Facsimile apparatus

• US 5,369,689 A
• Filed: 03/07/1994
• Issued: 11/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Wataru
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F.
• Application Number:
  US08/206,265
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 379/100, 379/96-98, 379/93, 379/354-356, 379/387, 379/110, 379/442, 358/434, 358/438, 358/440-442, 358/468, 358/400
• US Class Current: 379/100.14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00281 with a telecommunication apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, a selective call terminal details of transmission H04N1/00095; establishing a communication with one of a facsimile machine or another apparatus sharing a single line H04N1/32704; interfacing cordless telephone terminals with an accessory to increase the functionality of user interface H04M1/72409
• 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 1/32728 an off-hook condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3273 a loop current
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32732 within a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32741 Generating ringing or calling signals or tones

Abstract

A facsimile apparatus which (1) sends a predetermined dial signal to a telephone line and (2) calls an attached telephone set. The predetermined dial signal is sent at a predetermined time, and the call to the attached telephone set is made after the predetermined dial signal has been sent to the telephone line.

Claims

1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

memory means for storing a time and a dial number;

sending means for sending a dial signal to a telephone line, the dial signal being either a pulse type and a tone type;

ringing means for ringing an attached telephone set; and

control means for controlling said sending means so as to send a dial signal according to the dial number stored in said memory means to the telephone line at a first timing according to the time stored in said memory means and the type of the dial signal,

wherein said control means controls said ringing means so as to ring the attached telephone set at a second timing according to the time stored in said memory means.

2. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means controls said ringing means so as to ring the attached telephone set when a predetermined time has passed after the first timing.

3. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time corresponds to a time which is needed for sending the dial signal.

4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means further includes detecting means for detecting a response of the attached telephone set, and connects the attached telephone set to the telephone line when the response of the attached telephone set to the calling by said calling means has been detected by said detecting means.

5. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said calling means calls the attached telephone set by means of a 150-volt intermittent signal.

6. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means connects the telephone line and the attached telephone set which is rung by said ringing means when the attached telephone set is off-hook.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

setting means for setting a first time and a dial number;

sending means for sending a dial signal according to the dial number set by said setting means to a telephone line at a second time which is earlier than the first time by a predetermined time; and

driving means for driving a sound generator to generate a sound at the first time set by said setting means.

8. A communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a type of the dial signal.

9. A communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the dial signal is selected one of a pulse type and a tone type.

10. A communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a number of digits of the dial number.

11. A communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the sound generator includes a bell of a telephone set.

12. A communication apparatus comprising:

memory means for storing a time and a dial number;

sending means for sending a dial signal according to the dial number stored in said memory to a telephone line at a first timing according to the time stored in said memory means and a number of digits of the dial number; and

driving means for driving a sound generator to generate a sound at a second timing according to the time stored in said memory means.

13. A communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said sound generator includes a bell of a telephone set.