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Facsimile system having a function of processing a personal message and a method therefor

  • US 5,737,454 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1995
  • Issued: 04/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A facsimile device comprising:

  • an operational panel including a plurality of discrete keys that are independently operable by manual depression from a user;

    a scanner for scanning a document bearing information and obtaining first image data representative of said information;

    means for generating second image data representative of a confidential message directly input manually by the user via said discrete keys from said operational panel to be printed in the background of said first image data;

    data storing means for additively storing said second image data in said first image data;

    encoding means for generating encoded data by encoding composite image data stored in said data storing means representative of said information on the document and said confidential message in the background of said information; and

    modulating means for modulating and transmitting said encoded data to a remote recipient station via a telephone line for enabling said remote recipient station to print said encoded data having said confidential message in the background.

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