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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Kouzato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 3461 / ; 358 75 ; 358298 ;
Abstract
In a tone recording method, ink dots having at least two different concentrations per color are provided, and the number of dots, for each concentration, to be printed in a predetermined area is controlled in accordance with input density information. Overlap of the dots of different concentrations is also controlled in accordance with the input density information.