Image communication apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToru Maeda
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Abstract
An image communication apparatus having an Internet facsimile communication device and a G3 facsimile communication device includes a detector for detecting a facsimile function of a communication partner's apparatus during communication by the G3 facsimile communication device, and a controller for performing control of causing the G3 facsimile communication device to disconnect communication in a G3 facsimile mode and shifting to communication by the Internet facsimile communication device, based on the detection of the facsimile function of the communication partner's apparatus by the detector.
Claims8
An image communication method that utilizes a plurality of Internet facsimile modes and a G3 facsimile mode, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an Internet facsimile mode, which a destination apparatus of image data has, from the plurality of Internet facsimile modes during communication in the G3 facsimile mode, in accordance with a first procedure signal of the G3 facsimile mode from the destination apparatus;
- selecting an Internet facsimile mode for communicating with the destination apparatus from the plurality of Internet facsimile modes based on the detected Internet facsimile mode;
- directing the destination apparatus to switch to the selected Internet facsimile mode;
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- transmitting an image to the destination apparatus based on the directed Internet facsimile mode,
- wherein, when shifting to the Internet facsimile mode, one of a simple mode, a full mode and a real time mode is selected from among the plurality of the Internet facsimile modes possessed by the destination apparatus according to predetermined priority, and communication in the selected Internet facsimile mode is performed, and
- wherein selection is performed in order of the real time mode, the full mode, and the simple mode.
An image communication apparatus that utilizes a plurality of Internet facsimile modes and a G3 facsimile mode, said apparatus comprising:
- a detection unit adapted to detect an Internet facsimile mode, which a destination apparatus of image data has, from the plurality of Internet facsimile modes during communication in the G3 facsimile mode, in accordance with a first procedure signal of the G3 facsimile mode from the destination apparatus;
- a selection unit adapted to select an Internet facsimile mode for communicating with the destination apparatus based on the Internet facsimile mode detected by said detection unit;
- a direction unit adapted to direct the destination apparatus to switch to the Internet facsimile mode selected by said selection unit;
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- a transmission unit adapted to transmit an image based on the Internet facsimile mode selected by said selection unit,
- wherein, when shifting to the Internet facsimile mode, one of a simple mode, a full mode and a real time mode is selected from among the plurality of the Internet facsimile modes possessed by the destination apparatus according to predetermined priority, and communication in the selected Internet facsimile mode is performed, and
- wherein selection is performed in order of the real time mode, the full mode, and the simple mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.