Image communication apparatus that performs facsimile transmission, method of controlling the image communication apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYutaka INOUE
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Abstract
An image communication apparatus enabling reduction of line occupation time and communication charge. The image communication apparatus generates image data for high-speed transmission and image data for low-speed transmission from input image data. Before transmission of image data, it is determined whether high-speed transmission of the image data is possible. When the high-speed transmission of the image data is determined to be possible, the image communication apparatus selects the image data for high-speed transmission, whereas when the same is determined to be impossible, the image communication apparatus selects the image data for low-speed transmission.
Claims12
An image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP), comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate image data for high-speed transmission and image data for low-speed transmission, from input image data;
- a determination unit configured to determine, before transmission of image data by said transmission unit, whether or not high-speed transmission of the image data is possible;
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- a selection unit configured to select the image data for high-speed transmission when said determination unit determines that high-speed transmission of the image data is possible, and select the image data for low-speed transmission when said determination unit determines that high-speed transmission of the image data is impossible,
- wherein said transmission unit transmits image data selected by said selection unit.
An image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP), comprising:
- a voice communication determination unit configured to determine whether or not transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication,
- wherein when said voice communication determination unit determines that transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication, said transmission unit generates smaller-amount image data than the image data from the image data and transmits the generated image data.
A method of controlling an image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP), comprising:
- generating image data for high-speed transmission and image data for low-speed transmission from input image data;
- determining, before transmission of image data by said transmission unit, whether or not high-speed transmission of the image data is possible;
- selecting the image data for high-speed transmission when it is determined that high-speed transmission of the image data is possible, and selecting the image data for low-speed transmission when it is determined that high-speed transmission of the image data is impossible;
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- transmitting the selected image data.
A method of controlling an image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP), comprising:
- determining. whether or not transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication;
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- generating, when it is determined that transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication, smaller-amount image data than the image data from the image data, and transmitting the generated image data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP),
- wherein the method comprises:
- generating image data for high-speed transmission and image data for low-speed transmission from input image data;
- determining, before transmission of image data by said transmission unit, whether or not high-speed transmission of the image data is possible;
- selecting the image data for high-speed transmission when it is determined that high-speed transmission of the image data is possible, and selecting the image data for low-speed transmission when it is determined that high-speed transmission of the image data is impossible;
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- transmitting the selected image data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image communication apparatus including a transmission unit that is connected to a network and performs facsimile transmission of image data to a transmission destination according to session initiation protocol (SIP),
- wherein the method comprises:
- determining whether or not transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication;
- and
- generating, when it is determined that transmission of the image data is to be performed by voice communication, smaller-amount image data than the image data from the image data, and transmitting the generated image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.