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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:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Asao Saito, Fujisawa, JP;
Kunio Watanabe, Kawasaki, 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
A method for forming images with a gradation characteristic based on the arrangement of image forming elements comprises modulating an arrangement pitch of the image forming elements in at least one arrangement direction without quantization in accordance with the gradation level.