Patent · US Expired

Copying machine providing copy paper corresponding to read image area

US5084760A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1989
Grant dateJan 28, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/38
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of index members movable in a scanning direction of a scanner are arranged at desired positions on a front portion of a platen glass. A black mark is applied on the rear surface of each of the index member and the original as well as the mark are read by an image reader, so that the position of the index member is detected. When the index member is detected as the scanner moves, the image data of the original included in the scanning area scanned by the scanner are not stored in the bit map memory until the next index member is detected. When the scanning is completed, the desired edited images are formed on a paper whose size is determined based on the amount of the stored image data.

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