Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A system for scanning and storing an image, said system comprising in combination: means for scanning said image and for converting each scan into a set of substantially disjoint index numbers, said set including a first subset of said index numbers each representing information corresponding to the gray scale level in a respective area of fixed size in said image, and a second subset of said index numbers, each representing information corresponding to the shape of at least a portion of an edge in an area of said fixed size in said image; storage means storing a set of fixed number of predetermined image elements, each in the form of a unique sequence of digital bits, a first subset of said image elements each representing a respective level in said gray scale, and a second subset of said image elements each representing a respective edgedefining value; means for retrieving image elements from said storage means responsively to a sequence fo said index numbers as produced by said scan; and means for displaying retrieved image elements in a substantially rectangular array in which indicia representing said image elements are disposed according to said sequence.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
193 words
A system for scanning and storing an image, said system comprising in combination: means for scanning said image and for converting each scan into a set of substantially disjoint index numbers, said set including a first subset of said index numbers each representing information corresponding to the gray scale level in a respective area of fixed size in said image, and a second subset of said index numbers, each representing information corresponding to the shape of at least a portion of an edge in an area of said fixed size in said image; storage means storing a set of fixed number of predetermined image elements, each in the form of a unique sequence of digital bits, a first subset of said image elements each representing a respective level in said gray scale, and a second subset of said image elements each representing a respective edgedefining value; means for retrieving image elements from said storage means responsively to a sequence fo said index numbers as produced by said scan; and means for displaying retrieved image elements in a substantially rectangular array in which indicia representing said image elements are disposed according to said sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said image elements is stored as an plurality of n-bit words.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said image elements in said first subset of elements are addressable in said storage means by numbers in said first subset of index numbers, and said image elements in said second subset of elements are addressable in said storage means by numbers in said second subset of index numbers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said index numbers are m-bit binary numbers, m being an integer greater than 4.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
A system as defined in claim 4 wherein m is 8.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system as defined in claim 4 wherein the image elements in said first subset of said elements are addressable in said storage means by sixty four of said binary numbers, and the image elements in said second subset of said elements are addressable in said storage means by one hundred ninety two others of said binary numbers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
A system as defined in claim 6 wherein said image elements of said first subset are addressable in said storage means by binary numbers representing 0 to 63 respectively, and said image elements in said second subset are addressable in said storage means by the binary numbers representing 64 to 255 respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
78 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said means for displaying includes printer means, and wherein each of said image elements of said first set is printed by said printer means to produce a square matrix corresponding to the original area represented by said each image element of said first set, and having a gray scale density level corresponding to the density level of said original area represented by said each image element of said first set.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
A system as defined in claim 8 wherein each of said image elements of said second set is printed by said printer means to produce a square matrix corresponding to the original area represented by said each image element of said second set, and reproducing substantially the shape of at least a portion of said edge in said original area represented by said image element in said second set.