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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:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395112 ; 395102 ;
Abstract
An output method and apparatus are provided for judging whether received data includes image data, a mixture of image data and text data, or text data alone. The output apparatus is controlled to output data in a resolution of the image data if the received data is judged to include image data or a mixture of image and text data. Also disclosed is setting a resolution of the output apparatus to a high value if the received data is judged to include text data. A storage medium for storing a program for performing these operations is also described.