Facsimile and static presentation processing

SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE CLASS SUBJECT MATTER

This class deals with the communication or reproduction of a static image or sequence of static images in which the local light, or density variations composing the image do not vary with time (e.g., a document image) by a method or apparatus involving at least one of the following steps: (1) scanning a static image to capture an image-containing area by resolving it into an area or a plurality of areas of which at least one of the two dimensions is elemental, simultaneously or in a sequence, and the generation in response thereto of an image-representative signal or image-representative data; (2) communication of an image-representative signal or image-representative data over any supporting communication network; or (3) reproduction of an image-containing area in response to an image-representative signal or image-representative image data by reproducing a corresponding image area or a plurality of image areas of which at least one of the two dimensions is elemental, simultaneously or in a sequence.