| US 7,394,578 B2 | ||
| Facsimile device reading lines of image data divisively in a sub-scanning direction | ||
| Nobuhiro Itoh, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 21, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/54,147. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-014980 (JP), filed on Jan. 23, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0097443 A1, Jul. 25, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—474 [358/539; 358/540; 358/450; 358/426.07; 358/442; 382/284; 382/199; 382/217] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A facsimile device comprising:
inputting means including scanner means to scan a large-sized subject copy having a size larger than A3-size and generate
large-sized copy image data based on the scanning of said subject copy;
dividing means for automatically dividing in a sub-scanning direction said large-sized copy image data of said subject copy
of the size larger than the A3-size into a plurality of read areas according to a specified overlapping width, each read area
including divisional lines of data having a predetermined width;
image rotating means for performing an image rotation with respect to each of said divisional lines of data so as to supply
rotated divisional lines;
encoding means for encoding each of said rotated divisional lines into encoded data; and
outputting means for outputting said encoded data.
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