Abstract: An electronic mail system connected to a network includes a section for converting an image of a document surface into corresponding document image data, and a section for compressing the document image data into compression-resultant image data. The electronic mail system also includes a section for converting the compression-resultant image data into corresponding image data of a given electronic-mail format, a section for receiving information of an electronic-mail destination address, and a section for transmitting the image data of the electronic-mail format toward the electronic-mail destination address via the network.

Abstract: In order to optimize a color conversion table in accordance with environment of a user since a conventional color conversion table used in a printer driver is not optimized in accordance with the environment of the user, when an installer operation is executed by a computer 21 constituting an image processing device 20, a color conversion table 21b2b is formed from a pre conversion color conversion table 21b2c at step S130 and according to a processing of increasing lattice points in this case, the lattice points are increased by nonlinear interpolation calculation using Lagrange interpolation equation at step S430 or the lattice points are increased by linear interpolation, and in that case the number of the lattice points may be fixed or may be a number in accordance with environment or input image by which the color conversion table 21b2b having a pertinent size can be formed from the pre conversion color conversion table 21b2c having a small size.

Abstract: An image input section pre-inputs an image. A temporary storage section temporarily stores the image input by the image input section. An attribute control section controls at least attribute information of the input information temporarily stored in the temporary storage section. A selection section permits a user at the origin of image request to select a desired one of already stored images stored in the temporary storage section in accordance with the attribute information controlled by the attribute control section. An image transfer section reads out the desired image selected by the selection section from the temporary storage section at the time of the request by origin of the image request and transfers the desired image to the origin of the image request via a network.

Abstract: A digital integrated apparatus and an image control system capable of registering images with simple operation. As a start button provided in the digital integrated apparatus is turned on, image data is generated by an image input element, while attribute information is generated by an attribute information generator. These image data and attribute information are transmitted by a transfer element to a network address stored in an address storing device, and are stored in a storing element of a service device. These image data and attribute information are made public by a publicizer of the server device, and submitted to perusing by a perusing element of a peruser device.

Abstract: A scanning system enables efficient and selective downloading of files. A scanning mechanism associated with the scanning system captures images of documents. Then, a translator analyzes the captured images to produce data files. When desired, a system controller of the scanning system transmits sufficient data from the data files such that thumbnail images of the data files can be produced. After viewing the thumbnail images, a user selects one of the data files, and the system controller transmits or downloads the selected data file in response. The selected data file can be transmitted to a computer system, which renders the selected data file to a user, or the selected data file can be transmitted directly to a printer, which prints an image of the selected data file.

Abstract: An internet facsimile machine capable of facsimile transmission via an internet to an addressee includes an identification information input circuit for inputting user identification information of an address of an addressee, a predetermined information input/selection circuit for inputting or selecting a predetermined piece of information so that information relating to a user in the address of the addressee is narrowed, a storage unit for storing a large amount of information about the user, a candidate presenting circuit for presenting a candidate for information relating to the user in the address of the addressee by relating the predetermined information input or selected by the input/selection circuit to the information about the user stored in the storage unit, a presented candidate determining circuit for determining only one candidate when said one candidate is presented by the candidate presenting circuit, and for selecting and determining either or any one of two or more candidates when said two or

Abstract: A virtual photo album is created in conformity with a title given to a large number of images such as the images of flowers, the images of animals and the images of a journey. These images are recorded on film and a title is selected for a set of these images that have a subject in common. Data representing the image of a mount, an ornamental image and background music corresponding to the selected tire are stored on a large-scale storage medium such as an optical disk together with the image data. At playback, images belonging to the same title are pasted on a mount specified by the title. An album of images having a common title can thus be produced. In another aspect, images produced by a user are printed by a photo processing laboratory system at a comparatively high speed.

Abstract: There is provided a facsimile apparatus which transmits image data so that the image quality level of the received image can be kept in a range appropriate to the transmission signal rate without extending the transmission period of time in consideration of the data transmission rate varying with the communication conditions between transmitting and receiving facsimile apparatuses. A document is read by an image reading unit as an image having halftone densities so that the image of the document is converted into binary image data having different two or more gradients in a binary processing unit. A central processing unit conducts signal rate matching of the data transmission rate of the image data between the transmitting and receiving facsimile apparatuses through a communication line, line control unit and a modem.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus having a printer interface and a recorder unit usable as a printer, includes an image memory for storing facsimile image data received during an operation as the printer, a key switch for switching an operation mode between a facsimile mode and a printer mode by a switching operation, and a controller for automatically causing the recorder unit to perform an output operation such that the image data stored in the image memory in the printer mode is read out to print received image information by the switching operation of the key switch to the facsimile mode when the facsimile image data is received in the printer mode.

Abstract: A color image processing apparatus stores color image data, and an output device outputs the stored color image data to a connected device. A discriminator discriminates whether the connected device is a device that receives parallel image data or a device that receives color image data, and a controller controls the output device in accordance with the discrimination made by the discriminator.

Abstract: A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network (such as the Internet), and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device, in the ordinary course of retrieving the E-mail, and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The invention provides for and accomplishes the delivery of a document, which begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network. The invention provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a facsimile machine, and a document management workstation. Whenever, a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is capable of automatically transmitting image data through two communication routes, a communication route via an internet and a public communication switched network. The facsimile apparatus has the capability of establishing a priority order for transmitting data through the two communication routes. In a normal transmission, the data will be transmitted through the highest priority communication route. In another mode, if communication cannot be made through the first communication route, normally the highest priority communication route, the system will automatically attempt to transmit the data through the second communication route. In a final mode, when it is determined that a transmission is urgent, the apparatus executes a two-route transmission operation. In the two-route transmission operation, if e-mail is the highest priority, the apparatus transmits the data together with e-mail to a personal computer of the addressee via the internet.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a first black generating unit for generating a black component from input image data of signals representative of a plurality of color components, a color correcting unit for correcting the colors of the signals representative of the plurality of color components and a signal representative of the black component and outputting the color corrected signals representative of the plurality of color components, and a second black generating unit for generating a signal representative of a black component from the color corrected signals.

Abstract: A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network (such as the Internet), and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device, in the ordinary course of retrieving the E-mail, and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The invention provides for and accomplishes the delivery of a document, which begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network. The invention provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is an Internet FAX apparatus which, after receiving an Internet address from a certain destination, can communicate with the same destination in later transmission or during communication by connecting to a LAN and switching to an Internet FAX mode requiring no communication charge. An Internet facsimile apparatus on the receiving side transmits its Internet facsimile function and Internet address on an NSF signal in a standard protocol of G3 facsimile transmission and/or transmits its telephone number, Internet facsimile function, and Internet address on TSI and NSS signals in the standard protocol of G3 facsimile communication. The Internet facsimile apparatus registers an Internet facsimile function and Internet address of a partner apparatus as destination data.

Abstract: A relaying apparatus relays an E-mail to a facsimile destination. The relaying apparatus stores a non-public mail address, which is accessible only by an authorized sender having authorization, and a public mail address, which is accessible to a sender regardless of authorization. A receiver receives the E-mail via a network, a recognizer recognizes a destination address from the received E-mail, and a determination section determines whether the recognized destination address is the non-public mail address or the public mail address.

Abstract: In this communication system, a terminal is connected through a network to a network facsimile apparatus which is a network connection type and has communication and printing functions, a printer driver for the network facsimile at the terminal directly receives various instructions (transmission, printing and registration) for a document opened at the terminal to transfer the instruction and the document to the network facsimile apparatus, and the network facsimile apparatus transmits the document which is instructed to transmit using the communication function.

Abstract: A fax broadcasting system for use in a packet switching network environment for transferring fascimile information in the form of multiple packets which are received from a sending communications device to a plurality of receiving communications devices includes a networking device for receiving, in packet form, an email message from the sending communication device. The email message includes fascimile (fax) infomation, which is also received in packet form (packets of fax information). The networking device is utilized for transmitting the fax information to the receiving communications devices. The networking device includes a processing device having a plurality of storage spaces, each of said plurality of storage spaces for storing one packet of the fax information (a packet storage space), the processing device for receiving the email message, in packet form, having attached thereto fax information in packet form.

Abstract: An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a fax machine, and a document management workstation. Whenever, a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived.