Image communicating method, facsimile type electronic mail apparatus and facsimile apparatus

• US 6,906,820 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2002
• Issued: 06/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Toyoda, Kiyoshi, Bando, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pokrzywa, Joseph R.
• Application Number:
  US10/246,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20030016397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 379/100.01, 379/100.08, 379/100.02, 379/100.13, 358/1.15, 358/1.2, 358/402, 358/403, 358/407, 358/434, 358/435, 358/436, 358/438, 358/440, 358/442, 358/468, 709/206, 709/232, 709/234, 709/246
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32609 Fault detection or counter-measures, e.g. original mis-positioned, shortage of paper
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32641 of transmission or transmitted data, e.g. interruption or wrong number of pages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32662 remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33315 reading or reproducing mode only, e.g. sheet size, resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33369 Storage of mode or retrieval of prestored mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3935 with modification of image resolution, i.e. determining the values of picture elements at new relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0017 Notifying a communication result
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0067 Converting to still picture data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0068 Converting from still picture data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33321 Image or page size, e.g. A3, A4

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a scanner configured to scan a document to obtain binary image data, an adder that adds paper size information to the obtained binary image data and a converter that converts the binary image data, including the paper size information, into e-mail data. A transmitter transmits the converted e-mail data, including the paper size information to a destination terminal over a network so that the destination terminal can determine whether to downsize the binary image data in the e-mail data in accordance with the paper size information.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a scanner configured to scan a document to obtain binary image data;

an adder that adds paper size information indicating a paper size of the scanned document to the obtained binary image data;

a converter that converts the binary image data including the paper size information, into e-mail data; and

a transmitter that transmits the converted e-mail data including the paper size information to a destination terminal over a network so that the destination terminal can determine whether to downsize the binary image data in the e-mail data in accordance with the paper size information,

said scanner being configured to scan plural documents to obtain the binary image data and said adder being configured to add the paper size information in units of one page, whereby image data for each respective page comprises the paper size information and the binary image data for the respective page and said converter converts the image data including the binary image data and the paper size information into text codes to obtain e-mail data, the e-mail data comprising the text codes for the image data and a header, whereby the e-mail data can be treated by simple mail transfer protocol of an e-mail communication.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a compressor that compresses the binary image data obtained by said scanner, including the paper size information, and outputs the compressed binary image data including the paper size information to said converter.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said adder further adds resolution information of the document scanned by said scanner.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein page size information is provided for each document scanned by said scanner.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said scanner is configured to scan plural documents to obtain the binary image data and said adder is configured to add the paper size information to the obtained binary image data in units of a single page, whereby the image data for each respective page comprises the paper size information and the binary image data of the respective page.

5. A method for transmitting e-mail data including binary image data, the method comprising:

scanning a document to obtain the binary image data;

obtaining paper size information indicating a paper size of the scanned document;

adding the paper size information to the obtained binary image data;

converting the binary image data, including the paper size information, into e-mail data; and

transmitting the converted e-mail data including the paper size information to a destination terminal over a network so that the destination terminal can determine whether to downsize the binary image data in the e-mail data in accordance with the paper size information,

wherein the scanning comprises scanning plural documents and the adding comprises adding the paper size information in units of one page, whereby image data for each respective page comprises the paper size information and the binary image information for the respective page and the converting comprises converting the image data including the binary image data and the payer size information into text codes to obtain e-mail data, the e-mail data comprising the text codes for the image data and a header, whereby the e-mail data can be treated by simple mail transfer protocol of an e-mail communication.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising compressing the obtained binary image data including the paper size information, and outputting the compressed binary image data including the paper size information to be converted into the e-mail data.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the obtaining obtains resolution information of the scanned document.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein page size information is provided for each document scanned.

10. The method for transmitting e-mail data according to claim 5, wherein the scanning comprises scanning plural documents and the adding comprises adding the paper size information in units of one page whereby image data for each respective page comprises the paper size information and the binary image data of the respective page.