EP0122430A2
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Image processing apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1984-03-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-03-07
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus has a character code buffer for receiving decoded character signal and generating data presenting a designated character image portion in response a character read address signal, a character generator for converting the readout data to dot data, a character image memory for storing the dot data in a memory area in response to a character write address signal, an image buffer memory for receiving decoded image data and generating data representing a designated half tone image region in response to a halftone read address signal, processing circuit blocks for performing a series of predetermined operations for the readout data, and a half tone image memory for storing the processed data in response to a halftone write address signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinori Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 17:10
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01D; G01D15/00; G01D15/14; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/12; G06K15/1276; G06K15/128; G06K15/129; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3871; H04N1/3872; H04N1/3873; H04N1/46; G06K2215/00; G06K2215/0002; G06K2215/0062; G06K2215/0065; G06K2215/0082; G06K2215/0094; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S347/00; Y10S347/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for binarizing the image signal, said binarizing means including means for half-tone processing the image signal; and means for generating a digital image signal without half-tone processing the character signal from said character signal input means by said half tone processing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for binarizing the image signal, said binarizing means including means for half-tone processing the image signal; and means for generating a digital image signal without half-tone processing the character signal from said character signal input means by said half tone processing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising first memory means for storing the character signal and second memory means for storing the binarized image signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for designating output regions and output positions of the character signal and/or the binarized image signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising color designating means for reproducing a character and/or an image represented by the character signal and/or the binarized image signal in a predetermined color.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for converting to a dot-form character signal the code-form character signal entered from said character signal input means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image processing system comprising: image signal input means for entering a image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for binarizing the image signal; and means for reproducing a character and/or an image represented by the character signal and/or the binarized image signal in a predetermined color.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image processing system comprising: image signal input means for entering a image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for binarizing the image signal; and means for reproducing a character and/or an image represented by the character signal and/or the binarized image signal in a predetermined color.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system according to claim 6, further comprising means for combining the character signal with the binarized image signal from said binarizing means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 6, further comprising first memory means for storing the character signal and second memory means for storing the binarized image signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 8, further comprising means for designating output regions and output positions of the character signal and/or the binarized image signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system according to claim 6, further comprising means for converting to a dot-form character signal the code-form character signal entered from said character signal input means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
67 words
An image processing system comprising: first input means for entering an image signal; second input means for entering a character signal; means for half-tone processing the image signal entered from said first input means; and means for reproducing-in a predetermined color an image and/or a character represented by the image signal entered from said first input means and/or the character signal entered from said second input means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
67 words
An image processing system comprising: first input means for entering an image signal; second input means for entering a character signal; means for half-tone processing the image signal entered from said first input means; and means for reproducing-in a predetermined color an image and/or a character represented by the image signal entered from said first input means and/or the character signal entered from said second input means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image processing system comprising: means for optically reading a document and converting the read data to an image signal; input means for entering a character signal; and means for reproducing in a predetermined color, an image and/or a character represented by the image signal converted by said converting means and/or the character signal entered from said input means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image processing system comprising: means for optically reading a document and converting the read data to an image signal; input means for entering a character signal; and means for reproducing in a predetermined color, an image and/or a character represented by the image signal converted by said converting means and/or the character signal entered from said input means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for combining the character signal with the image signal; and means for controlling said combining means so as to perform combination of the character signal in a predetermined signal state in accordance with the image signal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for combining the character signal with the image signal; and means for controlling said combining means so as to perform combination of the character signal in a predetermined signal state in accordance with the image signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means changes an output state of the character signal in accordance with one of a hue and/ or a density of the image signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means has discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the hue and/or the density of the image signal exceeds a predetermined value, said discriminating means being arranged to arbitrarily set the predetermined value.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising first memory means for storing the character signal and second memory means for storing the image signal.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising means for designating output regions and output positions of the character signal and/or the image signal.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising color designating means for reproducing a character and/or an image represented by the character signal and the digital image signal in a predetermined color.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to clima 13, further comprising means for converting to a dot-form character signal the code-form character signal entered from said character signal input means.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to clima 13, further comprising means for converting to a dot-form character signal the code-form character signal entered from said character signal input means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising means for binarizing the image signal, said binarizing means including means for half-tone processing the image signal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for combining the image signal with the character signal; and means for controlling said combining means so as to render a periphery of a character represented by the character signal in a predetermined image state.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image signal input means for entering an image signal; character signal input means for entering a character signal; means for combining the image signal with the character signal; and means for controlling said combining means so as to render a periphery of a character represented by the character signal in a predetermined image state.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said controlling means controls an output state of the image signal in a predetermined region including the character signal.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising first memory means for storing the character signal and second memory means for storing the image signal.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising means for designating output regions and output positions of the character signal and/or the image signal.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising color designating means for reproducing a character and/or a image represented by one of the character signal and the image signal in a predetermined color.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for converting to a dot-form character signal the code-form character signal entered from said character signal input means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for binarizing the image signal, said binarizing means including means for half-tone processing the image signal.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
71 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: input means for serially entering different types of image data; . separating means for separating the image data entered from said input means in accordance with the types thereof; and plurality of image data processing means corresponding to the types of image data, one of said processing means including decoding means for decoding into a bit signal a coded image signal supplied from said separating means.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
71 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: input means for serially entering different types of image data; . separating means for separating the image data entered from said input means in accordance with the types thereof; and plurality of image data processing means corresponding to the types of image data, one of said processing means including decoding means for decoding into a bit signal a coded image signal supplied from said separating means.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising means for combining the bit signal with a character bit signal.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the character bit signal is produced by processing a character code signal from said separating means.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image recording system comprising: input means for entering a series of image data of different types; means for separating the series of image data in accordance with types of image data; means for processing the separated image data to convert into image bit signals; means for combining the bit signals each other to generate a composite bit signal.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image recording system comprising: input means for entering a series of image data of different types; means for separating the series of image data in accordance with types of image data; means for processing the separated image data to convert into image bit signals; means for combining the bit signals each other to generate a composite bit signal.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
41 words
A system according to claim 31, wherein said one of said converting means comprises one of half tone processing means, means for converting a character code to an image bit, and means for converting a compressed code to an image bit.
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