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Facsimile apparatus

  • US 5,579,127 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1995
  • Issued: 11/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

  • reception means for simultaneously receiving encoded digital image data and encoded digital voice data which were sent from a partner apparatus;

    memory means for simultaneously storing the digital image data and the digital voice data which were received by said reception means;

    instruction means for instructing the digital image data and the digital voice data stored in said memory means to be output;

    decode means for decoding the digital image data and the digital voice data both stored in said memory means, in accordance with an instruction from said instruction means;

    output means for outputting a voice signal on the basis of the decoded voice data and outputting visible image data on the basis of the decoded image data, wherein said output means simultaneously outputs the image data and the voice data; and

    judgment means for judging, based on a procedure signal sent from the partner apparatus before the data reception, whether the data sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice data and the image data or is either one of the voice and image data,wherein said reception means, said memory means and said output means execute the simultaneous processing of the voice data and the image data, when said judgment means judges that the data sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice data and the image data.

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