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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hironobu Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382187 ; 358434 ; 358436 ; 358438 ;
Abstract
An image information communication apparatus notifies a remote terminal that an optical character reading process is applicable to image data to be transmitted. The optical character reading process is applied to convert raster image data corresponding to characters into predetermined character code data. Image data obtained by raster scanning an original document is transmitted to the remote terminal through a communication network. Notification information indicating that the optical character reading process is applicable to the image data to be transmitted is sent to the remote terminal prior to the transmission of the image data.