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US 5,181,073 AGranted
Copying apparatus
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhiro Araki
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Abstract
An indication mechanism is controlled in a timing after the size of an original to be used for a copying operation is detected prior to the copying operation so as to indicate the size of a copy paper and a copying magnification to be automatically selected which are based on an action mode which has been set and the detected size information, and a mode changing action which corresponds to the indication is controlled to be performed prior to the copying operation basing on a copying action starting signal.
Claims13
A copying apparatus, comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image of an original placed on a predetermined position on a sheet of copy paper;
- detecting means for detecting a size of the original to be copied in a predetermined timing before a copying operation is performed;
- copying condition determining means for determining copying conditions based on the size of the original detected by the detecting means;
- indication means for indicating conditions corresponding to the copying conditions determined by the copying condition determining means;
- action changeover means for changing over an action of said image forming means based on the copying conditions determined by the copying condition determining means;
- copy starting means for outputting a copying action start signal to said image forming means;
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- control means for commanding indication of the indication means in a timing corresponding to the detection by the detecting means, and also for commanding changeover of the action changeover means in a timing corresponding to the start signal of the copy starting means.
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A copying apparatus, comprising:
- a platen for placing an original;
- an original cover movable between a first position where the surface of the platen is covered and a second position away from the platen;
- image forming means for forming an image of the original placed on the platen on a sheet of copy paper;
- detecting means for detecting a size of the original on the platen with the movement of the original cover from the second position to the first position;
- copying condition determining means for determining copying conditions based on a size of the original detected by the detecting means;
- indication means for indicating conditions corresponding to the copying conditions;
- action changeover means for changing over actions of said image forming means based on the copying conditions;
- copy starting means for outputting a copying action start signal to said image forming means;
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- control means for commanding indication of the indication means in a timing corresponding to the detection by the detecting means, and also for commanding changeover of the action changeover means in a timing corresponding to the start signal of the copy starting means.
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A copying apparatus, comprising:
- a platen for placing an original;
- an original cover movable between a first position where the surface of the platen is covered and a second position away from the platen;
- an image forming means for forming an image of the original placed on the platen on a sheet of copy paper;
- first detecting means for detecting movement of the original cover between the first position and the second position;
- second detecting means for detecting a size of the original on the platen by a detecting signal from the first detecting means which detects a movement of the original cover from the second position to the first position;
- copying condition determining means for determining copying conditions based on the size of the original detected by the second detecting means;
- indication means for indicating conditions corresponding to the copying conditions;
- action changeover means for changing over actions of said image forming means based on the copying conditions;
- copy starting means for outputting a copying action start signal to said image forming means;
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- control means for commanding indication of the indication means in a timing corresponding to the detection by the second detecting means, and for commanding changeover of the action changeover means in a timing corresponding to the start signal of the copy starting means.
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A method for copying an image of an original on a sheet by projecting the original image with a lens member, including the steps of:
- (a) detecting a size of the original to be copied;
- (b) determining copying magnification based on the size detected in step (a);
- (c) indicating the copying magnification determined in step (b);
- (d) detecting a start signal to start copying operations;
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- (e) moving the lens member based on the copying magnification in response to the start signal detected in step (d).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.