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Image processing apparatus

US5189523A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 27, 1990
Grant dateFeb 23, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/58
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus suitable for use in a copying machine or a facsimile apparatus includes an input circuit for inputting an image signal, an image discrimination circuit for discriminating a characteristic of the input image signal and providing a discrimination signal representing that characteristic, and a memory for storing the discrimination signal. A processing circuit then processes a reentered image signal input by the input circuit in accordance with the discrimination signal stored in the memory to reproduce an image.

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