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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE41069 | Apparatus for capturing image Apparatus for acquiring an image utilizing serial transmission between the analog-to-digital converting means and the processing means (ASIC) is disclosed herein. The image acquiring system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7616350 | Data communication apparatus and method A data communication apparatus is provided with an image reader which reads a document image, a storage which stores image data of the document image read by the image reader and registers one or a plurality of transmitting destinations, a data communication unit ha... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7408683 | Image sensor for reading image and image reading apparatus including the image sensor An image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a main scanning direction, a plurality of switching elements connected to respective ones of the photoelectric conversion elements, individually, and a controller for generating a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7349135 | Time multiplexed image data decompression circuit A circuit which uses a compressor to divide each separation image into 8-line strips, and to independently compress each strip, a single decompressor to decompress two or more color image separations, strip by strip, by interleaving them, and to apply them to two or... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327736 | Changing of channel capabilities In a telecommunications system, in which a connection comprises a part with an interworking function at both ends, a channel is allocated to the connection between the interworking functions. The required channel capabilities may vary during the connection, whereby ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7283270 | Fax transmission over the packet network A FoIP server mediating fax communication between gateways and enterprise backend systems. The gateways are VoIP capable, connected to the PSTN and the enterprise network, and mediate between the PSTN fax call and fax over IP calls. The FoIP Server mediates between ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7251252 | Negotiated cell delivery capability According to the invention, a method for establishing a personal communication between an originating end and a terminating end of a communication system is disclosed. In one step, a first number of personal communication modes associated with the originating end is... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245405 | Method and system for performing stateless compression of messages An approach for providing stateless compression is disclosed. A message (such as an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) GET request message or a Domain Name Service (DNS) message) is received from a host. A stateful compressor is initialized with a prescribed sequenc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7202978 | Facsimile telecommunications system and method A system and method for facilitating facsimile transmissions has one or more store and forward facilities. The store and forward facilities include a computer for controlling operations and mass data storage equipment. Subscriber mailboxes are provided as part of th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7173946 | Multimedia multiplexing method A multiplexing method for multimedia communication is provided, which is compatible with the H.223 protocol by changing a header of a multiplex protocol data unit (MUX-PDU). The multiplexing method includes the steps of encoding media data, and multiplexing the medi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151614 | Facsimile (fax) relay handling in error correction mode (ECM) An embodiment of the present invention includes a fax communication system for communicating fax information between a first fax machine having error correction capability and a second fax machine. The first and second fax machines are coupled to communicate with on... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7133408 | Shared decoder A method and apparatus for decoding signals received from a network and distributing the decoded signals to multiple users. A bulk decoder coupled to a network decodes data received from the network and transmits the decoded data to an interconnect for distribution ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123586 | Bandwidth sharing between devices in a communication system A communication system that provides link sharing between communication devices within the system. A first communication device communicates with the service provider over a first link and a second communication device communicates with the service provider over a s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119918 | Communication apparatus An electronic-mail apparatus comprises an acceptor that accepts an electronic-mail, an electronic-mail transmitter that transmits the accepted electronic-mail to a designated electronic mail destination address, and an operational panel that includes a start member ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116826 | Embedding with error-correction encoding A maximum embedding amount can be ensured depending on information to be embedded, by determining an error-correction capability in correspondence with the characteristic of embedded information. For this purpose, upon multiplexing additional information, the additi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110399 | System and method for redirecting network addresses for deferred rendering A system and method for forwarding URL's to one or more recipients using a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) network is provided. A mobile user views web pages on his WAP enabled wireless device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA. When the mobile user locates a web pag... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7084406 | Detector arrangement and detection method A detector arrangement for detecting position information contained in a beam (5) of charged particles is provided, comprising a plurality of position-sensitive detectors (17), each for supplying an image containing the position information of a positi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7046382 | Network latency recovery for internet gateways A communications system includes an internet protocol network, a calling modem and an answering modem configured to effectively handle network latency. The calling modem includes a timer storing a network latency value. The network latency value is compared to a net... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038817 | Facsimile signal transmission system Disclosed is a FAX signal transmission system, in which the transmission side and the reception side are inter-coupled by a bearer. Each side is constituted by DCME comprising a transmission side, which includes a signal identification circuit 3, a FAX data a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6963589 | Information processing apparatus for and method of transmitting and/or receiving broadcast signal An information processing apparatus/method employs error detection or correction to encode information to be distributed in a description format used in a multimedia network in which the error detection or correction encodes at least a portion in the header in the i... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6924909 | High-speed scanner having image processing for improving the color reproduction and visual appearance thereof A scanner for digitizing a document includes a digitizer for digitizing the document into a first color space; a circuit for converting the digitized data into a second color space having a luminance channel and two chrominance channels; a multiplexer having text, a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6819454 | Apparatus and method for supporting analog fax calls in a tandem configuration Apparatus and methods for supporting analog fax calls between two wireless subscriber stations in a tandem configuration are presented herein. To support the tandem configuration, full duplex communication may be established between the two base stations. Full duple... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6674549 | Apparatus for capturing image Apparatus for acquiring an image utilizing serial transmission between the analog-to-digital converting means and the processing means (ASIC) is disclosed herein. The image acquiring system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6570676 | Method and system the transmission of facsimile-encoded information between multimedia-capable communication terminal equipment A method and apparatus for the transmission of facsimile-encoded information from a sending communication terminal equipment via a communication network to a receiving communication terminal equipment employs facsimile transmission protocols includes step... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6522424 | Image data transfer system and method An image data transfer system and method enable scan time and transfer time of the image data to be adjusted appropriately without lacking a part of the image data, suitable for low price. A data segmentation device segments the image data from a scan dev... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6483600 | System and method for communicating real-time facsimiles over data networks A system and method for communicating a facsimile reliably in real-time without using bandwidth inefficiently. A facsimile signal is created at a transmitting facsimile device and communicated to a transmitting gateway. The transmitting gateway demodulate... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6438105 | Reliable internet facsimile protocol A reliable facsimile transmission protocol and method for transmission of facsimile data over an IP network such as the Internet. The protocol features error correction through the use of a retransmission of packets with a flow-control window and a dynami... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6384938 | Facsimile module self-diagnostic system for digital circuit multiplication equipment A facsimile module self-diagnostic system is provided that can detect a failure occurring in the transmission-side demodulation circuit or in the reception-side re-modulation circuit in a facsimile module. A test facsimle signal generation circuit (10) is... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6246490 | Method and arrangement for the transmission of facsimile-encoded information between multimedia-capable communication terminal equipment A method and apparatus for the transmission of facsimile-encoded information from a sending communication terminal equipment via a communication network to a receiving communication terminal equipment employs facsimile transmission protocols includes step... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6088129 | Facsmile apparatus To prevent the reduction of an S/N ratio of an image signal in the ITU-T Recommendation V.34 half-duplex communication, signal level designation information included in a line probing signal is disregarded or "no signal level attenuation" information is i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6040922 | Device and method for facsimile and data communication In a communication between transmitter-side and receiver-side communication control devices, when a data communication is desired after a facsimile communication without opening a telephone line, the transmitter-side communication control device transmits... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5875037 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus which is connected to an ISDN includes a data input/output (I/O) unit for inputting/outputting data and an ISDN interface to control the data input/output operations between the data I/O unit and the ISDN. The ISDN interface is c... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5864763 | Digital wireless telephone system interface for analog telecommunications equipment A novel and improved method and apparatus for providing an interface to a digital wireless telephone system compatible with standard analog wire line telephones, analog wire line fax machines, and computer modems is described. At the start of a telephone ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5805301 | Facsimile transmission in a mobile communication system A digital mobile communication system comprises a mobile station(MS) with a facsimile adapter(2), a first telefax terminal(1) connected to the adapter, a mobile network(BSS, MSC), an interworking unit(32) with a second facsimile adapter(33). A high-speed ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5657134 | Digital circuit multiplier equipment for handling of facsimile signals by addition of controlled variable delay to facsimile control channel signals A facsimile transmission apparatus includes a demodulator, an identifier, a control signal generator, a variable delay controller, and a multiplex transmission unit. The modulator demodulates a facsimile signal to output a demodulated signal. The identifi... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5587813 | Data transfer device for an image forming apparatus A data transfer device for transferring data in a color digital copier, color printer or similar image forming apparatus of the type using a plurality of different kinds of data. A sending unit assigns other data to a predetermined number of bits of multi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5565964 | Multifuncation image processing apparatus A multifunction image processing apparatus allows autoclear function to clear only a process mode designated by an operator, if no key-input has been made at an operation panel, otherwise, allows the autoclear function to operate against a pre-designated ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5526350 | Communication network with bandwidth managers for allocating bandwidth to different types of traffic A switched telecommunications network includes a plurality of switches for switching different types of traffic, such as audio data, including voice data, fax and modem originated data, digital computer originated data and video data. A communications lin... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5506700 | Facsimile apparatus having A/D converter shared with a plurality of analog sensors A facsimile apparatus in which a single A/D converter used for analog image signals is shared efficiently with other analog sensors. The facsimile apparatus has an image scanner for outputting an analog image signal by scanning an original and at least on... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5467199 | Apparatus for radio communication of facsimile Tone signal (34a) having a reference frequency (f) which is produced by the tone signal generation device (34) at the transmitter part is transmitted, via transmitter device (32), antenna (31), aerial line, antenna (32), to the reception sector (12). Then... | 11/14/1995 |
