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Facsimile apparatus

US6377357B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 1999
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32619
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A facsimile apparatus capable of recalling a destination for retransmission when the transmission ends with a transmission error, comprises a memory unit for storing image data page by page; a transmission unit for transmitting the image data stored in said memory unit page by page; a detection unit for detecting a transmission error during the transmission of the image data by said transmission unit; an error page memory unit for storing a transmission error page based on the detection result by said detection unit; a line control unit for terminating the transmission with error and recalling the error terminated destination based on the detection of the transmission error by said detection unit; and a retransmission unit for causing said transmission unit to retransmit the image data stored in said memory unit from the error page stored in said error page memory unit after the line connection by the recalling by said line control unit.

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