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US 5,703,628 AGranted
Image data store device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKiyoharu Nishiyama
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Abstract
An image data store device for storing image data in a memory includes a memory gauging unit for gauging an amount of unused space remaining in the memory, a comparison unit for making a comparison of the noted amount with a memory volume needed to store one image in the memory and for providing information on the comparison, and a display unit for displaying the information.
Claims14
An image data store device, used in a video printer, for receiving, sampling and storing image data in a memory, comprising:
- a) memory gauging means for gauging an amount of unused space remaining in said memory based on a sampling clock for sampling said image data;
- b) comparison means for (b1) making a comparison of:
- 1) said amount of said unused space with
- 2) a memory volume needed to store one image in said memory;
- and for (b2) providing information on said comparison;
- and
- c) display means for displaying said information on said comparison so as to indicate whether said image data store device can store one image in said memory.
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An image data store device, used in a video printer, for receiving, sampling and storing image data in a memory, comprising:
- a) memory gauging means for gauging an amount of unused space remaining in said memory based on counting pulses in a horizontal clock signal for sampling said image data and pulses in a horizontal synchronous signal;
- b) comparison means for (b1) making a comparison of:
- 1) said amount of said unused space with
- 2) a memory volume needed to store one image in said memory;
- and for (b2) providing information on said comparison;
- and
- c) display means for displaying said information on said comparison so as to indicate whether said image data store device can store said one image in said memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.