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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1995
Takeharu Tone, Yokohama, JP;
Kouichi Kamon, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Ito, Zama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Anki Yoh, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A freely configurable image processing apparatus comprises a plurality of processing sections each executing a specified processing to a digital image signal; namely a scanner section, a shading section, a filter section, an image size changing section, a .gamma.-conversion section, a tone processing section, an editorial section, a storage section, an external interface section, a printing section, and a plot section, wherein a sequence of processing by these processing section can freely be changed by a selector control section according to an instruction from a main control section by switching a mains elector and an out selector connected to each processing section.