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Image processing system with coordination of image and recording material size
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1988-06-08
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Granted: 1989-03-21
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Expires: 2008-06-08
Abstract
Abstract An image processing system comprises: an image reader to read image information consisting of one or a plurality of pages stored in a storage medium such as a photodisc or floppy disk; an image size recognizing device for recognizing the image size of the image information; a recorder such as a laser beam printer to record the image information on a recording paper; recording paper size recognizing device for recognizing the recording paper size set in the recorder; discriminating device for discriminating the presence or absence of the recording paper of the size suitable for the image size by comparing the image size with the recording paper size; and a CRT display device to display the corresponding paper size when the recording paper suitable for the image size is not set. With this system, the operator can know the required paper size before the recording operation. The image information is printed for every image size on the recording paper which is automatically selected in accordance with the original image size. Thus, an annoyance in exchange of the papers can be reduced and operation efficiency can be raised.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsunori Katoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32502; H04N1/32507; H04N1/32512; H04N1/32523; H04N1/32529; H04N1/333; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/333; H04N2201/33307; H04N2201/33314; H04N2201/33321
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; and output means for recognizing the size of an original image corresponding to the desired image signal designated by said input means, and for outputting an image size signal indicating the size, wherein said output means outputs the image size signal in response to the amount of information of the designated image signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; and output means for recognizing the size of an original image corresponding to the desired image signal designated by said input means, and for outputting an image size signal indicating the size, wherein said output means outputs the image size signal in response to the amount of information of the designated image signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
145 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means outputting an image size signal indicative of a size of an image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; control means for determining an optimum size of a recording material in response to the image size signal output by said output means; and display means for displaying the image represented by the image signal designated by said input means, wherein, in a case where a plurality of image size signals are output by said output means, said control means outputs a plurality of recording materal size signals in response to the plurality of image size signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
145 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means outputting an image size signal indicative of a size of an image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; control means for determining an optimum size of a recording material in response to the image size signal output by said output means; and display means for displaying the image represented by the image signal designated by said input means, wherein, in a case where a plurality of image size signals are output by said output means, said control means outputs a plurality of recording materal size signals in response to the plurality of image size signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image processing system according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying said size of recording material in response to said size of said recording material prior to a recording operation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
165 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; first output means for outputting an image size signal indicative of a size of the image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; second output means for outputting a signal indicative of size of a recording material mounted in said recording means; control means for determining a plurality of optimum sizes of recording material in response to the plurality of image size signals output by said first output means; and display means for selecting a size of recording material which is not mounted in said recording means, from among the plurality of recording material sizes determined by said control means and for displaying the selected size.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
165 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; first output means for outputting an image size signal indicative of a size of the image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; second output means for outputting a signal indicative of size of a recording material mounted in said recording means; control means for determining a plurality of optimum sizes of recording material in response to the plurality of image size signals output by said first output means; and display means for selecting a size of recording material which is not mounted in said recording means, from among the plurality of recording material sizes determined by said control means and for displaying the selected size.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
An image processing system according to claim 4, further comprising means for determining an order in which the originals are recorded, in response to the image signals to be recorded on the recording material with the size displayed by said display means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
An image processing system according to claim 5, further comprising means for displaying said order.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image processing system according to claim 4, wherein said recording means includes selecting means for automatically selecting an optimum size of recording material in response to the image size signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
139 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means for recognizing the size of an original image corresponding to the desired image signal designated by said input means, and for outputting an image size signal; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; and second output means for recognizing the size of the recording material and for outputting a recording material size signal of indicative of the size of the recording material, wherein said recording means performs an enlargement/reduction process on the designated image signal in accordance with the image size signal and the recording material size signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
139 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means for recognizing the size of an original image corresponding to the desired image signal designated by said input means, and for outputting an image size signal; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; and second output means for recognizing the size of the recording material and for outputting a recording material size signal of indicative of the size of the recording material, wherein said recording means performs an enlargement/reduction process on the designated image signal in accordance with the image size signal and the recording material size signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
125 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means for outputting an image size signal indicative of the size of an image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; and control means for controlling said recording means such that, when a plurality of image size signals are output by said output means, an image signal corresponding to a predetermined image size signal from among the plurality of image size signals is primarily recorded.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
125 words
An image processing system comprising: a storage medium for storing image signals of a plurality of originals therein; input means for designating a desired one of the image signals stored in said storage medium such that the desired one image signal can be read; output means for outputting an image size signal indicative of the size of an image represented by the image signal designated by said input means; recording means for recording the designated image signal on a recording material; and control means for controlling said recording means such that, when a plurality of image size signals are output by said output means, an image signal corresponding to a predetermined image size signal from among the plurality of image size signals is primarily recorded.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An image processing system according to claim 9, wherein said control means selects an image signal in response to the size of the recording material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
An image processing system according to claim 9, wherein said recording means selects, from among a plurality of recording materials, a recording material with a proper size in response to said image size signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
124 words
An image processing processing system comprising: a memory medium in which a plurality of images have been stored; designating means for designating a desired image among the plurality of images stored in said memory medium; reading means for continuously reading out an image which is designated by said designating means and which corresponds to a plurality of pages, from said memory medium; size signal output means for outputting size signals indicative of sizes of images corresponding to respective pages of said designated image; and printing means for printing an image corresponding to each page of said designated image on a recording material, wherein said printing means includes a selecting means for selecting recording material of a suitable size in response to said size signals.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
124 words
An image processing processing system comprising: a memory medium in which a plurality of images have been stored; designating means for designating a desired image among the plurality of images stored in said memory medium; reading means for continuously reading out an image which is designated by said designating means and which corresponds to a plurality of pages, from said memory medium; size signal output means for outputting size signals indicative of sizes of images corresponding to respective pages of said designated image; and printing means for printing an image corresponding to each page of said designated image on a recording material, wherein said printing means includes a selecting means for selecting recording material of a suitable size in response to said size signals.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image processing system according to claim 12, further comprising display means for displaying a sign indicating that a recording material of a suitable size does not exist, when such recording material of a suitable size does not exist.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing system according to claim 12, wherein said size signals are stored in said memory medium.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image processing system according to claim 13, wherein, when recording material of a suitable size does not exist, said printing means prints said image on a recording material of another size.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing system according to claim 12, wherein said image corresponding to a plurality of pages constitutes a unit file image.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
An image processing system according to claim 16, wherein said designating means designates a file image.
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