Image pickup printing system using non-NTSC signals

• US 4,942,477 A
• Filed: 11/10/1988
• Issued: 07/17/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Shinya
• Primary Examiner(s): Groody, James J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Svihla, Randall S.
• Application Number:
  US07/269,706
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• Field of Search: 358/80, 358/78, 358/75, 358/400, 358/401, 358/434, 358/438, 358/442, 358/444, 358/468, 358/909
• US Class Current: 358/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/40 Picture signal circuits H04N1/387 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/46 Colour picture communication systems

Abstract

The invention provides an image pickup printing system which comprises an optical device for optically controlling an optical image of an object, an image pickup device disposed at the position of a focus of the optical device for converting an optical image into electric signals for a large number of divided dot-like regions on a plane, an image pickup device controller for controlling a manner in which electric signals produced by the image pickup device are to be taken out, so as to avoid NTSC signals and a printer device for printing out electric signals produced by the image pickup device. With the image pickup printing system, a hard copy can be printed by directly using signals obtained by the image pickup device.

Claims

1. An image pickup printing system, comprising:

an optical system for focusing an image of an object;

means for converting said image to a plurality of electrical signals being disposed at the focal position of said optical system, said means for converting including a matrix of regions with each region producing one of said plurality of electrical signals;

means for controlling the transfer of said plurality of electrical signals to produce a serial signal formed of serially arranged signals corresponding to rows of said regions with the rows being separated by at least one signal indicating line feed, said serial signal having a format for directly driving a printing means;

memory means connected to said means for controlling for receiving and storing said serial signal;

printing means connected to said memory means and said means for controlling for printing said image wherein the serial signal is selectively received from said memory means and from said means for controlling.

2. An image pickup printing system according to claim 1, wherein a first switch is provided with said optical system and a second switch is provided at said printing means, said means for converting being responsive to both said first switch and said second switch to print an image.