US5436735A
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Image forming apparatus to add additional information to original image
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-05
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Granted: 1995-07-25
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Expires: 2012-06-05
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus includes an exposing lamp to expose an original, and a detector to detect the position and color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by the exposing lamp. A first determining circuit determines additional information which is added to the original image in accordance with the color of the marker information detected by the detector, and a second determining circuit determines the recording position of the additional information determined by the first determining circuit in accordance with the position of the marker information detected by the detector. An image forming device for synthesizing the original image and the additional information for recording on the same recording sheet.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatoshi Tanabe
- 👤 Seiya Nishiwaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 17:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3871; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/04; G03G15/04018; G03G15/50; G03G15/5066; G03G15/507; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/62; H04N1/626; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3222; H04N2201/3271
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
An image processing method, comprising the steps of: (a) exposing an original; (b) detecting a color of marker information marked on the exposed original; (c) automatically determining additional information corresponding to a predetermined color, to be added to the image of said original, when the color of marker information detected in the step (b) is the predetermined color; and (d) superimposing the additional information determined in the step (c) on the image of said original.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
An image processing method, comprising the steps of: (a) exposing an original; (b) detecting a color of marker information marked on the exposed original; (c) automatically determining additional information corresponding to a predetermined color, to be added to the image of said original, when the color of marker information detected in the step (b) is the predetermined color; and (d) superimposing the additional information determined in the step (c) on the image of said original.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step (c) selects first additional information when the detected color of marker information is a first color, and selects second additional information when the detected color of marker information is a second color.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step (d) records the additional information and the image of said original on the same side of the same recording paper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; and selection means for selecting additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original and for selecting a recording condition corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of recording conditions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; and selection means for selecting additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original and for selecting a recording condition corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of recording conditions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a memory in which said plurality of additional information have been stored and processing means for working and processing the additional information read out from said memory in accordance with the recording condition selected by said selection means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising image forming means for synthesizing the image of the original and the additional information processed by said processing means and for recording onto a same recording medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said recording condition indicates a recording color of the additional information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said recording condition indicates a working process of the additional information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
150 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a position and a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; selection means for selecting additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original; processing means for performing a processing corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, on the additional information selected by said selection means; and image forming means for recording the original image and the additional information processed by said processing means onto a same recording material, wherein said image forming means records said processed additional information to a position according to the position of the marker information which has been detected by said detecting means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
150 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a position and a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; selection means for selecting additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original; processing means for performing a processing corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, on the additional information selected by said selection means; and image forming means for recording the original image and the additional information processed by said processing means onto a same recording material, wherein said image forming means records said processed additional information to a position according to the position of the marker information which has been detected by said detecting means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
140 words
An image processing mode registering method in an image processing apparatus for processing an image in accordance with marker information marked by a predetermined color on an original, comprising the steps of: (a) setting a registration mode; (b) discriminating a color of marker information designated by an operator; (c) discriminating the kind of the additional information to be added to an original, designated by the operator; and (d) providing correspondence between the color of marker information discriminated in the step (b) and the kind of additional information discriminated in the step (c) so that the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected when an image processing is performed after the registration mode is turned off, can be selected, and registering the color of marker information and the kind of additional information between which the correspondence is provided.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
140 words
An image processing mode registering method in an image processing apparatus for processing an image in accordance with marker information marked by a predetermined color on an original, comprising the steps of: (a) setting a registration mode; (b) discriminating a color of marker information designated by an operator; (c) discriminating the kind of the additional information to be added to an original, designated by the operator; and (d) providing correspondence between the color of marker information discriminated in the step (b) and the kind of additional information discriminated in the step (c) so that the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected when an image processing is performed after the registration mode is turned off, can be selected, and registering the color of marker information and the kind of additional information between which the correspondence is provided.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of: (e) discriminating a processing mode designated by the operator, and wherein the step (d) provides correspondence between the color of marker information discriminated in the step (b), the kind of additional information discriminated in the step (c) and the processing mode discriminated in the step (e) and registers the color of marker information, the kind of additional information and the processing mode between which the correspondence is provided, in a memory.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 11, wherein said processing mode is an image processing mode for the additional information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 11, wherein the step (e) discriminates a recording color of the additional information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 11, wherein the step (e) discriminates the kind of processing of the additional information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 11, wherein said memory stores a plurality of pairs of the color of marker information and the kind of additional information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 10, wherein the step (c) discriminates the kind of-the additional information designated from the plurality of kinds of additional information prestored in additional information storage means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus comprising: setting means for setting a registration mode; first designating means for designating a color of marker information which can be marked onto an original when said registration mode is set; second designating means for designating a kind of additional information to be added to an image of the original in correspondence to the color of marker information which has been designated by said first designating means when said registration mode is set; memory means for storing the color of marker information designated by said first designating means and the kind of additional information designated by said second designating means so as to correspond to each other; detecting means for detecting the color of marker information which has been marked on the original when said registration mode is set; and control means for reading out the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information which has been detected by said detecting means from said memory means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
161 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: setting means for setting a registration mode; first designating means for designating a color of marker information which can be marked onto an original when said registration mode is set; second designating means for designating a kind of additional information to be added to an image of the original in correspondence to the color of marker information which has been designated by said first designating means when said registration mode is set; memory means for storing the color of marker information designated by said first designating means and the kind of additional information designated by said second designating means so as to correspond to each other; detecting means for detecting the color of marker information which has been marked on the original when said registration mode is set; and control means for reading out the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information which has been detected by said detecting means from said memory means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising third designating means for designating an image processing mode for the additional information designated by said second designating means in correspondence to the color of marker information designated by said first designating means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said memory means stores a plurality of pairs of the color of marker information and the kind of additional information.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising display means for displaying the color of marker information and the kind of additional information corresponding thereto, both of which are stored in said memory means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus, comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a color of marker information marked on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; determination means for automatically determining additional information corresponding to a predetermined color, to be added to the image of the original, when the color of marker information detected by said detecting means is the predetermined color; and superimposition means for superimposing the additional information determined by said determination means on the image of said original.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
86 words
An image processing apparatus, comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a color of marker information marked on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; determination means for automatically determining additional information corresponding to a predetermined color, to be added to the image of the original, when the color of marker information detected by said detecting means is the predetermined color; and superimposition means for superimposing the additional information determined by said determination means on the image of said original.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said determination means selects first additional information when the color of marker information detected by said detecting means is a first color and selects second additional information when the detected color of marker information is a second color.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said superimposition means records the additional information and the image of said original on the same side of the same recording paper.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a position and a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; storage means for storing a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original; selection means for selecting the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from said storage means; and determining means for determining a recording position of the additional information selected by said selection means in accordance with the position of the marker information which has been detected by the detecting means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
113 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: exposing means for exposing an original; detecting means for detecting a position and a color of marker information marked by a predetermined color on the original which is exposed by said exposing means; storage means for storing a plurality of additional information to be added to the image of said original; selection means for selecting the additional information corresponding to the color of marker information detected by said detecting means, from said storage means; and determining means for determining a recording position of the additional information selected by said selection means in accordance with the position of the marker information which has been detected by the detecting means.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising image forming means for synthesizing the image of the original and the additional information and for recording onto a same recording material, and wherein said image forming means records the additional information to said recording position.
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