WO1992010058A3 - Printing apparatus and method - Google Patents

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WO1992010058A3
WO1992010058A3 PCT/US1991/006896 US9106896W WO9210058A3 WO 1992010058 A3 WO1992010058 A3 WO 1992010058A3 US 9106896 W US9106896 W US 9106896W WO 9210058 A3 WO9210058 A3 WO 9210058A3
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printing apparatus
hardcopy
printed
real time
portions
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Janet A Allen
Daniel Bybell
Ellen B Cargill
Guillermo S Ferla
Fawwaz N Habbal
Thomas J Leblanc
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Polaroid Corp
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Priority to JP92501810A priority Critical patent/JPH05504040A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H04N1/405—Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels
    • H04N1/4055—Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels producing a clustered dots or a size modulated halftone pattern

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Facsimile Image Signal Circuits (AREA)
  • Apparatus For Radiation Diagnosis (AREA)

Abstract

Printing apparatus and method particularly suited to provide a hardcopy of an image produced by medical imaging equipment or the like. The apparatus utilizes a fast serial processing method in which portions of coarse image data are rapidly processed and printed in real time to reduce overall memory requirements and device complexity while minimizing printing speed.
PCT/US1991/006896 1990-11-21 1991-09-23 Printing apparatus and method WO1992010058A2 (en)

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JP92501810A JPH05504040A (en) 1990-11-21 1991-09-23 Printing device and method

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US61641790A 1990-11-21 1990-11-21
US616,417 1990-11-21

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