Halftone reproduction device with high resolution scanning and recording system
US4080634A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 1976 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/04798
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Improvements in apparatus for making a halftone reproduction of an original document, of the type having an optical system comprising a source of light and a deflecting member for providing deflecting scanning and recording beams, a drive for providing relative motion between the original document and the scanning beam in a direction transverse to the direction of deflection thereof so that the scanning beam will trace a succession of scan lines across the document respectively during a succession of scanning cycles, an electro-optical pickup operative during each scanning cycle to detect the light from the scanning beam after it has impinged upon the document and to thereby provide an electrical output representative of the tone density (including any variation thereof) of the document along the scan line traced during that scanning cycle, video circuitry connected to the pickup for converting the electrical output into a video signal, a source of a succession of dot reference signals representative of the desired halftone screening pattern, output circuitry responsive to the reference and video signals to repeatedly compare the reference signals corresponding to the various cells…
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