Automatic communication system

Abstract

Abstract AN AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS PROVIDED FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MASTER STATION AND ONE OR MORE RECIEVING STATIONS WHEREIN THE COMMUNICATION LINK IS AUTOMATICALLY EFFECTED. IN ONE FORM, CODE SIGNALS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AND ARE UTILIZED TO AUTOMATICALLY OPERATE A TELEPHONE SWITCHING SYSTEM TO CONNECT THE OUTPUT OF THE MASTER STATION WITH ONE OR A PLURALITY OF RECIEVING STATIONS. THEREAFTER, FACSIMILE SIGNALS ARE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED ON THE CONNECTED CIRCUITS AND ARE RECORDED. IN ANOTHER FORM, SHORTWAVE COMMUNICATION IS AUTOMARICALLY EFFECTED BETWEEN A SENDING STATION AND ONE OR MORE SHORTWAVE RECIEVERS OF RESPECTIVE RECIEVING STATIONS AFTER WHICH INFORMATION IS AUTOMATICALLT TRANSFERRED ON THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND IS RECORDED AUTOMATICALLY. A FEATURE OF THE INSTANT INVENTION INCLUDDED COMPUTER MEANS FOR RECORDING INFORMATION ABOUT RECIEVING STATIONS WITH WHICH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED AFTER THE GENERATION OF THE PROPER CODE SIGNALS TO EFFECT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REPRODUCING THE SAME SIGNALS. WHICH FAIL TO MAKE THE CONNECTION THE FIRST TIME AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, ONE OR A NUMBER OF TIMES THEREAFTER IN ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS AT EFFECTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH ALL THOSE RECIEVING STATION DEFINED FOR THE OPERATION. IN A FORM OF THE INSTANT INVENTION, FRAMES OF IMAGE INFORMATION ARE AUTOMATICALLY DIRECTED INTO THE SCANNING FIELD WITH A VIDEO SCANNING DEVICE AND ARE AUTOMATICALLY SCANNED THEREAFTER TO GENERATE FACSIMILE SIGNALS. A CONNECTION SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FORMS PART OF THE SCANING AZPPARATUS OR IS AN AUXILIARY MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE SCANNING APPARATUS. IN ANOTHER FORM, ALL SIGNALS, INFORMATION AND CONNECTION SIGNALS ARE RECORDED ON A SINGLE RECORDING MEMBER SUCH AS A MAGNETIC TAPE AND ARE REPRODUCED BY RESPECTIVE REPRODUCTION TRANSDUCERS AS THE TAPE IS AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN TO GENERATE CHANNEL CONNECTION SIGNALS IN THE PROPER SECQUENCE WITH ASSOCIATED FACSIMILE SIGNALS.

Inventors

• 👤 Jerome H Lemelson

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