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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:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 80 ; 358 75 ; 358401 ; 358406 ;
Abstract
A digital color copying machine comprising a test mode is disclosed. In the test mode, image data corresponding to a partial area of an original document indicated is stored in a RAM, and thereafter, the image data stored in the RAM is read out repeatedly, and plural test images for which the color correction is made with different color balances respectively are formed as mosaic monitor images on a recording medium. Then, one of plural test images is selected, and a copy of document having a color balance of the selected test image is produced. The state of the selected color balance is displayed on a display section.