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Image communication system, and image communication apparatus and modem used in the system

US5351134A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1992
Grant dateSep 27, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33371
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an image communication system capable of performing communication at a plurality of transmission speeds, a transmission-side apparatus transmits a line condition check signal (a TCF signal of the CCITT facsimile recommendation T30, or the like) for determining a transmission speed prior to communication of image data. A reception-side apparatus determines an optimal transmission speed on the basis of a reception state of the line condition check signal (a square error accumulation value, an error count result, or the like in an equalizer of a reception-side modem), and informs the determined transmission speed or a fall-up or fall-down instruction of a transmission speed to a necessary step to the transmission-side apparatus. The optimal transmission speed according to a line condition can be set within a very short period of time.

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