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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1988
Masamichi Kishi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroya Sugawa, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A microfilm reader scanner for projecting an image on a microfilm onto a screen and also reading it through an image sensor, subjecting it to an editing process such as trimming or masking and thereafter outputting it to a laser beam printer or the like. An image editing area is specified using a touch panel disposed on the screen, and the editing area and an attribute thereof are inputted to a memory while observing the image projected on the screen. The image on the microfilm is read by the image sensor, converted to a digital signal, edited in accordance with the image editing area and the attribute thereof both stored in the memory, and then outputted to a laser printer or the like.