Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
358434000 | Auxiliary signal | 49 |
20080212145 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method of an image forming apparatus includes generating voice data based on image data, which will be transmitted, if a voice attaching signal is input, and transmitting at least one of the image data and the voice data to an external device, so that a visually impaired person can identify the image data when receiving and transmitting the image data. | 09-04-2008 |
20090009818 | Communication device - A communication device transmits voice and facsimile signals in the same channel between a terminal device and a packet network. The communication device has an echo canceler and a jitter buffer. The jitter buffer has a delay recovery control function that selectively deletes data from the jitter buffer to recover from packet delays. After detecting a facsimile tone, the communication device waits to detect a certain interval of silence, then deactivates its echo canceler and delay recovery control function and switches into facsimile communication mode. If a certain interval of silence is detected during the facsimile transmission, the communication device reactivates its echo canceler and delay recovery control function and continues communicating in voice mode if the line is left connected. | 01-08-2009 |
20090128863 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image output apparatus includes: a memory configured to store user identification data; a receiver configured to receive image data and user identification data; an input unit by use of which a user inputs his/her user identification data; a clock; and an image forming unit that: if a time indicated by the clock is within a predetermined standby time, suspends outputting of an image represented by image data received by the receiver; and if user identification data input using the input unit during the predetermined standby time is stored in the memory, outputs an image represented by image data, which is associated with the input user identification data, from among items of image data received by the receiver and not yet output. | 05-21-2009 |
20090135451 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - According to this invention, when executing an application corresponding to a service provided by a copier, the application calls a function prepared in the multi-functional peripheral in correspondence with the service. After calling the function, a charge monitoring layer operates a charge information table (S | 05-28-2009 |
20100007926 | Image communication system, image communication apparatus, and storage medium having image communication program stored therein - Identification information of another image communication apparatus is received, as transmitter information indicating a transmitter, from the another image communication apparatus, and display is performed so as to indicate the transmitter on display means in accordance with the transmitter information having been received, and a user is allowed to select whether or not an image is to be received from the another image communication apparatus having transmitted the transmitter information. Next, its own identification information is transmitted, as destination information indicating a destination, to the another image communication apparatus which is selected as the transmitter from which an image is to be received. An image is received from the another image communication apparatus to which the destination information is transmitted, and the received image is stored in storage means. | 01-14-2010 |
20100046038 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the case where detection is made that a transmission button | 02-25-2010 |
20100182651 | UNIVERSAL DOCUMENT TRANSPORT - A universal document transport facility is described where, in various embodiments, the facility recognizes document requests based on a received document, interacts with document routing rules and workflow requirements with respect to the received document, and manages content flows between network nodes or devices. In various embodiments, the facility includes a document transport module for transporting documents between network devices, such as printers, fax boards, and content servers and across local and wide-area networks; functionality for routing optimization with other communications networks, such as messaging services, telephony, and IP networks; and flexible document transport capabilities to workflow applications and multifunction devices (such as all-in-one print/scan/copy/fax/telephone/answering machine devices) and multifunction devices enhanced with video & video capture, messaging, email, network router & gateway capabilities. | 07-22-2010 |
20130169999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the analysis. | 07-04-2013 |
20130301085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A system and method for distributed processing in an Internet Protocol network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an application server can have a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message from a communication device, establish a Real Time Protocol (RTP) channel between the communication device and the application server responsive to the SIP INVITE message, and submit a SIP SUBSCRIBE message to an intermediate communication node (ICN) directing the ICN to engage one or more Digital Signal Processing (DSP) resources for processing signals in the RTP channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 11-14-2013 |
20140036319 | SCANNER, READING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT SEQUENTIALLY SUPPLIES IMAGE DATA TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - A scanner connected to an external device through a network is provided. The scanner includes, a reading section that reads an image recorded on a sheet so as to generate image data, an image data group supply section that, in a case where a plurality of images recorded on a plurality of sheets are read by the reading section, sequentially generates an image data group every time a part of the plurality of sheets is read by the reading section, and sequentially supplies the generated image data group to the external device, a joint information generation section that generates joint information used to join two or more of the image data groups, the two or more of the image data groups representing the plurality of images; and a joint information supply section that supplies the joint information to the external device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043656 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for touting a confirmation of receipt and/or delivery of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment includes generating text of a facsimile in a computer readable format; ascertaining one or more of a significance and a relevance of at least a portion of the text by locating one or more keywords in the text, wherein at least two of the keywords are not adjacent in the text; analyzing the text for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing at least one confirmation of receipt and/or delivery of the facsimile to one or more confirmation destinations based on the analysis. Additional disclosed embodiments include systems and computer program products configured to similarly route confirmation of receipt and/or delivery of a facsimile or a portion thereof. | 02-13-2014 |
20140098406 | FACSIMILE SYSTEM THAT PACKETIZES AND TRANSMITS CODED IMAGE DATA - In a facsimile system including a gateway apparatus and a transmission-side facsimile apparatus capable of performing facsimile communication via the gateway apparatus, the transmission-side facsimile apparatus codes image data, and packetizes the coded image data so that one line is included in one packet, and transmits the packetized image data to the gateway apparatus. The gateway apparatus receives a packet transmitted from the transmission-side facsimile apparatus, inserts predetermined data into image data included in the received packet, and transmits the image data into which the predetermined data has been inserted, to a receiving-side facsimile apparatus. | 04-10-2014 |
20140132995 | METHOD FOR READING DATA FROM A DOCUMENT, READER, DOCUMENT AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for reading data ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140132996 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING FAX FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is capable of determining whether or not it is necessary to switch from IP FAX to analog FAX and resend an original, thus dispensing with an unnecessary resending process. When communication using a first connection unit, which connects to a network line, is unsuccessful, it is determined whether or not a device at a destination is a device connected to the network line via an analog line. When it is determined that the device at the destination is not a device connected to the network line via the analog line, communication with the device at the destination using a second connection unit, which connects to the analog line, is carried out. | 05-15-2014 |
20140320930 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile; detecting at least one document feature of the facsimile based on the analysis; comparing one or more detected document features to a plurality of document features, each of the plurality of document features corresponding to one or more known document types; and routing the confirmation to one or more destinations based on at least one of the comparison and the analysis. | 10-30-2014 |
20150055191 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a communication unit. The storage unit includes a communication storage area for storing communication data, which stores relevant information indicating a time when the reception disabled state is resolved for each of factors of the reception disabled state. The processing unit determines a current factor of the reception disabled state and calculates a reception enabled time until being a reception enabled state by resolving the reception disabled state based on the relevant information corresponding to the determined one or more factors. When data reception from the other party is disabled, the communication unit transmits the reception enabled time calculated by the processing unit as a wait time until the communication apparatus of the other party sends a request to start communication again. | 02-26-2015 |
20150098115 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus that can improve operability for reading a reading target including a plurality of objects. In the information processing apparatus, when the reading target placed on a reading plate on which a plurality of objects can be placed is read, a completion level of the reading target including one or more objects placed on the reading plate is determined based on an image obtained by an imaging unit that captures an image of the reading plate from above. A timing of executing the reading of the reading target is controlled based on the completion level of the reading target determined by a determination unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150304510 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic document generation system includes an image forming apparatus that generates a scanned image of an original document, and an external terminal that generates an electronic document based on image data regarding the scanned image received from the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an auxiliary data generation unit that generates auxiliary data to be used in processing for generating the electronic document, and a communication unit that transmits the auxiliary data to the external terminal. The external terminal includes a document generation unit that uses the auxiliary data received from the image forming apparatus to generate the electronic document based on the image data regarding the scanned image in cooperation with an external cooperative device different from the external terminal. The document generation unit generates the electronic document by complementing the result of processing performed on the image data with the auxiliary data. | 10-22-2015 |
20160094741 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an apparatus body, a document sheet cover, a magnetic force generating portion, and a magnetic force control portion. The apparatus body has a document placement surface. The document sheet cover is supported by the apparatus body so as to be pivotable between an open position where the document placement surface is uncovered and a closed position where the document placement surface is covered with the document sheet cover. The magnetic force generating portion is able to selectively generate a magnetic attraction force and a magnetic repulsion force between a pair of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet provided in the cover portion and the apparatus body, respectively. The magnetic force control portion switches the magnetic force generating portion between a state where the magnetic force generating portion generates the attraction force and a state where the magnetic force generating portion generates the repulsion force. | 03-31-2016 |
20160165090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN AUDIO RECORDING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to obtain audio data of audio collected through a microphone, determine whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result, record the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold, and add the recorded audio data to image data. | 06-09-2016 |
358435000 | Transmitter and receiver both supply auxiliary signal(s) | 4 |
20080204817 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device has a reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, and a transmitting unit. The reading unit reads image data from an original document. The original document has a first wireless tag including wireless tag data. The wireless tag data has data size. The wireless tag reading unit reads the wireless tag data from the wireless tag. The transmitting unit associates the image data with the wireless tag data to transmit the associated image data and wireless tag data to another device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080239408 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image data receiving unit which receives image data; a related data receiving unit which receives related data which relates to the image data; a data writing unit which writes the related data received by the related data receiving unit to a first storage unit; and a setting unit which is configured to set a write prohibition setting which prohibits writing of the related data to the first storage unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20080309987 | Scanner for Optically and Electrically Scanning Transponder-Equipped Document - In a scanner for optical and electrical scanning of a document having a transponder associated therewith a glass plate is provided for placement of the document. An optical scanning device scans the document via a mirror. At least one antenna for transmission of electromagnetic signals to the transponder and for reception of electromagnetic signals from the transponder is provided. | 12-18-2008 |
20120250099 | FACSIMILE DEVICE - A facsimile device includes a facsimile receiving unit that receives facsimile data transmitted from a transmission source device, a storing unit that stores identification information and transmission source information of the facsimile data received by the facsimile receiving unit in a storing portion. The identification information distinguishes the facsimile data received by the facsimile receiving unit from other facsimile data received by the facsimile receiving unit, and the transmission source information indicates the transmission source device of the facsimile data. The facsimile device also includes a message transmitting unit that transmits a message to an external device in response to receiving the facsimile data from the transmission source device, the message including the identification information and the transmission source information of the facsimile data stored in the storing portion, and a message receiving unit that receives a message transmitted from the external device or from another external device. | 10-04-2012 |
358437000 | Interruption detection and control | 5 |
20080204818 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device has an image reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, a transmitting unit, a detecting unit, and a data-size notifying unit. The image reading unfit reads image data from an original document on a page basis. The original document has a wireless tag including wireless tag data. The wireless tag data has a data size. The wireless tag reading unit reads the wireless tag data from the wireless tag. The transmitting unit associates the image data with the wireless tag data on a page basis to transmit the associated image data and wireless tag data to another device. The detecting unit detects the data size of the wireless tag data as size information. The data-size notifying unit notifies the another device of the size information. | 08-28-2008 |
20100208307 | PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processor is provided, the processor including: an obtaining unit that obtains abnormality information related to an abnormality from an image forming device in which the abnormality occurs; an abnormality information storing unit that stores the abnormality information obtained by the obtaining unit as history information; a failure position information storing unit that stores failure position information for each phenomenon related to the abnormality; an extracting unit that extracts the failure position information corresponding to the latest abnormality information and abnormality information similar to the latest abnormality information among the abnormality information stored in the abnormality information storing unit from the failure position information storing unit; and an output unit that outputs an extracted result extracted by the extracting unit as specific deciding information of a cause related to the occurring abnormality. | 08-19-2010 |
20110242611 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus including a reading unit that reads a document as an object to be read in a main scanning direction; a conveyance unit that conveys one of the reading unit and the object to be read as an object to be conveyed in a sub-scanning direction; a detecting unit that detects a position of the object to be conveyed; a control unit that controls conveyance of the object to be conveyed, based on the position of the object to be conveyed and a preset target position trajectory; a specifying unit that specifies, based on the target position trajectory, the position of the object to be conveyed at a time when a period of invalidation or interruption of reading operation by the reading unit is started. The reading operation is invalidated or interrupted when a predetermined interruption condition is satisfied. | 10-06-2011 |
20150319324 | IMAGE-READING APPARATUS - An image-reading apparatus includes a housing having an insertion slot for inserting single medium or plural media, a conveying unit that conveys the single medium or plural media into the housing, an image capturing unit that captures an image of the single medium or plural media conveyed, a control unit that controls at least the conveying unit and the image capturing unit, and an image processor configured to generate a captured image including single medium image or plural media image, and clip a plurality of medium images that correspond respectively to media images in the plural media image off the captured image when the generated captured image includes the plural media image in a direction along a width direction of the insertion slot. The image processor outputs the plurality of medium images clipped in an order of insertion of the plural media. | 11-05-2015 |
20160014287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION AND ROUTING WITH RECIPIENT CONTROL | 01-14-2016 |
358438000 | Transmitter supplies auxiliary signal(s) | 7 |
20090109495 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ROUTE FAX CALLS IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to route fax calls in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a message including a called party number and a media description at an IMS network and determining if the media description is associated with a fax protocol. Additionally, when the media description is associated with a fax protocol, the example method attempts to locate a fax-specific uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the called party number. | 04-30-2009 |
20120224233 | FACSIMILE CONTROL APPARATUS - A facsimile control apparatus includes a main control unit configured so that power supply to the main control unit is shut off while the facsimile control apparatus is in an energy-saving mode; a first switching unit configured to switch the power supply to the main control unit on/off; and a detection circuit configured to output a switch control signal for turning the first switching unit on when detecting an input signal input from a public network. | 09-06-2012 |
20130242352 | EXPENSE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING EXPENSES RELATED TO DOCUMENT RECEIVED BY FAX - An expense registration system capable of communicating with a management server that manages expenses individually for each matter includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) for displaying a confirmation screen of fax reception when a document is received by fax, a response unit configured to send, if a request for the confirmation screen is received via the URL transmitted by the transmission unit, the confirmation screen as a response to the request, a reception unit configured to receive information used for managing expenses for fax reception, the information being input by a user via the confirmation screen, and a registration unit configured to register, by using the information received by the reception unit, expenses incurred in the fax reception in the management server. | 09-19-2013 |
20140355072 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image transmission apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data and an identifier for identifying a transmission destination, a first transmission unit that transmits the image data to a transmission destination identified by the identifier, a receiving unit that receives a stop instruction for stopping the transmission while the first transmission unit is transmitting the image data, and a processing unit that when a transmission request of the image data is received from a host apparatus, performs stop processing for stopping the transmission when the receiving unit receives the stop instruction and performs stop prevention processing for preventing the stop processing from being performed or the stop instruction from being received when the transmission request of the image data is received from an external apparatus. | 12-04-2014 |
20150043040 | FACSIMILE MACHINE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A facsimile machine includes an image data receiving unit, a transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit, and a sorting unit. The image data receiving unit receives image data transmitted from a transmitting facsimile machine. The transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit receives transmitting subscriber identification specified as an arbitrary signal in a Group 3 standard and transmitted from the transmitting facsimile machine. The sorting unit sorts the image data received by the image data receiving unit into at least one of plural storage destinations on the basis of the transmitting subscriber identification received by the transmitting subscriber identification receiving unit and one or more predetermined sorting conditions. | 02-12-2015 |
20150077813 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication system for one or more communication apparatuses communicable with an external apparatus includes a storing unit to store data received by a communication apparatus from the external apparatus used as a transmission sender of the received data, and transmission/reception information including information of the external apparatus as transmission sender information and identification information of the communication apparatus used for receiving the received data; an identification unit to identify received data, selected by a user, from the received data stored in the storing unit; a transmission data obtaining unit to obtain transmission data to be transmitted to the external apparatus; and a transmission control unit to transmit the transmission data to the external apparatus from the communication apparatus that has received the selected received data among the one or more communication apparatuses based on the transmission/reception information stored in the storing unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20160006888 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To read a plurality of pages, it is necessary to notify a server of completion of transfer from an image reading apparatus and transmit a next page reading input instruction from an operation terminal to the image reading apparatus again via the server. In the above reading operation, time from completion of original reading to the start of reading of the next original is prolonged, and user operability lowers. According to an embodiment of this invention, when reading images of a plurality of pages, the first image reading instruction is input from a user terminal. After that, original placement, reading start instruction, and the like for the next page are performed from an input unit provided in the image reading apparatus. This can reduce the network communication amount and improve the throughput and user operability. | 01-07-2016 |
358439000 | Receiver supplies auxiliary signal(s) | 1 |
20140063562 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MESSAGE SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SCANNING - An electronic apparatus includes a messenger to receive information of a preregistered image scanning unit corresponding to a user account, from a message server, a device manager to send a scan command to an image scanning unit for scanning among the plurality of the image scanning units, based on the received image scanning unit information, and to receive a scan image from the image scanning unit which receives the scan command, and a controller to control the messenger to send a chat message comprising the received scan image and message account information to the message server. | 03-06-2014 |
358440000 | Telephone number or address of designator | 10 |
20080218810 | Communication device - The present invention provides a communication device, wherein only specific individual information in a database that the communication device stores is viewable from a terminal connected to a network to promote information protection. | 09-11-2008 |
20080239409 | Interactive Image Activation and Distribution System and Associated Methods - A method for distributing a digital image of a customer includes receiving a request from a customer to a human representative (i.e., a “roving” photographer) for an image to be taken of the customer at a site. An image of the customer is captured by the “roving” photographer at the site in response to the received request. The image is transmitted to a remote processor. An electronic request is received from the customer to view the transmitted image, and the image is transmitted from the remote processor to the customer's communication device. If the customer decides to purchase the image, a transaction is finalized by receiving payment data from the customer, and the final image is provided to the customer. A commission is then paid to the photographer for the transaction. In another embodiment, the cost is at least partially subsidized by advertisement pushed to the customer's communication device. | 10-02-2008 |
20090244645 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing device includes: a reception section that receives a transmission instruction of a facsimile document from a facsimile transmitting person; an acquirement section that acquires receiving person information including contact information of a receiving person of the facsimile document of the received transmission instruction; a document storage section that stores the facsimile document when a mail address is included in the acquired receiving person information; a mail transmission section that transmits to the mail address included in the receiving person information, a notice mail which informs of the facsimile document being stored; a mail reception section that receives a reply mail to the transmitted notice mail; and a facsimile document transmission section that transmits the facsimile document to a destination specified by the received reply mail. | 10-01-2009 |
20100053693 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document transmission system includes a document provider, a document receiver, a storage device, an identifying device, and a transmission system. The document provider is utilized for providing a document having a symbol. The document receiver is utilized for receiving the document, wherein the symbol indicates an address of the document receiver. The storage device is utilized for storing the address. The identifying device is utilized for identifying the symbol to obtain the address from the storage device. The transmission system is utilized for transmitting the document from the document provider to the document receiver according to the address. | 03-04-2010 |
20140043657 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 02-13-2014 |
20140132997 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, FACSIMILE MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication device includes: a first transmitting unit that transmits pattern information specifying a pattern of an offer and an answer in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to a called side machine corresponding to a pattern transmitting the offer from the called side machine; a presenting unit that presents called side machine information when the offer transmitted from the called side machine according to the pattern specified in the pattern information and the called side machine information to identify the called side machine are received; and a second transmitting unit that establishes a session with the called side machine by transmitting the answer to the called side machine when a predefined condition is satisfied after the presenting unit presents the called side machine information. | 05-15-2014 |
20140340718 | FACSIMILE MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A facsimile machine that is capable of executing a transmitting process corresponding to a user's request certainly. A setting unit receives a selection between a first connection method for connecting with a remote machine via a SIP server and a second connection method for connecting with a remote machine directly bypassing the SIP server. A communication unit communicates by the connection method selected by the setting unit when inputted destination information is a telephone number, and communicates using an IP address included in the destination information irrespective of the connection method selected by the setting unit when the inputted destination information is not a telephone number. | 11-20-2014 |
20160094732 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION SERVER - A facsimile apparatus is provided with: a first interface; a second interface configured to establish a connection to a network; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to perform: inquiry processing of making an inquiry to a communication server through the second interface; facsimile-side determination processing of determining whether an image file and transmission information are associated with identification information and stored in the communication server; acquisition processing of, when it is determined in the facsimile-side determination processing that image file and the transmission information are stored in the communication server by being associated with the identification information, acquiring the image file and the transmission information from the communication server through the second interface; and transmission processing of transmitting facsimile data including the image file to another facsimile apparatus specified by the transmission information through the first interface. | 03-31-2016 |
20160150120 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first storage unit configured to store a telephone number inhibited from reception of image data therefrom, a second storage unit configured to store a telephone number permitted to print image data without a print instruction from a user, and a control unit configured to control so as to inhibit reception of image data if a telephone number of a communication partner is stored in the first storage unit, to print image data without the print instruction from the user if the telephone number of the communication partner is stored in the second storage unit, and to print image data in accordance with the print instruction from the user if the telephone number of the communication partner is not stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit. | 05-26-2016 |
20160150123 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes an acquisition part creating a first information request, a first transmitter transmitting the first information request to the second information processing apparatus, a first receiver receiving the first information from the second information processing apparatus, a display controller controlling displaying the first information, and a first storage storing second information, the display controller controlling displaying the second information when the second information is stored in the first storage. The second information processing apparatus includes a second storage storing the first information, a second receiver receiving the first information request, an extracting part extracting the first information from the second storage in response to the first information request, and a second transmitter transmitting the first information to the first information processing apparatus. | 05-26-2016 |
358441000 | Facsimile alarm | 2 |
20100208308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING CHARACTERS - A method and apparatus are provided for recognizing characters in a portable terminal with a scan module. Scanned image data is generated by the scan module by scanning a scan target through a scanning-light input/output panel provided on an external surface of the portable terminal as the portable terminal moves across the scan target. Part of the scanned image data is deleted when a current moving speed of the portable terminal is less than a lower limit of an optimal scan speed range, and character recognition is performed on remaining scanned image data. Image data most similar to the scanned image data is detected from a previously stored correction image database when the current moving speed is greater than an upper limit of the optimal scan speed range, and characters corresponding to the detected image data are output as character recognition results. | 08-19-2010 |
20150062662 | ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS WITH DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING EXISTENCE OF ORIGINAL - In an original reading apparatus, a conveying mechanism and a reading device start a conveying operation and a reading operation to acquire a read image when a detecting device detects an existence of an original. The read image is acquired in a first direction and has a prescribed width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction corresponds to a conveying direction of the original. A control device determines whether or not the read image includes an overall solid region with a single color. The overall solid region has: a length in the first direction longer than or equal to a prescribed length; and a width in the second direction equal to the prescribed width. When the read image includes the overall solid region, the control device outputs a signal indicative of incorrect detection of the existence of the original due to external light. | 03-05-2015 |