Patent · US Expired

Selective copying apparatus

US4196450A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
3References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1978
Grant dateApr 1, 1980
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Expiry dateJul 14, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0082
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Selective copying apparatus wherein selected portions of a source document are copied onto a copy paper at any position on the copy paper and wherein information is deleted or inserted by the user from an input keyboard. A manually-operated portable scanner is used by the operator to scan a selected portion of the document by placing the scanner at the desired line position and moving the scanner across the document. The scanned image is converted into digital data. A copier responds to the digital data and copies the scanned image onto a copy paper at a line position which is also selected by the operator. Thus, the image selected by the operator on the source document is reproduced at a position on the copy paper which is also separately selected by the operator.

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