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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1991
Takehiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Shinnichiro Otsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Communication equipment in which first and second telephone number data is registered by a single selection key and first and second telephone number data is selected and dialed according to selection key input includes a data communication device and a conversation communication device. A first detector detects the hook state of the conversation communication device and a second detector detects the presence or absence of data. In response to the selection key input to dial the selected telephone number, a controller selects either the first or the second telephone number data according to the operation of the first and second detectors.