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Facsimile apparatus having file transfer means

Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1995-02-07
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Granted: 1997-10-14
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Expires: 2015-02-07
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Abstract

Abstract A present invention provides a facsimile apparatus having file transfer means which comprises receiving command signal preparation means for preparing a receiving command signal to provide information about image information transfer, and information value storing means for storing indication in advance which will be set in an indication bit of the receiving command signal, wherein the indication stored in advance can be set in the receiving command signal when a file transfer is carried out.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takashi Sakayama
  • 👤 Yoshiaki Tezuka
  • 👤 Yoshihiro Maei

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/32368; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 89 words
A facsimile apparatus for transferring file information and image information, comprising: receiving command signal preparation means for preparing a command signal for sending to a receiving facsimile apparatus to provide information about transfer of the image information; and information value storing means for storing an indication of a file transfer mode to be set in an indication bit of said command signal, wherein said indication of file transfer mode stored in the information value storing means being set in said command signal when a file transfer is carried out.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 89 words
A facsimile apparatus for transferring file information and image information, comprising: receiving command signal preparation means for preparing a command signal for sending to a receiving facsimile apparatus to provide information about transfer of the image information; and information value storing means for storing an indication of a file transfer mode to be set in an indication bit of said command signal, wherein said indication of file transfer mode stored in the information value storing means being set in said command signal when a file transfer is carried out.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein indication to be stored in said information value storing means are not ordinarily used in an image information transfer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 101 words
A facsimile apparatus for transferring file data and image data comprising: data storing means for storing data to be transmitted; receiving command signal preparation means for preparing a received command signal to provide an indication of a transfer mode for an image information transfer; and data type determination means for determining whether the data to be transmitted is file data or image data, wherein if the type of said data to be transmitted in a file transfer is determined to be image data, a parameter related to said image data stored with said image data being set as a command signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 101 words
A facsimile apparatus for transferring file data and image data comprising: data storing means for storing data to be transmitted; receiving command signal preparation means for preparing a received command signal to provide an indication of a transfer mode for an image information transfer; and data type determination means for determining whether the data to be transmitted is file data or image data, wherein if the type of said data to be transmitted in a file transfer is determined to be image data, a parameter related to said image data stored with said image data being set as a command signal.

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