The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kouji Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382274 ; 382275 ;
Abstract
A digital image forming apparatus capable of allowing the colors of an image to be adjusted is disclosed. The apparatus guarantees tonality in a high image density portion and allows a low image density portion to be reproduced with a target density. Tonality correction tables can be generated without regard to the material of a recording medium or whether or not a cover plate or an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) is laid on the medium. Further, the contribution of background data included in a scanner output representative of exclusive patterns can be determined machine by machine.