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Image transmission system
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-06-27
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Granted: 1992-04-14
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Expires: 2011-06-27
Abstract
Abstract An image transmission system includes an image transmitting unit having a display to display a status of a receiving unit and a detector for detecting a size of an original and a record mode permitted for transmission.
Inventors
- 👤 Masanori Miyata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 02:57
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/02; H04N1/00384; H04N1/00397; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00411; H04N1/00413; H04N1/00466; H04N1/00474; H04N1/00477; H04N1/00681; H04N1/00684; H04N1/00687; H04N1/00694; H04N1/00708; H04N1/00763; H04N1/00774; H04N1/00779; H04N1/32; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307; H04N1/33315; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/333; H04N2201/33307; H04N2201/33314; H04N2201/33321; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S345/00; Y10S345/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying information relative to image processing, said display means being capable of displaying a first plurality of information and a second plurality of information at a predetermined position on said display means; function designating means for designating information corresponding to the displayed positions of the first and second pluralities of information, said function designating means including a plurality of designating sections disposed corresponding to the predetermined positions of the first and second pluralities of information displayed by said display means, for entering information corresponding to the first and second pluralities of information, wherein a combination of the first and second pluralities of information is larger than said plurality of designating sections; and a plurality of executing means for executing an image processing function relating to the displayed information entered by the corresponding designating section, wherein prior to said executing means executing an image processing function, said display means outputs a message relating to the image processing function that is to be executed in response to the information entered by said function designating sections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying information relative to image processing, said display means being capable of displaying a first plurality of information and a second plurality of information at a predetermined position on said display means; function designating means for designating information corresponding to the displayed positions of the first and second pluralities of information, said function designating means including a plurality of designating sections disposed corresponding to the predetermined positions of the first and second pluralities of information displayed by said display means, for entering information corresponding to the first and second pluralities of information, wherein a combination of the first and second pluralities of information is larger than said plurality of designating sections; and a plurality of executing means for executing an image processing function relating to the displayed information entered by the corresponding designating section, wherein prior to said executing means executing an image processing function, said display means outputs a message relating to the image processing function that is to be executed in response to the information entered by said function designating sections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays status information indicating when power to said apparatus is on.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means produces a display discriminating between selection and non-selection of a function corresponding to the displayed information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the information displayed by said display means are labels representing said designating sections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the information displayed by said display means includes a message to an operator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information displayed by said display means is input data from said function designating means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said display means includes a liquid crystal display member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
An image transmission system capable of transmitting image information representing a read image, to a recording section of a receiver to record the image information, said image transmission system comprising: detecting means for detecting the size of recording paper loaded in the recording section of the receiver; determining means for determining, in response to the detected size of recording paper, an image size so that the image can be transmitted without omission; and display means arranged at a transmitter end, for at least displaying the detected size of the recording paper loaded in the recording section of the receiver.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
99 words
An image transmission system capable of transmitting image information representing a read image, to a recording section of a receiver to record the image information, said image transmission system comprising: detecting means for detecting the size of recording paper loaded in the recording section of the receiver; determining means for determining, in response to the detected size of recording paper, an image size so that the image can be transmitted without omission; and display means arranged at a transmitter end, for at least displaying the detected size of the recording paper loaded in the recording section of the receiver.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system according to claim 8, wherein said detecting means detects the size of a cassette containing recording paper loaded in the recording section of the receiver.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
A system according to claim 8, further comprising condition detection means, at a receiver end of said system, for detecting conditions of the receiver end, including the presence or absence of toner or jam, copy in process, line being busy, or line being non-connected, wherein said display means displays, at the transmitter end, information indicating the condition detected by said condition detection means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image transmission system according to claim 8, wherein said display means includes a liquid crystal display member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image transmission system according to claim 8, wherein the information displayed by said display means includes a message to an operator.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
97 words
An image transmission system comprising: a transmitter end for transmitting image information; a receiver end for receiving the image information transmitted by said transmitter end; a plurality of key groups for setting information concerning image transmission at said transmitter end; display means for displaying information at said transmitter end, said display means comprising a first area for displaying labels identifying said key groups and a second area for displaying a message indicating what information is to be set next by operation of said key groups; and control means for updating information displayed in each of said areas.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
97 words
An image transmission system comprising: a transmitter end for transmitting image information; a receiver end for receiving the image information transmitted by said transmitter end; a plurality of key groups for setting information concerning image transmission at said transmitter end; display means for displaying information at said transmitter end, said display means comprising a first area for displaying labels identifying said key groups and a second area for displaying a message indicating what information is to be set next by operation of said key groups; and control means for updating information displayed in each of said areas.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of key groups include key input means corresponding to the information displayed by said display means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 13, further comprising detection means for detecting the size of a cassette having recording paper loaded in said receiver end.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 13, wherein said system comprises a plurality of said receiver ends, and wherein said display means displays information specifying at least one of the plurality of said receiver ends and information indicating a condition of said at least one receiver end.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
174 words
An image transmission system comprising: a transmitter end including reading means for reading image information and transmitting the image information; a plurality of receiver ends each including means for receiving the image information transmitted by said transmitter end; detecting means for detecting a condition of a device at one of said receiver ends, said one receiver end being one to which it is desired to transmit the image information; selecting means for selecting at said transmitter end one of a plurality of transmission modes for transmission by said transmitter end to said one receiver end; display means for displaying transmission information relating to the transmission mode selected by said selecting means; and storing means for temporarily storing the image information which has been read at said transmitter end and is to be transmitted, when transmission trouble is detected in response to selection by said selecting means and detection by said detecting means, wherein said display means identifies said one receiver end upon detection of the transmission trouble and displays information identifying the transmission trouble.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
174 words
An image transmission system comprising: a transmitter end including reading means for reading image information and transmitting the image information; a plurality of receiver ends each including means for receiving the image information transmitted by said transmitter end; detecting means for detecting a condition of a device at one of said receiver ends, said one receiver end being one to which it is desired to transmit the image information; selecting means for selecting at said transmitter end one of a plurality of transmission modes for transmission by said transmitter end to said one receiver end; display means for displaying transmission information relating to the transmission mode selected by said selecting means; and storing means for temporarily storing the image information which has been read at said transmitter end and is to be transmitted, when transmission trouble is detected in response to selection by said selecting means and detection by said detecting means, wherein said display means identifies said one receiver end upon detection of the transmission trouble and displays information identifying the transmission trouble.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
26 words
An image transmission system according to claim 17, wherein said transmitter end transmits the image information stored in said storing means, when the transmission trouble terminates.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image transmission system according to claim 17, wherein said storing means includes compression means for compressing the image information.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image transmission system according to claim 17, wherein said display means is capable of displaying the condition of the device at said receiver end, including information relating to the size of an output paper arranged at said receiver end.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image transmission system according to claim 17, wherein the information displayed by said display means includes a message to an operator.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image transmission system according to claim 17, wherein said display means includes a liquid crystal display member.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image information, said apparatus comprising: an operating section for instructing various image processing, wherein said operating section includes a display portion for displaying a plurality of information relating to modes of image transmission and an input function portion, positionally corresponding to said display portion, for inputting information, and wherein said operating section is capable of displaying selection information to an operator; and control means for controlling said operating section such that when said input function portion enters the information displayed at said positionally corresponding display portion, at least one of the selection information displayed at said display portion and the displayed information relating to modes of image transmission, is updated.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image information, said apparatus comprising: an operating section for instructing various image processing, wherein said operating section includes a display portion for displaying a plurality of information relating to modes of image transmission and an input function portion, positionally corresponding to said display portion, for inputting information, and wherein said operating section is capable of displaying selection information to an operator; and control means for controlling said operating section such that when said input function portion enters the information displayed at said positionally corresponding display portion, at least one of the selection information displayed at said display portion and the displayed information relating to modes of image transmission, is updated.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the displayed selection information is capable of displaying a condition of an apparatus at a receiver end that receives the transmitted image information.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the displayed selection information is a message indicating what information should be input next.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
43 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising a reader for reading image information to be transmitted, a receiver unit for receiving transmitted image information and a printing unit for outputting the image information from said reader and said receiver unit.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said operating section includes a liquid crystal display unit for displaying said information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
37 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising update indicating means for updating the plurality of information relating to modes of image transmission, without inputting the information input by said positionally corresponding input function portion.
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