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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. 26, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukio Sakano, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382298 ; 382264 ; 382266 ;
Abstract
A image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises filters for enhancing or smoothing edges of an image signal, magnifier for magnifying the image signal, and controller for changing an order of the filtering means and the magnifying according to magnification ratio. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a size of a filter is used efficiently and therefore a high quality image is achieved.