Data communication apparatus which can use either an analog or a digital line

• US 5,142,568 A
• Filed: 10/29/1990
• Issued: 08/25/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogata, Yukihiko, Kagami, Naoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F.
• Application Number:
  US07/604,991
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 379/94, 379/100, 379/93, 358/425, 358/400, 358/401, 358/442
• US Class Current: 379/100.13
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32702 using digital control signals H04N1/32704, H04N1/32614, H04N1/32771 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33323 transmission mode only, e.g. speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33338 adapting to particular facsimile group, e.g. G3
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33392 Details of handshaking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33357 Compression mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33364 Type of modulation; Type of channel, e.g. digital or analog; Type of communication, e.g. half-duplex or full-duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/034 Codec; PCM compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/179 Facsimile; Fax, e.g. still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/199 Modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/204 ISDN protocol; ISO 7
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/297 Coupling circuits between different (rate) TDM systems

Abstract

A data communication apparatus includes an analog communication unit for performing analog communication, an A/D converter for converting the analog signal from the analog communication unit into a digital voice signal, and an ISDN communication control unit for sending the digital voice signal from the A/D converter onto a digital communication line. Data used in an ISDN are voice data, image data, facsimile communication data, etc.

Claims

1. A data communication apparatus comprising:

analog communication means for performing analog communication;

digital communicating means for performing digital communication;

means for selectively switching between said digital communicating means and said analog communicating means;

means for converting the analog signal from said analog communicating means into a digital signal as voice communication data; and

means for sending the digital signal from said converting means onto a digital communication line, said sending means selectively sending onto said digital communication line one of a digital signal from said digital communicating means and the digital signal from said converting means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said converting means converts the digital signal from said digital communication line into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to said analog communicating means.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said analog communicating means communicates image data.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said switching means switches between said analog communicating means and said digital communicating means in accordance with a communication destination.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said digital communicating means performs image data communication.

6. A data communication apparatus comprising:

analog communicating means having a modem, for performing analog communication; and

means for converting an analog signal from said modem into a digital signal as voice communication data to output the digital signal onto a digital communication line, and for converting a digital signal as voice communication data from the digital communication line into an analog signal to output the analog signal to said modem,

wherein the analog signal is exchanged between said converting means and a modulator/demodulator circuit in said modem, and said modem and said converting means are operated by the same timing clock pulse.

7. A data communication apparatus, comprising:

analog communicating means having a modem, for performing analog communication;

means for converting an output signal from said modem into a digital signal as voice communication data to output the digital signal to the digital communication line and for converting a digital as voice communication data from the digital communication line in an analog signal to output the analog signal to said modem; and

clock pulse generating means for generating timing clock pulses for operating said modem and said converting means,

wherein said modem and said converting means are operated by the same timing clock pulse.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said analog communicating means communicates image data.

9. An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

digital communicating means for performing digital communication; and

means for selectively switching between said digital communicating means and said analog communicating means.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said digital communicating means performs image data communication.

11. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said switching means switches between said analog communicating means and said digital communicating means in accordance with a communication destination.

12. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

procedure signal communication means for outputting and receiving G3 facsimile procedure digital signals;

means for reading an image of an original document to produce image data composed of a digital signal;

means for compressing the image data from said reading means;

communication control means for sending to a digital communication line, compressed image data, compressed by said compression means, and the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals output by said procedure signal communication means, and for supplying to said procedure signal communication means the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals received through the digital communication line; and

means for selectively supplying the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals from said procedure signal communication means and the image data from said compression means, to said communication control means.

13. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said communication control means conducts GIII facsimile communication through the digital communication line.

14. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

procedure signal communication means for outputting and receiving G3 facsimile procedure digital signals;

means for expanding received image data;

means for recording the image data expanded by said expanding means; and

communication control means for sending the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals output to a digital communication line by said procedure signal communication means, and for receiving the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals and the image data through the digital communication line, supplying the G3 facsimile procedure digital signals from the digital communication line to said procedure signal communication means, and supplying the received image data to said expanding means.