Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Konica Corporation

Masahiko Matsunawa

Yoshinori Abe

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Hiroshi Tokunaga

Noriyoshi Tarumi

Seiichiro Hiratsuka

Haruo Iwahashi

Takashi Hasebe

Hiroshi Katoh

Koji Washio

Shigeru Inowa

Tetsuo Kimoto

Ryubun Seimiya

Hiroshi Niki

Yoshiyuki Ichihara

Tadao Kishimoto

Makoto Kon

Motokazu Ikeda

Kiyoshi Harada

Masakazu Fukuchi

Shizuo Morita

Takashi Tamura

Shunji Matsuo

Kazuyoshi Tanaka

Tadashi Miwa

Hiroyuki Takagiwa

Yoshihide Fujimaki

Yozo Fujii

Akihiko Tamura

Kazuo Yasuda

Hiroshi Kato

Yoshikazu Ikunami

Tatsumi Horiuchi

Hiroyuki Moriguchi

Sizuo Morita

Yoshizumi Yasuda

Yasufumi Emori

Kiyoshi Akazawa

In a color image forming apparatus, an image retainer, a charger, a plurality of developing devices and a cleaner are made in one unit. The unit is dismountably supported in a housing so that the unit can be moved out from a first position at which the unit is set in the housing to a second position at which jam disposition is conducted. When the unit means is placed at the second position, a part of the apparatus is used to cover the image retaining surface at the transfer section.

Color image forming apparatus with photoreceptor protector

An image processing apparatus for processing a digital color signal, given from outside the image processing apparatus, into a digital color recording signal, comprising; a color code generator for generating a color code signal representing a color of a digital pixel image signal, and a color reproduction unit for generating a color recording signal by processing another digital pixel image signal, in which these two digital pixel image signals are processed separately.

Color image processing apparatus capable of discriminating between a

An image processing method and apparatus for detecting at least one region designated by at least one line of at least one closed loop on an original, wherein the original is scanned and an image formation is generated; the image information is processed for generating image data and region data which represent said at least one designated region; and the region data is processed for each scanning line. The processing of the region data comprises detecting a right end margin and a left end margin of the designated region for generating a marginal signal for the present scanning line corresponding to an interval from the right end margin to the left end margin; detecting a portion of the marginal signal continuous to a region signal for a preceding scanning line to generate a provisional region signal; detecting a portion of the provisional region signal which indicates an outside of the designated region for the present scanning line for generating an outside region signal for the present scanning line; detecting a region-designating signal for the present scanning line which is not continuous to the region signal for the preceding scanning line to generate a new region-designating signal for the present scanning line; and adding the new region-designating signal to, and for subtracting the outside region signal from, the provisional region signal to generate a region signal for the present scanning line.

Image processing method and apparatus

An image processing apparatus including an image input circuit for reading color images obtained by separating each pixel of an an original image into three color components a color data-forming circuit for forming color data for identifying a color of each of the pixels as either a white color, an achromatic color or a chromatic color on the basis of the color images, a color-reproducing circuit for converting the color images into density data corresponding to plural recording colors, and a marked region-detecting circuit for detecting a marked portion on the basis of the color data formed by the color data-forming circuit and for extracting a region enclosed by the marked portion.

Image processing apparatus capable of detecting marked region

An image processing apparatus including input terminals for introducing color image data in the form of pixels obtained by reading an original image, a classifying circuit for classifying a color of each pixel as either an achromatic color, a chromatic color, or an intermediate color by processing the color image data in accordance with classifying criterion, a discrimination circuit for discriminating a kind of the original image on the basis of the color image data, the classifying circuit being capable of changing the classifying criterion in accordance with the discriminated kind of the original image.

Color image processing apparatus provided with an image discrimination

The invention provides a color image-processing apparatus in which there is provided a color reproduction table for producing plural color image signals for each of a plurality of processing channels in response to digital pixel signals splitted into said plurality of processing channels. There is further provided a signal processor for modifying a bit configuration of the digital pixel signals so that the bit configuration is differently modified corresponding to each of said plurality of processing channels. The produced plural color image signals are composed into one channel to form a new color image.

Color image processing apparatus with digital color signal compression

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus for processing digital color image data, wherein there are provided an image input circuit for introducing color image signal into a conversion circuit which generates digital color image data including color data and density data, a data processing circuit which includes a plurality of image processing circuits for processing the color data and the density data, and wherein latch circuits are further provided to each of the plurality of image processing circuits so that the color code data and the density data are respectively latched every after passing through the plurality of image circuit.

Digital color image processing apparatus

In an image processing apparatus capable of enlarging/reducing operation according to the invention, there are provided an input buffer for storing an image data, an enlargement/reduction circuit for performing the enlargement/reduction processing of the image data outputted from the input buffer, an output buffer for storing the enlarged/reduced image data, and a timing circuit for controlling processing timing for the image data through the input buffer, the enlargement/reduction circuit and the output buffer. The timing circuit respectively controls the data read-out timing from the input buffer and the data write-in timing into the output buffer in accordance with the designated enlargement/reduction ratio by regulating the frequency of clock pulse.

Image processing apparatus capable of enlarging/reducing apparatus

A color image processing apparatus, capable of readily processing an image as required based on a simple circuit configuration, adapted to both detect a region designated by a color marker on a multicolor document, and perform a specific image processing at the inside or outside of the detected region.

Apparatus for color processing specifically inside or outside a detected

An image processor in which a high-frequency component of image signals is diminished, and a density value of each of the 'diminished' image signals is compared with a first reference value in a first comparator. A first classifier is provided for classifying the image signals into a character image and a tonal image based on a signal output from the first comparator. A length or an area of an image signal classified into the tonal image is measured, and a second comparator is provided for comparing the length or area of a measured image signal measured with a second reference value corresponding to a reference length or a reference area. A second classifier is provided for further classifying an image signal below the second reference value from the second comparator into an image signal of the character image.

Image processor with improved discrimination between character image and

An image processing apparatus includes an image data forming unit for forming density data corresponding to each of a plurality of color components including an achromatic color and color data for discriminating a chromatic color portion from an achromatic color portion of an image, the density data and the color data being formed in units of pixels on the basis of original image information, a density data selector for selecting one of a plurality of density data output from the image data forming unit, color ghost correction for unit for changing the color data of a pixel when a serial arrangement of color data of a plurality of successive pixels including the pixel coincides with one of a plurality of predetermined patterns.

Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus in which first color image signals of an original are separated into a plurality of color images and the optical information of the color image is converted to an electrical signal for each pixel of the image. The first color image signal is processed to generate a second color image signal which corresponds to each of the pixels, has a plurality of bits and carries density data and color data, the color data designating which one of a plurality of predetermined colors the color of the pixel belongs to, and image processing device for processing the second color image signal.

Image processing technique for processing digital color image information

An image processing apparatus has an image memory storing a image data input by a image reader, a data interface means converting the picture element density of the image data transferred from the image memory through a transfer control circuit, a frame memory storing the converted image data, a display controller controlling the converted image data as to display on a display, and an operating means producing a layout command for the displayed image data, wherein the display controller processes the converted image data stored in the frame memory in accordance with the layout command and changes the displayed image data. The apparatus further comprises a image processing circuit processing the image data stored in the image memory on the basis of layout information corresponding to the displayed image data on the display and then can output the fine image for printing purposes

Color image processing device having ability to process and record an

An apparatus for providing high-quality enlarged or reduced image by employing a simple circuit configuration which incorporates an interpolation method. For this purpose, the apparatus is so constituted that the interpolation data is provided to compensate for a gap of data between pixels in the entire image data, and that the interpolation data are produced from look-up tables based on interpolation data selection signals which are outputted in accordance with a designated scale ratio.

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Masahiko Matsunawa