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US 4,641,197 AGranted
Image processing method or apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKen Miyagi
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Abstract
An image processing method comprises the steps of storing document image data in a memory, operating on input character image data, and processing one of the document image data and the character image data in such manner as to reproduce the other image data in an area other than the area allocated for reproducing the one image.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- entering document image data;
- generating character image data;
- controlling storage of said document data and said character data in a memory in such a manner that one of said document image data and said character image data is stored in an area of said memory and the other of said document image data and said character image data is automatically arranged to be stored in a different area of said memory;
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- reproducing an image on the basis of the data stored in said memory.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- means for entering document image data;
- means for generating character image data;
- a memory for storing document image data and character image data;
- means for controlling storage of said document image data and said character image data in said memory in such a manner that when either one of said document image data and said character image data is stored in one area of said memory, the other of said document image data and said character image data is automatically arranged to be stored in an area of said memory other than said one area;
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- means for reproducing an image on the basis of the data stored in said memory.
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A copying method comprising steps of:
- reading a document image and generating document image data representing the document image;
- storing the document image data representing a plural number of documents in a memory;
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- putting out serially the document image data representing the plural number of documents from said memory;
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- forming images of the plural number of documents on a single sheet on the basis of the document image data serially put out from said memory.
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A copying machine comprising:
- means for reading a document image generating image data representing the document image;
- means for storing a plural number of document images represented by the document image data generated from said reading means;
- means for serially putting out the document image data representing a plural number of document images from said storing means;
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- means for forming images of the plural number of document images on a single sheet on the basis of the image data serially put out from said storing means.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a memory for storing document image data;
- means for putting out document image data from said memory;
- means for feeding a sheet for receiving an image;
- means for forming an image on a sheet fed by said feeding means on the basis of the image data put out from said memory by said putting out means;
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- means for controlling said putting out means in accordance with feeding of a sheet by said sheet feeding means so as to cause said forming means to form an image at a predetermined location on said sheet.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- means for reading document image data representing documents;
- memory means for storing the read document image data representing a plural number of documents;
- means, including an image forming station, for forming images on a sheet at said image forming station;
- means for putting out document image data representing the plural documents serially from said memory means to said forming means;
- means for feeding a sheet to said image forming station to form an image on one side of said sheet;
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- means for refeeding said sheet on the one side of which the image has been formed to said image forming station to form another image on the other side of said sheet.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- inputting document image data;
- inputting sentence data;
- reproducing a composite image comprising a document image based on input document image data and character images based on input sentence data;
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- controlling reproduction of character images based on the input sentence data while changing the lines of the sentence to be reproduced in accordance with the reproduction location of the document image based on the input document image data.
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An image processing system, comprising:
- means for entering document image data;
- means for generating sentence data;
- memory means for storing said document image data entered by said entering means and said sentence data generated by said generating means;
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- means for controlling storage of said document image data and said sentence data into said memory means in such a manner that said document image data and said sentence data are automatically arranged to be stored within a predetermined area of said memory means.
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An image forming system, comprising:
- means for reading a document image and generating document image data;
- means for storing the document image data generated by said reading means;
- means for serially putting out document image data for first and second document images read by said reading means, the document image data for at least one of said document images being derived from said storing means;
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- means for forming said first and second document images on a single sheet on the basis of said serially put out document image data.
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An image forming system, comprising:
- means for reading document image data;
- memory means for storing the document image data read by said reading means;
- means, including an image forming station, for forming images on a sheet at said image forming station;
- means for putting out a plural number of document image data serially to said forming means, wherein at least one of said image data is retrieved from said memory means;
- means for feeding a sheet to said image forming station to form an image on one side of said sheet;
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- means for refeeding said sheet, on one side of which an image has been formed, to said image forming station to form another image on the other side of said sheet.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- means for setting text;
- a text memory for storing text data representing text set by said setting means;
- means for reading an original document image to produce original document data representing the original document image;
- designating means operable for designating respective positions for the composition of text set by said setting means and an original document image read by said reading means;
- a composition data memory;
- memory control means for storing text data and original document data at respective memory areas of said composition data memory, said memory areas corresponding to the composition positions designated by said designating means, said text data corresponding to that read out from a selectively designated area of said text memory, and said original document data representing a selectively designated part of the original document image;
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- image forming means for forming an image in accordance with the data stored in said composition data memory.
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An image processing system comprising:
- reading means for reading an original image to generate image data representing the original image;
- storage means for storing the generated image data, said storage means having such a storage capacity that it can store the image data for more than two original images read by said reading means;
- means for selectively deriving first and second image data, respectively corresponding to first and second original images which are to be reproduced, from image data which is stored in said storage means and which includes, in addition to said first and second image data, further image data representing at least one further image which can be reproduced by the system;
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- recording means operable in accordance with the first and second image data derived by said deriving means for recording copy images only of said first and second or images on a single recording sheet.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- storing in a image data memory first and second image data defining respective image portions and derived from different data sources;
- reading out from said image data memory composite data comprising said first and second image data;
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- recording a composite image comprising both said portions;
- said image data storage step including a control step of automatically storing said first and second image data in said image data memory in such a manner as to arrange that the said image portions are not overlapped in said composite image recording step.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- entering first and second image data derived from different data sources;
- storing said first and second image data in a memory;
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- controlling the storage of said first and second image data in a memory in such a manner that one of said first and second image data is stored in an area of said memory and the other of said first and second image data is automatically arranged to be stored in a different area of said memory.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- entering first and second image data derived from different data sources;
- reproducing a composite image of a first image based on said first image data and a second image based on said second image data;
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- controlling the reproduction location of one of first and second images in accordance with the reproduction location of the other of said first and second images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.