Image processing apparatus which selectably outputs image information

Claim 2

An image processing system comprising: image input means for reading image information; data input means for inputting data relative to a plurality of image areas containing the image information, wherein said data input means includes indicating means for indicating the order in which the image information should be output; instructing means for providing a start instruction signal to initiate image processing; and control means for controlling said image input means such that input processing by said image input means is executed the same number of times as the number of the plurality of image areas corresponding to said input data, in response to a start instruction signal from said instructing means, wherein said control means controls said image input means such that only one image area is input for each input processing.

Claim 3

An image processing system according to claim 1, further comprising printing means for outputting the image information input by each of the input processings on a single sheet of recording medium.

Claim 4

An image processing system according to claim 2, wherein the data includes data for defining an output position, on said sheet when the image information is to be outputted.

Claim 5

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data input means is adapted to input data for defining the size of the image area.

Claim 6

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data input means is adapted to input data for defining the number of the image areas.

Claim 7

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data includes the size of at least one image area and a distance between two image areas.

Claim 8

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of image areas may be of any form.

Claim 9

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said control means controls said image input means such that the image information except for the desired image information is masked in each of the input processings.

Claim 10

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data includes data for defining an order of the plurality of the image areas to be input.

Claim 11

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said image input means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 12

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said control means includes logic gates.

Claim 13

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing a book-like original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; information generating means for generating information indicating whether the book-like original is positioned on said platen with its pages in either a longitudinal orientation or in a latitudinal orientation with respect to said platen; recognizing means for recognizing the position of the book-like original by scanning the book-like original placed on said platen; and control means for determining whether image information to be obtained by said scanning means corresponds to the book-like original placed with a longitudinal orientation or with a latitudinal orientation, in response to the position recognized by said recognizing means and the information generated by said information generating means.

Claim 14

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing a book-like original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; information generating means for generating information indicating whether the book-like original is positioned on said platen with its pages in either a longitudinal orientation or in a latitudinal orientation with respect to said platen; recognizing means for recognizing the position of the book-like original by scanning the book-like original placed on said platen; and control means for determining whether image information to be obtained by said scanning means corresponds to the book-like original placed with a longitudinal orientation or with a latitudinal orientation, in response to the position recognized by said recognizing means and the information generated by said information generating means.

Claim 15

An image processing system according to claim 12, wherein said information generating means recognizes whether the book-like original is placed on said platen with a longitudinal orientation or a latitudinal orientation, in response to the image information obtained by the scanning operation in order to generate a recognizing signal.

Claim 16

An image processing system according to claim 13, wherein said information generating means recognizes whether the book-like original is placed with a longitudinal orientation or with a latitudinal orientation.

Claim 17

An image processing system according to claim 12, further comprising indicating means for indicating whether the image information to be obtained corresponds to one page or both pages of the book-like original when placed so as to have a latitudinal orientation.

Claim 18

An image processing system according to claim 12, further comprising indicating means for indicating whether the image information to be obtained corresponds to one page or both pages of the book-like original when placed so as to have a longitudinal orientation.

Claim 19

An image processing system according to claim 12, further comprising printing means for printing information corresponding to one page of the original at a desired position on one sheet of a recording medium.

Claim 20

An image processing system according to claim 12, wherein said control means includes logic gates.

Claim 21

An image processing system according to claim 12, wherein said scanner means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 22

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a position of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; generating means for generating information for defining a plurality of areas, which are of a desired shape, of the image information on said original; output means for outputting image information obtained by one scanning operation of said scanning means; and control means for each controlling said output means such that the image information, corresponding to a different one of the plurality of said areas on said original, is output on one sheet of a recording medium by said output means by means of a plurality of repeated scanning operations of said scanning means, in response to the position information obtained by said recognizing means and the information obtained by said generating means.

Claim 23

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a position of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; generating means for generating information for defining a plurality of areas, which are of a desired shape, of the image information on said original; output means for outputting image information obtained by one scanning operation of said scanning means; and control means for each controlling said output means such that the image information, corresponding to a different one of the plurality of said areas on said original, is output on one sheet of a recording medium by said output means by means of a plurality of repeated scanning operations of said scanning means, in response to the position information obtained by said recognizing means and the information obtained by said generating means.

Claim 24

An image processing system according to claim 20, wherein said generating means generates coordinate information for indicating the shapes of the plurality of areas.

Claim 25

An image processing system according to claim 20, further comprising position designating means for designating a position on said one sheet where the image information is output by said output means.

Claim 26

An image processing system according to claim 20, further comprising designating means for designating an order of said image information, to be output, corresponding to the plurality of said areas.

Claim 27

An image processing system according to claim 20, wherein said scanning means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 28

An image processing system according to claim 20, wherein said control means includes logic gates.

Claim 29

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; input means for inputting image information by scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; readout means for reading out said image information input by said input means; converting means for converting the image information, for one line, input by said input means into digital data; mode designating means for designating one of two modes in the case of the original placed with pages in a main scanning direction of said input means, wherein in one mode only information on an upper page is output and in the other mode only information on a lower page is output; control means for causing said input means to perform one scanning operation in order to obtain both of image information of one line on said upper page and image information of one line on said lower page, regardless of the designation of said mode designating means, wherein said control means controls said read out means such that said read out means reads out either said image information of one line on said upper page or said image information of one line on said lower page; and output means for outputting said image information either on the upper or the lower page on one sheet in response to the image information read by said control means.

Claim 30

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; input means for inputting image information by scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; readout means for reading out said image information input by said input means; converting means for converting the image information, for one line, input by said input means into digital data; mode designating means for designating one of two modes in the case of the original placed with pages in a main scanning direction of said input means, wherein in one mode only information on an upper page is output and in the other mode only information on a lower page is output; control means for causing said input means to perform one scanning operation in order to obtain both of image information of one line on said upper page and image information of one line on said lower page, regardless of the designation of said mode designating means, wherein said control means controls said read out means such that said read out means reads out either said image information of one line on said upper page or said image information of one line on said lower page; and output means for outputting said image information either on the upper or the lower page on one sheet in response to the image information read by said control means.

Claim 31

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein said input means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 32

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein the platen is adapted to receive a book-like original.

Claim 33

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein said control means includes logic gates.

Claim 34

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein said upper page and said lower page are adjacent to each other in the main scanning direction.

Claim 35

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein said output means outputs image information of said upper page or said lower page onto an output medium with a desired magnification.

Claim 36

An image processing system according to claim 26, wherein said output means outputs image information on said upper page or lower page at a desired position on an output medium.

Claim 37

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a size of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; output means for outputting image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means; mode switching means for switching between a first mode in which two documents different from each other are read out from an original, and are output, and a second mode in which a single document is read out from the original, and is output; and control means for controlling said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a switching operation of said mode switching means, the image information obtained by the scanning operation is divided into two sets of image information in response to the size recognized by said recognizing means and each of the two sets of image information is output on a different sheet, the size of which is equal to the size of a corresponding one of the two sets of image information.

Claim 38

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a size of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; output means for outputting image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means; mode switching means for switching between a first mode in which two documents different from each other are read out from an original, and are output, and a second mode in which a single document is read out from the original, and is output; and control means for controlling said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a switching operation of said mode switching means, the image information obtained by the scanning operation is divided into two sets of image information in response to the size recognized by said recognizing means and each of the two sets of image information is output on a different sheet, the size of which is equal to the size of a corresponding one of the two sets of image information.

Claim 39

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said control means controls said output means such that when the second mode is selected by a switching operation of said mode switching means, said image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means is output on a single paper the size of which corresponds to the size recognized by said recognizing means.

Claim 40

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said output means includes a plurality of cassettes each for storing a paper with a different size and a select means for selecting a cassette which is one among said plurality of said cassettes and which stores a paper with the size recognized by said recognizing means or a paper with half of the size recognized by said recognizing means.

Claim 41

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said mode switching means includes a display for displaying a variety of information relative to image processing and a data input means for inputting data in response to information displayed by said display.

Claim 42

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said control means controls said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a switching operation of said mode switching means, the two divided sets of image information are output at the center of the paper.

Claim 43

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said scanner means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 44

An image processing system according to claim 33, wherein said control means includes logic gates.

Claim 45

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a size of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; output means for outputting image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means; mode selecting means for selecting one from among a first mode in which two documents different from each other are scanned by said scanning means and are output, and a second mode in which a single document is scanned by said scanning means and is output; and control means for controlling said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a selecting operation of said mode selecting means, the image information obtained by the scanning operation is divided into two sets of image information in response to the size recognized by said recognizing means and at least one of the two sets of image information is output on a different sheet, the size of which is equal to the size of a corresponding one of the two sets of image information.

Claim 46

An image processing system comprising: a platen for placing an original thereon; scanning means for scanning the original placed on said platen for image processing; recognizing means for recognizing a size of the original in response to the scanning operation of said scanning means; output means for outputting image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means; mode selecting means for selecting one from among a first mode in which two documents different from each other are scanned by said scanning means and are output, and a second mode in which a single document is scanned by said scanning means and is output; and control means for controlling said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a selecting operation of said mode selecting means, the image information obtained by the scanning operation is divided into two sets of image information in response to the size recognized by said recognizing means and at least one of the two sets of image information is output on a different sheet, the size of which is equal to the size of a corresponding one of the two sets of image information.

Claim 47

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said control means controls said output means such that when the second mode is selected by a selecting operation of said mode selecting means, said image information obtained by the scanning operation of said scanning means is output on a single paper the size of which corresponds to the size recognized by said recognizing means.

Claim 48

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said output means includes a plurality of cassettes each for storing a paper with a different size and a select means for selecting a cassette which is one among said plurality of said cassettes and which stores a paper with the size recognized by said recognizing means or a paper with half of the size recognized by said recognizing means.

Claim 49

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said mode selecting means includes a display for displaying a variety of information relative to image processing and a data input means for inputting data in response to information displayed by said display.

Claim 50

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said control means controls said output means such that when the first mode is selected by a selecting operation of said mode selecting means, the two divided sets of image information are output at the center of the paper.

Claim 51

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said scanner means includes a movable scanner.

Claim 52

An image processing system according to claim 40, wherein said control means includes logic gates.