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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:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 75 ; 355327 ; 382 17 ;
Abstract
A color image processing apparatus for automatically feeding a plurality of documents one at a time and processing images printed on the documents. The apparatus automatically discriminates an image as to chromatic/achromatic without errors and thereby executes optimal image processing matching the kind of an image without resorting to operator's manipulations.