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Color image copying with resolution control
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-08-02
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Granted: 1996-01-09
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Expires: 2014-08-02
Abstract
Abstract A color image forming apparatus including: a discriminating circuit for discriminating a character portion of an object color image; a color image forming device for forming a color image and able to change the image-forming resolution; and a control circuit for causing change of the resolution of the color image forming device in accordance with the discrimination result provided by the discriminating circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatomo Shimizu
- 👤 Yoshinori Ikeda
- 👤 Tetsuya Ohnishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 11:02
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; G; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/40; G06T3/403; H04N1/40; H04N1/40062; H04N1/405; H04N1/4055; H04N1/4056
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A color image copying apparatus comprising: reading means for reading an original image and for outputting a plurality of color component signals; first means for discriminating an edge portion of the original image; second means for discriminating a plurality of color components near the edge portion; means for judging a characteristic of the original image in accordance with outputs from said first and second discriminating means; and means for forming a color image, said color image forming means being able to change resolution in accordance with a result output by said judging means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
A color image copying apparatus comprising: reading means for reading an original image and for outputting a plurality of color component signals; first means for discriminating an edge portion of the original image; second means for discriminating a plurality of color components near the edge portion; means for judging a characteristic of the original image in accordance with outputs from said first and second discriminating means; and means for forming a color image, said color image forming means being able to change resolution in accordance with a result output by said judging means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reading means further comprises a color filter and a photosensor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first means further comprises delay means for delaying the plurality of color component signals, and means for processing the plurality of color component signals delayed by said delaying means and the plurality of color component signals not yet delayed by said delaying means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
A color image processing method comprising the steps of: discriminating a black character portion from a given color image signal; emphasizing black and changing a resolution of a color image forming device with regard to the discriminated black character portion; and supplying the color image signal processed in said emphasizing step to the color image forming device, wherein said resolution is changed to first resolution suitable for an image forming of a portion which is not the black character portion and a second resolution suitable for an image forming of a portion which is the black character portion, said second resolution being higher than the first resolution.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A color image processing method comprising the steps of: discriminating a black character portion from a given color image signal; emphasizing black and changing a resolution of a color image forming device with regard to the discriminated black character portion; and supplying the color image signal processed in said emphasizing step to the color image forming device, wherein said resolution is changed to first resolution suitable for an image forming of a portion which is not the black character portion and a second resolution suitable for an image forming of a portion which is the black character portion, said second resolution being higher than the first resolution.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said emphasizing step comprises black monocolor processing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the resolution of the color image forming device is variable, and further comprising the step of processing the color image signal to vary the resolution of the image to be formed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of reading an original to generate the color image signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the black character portion discriminated in said discriminating step is a portion at an edge portion and having a high black level.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
82 words
A color image copying method comprising the steps of: reading an original image; outputting a plurality of color component signals; discriminating an edge portion of the original image; discriminating a plurality of color components near the edge portion; judging a characteristic of the original image in accordance with the discriminations of the edge portion and of the plurality of color components near the edge portion; forming a color image, wherein resolution is changed in accordance with a result of the judging step.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
82 words
A color image copying method comprising the steps of: reading an original image; outputting a plurality of color component signals; discriminating an edge portion of the original image; discriminating a plurality of color components near the edge portion; judging a characteristic of the original image in accordance with the discriminations of the edge portion and of the plurality of color components near the edge portion; forming a color image, wherein resolution is changed in accordance with a result of the judging step.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A color image copying method according to claim 9, wherein the step of reading further comprises using a color filter and a photosensor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
A color image copying method according to claim 9, wherein the step of discriminating the edge portion further comprises a step of delaying the plurality of color component signals, and processing the plurality of color component signals delayed in the delaying step and the plurality of color component signals not yet delayed in the delaying step.
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