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Copying apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1987-08-19
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Granted: 1991-05-14
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Expires: 2007-08-19
Abstract
Abstract A copying apparatus has a carriage for placing an original document, a scanner for scanning the image of said original document placed on said carriage, a memory for storing said original image scanned by said scanning means in a state of a group of pixels, copy mode input device for instructing image conversion for forming a copy image on a copy material in a relationship faithful to or different from the image of the original document placed on said carriage, first control for controlling the pixel data readout from said memory means in response to the input signal from said mode input means for effecting image conversion, second control for controlling the readout function of said first control means, in case the image converted by said first control means overflows from the appropriate copying area, for producing said image in determined position of the copy material, and image forming device for forming the image on the determined position of the copy material in response to the readout data thus controlled by said second control means.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuyoshi Maeshima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3872; H04N1/3873
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 45
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; copy mode input means for determining an image conversion mode to be used for forming a copy image on a copy material in a relationship faithful to or different from the original image; first control means for controlling access to said memory means in response to the determination from said mode input means for effecting image conversion; second control mans for controlling said first control means, in response to the image conversion mode for producing the image in a determined position on the copy material; and image forming means for forming the image at the determined position on the copy material in accordance with the data, wherein said second control means controls said first control means in such a manner that a copy image is formed on the copy material when the image conversion is effected.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; copy mode input means for determining an image conversion mode to be used for forming a copy image on a copy material in a relationship faithful to or different from the original image; first control means for controlling access to said memory means in response to the determination from said mode input means for effecting image conversion; second control mans for controlling said first control means, in response to the image conversion mode for producing the image in a determined position on the copy material; and image forming means for forming the image at the determined position on the copy material in accordance with the data, wherein said second control means controls said first control means in such a manner that a copy image is formed on the copy material when the image conversion is effected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein said memory means includes an address bus and said first and second control means are adapted to control the address bus of said memory means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein said memory means includes address data and said second control means is adapted to effect additional control of the address data of said memory means controlled by said first control means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction for the image conversion comprises a plurality of parameters, and data of each parameter is determined by a predetermined manual key input means associated with a predetermined image conversion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said second control means is operable to automatically preset a conversion mode to a predetermined conversion mode without input by said manual key input means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said auto-preset conversion mode is determined by a copy size or a copy condition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
147 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; manual preset means for controlling access to said memory means for forming an image on a copy material in a relationship faithful to or different from the original image; automatic preset means for controlling access to said memory means for forming, without control of said manual preset means, an image on the copy material in a faithful relationship to or in a predetermined different mode from the original image; and process means for forming the image converted by said manual preset means or said automatic preset means on the copy material, wherein said automatic preset means controls the access of said memory means in accordance with copy size or copy condition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
147 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; manual preset means for controlling access to said memory means for forming an image on a copy material in a relationship faithful to or different from the original image; automatic preset means for controlling access to said memory means for forming, without control of said manual preset means, an image on the copy material in a faithful relationship to or in a predetermined different mode from the original image; and process means for forming the image converted by said manual preset means or said automatic preset means on the copy material, wherein said automatic preset means controls the access of said memory means in accordance with copy size or copy condition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 7, wherein said manual preset means is adapted to control address scanning of said memory means for forming the image in a desired direction, position or inversion with respect to said original image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the instruction for the image conversion comprises a plurality of parameters, and data of each parameter is determined by a predetermined manual key input means associated with a predetermined image conversion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said automatic preset means is operable to automatically preset a conversion mode to a predetermined conversion mode without input by said manual key input means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said auto-preset conversion mode is determined by a copy size or a copy condition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
125 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; means for generating instruction signals including numerical data for cancelling a part of the original image; address means for scanning the data of said memory means for storing or reading out of the image into or from said memory means; control means for controlling the storing and reading out from said memory means in response to one of said instruction signals from said signal generating means; and gate means for cancelling data corresponding to an area of the partial image according to the numerical data from said memory means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
125 words
A copying apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; means for generating instruction signals including numerical data for cancelling a part of the original image; address means for scanning the data of said memory means for storing or reading out of the image into or from said memory means; control means for controlling the storing and reading out from said memory means in response to one of said instruction signals from said signal generating means; and gate means for cancelling data corresponding to an area of the partial image according to the numerical data from said memory means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 12, wherein said control means is adapted to control the reading out from said memory means so as to form a white or black portion in said cancelled part of the reproduced image.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 13, wherein said control means is adapted to control said address means so as to form the reproduced image without leaving a space in said cancelled part.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; converting mode input means for instructing an image rotation; control means for controlling access to said memory means in response to the image rotation instruction from said converting mode input means for effecting rotation of image and for other conversion of the image, wherein a parameter for the other conversion is determined based on the image rotation instruction; and image forming means for forming the image on a determined position of a copy material in accordance with the image from said memory means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for producing signals corresponding to the original image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; converting mode input means for instructing an image rotation; control means for controlling access to said memory means in response to the image rotation instruction from said converting mode input means for effecting rotation of image and for other conversion of the image, wherein a parameter for the other conversion is determined based on the image rotation instruction; and image forming means for forming the image on a determined position of a copy material in accordance with the image from said memory means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 15, wherein said display means is adapted to display both the reproducible area and the non-image area of said memory means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 15, further comprising display means for displaying a message not copied on the copy material.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
A copying apparatus according to the claim 15, wherein said control means is adapted to control data readout from said memory means for cancelling a part of the original image.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
36 words
An image forming apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said memory means includes an address bus, and wherein said control means is adapted too control the address bus of said memory means for the image rotation.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
142 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for pronouncing signals correspondingly to the original image; memory means for storing thee signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; converting mode input means for instructing an image conversion of a mirror image with respect to the image of the original image; control means for controlling access to said memory means in response too the input signal from said converting mode input means for effecting mirror image conversion of image and for another conversion of the image different from the mirror image conversion, wherein a parameter for the other conversion is determined in accordance with thee mirror image conversion instruction; and image forming means for forming the image on a determined position of a material in accordance with the image data from said memory means.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
142 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: scanning means for scanning an original image and for pronouncing signals correspondingly to the original image; memory means for storing thee signals corresponding to the original image scanned by said scanning means; converting mode input means for instructing an image conversion of a mirror image with respect to the image of the original image; control means for controlling access to said memory means in response too the input signal from said converting mode input means for effecting mirror image conversion of image and for another conversion of the image different from the mirror image conversion, wherein a parameter for the other conversion is determined in accordance with thee mirror image conversion instruction; and image forming means for forming the image on a determined position of a material in accordance with the image data from said memory means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
An image forming apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said memory means included an address bus, and wherein said control means is adapted to control the address bus of said memory means for the mirror image conversion.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image processing apparatus, compressing: scanning means for scanning an image and for producing signals corresponding to the image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the image; control means for controlling access to said memory means for converting the image and for positioning the image, wherein data for the image positioning is determined in accordance with a signal for a predetermined image conversion; and display means for displaying at least the converted and positioned image for monitoring the image converted and positioned by said control means.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image processing apparatus, compressing: scanning means for scanning an image and for producing signals corresponding to the image; memory means for storing the signals corresponding to the image; control means for controlling access to said memory means for converting the image and for positioning the image, wherein data for the image positioning is determined in accordance with a signal for a predetermined image conversion; and display means for displaying at least the converted and positioned image for monitoring the image converted and positioned by said control means.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said control means effects rotation of the image in a predetermined angle.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said control means effects mirror image conversion.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
68 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; preset means for inputting a conversion signal for converting the original image; and process means for controlling access to said memory means to convert the original image and positioning the converted image in accordance with the conversion signal from said preset means so that the converted image is located at a suitable position.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
68 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; preset means for inputting a conversion signal for converting the original image; and process means for controlling access to said memory means to convert the original image and positioning the converted image in accordance with the conversion signal from said preset means so that the converted image is located at a suitable position.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; manual preset means for inputting a first conversion signal for converting the original image to a desired selective image; automatic preset means for inputting a second conversion signal for converting the original image to a predetermined image; and control means for controlling access to said memory means to convert the original image to the desired selective image or the predetermined image in accordance with said manual preset means or said automatic preset means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; manual preset means for inputting a first conversion signal for converting the original image to a desired selective image; automatic preset means for inputting a second conversion signal for converting the original image to a predetermined image; and control means for controlling access to said memory means to convert the original image to the desired selective image or the predetermined image in accordance with said manual preset means or said automatic preset means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: output means for displaying a processed original image; means for generating an image rotation signal determined by a condition of said output means; and means for processing data corresponding to an original image in accordance with the image rotation signal to rotate the original image and to display the rotated image by said output means.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
60 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: output means for displaying a processed original image; means for generating an image rotation signal determined by a condition of said output means; and means for processing data corresponding to an original image in accordance with the image rotation signal to rotate the original image and to display the rotated image by said output means.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
70 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; output means for displaying a processed original image; means for generating a conversion instruction signal determined by a condition of said output means; and means for controlling access to said memory means in accordance with the conversion instruction signal to convert a predetermined converted image and to display the converted image by said output means.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
70 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: memory means for storing data corresponding to an original image; output means for displaying a processed original image; means for generating a conversion instruction signal determined by a condition of said output means; and means for controlling access to said memory means in accordance with the conversion instruction signal to convert a predetermined converted image and to display the converted image by said output means.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image processing apparatus, according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the condition of said output means is a size of a displaying area.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
27 words
An image processing apparatus, according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the condition of said output means is associated with a sheet for displaying the converted image.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to any one of claims 15, 20 and 22, wherein the instruction for the image conversion comprises a plurality of parameters, and data of each parameter is determined by a predetermined manual key input means associated with a predetermined image conversion.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said control means is operable to automatically preset a conversion mode to a predetermined conversion mode without input by said manual key input means.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said auto-preset conversion mode is determined by a copy size or a copy condition.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 15 or 20, wherein said other conversion parameter is one indicating an image shift position.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image processing apparatus, according to claims 15 or 20, wherein said other conversion parameter is for magnifying the original image.
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