EP0483969A2
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Image communication system
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-09-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-09-26
Abstract
Abstract An image communication system comprises a memory device (3) for storing information on a function of a destination receiving machine, a reading device (5) for reading a document image, an image memory device (8) for storing the read image data, a transmitter (9, 10) for transmitting the image data stored in the image memory, a console unit (4) for designating a memory transmission mode, and a control unit (1) for controlling, in the memory transmission mode, the reading of the document image in accordance with the information stored in the memory means and storing the read image data into the image memory.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/32368; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307; H04N1/33315; H04N1/33369
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
An image communication system comprising: memory means for storing information on a function of a destination receiving machine; read means for reading a document image; an image memory for reading image data; means for transmitting the image data stored in said image memory; means for designating a memory transmission mode; and control means for controlling, in a memory transmission mode, the reading of the document image in accordance with the information stored in said memory means and storing the read image data into said image memory.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image communication system according to Claim 1 wherein said control means controls a read resolution power for the document image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An image communication system according to Claim 1 wherein said control means controls a size of a read image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An image communication system according to Claim 1 wherein said memory means stores said information in association with a telephone number of the destination station.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
An image communication system according to Claim 2 further comprising: means for designating a read resolution power of said read means; said control means comparing the read resolution power designated by said designation means and the information stored in said memory means and setting a read resolution power in accordance with the comparison.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
123 words
An image communication system comprising: read means for reading a document at one of a plurality of resolution powers; an image memory for storing read image data; transmission means for transmitting the image data; memory means for storing information on a resolution power acceptable by a destination station; console means for designating a read resolution power, a memory transmission mode and a destination station for the memory transmission; and control means for comparing, in the memory transmission mode, the resolution power of the destination of the memory transmission stored in said memory means and the designated read resolution power, setting a read resolution power for said read means in accordance with the comparison and storing the read image data into said image memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
An image communication system according to Claim 6 wherein said memory means stores the resolution power information in association with a telephone number information of the destination station, and said control means makes a call in accordance with the telephone number stored in said memory means after having stored the image data into said image memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image communication system according to Claim 6 wherein said control means selects the designated read resolution power when the designated read resolution power matches to the resolution power information stored in said memory means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image communication system according to Claim 6 wherein said control means selects the resolution power stored in said memory means when the selected read resolution power does not match to the resolution power stored in said memory means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
122 words
An image communication system comprising: read means for reading a document; detection means for detecting a size of the document; an image memory for storing image data; transmission means for transmitting the image data; memory means for storing information on an image size acceptable by a destination station; console means for designating a memory transmission mode and a destination for the memory transmission mode; and control means for comparing, in the memory transmission mode, the image size information acceptable by the destination station of the memory transmission mode stored in said memory means and the document size detected by said detection means, enlarging or reducing the read image in accordance with the comparison and storing the image data into said image memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
An image communication system according to Claim 10 wherein said memory means stores the size information in association with telephone number information of the destination station, and said control means makes a call in accordance with the telephone number information stored in said memory means after having stored the image data into said image memory.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
An image communication system according to Claim 10 wherein said control means stores the read image at a unity magnification into said image memory when the acceptable size matches to the document size, and stores a size-reduced read image into said image memory when the acceptable size is smaller than the document size.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
57 words
A method for reading a document in a memory transmission mode comprising the steps of: preregistering information on a function of a destination receiving machine; designating a destination station; and controlling the reading of the document in accordance with the registered information corresponding to the designated destination station and storing a read image into an image memory.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method for reading a document according to Claim 13 further comprising the step of: designating a read resolution power for the document; said storing step comparing the designated read resolution power with the registered information and setting a read resolution power in accordance with the comparison.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method for reading a document according to Claim 13 further comprising the steps of: detecting a document size; said storing step comparing the detected document size with the registered information, enlarging or reducing the read image in accordance with the comparison and storing the image data into the image memory.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
71 words
A method and apparatus for transmitting image data, wherein a destination unit supplies an indication of the resolution at which said unit may receive image data to a source unit on initiating a communication procedure between said units: characterised in that said source unit includes means for storing resolution data received from destination units and means for reading respective stored resolution data prior to initiating a communication with a destination unit.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method and apparatus for transmitting image data according to claim 16, wherein said resolution data is read prior to writing image data to a temporary memory means, ensuring that said data is stored in said memory means at the preferred resolution.
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