Facsimile apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakehiro Yoshida, Shigeru Koizumi, Shigeo Miura, Yuji Kurosawa, Yasuo Fujii, Hiroyuki Noguchi, Toru Nakayama, Junnosuke Kataoka, Masaaki Okada
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Abstract
A facsimile apparatus can output a plurality of kinds of audible sounds. In the apparatus, the level of a sound is increased when outputting a specific audible sound compared with when outputting audible sounds other than the specific audible sound.
Claims14
A communication apparatus for performing at least image data communication, said apparatus generating a plurality of kinds of audible sounds, including at least a first audible sound indicative of a first operating condition of said apparatus and a second audible sound indicative of a second, different operating condition of said apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- setting means for variably setting a single value in response to a manual instruction by an operator;
- first determining means connected to said setting means for determining a first output sound level for the first audible sound in accordance with the single value;
- second determining means connected to said setting means for determining a second output sound level, different from the first output sound level, for the second audible sound in accordance with the single value;
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- output means connected to said first and second determining means for outputting the first audible sound at the first output sound level and the second audible sound at the second output sound level.
A communication method in a communication apparatus for performing at least image data communication, said method generating a plurality of kinds of audible sounds, including at least a first audible sound indicative of a first operating condition of the apparatus and a second audible sound indicative of a second, different operating condition of the apparatus, said method comprising:
- variably setting a single value in response to a manual instruction by an operator;
- in accordance with said setting step, determining a first output sound level for the first audible sound in accordance with the single value;
- in accordance with said setting step, determining a second output sound level, different from the first output sound level, for the second audible sound in accordance with the single value;
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- in accordance with said first and second determining steps, outputting the first audible sound at the first output sound level and the second audible sound at the second output sound level.
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