Color Image Communication Device and Color Image Communication Method

Abstract

A color image communication device includes a transmission unit which carries out a facsimile transmission of image data of a sYCC-Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) color space, and a control unit which controls a facsimile transmission of the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space without setting size information in a facsimile communication protocol when the image data to be transmitted by facsimile is the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a color image communication device and a color image communication method to be used in a facsimile machine, a copy machine, a multifunction peripheral of these machines or the like.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]A color facsimile machine includes a color scanner, and transmits scanned color image data via a telephone line. The color facsimile machine of this type transmits image data according to the International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunications (ITU-T) Recommendation T.81. However, there is a limit as to the size of the color image data which can be transmitted. Therefore, there are problems that image data photographed by a digital camera cannot be transmitted by facsimile. This is due to the fact that the size of the data file of the digital camera or the like is designated purely by the number of pixels (number of dots for length X width), and not by the num...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]The present invention was made in consideration to the above-described problems. It is an advantage of the present invention to provide a color image communication device and a color image communication method which can transmit and receive easily and under low cost, color image data photographed by a digital camera or the like, without converting or compressing the color image data.

[0013]To accomplish the advantage of the present invention, a color image communication device includes a transmission unit and a control unit. The transmission unit carries out a facsimile transmission of image data of a sYCC-JPEG color space. When color image data to be transmitted by facsimile is image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space, the control unit controls to carry out a facsimile transmission of the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space without setting size information in a Digital Command Signal (DCS) of a facsimile communication protocol.

[0014]According to this device, color image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space photographed by a digital camera or the like can be used for the facsimile communication without converting or compressing as in a conventional technology. As a result, the construction becomes simple, and the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space can be communicated easily, under low cost.

[0015]Moreover, the color image communication device of the present invention also includes a transmission unit which transmits color image data of a first color space (CIELAB-JPEG) in accordance with a facsimile communication protocol, and another transmission unit which transmits color image data of a second color space (sYCC-JPEG) in accordance with another facsimile communication protocol. The color image communication device also includes a control unit which controls a facsimile transmission of color image data. In case of the color image data of the first color space, the control unit controls to carry out a facsimile transmission of the color image data after setting size information in the DCS of the facsimile communication protocol. Moreover, in the case of the color image data of the second color space, the control unit controls to carry out a facsimile transmission of the color image data without setting size information in the DCS of the facsimile communication protocol.

[0016]The color image communication method of the present invention includes a step of carrying out a facsimile transmission. According to this step, when color image data to be transmitted by facsimile is image data of a SYCC-JPEG color space, the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space is transmitted by facsimile without setting size information in a DCS of a facsimile communication protocol.

[0017]The color image communication method of the present invention also includes another step of carrying out a facsimile transmission. According to this step, when color image data to be transmitted by facsimile is image data of a sYCC-JPEG color space, the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space is transmitted by facsimile without setting size information in the DCS of a facsimile communication protocol. When color image data to be transmitted is not image data of a sYCC-JPEG color space, size information is set in a facsimile communication protocol, and the image data of the color space other than the sYCC-JPEG color space is transmitted by facsimile.

Problems solved by technology

However, there is a limit as to the size of the color image data which can be transmitted.

Therefore, there are problems that image data photographed by a digital camera cannot be transmitted by facsimile.

However, according to this technology, since transmission image data is generated in accordance with the function information of the printer, a construction for generating the data becomes complicated, and expensive.

Therefore, there are problems that the proposed facsimile machine becomes complex and expensive.

As a result, there are problems that a construction for converting the image becomes complicated and expensive.

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