EP0505989A2
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Information communication apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corp
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Filing: 1992-03-24
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-03-24
Abstract
Abstract An information communication apparatus includes acoustic and non-acoustic couplers (24, 22), a switch (72) for selectively connecting an information sending source of the apparatus to the acoustic or non-acoustic couplers, a setting unit (36) for selectively setting items of a communication characteristic of each of the acoustic and non-acoustic couplers, a memorizing circuit (56) for memorizing communication characteristics each having items the values of which are preset by the setting unit, a connection detector (82) for detecting the connection of the acoustic coupler to a communication line, and an information sending controller (50). The controller connects the sending source to the acoustic or non-acoustic coupler by the switch in response to the acoustic coupler connection or not connection and controls the information sending according to the acoustic coupler or non-acoustic coupler communication characteristic from the memorizing circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Yamada
- 👤 Shuichi Suzuki
- 👤 Shunji Akitsu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
337 words
An information communication apparatus, having information sending means (60) for sending information, acoustic coupler means (24) for transmitting the information to a communication line through sound according to a predetermined communication characteristic including a plurality of items, non-acoustic coupler means (22) for transmitting the information to the communication line through an optical signal or an electric signal according to a predetermined communication characteristic including a plurality of items, connection switching means (72) for selectively connecting said information sending means to said acoustic coupler means or said non-acoustic coupler means, and communication characteristic item setting means (36) for selectively setting a plurality of items of the communication characteristic of said acoustic coupler means and a plurality of items of the communication characteristic of said non-acoustic coupler means, characterized by further comprising: communication characteristic memorizing means (56) for memorizing a plurality of communication characteristics each having a plurality of items the values of which are preset by said communication characteristic item setting means (36); acoustic coupler connection detecting means (82) for detecting the connection of said acoustic coupler means (24) to the communication line; and information sending control means (50) for connecting said information sending means (60) to said acoustic coupler means by said connection switching means (72) in response to the detection of the connection of said acoustic coupler means to the communication line by said acoustic coupler connection detecting means (82), reading the communication characteristic of said acoustic coupler means from said communication characteristic memorizing means (56), and controlling the sending of the information from said information sending means according to the communication characteristic, and connecting said information sending means to said non-acoustic coupler means (22) by said connection switching means in response to the non-detection of the connection of said acoustic coupler means to the communication line by said acoustic coupler connection detecting means, reading the communication characteristic of said non-acoustic coupler means from said communication characteristic memorizing means, and controlling the sending of the information from said information sending means according to the communication characteristic.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
An information communication apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising: display means (26), and dialing method switching means (70) for switching the dialing method to the communication line between a pulse dialing method and a tone dialing method, wherein said display means displays a type name of the communication line to which said acoustic coupler means or said non-acoustic coupler means is connected, and which has the dialing method selected by said dialing method switching means and the communication characteristic read from said communication characteristic memorizing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
An information communication apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the type of the communication line connected with said non-acoustic coupler means includes a wire communication line and a wireless communication line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
An information communication apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising: a monitor speaker (83c) for generating an answer sound from another information communication apparatus connected to said acoustic coupler means through the communication line while said acoustic coupler means (24) is connected to the communication line.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
90 words
An information communication apparatus according to claim 4, characterized by further comprising: display means (26), and dialing method switching means (70) for switching the dialing method to the communication line between a pulse dialing method and a tone dialing method, wherein said display means displays a type of name of the communication line to which said acoustic coupler means or said non-acoustic coupler means is connected, and which has the dialing method selected by said dialing method switching means and the communication characteristic read from said communication characteristic memorizing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An information communication apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the type of the communication line connected with said non-acoustic coupler means includes a wire communication line and a wireless communication line.
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