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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teruya Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeo Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Ushida, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Shigeeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358448 ; 382199 ; 382266 ;
Abstract
The present invention has a transmission side apparatus to which an image to be transmitted is inputted, and an outline vector along the edge of the inputted image is extracted. The transmission side apparatus transmits data of the extracted outline vector to a receiving side apparatus via a data line. The receiving side apparatus reproduces the image in accordance with received outline vector data so as to output it to a predetermined visible image generating apparatus.