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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Kawana, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Seto, Chigasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Mano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Kashihara, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuo Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358298 ; 347224 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus having an input device for receiving a multivalue image signal, a generating unit for generating a plurality of count clocks, a counting unit for counting the count clocks supplied from the generating unit, a pulse width modulation unit for performing a pulse width modulation by using an output from the counting unit and the multivalue image signal and a selection unit for selecting one count clock from a plurality of the count clocks in accordance with a value of the multivalue image signal.