Facsimile apparatus and method for processing a fixed document
US5162838A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Tatsuki Inuzuka
- Keisuke Nakashima
- Toru Takei
- Yasuyuki Kojima
- Kyoichi NOMURA
- Shinichi Shinoda
- Katsubumi Ouchi
- Hideki Muroya
- Eizou Ebisui
- Norikazu Takahashi
- Tomoe Sasayama
- Hideo Nakazawa
- Naoki Kinoshita
- Yasunori Iwafuji
- Takeshi Kobayashi
- Hisashi Matsumoto
- Hiroshi Kawamura
- Tadashi Tamaoki
- Shogo Matsumoto
- Kenji Yokoi
- Atuhiko Urusihara
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/042
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus has a transparent plate on which a document may be located. The document is then scanned by a scanner which includes electronic solid state light generation means e.g. LEDs which illuminate the document, with the light reflected from the document being detected by a detector. An electronic signal corresponding to an image of the document may then be transmitted to a remote location. Alternately, the facsimile apparatus may be used to copy the document. Cut paper sheets are withdrawn from storage and an image printed thereon by a heat transfer system in which a film of ink is selectively heated. Paper on which an image has been printed is then received on the upper surface of the storage. The facsimile apparatus may also have a document transporter for moving a document past the scanner with the scanner fixed.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.