Portable communication apparatus
First Claim
1. A portable facsimile machine (10) for use in image scanning and the storage and transmission of data representative of the scanned image, the machine comprising a housing, which housing contains an internal power source (20) and a user input device (28) for communicating with a controller (32) which controls the operation of devices (16, 12, 36) within the machine and the housing, which devices comprise a scanner (16) for manually scanning an image and inputting data representative of a scanned image into a memory (34), a display (12) for a user to view the scanned image stored in the memory and a communication system having a transducer (36) operable to create an outgoing signal representative of the image data wherein the outgoing signal is suitable for communication with a remote facsimile machine to enable transmission of the image data to a remote location via a telecommunications system.
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Abstract
A portable facsimile machine (10) for communicating image data to a remote machine, comprising an internal power source (20) and a user input device (28) for communicating with a controller (32) which controls the operation of devices within the machine including a scanner (16, 18) for inputting data representative of a scanned image into a memory (34), a display (12) for a user to view the scanned image stored in the memory and a communication system having a transducer (36) which creates a signal representative of the image data to enable communication of the image data over a telecommunication system to the remote machine.
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- 1. A portable facsimile machine (10) for use in image scanning and the storage and transmission of data representative of the scanned image, the machine comprising a housing, which housing contains an internal power source (20) and a user input device (28) for communicating with a controller (32) which controls the operation of devices (16, 12, 36) within the machine and the housing, which devices comprise a scanner (16) for manually scanning an image and inputting data representative of a scanned image into a memory (34), a display (12) for a user to view the scanned image stored in the memory and a communication system having a transducer (36) operable to create an outgoing signal representative of the image data wherein the outgoing signal is suitable for communication with a remote facsimile machine to enable transmission of the image data to a remote location via a telecommunications system.
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