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EP0320014A2
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Image processing system
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-12-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-12-09
Abstract
Abstract This invention is an image processing system comprising an input controller having a CPU adapted to dot and compress density or tone data for an image read out by an input unit and for temporarily staying said compressed image data at a buffer; a work station providing a second CPU adapted to picture-edit not only a code information edited by an editing input unit but also said image data by the use of an input operating means and a display means; a file server including a third CPU connected to said input controller and said work station by bus lines and for storing said image data, code information and edited data picture-edited by said work station in said file server; and an imge setter having a fourth CPU for reading out said edited data stored in said file server and subjecting said edited data to a required data processing, thereby outputting an image over an image output unit characterized in that said input controller, said file server, said work station and said image setter are individually and independently subjected to an information processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Hitoshi Urabe
- 👤 Hiroshi Horikawa
- 👤 Kazuhiko Akimoto
- 👤 Kaisuke Nakaya
- 👤 Masahiko Mizuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 21:10
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
An image processing system comprising an input controller having a first CPU adapted to dot and compress density data for an image read out by an input unit and for temporarily staying said compressed image data at a buffer; a work station providing a second CPU adapted to picture-edit not only a code information edited by an editing input unit but also said image data by the use of an input operating means and a display means; a file server including a third CPU connected to said input controller and said work station by bus lines and for storing said image data, code information and edited data picture-edited by said work station in said file server; and an image setter having a fourth CPU for reading out said edited data stored in said file server and subjecting said edited data to a required data processing, thereby outputting an image over an image output unit characterized in that said input controller, said file server, said work station and said image setter are individually and independently subjected to an information processing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
An image processing system comprising an input controller having a first CPU adapted to dot and compress density data for an image read out by an input unit and for temporarily staying said compressed image data at a buffer; a work station providing a second CPU adapted to picture-edit not only a code information edited by an editing input unit but also said image data by the use of an input operating means and a display means; a file server including a third CPU connected to said input controller and said work station by bus lines and for storing said image data, code information and edited data picture-edited by said work station in said file server; and an image setter having a fourth CPU for reading out said edited data stored in said file server and subjecting said edited data to a required data processing, thereby outputting an image over an image output unit characterized in that said input controller, said file server, said work station and said image setter are individually and independently subjected to an information processing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said editing input unit is a makeup unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said editing input unit is a word processor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said memory means is a hard disc, a magnetic disc and/or an electro-optical disc.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said code information of said editing input unit is caused to be once stored in a floppy disc and then inputted into said work station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said work station is coupled by an Ethernet bus line to said file server.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said file server, said input controller and said image setter are connected to each other by an SCSI bus line.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said image output unit is a high quality image output unit or a laser beam printer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said input controller is adapted to subject said density data to plurality of processings.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said work station in plurality connected to each other by an Ethernet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said input controller comprising a halftoning circuit for dotting said density data, a compression circuit for compressing said dotted data, a buffer for temporarily storing said compressed data and said first CPU for controlling a whole.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 11 wherein said halftoning circuit, said compression circuit and said buffer are respectively provided in pulural, thinning circuit(s) are provided at front portins thereof as occasion demands and local memories are connected to said buffers via interfaces.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
63 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 11 wherein threshold matrix is used in said halftoning circuit, and pixel data are arranged in order of level of threshold values of said threshold matrix as well as bit data of said pixel in said compression circuit thereby to re-arrange all of said density data in order of said level of the threshold values.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein data communication between said second CPU and third CPU is performed through an interface and a common memory.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
63 words
An image processing system as claimed in Claim 1 wherein said work station inputs character code data by said input operating means, converts data format, interactively generates layout data of images via said display means, and generates output data described in page description language due to said code data and said layout data thereby totransfer thus obtained output data to said file server.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
158 words
An image processing apparatus comprising a CPU having a main memory connected to a CPU bus and interfaces, a sequencer connected between said CPU bus and an image data bus for transferring image data, a logical operational circuit connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus as well as connecting to a first memory, a common memory connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus, an expander and a third memory connected from said CPU bus to said image data bus, a raster image converter and a second memory connected from said CPU bus to said image data bus, a vector font memory which stores vector fonts necessary for generating character bit map by said raster image converter and is connected to said CPU bus, and an output circuit which is connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus via a buffer and is connected to image recording devices via a buffer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
158 words
An image processing apparatus comprising a CPU having a main memory connected to a CPU bus and interfaces, a sequencer connected between said CPU bus and an image data bus for transferring image data, a logical operational circuit connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus as well as connecting to a first memory, a common memory connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus, an expander and a third memory connected from said CPU bus to said image data bus, a raster image converter and a second memory connected from said CPU bus to said image data bus, a vector font memory which stores vector fonts necessary for generating character bit map by said raster image converter and is connected to said CPU bus, and an output circuit which is connected between said CPU bus and said image data bus via a buffer and is connected to image recording devices via a buffer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
217 words
An image processing apparatus as claimed in Claim 16 wherein said logical operational circuit comprising a mode register and a constant register connected to said CPU bus, a bit inversion circuit connected to said image data bus, a barrel shifter for shifting bit data output of said bit inversion circuit by a bit controller which is operated in accordance with output of said mode register, a mask pattern gate for outputting fixed data, a first multiplexer for inputting data read out from said first memory and an output of said constant register, an operation circuit which inputs an output of said barrel shifter and an output of said first multiplexer and then operates in logic, a second multiplexer which inputs an output of said operation circuit and an output of said mask pattern gate and transfers a selected data to said first memory, a first preset counter and an address counter connected to said CPU bus, a comparator which comparates counted value of clock in said first preset counter with a set value, a second preset counter which counts said clock as a preset value being output of said comparator, and a third multiplexer which inputs counted values of said address counter and said second preset counter and then transfer a selected data to said first memory.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
64 words
A sampling method for data comprising the steps of: digitizing predetermined data by an A/D converting means; inputting thus digitized data into plural thinning means; sampling said data based on respective table data which have been inputted into said plural thinning means to prepare plural sampling data; inputting said sampled data into plural data converting means; and storing this converted data in a buffer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
64 words
A sampling method for data comprising the steps of: digitizing predetermined data by an A/D converting means; inputting thus digitized data into plural thinning means; sampling said data based on respective table data which have been inputted into said plural thinning means to prepare plural sampling data; inputting said sampled data into plural data converting means; and storing this converted data in a buffer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A sampling method for data as claimed in Claim 18 wherein said predetermined data are picture image data for printing.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sampling method for data as claimed in Claim 18 wherein said table data are data on density and tone necessary for display, and data on dot density and tone resolution of the printer for preparing print-ready copy for the final printing.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
27 words
A sampling method for data as claimed in Claim 18 wherein said data conversion is for converting the data into dots or binary codes and for compression.
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