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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:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoji Tomoyuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 250494 ; 358293 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises an image data generator and a characteristic converter for converting a characteristic of the image data generated by the image data generator. The characteristic converter includes a table for converting the image data in a first mode and a second table for converting in a second mode. The first and second tables are selectively used in recording one image. Data generator for generating data to be stored in the first and second conversion tables has a reference characteristic conversion table to be used as a base in generating the data.