Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Communication
Reissue Patent
1998-01-21
2001-07-10
Heckler, Thomas M. (Department: 2182)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Communication
C358S001180
Reissue Patent
active
RE037272
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a processing apparatus of the code-compressed image information for use in a facsimile, an electronic file or the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Hitherto, as shown in
FIG. 1
, in such a kind of apparatus, a decoding circuit (hereinafter, referred to as a decoder) is arranged at the front stage of an image memory and the code-compressed image information which has been transmitted is decoded and stored in the image memory. According to this method, the image information is stored in the image memory on a pixel unit basis. Therefore, the amount of the information of the image signal in the image memory is the amount of information in the original itself, so that when the image information is stored in the image memory, it is easily possible to easily discriminate how many standard scale recording sheets the stored information amount corresponds to.
However, as the information amount increases and the processing speed of the image is made high, as shown in
FIG. 2
, there has been considered an arrangement having an image memory to directly store the image information which has been code-compressed, in which the decoder is arranged as the post stage. According to the latter method, the compressed image data is stored directly. Thus, in the case where the image memory having the same circuitry is used, an extremely great quantity of image information can be stored as compared with the former method (FIG.
1
).
However, since the image information stored in the image memory is compressed according to the method of
FIG. 2
, the amount of the data after decoding cannot be easily calculated from the amount of the data stored in the memory. Therefore, upon recording and outputting of the image data using the standard scale recording sheet, it is difficult to discriminate whether the image data can be recorded on a single standard scale recording sheet or not.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the foregoing drawbacks.
Another object of the invention is to improve an image processing apparatus.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an image processing apparatus which detects the quantity of the compressed image data and thereby discriminating whether the image data can be recorded on a recording material of a predetermined size or not.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an image processing apparatus in which the quantity of the compressed image data is detected and when it is determined that the image data cannot be recorded on a recording material of a predetermined size, this image data is divided and recorded on a plurality of recording materials.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an image processing apparatus in which by controlling the recording output in accordance with the count value of the number of lines of the image data, if the image data of one page cannot be recorded on a single recording sheet of a predetermined size, this image data is recorded and outputted using two or more recording sheets of the above-mentioned size.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an image processing apparatus in which by controlling the read address of the memory in accordance with the count value of the number of lines of the image data, the image data of one page is divided and recorded and outputted on two or more recording sheets.
Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and the appended claims with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Nobuta Hiroshi
Ochi Hiroshi
Tetsutani Nobuji
Yamamoto Tetsuji
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Heckler Thomas M.
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
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