US5153737A
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Image forming apparatus with an editing function
Assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-08-22
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2011-08-22
Abstract
Abstract An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document on which the distribution destinations are indicated by closed areas with markers. The image forming apparatus comprises a marker detection portion for detecting position information of the markers at the time of pre-scanning, a marker position storage portion for storing the position information of the markers, a marker removal portion for removing the markers from original document information at the time of main-scanning, and a marker processing and combining portion for making up processed information on the basis of the marker position information stored in the marker position storage portion every time when the main-scanning is performed, and for combining the processed information with the marker-removed original document information.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichi Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 12:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32128; H04N1/32133; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00355; H04N1/00358; H04N1/00368; H04N1/00371; H04N1/00374; H04N1/32037; H04N1/32042; H04N1/32064; H04N1/38; H04N1/387; H04N1/3872; H04N1/3873; H04N1/3875; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/04; H04N2201/0402; H04N2201/0416; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3207; H04N2201/3271
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document on which the distribution destinations are indicated by closed ares with markers, said paper image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said markers t a time of pre-scanning of the original document; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; marker removal means for removing said markers from original document information at a time of main-scanning; and marker processing and combining means for making up processed information on the basis of said marker position information stored in said marker position storage means when said main-scanning is performed, and for combining said processed information with said marker-removed original document information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document on which the distribution destinations are indicated by closed ares with markers, said paper image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said markers t a time of pre-scanning of the original document; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; marker removal means for removing said markers from original document information at a time of main-scanning; and marker processing and combining means for making up processed information on the basis of said marker position information stored in said marker position storage means when said main-scanning is performed, and for combining said processed information with said marker-removed original document information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
148 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document separately having an address portion and a document portion in which document information is described, said distribution destinations being indicated by closed areas with markers on said address portion, said image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said markers at the time of pre-scanning; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; and copying means for extracting one of said distribution destinations from said address portion o the basis of data from said marker position storage means at the time of main-scanning, and for copying said extracted distribution destination and information of said document portion at predetermined positions on a copying paper, said main-scanning being repeated by a number of times corresponding to the number of said distribution destinations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
148 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document separately having an address portion and a document portion in which document information is described, said distribution destinations being indicated by closed areas with markers on said address portion, said image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said markers at the time of pre-scanning; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; and copying means for extracting one of said distribution destinations from said address portion o the basis of data from said marker position storage means at the time of main-scanning, and for copying said extracted distribution destination and information of said document portion at predetermined positions on a copying paper, said main-scanning being repeated by a number of times corresponding to the number of said distribution destinations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for extracting and copying original document information from desired areas enclosed by markers on an original document, said image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said marker at the time of pre-scanning; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; area extracting means for extracting original document information from one of said enclosed areas on the basis of data from said marker position storage means; and a processing portion from enlarging or reducing said original document information extracted by said area extracting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for extracting and copying original document information from desired areas enclosed by markers on an original document, said image forming apparatus comprising: marker detection means for detecting position information of said marker at the time of pre-scanning; marker position storage means for storing said position information of said markers; area extracting means for extracting original document information from one of said enclosed areas on the basis of data from said marker position storage means; and a processing portion from enlarging or reducing said original document information extracted by said area extracting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
65 words
An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processed information includes a plurality of different processed information, and wherein the marker processing and combining means further includes mean for combining said plurality of different processed information with said marker-removed original document information to create a plurality of copied documents, each copied document having one of said plurality of different processed information added thereto.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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