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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Tadokoro, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 61 ; 355200 ; 358434 ; 358468 ;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus possesses a function in which the number of output copies of a received document is designated in the form of image data. In order to obtain this function, sheet information, on which character information is disposed in accordance with a predetermined rule, is received along with the document information. The character information of the received sheet information is recognized, and the number of output copies of the received document information is analyzed based upon the recognized character information. The received document information is outputted in accordance with the number of copies determined by analysis.