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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. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideki Hino, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuo Okunishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiaki Takano, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399182 ; 399183 ;
Abstract
A copying machine inputs a designated area to which image processing is applied as well as details of the image processing. The copying machine recognizes a character included in the designated area. A character which is the same as the recognized character is retrieved from image data and the retrieved one is subjected to the image processing. Accordingly, by designating a character at one location, the image processing is applied to all of the other characters.