Abstract: If the size of an error portion within an image of the frame of interest is equal to or larger than a threshold and it is determined that no error portion exists within an image of a frame immediately before the frame of interest, a display unit (115) is caused to display the image of the frame immediately before the frame of interest as the image of the frame of interest. If the size of an error portion within the image of the frame of interest is smaller than the threshold and it is determined that an error portion exists within the image of the frame immediately before the frame of interest, the display unit (115) is caused to display a result obtained by correcting the error portion within the image of the frame of interest using a pixel group surrounding the error portion.

Abstract: In an original reading apparatus, a conveying mechanism and a reading device start a conveying operation and a reading operation to acquire a read image when a detecting device detects an existence of an original. The read image is acquired in a first direction and has a prescribed width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction corresponds to a conveying direction of the original. A control device determines whether or not the read image includes an overall solid region with a single color. The overall solid region has: a length in the first direction longer than or equal to a prescribed length; and a width in the second direction equal to the prescribed width. When the read image includes the overall solid region, the control device outputs a signal indicative of incorrect detection of the existence of the original due to external light.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a controller generating image data and a print control signal and outputs the image data and the print control signal together with a print request; and an engine driving print process devices to perform print processing according to the image data. Upon receipt of the print request, the engine initiates the print process devices to print an image according to the image data. When receiving no next print request within a predetermined waiting time, the engine inquires the controller whether there is a next page image to be printed. When receiving a response from the controller such that there are next page image data, the engine sets a predetermined second waiting time while stopping termination of the print process devices for the predetermined second waiting time.

Abstract: A facsimile communication system includes a first facsimile device that transmits image data and a second facsimile device. The second facsimile device includes a first receiving unit that receives the image data; an image-forming unit that forms an image based on the image data on a recording medium having a first storing part that is configured to store stored data; and a notifying unit that notifies the first facsimile device of the stored data.

Abstract: A communication apparatus which is capable of easily knowing the status of image transmission/reception in IP fax communication while performing voice communication in parallel. The communication apparatus performs IP telephone communication and IP fax communication in parallel, with a partner communication apparatus via a network. When the IP fax communication is completed, a sound source-processing section of the communication apparatus notifies at least one of a handset of the communication apparatus and the partner communication apparatus of the completion of the image communication.

Abstract: An optical scanning device is provided which comprises a laser array which emits laser beams including a number of beams (1, 2, . . . , n) writing a swath of rasters having a laser scanning section which, when an interlaced scanning period i, is set to a natural number between beams which are adjacent in a sub-scanning direction, scans the laser beams emitted from the laser array with the interlaced scanning period i. The laser scanning section can scan the laser beams such that the beam number n and the interlaced scanning period i are relatively prime natural numbers, and n>i. In a first scan, data for raster lines (1, 2, . . . , n) can be selectively associated with a respective first exposure. At a second scan, data for raster lines (i+1, i+2, . . . , n) can be selectively associated with a respective second exposure and data for raster lines (n+1, n+2, . . . , n+i) can be selectively associated with a respective first exposure. The first respective exposure for raster lines (i+1, i+2, . . .

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for recognizing characters in a portable terminal with a scan module. Scanned image data is generated by the scan module by scanning a scan target through a scanning-light input/output panel provided on an external surface of the portable terminal as the portable terminal moves across the scan target. Part of the scanned image data is deleted when a current moving speed of the portable terminal is less than a lower limit of an optimal scan speed range, and character recognition is performed on remaining scanned image data. Image data most similar to the scanned image data is detected from a previously stored correction image database when the current moving speed is greater than an upper limit of the optimal scan speed range, and characters corresponding to the detected image data are output as character recognition results.

Abstract: Individual destination information is registered into each character/symbol input key on an operation panel. Upon transmitting data, one of the registered character/symbol input keys is pressed to select a destination. In addition to character/symbol input keys, it is possible to register destinations into selection keys. When one of the selection keys having been pre-assigned for a predetermined operation is chosen for a registration, the registration of the key is denied. The registered destination information can be printed out, by a recorder, as a destination list that associates key names and destination names. The destination information can be displayed on a screen by a display, after a retrieval process based on a specified search condition.

Abstract: A facsimile use modem apparatus includes an analog interface formed from a silicon data access arrangement interfacing with an analog telephone line. A digital interface is provided to interface with an ISDN line. A signal converting device is provided to convert a modem signal used in facsimile communications via the analog telephone line into a signal used in the ISDN line, vice a versa. A data transmitting device is provided to transmit linear data to a monitor via the silicon data access arrangement when G3 facsimile communications are performed via the ISDN line so as to monitor a progress of the G3 facsimile communications.

Abstract: Image forming device consumable monitoring methods, consumable monitoring systems and image forming devices are described.

Abstract: One embodiment pertains to analyzing a document that is to be printed on a transparency, determining whether the document formatting is optimized for transparency printing, and alerting a user if the document formatting is not optimized for transparency printing. Another embodiment pertains to analyzing a document to determine whether the document is a transparency document, determining whether the scanning resolution is appropriate for scanning a transparency where the document is determined to be a transparency document, and alerting a user if the scanning resolution is not appropriate for scanning a transparency where the document is a transparency document and the scanning resolution is inappropriate.

Abstract: When a group print job is to be processed, a print application issues a grouping start instruction to a print system client first. The respective print jobs are then transmitted to a spooler. The print system client extracts the print jobs and sends them to a printer in accordance with scheduling by a print system server. In this case, if a transmission retry, transmission error, error after transmission, or the like occurs in a member print job belonging to the group job, the corresponding status is set as the status of the group job. The subsequent processing is performed as if the error had occurred in the overall group job.

Abstract: A communication terminal device which comprises an SIP call control unit that performs call control by using an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), a recognition unit that recognizes that a calling has become an error according to a response signal sent back from a called party terminal after making the call according to the SIP call control procedure, a redial management unit that manages a redial interval to make a redial when the calling has become an error, and a redial control unit that performs redial control according to redial information when the calling has become an error and the response signal contains the redial information.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a printer engine, a display unit, and a sound reproducing unit. The image forming device receives a list of contents from a content distributing device, and has the display unit display the content list. From the content list displayed by the display unit, a user of the image forming device selects a print content, a display content, and a sound content that he desires, associates the selected contents with one another to produce a group of the selected contents, and requests the content distributing device to distribute the group of the selected contents. The content distributing device produces the group of contents associated with one another, and distributes the group of contents to the image forming device. The image forming device expands the print content in the distributed content group into print data, and has the printer engine print the print data.

Abstract: An information processor includes a CPU that calculates various kinds of data, a clock circuit that measures time independently of the CPU, an operational condition switching circuit that makes the CPU switch between sleep and active conditions according to predetermined conditions, and a clock adjustment function that is executed by the CPU, so as to output time by adjusting the time measured by the clock circuit, at a predetermined time. The information processor also includes a condition inputting circuit that inputs a recovery condition, to switch the CPU from the sleep condition to the active condition, when the time measured by the clock circuit comes to a clock adjustment time when the clock adjustment function is executed by the CPU, or a predetermined time before the clock adjustment time. The adjustment function can be properly operated when a sleep function for a control system is used in combination with the adjustment function that operates independently of the control system.

Abstract: In a transmission chain having series-connected a TSC unit, an encoder, a transmission path, a decoder, and an up-converter, characteristic value extracting units are connected to input/output points A, B, C, and D of these transmission processing units respectively. Each characteristic value extracting unit extracts characteristics like an average value m and a variance &sgr;2 of luminance of a picture, for example. These characteristic values are transmitted to a central monitoring unit via a low-speed line. A characteristic value comparator compares the characteristic values. When a difference equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value has occurred in the characteristic values, the characteristic value comparator decides that an abnormality has occurred in the image in transmission.

Abstract: A facsimile machine has a stacker to which printed pages are delivered, and a paper sensor that senses whether the stacker is empty. The facsimile machine clears an internal page count to zero when the stacker is empty, increments the page count as each printed page is delivered, suspends printing when the page count reaches a limit value, and resumes printing when the stacker is emptied. While printing is suspended, facsimile reception may continue in a memory mode.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of the activity of facsimile having no backup battery capable of controlling the management of transmitting or receiving activity of facsimile with a nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) without using a static RAM or a backup battery. During the image data of a document is transmitted or received via facsimile, all the activity items of the facsimile are recorded in the nonvolatile RAM. A power failure is recorded in a result item of the activity items and normal contents are recorded in the other activity items. Whenever the facsimile transmission or reception of the image data in each page is completed, the items of a page and a communication time are corrected and then recorded. After that, when the transmission or reception of the image data of the document is completed, the power failure which is recorded in the result item is corrected to a normal end.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus can notify a user of the fact that facsimile data being received is sent from a specific party. A communication control part receives facsimile data and party information from a remote facsimile apparatus, the party information identifying the remote facsimile apparatus. A melody output part stores and outputs a call-notification-melody so as to output the reproduced call-notification-melody through a speaker. A specific party discrimination part stores specific party information regarding a specific party for which the call-notification-melody is output. A system control part cases the melody output part to reproduce and output the call-notification-melody stored when the party information which the communication control part acquired matches the specific party information stored in the specific party discrimination part at a time of reception of a call.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide an image reading apparatus capable of greatly reducing generation of a black streak image caused by dust, dirt, or the like at a flow scanning position on a document glass table in flow scanning of reading a document image while moving the document sheet at a predetermined speed. To achieve this object, the CPU of the image reading apparatus performs dust detection processing of detecting dust on the document glass table by a dust detection circuit during a document nonreading period. The CPU executes dust correction processing based on the dust detection result during continuous document reading. During an interval between the end of a series of image reading JOBs and the next image reading JOB, the CPU performs dust avoidance processing of changing the flow scanning position to a position free from any dust on the document glass table.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display block made up of two pairs of lamp units of different colors alternating with each other. The display block has its top divided into four rectangles by a cross; nearby rectangles are different in color from each other. The four sides of the display block each are vertically divided into two portions. The two portions of each side respectively share the same colors with the rectangles of the top contiguous therewith. The apparatus allows a person to see its operating status being indicated by the display block anywhere in any direction without any dead angle.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming and color correcting system. The system includes an image forming apparatus and a method for correcting halftone color in an image forming apparatus. The apparatus includes an image reading unit, an image forming unit and a parameter sensing unit. The units of the apparatus are controlled such that halftone color of a scanned document image are corrected when a parameter of the document is inside a predetermined range and a warning is given when the parameter is outside the predetermined range.

Abstract: An image-processing apparatus and a control method for this apparatus. Image data is received through a communication section and is recorded by a recording section onto a recording material fed from a manual-feeding tray. Recording materials of various sizes can be set on this tray. The correct recording-material size is obtained based on the size of the received image data and is displayed, and an indication is also given to check whether the recording operation is to be performed. If the manual-feeding operation has been selected, an alarm sound indicates that the image data has been received. The processing then proceeds according to the instruction given in response to the display. Further, if it is determined that a recording error has occurred when the recording operation is performed through manual feeding, the image data is stored in a non-volatile storage.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a radio communication device for performing data communication via a radio network, and a wire communication device for performing data communication via a wire network. The radio communication device performs data communication at a speed lower than a data communication speed by the wire communication device and monitors the remaining capacity of a battery while performing recording.

Abstract: A technique for informing a calling party of a no-paper state while a facsimile machine receives image data. If no paper is sensed while the facsimile machine receives image data, a call reservation is made. If the calling party responds to the call reservation, a voice message indicating that there is no paper is sent to the calling party.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus receives and stores image data, receives a sub-address signal, and processes the stored image data using pre-stored processing corresponding to the received sub-address signal.

Abstract: A target image to be retrieved and a processing mode of the target image are stored in a magneto-optic disk as a job in a job file by using a computer which is independent of an image processing apparatus. The magneto-optic disk is set into the image processing apparatus. When the magneto-optic disk is set, whether or not the job file is stored in the disk is detected. When the job file is stored, whether or not a job including a processing mode which cannot be executed by the image processing apparatus exists in the job file is discriminated. When a job cannot be executed, such fact is displayed and execution of the job is skipped.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus reads an image and synthesizes it with another, broadcast standardized image signal supplied from outside the apparatus and stored in a memory provided in the apparatus.

Abstract: An image transmitting apparatus includes a transmitter capable of transmitting color image information and a memory that stores addresses of a plurality of receiving sides together with respective information indicating, for each stored address, whether the corresponding receiving side has or does not have a color receiving function. The apparatus designates a plurality of destinations from among the plurality of receiving sides whose addresses are stored in the memory and discriminates whether or not each of the designated destinations has the color receiving function in accordance with the information stored in the memory. The apparatus then notifies that at least one of the destinations does not have the color receiving function, in response to the discrimination.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus having a multi-output recording mode for producing a plurality of sets of output record of the received data. The multi-output recording mode is selectively prohibited when the number of the recording paper sheets remaining in the facsimile apparatus has become small, so that as many communications as possible can be recorded. The facsimile apparatus has a recognizing device for recognizing the number of recording sheets remaining therein, and a control unit which performs such a control that, when the number of the sheets recognized by the recognizing device has come down below a predetermined value, only one set of the output record is produced, even when a communication designated for the multi-output recording has been selected. An indication circuit is provided to enable indication of the fact that, although multi-output recording was planned initially, only one set of output record has been produced due to a shortage of the recording sheets.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus, which receives image information and records the information on a paper sheet, features a device for recording received image information, a storing device for storing received information and an environmental condition detecting device for detecting environmental conditions in the vicinity of the facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus also includes a control unit for preventing the recording device from recording the received information on a paper sheet, and instead causing the storing device to store the received image information in response to the environmental condition detecting device detecting an unsuitable environmental condition.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes: a memory unit for storing subscriber number records indicating destination stations for urgency message transmission, and for storing voice and image urgency message records respectively indicating voice and image urgency messages; an operation unit for selecting one of the destination stations whose records are stored, and for selecting one of message transmit modes; a transmission starting unit for starting an urgency message transmit procedure when one of the destination stations is selected and one of the message transmit modes is selected; and a transmission unit for transmitting an urgency message to the selected destination station through a transmission line when the urgency message transmit procedure is started, the urgency message being one or both of the voice and image urgency messages in accordance with the selected message transmit mode.

Abstract: A data communication apparatus comprises an input unit to input transmission data; a memory to store additional information to be transmitted together with the transmission data by which was input from the input unit; a prohibiting unit to prohibit the transmission of the transmission data in accordance with whether the additional information including the ID information to identify the transmission person or the like has already been stored in the memory or not; notifying units to notify that the transmission of the transmission data was prohibited by the prohibiting unit; a register to register the additional information into the memory; and a requiring unit to require to input the additional information when the transmission of the transmission data is prohibited by the prohibiting unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reading section for reading images on one side and the other side of an original, a mode selecting section for selecting one of one side mode and two side mode, the one side mode being adapted to process an image on only one side of an original, and the two side mode being adapted to process images on both sides of an original, a discriminating section for discriminating whether the original from which the images are read by the reading section is a one side original having an image on only one side thereof or a both side original having images on both sides thereof, and an alarm section for generating an alarm when the one side mode is selected by the mode selecting section and the discriminating section discriminates that the original from which the images are read by the reading section is a both side original.

Abstract: A facsimile and a facsimile system are connected to an inside bus of an ISDN (integrated services digital network). When trouble, such as no toner, jam, no paper or the like, has occurred in a recording unit of a first facsimile apparatus on the inside bus, the first facsimile apparatus issues an announcement of interruption onto the bus. A second facsimile apparatus on the above-described bus monitors a signal on the bus. When the second facsimile has detected the announcement of interruption, it performs substituting reception in place of the first facsimile apparatus. It is thereby possible to maintain the continuation of communication even if trouble has occurred during reception and recording.

Abstract: In a facsimile machine printing received image data on cut sheets that are loaded, cut sheets of different sizes being selectively and exchangeably loaded, a page length determining means, such as a scan line counter, determines the length of each page of the document of which the image data is received. In the event that the document of which the image data is received contains a page which is longer than the cut sheet being loaded, the image data for that page and any subsequent pages is stored in an image memory, and an alarm is actuated to indicate to the operator the occurrence of a longer page, thereby prompting replacement of the cut sheets with those of a longer size.

Abstract: An abnormality-handling instructing apparatus for use in a facsimile machine where the operator is able to be properly noticed an abnormality so that an appropriate handling can be effected to the abnormality. The apparatus comprises memory for storing abnormality codes and remedies for the abnormalities; an abnormality code generator for generating an abnormality code in accordance with an abnormality; and abnormality-handling instructing device for reading out the data from the memory in accordance with occurred abnormality and for outputting remedy in characters on the basis of the data.

Abstract: An automatic dial device transmits a dial signal to a telephone line. A facsimile signal receiver serves to receive a response facsimile signal from the telephone line. An image signal is transmitted from an image data store unit to the telephone line in cases where the facsimile signal receiver receives a response facsimile signal during a predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. The telephone line is opened in cases where a busy signal is detected by a busy signal detector during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. The telephone line is opened in cases where the busy signal detector continues to not detect a busy signal during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal. A communication failure is indicated in cases where the busy signal detector continues to not detect a busy signal during the predetermined period after the automatic dial device transmits a dial signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a facsimile device and a maintenance and control method thereof, which enable a reduction in time load and economic load of users and that of a maintenance and control station with respect to maintenance and control of the facsimile device. The facsimile device includes a trouble type determining circuit for determining, when a trouble occurs, whether or not the type of the trouble has contents that can be handled by the users. It further includes a control circuit 7 for controlling a sending/receiving circuit 7, when trouble type determining circuit 5 determines that the trouble contents cannot be handled by the users, so as to send the trouble contents to a facsimile unit of the maintenance and control station.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus which produces no margin on a recording paper in the communication control recording. The predetermine number according to the size of the recording paper used is set and the communication results are recorded on a recording paper when the number of communication results reaches the predetermined number.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus stores received image data in a first memory, such as its hard disk drive, and transfers the image data stored in the first memory to a second, unloadable memory, such as a floppy disk, that may be unloaded to or unloaded from the apparatus. The load/unload status of the floppy disk is detected, indicating whether it is loaded to or unloaded from the apparatus, and the controller controls the transfer of the image data from the hard disk to the floppy disk in accordance with this detection. Specifically, the controller interrupts the transfer of the image data when the unload status is detected during transfer of image data, and resumes the interrupted transfer when the load status is detected after the interruption. An alarm may be sounded when the transfer of the image data is interrupted to indicate to an operator that a floppy disk should be loaded.

Abstract: An image transmission apparatus for transmitting image data of document sheets stored in an image memory includes a manual entry device entering the number of document sheets. A counter counts the number of pages of document image stored in the image memory. The numbers are compared and an alarm is generated when the numbers are not equal.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus includes a data memory for storing image data in a detachable storage medium or reading out image data from the storage medium, a detection unit for detecting an attach/detach state of the storage medium, a transmission unit for transmitting image data stored in the storage medium, and a warning unit for generating an alarm according to a detection result of the detection unit during transmission of the image data.

Abstract: A system and method for reporting of alarms (or other conditions) to a remote location, in a building automation system. The alarm is reported in graphical format which shows not only the information related directly to the alarm, but also additional information, including graphical information, intended to put the alarm in context. The system provides the user the ability to specify a transmittable alarm, and to define a graphical message for that alarm which includes fixed or static building parameters associated with real time building operating parameters. Upon occurrence of an alarm condition, the system assembles a graphical display for transmission which includes the specified fixed parameters and measured data for the real time operating parameters. The system assures that data is collected and assembled into the graphic display for all specified real time operating parameters, then initiates a facsimile transmission of the graphic display to a remote location.

Abstract: A facsimile device having a keyboard for designating a transmitting time and a call number of a remote receiver, and a function of automatically calling a call number of a remote receiver at the designated time and receiving a reference response signal from the remote receiver when a line is connected thereto, thereafter automatically transmitting specified information to the remote receiver, which comprises a memory confirming presence or absence of a reference response signal when the line is connected to a remote receiver, for storing the call number of the remote receiver if the reference response signal from the remote receiver is absent, and a printer for outputting an alarm to inform impossibility of transmission in the case that the call number of the remote receiver designated by the keyboard corresponds with the call number stored by the memory.

Abstract: A facsimile device for transmitting an original document that is stationarily placed on a document scanning plate during the document transmission is provided. The device includes a sending key for initiating the transmission of the original document, an end line detecting sensor for detecting an end line of the original document being transmitted, and false signal generating units having a main control unit and a device for generating a false signal to a circuit that is used for holding the transmission in response to the detection of the end line by the end line detecting sensor. In this facsimile device, during the replacement of original documents the circuit holds the transmission by sending the false signal generated by the false signal generating units. Furthermore, an operator can transmit one or a plurality of documents in their respective desired lengths.