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US 5,313,285 AGranted
Facsimile apparatus having a helical scan VCR
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorEiichi Yokoyama
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Abstract
A facsimile apparatus includes a helical scan VTR. Binary data of a received facsimile signal is recorded on a first area of a recording medium in the VTR, and also the received facsimile signal is converted into a television signal and then recorded on a second area of the recording medium so that the recorded facsimile signal can be viewed as a video image on a screen of a TV monitor and further the recorded facsimile signal can be searched on the screen through a high-speed search.
Claims5
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a helical scan VTR;
- means for recording binary data of a received facsimile signal on a first area of a recording medium in the VTR;
- means for converting the received facsimile signal into a television signal and for recording the converted television signal on a second area of the same recording medium;
- a printer connected to said recording and converting means;
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- a TV monitor connected to said recording and converting means;
- whereby said received facsimile signal can be optionally viewed on said TV monitor or printed out by said printer.
4 more elements
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a modem for receiving a facsimile signal transmitted over a telephone line network and transmitting a facsimile signal to the telephone line network;
- a work station connected to the modem and having a control processing unit for performing signal processing and organizing;
- a helical scan VTR connected to the work station for recording binary data of the facsimile signal on a first area of a recording medium in the VTR and for recording a television signal derived from the facsimile signal on a second area of the same recording medium;
- a TV monitor connected to the VTR and controlled by the control processing unit for displaying a video image derived from the television signal;
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- a printer controlled by the control processing unit;
- whereby said received facsimile signal can be optionally viewed on said TV monitor or printed out by said printer.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.