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Image forming apparatus having editing function

US6144777A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 1997
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

Originals are fed onto a platen glass one by one by an automatic original feeder to be read out by a reading system. The originals are converted into digital image data. The image data is transferred to a memory unit. The memory unit is controlled by a CPU. The memory unit is configured of an image memory, a sentence direction recognizing portion, an RAM producing a management table, an original direction (top and bottom direction) recognizing portion, a rotation processing portion, a sign memory and the like. Based on top and bottom directions of original images and directions in which sentences run included in the images, arrangement of images in a 2in1 or 4in1 mode is determined.

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