Patent ID: 6407828
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of transmitting documents using a document transmission module which is connected between a document digitizing device and a communication interface, the method comprising the steps of:(a) receiving output representative of a document to be transmitted from the document digitizing device; (b) activating one of a standard speed mode and a high speed mode with a mode selector, the activated mode being compatible with an available mode at a destination receiver; and (c) (1) in the standard speed mode, transmitting said output in an image data mode; and (2) in the high speed mode identifying, by character recognition techniques, character and non-character information in the document, and formatting the identified character information in an abbreviated code for each character and the non-character information into bit-mapped pixels, and transmitting the abbreviated codes and bit-mapped pixels in the high speed mode.