Facsimile apparatus and communication method thereof
CA 2197968 C · Owner: Kambara, Ryoji · Inventors: Katsurada, Morihiro; Matsumoto, Masafumi; Shimada, Koji
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A telephone line interface section, which has a selector switch for selectively connecting two of a facsimile section, a telephone line and an information unit such as a personal computer, is provided. The telephone line interface section is provided with a telephone line monitor which detects an ON/OFF state of a start switch for directing the facsimile section to be operated and detects existence or non-existence of a DC loop current which is a connecting signal at the time when the facsimile section is connected to an external telephone switchboard via the telephone line. The selector switch connects the facsimile section to the information unit based upon the telephone line monitor when …
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- Filed February 19, 1997 and granted October 24, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2017.
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