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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naomi Nakane, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358447 ; 358530 ; 358296 ; 382304 ; 382263 ; 382264 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including a scanner for reading image data from an original sheet, a first filter for filtering the image data, a second filter provided in parallel with the first filter, and different from the first filter, adding circuit means for adding up the outputs from these filters, and a function for forming an image on the basis of the result of addition