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US 6,603,579 B1Granted
Facsimile apparatus
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Kuwahara
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Abstract
Image data from a document being scanned is encoded and stored in an image memory (4). As soon as the amount of data in the image memory (4) reaches a pre-set limit, the machine (F) begins transmission of the data to a designated recipient from the image memory (4). If it is determined that there is insufficient memory to store image data of a document being scanned in the image memory (4), the machine suspends scanning of the document, and transmits all the encoded data to the recipient from the image memory (4). Then, the machine (F) resumes the scanning and encoding operations. When it resumes scanning the remaining pages of the document and encoding the resultant image data, it transmits that data directly to the remote party without first storing that data into the image memory (4).
Claims14
A facsimile machine comprising:
- a scanner that scans a document and produces image data;
- an encoding unit that encodes said image data;
- an image memory that stores said encoded image data;
- a transmission unit that transmits said encoded image data to a recipient from the image memory or from the encoding unit;
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- a control unit that controls transmission of said data, and
- wherein when the amount of encoded image data stored in the image memory reaches a predetermined level, the control unit immediately causes the transmission unit to transmit the encoded image data to the recipient from the image memory, and
- when there is insufficient space available in the image memory, the control unit causes the scanner to suspend the scanning of the document, the transmission unit to transmit all the encoded image data stored in the image memory, and after completion of said transmission, the control unit causes the scanner to resume scanning of the remaining document, the encoding unit to encode image data of the scanned document, and the transmission unit to directly transmit the encoded image data to the recipient without storing said encoded image data in the image memory.
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A facsimile machine comprising:
- a scanner for scanning a document and producing image data;
- a page buffer for storing said image data;
- an encoding unit for encoding said image data produced by said scanner or stored in the page buffer;
- an image memory for storing said encoded image data;
- a transmission unit for transmitting said encoded image data to a remote party from said encoding unit or said image memory;
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- a control unit that is capable of directing transmission of the encoded data from the encoding unit and also capable of directing transmission of the encoded data from the image memory, and
- wherein when the amount of encoded image data stored in the image memory reaches a predetermined level, the control unit immediately causes the transmission unit to transmit the encoded image data to the remote party from the image memory, and
- when there is insufficient space available in the image memory, the control unit causes the scanner to suspend scanning of the document, the transmission unit to transmit all the encoded image data to the remote party from the image memory, and after completion of said transmission from the image memory, the control unit causes the encoding unit to encode the image data stored in the page buffer, causes the transmission unit to transmit the encoded image data to the remote party, and after completion of said transmission from the page buffer, the control unit causes the scanner to resume scanning of the remaining document, the encoding unit to encode the scanned image and the transmission unit to directly transmit the encoded data to the remote party without first storing said data in the image memory or the page buffer.
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A method of transmitting image data to a desired remote party, comprising the steps of:
- (A) scanning a document, encoding the resultant image data, and storing said encoded image data in an image memory;
- (B) initiating transmission of said encoded image data to the remote party from said image memory when the amount of said encoded image data stored in said image memory reaches a predetermined level;
- (C) determining whether or not there is sufficient space available in said image memory;
- (D) suspending the scanning of the document when it is determined that there is insufficient space available in said image memory;
- (E) transmitting all of said encoded image data to the remote party from said image memory after Step D;
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- (F) resuming scanning and transmitting encoded image data without first storing said encoded image data in said image memory after Step E.
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A method of transmitting image data to a desired remote party, comprising the steps of:
- (A) initiating the scanning a document, storing the resultant image data in a page buffer, encoding said data stored in said page buffer, and storing said encoded data in an image memory;
- (B) initiating transmission of said encoded image data to the remote party from said image memory when the amount of said encoded image data stored in said image memory reaches a predetermined level;
- (C) determining whether or not there is sufficient space available in said image memory;
- (D) suspending the scanning of the document when it is determined that there is insufficient space available in said image memory;
- (E) transmitting all of said encoded image data to the remote party from said image memory after performing Step D;
- (F) encoding said image data stored in said page buffer and transmitting said encoded data to the remote party after performing Step E;
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- (G) resuming scanning of a document, encoding the resultant image data and transmitting said encoded data to the remote party without first storing said data in said image memory or said page buffer after performing Step F.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.