Abstract: The invention provides an image pickup printing system which comprises an optical device for optically controlling an optical image of an object, an image pickup device disposed at the position of a focus of the optical device for converting an optical image into electric signals for a large number of divided dot-like regions on a plane, an image pickup device controller for controlling a manner in which electric signals produced by the image pickup device are to be taken out, so as to avoid NTSC signals and a printer device for printing out electric signals produced by the image pickup device. With the image pickup printing system, a hard copy can be printed by directly using signals obtained by the image pickup device.

Abstract: A system for transmitting image data on a telephone network or equivalent, which typically includes video or visual telephones as apparatus of sending part and receiving part. In the video telephone of sending part, when an image data sending key is operated, a DTMF signal generator included in a modem is started to operated and a specified DTMF signal, for example, DTMF-A signal or DTMF-B signal is sent as a signal DTMF-DTA to a telephone circuit through a network control unit for approximate 300 milliseconds. Succeedingly, in spite of presence or absence of a responsive signal from the video telephone of receiving part, a non-signal state is formed for approximate 75 milliseconds, immediately thereafter, the image data is sent from the video telephone of sending part at a transmission speed of 4,800 bps or 2,400 bps.

Abstract: A keyboard to facsimile transmission device allowing the direct imputting of a sequence of identifying signals representing alpha-numeric characters and delimiters comprising a message to be transmitted to a facsimile machine for printing thereby. The messages are input to a keyboard employing an LCD display panel in a text editing mode. The messages are digitized from stored font definitions and output on a line-by-line basis in the form of a pseudo page including spacing areas of non-characters inserted by the logic according to a pre-established page definition. Stored forms character sequences can be intermeshed with inputs from the keyboard to allow the user to operate in a self-prompting mode. A digitized signature or small hand drawing can be inserted with the text for transmitting orders, checks, credit vouchers, or the like, requiring a verifying signature. The font definitions include pixel replication for reduced memory and time requirements. Both military and commercial applications are described.