FULLY MODULAR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE

Patent №

US 6,577,907

Granted

2003-06-10

Filed 2000

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09556554

A multifunction device includes a multifunction controller, a first interface for receiving input data from at least one scanner and a second interface for outputting processed input data to at least one printer, wherein the first interface and the second interface are each a standard interface. In a presently preferred embodiment the first interface is comprised of a SCSI interface. The multifunction device further includes a graphical user interface for controlling the operation of the multifunction device, including setting operational parameters for the at least one scanner and the at least one printer. Other interfaces are also provided, including one for coupling to a facsimile device for outputting processed input data to the facsimile device, and another interface for coupling to an e-mail port for outputting processed input data to the e-mail port. Another interface is for coupling to a global data communications network, such as the Internet, for receiving document data as well as recipient contact information therefrom.

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AI classification

Vision0.53
Evolutionary computation0.07
Planning0.03
Natural language0.01
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 110500755

Assignors

CZYSZCZEWSKI, JOSEPH S., SMITH, II, JAMES T., WOEHR, IVAN, VIGIL, LUANA L., GREENWOOD, DAVID G.

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