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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1985
Tatsuo Tani, Urayasu, JP;
Akira Midorikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masaji Ito, Ageo, JP;
Masashi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Shinada, Yokohama, JP;
Hirobumi Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copier with an image editing function which extracts desired areas of a plurality of documents in an analog fashion and allows them to be edited on a single transfer sheet. The copier includes an erasing device for selectively erasing an image provided on a photoconductive element, a detaining device for temporarily detaining a transfer sheet, an image inputting device for inputting an image of an original document, and a display device for displaying an input condition. Desired areas of documents are specified and edited with the aid of displays and then copied. Where the specified areas of the documents overlap each other, one of them having priority over the other or a selected one of them is copied. The number of areas to be edited is open to choice. The specified areas are entered through editing keys and usual ten keys. The erasing device is driven by a controller which is responsive to digital signals which are derived from position setting knobs associated with two perpendicular scales. Different colors are used to in correspondence with specified areas or documents. After copying, sheets are stocked in different positions on the basis of an edited content. An image portion inside or outside a specified area is selectable.