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Image highlighting method

US4975348A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1988
Grant dateDec 4, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/36
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophotographic copying process produces a photocopy having a negative image in order to highlight information in a specified area. An original image is radiated onto a photosensitive medium to form a first image. A solid block is formed in the specified area of the first image. The first image is then transferred to blank paper. The original image is then radiated onto the photosensitive medium again and a portion of the image is erased in order to form a second image. The second image is then transferred to the sheet of paper having the first image. The resulting image formed on the sheet of paper includes a highlighted second image formed in the specified area.

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