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US 5,490,242 AGranted
Document producing device with processing for identical data blocks
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Tamura
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Abstract
A document with document information is produced. Whether some blocks of a plurality of the document information are the same as each other is judged. Document data with at least one block of the some blocks of the document information judged to be the same as each other and at least one block of the document information other than those judged to be the same is produced.
Claims14
A document producing apparatus comprising:
- a document producing means for producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- a judging means for evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
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- a document data producing means for producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said judging means and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said judging means.
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A document producing apparatus comprising:
- a document producing means for producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- a judging means for evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
- a document data producing means for producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said judging means and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said judging means;
- an executing means for executing operations of said document producing means, judging means and document data producing means;
- an operating sequence storing means for storing operation sequence information for said executing means;
- a temporary storing means for temporarily storing data regarding operation of said document producing apparatus;
- an external operation inputting means for inputting document information for document producing and inputting directing information regarding an operation executed by said executing means;
- image information reading means for reading image information so as to input the image information to the external operation inputting means;
- a printing out means for printing out said produced document;
- an indicating means for indicating the contents of said produced document;
- an editing means for editing said inputted document information into a prescribed format;
- a data converting means for converting said document information, edited by said editing means, into said document data for data transmission;
- a document data storing means for storing said document data converted by said data converting means;
- a scanning pattern adjusting means for adjusting a specification of a scanning pattern of image information at a time of transmission thereof into a required specification;
- a data compressing and expanding means for compressing said document data at the time of transmission thereof and expanding received document data for restoring to an original state;
- a transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving said document data by means of a prescribed information transmission means;
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- a data transfer means for transferring data mutually between said executing means, external operation inputting means, image information reading means, printing out means, indicating means, editing means, data converting means, document data storing means, scanning pattern adjusting means and data compressing and expanding means.
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A document producing method comprising the steps of:
- (a) producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- (b) evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
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- (c) producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said step (b) and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said step (b).
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A document producing method comprising the steps of:
- (a) producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- (b) evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
- (c) producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said step (b) and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said step (b);
- (i) executing operations of said step (a), step (b) and step (c);
- (j) storing operation sequence information for said step (i);
- (k) temporarily storing data regarding operation of said document producing method;
- (l) inputting document information for document producing and inputting directing information regarding an operation executed in said step (i);
- (m) reading image information so as to input the image information for document producing in step (l);
- (n) printing out said produced document;
- (o) indicating the contents of said produced document;
- (p) editing said inputted document information into a prescribed format;
- (q) converting said inputted document information, edited by said step (p), into said document data for data transmission;
- (r) storing said document data converted by said step (q);
- (s) adjusting a specification of a scanning pattern of image information at a time of transmission thereof into a required specification;
- (t) compressing said document data at the time of transmission thereof and expanding received document data for restoring to the original state;
- (u) transmitting and receiving said document data;
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- (v) transferring data mutually between said step (i), step (j), step (k), step (l), step (m), step (n), step (o), step (p), step (q), step (r), step (s), step (t) and step (u).
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A document transmitting apparatus comprising:
- a document producing means for producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- a judging means for evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
- a document data producing means for producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said judging means and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said judging means;
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- transmitting means for transmitting the document of the first and second information.
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A document transmitting method comprising the steps of:
- (a) producing a document with document information formed of a plurality of blocks;
- (b) evaluating each of the plurality of blocks after each of the plurality of blocks is formed, by comparing the plurality of blocks to one another, for judging whether at least two blocks of the plurality of blocks of said document information are the same as each other;
- (c) producing document data of first information of the at least two blocks of said document information judged to be the same as each other by said step (b) and second information of at least one block of said document information other than the at least two blocks judged to be the same by said step (b);
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- d) transmitting the document of the first and second information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.