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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Hiroshi Morisaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A multi-function peripheral device serves as a peripheral device for an information processing unit and is capable of simultaneously executing a plurality functions by multi-task processing. The multi-function peripheral device includes: a transmission/reception unit that transmits and receives data, for performing a plurality of functions, between the multi-function peripheral device and the information processing device; a transmission unit that transmits and receives data to and from a remote transmission device via a transmission line; and a reception speed control unit that, when the transmission unit and the transmission/reception unit operate simultaneously, reduces reception speed at which the transmission/reception unit receives data from the information processing device.