摘要:
A bus monitor section 8 calculates bus-occupancy rate for each of the DMA control sections 1 to 3 connected to a bus 5 in accordance with bus-use permission signals ack1 to ack3, respectively. Furthermore, a bus-use reconcilement section 6 changes manners of bus-use reconcilement control when the sum of a plurality of bus-occupancy rate exceeds “50”, a predetermined threshold. Thereby, this method avoids occurrences such that a specific device occupies the bus 5 or vice versa, a specific device cannot get access to the bus 5.
摘要:
A memory error detecting device for an image forming apparatus having a memory unit, a first generating means, a second generating means, a comparison means, and a memory error warning means. The first generating means generates first information related to first image data input to the memory unit. The second generating means generates second information related to second image data output from the memory unit. The comparison means compares the first information with the second information, and generates a comparison result signal. The memory error warning means signifies an error in the memory unit when the comparison result signal indicates that the first information differs from the second information.
摘要:
A print head for reproducing a multi-level image is an provided. In the print head, a light-emitting array comprises a linear line of light-emitting elements. A D/A converter converts a multi-level image data to an analog signal, and an analog shift register shifts and latches the analog signals of a line received from the D/A converter. An analog latch register latches the analog signals held by the analog shift register. A driver controls the quantity of light of the light-emitting elements according to the analog signals latched by the analog latch register. In one embodiment, the print head includes a second analog shift register, an A/D converter a line memory and a divider which divides the image data by a signal from the line memory to produce corrected data which is provided to the driver to control driving of the light-emitting elements. In another embodiment, the print head includes an amplifier and a gain correction circuit having a sample and hold circuit from which the driver receives signals to control driving of the light-emitting elements.
摘要:
An additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image of a document as discrete dots arranged in a prescribed format. Preferably, the size of each of said discrete dots is not so large as to be recognized easily with naked eyes. The additional data can be embedded in unit of blocks. Further, the density of the discrete dots is different from the density adjacent to the discrete dots. The image data for embedding an additional data can be obtained by reading a document, or by receiving data sent from a computer or read from a floppy disk. An additional data embedded in a hard copy can be extracted from the image data on the hard copy. Further, the production of a copy according to the image data can be controlled according to the extracted additional data. For example, if the additional data means that the source of the hard copy is a secret document, the copying is allowed only for a legitimate user. An additional data is generated for each copy according to the extracted additional data for embedding it in a hard copy to identify each copy. The additional data generated for each copy are compiled and they are used to manage copies of various sources systematically and illegal copies can be traced easily. If the additional data received from a printer is not consistent with the additional data already stored, the printing may be prohibited. A transmitter for transmitting an additional data may be provided in a document such as a book.
摘要:
The invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading images of original documents by moving the original relative to a stationary image reader. A single image reader is used in a first embodiment. When reading the image of a first side, the single image reader is stationary at a first position to read the original. When reading the image of a second side, the single image reader is moved to a second position corresponding to the size of the original, and reads the image of the second side while said image reader is stationary at the second position. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment uses a stationary first reader for reading a first side of an original, and a movable second image reader for reading a second side of an original. The image reading apparatus of the second embodiment changes the position of the image reader in accordance with the size of the original.
摘要:
Additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image of a document as pixels arranged in a prescribed format, and, preferably, the size of the pixels is such as to not be easily recognized with the naked eye. The image data for embedding the additional data can be obtained by reading a document, or by receiving data sent from a computer or read from a floppy disk. Additional data embedded in a hard copy can be extracted from the image data on the hard copy, and the production of a copy according to the image data can be controlled according to the extracted additional data. For example, if the additional data means that the source of the hard copy is a secret document, copying thereof is allowed only for a legitimate user. Additional data generated for each copy is compiled and is used to manage copies of various sources systematically.
摘要:
In a shadow process mode, a scanner reads out an original with a first exposure lamp in a first scanning operation. The readout image data is stored in an image memory via an I/O control unit. In the second scanning operation, the scanner reads out the original with a second exposure lamp having an illumination direction different from that of the first exposure lamp. The image data read out in the second scanning operation and the data stored in the image memory are subtracted for each pixel by a subtractor. The difference thereof is compared with a predetermined value in a comparator. The compared result is output to a selector, whereby a desired image data is provided to a printer processing unit via the I/O control unit.
摘要:
In a data processor, image data of a pixel matrix is subjected to orthogonal transformation to coefficient data, the coefficient data is quantized with a first quantization table for character image and a second quantization table for half-tone image, and the image data is discriminated to be character image data or half-tone image data according to the quantization data. The selected data is then coded. In another processor, image data are divided into first and second processing blocks of m*m and M*M pixel matrices wherein M>m and the second processing block includes one of first processing blocks and adjacent pixels. Image data in a first and second processing block are subjected to orthogonal transformation to coefficient data. It is discriminated according to the coefficient data of the second processing block if the image is a character, dot, or half-tone image to select an appropriate quantization table, and image data of the first block is quantized according to the selected table and the quantized data are coded. In a further processor, two discrimination windows are provided, the first having coefficient data around the DC component and the second having the other data. Orthogonal transform coefficients of image data in a processing block are calculated, and maximum of absolute values in the windows are obtained. An image is discriminated to be a dot image if the maximum of the first window is larger than the second and larger than a threshold value.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an image scanning apparatus for scanning the image of a document by moving a light source along the document image. In the image scanning apparatus of the present invention, the light source and the drive circuit for generating a high voltage to turn on the light source are mounted on a slider movable along the document image.
摘要:
A method of image processing for sampling the concentration of each portion of an image in the unit of a picture element and for binarizing the concentrations of picture elements in the unit of a submatrix of predetermined size to obtain a bi-level image, being characterized in that the bi-level image is obtained from the concentrations having been sampled according to the steps as follows: (a) calculating the average of the concentrations of the picture elements at every submatrix to which the picture elements belong; (b) determining the number of elements in the submatrix to be treated as either one of black and white according to a predetermined relation with the average; (c) assigning elements in the submatrix as the elements to be treated as either one of black and white up to the number determined in the step (b) in the predetermined order of the concentration of each element.