Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Muneki Nakao

Tomoyuki Takeda

Yosuke Ezumi

Yoshiyuki Hirai

Shinya Kogure

Yasuhide Ueno

Hiroshi Nobuta

Takeshi Toyama

Naoki Sugawara

Susumu Matsuzaki

Naomi Nakamura

Koji Okamura

Koichiro Otsuka

Atsushi Takahashi

Koichi Matsumoto

Michihiro Izumi

Kouichi Matsumoto

Toru Fujino

Kaori Nakagawa

Yukio Nohata

Makoto Mikuni

Kazuto Yanagisawa

The invention is to enable a secure sharing of an internet resource with a partner in conversation by the IP telephone, in simple and inexpensive manner and not requiring cumbersome operations, by a communication terminal only, not relying on another equipment. Internet resource sharing means is provided for a shared utilization of a same internet resource (WEB data, FTP file etc.) among the communication terminals () in conversation. The sharing of the internet resource is executed by transmitting/receiving URL information of the desired internet resource by FTP or by an E-mail protocol, or by transmitting/receiving the internet resource itself by an HTTP proxy procedure with the partner communication terminal, in which either of the communication terminal and the partner terminal functions as an HTTP proxy server and the other functions as an HTTP client. The sharing of the internet resource can also be achieved by accessing to a server providing a desired internet resource, and changing the transmitting address of the packet transmitted in such operation to an IP address of the partner in conversation, in such a manner that a response packet of the server is transmitted to the partner in conversation.

Communication terminal, control method for communication terminal and control program for communication terminal

In a speech-synthesis device, it is possible to determine whether or not a user dictionary that supports processing for reading aloud a specific phrase associated with specific reading should be used. The speech-synthesis device includes a speech-synthesis unit configured to perform read-aloud processing, a user dictionary provided to support processing for reading aloud a specific phrase associated with specific reading, and a control unit that includes a plurality of functions achieved by using information about the read-aloud processing, that determines whether or not the user dictionary should be used according to which of the functions is used so as to perform the read-aloud processing, and that makes the speech-synthesis unit perform the read-aloud processing.

Speech-synthesis device having user dictionary control

A communication terminal includes a resource transfer button for transferring URL information of an Internet resource to another party with which IP phone conversation has been established so as to allow the browser of the communication terminal of the other party to browse the Internet resource. The URL information of an Internet resource is registered to a one-touch key. Registering the selection information of the communication terminal of the other party and the URL information of an Internet resource enables the URL information thereof to be transferred to the communication terminal of the other party with which the phone conversation has been established immediately following calling the other party by pressing the one-touch key, so as to allow the browser of the communication terminal of the other party to browse the Internet resource. Thus, both the calling and receiving parties can browse the same Internet resource with the respective terminals.

Communication terminal, control method of the same, and control program of the same

A communication apparatus which performs IP communication and analog communication through an ADSL gateway obtains an IP address of a party station from an SIP proxy and transmits/receives communication data with the party station on an IP network based on a file transmission/reception protocol such as FTP or HTTP when a party station's telephone number corresponds to a VoIP network. The apparatus performs analog facsimile communication on a line switching network when the party station does not correspond to the VoIP network. Moreover, the apparatus performs the analog facsimile communication on the VoIP network or the line switching network when the party station corresponds to the VoIP network but does not have any digital communication means. Thus, in the apparatus corresponding to analog and network communication paths, it is possible to select an appropriate communication path and achieve high-speed and high-reliability communication without any complicated operation.

Communication terminal, control method of communication terminal, and control program of communication terminal

A communication terminal includes a base and a wireless handset connected to the base with a wireless connection. In the communication terminal, an audio communication channel of interactive audiovisual communication or audio communication can be transferred between the base and the wireless handset. The communication terminal performs interactive audiovisual communication or audio communication by IP telephony over an IP network. The base includes a base handset serving as an audio inputting and outputting unit and a camera serving as an image inputting and outputting unit, where both units are used for interactive audiovisual communication. The wireless handset includes a microphone, a speaker, and a receiver, where these components constituting an audio inputting and outputting unit.

Communication terminal and method for controlling the same

An object of the present invention is to provide an image communication apparatus capable of preventing the useless use of not-cheaped BJ ink owing to the innocent behavior of an infant or the like, and capable of preventing the disturbance of the rhythm of a home life by a cat or the like. An image communication apparatus includes operation instructing means for instructing reading operation, image processing operation, image recording operation, calling operation and communication operation; and operation instruction disabling means for disabling an instruction of each operation by the operation instructing means.

Image communication apparatus

Wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed when the scanner completes read of an image, when the image is sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus by the operation of the scanner, or depending on presence or absence of read original, and for example, low power consumption mode and communication mode are switched to each other.

Communication apparatus capable of communication with other apparatuses through wireless communication, communication system having the same communication apparatus, and method for controlling the same

This invention has as its object to provide a recording apparatus which prints a document described in a markup language to be easily viewable. To accomplish this, a color or monochrome mode is determined depending on the type of cartridge. Downloaded HTML data is analyzed to extract background data and character data. In the monochrome mode, an image is recorded after the background data is converted into white image data, and the character data is converted into black image data.

Apparatus and method for recording document described in markup language

Even in an apparatus connected to another apparatus which periodically transmits a command, a mode transition such as transition to a power saving stand-by mode can be performed. A mode change for Bluetooth communications and a mode change in a stand-by state are performed in cooperation with each other to efficiently switch between stand-by modes.

Apparatus with communication function, method of controlling apparatus, and storage medium storing program for controlling apparatus

Demand for an inexpensive color facsimile apparatus is expected not in the business field but in home use, and a product which is easy to operate and use is required in consideration of home use. Such color facsimile apparatus, i.e., an image communication apparatus has a communication means for communicating with a partner terminal via a line, a DRAM ( ) for storing image information received by the communication means, a management means for managing the image information stored in the DRAM ( ), decoding means for decoding the image information stored in the DRAM ( ) into image data to be recorded on a recording paper sheet, and a recording unit ( ) for recording a visible image on a recording paper sheet on the basis of the decoded image data using a selected attached ink cartridge. A CPU ( ) of the image communication apparatus counts C indicating the number of non-recorded color images stored in the DRAM ( ), M indicating the number of non-recorded monochrome images, C indicating the number of recorded color images, and M indicating the number of recorded monochrome images. When a value C &plus;M is not zero, the CPU displays a message indicating that a new image is stored in the DRAM ( ) using a first display unit on a control panel ( ). When the value C is not zero, the CPU displays a message indicating that a new image is stored in the DRAM ( ) using a second display unit independent from the first display unit.

Image communication apparatus and its control method

Whether a call is placed after waiting for confirmation operation or without waiting for confirmation operation upon completion of speech recognition is selected. Data is initialized in the standby state, and upon instruction of speech recognition, speech recognition is done. The speech recognition result is displayed, and when a speech recognition key is operated without any confirmation operation, speech recognition is redone without setting the standby state.

Apparatus for making outgoing call

An image communication apparatus and a communication controlling method thereon, wherein in the case where image data having an attribute not specified by the ITU-T recommendation is transmitted, regardless of an attribute of image data to be transmitted, a reception command including a first image attribute specified by the ITU-T recommendation are sent out, and information including a second image attribute of image data to be transmitted is sent out in a phase transmitting the image data after the reception command is sent out. And when an image is transmitted with the second image attribute, a transmission takes place with a binary file transfer communication procedure following a first communication procedure specified by the ITU-T recommendation so that image data having an image attribute not standardized by the ITU-T recommendation can be transmitted.

Image communication apparatus and communication control method thereof

A facsimile apparatus sends a quasi-ring back tone to a destination in response to a call from the destination, and detects a CNG from the destination while the apparatus is periodically sending the quasi-ring back tone to the destination. When the apparatus detects a CNG for the first time, the apparatus stops sending the quasi-ring back tone and then performs facsimile communication in response to a second detection of a CNG from the destination, so as to certainly detect the CNG and to quickly shift to facsimile communication.

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Chiba, Japan

Muneki Nakao