Patent ID: 8174718
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile machine comprising: an image data generating unit that reads a original and generates image data which is digital data; an information transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives the digital data; a first data generating unit that generates first digital data, without using analog data, used for a real-time communication method implementing a data exchange in units of packets with a destination on the basis of the image data generated by the image data generating unit; a second data generating unit that generates second digital data on the basis of the first digital data, without using analog data, used for a deemed voice communication method implementing a data exchange in units of packets with a destination; and a control unit; wherein the control unit makes the first data generating unit generate the first digital data, and the control unit subsequently determines whether the information transmitting and receiving unit receives information indicating that the destination uses the real-time communication method, uses the deemed voice communication method, or is capable of using either the real-time communication method or the deemed voice communication method; wherein, when the information transmitting and receiving unit receives information indicating that the destination uses the real-time communication method, the control unit makes the information transmitting and receiving unit transmit the generated first digital data to the destination without generating the second digital data; wherein, when the information transmitting and receiving unit receives information indicating that the destination uses the deemed voice communication method, the control unit makes the second data generating unit generate the second digital data from the first digital data, and makes the information transmitting and receiving unit transmit the generated second digital data to the destination; and wherein, when the information transmitting and receiving unit receives the information indicating that the destination is capable of using either the real-time communication method or the deemed voice communication method, the control unit makes the information transmitting and receiving unit transmit the generated first digital data to the destination without generating the second digital data.