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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. 24, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshio Iwaya, Shiki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355204 ; 355203 ; 355218 ; 355206 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus comprises first signal output means for producing a signal indicating a recorded area of a recording medium, second signal output means for producing a signal indicating an image area to which an original document is to be copied, and control means for determining whether the recorded area and the copy area overlap based on the signals produced by the first and second signal output means, and if they overlap, issuing an alarm or inhibiting copying of the original document to the recording medium.