Facsimile device

• US 20080018946A1
• Filed: 04/05/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Shunsuke, Higuchi, Takafumi, Nakajima, Yasumasa
• Application Number:
  US11/784,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20080018946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/400
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00355 Mark-sheet input sensing record carriers G06K7/00; character recognition G06V30/10; document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00363 Bar codes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00366 Marks in boxes or the like, e.g. crosses or blacking out H04N1/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00374 on the same page as at least a part of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals

Abstract

There is provided a facsimile apparatus that analyzes an image of a received original, and prints an image, which is different according to analysis results, in combination with the received original, thereby allowing a user to easily sort the received original. The facsimile apparatus includes communication means that transmits and receives facsimile data via a communication line, analyzing means that analyzes received image data generated on the basis of the received facsimile data, composite image data generating means that acquires ornamental image data according to analysis results of the received image data, and generates composite image data on the basis of the acquired ornamental image data and the received image data, and composite image printing means that makes a printing unit print a composite image on the basis of the composite image data.

Claims

1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

communication means that transmits and receives facsimile data via a communication line;

analyzing means that analyzes received image data generated on the basis of the received facsimile data;

composite image data generating means that acquires ornamental image data according to analysis results of the received image data, and generates composite image data on the basis of the acquired ornamental image data and the received image data; and

composite image printing means that makes a printing unit print a composite image on the basis of the composite image data.

2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the analyzing means analyzes on the basis of identification information an identification mark region that is included in the received image data to identify the type of a transmission original form, and the composite image data generating means acquires the ornamental image data corresponding to analysis results of the identification mark region.

3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the analyzing means acquires an analysis pattern corresponding to the analysis results of the identification mark region, and analyzes regions to be analyzed outside the identification mark region of the received image data, on the basis of the acquired analysis pattern, and

the composite image generating means generates a composite image on the basis of the ornamental image data and the received image data corresponding to analysis results of the regions to be analyzed.

4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising input means that allows the ornamental image data to be input thereto and allowing matching between the identification information and the ornamental image data to be input thereto,

the analyzing means analyzes the received image data on the basis of the matched identification information and analysis pattern, and

the composite image data generating means generates composite image data on the basis of the matched ornamental image data and received image data.

5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising transmission image data generating means and transmission image data output means,

wherein the input means allows first transmission image data where the regions to be analyzed other than the identification mark region are laid out to be input thereto, and allows matching among the input first transmission image data, an analysis pattern of the first transmission image data, the ornamental image data, and the identification information to be input thereto,

the transmission image data generating means generates second transmission image data on the basis of the identification mark region and the first transmission image data, and on the basis of the identification information matched with the first transmission image data, and

the transmission image data output means makes the printing unit print an image corresponding to the second transmission image data.

6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the transmission image data output means transmits the second transmission image data to the communication means.

7. A method of receiving facsimile data via a communication line, the method comprising:

analyzing received image data generated on the basis of the received facsimile data;

acquiring ornamental image data according to analysis results of the received image data, and generating composite image data on the basis of the acquired ornamental image data and the received image data; and

making a printing unit print a composite image on the basis of the composite image data.