Patent ID: 7164492
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of resizing a source document in a facsimile-capable device, comprising the steps of: inputting source document data representative of the source document into the facsimile-capable device; converting the source document data into a converted document with a converting algorithm resident in the facsimile-capable device; and transmitting the converted document to a destination device having predetermined output capabilities, which the converted document in processed into an output document by the destination device in accordance with the predetermined output capabilities, wherein the step of converting includes rotating image data of the converted document corresponding to the source document in accordance with the predetermined output capabilities of the destination device, and appending white space to the converted document in accordance with conversion information representative of the predetermined output capabilities of the destination device so that each page of the converted document is converted to a single corresponding page such that the converted document meets the predetermined output capabilities of the destination device.