Facsimile apparatus and control method of facsimile apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10178271-B2
Application number	US-201715401830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2017
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A facsimile apparatus includes a storage unit, a first detection unit, and a second detection unit. The storage unit stores a parameter based on a connection standard of a telephone-line connected to the facsimile apparatus, and an apparatus direct-current resistance of the facsimile apparatus. The first detection unit detects a first voltage that is a voltage at a line-open time of a telephone line connected to the facsimile apparatus. The second detection unit detects a second voltage that is a voltage at a line-capture time of the telephone line. By using the first voltage, the second voltage, the parameter, and the apparatus direct-current resistance, a voltage to be a threshold for determination of line capture is determined. By using a voltage detected from the telephone line and the voltage to be the threshold determined by the first determination unit, whether the telephone line is captured is determined.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A facsimile apparatus which is able to connect with an external telephone, the facsimile apparatus comprising:
a line capture configured to capture a telephone line;
a detector configured to detect a voltage of the telephone line; and
at least one processor configured to cause the facsimile apparatus to perform operations including:
setting a first value based on the first voltage detected by the detector when the telephone line is not captured by the line capture,
setting a second value based on second voltage detected by the detector when the telephone line is captured by the line capture, and
setting a threshold for detecting picking up of a telephone receiver,
wherein the threshold is calculated by using the first value and the second value.

2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the line capture includes a plurality of resistors different in resistance value, and
wherein the operations further include detecting voltage to be detected by the detector when the telephone line is captured using each of the plurality of resistors.

3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the operations further include measuring a current value of a current that is flowing when the telephone line is captured, and
wherein the threshold is a value calculated using the measured current value.

4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further include:
detecting, by the detector, voltage a plurality of times when the telephone line is not captured, and setting the first value from the detected voltages, and
detecting, by the detector, voltage a plurality of times when the telephone line is captured a plurality of times, and setting the second value calculated from the detected voltages,
wherein the threshold is a value calculated using the first value and the second value.

5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further include detecting voltage to be detected by the detector when the telephone line is not captured and voltage to be detected by the detector when the telephone line is captured, after at least one of activating the facsimile apparatus, returning the facsimile apparatus from a power saving state, and setting instruction of the threshold from a user.

6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage device storing voltage of a telephone line determined according to a telephone line standard of each country,
wherein the operations further include obtaining, from the storage device, a line voltage defined by the telephone line standard of each country and a resistance value of the telephone defined by the telephone line standard of each country, and
wherein the threshold is a value calculated by using the obtained line voltage and the obtained resistance value of the telephone.

7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the storage device stores at least one of a maximum voltage value of the telephone line, a minimum voltage value of the telephone line, a maximum resistance value of the telephone, and a minimum resistance value of the telephone.

8. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the storage device stores a maximum value of the telephone line, a minimum value of the telephone line, a resistance maximum value of the telephone, and a resistance minimum value of the telephone, and
wherein, the operations further include detecting picking up of the telephone receiver, in a case where the voltage to be detected by the detector is larger than a threshold calculated using the first value, the second value, the minimum value stored in the storage device, and the resistance minimum value stored in the storage device and smaller than a threshold calculated using a potential difference obtained when the telephone line is opened, the potential difference obtained when the circuit captures the telephone line, the maximum value stored in the storage device, and the resistance maximum value stored in the storage device.

9. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the circuit includes at least one resistor, and
wherein the threshold is calculated by using the resistance value of the resistor.

10. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a state in which the circuit connects to the telephone line is a state in which the circuit is provided with an electric current and a state in which the circuit does not connect to the telephone line is a state in which the circuit is not provided with an electric current.

11. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further include detecting the picking up of a telephone receiver according to the voltage to be detected by the detector being smaller than the threshold.

12. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the operations further include determining whether the facsimile apparatus receives from the telephone line a signal based on reception of a facsimile,
wherein the detector detects, in a state in which the facsimile apparatus does not receive from the telephone line the signal based on the reception of the facsimile, a voltage obtained when the circuit connects to the telephone line and a voltage in a voltage obtained when the circuit does not connect to the telephone line.

13. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the circuit connects to the telephone line according to the facsimile apparatus having received from the telephone line the signal based on the reception of the facsimile.

14. A control method for a facsimile which is able to connect with an external apparatus, the control method comprising:
capturing, by a line capture, a telephone line;
detecting, by a detector, a voltage of the telephone line; and
setting a first value based on the first voltage detected by the detector when the telephone line is not captured by the line capture,
setting a second value based on second voltage detected by the detector when the telephone line is captured by the line capture, and
setting a threshold for detecting picking up of a telephone receiver,
wherein the threshold is calculated by using the first value and the second value.

15. The control method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
obtaining, from the storage device, a line voltage defined by a telephone line standard of each country and a resistance value of the telephone defined by the telephone line standard of each country; and
calculating the threshold by using the first value, the second value, the line voltage defined by the telephone line standard of each country and the resistance value of the telephone defined by the telephone line standard of each country.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Iguchi Junji

Classifications

• H04N1/32728 Primary

  an off-hook condition · CPC title

• H04N1/00891

  Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use (H04N1/00896 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N2201/0093

  Facsimile machine (H04N2201/0094 takes precedence) · CPC title