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Image communication apparatus permitting both immediate recording and storing of a received image transmitted with a magnification chosen according to a current or recently-used recording sheet size at the receiving side
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1987-03-11
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Granted: 1988-12-06
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Expires: 2007-03-11
Abstract
Abstract An image communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus having a recording unit to print the reception image data. This apparatus has a receiving unit to receive an image signal from an original document, a recording unit to record the received images, an image memory to store the received image when the recording unit does not record the image, and a declaring unit to declare the size of recording sheet set in the recording unit upon storage in the image memory. The declaring unit has a memory to record information on the size (e.g., the width) of the recording sheet set in the recording unit. When no recording sheet is set in the recording unit, or when the recording sheet width is improper, the reception information is stored in the image memory. Alternatively, when for some reason the received image cannot be recorded, numbers representing the frequency of actual use of the various recording sheet sizes are read out from a memory where they are stored for that purpose, and the size represented by the maximum from among those numbers is declared to the transmission side. With this apparatus, the image reception near the expected image and function can be performed.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatomo Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 03:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307; H04N1/33315
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory for storing the received image signal if said recording means does not record the received image signal; and declaring means for declaring a dimension of a recording sheet set in said recording means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means when the received image signal is to be stored in said image memory.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory for storing the received image signal if said recording means does not record the received image signal; and declaring means for declaring a dimension of a recording sheet set in said recording means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means when the received image signal is to be stored in said image memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said declaring means has memory means for storing information indicative of the dimension of the recording sheet set in said recording means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if said recording means is unable to record the received image signal, the received image signal is stored in said image memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the inability of said recording means to record the received image signal denotes the absence of a recording sheet from said recording means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said memory means stores the dimension-indicative information before the received image signal is input to said recording means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
144 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory capable of storing the received image signal; means for storing a dimension of a recording sheet set in said recording means; means for discriminating whether the received image signal can be recorded by said recording means or not; means for declaring the recording sheet dimension stored in said storing means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means as a dimension of a recording sheet on which the received image signal is to be recorded, when said recording means is incapable of recording the received image signal; and means for controlling said apparatus so as to store the received image signal in said image memory when said declaring means performs the declaration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
144 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory capable of storing the received image signal; means for storing a dimension of a recording sheet set in said recording means; means for discriminating whether the received image signal can be recorded by said recording means or not; means for declaring the recording sheet dimension stored in said storing means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means as a dimension of a recording sheet on which the received image signal is to be recorded, when said recording means is incapable of recording the received image signal; and means for controlling said apparatus so as to store the received image signal in said image memory when said declaring means performs the declaration.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said storing means stores the recording sheet dimension when the image signal is sent from said receiving means to said recording means for recording.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory for storing the received image signal if said recording means does not record the received image signal; detecting means for detecting a dimension of a recording sheet having the one size of a plurality of different recording sheet sizes which has been set most often for recording by said recording means; and means for declaring the recording sheet dimension detected by said detecting means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means when the received image signal is to be stored in the image memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving an image signal; recording means for recording the received image signal received by said receiving means; an image memory for storing the received image signal if said recording means does not record the received image signal; detecting means for detecting a dimension of a recording sheet having the one size of a plurality of different recording sheet sizes which has been set most often for recording by said recording means; and means for declaring the recording sheet dimension detected by said detecting means to a transmission side transmitting the image signal to said receiving means when the received image signal is to be stored in the image memory.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said detecting means has means for counting the number of times each recording sheet size has been set for recording by said recording means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if said recording means is unable to record the received image signal, the received image signal is stored in said image memory.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the inability of said recording means to record the received image signal denotes the absence of a recording sheet from said recording means.
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