Data transmitting apparatus

• US 5,508,819 A
• Filed: 04/04/1994
• Issued: 04/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yanagisawa, Kazuto
• Primary Examiner(s): Rogers, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US08/223,422
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 358/404, 358/402, 358/403, 358/407, 358/434, 358/440, 358/435, 358/437, 358/438, 358/439, 358/468, 379/100
• US Class Current: 358/404
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00912 Arrangements for controlling a still picture apparatus or components thereof not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32037 Automation of particular transmitter jobs, e.g. multi-address calling, auto-dialing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration

Abstract

A data communication apparatus comprises an input unit to input transmission data; a memory to store additional information to be transmitted together with the transmission data by which was input from the input unit; a prohibiting unit to prohibit the transmission of the transmission data in accordance with whether the additional information including the ID information to identify the transmission person or the like has already been stored in the memory or not; notifying units to notify that the transmission of the transmission data was prohibited by the prohibiting unit; a register to register the additional information into the memory; and a requiring unit to require to input the additional information when the transmission of the transmission data is prohibited by the prohibiting unit.

Claims

1. A data communication apparatus comprising:

input means for inputting data to be transmitted;

setting means for setting additional information to be added to the transmission data, the additional information including identification information for identifying a transmission party of the transmission data;

memory means for storing the additional information set by said setting means;

transmitting means for transmitting the additional information stored in said memory means and the transmission data to a destination;

display means for requiring to input the additional information; and

control means for determining whether or not the additional information has been stored in said memory means, before transmitting the transmission data, and for controlling a transmission operation by said transmitting means and said display means in accordance with the determination,

wherein said control means causes said transmitting means to transmit the additional information and the transmission data when the additional information has been stored in said memory means, and stops the transmission operation and causes said display means to display an alarm to require to input the additional information when the additional information has not been stored in said memory means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission data is image data and said additional information is characters which are added to the image data.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission data is image data and said additional information is transmitted in a procedure signal.

4. A data communication apparatus comprising:

input means (1) for inputting transmission data;

memory means (6) for storing additional information to be transmitted together with the transmission data input by said input means;

characterized by further comprising;

prohibiting means (8) for prohibiting a transmission of the transmission data in accordance with whether or not the additional information has already been stored in said memory means; and

requiring means (4) for requiring to input the additional information when the transmission of the transmission data is prohibited by said prohibiting means.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the additional information includes identification information for identifying a transmission person.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

registering means (3) for registering the additional information into said memory means.

7. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is characters which are added to the image data.

8. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is transmitted in a procedure signal.

9. A method for data communication comprising:

inputting transmission data to be transmitted;

setting additional information to be added to the transmission data, the additional information including identification information for identifying a transmission party of the transmission data;

storing the additional information in a memory;

determining whether or not the additional information has been stored before transmitting the transmission data; and

controlling a transmission operation in accordance with said determination,

wherein the additional information and the transmission data is transmitted to a destination when the additional information has been stored in the memory, and the additional information and the transmission data is not transmitted to the destination when the additional information has not been stored in the memory,

displaying an alarm to require to input the additional information when the additional information and the transmission data is not transmitted.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is characters which are added to the image data.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is transmitted in a procedure signal.

12. A method for data communication comprising:

inputting transmission data;

storing additional information to be transmitted together with the transmission data to a memory;

prohibiting a transmission of the transmission data in accordance with whether or not the additional information has already been stored in the memory; and

requiring input of the additional information when the transmission of the transmission data is prohibited.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the additional information includes identification information for identifying a transmission person.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

registering the additional information into the memory.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is characters which are added to the image data.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the transmission data is image data and the additional information is transmitted in a procedure signal.