EP0971527A2
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E-mail converting apparatus, internet facsimile apparatus, and e-mail transmission method
Assignee: Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-03-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-03-31
Abstract
Abstract The Internet facsimile apparatus is provided with a format converting section(33) which converts image data to an e-mail, and a mail transmission section(36) which transmits the e-mail via a network. The format converting section(33) converts the received facsimile data to an e-mail page by page. A destination address management section(34) issues a management number for each piece of facsimile data, and at the same time issues a page number for each of page, wherein the management number and page number are registered in a management table(35). The format converting section provides the management number and page number to the subject of an e-mail on the basis of the management table(35). Thereby, since the data capacity of the e-mail is reduced when transmitting and receiving the facsimile data via a network, it is possible to prevent receiving errors from occurring and to improve the transmission quality. Simultaneously, the e-mail is managed or supervised by the management number and page number.
Inventors
- 👤 Asahiro Onuma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00209; H04N1/00212; H04N1/00222
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
42 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to an e-mail, comprising: a format converting section(33) for converting a
plurality of image data to an e-mail per each divisional
unit ; and an e-mail transmitting section(36) for transmitting
said e-mail via a network.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus (1,120) according to claim 1,
wherein the divisional unit is equivalent to n pages of
a document of the image data, wherein n is an integer
number more than 1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A apparatus (1,120) according to claim 1,
further comprising a memory section(13) for storing
image data, wherein the divisional unit is equivalent
to image data corresponding to the maximum pages which
said memory section(13) is able to store.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus (120) according to claim 1,
further comprising a paper size recognition section(131)
for recognizing a paper size permitted by a receiving
side terminal on the basis of a destination address of
an e-mail, and a size conversion section(134) for
converting image data to the image data adaptable to the
recognized paper size.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
81 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to an e-mail, comprising: a format converting section(33) for converting a
plurality of image data to a respective e-mail per each
divisional unit; a divisional unit management section(34) for issuing
management information(35) for each of said image data,
while issuing unit information for each of said
divisional units, and a mail editing section(33) for providing said
management information(35) and said divisional units to
each of said plurality of image data contained in said
e-mail.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus (1,120) according to claim 5,
wherein the divisional unit is equivalent to n pages of
a document of the image data, wherein n is an integer
number more than 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus (1,120) according to claim 5,
further comprising a memory section(13) for storing
image data, wherein the division unit is equivalent to
the maximum pages which said memory section(13) is able
to store.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus(120) according to claim 5, further
comprising a paper size recognition section(131) for
recognizing a paper size permitted by a receiving side
terminal from a destination address of an e-mail, and
a size conversion section(134) for converting image data
to the image data adaptable to the recognized paper size.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
90 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data to
an e-mail, comprising: a division processing section for dividing a group
comprising a plurality of image data into a plurality
of portions according to a predetermine standard,
wherein each of said plurality of portions comprises at
least one of said plurality of image data; a format converting section (33) for converting
image data contained in one of said plurality of
portions divided by said division processing section to
an e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting section for transmitting said
e-mail via a network.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
87 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to e-mail, comprising: an image data reading section for reading each of a
plurality of portions comprising at least one of image
data from a group comprising a plurality of image data
according to a predetermined standard to store at a
memory; a format converting section(33) for converting image
data contained in one of said plurality of portions read
by said image data reading section to an e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting section for transmitting said
e-mail via a network.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
52 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to an e-mail, comprising: a format converting section(33) for dividing input
or received image data into smaller data than said image
data, while converting each of the divided smaller data
to an e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting section(36) for transmitting
said e-mail via a network.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
56 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to an e-mail, comprising: a memory(13) for sequentially storing input or
received image data ; a format converting section(33) for reading a part
of said image sequentially from said memory to convert
to an e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting section(36) for sequentially
transmitting the generated e-mail via a network.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
126 words
An apparatus (1,120) for converting image data
to an e-mail, comprising: a division processing section for dividing a group
comprising a plurality of image data into a plurality
of portions according to a predetermine standard,
wherein each of said plurality of portions comprises at
least one of said plurality of image data; a format converting section(33) for converting image
data contained in one of said plurality of portions
divided by said division processing section to an e-mail; a division information management section(34) for
issuing management information(35) for said image data,
while issuing division information for each divided
portion of said plurality of portions; and a mail edition section(33) for providing said
management information(35) and said division
information to said image data contained in said e-mail
respectively.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
76 words
An internet facsimile apparatus (120) for
transmitting and receiving image data by e-mail,
comprising a scanner section(116,126) for scanning original to
obtain a plurality of image data; a facsimile communication section(114,124) for
executing a communication in compliance with a
facsimile protocol, a format converting section(33) for converting said
plurality of image data scanned by said scanner(116,126)
to an e-mail per each divisional unit, and an e-mail transmitting and receiving section(36) for
transmitting and receiving said e-mail.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according(120) to claim 14,
wherein the divisional unit is equivalent to n pages of
the original scanned by said scanner section(116,126),
wherein n is an integer number more than 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus(120) according to claim 14,
further comprising a memory section(13) for storing
image data, wherein the divisional unit is equivalent
to the maximum pages which said memory section(13) is
able to store.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, further
comprising a paper size recognition section(131) for
recognizing a paper size permitted by a receiving side
terminal on the basis of a destination address of an
e-mail, and a size conversion section(134) for
converting image data to the image data adaptable to the
recognized paper size.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
114 words
An internet facsimile apparatus(120) for
transmitting and receiving image data by e-mail,
comprising: a scanner section(116,126) for scanning original to
obtain a plurality of image data, a facsimile communication section(114,124) for
executing a communication in compliance with a facsimile
protocol, a format converting section(33) for converting said
plurality of image data to an e-mail per each divisional
unit; a divisional unit management section(34) for issuing
management information(35) for each of said image data,
while issuing unit information for each of said
divisional units; a mail editing section(33) for providing information
indicating said management information(35) and said
divisional units to said e-mail, and an e-mail transmitting and receiving section(36) for
transmitting and receiving said e-mail.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the
divisional unit is equivalent to n pages of the original
scanned by said scanner section(116,126), wherein n is
an integer number more than 1.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus(120) according to claim 18,
further comprising a memory section(13) for storing
image data, wherein the divisional unit is equivalent
to the maximum pages which said memory section is able
to store.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus(120) according to claim 18,
further comprising a paper size recognition section(131)
for recognizing a paper size permitted by a receiving
side terminal on the basis of a destination address of
an e-mail, and a size conversion section(134) for
converting image data to the image data adaptable to the
recognized paper size.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
33 words
A method of converting image data to an e-mail,
comprising the steps of: converting a plurality of image data to an e-mail per
each divisional unit; and transmitting said e-mail via a network.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
71 words
A method of converting image data to an e-mail,
comprising the steps of: dividing a group comprising a plurality of image data
into a plurality of portions according to a predetermine
standard, wherein each of said plurality of portions
comprises at least one of said plurality of image data; converting image data contained in each of said
plurality of portions to a signal e-mail; and transmitting said e-mail via a network.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
78 words
A method for transmitting e-mail via a network,
comprising the steps of: (a) scanning original to obtain a plurality of image
data; (b) storing a part of image data of said plurality
of image data in a memory, (c) converting said part of said image data stored
in the memory to an e-mail, and (d) transmitting said e-mail, wherein the steps (b) through (d) are repeated until
a transmission of all image data of the original is
completed.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
67 words
A server for converting image data received from
a client to an e-mail to transmit to another client,
comprising: a receiving section for receiving a plurality of image
data from said client; a format converting section for converting each
divisional unit of said plurality of image data to convert
an e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting section for transmitting said
e-mail to said another client via a network.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
A computer-readable storage medium in which a
program is stored, wherein the program comprising the
steps of: converting each divisional unit of a plurality of
image data to an e-mail; and transmitting said e-mail via a network.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
48 words
A computer apparatus having a memory in which
a program is stored and a central processing unit for
executing said program, wherein said program comprising
the steps of: converting each divisional unit of a plurality of
image data to an e-mail; and transmitting said e-mail via a network.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
55 words
An apparatus for converting an e-mail,
comprising: a management information generating section for
generating management information of image data; a combining processing section for combining said
image data and said management information; a format converting section for converting said
combined data to an e-mail; and a transmitting section for transmitting said e-mail
via a network.
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