Printer having image correcting capability
US6831755B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6052
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printer in which difference in color tone or contrast between a picture displayed on a display and a picture printed by the printer device is suppressed to a minimum. The display is preferably integrated with the printer. The printer includes an image data inputting unit for receiving input image information, e.g., by reading image data from a digital storage medium or from film, and providing digital image data based thereupon. Display outputting circuitry outputs an image signal corresponding to the digital image data to the display. A picture printing unit prints an image corresponding to the digital image data on a recording medium. A characteristics correction unit corrects a display setting prescribing display image properties of the display and a printing characteristics setting prescribing printing picture properties of the printing unit, so that color tone and/or contrast of the displayed and printed pictures are equalized. The printer also preferably includes circuitry for automatically correcting a tilt of a picture, e.g., tilt of an object in a photograph.
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