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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for forming an image on the basis of density data of respective picture elements corresponding to an original image, which includes a first memory for storing density data of the respective picture elements obtained by reading the original image, a multiline screen processing processor for processing the stored density data to add at least a part of density data of one of adjacent picture elements to that of another one, and a second memory for storing the processed density data. An image is formed by a printer on the basis of the density data stored in the second memory.