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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Yee S Ng, Fairport, NY (US);
Hieu T Pham, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-impact recording apparatus for recording grey level exposures, the recording apparatus includes one or more recording elements such as LEDs. Image data signals of a predetermined multibits per pixel bit-depth dimension are generated by a data source along with a signal representing the predetermined bit-depth dimension. An exposure clock counter counts exposure clock pulses and outputs a count signal in response to clock pulses. The count signal represents a count value. A comparator compares a multibits-per-pixel image data signal with the count signal from the counter and generates a signal. A current driver is responsive to the signal from the comparator and controls a recording duration. Counting in the counter is adjusted in accordance with the multibits per pixel bit-depth dimension of the image data signal.