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Color processor with diagnosis of fault condition by comparing density levels
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1990-12-31
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Granted: 1992-06-30
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Expires: 2010-12-31
Abstract
Abstract A color image processor for scanning a color image, includes an irradiation light for irradiating the color image with a light, a color separator for separating the reflected light from the irradiated color image into plural element color lights, plural bar-shaped photoelectric transformer for transforming each of the element color lights into an electrical image signal, a converter for converting the electrical image signal to a digital image signal, a memory in which the digital image signal is stored, and a determiner for determining whether a scanner, such as the irradiation light and the photoelectric transformer is functioning properly according to a density level recognized from the digital image signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinori Abe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 17:53
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00002; H04N1/00007; H04N1/00013; H04N1/00026; H04N1/00029; H04N1/00039; H04N1/00063; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00912; H04N1/00915; H04N1/46; H04N1/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
An apparatus for processing an image, comprising: a scanning means for producing a plurality of electrical image signals representing an image having a standard density; means for converting said plurality of electrical image signals to a plurality of digital image signals; and means for determining whether the scanning means is functioning properly by comparing a density level of at least one of said plurality of digital image signals to a predetermined value.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
72 words
An apparatus for processing an image, comprising: a scanning means for producing a plurality of electrical image signals representing an image having a standard density; means for converting said plurality of electrical image signals to a plurality of digital image signals; and means for determining whether the scanning means is functioning properly by comparing a density level of at least one of said plurality of digital image signals to a predetermined value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said scanning means includes means for irradiating said image with light.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising means for separating light reflected from said irradiated image into a plurality of elemental color lights.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said scanning means further includes means for converting said plurality of elemental color lights into said plurality of electrical image signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said scanning means includes means for converting a plurality of elemental color lights representing said image into said plurality of electrical image signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for displaying the determination made by said determining means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is for use with a copy machine, said apparatus stopping a copying operation of said copy machine when said determining means determines that said scanning means is not functioning properly.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
92 words
An apparatus for processing an image, comprising: means for producing a light representing an image; first conversion means for converting said light into electrical image signals, said first conversion means including at least one photoelectric device; second conversion means for converting said electrical image signals to digital image signals; means for measuring density levels of digital image signals converted from corresponding electrical image signals produced by a plurality of corresponding sampling positions located along said at least one photoelectric device; means for displaying whether said density levels are low, normal, or high.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
92 words
An apparatus for processing an image, comprising: means for producing a light representing an image; first conversion means for converting said light into electrical image signals, said first conversion means including at least one photoelectric device; second conversion means for converting said electrical image signals to digital image signals; means for measuring density levels of digital image signals converted from corresponding electrical image signals produced by a plurality of corresponding sampling positions located along said at least one photoelectric device; means for displaying whether said density levels are low, normal, or high.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said light producing means includes means for irradiating an image with light and means for separating light reflected from said irradiated image into a plurality of elemental color lights, said plurality of elemental color lights representing the image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising means for designating a sampling position, to produce an electrical image signal, from said plurality of sampling positions.
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