Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokuharu Kaneko

Satoshi Kaneko

Taisei Fukada

Hideki Adachi

Shinichi Nakamura

Hiroshi Ozaki

Satoshi Kuroyanagi

Masanori Miyata

Naoyuki Ohki

Hisatsugu Tahara

Mitsuharu Takizawa

Keizo Isemura

Shokyo Koh

Yoshio Mizuno

Hirokazu Takahashi

Noriaki Matsui

Masahiro Serizawa

Masayoshi Taira

Akihiko Satoh

Hirohiko Kishimoto

Yoshihiro Hosomi

Mitsuhiko Sato

Yasushi Miura

Hisashi Fukushima

Nobuhiko Takekoshi

Hiroaki Tsuchiya

Nobuo Nakazawa

Akinobu Nishikata

Takeshi Honjo

Nobuaki Miyahara

Nobuo Sekiguchi

Hideyuki Ikegami

Hirohiko Tashiro

Akimaro Yoshida

Tsuyoshi Muto

Masanobu Inui

Rieko Akiba

Toshiya Kanazawa

Yukimasa Iseki

Miho Nakayama

Tadashi Suzuki

Chikara Sato

Masakazu Hiroi

Noriyoshi Ueda

Tomohito Nakagawa

Satoru Kutsuwada

Yoshinori Isobe

Yoshihito Osari

Yukari Toda

Yasuhide Hishikawa

In an image forming apparatus for forming an image in accordance with control codes stored in a plurality of memory media, when the control codes stored in the plurality of memory media to control the image forming apparatus is rewritten, rewrite execution codes adapted to execute rewrite of the control codes are transferred to predetermined one of the plurality of memory media from an external apparatus, and rewrite of the control codes is performed in accordance with the transferred rewrite execution codes.

Image forming apparatus having control codes and rewrite control method for the same

Image forming apparatus and control method for the same

An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit for determining the direction of an input image, a second determination unit for determining if the input image is a portrait type or landscape type, and an image rotation unit for rotating the input image in correspondence with the determination results of the first and second determination units. The image rotation unit rotates one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a predetermined direction, and rotates the other one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction.

Image processing apparatus for executing image processing in correspondence with portrait and landscape types

An image processing system includes an input device which inputs an n page document, with the n pages being reduced in size so that a predetermined number of the n pages can be layed out in a layout print format on a single sheet for recording. A selection device selects between first and second layout modes for laying out the predetermined number of pages in the layout print format for recording. In the first layout mode the predetermined number of the n pages are first layed out in the layout print format and are subsequently stored in a storage device, and are then read from the storage device for recording on a single sheet. In the second layout mode the predetermined number of pages are first stored in the storage device on a page by page basis, are then read from the storage device and are subsequently layed out in the layout print format, and are then recorded on a single sheet.

Image processing apparatus having a mode for laying out a predetermined number of pages of a document on a single sheet for recording

In an image forming apparatus for reversing/discharging sheets on which images are formed, control is performed to form mirror images on sheets and discharge the sheets, on which the mirror images are formed, without reversing them in accordance with the type of sheet on which images are to be formed, thereby adjusting the output order of the sheets without increasing the sheet output time and causing any damage on the sheet.

Image forming apparatus and method

An equipment controlling apparatus is composed of a counter for counting the operational number of the equipment, memories for storing data indicating the state of the equipment, a communication device for communicating on the stored data with a centralized control apparatus, which controls the communicated data intensively, and a controlling device for causing the stored data to be transmitted to the centralized control apparatus when the counter has counted a predetermined value.

Equipment control apparatus

An equipment control apparatus in a system having an input unit for entering data on the conditions of equipment from the equipment, a communication unit for communicating with the apparatus located at a distance, and a control unit for exerting control in such a way as to transmit the data to the apparatus located at a distance through the steps of interrupting communication once on receiving a call from the apparatus requesting the data and then calling the apparatus located at a distance via the communication unit.

The apparatus reads an original by an image reader, and if it recognizes caption(s) included in the original, stores a page number of the original into a memory, thereafter, performs copying based on the stored page number such that the original page including the caption is transferred onto the front side of a recording sheet.

Image forming apparatus

The present invention aims to provide a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having such a sheet conveying apparatus. If a sheet is jammed, the sheet is stopped in a sheet convey path at a position where the sheet can easily be removed by optimum treatment procedure. Sensors are disposed in a sheet convey path constituted by a plurality of units of an image forming apparatus portion and a sheet is stopped at an optimum position by a sheet position counter for recognizing the present position of the sheet in the sheet convey path.

Image forming apparatus having recovery process for jammed sheets

An image processor rotates an image in conformity with the orientation of an original, thereby enhancing user convenience. An original conveyed by an automatic conveyance device is read by an image reader and the image is stored in an image memory. A character in the stored image is subsequently recognized by a character recognition unit and the orientation of the character is discriminated. The image is rotated by an image editor in conformity with a stapling position, and the rotated image is recorded by an image recording unit. Sheets of paper on which images are recorded are stapled at the stapling position by a staple provided in a sorter.

Copier which rotates an image based on the recognition of an extracted

An image forming apparatus including a status detecting unit for detecting a status of each portion of the apparatus, a driving unit for driving each portion of the apparatus, an input unit having an input data storing unit for storing input data detected by the status detecting unit, an output unit having an output data storing unit for storing data to be output for driving the driving unit, a controlling unit connected to the input data storing unit and the output data storing unit for controlling the whole image forming operation of the apparatus including a control of the driving unit, in accordance with a status detected with the status detecting unit or a predetermined rule, a network for transferring data between the controlling unit and a plurality of the input or output units, and a timing control unit for controlling the timing of data transfer over the network, wherein the timing control unit includes a plurality of timing control modes and selects one of the timing control modes in accordance with an instruction from the controlling unit. The plurality of timing control modes of the timing control unit includes a first timing mode of performing data transfer in accordance with a timing generated by the controlling unit and a second timing mode of performing data transfer independently from the timing generated by the controlling unit. The second timing mode is a mode of performing data transfer at a predetermined time interval.

Control system for communications between driving units and control units

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material comprising: a plurality of processing devices for forming the image; a detecter for detecting at least a quantity of state relating to a control of the processing devices; an inference computer for inferring, in accordance with the quantity of state, a quantity of control for use to control the processing devices.

Fuzzy inference image forming apparatus

A method and apparatus for recognizing character information in an original document with high recognition accuracy regardless of the size of a character to be recognized. An input image is processed by an image processing circuit and stored in an image recording unit. A character region in the recorded image data is detected by a recognition section, and the image corresponding to the detected character region is read with a predetermined magnification. Character recognition is performed on the image of the character region read at the predetermined magnification, in the recognition section. If the recognition accuracy does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, the same image is read again with a modified magnification wherein the magnification is determined on the basis of preset sizes and the size of the character pattern of a character to be recognized. The image obtained in this way is subjected again to character recognition processing until the recognition accuracy satisfies the predetermined criterion. A character pattern corresponding to the recognized character is generated, and recorded together with the image recorded in the image recording unit in an image recording section. Thus, an image is read with a magnification optimized depending on a character size of an original document image and on a recognition accuracy.

Method and apparatus for recognizing character information at a variable

A reading apparatus includes an image reader for reading a sheet original positioned at a reading position and an automatic original conveyor for supplying the sheet original onto the reading position, wherein the sheet original can be read through an image flow reading mode while the sheet original is being conveyed by the automatic original conveyor by fixing the image reader at any position. The apparatus also has a convey path for directing the sheet original to the reading position, and a controller for initiating conveyance of the sheet original waiting at a predetermined position in the convey path in response to a flow reading mode start signal during the image flow reading mode and for initiating the image flow reading mode by outputting an image tip signal when a tip end of the sheet original reaches a flow reading image tip position.

Reading apparatus in which image reading means may be fixed to read and

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Tokuharu Kaneko