JP2608960B2 - Image communication device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus, and more particularly to an image communication apparatus capable of selecting a document recorded and output at the time of proxy reception.

2. Description of the Related Art In an image communication device such as a facsimile,
Even if the recording paper for hard copy is insufficient, the receiving operation is continued and the received data is stored in the memory, and it is detected that a new recording paper is set, and the received data is recorded and output. Some have a so-called alternate reception function.

Conventionally, such a facsimile automatically and automatically records all originals and all pages when stored data becomes recordable. That is, in such a facsimile, the sensor for detecting the presence or absence of recording paper informs the control unit that recording is possible, and the control unit reads data from the memo memo storing the contents of the received data and performs recording control page by page. And recorded as a hard copy in the mechanism section according to the control.

However, in such a conventional facsimile capable of alternate reception, when a recording sheet is newly set and a signal indicating that the sensor is capable of recording is sent to the control unit, the control is performed. The unit performs the process of reading and recording all the data stored in the memory, so if direct mail is frequently sent via facsimile as in recent times, it is not necessary for the receiving side. There is a problem in that the recording has to record the received data which only wastes the paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image communication apparatus that can selectively output a document that has been intercepted.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a memory means for storing image data subjected to reception processing in an image communication device which receives and records and outputs an image sent from a transmitting device. And recording means for storing management information for each document created based on the received data, and control for storing the received data in the memory means or reading the data from the memory means and transferring it to the image recording unit. Means are to be provided, and a command input unit for sending a command to stop the operation to the control unit for data during image recording output.

According to the configuration described above, in the image communication apparatus according to the present invention, if recording paper is insufficient during the receiving operation, the process shifts to the alternate receiving operation and stores the received data in the memory member. Thereafter, when the recording paper is set, the control means recognizes this, reads out data from the memory member, and transfers the data to the recording means. When the operator determines that this document is unnecessary by looking at the image output from the recording means, and inputs an interrupt command from the command input unit, the interrupt command is sent to the control unit, and the recording and output of the image are stopped. Is done. This recording interruption processing is performed in units of pages or originals (that is, documents). After the interruption processing is performed, recording and output of the next data is performed.

Embodiment FIGS. 2 to 4 are views showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile which is an image communication apparatus.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a system controller which has a processor and a program for operating the processor and controls the operation of the entire facsimile, and 2 controls communication with a line 3 and executes a predetermined transmission control procedure. Is a receiving circuit that implements facsimile reception. The receiving circuit 2 includes a modem for performing a predetermined demodulation process for data reception and a network control unit having an automatic transmission / reception function. Reference numeral 4 denotes a communication buffer for adjusting data received by the receiving circuit 2 with the system timing. Reference numeral 5 denotes a buffer provided separately from the communication buffer 4 for storing received data until image recording is completed, The communication buffer 4 and the image memory 5 can be commonly used as an image memory for storing data that has been compressed.
Reference numeral 7 denotes an information storage memory for storing management information of each document and page such as a source ID and a reception date, and 7 denotes a printing line unit for recording data processed when an image can be recorded. , An image recording unit for inputting data transferred from the line memory 7 and outputting a received image as a hard copy, and 9 a command for inputting various commands to the system control unit 1. An operation unit as an input unit. The system control unit 1 controls the overall operation of the facsimile and performs data processing such as restoring the received data encoded by the data compression processing or the like to the original image data.

Hereinafter, an alternate reception operation of the facsimile having such a configuration will be described.

In the facsimile receiving operation, various command signals are exchanged with the other party's facsimile in accordance with a procedure defined by an international standard. In this facsimile communication, information (that is, ID) indicating the other party's facsimile is received and included in the command signal in the form of a code. The system control unit 1 receives the information for confirming the other party from the receiving circuit 2, extracts the information from the temporarily stored reception data, and stores the information together with the reception date and time and the operation mode information determined at that time. Is stored in the storage memory 6. The date and time can be obtained from the clock function in the system control unit 1, and a management information table 10 as shown in FIG. This management information table 10 is created for each communication message. When the image signal is received, the received data is stored in the communication buffer 4 and also in the image memory 5 at the same time. Then, an image data table 11 as shown in FIG. 3 is created in the image memory 5 by the operation of storing the received data. The data in the communication buffer 4 is
It is determined whether there is an error in the reception by decoding the encoded data, but the data with a known result is discarded.

Next, when the data reception is completed and the data is stored in the image memory 5 and the information storage memory 6,
When the recording paper is set, the facsimile is restored to a recordable state. Then, a signal indicating the normal state of the facsimile is transmitted to the system control unit 1 from the image recording unit 8 or a sensor provided around the image recording unit 8. Then, the system control unit 1 controls the recording operation according to the operation procedure shown in FIG.

That is, first, a processing step (hereinafter simply referred to as a step)
In ST1, it is checked whether or not the recording operation is possible. If it is determined that the recording operation is possible, the information storage memory 6 is searched in step ST2, and there is a page (next page) to be recorded in step ST3. Check if not. If it is determined in the check process that there is no next page, the recording operation is terminated. If it is determined that there is a next page, a recording instruction is given to the image recording unit 8 in step ST4. 5, the corresponding data is read out, decoded, and transferred to the line memory 7 line by line. The image recording unit 8
Recording is performed by fetching data from the line memory 7 and printing the data. During this printing operation, the system control unit 1 checks whether or not the page recorded in step ST5 has ended. When printing is completed for the page, the process returns to step ST2, and the recording operation of steps ST2 to ST5 is continued. On the other hand,
If the printing of the corresponding page has not been completed in step ST5, the system control unit 1 proceeds to step ST6 and checks whether or not an alarm has been generated. If an alarm has been generated, the system control unit 1 executes alarm processing in step ST7. On the other hand, if no alarm has been generated, the process proceeds to step ST8 to check whether or not there is a recording interruption command. At the start of printing in step ST4, when the operator sees the hard copy that has been recorded and started to be output, determines that the document is unnecessary, and inputs an interruption instruction signal from the operation unit 9, the system control unit 1 returns to step ST8. After confirming the interruption command, the operation of the image recording unit 8 is stopped in step ST9. Thereby, the image recording unit 8 outputs the recorded contents up to that time. At this time, a display indicating interruption of recording may be displayed on a display unit (not shown) provided in the facsimile in accordance with an instruction from the system control unit 1. Next, the system control unit 1 returns to step ST2 and shifts to the operation after this processing step. Therefore, when the next page to be recorded remains in the image memory 5, the recording operation for this page is performed and the operation is repeated until all the received pages are recorded.

Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, when the image communication apparatus performs proxy reception, it is necessary to record and output the received image data every time one page of image data is output. The need for image data of the recipient can be reliably determined, and the recording paper is not wasted, and the office is unnecessary. The effect is obtained that it is possible to prevent from becoming.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format example of an information storage memory used in the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a format example of an image memory used, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a recording control operation at the time of proxy reception in this embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System control part, 2 ... Receiving circuit, 3 ... Line, 4 ... Communication buffer, 5 ... Image memory, 6 ... Information storage memory, 7 ... Line memory, 8 ... Image recording part, 9 ... Operation part (command input Department).

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving image data from a line, a recording means for recording and outputting the image data received by the receiving means, and a recording means for receiving the image data received by the receiving means when recording paper is insufficient. Memory means for temporarily storing the image data obtained, control means for reading out the image data from the memory means when the recording paper is newly set, and transferring the image data to the recording means, and outputting from the recording means. Operating means for inputting a recording operation interruption command to the control means for the image data, wherein the control means outputs the command each time image data of one page in one communication message is output by the recording means. An image communication apparatus characterized in that it is determined whether or not is input, and when it is determined that the command is input, the subsequent recording operation is interrupted.