JPH03195265A - Facsimile equipment with edit function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the convenience of use by providing a control means transferring a reduced picture data to a recording section in response to the edit mode and recording picture data by plural sheets onto one recording paper sheet. CONSTITUTION:A picture data (original size) read by a read section 3 is stored once in a RAM 8 and the stored picture data is read by an MPU 1 and the readout picture data is processed into a reduced picture data in response to a reduction rate entered from a keyboard 7 by driving a reduction circuit 9. The reduced picture data is stored again in the RAM 8 and read by the MPU 1, transferred to a recording section 6 and recorded on a recording paper sheet. The discrimination as to whether edit is to be implemented or not and number of original sheets to be edited are entered by the key entry of the operator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having an editing function that can record image data for a plurality of sheets read or received on a single sheet of recording paper.

Some facsimile machines are equipped with a copying function, in addition to a sending/receiving function, in which a document set in a reading section is read and then printed out on recording paper.

However, current facsimile machines are configured to print out the image data of one document read or received during copying on one sheet of recording paper, and print out the image data of multiple documents. It does not have editing functions such as copying onto a single sheet of recording paper of the same size as the original. Therefore, if it is necessary to edit and file original images printed out on multiple sheets of recording paper on a single sheet of paper, the printed out recording sheets are reduced in size one by one using a copying machine, and the necessary parts are copied. It was necessary to cut out the file, then paste the multiple sheets of reduced copy paper onto a single file sheet1, which was time-consuming.

The present invention has been made in view of the current situation, and provides a facsimile device that can edit image data for multiple pages of originals onto, for example, one sheet of recording paper of the same size, and can greatly improve usability. It is intended to.

The present invention includes a storage unit that stores image data for multiple sheets of read or received originals in original size, and a storage unit that stores the image data for several bits in the main scanning direction. , a reduction circuit that generates reduced image data by thinning out one line at a time in several lines in the sub-scanning direction, an operation section for inputting editing commands and editing modes, and receiving commands from the operation section to control the operation of the reduction circuit. death,
In addition, the reduced image data is transferred to the recording unit according to the editing mode,
The apparatus is characterized by comprising a control means for recording image data for a plurality of sheets on one sheet of recording paper.

Here, the editing mode refers to, for example, editing and recording image data for two or four original documents by allocating recording areas to one sheet of recording paper of the same size.

According to the above configuration, the image data of the bones of a plurality of original documents are neatly laid out on one sheet of recording paper and recorded each time.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing details of a reduction circuit. The MPUI serves as a control center that controls the entire sending/receiving operation and copying operation of this facsimile machine. This control operation of the MPUI is performed according to a control program stored in the ROM2.

In the transmission operation, the reading unit 3 reads the image data of the set document, and the MPUI sends the read image data to a telephone line (none of which is shown) via a modem, NCU, etc. In addition, in the receiving operation, received information received at the receiving unit 5 via the telephone line, modem, and NCU is
The P U 1 reads out the read image data and stores it in the recording unit 6.
This is done by driving the printer and printing it out on recording paper. In addition, the copying operation is performed by reading the image data of the set document by the reading unit 3, and printing out the captured image data on recording paper by driving the recording unit 6 in the same manner as when the MPU receives the image data. .

Note that the MPUI, which receives commands from the keyboard 7, performs switching between the sending operation, the receiving operation, and the copying operation.

In addition, this facsimile apparatus has an editing function that records image data of a plurality of documents read or received on a single sheet of recording paper and prints it out during reception and copying. Specifically, the image data (original size) read by the reading section 3 is stored in the RAM 8, and then the MPUI reads out the image data that has been read out, and drives the reduction circuit 9 with the read image data. keyboard 7
The data is processed into reduced image data according to the reduction ratio input from. The reduced image data is stored again in the RAM 8, then read out to the MPUI, transferred to the recording section 6, and recorded on recording paper.

The reduction circuit 9 is a 4-bit counter 9 as shown in FIG.
0. The subtraction bit generation circuit 91 is equipped with a subtraction bit generation circuit 91 and a NAND gate 92, and receives count information from a counter 90 for counting image data consisting of serial 8-bit bit information and a reduction command from the MPUI. A subtraction signal for skipping bit information is generated and input to one terminal of the NAND gate 92.

On the other hand, 8-bit image data is input to the other terminal of the NAND gate 92, and subtracted, ie, reduced bit information is output from the NAND gate 92.

The RAM 8 includes, for example, a recording area Ml divided into a plurality of blocks (four blocks in the illustrated example) as shown in FIG.
M2. M3. M4, and these storage areas ML
M2. M3. The image data for each original document is stored in one of the M4s.

Note that the determination as to whether or not to perform an editing operation and the number of manuscripts to be edited are made by the operator's key operations.

Next, the reduction processing of image data and the printing operation of reduced image data will be explained based on FIGS. 4 to 6. The reduction circuit 9 converts the image data of the original document P1 into, for example, a third
Reduced image data is created by thinning out one line every several pinos I in the main scanning direction and l line every few lines in the sub-scanning direction shown in the figure.

Therefore, reduced image data compressed in accordance with the reduction ratio in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction is obtained on the document P1', which has a smaller area than the original document P1.

Incidentally, when creating reduced image data to be edited and recorded on one sheet of recording paper from four originals, the process is performed as shown in FIG. That is, one line of the image data of the first original and one line of the image data of the second original in the main scanning direction are reduced at the same reduction rate, and the reduced image data for each line is stored in the RAM 8 described above. Storage area Ml, M
2 in the top column, respectively. The same operation is performed for the third and fourth originals, and the reduced image data for each line is stored in the storage area M3. Scroll to the top column of M4.

Then, arbitrary line data in the sub-scanning direction is thinned out every few lines according to the reduction ratio, and the image data of a plurality of sheets after the reduction operation is stored in the storage area M], M2 of the RAM8.
．． M3. Store on M4. After that, the MPUI reads out the stored reduced image data and a printing operation is performed.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper left recording area A1 of the recording paper P2 contains the reduced image data for the first document stored in the storage area M1, and the upper right recording area A2 contains the storage area. Reduced image data for the second document stored in M2, and document 3 stored in storage area M3 in recording area A3 on the lower left.
The reduced image data for the fourth sheet of the document, and the reduced image data for the fourth document stored in the storage area M4, are printed in the lower right recording area A4.

More specifically, the reduced image data of the first line of the first original is printed on the first line of the recording area A1, and then the reduced image data of the first line of the second original is printed on the first line of the recording area A2. The image data is printed. Thereafter, the second and subsequent lines are printed in the same manner, and finally the final line X of the recording area A1 is printed.
The reduced image data of the last line of the first original is printed on the last line of the first original, and the reduced image data of the last line X of the second original is printed on the last line of recording area A2, and the printing for the first and second original is printed. finish. Recording area A1. When the printing of A2 is completed, the recording area A3. The reduced image data of the third and fourth originals are printed on A4 paper in the same manner, and the printing operation on the recording paper P2 is completed.

In the actual printing operation, the areas between recording areas A1 and A2, between AI and A3, between A2 and A4, and A3 are
The transfer timing, that is, the printing timing is set so that an appropriate gap is formed between the paper and the A4 paper.

Hereinafter, specific contents of the editing operation will be explained based on FIGS. 7 to 9. However, Fig. 7 shows flowcharts 1 to 4 showing editing operations in copy mode, Fig. 8 schematically shows editing contents for two manuscripts, and Fig. 9 shows flowcharts 1 to 4.
It is a drawing schematically showing the editing contents for a page.

First, the reading unit 3 reads the image data of the original that has been soldered in step S1, and the read image data is read as MPL.
J1 is stored in the corresponding storage area of RAM8 (
S2). Next, it is determined whether or not there was key power on the keyboard 7 to perform the editing operation (S3), and if it is confirmed that there was key power, the next step is to perform the editing operation for two manuscripts or for four manuscripts. It is determined whether to perform the editing operation (S4). When performing an editing operation for two originals, the reduction ratio of the reduction circuit 9 is set, and both data read from the RAM 8 are converted into reduced image data according to the set reduction ratio (S5).

Next, the reduced image data for the original ■ (the first original) shown in FIG. ). When the printing in the recording area A5 is completed, the reduced image data for the original ■ (second original) is similarly printed in the recording area A6 of the recording paper P3 (S7). When printing on the recording area 6 is completed, the recording paper T) is removed in step S8.
3 is ejected from the recording paper eject l", and the process ends.

In addition, even in the printing operation for the above two sheets, the notation 'd = 91
The printing timing is set so that an appropriate gap is formed between the bottom line of area A5 and the top line 0 of 0 in the recording area.

If it is determined in step S4 that the editing operation for four images is to be performed, the reduction rate of the reduction circuit 9 is set to a value corresponding to this, and the image data read out from the RAM 8 is adjusted to a value corresponding to the set reduction rate. The data is converted into reduced image data and stored in the RAM 8 (S9). Next, the reduced image data for the first line of the original ■ and the first line of the original ■ shown in FIG.
The reduced image data is read from the storage areas M1 and M2 of AM8, and the read reduced image data is printed on the recording area A1 and recording area A2 of the recording paper P4 by driving the recording unit 6 (SlO).

Next, it is determined whether the printing operation of all lines of the original ■ and the original ■ has been completed (5ll), and when this is confirmed, the printing operation of the original ■ and the original ■ is performed in the same manner as above (31).
2). After that, in step S13, it is determined whether the printing operation of the document ■ and the document ■ has been completed (513). When this is confirmed, the process moves to step S8, and the recording paper P4 is ejected by ■4° from the recording paper ejection port, and the processing is completed. finish.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that there is no key power, the process moves to step S14 and a normal copying operation is performed.

Note that although the above description has been made regarding the editing operation in the copy mode, the same applies to the editing operation in the reception mode.

Further, in the above description, the case where there are two or four originals has been described, but the number of originals is not limited to this.

As described above, according to the present invention, the image data of multiple original documents can be recorded on one sheet of recording paper, and the printed recording paper can be easily used as a file. I can do it. Therefore, the troublesome editing work as in the conventional example described above is no longer necessary, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing details of a reduction circuit,
Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the RAM, Fig. 4 is a drawing for explaining image data reduction processing, and Fig. 5 is a reduction diagram when printing four original pages of images on one recording paper. Figure 6 is a drawing to explain the operation, Figure 6 is a diagram showing a specific print format, Figure 7 is a flowchart showing editing operation in copy mode, Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of editing contents when there are two originals. FIG. 9 is a drawing schematically showing editing contents when there are four manuscripts. ■...MPU, 2...ROM, 3...Reading section, 5
... Receiving section, 6... Recording section, 7... Keyboard,
8...RAM, 9...Reduction circuit, ML, M2. M3
．． M4...Storage area, Al, A2. A3. A4...
recording area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A storage unit that stores the image data of multiple pages of scanned or received originals in original size, and stores the stored image data one bit per several bits in the main scanning direction and one line per several lines in the sub-scanning direction. A reduction circuit that thins out data one by one to generate reduced image data, an operation unit that inputs editing commands and editing modes, and a control unit that receives commands from the operation unit, controls the operation of the reduction circuit, and performs reduction according to the editing mode. A facsimile device having an editing function and a control means for transferring image data to a recording section and recording image data for a plurality of sheets on one sheet of recording paper.