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Method and apparatus for image magnification correction

US6005587A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1996
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus has an adjusting mode which enables determination of a magnification correction value. A predetermined image on a test chart placed on an original table or an image of a chart fixed outside the valid image area are read, and the proper correction value for compensating for any variation in the image magnitude within a scanning system is computed based on the results of reading the test chart image. Subsequently, a printing system is operated to print test chart data read from a memory and the image printed in accordance with the test chart data is read by the scanner system which has been corrected, the result of the reading being used in computing the magnification correction value for compensating for any magnification variation occurring in the printer system.

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