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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidekazu Maruta, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tsunao Hombo, Ohta-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06K 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06K 1/502 ;
Abstract
The states of plural image output apparatuses are sensed. Then, an image output apparatus, which will supply image data, is selected according to a size of an image output job on the basis of image data and the states of the image output apparatuses in such a manner as to reduce an electric power consumption required for outputting images.