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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akio Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Takada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an image processing method and apparatus and particularly solves problems of image degradation in multi generation copying (copying, using a previous copy output as an original). A generation copy mode is provided in addition to the normal copy mode.