FACSIMILE APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to perform facsimile communication;
a line seizing unit configured to seize a public line in order to transmit facsimile data by the facsimile communication;
a determining unit configured to determine, in a case where said line seizing unit has seized the public line in order to transmit the facsimile data by the facsimile communication, which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for a phone call a signal received from the public line is; and
a control unit configured to control said communication unit to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal.
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Abstract
When facsimile data is transmitted by performing facsimile communication, a public line is seized. Then, when the public line is seized, it is a determined which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for phone call a signal received from the public line is, it is controlled to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and it is controlled not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal.
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19 Claims
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1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured to perform facsimile communication; a line seizing unit configured to seize a public line in order to transmit facsimile data by the facsimile communication; a determining unit configured to determine, in a case where said line seizing unit has seized the public line in order to transmit the facsimile data by the facsimile communication, which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for a phone call a signal received from the public line is; and a control unit configured to control said communication unit to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A control method for a facsimile apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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performing facsimile communication; seizing a public line in order to transmit facsimile data by the facsimile communication; determining, in a case where the public line was seized in said line seizing step in order to transmit the facsimile data by the facsimile communication, which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for a phone call a signal received from the public line is; and controlling said communication step to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores therein a program for causing a computer to perform a control method for a facsimile apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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performing facsimile communication; seizing a public line in order to transmit facsimile data by the facsimile communication; determining, in a case where the public line was seized in said line seizing step in order to transmit the facsimile data by the facsimile communication, which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for a phone call a signal received from the public line is; and controlling said communication step to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal.
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