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Digital color copier with color separation processing

US5087968A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1990
Grant dateFeb 11, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/506
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital color copying machine preparing an image reproducing copy by applying color separation to an original image of an original and processing color component signals for each of the separated colors into recording information. With such a digital signal processing, the color copying machine of the present invention can increase the speed and efficiency of multiple copies and can provide a symmetric copy mode, a swap or inverting copy mode and a multiple image copy mode.

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