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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Tomohiro Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Kunio Shijo, Hachioji, JP;
Seiichi Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Hirohiko Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Masaki Kakutani, Hachioji, JP;
Kensaku Ogiwara, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Kashiwada, Hachioji, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Koichi Kitamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuo Izumi, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akihiko Oda, Hachioji, JP;
Toru Ichiki, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Okuyama, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image reading device for reading an image of a document to obtain image data; a data communication device connected with a computer for receiving an image data from the computer; a facsimile device connected with a telephone line for receiving an image data through the telephone line; an image memory for storing the image data obtained through the image reading device, the image data obtained through the data communication device, and the image data obtained through the facsimile device; an image memory controller for mediating an access to the image memory in a predetermined priority order for storing and reading the image data among the image reading device, the data communication device, and the facsimile device; and an image forming device for forming the image according to the image data controlled by the image memory controller.