US4876562A
Expired / Lapsed
US
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
Image recording apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
•
Filing: 1989-02-21
•
Granted: 1989-10-24
•
Expires: 2009-02-21
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for recording an image on a record medium includes an image forming device which operates in a plurality of record modes, and a control device for determining the record mode to be used on the basis of inputted page direction information and inputted print direction information.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhito Suzuki
- 👤 Koichiro Akimoto
- 👤 Hajime Ohshima
- 👤 Kazuyuki Honda
- 👤 Yukio Isaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:16
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/22; G03G15/23; G03G15/231; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S347/00; Y10S347/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 45
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and control means for determining a processing code of the inputted print data on the basis of inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and inputted print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; and control means for determining a processing code of the inputted print data on the basis of inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and inputted print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
Am image recording apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising means for feeding said record medium, wherein said control means determines a line direction and a character direction on the basis of a feed direction of the record medium, the page direction information and the print direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing the line direction, second memory means for storing character direction data representing the character direction, and determines a processing mode of the print data on the basis of the line direction data and the character direction data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said control means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data and determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means on the basis of the line direction data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said control means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern on the basis of the character direction data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means includes a table used to determine the line direction and the character direction, referring to the feed direction information, the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for accommodating a record medium, wherein said control means recognizes a feed direction of the record medium by detecting a type of said accommodating means, and said control means receives the page direction information and the print direction, as control commands, from an external apparatus.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
75 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data, and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to input print data of at least one page, and wherein said control means changes a state of development of the dot image data record in said buffer means on the basis of the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means has a table employed to determine a processing mode of the input print data in reference to the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
127 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: a record medium; image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of said record medium, wherein said image forming means has first and second dual-side image formation modes for forming images on both sides of said record medium, said modes being different from each other in a manner of forming an image on said record medium; and control means for controlling said image forming means, wherein said control means includes memory means for storing data representative of a direction of a seam side of said record medium, and performs a control operation thereof so that the first and second dual-side image formation modes of said image forming means is changeable in accordance with said data representing said direction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
127 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: a record medium; image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of said record medium, wherein said image forming means has first and second dual-side image formation modes for forming images on both sides of said record medium, said modes being different from each other in a manner of forming an image on said record medium; and control means for controlling said image forming means, wherein said control means includes memory means for storing data representative of a direction of a seam side of said record medium, and performs a control operation thereof so that the first and second dual-side image formation modes of said image forming means is changeable in accordance with said data representing said direction.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
97 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said image forming means has the first dual-side image formation mode in which the directions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of said record medium, respectively, are different, and the second dual-side image formation mode in which the direction of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of said record medium, respectively, are the same, and said control means selects said first or said second dual-side image formation mode in accordance with said data stored in said memory means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
68 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said control means includes image data input means for inputting image data and buffer means for storing the image data inputted, and wherein said control means determines a processing mode of the image data on the basis of said data, and sends to said image forming means the image data processed in accordance with the determined processing mode.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
68 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said control means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of said image data and second buffer means for storing the dot pattern generated, and determines a rotation direction of the dot pattern and an arrangement order of the dot pattern in said second buffer means on the basis of said data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
124 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: a record medium; image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of said record medium, wherein said image forming means has a first dual-side image formation mode in which positions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of the record medium, respectively, are different, and a second dual-side image formation node in which the positions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of the record medium, respectively, are the same; and control means for controlling said image forming means, wherein said control means selects one of the first and second dual-side image formation modes in accordance with a direction of a seam side of the record medium.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
124 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: a record medium; image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of said record medium, wherein said image forming means has a first dual-side image formation mode in which positions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of the record medium, respectively, are different, and a second dual-side image formation node in which the positions of images reproduced on the first side and the second side of the record medium, respectively, are the same; and control means for controlling said image forming means, wherein said control means selects one of the first and second dual-side image formation modes in accordance with a direction of a seam side of the record medium.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
64 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means includes buffer means for storing image data and delay means for delaying the image data outputted from said buffer means, and controls said delay means in accordance with a selected mode, and wherein the image data output from said delay means is sent to said image forming means for image formation.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means selects one of the first and second dual-side image formation modes in accordance with the relation between a reversal direction of the record medium and a direction of a seam side of the record medium.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
126 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: image data input means; and image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of a record medium in accordance with the input image data; wherein said image forming means includes means for determining a timing for processing said image data, and said timing determining means has a first mode in which processing timings of the image data are different for the first side and the second side of said record medium; and a second mode in which the processing timings are the same for the first side and the second side of said record medium, and selects one of the first and second modes in accordance with a direction of a seam side of said record medium.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
126 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus comprising: image data input means; and image forming means for forming images on first and second sides of a record medium in accordance with the input image data; wherein said image forming means includes means for determining a timing for processing said image data, and said timing determining means has a first mode in which processing timings of the image data are different for the first side and the second side of said record medium; and a second mode in which the processing timings are the same for the first side and the second side of said record medium, and selects one of the first and second modes in accordance with a direction of a seam side of said record medium.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
50 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said image forming means includes buffer means for storing the image data and delay means for delaying the image data outputted from said buffer means, and said timing determining means controls said delay means in accordance with a selected mode.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
A dual-side image recording apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said timing determining means selects one of the first and second modes in accordance with the relation between a reversal direction of the record medium and a direction of a seam side of the record medium.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
76 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; means for feeding said record medium; and control means for determining a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and a feed direction of the record medium.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
76 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; means for feeding said record medium; and control means for determining a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of inputted page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed and a feed direction of the record medium.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
52 words
An image record apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means further inputs print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, and determines a line direction and a character direction on the basis of the feed direction, the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
58 words
An image recording according to claim 22, wherein said control means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing the line direction, second memory means for storing character direction data representing the character direction, and determines a processing mode of the print data on the basis of the line direction data and the character direction data.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
42 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said control means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data and determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means on the basis of the line direction data.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
45 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern on the basis of the character direction data.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
16 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said print data comprises a character code.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said control means includes a table used to determine the line direction and the character direction, referring to the feed direction information, the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
50 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for accommodating a record medium, wherein said control means recognizes a feed direction of the record medium by detecting a type of said accommodating means, and said control means receives the page direction information, as control commands, from an external apparatus.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
77 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data, and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to print data of at least one page, and wherein said control means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of the page direction information and the feed direction of said record medium.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means has a table employed to determine a processing mode of the input print data in reference to the page direction information and the feed direction of the record medium.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
77 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; means for feeding said record medium; and control means for determining a line direction on the basis of a feed direction of the record medium, wherein said control means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
77 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: print data input means for inputting print data; image forming means for forming an image on a record medium in accordance with the inputted print data; means for feeding said record medium; and control means for determining a line direction on the basis of a feed direction of the record medium, wherein said control means determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
66 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said control means further inputs page direction information representing a page direction of an image to be formed, and print direction information representing a print direction of the image to be formed, and determines the line direction and a character direction on the basis of the feed direction, the print direction information, and the page direction information.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said control means includes first memory means for storing line direction data representing the line direction, second memory means for storing character direction data representing the character direction, and determines a processing mode of the print data on the basis of the line direction data and the character direction data.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
42 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said control means includes buffer means for storing the inputted print data and determines an arrangement order of the print data in said buffer means on the basis of the line direction data.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
45 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 34, wherein said control means includes dot pattern generation means for generating a dot pattern on the basis of the print data and rotation means for rotating the dot pattern on the basis of the character direction data.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image recording apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said control means includes a table used to determine the line direction and the character direction, referring to the feed direction information, the page direction information and the print direction information.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, further comprising means for accommodating a record medium, wherein said control means recognizes a feed direction of the record medium by detecting a type of said accommodating means.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
70 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said control means includes conversion means for converting the input print data into dot image data, and buffer means capable of storing dot image data corresponding to input print data of at least one page, and wherein said control means changes a state of development of the dot image data stored in said buffer means on the basis of the determined line direction.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said control means has a table employed to determine a line direction in reference to the feed direction of the record medium.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4099254A
Cited
US4187024A
Cited
US4162844A
Cited
US4423439A
Cited
US4453841A
Cited
US4579446A
Cited
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-10-23 | 1993-04-24 | 1993-10-24 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-10-23 | 1997-04-24 | 1997-10-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-10-23 | 2001-04-24 | 2001-10-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |