Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kozo Toda

Takehiro Yoshida

Kenzo Sakakibara

Yoshiyuki Watanabe

Fumio Mikami

Hisao Terajima

Tsunehiro Watanabe

Teruyuki Nishii

Tsutomu Kubota

Takayuki Miyamoto

Shozo Yamasaki

Akitomo Fukui

Conventionally, an image forming apparatus including a plurality of antennas for detecting for an arrival direction of a radio wave was not invented. In the present invention, a communication board including a plurality of antennas for wireless communicating with a communication terminal is provided on a front side with respect to a front-rear direction of an image forming apparatus including an imager forming unit in a vertical direction.

Image forming apparatus having a communication board with a plurality of antennas

An information processing apparatus that is capable of making correct settings for wireless communication of which standards are different depending on the country, in conformity to the standards of a country where the information processing apparatus is used. On an image forming apparatus as the information processing apparatus, a wireless LAN module can be mounted which can be used in a plurality of specific countries and stores a country destination group number indicative of the plurality of specific countries in an OTP section. The image forming apparatus acquires the country destination group number as the group identification information from the OTP section of the mounted wireless LAN module. A control unit makes settings for enabling wireless communication using the mounted wireless LAN module, by using setting information on the acquired country destination group number.

Information processing apparatus capable of making correct settings for wireless communication, wireless communication module, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

A numerical key unitmounted in a mounting portionof an image forming apparatusand card reader of inputting information to the image forming apparatusincludes a casingmounted on the mounting portion, an operating keycomprised of a hardware key capable of inputting information on a numerical value, a substrateprovided inside the casing, a main assembly-side cableconnected to a connectormounted on the substrateand electrically connecting the image forming apparatusand the numerical key unit, and a first openingthrough which the main assembly-side cableis inserted. The first openingis provided on a bottom of the casingso that in a thickness direction of the substrate, the main assembly-side cableis exposed to an outside of the casingfrom a surface on a side opposite from a surface where the operating keyis provided.

Input device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an operating unit, including a display portion, for being operated by a user; an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet; an outer cover provided below the operating unit and constituting at least a part of the outer casing; a first antenna communicatable with a mobile communication terminal, the first antenna portion being provided at a position covered by the outer cover and below the operating unit; a second antenna communicatable with a mobile communication terminal having a communicatable range broader than that of the first antenna, and a target portion provided on the outer cover and functioning as a mark to which the mobile communication terminal is to be approached. The communicatable range of the first antenna portion is within the communicatable range of the second antenna portion.

Image forming apparatus having multiple antennas

A communication apparatus connectable to a network using a first wireless LAN module includes an interface configured to connect a second wireless LAN module and at least one controller configured to function as a unit that uses the second wireless LAN module for network connection without using the first wireless LAN module for network connection based on a fact that the second wireless LAN module is connected to the interface.

Communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

A management apparatus by which one of facsimile apparatuses that externally receives facsimile data is selected based on current power modes of the facsimile apparatuses. Facsimile data can be transmitted from any of a FAX and MFPs on an IP communication network. One of MFPs which are not in a power saving mode is selected by the management apparatus, and a URI of the selected MFP is registered in an SIP server. When facsimile data whose original transmission destination is an MFP which is in a power saving mode is transmitted, the facsimile data is transferred to and alternatively received by the selected MFP.

Management apparatus for managing facsimile apparatuses, control method thereof, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus is configured such that an image is photoelectrically read, a reference signal, which follows an output signal from a reading circuit, is formed, whether the level of the output signal is greater or smaller than the level of the reference signal is detected, and a capacitor, for performing a charging operation or a discharging operation in accordance with a result of the detection, is charged during a predetermined time period before the start of the output of the output signal from the reading circuit.

Image processing apparatus

There is disclosed a control circuit for switching between a facsimile unit and an automatic answering telephone unit. A current detecting circuit with satisfactory linearity between the mutually insulated input and output sides is used for detecting a DC current on a communication line, indicating a communication state of the telephone unit and also for detecting an AC signal, representing a speech communication signal and used for recording an incoming message in the automatic answering telephone unit. This structure allows to insulate the recording circuit and the facsimile circuit from the communication line without a transformer, thereby reducing cost and dimension of the apparatus.

Communication apparatus

A cordless telephone includes a stand for a handset that receives voice signals via a radio network. The stand has a charging circuit. In a speaker-phone conversation mode, a speaker in the stand reproduces a received voice signal via a speaker-phone voice control unit.

Cordless telephone apparatus with a speakerphone operation mode cordless

There is disclosed a communication apparatus to which connected are plural telephone units and data communication units, such as facsimile units, wherein the data communication units can be controlled by instructions from the telephone units.

An information reproducing apparatus includes reproduction device for reproducing information recorded on a medium, and a controller for starting the reproduction of information by the reproduction device from a position indicated by data showing a predetermined position on the medium and stopping the reproduction of information by the reproduction device when predetermined information is reproduced by the reproduction device.

Telephone answering device with a plurality of passwords

A data transmission apparatus includes a facsimile section for performing data transmission, at least one multifunction telephone set terminal for performing speech communication, a switching circuit for switching the facsimile section and the multifunction telephone set terminal, and a microcomputer for detecting whether transmission data is set in the facsimile section. The switching circuit switches a transmission line from the multifunction telephone set terminal to the facsimile section when the microcomputer detects that the transmission data is stored in the facsimile section while the multifunction telephone set terminal is engaged with the transmission line.

Data communication apparatus

A communication system comprises a plurality of speech communication terminals each having apparatus for inputting data representing a station. A call is issued in accordance with the data from the communication terminal, and the system receives call data representing a station which responds to the call. The data received by the system is compared with the data input from the speech communication terminal and display units of the speech communication units are controlled in accordance with the comparison result.

Communication system having a plurality of voice communication terminals

A communication apparatus includes a facsimile system for performing data communication, a plurality of telephone sets for performing speech communication; and a control unit for controlling the facsimile system. Each telephone set includes a display unit for displaying a state of data communication. The control unit selectively sends information associated with the state of the facsimile system to the telephone sets to cause the display units to display the state of the facsimile system.

Communication apparatus for selected data and speech communication

An image communication apparatus includes a plurality of speech or nonspeech communication terminals and a line controller for connecting the plurality of terminals to a communication line. Each of the terminals includes an image reader circuit for reading an original image, and the line controller includes a transmitter for transmitting image data by the image reader circuit to the communication line.

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Yokohama, Japan

Kozo Toda