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STORED PROGRAM FACSIMILE CONTROL SYSTEM

  • US 3,751,582 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1971
  • Issued: 08/07/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stored program facsimile control system operative in accord with one of a plurality of selectable program instruction sets and comprising at a facsimile station:

  • a document scanner system operative in response to control signals to scan a document and to produce video signals representative of document indicia along scan lines thereof;

    a facsimile printer system operative in response to control signals to trace scan lines across a copy and simultaneously operative in response to video signals representative of document indicia to mark said copy with a facsimile copy of said document indicia;

    a stored program control processor;

    a plurality of program instruction sets for use by said proCessor;

    each of said plurality of instruction sets providing different operation of said processor;

    means for applying one of said plurality of selectable program instruction sets to said stored program control processor to adapt said processor to operation in accordance with characteristics of said scanner and printer;

    said stored program control processor being operative in response to the applied program instruction set to provide control signals to said scanner and printer systems;

    said control processor being further operative in response to said applied program instruction set for selectively receiving said video signals from said scanner system and for selectively applying video signals to said printer system for producing said document copy.

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