined with sender information in the process. The actual time information from the clock circuit 8 and the control unit 6
Based on the accumulated number of sheets and page information from the source information, the latest source information including the number of transmitted sheets data is sent to the image pattern creation section 9.
This is created in the image data synthesis section 10 and is synthesized with the restored image information. The synthesized restored image information is then passed through the switching section 2 and again to the information compression section 3, where its redundancy is removed, and sent to the communication line 11 via the modem 4.

In the case of this embodiment, the compressed image information is restored to the original image data by the monthly information reproducing unit 7 at the time of transmission, and is combined with the image pattern of the source information, and then redundant by the information compressing unit 3. Although the degree is removed and sent,
When transmitted in this manner, it is possible to easily handle each information compression method.

Next, the second embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.
In this embodiment, the image pattern of the sender information is compressed based on the actual time information from the clock circuit 8 and the accumulated number of images and page information from the control section 6, and is created by the compressed image pattern creation section 9'. , is combined with the compressed image information from the memory device w5 in the compressed image pattern combining section 10', and then sent to the communication circuit 11 via the modem 4. This embodiment also provides the same effects as the previous one.

Note that the number of sheets to be discarded or the number of sheets to be sent is automatically determined by the control unit 6 when reading the transmitted document, for example. Known by counting by 1: J: Sea urchin is turning.

As described above, the image pattern of the original information is added after the image pattern is added to the stored image information from the storage device i'Y, so the image pattern is Compared to the case where patterns are added, memory efficiency is improved and more image information can be stored.Also, in each +1J phase, the sender information for the destination is the same as for general transmission.
Since it includes the actual time of transmission, the receiving side uses the sender information to manage the reception time and order of reception.
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Furthermore, by checking the number of sheets sent from the stacked number of sheets at the time of transmission, it is possible to automatically add the number of sheets sent to the sender information, which improves the reliability of communication by four points and eliminates the key human effort required in the past. Not only does it eliminate the need to set the number of sheets to be sent, but it also prevents confusion caused by discrepancies between the number of JJR drafts and the number of sheets sent due to key human error.Prevention 11-
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〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, sender information including the actual transmission time and number of sheets to be transmitted is sent to the recipients of broadcast communication in the form of image information added, thereby saving 1 yen.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are diagrams showing the configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of an example of a conventional facsimile machine. 1... Reading processing unit, 2... Switching unit, 3... Information compression unit, 4... Modem (modulation/demodulation device), 5... Memory device, 6... Control circuit, 7... Information Reproducing section, 8... Clock circuit, 9... Image pattern creating section, 9'... Compressed image pattern creating section, 10... Image data synthesizing section, 10
'...Compressed image data synthesis unit, 11...Communication line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a broadcast facsimile communication system that has an image information compression unit and an image information storage memory, when transmitting compressed and stored image information, a specific message, etc. is sent to the image information read from the memory at the time of transmission. A broadcast facsimile communication method characterized by transmitting original information in a state in which it is added and combined.