Communication apparatus

• US 7,420,697 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2003
• Issued: 09/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakahara, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, ANH-VINH THI
• Application Number:
  US10/601,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20040051910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,897 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/442, 358/444, 358/404, 358/405, 358/440, 358/1.9, 358/400, 358/468, 358/434, 358/501, 101/2
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32005 Automation of particular receiver jobs, e.g. rejecting unwanted calls requesting a communication from a transmitter H04N1/32771; with picture signal storage for forwarding messages H04N1/32358
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3201 Rejecting unwanted calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32016 according to the caller's identification, e.g. fax number H04N1/3201 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32026 Changing the receiver mode of operation, e.g. paper reception to memory reception or vice versa H04N1/32673 takes precedence

Abstract

A communication apparatus where transmission waiting time for an originating facsimile machine is shortened. A transmitter/receiver section of one of two communication control sections receives a transmission subscriber identification (TSI) signal from the originating facsimile machine. A determination new section extracts an international telephone number from the TSI signal and determines whether or not it coincides with a pre-stored international telephone number. If they coincide, the transmitter/receiver section receives an object signal in succession, otherwise the transmitter/receiver section ends the receiving operation without receiving the object signal. Further, when both communication control sections receive object signals at the same time, a line selecting section supplies the object signal received by the communication control section that has received an international telephone number that coincides with the pre-stored international telephone number to an image output section, prior to the object signal received by the other communication control section for printing a recording sheet.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a communication device for receiving an identification signal from an originating communication apparatus, the identification signal identifying the originating communication apparatus, and performing an output operation when the received identification signal from the originating communication apparatus coincides with a pre-stored identification signal, wherein

a number of copies to be repeatedly printed is pre-stored in the communication apparatus in correspondence to the pre-stored identification signal, and

said output operation performed when the received identification signal from the originating communication apparatus coincides with the pre-stored identification signal includes an operation of repeatedly printing, on recording sheets, a plurality of copies of an image data signal representing the entire document being received to form a plurality of groups of the entire document received, with the number of groups formed of the entire document corresponding to the number of copies to be repeatedly printed that is stored in correspondence to said pre-stored identification signal.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a process of bundling each group of copies one by one with a staple is performed after said output operation.