Image forming apparatus having means to register marker pens used for image editing
First Claim
1. An apparatus for forming an edited image from an image which is read from a document, the edited image being defined with respect to an editing range designated on the document, the editing range being designated by a registered marker pen, comprising:
- means for setting a registration mode in which a mark of a new marker pen different from a previously registered marker pen is registered and an editing mode in which the editing range on the document is designated with the new marker pen;
means for storing a previously registered marker pen signal corresponding to the previously registered marker pen;
first converting means for converting the mark of the new marker pen to a new marker pen signal;
means for storing one of the new marker pen signal and the previously registered marker pen signal;
second converting means for converting the image read from the document and the editing range designated on the document into an image signal;
means for comparing one of the new marker pen signal and the registered marker pen signal with the image signal to edit the image signal; and
image forming means for forming the edited image on a basis of the image signal edited by the comparing means.
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a color processing circuit calculates a ratio of color components of an image signal supplied from a CCD sensor. In a marker pen registering mode, its color components are detected by a marker color detecting section and stored in memory of a marker registering/canceling section. When the color of the marker pen is canceled, its color components are deleted from memory of the marker registering/canceling section. Since it is possible to cancel/register the marker pen, any general-purpose marker pen, in addition to a marker pen used exclusively for the apparatus, can be used upon editing. Thus, image editing can be implemented without using any designating means specific only to the apparatus.
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4 Claims
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1. An apparatus for forming an edited image from an image which is read from a document, the edited image being defined with respect to an editing range designated on the document, the editing range being designated by a registered marker pen, comprising:
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means for setting a registration mode in which a mark of a new marker pen different from a previously registered marker pen is registered and an editing mode in which the editing range on the document is designated with the new marker pen; means for storing a previously registered marker pen signal corresponding to the previously registered marker pen; first converting means for converting the mark of the new marker pen to a new marker pen signal; means for storing one of the new marker pen signal and the previously registered marker pen signal; second converting means for converting the image read from the document and the editing range designated on the document into an image signal; means for comparing one of the new marker pen signal and the registered marker pen signal with the image signal to edit the image signal; and image forming means for forming the edited image on a basis of the image signal edited by the comparing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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