IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140369481A1
• Filed: 06/04/2014
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: NAITO, Yosui, SUGA, Daisuke, FUKUSHIMA, Michio, OHARA, Eiji, KOIZUMI, Shigeru
• Application Number:
  US14/295,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20140369481A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/100.16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32704 Establishing a communication with one of a facsimile and another telecommunication apparatus sharing a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32708 Telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32723 speech signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3275 Giving priority to one of the apparatus

Abstract

An image communication apparatus capable of performing calls/facsimiles via an IP network, and equipped with at least two modems and an SLIC that connects a telephone, determines whether an establishment of a session is possible when an INVITE signal, for which a media type is audio, is received. The apparatus controls so that in an automatic reception mode, when it is determined that an establishment of a session is possible, a usable modem is selected from the modems, and treated as audio communication is performed using that selected modem, and also so that when it is determined that the establishment of a session is possible, it is determined whether the SLIC is in use, and when it is not in use, a call of the telephone is performed by the SLIC.

Claims

1. An image communication apparatus capable of performing a call and a facsimile communication via an IP network, the apparatus comprising:

at least two modems;

an SLIC that connects a telephone apparatus;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an establishment of a session is possible when an INVITE signal, for which a media type is audio, is received; and

a control unit configured to control so that in an automatic reception mode, when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, a usable modem is selected from out of the at least two modems, and treated as audio communication is performed using the selected modem;

so that when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, it is determined whether or not the SLIC is in use, and when the SLIC is not in use, a call of the telephone apparatus is performed by the SLIC.

2. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls so that in a manual reception mode, when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, it is determined whether or not the SLIC is in use, and when the SLIC is not in use, a call of the telephone apparatus is performed by the SLIC, wherein if the SLIC is in use, a busy response is made.

3. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls so that when a receiving mode is FAX/TEL switching, and the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, a usable modem is selected from out of the at least two modems, and when a CNG signal is detected by the selected modem, treated as audio communication is performed using that selected modem.

4. The image communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit further controls so that it is determined whether or not the SLIC is in use, and when the SLIC is not in use a call of the telephone apparatus by the SLIC is performed, and controls so that if the SLIC is in use, the selected modem is caused to detect the CNG signal, and treated as audio communication is performed using the selected modem.

5. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls so that in a case where a receiving mode is an answering machine mode, when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, when the SLIC is not in use, when a call of the telephone apparatus is performed, and an automatic response of the telephone apparatus is detected, FAX/TEL switching processing is performed by the SLIC and a modem selected from the at least two modems, wherein if the SLIC is in use, a busy response is made.

6. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the modem is a modem having a digital input/output function and built into which is a PCM codec.

7. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the establishment of a session is possible based on whether or not a number of sessions that are already established exceeds an upper limit value, and

the control unit makes a busy response when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is not possible.

8. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first selector configured to supply the SLIC by selecting a single output synchronization signal output from one of the at least two modems;

a second selector for each of the at least two modems, each second selector configured to output by selecting either a transmission PCM signal output from a corresponding modem of the at least two modems or a transmission PCM signal output from the SLIC; and

a third selector configured to supply the SLIC by selecting one reception PCM signal input into one of the at least two modems, wherein

the control unit controls selection by the first, second and third selectors.

9. The image communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control unit controls the first selector such that, in a case where FAX communication using one modem of the at least two modems is initiated, and the SLIC is not in use, it is determined whether communication is in progress for the other modem, of the at least two modems, which is not being used in the FAX communication, and if communication is not in progress for the other modem, an output synchronization signal sharing relationship is made between the other modem and the SLIC.

10. A method of controlling an image communication apparatus capable of performing a call and a facsimile communication via an IP network, and equipped with at least two modems and an SLIC that connects a telephone apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether or not an establishment of a session is possible when an INVITE signal, for which a media type is audio, is received;

controlling so that in an automatic reception mode, when it is determined in the determining that the establishment of a session is possible, a usable modem is selected from out of the at least two modems, and treated as audio communication is performed using that selected modem, and

so that when it is determined in the determining that the establishment of a session is possible, it is determined whether or not the SLIC is in use, and when the SLIC is not in use, a call of the telephone apparatus is performed by the SLIC.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an image communication apparatus capable of performing a call and a facsimile communication via an IP network, the apparatus comprising:

at least two modems;

an SLIC that connects a telephone apparatus;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an establishment of a session is possible when an INVITE signal, for which a media type is audio, is received; and

a control unit configured to control so that in an automatic reception mode, when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, a usable modem is selected from out of the at least two modems, and treated as audio communication is performed using the selected modem;

so that when the determination unit determines that the establishment of a session is possible, it is determined whether or not the SLIC is in use, and when the SLIC is not in use, a call of the telephone apparatus is performed by the SLIC.