摘要:
Video apparatus and methods include systems used for generating animated pictures and displaying them on an electronic display screen. Sets of discrete image signals corresponding to still images, such as parts of a specific animated display, are received and stored at a selected location in a storage member, which location is identified by corresponding location codes assigned to the image signals. The assigned location codes may also be used to reproduce from storage those image signals corresponding to a selected animation phenomenon. Discrete video display signals corresponding to the selectively reproduced discrete image signals are generated, and the display signals are transferred to a video storage device, from which the signals can be reproduced. When it is desired to display a specific animated sequence, a series of still images is reproduced and displayed on a video display screen. The image signals can be modified after being reproduced from the selected storage locations, and the modified or edited signals can be applied to control the display or placed back into storage.
摘要:
An audio-visual system and method for generating video information in the form of lines of alpha-numeric characters, graphical and certain forms of animation information from recordings thereof together with audio information in the form of speech, music and other sounds associated with the visual or video information. Recordings of such two forms of information are provided on a record member, such as a magnetic tape disposed in a cartridge or cassette, which tape is driven at constant speed past a plurality of pickup transducers including one which is operable to reproduce the audio recordings from a first track of the tape and a second which is operable to reproduce digital video recordings of such lines of characters, graphical and animated cartoon information. In one form, the record member is driven at constant speed while audio recordings and digital video recordings are reproduced continuously from the tape. In another form, the tape is intermittently driven past reproduction transducers under the control of a timer to intermittently generate both audio and video digital signals which signals are recorded in a buffer, such as a rotating disc or drum or other form of memory from which such signals may be repeatedly reproduced at a rate whereby they may be utilized to generate still images on the screen of a cathode ray tube and/or images composed of still picture phenomena and moving phenomena. Where the record member is intermittently operated for reproducing therefrom, digital signals are reproduced at high speed and applied to a buffer memory from which they are reproduced at a lower speed in a manner to generate sounds of words accompanying the generation of video image information.
摘要:
A mark position detecting apparatus including a pattern signal generating circuit, a presettable counter, a detector circuit, a first register, a memory device, a second register, a divider and a control signal generating circuit. The pattern signal generating circuit produces a pattern signal corresponding to a pattern region of a document to be delivered. Based on the pattern signal, the presettable counter counts clock pulses corresponding to the distance between first and second reference marks. The detector circuit detects a mark signal contained in the pattern signal corresponding to the mark and the first register stores the count data of the presettable counter. The memory device stores the number of mark columns in the pattern region and is coupled to the second register. The divider is connected to the first and second registers so as to divide the count data of the first register by that of the second register and produces data which shows the position of the column containing the mark.
摘要:
An instruction position specifying unit which specifies a position of an indicator, a target detecting unit which detects a mark of a medium, an instruction reception unit which receives an instruction corresponding to a position which is indicated by a user using the indicator based on the detected mark, and a processing unit which performs a process corresponding to the received instruction are included.
摘要:
In a method for scanning documents, in particular printed sheets of paper, and automatically controlling the further processing of the scanned documents, the following steps are carried out: manually applying at least one marking to a margin area of the document that is not printed on; scanning the document; automatically detecting the at least one marking applied to the margin area of the document; and automatically controlling the further processing of the document according to the marking applied in the margin area.
摘要:
A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically, which is independent of the call-in number, determining a graphics template associated with the call-in number, combining a digitized representation of the transmission page with the graphics template to form a digitized representation of a composite page, formatting the digitized representation of the composite page into a second format, determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile or the scanned image, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the composite page in the second format to the electronic destination address.
摘要:
A method transmitting a facsimile or scanned image to an electronic destination address includes receiving the facsimile or scanned image including a digitized instruction page including an optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the digitized instruction page is encoded in a first format, determining the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known prior to receiving the facsimile or scanned image, converting the digitized instruction page to a second format, determining additional service provider data, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the instruction page encoded in the second format to the electronic destination address.
摘要:
A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically, which is independent of the call-in number, determining a graphics template associated with the call-in number, combining a digitized representation of the transmission page with the graphics template to form a digitized representation of a composite page, formatting the digitized representation of the composite page into a second format, determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile or the scanned image, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the composite page in the second format to the electronic destination address.
摘要:
A method for a computer system includes receiving a fax from a user comprising a digitized document and a billing telephone number associated with the user, wherein the digitized document includes a digitized transmission page including a digitized recipient e-mail address, and wherein a receiving number over which the fax is received is associated with a pay-per-use service, optically recognizing characters of the recipient e-mail address from the digitized e-mail address, determining an attachment in a format suitable for attachment to an e-mail message from the digitized document, sending an e-mail message comprising an e-mail attachment portion including the attachment, an e-mail TO portion including the recipient e-mail address, and an e-mail body portion including a service provider identifier, and submitting a service charge associated with the pay-per-use service against the billing telephone number.
摘要:
A method for sending an e-mail message comprises receiving a transmission instruction page, entering a plurality of text entries from a user on the transmission instruction page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the plurality of text entries includes an e-mail address, and sending a facsimile to a facsimile server, wherein the facsimile includes the filled-in transmission instruction page and one or more pages of a document, wherein the facsimile server converts the facsimile into an e-mail attachment, wherein the facsimile server sends the e-mail message including a service provider indicator and the e-mail attachment to the e-mail address, wherein the facsimile server optically derives the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile, and wherein facsimile server need not know the e-mail address prior to receiving the facsimile.