Claims
- 1. An image communication apparatus for storing a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by identification data respectively stored in said apparatus for each transmission block, said apparatus sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said apparatus comprising:
- discrimination means for discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed, and
- control means for selectively performing disconnection of the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively to the same destination station after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination means, the second transmission block being different from the first transmission block and having the same respective destination station.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operating means for manually setting the set speed at a communication speed value, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with said operating means, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user with said operating means.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means disconnects the line after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
- 5. A method of storing, in a transmitting apparatus, a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by respectively stored identification data for each transmission block, said method sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said method comprising the steps of:
- discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed, and
- conducting a control to selectively perform disconnection of the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively to the same destination station after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result in the discrimination step, said second transmission block being different from the first transmission block and having the same destination station.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station, so that in said control step, the second transmission block is transmitted successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated in said discrimination step is the maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station, and the line is disconnected if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station.
- 7. A method according to claim 5, further comprising an operating step for manually setting the set speed as a communication speed value, so that said control step transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discriminating step is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with said operating step, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user with said operating step.
- 8. A method according to claim 5, wherein in said control step, the line is disconnected after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
- 9. An image communication apparatus for storing a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by identification data respectively stored in said apparatus for each transmission block, said apparatus sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said apparatus comprising:
- discrimination means for discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed; and
- control means for selectively performing disconnection of the line regardless of success of transmission of the first transmission block when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively after the first transmission block to the same destination station without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination means.
- 10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station.
- 11. An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising operating means for manually setting the set speed at a communication speed value, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with said operating means, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user with said operating means.
- 12. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said control means disconnects the line after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
- 13. A method of storing, in an image communication apparatus, storing a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by identification data respectively stored in the apparatus for each transmission block, said method sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said method comprising the steps of:
- calling the destination using calling means,
- discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed, and
- conducting a control to selectively perform disconnection of the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively to the same destination station after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination means, the second transmission block being different from the first transmission block and having the same respective destination station,
- wherein said control step causes the calling means to call the destination again after disconnection of the line so as to transmit the second transmission block.
- 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between the apparatus and the destination station, so that said control step transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discriminating step is the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between the apparatus and the destination station.
- 15. A method according to claim 13, further comprising an operating step for manually setting the set speed at a communication speed value, so that said control step transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discriminating step is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with in operating step, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user in said operating step.
- 16. A method according to claim 13, wherein said control step disconnects the line after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
- 17. A method for storing, in a transmitting apparatus, a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by respectively stored identification data for each transmission block, said method sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said method comprising the steps of:
- discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed; and
- conducting a control to selectively disconnect the line regardless of success of transmission of the first transmission block when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively after the first transmission block to the same destination station without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination step.
- 18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station, so that in said control step, the second transmission block is transmitted successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated in said discrimination step is the maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station, and the line is disconnected if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between the transmitting apparatus and the destination station.
- 19. A method according to claim 17, further comprising an operating step for manually setting the set speed as a communication speed value, and wherein said control step transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discriminating step is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with said operating step, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user with said operating step.
- 20. A method according to claim 17, wherein said control step disconnects the line after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
- 21. An image communication apparatus for storing a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by identification data respectively stored in said apparatus for each transmission block, said apparatus sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said apparatus comprising:
- calling means for calling the destination,
- discrimination means for discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed, and
- control means for selectively performing disconnection of the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively to the same destination station after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination means, the second transmission block being different from the first transmission block and having the same respective destination station,
- wherein said control means causes said calling means to call the destination again after disconnection of the line so as to transmit the second transmission block.
- 22. An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the set speed is a maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is not the maximum communication speed between said apparatus and the destination station.
- 23. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising operating means for manually setting the set speed at a communication speed value, so that said control means transmits the second transmission block successively after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line if the communication speed discriminated by said discrimination means is equal to or greater than the communication speed value set by a user with said operating means, and disconnects the line if the discriminated communication speed is less than the communication speed value set by the user with said operating means.
- 24. An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means disconnects the line after transmission of the first transmission block if there is no stored second transmission block having the same destination station as the first transmission block.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/862,439, filed Apr. 2, 1992, now abandoned.
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