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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:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nobuhisa Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ; 358298 ;
Abstract
A thermal recording apparatus includes a resistance memory for storing resistance variation data associated with each of a plurality of resistive thermal recording elements. A picture element stores gradation data representing a plurality of picture elements to be recorded to reproduce a picture image. A gradation conversion mechanism receiving the stored gradation data and the stored resistance variation data associated with the recording elements to record the gradation data and corrects the values of the gradation data to compensate for the variations in the resistances of the recording elements from a predetermined value.