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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:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Ogino, Toyokawa, JP;
Masaaki Nishiyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358445 ; 358401 ; 358298 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an image forming apparatus for generating a printing signal having a pulse width according to image density data corresponding to an image to be formed and forming dot images on a paper, each dot image having a size corresponding to the pulse width. An integrating circuit integrates the image density data for a predetermined integration period and outputting integrated image density data, and a comparator compares the integrated image density data with a predetermined threshold data and generating a printing signal having a pulse width corresponding to the comparison result thereof.