Patent ID: 7852516
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus comprising: first communication means for receiving first image data; first accumulating means for accumulating in a memory the first image data received by said first communication means; recording means for recording on a recording sheet the first image data accumulated by said first accumulating means in the memory; reading means for reading an original sheet and obtaining second image data; second communication means for transmitting the second image data obtained by said reading means; transmitting instruction means for instructing reading of the original sheet and transmission of the second image data by said second communication means; a medium conveying mechanism used in common to convey the original sheet read by said reading means and for conveying the recording sheet on which the first image data is recorded by said recording means, wherein said medium conveying mechanism includes an openable medium conveying path; and control means for controlling said image communication apparatus in such a way that in a case where said transmitting instruction means instructs the reading of the original sheet and transmitting of the second image data while said first communication means receives the first image data and said first accumulating means accumulates the first image data, wherein said reading means reads the original sheet and obtains the second image data while said first communication means receives the first image data, and before said recording means records the first image data on the recording sheet, wherein said recording means records the first image data on the recording sheet while said second communication means transmits the second image data, wherein said control means controls said medium conveying mechanism to automatically switch from conveying the original sheet to conveying the recording sheet after said reading means completes the reading of the original sheet and said first communication means completes the reception of the first image data, and wherein said control means controls said medium conveying mechanism to automatically switch from conveying the original sheet to conveying the recording sheet by opening the medium conveying path for the recording sheet.