1. A confirming facsimile (FAX) machine comprising:
means for scanning and sending each page of a document electronically to a receiving FAX machine;
means for marking each page of a document scanned and sent by said FAX machine with an ink message, the ink message being printed with an invisible ink which is only visible in the ultra violet (UV) spectrum; and
means for reading said marking to confirm the scanning and sending of each page of said document, wherein said means for reading said marking is a low power UV pen light,
wherein said FAX machine is configured to confirm that each page of a document has been scanned and sent by said FAX machine to a particular receiving FAX machine at a particular time and date.
2. The confirming FAX machine of claim 1, further comprising:
a document output tray for receiving said each page of said document sent; and
a low power UV light so mounted on said FAX machine as to illuminate said marking on each said page of said document as it enters said document tray.
3. The confirming FAX machine of claim 1, wherein said marking means is a printer for marking data including date, time the FAX is sent, and telephone number to which the FAX is sent.
4. The confirming FAX machine of claim 3, further comprising a printer controller for receiving electrical signals representing time, date, and FAX number from said FAX machine and controls said printer by sending corresponding electrical control signals to said printer.
5. The confirming FAX machine of claim 4, wherein said printer controller is programmed to scroll the carriage of said printer down a line at a time for each page faxed until programmed to return to the top of a page, whereby the chances of overwriting a confirmation marking made when previously FAXED is significantly reduced.
6. The confirming FAX machine of claim 5, wherein said printer is an ink jet printer.
7. The confirming FAX machine of claim 5, wherein said printer is a thermal process printer.
8. The confirming FAX machine of claim 7, wherein said thermal process printer comprises a print engine, having a pressing roller which presses the document against a ribbon coated with invisible ink, and a printer head on the opposite side of the ribbon and document which melts small dots of the ink which are pressed against the document to form said markings.
9. A facsimile (FAX) confirmation device comprising:
means for marking each page of a document scanned and sent by a FAX machine with an ink message, the ink message being printed with an invisible ink which is only visible in the ultra violet (UV) spectrum;
a document output tray for receiving said each page of said document sent, and a low power UV light so mounted on said FAX confirmation device as to illuminate said marking on each said page of said document as it enters said document tray; and
means for reading said marking to confirm the scanning and sending of each page of the document to a particular receiving FAX machine at a particular time and date,
wherein said FAX confirmation device is configured to be attached with a FAX machine at a point past the output of a scanner of said FAX machine.
10. The FAX confirmation device of claim 9, wherein said means for reading said marking is a low power UV pen light.
11. The FAX confirmation device of claim 9, wherein said marking means is a printer for marking data including date, time each page of the document is sent, and telephone number to which each page of the document is sent.
12. The FAX confirmation device of claim 11, further comprising a printer controller for receiving electrical signals representing time, date, and FAX number from the FAX machine and controlling said printer by sending corresponding electrical control signals to said printer.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A radar apparatus which radiates a transmit signal from a transmitter section, and which receives said transmit signal reflected from an object by switching between a plurality of antennas, wherein
said plurality of antennas are divided into a plurality of groups, and at least one of the plurality of antennas contained in each of said groups is a common antenna, and wherein
said radar apparatus comprises: a selector switch section having a plurality of selector switches each for sequentially and selectively switching output terminals of said plurality of antennas and said common antenna contained in a corresponding one of said groups for connection to an input terminal; a plurality of channels each having an AD converter and a downconverting section for downconverting a received signal that has been input from each of said antennas to said input terminal via a corresponding one of said plurality of selector switches; and a digital signal processing section for receiving an output from said AD converter of each of said channels, and for applying prescribed processing to detect the distance to or the relative velocity of said object.
2. A radar apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said common antenna is provided with a branching means for connecting the output of said common antenna to each of said channels by switching therebetween.
3. A radar apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said branching means is a selector switch.
4. A radar apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said branching means is a hybrid circuit.