Data communication apparatus

• US 5,526,367 A
• Filed: 03/18/1991
• Issued: 06/11/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ono, Takashi, Ueno, Yasuhide
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chung, Phung M.
• Application Number:
  US07/670,934
• Time in Patent Office: 1,912 Days
• Field of Search: 371/32, 371/10.1, 371/10.2, 371/8.1, 371/40.1, 371/30, 371/29.1, 371/20.1, 371/68.2, 395/575, 395/650
• US Class Current: 714/748
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/16 in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32363 at the transmitter or at the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32379 Functions of a still picture terminal memory associated with reception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32448 Controlling data flow to or from the memory in relation to the available memory capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32619 with retransmission retransmission after changing the mode H04N1/3333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32795 Arrangements for keeping the communication line open

Abstract

A data communication apparatus having an error correcting communication mode in half-duplex operation for communicating data and including a memory for storing received data. The memory has a capacity for storing data of not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in the error correcting communication mode. An overflow in the memory and presence of an error in the received data are detected, and data is requested to be re-sent in accordance with the detection result.

Claims

1. A data communication apparatus having an error correcting communication mode in half-duplex operation for communicating data, said apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing received data, said memory having a capacity for storing data of not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode;

declaring means for declaring that the error correcting communication is executable if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

means for detecting an overflow in said memory and presence of an error in the received data, and requesting that data be re-sent in accordance with the detection.

2. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory is utilized for any memory communication other than said error correcting communication mode.

3. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an unused capacity of said memory is detected and error correcting communication is performed in accordance with the detected unused capacity of said memory.

4. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for recording received data, wherein storing received data in said memory is performed non-synchronously with recording data in said memory.

5. A data communication apparatus having an error correcting communication mode for communicating data, said apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing a data;

declaring means for declaring that the error correcting communication is executable even if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

control means for judging an unused capacity of said memory and for controlling a communication sequence of error correcting communication in accordance with a result of the judgment.

6. The data communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said apparatus has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said control means selects either said first error correcting communication mode or said second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgement.

7. The data communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control means selects said first error correcting communication mode when the unused capacity of said memory is at least a predetermined capacity.

8. The data communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the data is received in blocks and wherein said first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block of data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein said second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in said memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block of data is being received and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

9. A data communication apparatus having an error correcting communication mode in half-duplex operation for communicating data, comprising:

a memory for storing data used for communicating data using said error correcting communication mode;

declaring means for declaring that the error correcting communication is executable eyed if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

control means for judging an unused capacity of said memory using the error correcting communication mode, and for controlling a data communication sequence of the error correcting communication mode in accordance with a result of the judgment.

10. The data communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said apparatus has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said control means selects either said first error correcting communication mode or said second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgment.

11. The data communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said control means selects said first error correcting communication mode when the unused capacity of said memory is at least a predetermined capacity.

12. The data communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein said second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in said memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received and requests resending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

13. The data communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the data is received in blocks and wherein, when in said second error correcting communication mode, an overflow in said memory is detected while one block of data is being received, said control means requests all of the data to be re-sent after the overflow is detected in the one block after the one block of data is received.

14. The data communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, when there is an error data in the received data until said overflow is detected, and the received data containing the error data is part of a block of data, said control means requests re-sending of both said error data and all data after the overflow detected in the block.

15. The data communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said memory is used for any data memory communication other than said error correcting mode.

19. An error data detecting communication method according to claim 15, wherein said first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received and for requesting resending of data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein said second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in said memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

16. An error data detecting communication method using half-duplex operation for communicating data, comprising the steps of:

declaring that the error correcting communication is executable even if a capacity of a memory used for error correcting communication is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in an error correcting communication mode;

judging an unused capacity of a memory which stores data used for error correcting communication by error correcting communication is performed; and

controlling a communication sequence of the error correcting communication in accordance with a result of the judgment.

17. An error data detecting communication method according to claim 16, wherein said apparatus has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said control means selects either said first error correcting communication mode or said second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgment.

18. An error data detecting communication method using half-duplex operation according to claim 17, wherein said control means selects said first error correcting communication mode when the unused capacity of said memory is more than a specified capacity.

20. A data communication apparatus for performing error data correcting communication for a predetermined amount of data block by block, comprising:

a memory for storing data to be used during error correcting communication;

declaring means for declaring that the error correcting communication is executable even if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

control means for judging whether or not an unused capacity of said memory is not less than the amount of one block of said data using the error correcting communication, and controlling a communication sequence of the error correcting communication in accordance with the result of the judgment.

21. A data communication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said apparatus has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said control mean selects either said first error correcting communication mode or said second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgment of the unused capacity of said memory.

22. A data communication apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received and for requesting re-sending of the data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein

said second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in said memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

23. A data communication apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the data is received in blocks and wherein, when in said second error correcting communication mode, an overflow in said memory is detected while one block of data is being received, and said control means requests all of the data to be re-sent after the overflow is detected in the one block after the one block of data is received.

24. A data communication apparatus according to claim 23, wherein, when there is an error data in the received data until said overflow is detected, and the received data containing the error data is part of a block of data, said control means requests re-sending of both said error data and all data after the overflow detected in the block.

25. A data communication method having an error correcting communication mode in half-duplex operation for communicating data, said method comprising the steps of:

storing received data in a memory, the memory having a capacity of restoring data of not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in the error correcting communication mode;

declaring that the error correcting communication is executable if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

detecting an overflow in the memory and presence of an error in the received data, and requesting that data be re-sent in accordance with the detection.

26. The data communication method according to claim 25, wherein the memory is utilized for any memory communication other than the error correcting communication mode.

27. The data communication method according to claim 25, wherein an unused capacity of the memory is detected and error correcting communication is performed in accordance with the detected unused capacity of the memory.

28. The data communication method according to claim 25, further comprising a step for recording received data, wherein storing received data in the memory is performed non-synchronously with recording data in the memory.

29. A data communication method having an error correcting communication mode for communicating data, said method comprising the steps of;

storing data in a memory;

declaring that the error correcting communication is executable even if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

judging an unused capacity of the memory and controlling a communication sequence of error correcting communication in accordance with a result of the judgment.

30. The data communication method according to claim 29, wherein said method has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said judging step selects either the first error correcting communication mode or the second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgment.

31. The data communication method according to claim 30, wherein said judging step selects the first error correcting communication mode when the unused capacity of the memory is at least a predetermined capacity.

32. The data communication method according to claim 30, wherein the first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein the second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in the memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

33. A data communication method for performing error data correcting communication for a predetermined amount of data block by block, comprising the steps of;

storing data in a memory to be used during error correcting communication;

declaring that the error correcting communication is executable even if a capacity of said memory is not more than an amount of data to be transmitted in said error correcting communication mode; and

control means for judging whether or not an unused capacity of said memory is not less than the amount of said one block data using the error correcting communication, and controlling a communication sequence of the error correcting communication in accordance with the result of the judgement.

34. A data communication method according to claim 33, wherein said method has at least a first error correcting communication mode and a second error correcting communication mode, and said judging step selects either the first error correcting communication mode or the second error correcting communication mode in accordance with the result of the judgment of the unused capacity of the memory.

35. A data communication method according to claim 34, wherein the first error correcting communication mode is for detecting the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received and for requesting re-sending of the data in accordance with the error detection result and wherein

the second error correcting communication mode is for detecting an overflow in the memory and the presence of an error in the received data while one block data is being received, and for requesting re-sending of data in accordance with the overflow and error detection results.

36. A data communication method according to claim 35, wherein, when in the second error correcting communication mode, data is received in blocks and an overflow in the memory is detected while one block of data is being received, and said judging step requests all of the data to be re-sent after the overflow is detected in the one block after the one block of data is received.

37. A data communication apparatus according to claim 36, wherein, when there is an error data in the received data until the overflow is detected, the control means requests re-sending of both the error data and all data after the overflow detected in the one block.