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Abstract

This invention is a family of simple, inexpensive, and portable electronic devices for business support built around a simple 2-dimensional digitizing device. It includes a transmit-only facsimile transmission device/system, a simple computer-based facsimile system, and a dual-mode (digital or OCR) page reading device. The digitizing device includes a read bar having a linear read head for developing a signal reflecting a one dimensional line of viewing; apparatus for creating relative movement between sheets of material to be digitized and the read bar; and, a detector for developing a signal indicating movement of the sheets one scanned line distance. The simple transmit-only facsimile transmission system comprises the foregoing digitizing device and, a digital computer including a numeric input keyboard; a modem for connecting to a telephone line; buffer memory for receiving the entire digitized contents of a 2-dimensional viewing area; and, a first program for inputting telephone numbers, for establishing a connection to a receiving facsimile machine, for determining group type of the receiving machine, and for transmitting the digitized contents of buffer memory to the receiving machine in the proper format for its group type. When employed in the portable office, the system can be used as a photocopier to copy documents. The digitizing device can output digitized or OCR data.

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First Claim