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

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaneko, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kim
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Kimberly A.
• Application Number:
  US08/561,236
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 358/400, 358/404, 358/434, 358/438, 358/444, 358/442, 348/14, 348/15, 348/16, 348/17, 379/94, 379/96, 379/98, 379/100
• US Class Current: 358/434
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/001 specially adapted for transmission via digital wireline networks H04N1/00098 takes precedence
• 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 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits

Abstract

A facsimile apparatus which is connected to the ISDN having a plurality of information channels comprises: a receiving circuit to receive image data and voice data which were sent from a partner apparatus; memories for storing the image data and the voice data which were received by the receiving circuit; an instructing circuit to instruct the output of the image data stored in the memory; and an output device for outputting the image data and the voice data stored in the memories in accordance with the instruction of the instructing circuit. The receiving circuit can simultaneously receive both of the image and voice data as a pair by using the two information channels of the ISDN.

Claims

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.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said facsimile apparatus is connected to an ISDN having a plurality of information channels.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said reception means simultaneously receives the digital image data and the digital voice data by using two of said plurality of information channels of the ISDN.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means stores the digital image data and the digital voice data as a pair.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said instruction means instructs confidential image data stored in said memory means to be output.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying that the image data has been stored in said memory means.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voice data to be received has been PCM encoded and said output means reads out the PCM encoded data from said memory means and converts the PCM encoded data into an analog signal and outputs the data as a voice.

8. A facsimile apparatus which is connected to an ISDN, comprising:

reception means for simultaneously receiving voice information and image information which were digitally encoded from a plurality of channels of the ISDN;

memory means for simultaneously storing the digitally-encoded voice information and the digitally-encoded image information both received by said reception means;

conversion means for converting the digitally-encoded voice information which was stored by said memory means into an analog signal;

control means for simultaneously executing a recording output of the image information which was received by said reception means and a voice output based on the analog signal which was converted by said conversion means; and

judgment means for judging, based on a procedure signal from a partner apparatus before the data reception, whether the information sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice information and the image information or is either one of the voice and image information,

wherein said reception means, said memory means and said control means execute the simultaneous processing of the voice information and the image information, when said judgment means judges that the information sent from the partner apparatus is both the voice information and the image information.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

instruction means for instructing the image information stored in said memory means to be output.

10. A communication 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 output 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.

11. A communication apparatus which is connected to an ISDN, comprising:

reception means for simultaneously receiving voice information and image information which were digitally encoded from a plurality of channels of the ISDN;

memory means for simultaneously storing the digitally-encoded voice information and the digitally-encoded image information both received by said reception means;

conversion means for converting the digitally-encoded voice information which was stored by said memory means into an analog signal;

control means for simultaneously executing a recording output of the image information which was received by said reception means and a voice output based on the analog signal which was converted by said conversion means; and

judgment means for judging, based on a procedure signal from a partner apparatus before the data reception, whether the information sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice information and the image information or is either one of the voice and image information,

wherein said reception means, said memory means and said control means execute the simultaneous processing of the voice information and the image information, when said judgment means judges that the information sent from the partner apparatus is both the voice information and the image information.

12. A communication method comprising the steps of:

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

storing simultaneously in a memory the digital image data and the digital voice data which were received in said receiving step;

instructing the digital image data and the digital voice data stored in said storing step to be output;

decoding the digital image data and the digital voice data both stored in the memory in accordance with said instructing step;

outputting simultaneously both a voice signal on the basis of the decoded voice data and visible image data on the basis of the decoded image data; and

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 receiving step, said storing step and said outputting step are performed to process simultaneously the voice data and the image data when it is judged in said judging step that the data sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice data and the image data.

13. A communication method for a communication apparatus which is connected to an ISDN, comprising the steps of:

receiving simultaneously voice information and image information which were digitally encoded from a plurality of channels of the ISDN;

storing simultaneously the digitally-encoded voice information and the digitally-encoded image information both received in said receiving step;

converting the digitally-encoded voice information which was stored in said storing step into an analog signal;

executing simultaneously a recording output of the image information which was received in said receiving step and a voice output based on the analog signal which was converted in said converting step; and

judging, based on a procedure signal from a partner apparatus before the data reception, whether the information sent from the partner apparatus are both the voice information and the image information or is either one of the voice and image information,

wherein said reception step, said storing step and said executing step are performed to process simultaneously the voice information and the image information when it is judged in said judging step that the information sent from the partner apparatus is both the voice information and the image information.