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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Katayama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuzo Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Kohei Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Saijo, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Moritoki, Higashiyamato, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Aptex Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsukaido, US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 ;
Abstract
Upon reaction of data from a host computer, an image forming apparatus analyzes the data, and maps bitmap images onto corresponding image memories in accordance with the analysis result. When it is determined that the data includes a barcode image, non-barcode image data mapped on the black image memory is OR-mapped onto the cyan, magenta, and yellow image memories. The barcode image is mapped onto the black image memory to print.