US 6,285,460 B1 · Image processing apparatus having a mode for laying out a predetermined number of pages of a document on a single sheet for recording

Abstract

An image processing system includes an input device which inputs an n page document, with the n pages being reduced in size so that a predetermined number of the n pages can be layed out in a layout print format on a single sheet for recording. A selection device selects between first and second layout modes for laying out the predetermined number of pages in the layout print format for recording. In the first layout mode the predetermined number of the n pages are first layed out in the layout print format and are subsequently stored in a storage device, and are then read from the storage device for recording on a single sheet. In the second layout mode the predetermined number of pages are first stored in the storage device on a page by page basis, are then read from the storage device and are subsequently layed out in the layout print format, and are then recorded on a single sheet.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An image processing apparatus comprising:

input means for inputting a plurality of pages of image data;
storing means for storing the input image data in a memory in a layout form wherein a plurality of the input image data are laid out for a single sheet in a first mode, and storing the input image data without the layout form in a second mode;
reading means for reading image data from said memory without layout processing in said first mode, and with layout processing in said second mode;
and
selecting means for automatically selecting said first layout mode or said second layout mode, based on a status of image processing.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/953,731Filed 17 Oct 1997

Priority

JP 8-25784818 Oct 1996

Granted

4 Sep 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04N 1/32464
For changing the arrangement of the stored data: changing the arrangement of pages or documents, e.g. for producing pages to be bound
H04N 1/32358
Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g.…
H04N 1/3872
Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals: repositioning or masking
H04N 2201/3288
Using picture signal storage, e.g. at transmitter: storage of two or more complete document pages or image frames

Image processing apparatus having a mode for laying out a predetermined number of pages of a document on a single sheet for recording

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Image processing apparatus having a mode for laying out a predetermined number of pages of a document on a single sheet for recording

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Abstract

Claims18