Patent ID: 6288796
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile signal transmitting device comprising: first storage means for storing therein facsimile signals provided from a transmitting facsimile terminal; transmitting means for generating frame data by combining the current facsimile signals provided from said transmitting facsimile terminal and the previous facsimile signals stored in said first storage means and for outputting said frame data onto a transmission line; receiving means for receiving said frame data when it is provided by said transmitting means onto said transmission line and for disassembling said frame data into a plurality of facsimile signals; second storage means for storing therein said plurality of facsimile signals disassembled by said receiving means; and signal selecting means which, when receiving a frame detection signal indicating that said frame data provided on said transmission line has been transmitted without being discarded during transmission, supplies a receiving facsimile terminal with the oldest one of said plurality of facsimile signals disassembled by said receiving means and, when receiving a frame detection signal indicating that said frame data was discarded during transmission, supplies said receiving facsimile terminal with a facsimile signal corresponding to the oldest one of said facsimile signals stored in said second storage means.