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Digital copying apparatus capable of forming a binding at an appropriate position

US5461459A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1994
Grant dateOct 24, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/3877
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital copying apparatus capable of forming a binding at an appropriate position with respect to a copy image irrespective of an orientation of an original document. The digital copying apparatus detects orientations of the original document, an original image and a copy sheet, and rotates original image data in accordance with the detected orientations so as to accord the orientations of the original image and a copy image. When the rotated original image data is formed on the copy sheet as the copy image, formation of the copy image is controlled to provide a binding at the relative position in relation to the copy image by shifting the copy image with respect to the copy sheet.

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