Reproduction apparatus and method with alphanumeric character-coded highlighting for selective editing

Apparatus for providing document image information from a document sheet for reproduction of the information with special treatment to at least one selected image area therein, comprising:

• means for providing a boundary of a highlighting material on the sheet to indicate the selected image area, said highlighting material comprising a UV-active ink having a detectable spectral emission characteristic;
• means for providing an alphanumeric character formed from the highlighting material, at a position on the sheet associated with the selected area, to specify the special treatment;
• means for scanning the document sheet;
• means for detecting the character code and the boundary and providing respective output signals;
• and
• means for processing the output signals to produce a first signal set indicative of the location of the selected image area and a second signal set indicative of the special treatment to be applied to the selected image area.

A method for reproducing a portion of image information present upon a document sheet, said portion being located either in a first area between a first loop of ink and a second loop of ink located within the first loop, or in a second area located within the second loop;

• said method comprising the steps of:
• scanning the document sheet for the presence of the ink and generating respective output signals upon detection of same;
• processing the output signals to produce signal sets representing the boundaries of the first and second loops;
• and
• reproducing upon a recording sheet, in response to said signal sets, the portion of the image information in one of said two areas while not reproducing image information within the other.

A method for reproducing a portion of image information present upon a document sheet in a color different than the original, said portion being located either in a first area between a first loop of ink and a second loop of ink located within the first loop, or in a second area located within the second loop;

• said method comprising the steps of:
• scanning the document sheet for the presence of the ink and generating respective output signals upon detection of same;
• processing the output signals to produce signal sets representing the boundaries of the first and second loops;
• and in response to said signal sets
• reproducing upon a recording sheet the portion of the image information in one of said two areas in a color different than the original while reproducing image information within the other in the same color as the original.

An apparatus for reproducing a portion of image information present upon a document sheet, said portion being located either in a first area between a first loop of ink and a second loop of ink located within the first loop, or in a second area located within the second loop;

• said apparatus comprising:
• means for scanning the document sheet for the presence of the ink and generating respective output signals upon detection of same;
• means for processing the output signals to produce signal sets representing the boundaries of the first and second loops;
• and
• means responsive to said signal sets for reproducing upon a recording sheet the portion of the image information in one of said two areas while not reproducing image information within the other.

An apparatus for reproducing a portion of image information present upon a document sheet in a color different than the original, said portion being located either in a first area between a first loop of ink and a second loop of ink located within the first loop or in a second area located within the second loop;

• said apparatus comprising:
• means for scanning the document sheet for the presence of the ink and generating respective output signals upon detection of same;
• means for processing the output signals to produce signal sets representing the boundaries of the first and second loops;
• and
• means responsive to said signal sets for reproducing upon a recording sheet the portion of the image information in one of said two areas in a color different than the original while reproducing image information within the other in the same color as the original.

Apparatus for reproducing image information from a document sheet with special treatment to at least one selected image area bounded by a primary loop of a highlighting material and identified by at least one alphanumeric character code composed of the highlighting material and indicative of the special treatment, said primary loop enclosing a non-primary loop bounding an image area that is not to receive special treatment comprising:

• means for scanning the document sheet;
• means for detecting the boundaries of said primary and non-primary loops and the alphanumeric character code to produce a first signal set;
• means for processing the first signal set to produce a second signal set specifying the selected image area and the special treatment to be applied;
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• means for reproducing the image information with special treatment to the selected image area according to the second signal set.

A method for reproducing document image information from a document sheet with special treatment to at least one selected image area, comprising:

• providing multiple loops of highlighting to define selected image areas which are not to receive special treatment within a loop defining an image area which is selected to receive special treatment;
• providing at a position associated with the image area which is selected to receive special treatment at least one alphanumeric character code formed from the highlighting and indicative of the special treatment;
• scanning the document sheet;
• detecting the highlighting and generating signals in response thereto;
• processing the signals related to the detected highlighting to produce a set of signals indicative of both the selected image area which is to receive special treatment and the special treatment to be applied thereto;
• and
• reproducing the image information with special treatment to the image area which is selected to receive special treatment according to the set of signals.