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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:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Tamotsu Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Norifumi Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Koinuma, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358404 ; 358401 ; 358444 ;
Abstract
A digital copier using a laser card or like external storing medium for storing image data. A remaining amount of memory capacity of a laser card is displayed in terms of the number of papers of a particular size or by percent. Based on the remaining amount of capacity, image data are compressed and reduced, the reduction ratio being also recorded in the card. When the contents of a series of documents cannot be accommodated in a single card, the first card is provided with a mark which shows that the second card is to follow.