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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigenobu Fukushima, Yao, JP;
Hideo Muramatsu, Shinshiro, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358404 ; 358437 ; 358444 ; 358456 ;
Abstract
A facsimile machine in accordance with the present invention includes a reading device for reading an original image to be transmitted, a memory for storing the read image data, a first transmission device for transmitting the image data stored in the memory to an external device, a second transmission device for transmitting the read image data to an external device in parallel with the reading operation by the reading device, and a controller for activating one of the first and second transmission devices based on the remaining amount of the storage capacity of the memory.