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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:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
May. 29, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuya Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346160 ; 358298 ; 358448 ; 358453 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image composed of an assembly of a large number of picture elements arranged in a matrix. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting whether or not each of the picture elements is positioned in a corner of the image and a correcting circuit for reducing the size of the picture element positioned on the corner of the image, so that the picture element on the corner of the image acts to improve the linkage between the picture elements in the peripheral portion of the corner.