USO0RE40644E

(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number:

Omi (54)

US RE40,644 E

(45) Date of Reissued Patent:

MODULAR COPYING SYSTEM USING

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LIGHT WAVE, ELECTRIC WAVE, OR SONIC WAVE INTERCONNECTIONS

(75) Inventor:

(21) Appl.No.: 09/218,335 (22) Filed:

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Siemens AG, Bestellnummer: A 19100*E686*V1, 1987, “Damit MebiUnd Prufgeshichten KurZer Werden: Die

Neunen PCiMebgerate”, 8 pages.*

Dec. 22, 1998 Related US. Patent Documents

Primary ExamineriJerome Grant, II

(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmAObIon, Spivak, McClelland,

Reissue of:

(64) Patent No.: Issued:

5,600,445

Maier & Neustadt, PC.

Feb. 4, 1997

(57)

ABSTRACT

Appl. No.:

08/215,608

Filed:

Mar. 22, 1994

A modular copying system including combinations of

Foreign Application Priority Data

printer, scanner, and system controller modules formed as independent frames. The scanner module includes devices

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Mar. 23, 1993

(51)

1/1987

(Continued)

Kyoji Omi, Kawasaki (JP)

(73) Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)

*

Mar. 3, 2009

(JP) ........................................... .. 5-089351

Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 H04N 1/40

(2006.01) (2006.01)

for image reading, ?rst data I/O and ?rst synchronizing sig nal generation; the printer module includes devices for image forming, second data I/O and second synchronizing signal generation; and the system control module includes devices for third data I/O and system control. The modules are added or removed according to user requirements and the

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US. Cl. ...................... .. 358/296; 358/401; 358/443;

399/1; 346/145 (58)

system is capable of accommodating up to seven modules.

Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 358/296,

The modules are stacked in a vertical direction and arranging devices ensure proper module alignment. Once the modules

358/300, 401, 442, 443, 1.14, 468, 471, 474; 347/3, 108, 138, 145, 152, 170, 222, 245,

are aligned and assembled in the system, communications between each module is accomplished via light Wave, elec

347/263; 346/145 See application ?le for complete search history.

tric Wave, or sonic Wave transmission and reception. As a

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References Cited U_S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS _ _

receiving fault diagnosis information Which is displayed to a

4,691,237 A : 9/1987 S1_11m1_zu ................... .. 358/443 4,962,430 A

result, system interconnection is reduced, system noise is reduced and various connecting cables are eliminated. In addition, the system can be connected to a public ISDN line for transmitting detected system faults to the factory and for

10/1990 Hlrokl et a1. .............. .. 358/296

(Continued)

user Via a display Further, the System15 Capable ofperform_ ing Various image processing functions’ Such as processing

With a space ?lter, image' size conversion, image-trimming, 1mage movement, color 1mage tr1mm1ng, color correctlon,

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ShimiZu ................... .. 358/448 Chikane ................... .. 346/145 Sugishima ...... .. .

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