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Image communication apparatus and image communication method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-12-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-12-04
Abstract
Abstract An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, includes a reception unit for receiving the transmitted recording data, a storage unit for storing the recording data received by the reception unit in a nonvolatile manner, a recording unit for reading out and recording the recording data stored in the storage unit after the recording data is received by the reception unit, and a deletion unit for deleting the recording data stored in the storage unit by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by the recording unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Naoshi C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Inoue
- 👤 Toshio C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Sugino
- 👤 Shigeo C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/32379
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, comprising: reception means for receiving the transmitted recording data; storage means for storing the recording data received by said reception means in a nonvolatile manner; recording means for reading out and recording the recording data stored in said storage means after the recording data is received by said reception means; and deletion means for deleting the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by said recording means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means comprises an ink-jet printer for injecting an ink from a plurality of injection ports.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said ink-jet printer comprises heat energy generation means, arranged in correspondence with the injection ports, for causing a change in state of the ink by heat, and injecting the ink based on the change in state from the injection ports, thereby forming flying ink droplets.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said ink-jet printer does not detect a remaining amount of ink.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises a nonvolatile semiconductor memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises a disk memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising reception control means for, when said storage means becomes full of received recording data, interrupting reception of the recording data by said reception means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means automatically reads out and records the recording data stored in said storage means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said recording means has an automatic recording mode for automatically recording the recording data stored in said storage means, and a manual recording mode for recording the recording data on the basis of a manual operation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said deletion means has an all deletion mode for simultaneously deleting files by a manual operation, and an individual deletion mode for individually deleting the files.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
124 words
An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, comprising: reception means for receiving the transmitted recording data; storage means for storing the recording data received by said reception means in a nonvolatile manner; recording means having an automatic recording mode for automatically recording the recording data stored in said storage means after the recording data is received by said reception means, and a manual recording mode for recording the recording data on the basis of a manual operation; and deletion means having a manual deletion mode for deleting the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by said recording means, and an automatic deletion mode for automatically deleting the recording data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said recording means comprises an ink-jet printer for injecting an ink from a plurality of injection ports.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said ink-jet printer comprises heat energy generation means, arranged in correspondence with the injection ports, for causing a change in state of the ink by heat, and injecting the ink based on the change in state from the injection ports, thereby forming flying ink droplets.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said ink-jet printer does not detect a remaining amount of ink.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said storage means comprises a nonvolatile semiconductor memory.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said storage means comprises a disk memory.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising reception control means for, when said deletion means is set in the manual deletion mode and said storage means becomes full of received recording data, interrupting reception of the recording data by said reception means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein when said storage means becomes full of received recording data, said deletion means in the automatic deletion mode automatically deletes the recording data, which is already recorded by said recording means, of those stored in said storage means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said deletion means in the automatic deletion mode automatically deletes oldest recording data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising display means for displaying the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said deletion means in the manual deletion mode has an all deletion mode for simultaneously deleting files by a manual operation, and an individual deletion mode for individually deleting the files.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
89 words
An image communication apparatus which can connect an ink-jet printer for injecting an ink from a plurality of injection ports, receives transmitted recording data, temporarily stores the recording data in storage means, and then causes the connected printer to record the recording data read out from said storage means, comprising: selection means, when the connected printer is an ink-jet printer, capable of selecting whether or not the recording data is deleted from said storage means after the recording data is read out from said storage means and is recorded.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said ink-jet printer comprises heat energy generation means, arranged in correspondence with the injection ports, for causing a change in state of the ink by heat, and injecting the ink based on the change in state from the injection ports, thereby forming flying ink droplets.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said ink-jet printer does not detect a remaining amount of ink.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said storage means comprises a nonvolatile semiconductor memory.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said storage means comprises a disk memory.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising display means for displaying the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said recording means automatically reads out and records the recording data stored in said storage means.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said recording means has an automatic recording mode for automatically recording the recording data stored in said storage means, and a manual recording mode for recording the recording data on the basis of a manual operation.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
62 words
An image communication method of receiving and recording transmitted recording data, comprising the steps of: receiving the transmitted recording data; storing the received recording data in nonvolatile storage means; reading out and recording the recording data stored in said storage means; and deleting the recording data stored in said storage means according to a manual operation after the recording data is recorded.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
63 words
Communication apparatus comprising means to store an incoming message, means to print a stored message, and means to delete a stored message after it is printed, characterised in that the said means to delete a stored message having a mode of operation in which it decides whether to delete a stored message which has already been printed in accordance with a further circumstance.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
38 words
A communication method in which an incoming message is stored, the stored message is printed, and the printed message is deleted, characterised in that the step of deleting the printed message is made conditional on a further circumstance.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 32 or a method according to claim 33 in which the further circumstance is whether a manual deletion signal has been received.
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