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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:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshifumi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382239 ; 358430 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a facsimile apparatus, which selects one of a binary hierarchical coding method called, e.g., a JBIG method and an irreversible coding method called, e.g, a JPEG method in units of pages upon continuous transmission of a plurality of pages of images and performs a communication of data coded by the selected method. The apparatus selects the irreversible coding mode to perform a communication when a user selects a photographic mode from an operation panel, and selects the hierarchical coding or irreversible coding method in accordance with the characteristics of image information of an original.