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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Tamagaki, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ; G06K / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382169 ; 382112 ; 382195 ; 382283 ; 358538 ;
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus comprising image input means for inputting image data, storage means for successively storing the image data input by the image input means, on a input image data basis, feature-extracting means for producing histogram data per input image data which is stored in the storage means, and extracting the features of the respective image data on the basis of the histogram data, image-selecting means for selecting an image to be output, on the basis of the extracted features of the images, and image output means for forming the image selected by the image-selecting means on recording paper.