Claims
- 1. A copying apparatus for reproducing copies from an original document comprising:
- a housing member;
- means for supporting an original document on the housing member;
- means for providing copy paper;
- means for reproducing any indicia on the original document on the copy paper;
- an operator panel attached to the housing member including a numeric value input means which is manually operable by an operator to input arbitrary values relevant to the size of indicia on the original document and to a desired size of copied indicia, and a display means for electro-optically displaying a numeric value which has been input by said numeric value input means on the operator panel;
- first memory means for storing any numeric data, relevant to the size of indicia on the original document, input by the input means;
- second memory means for storing any numeric data, relevant to desired size of copied indicia, input by the input means;
- an arithmetic means for executing a predetermined arithmetic operation based on the numeric data stored in said first memory means and said second memory means;
- third memory means for storing an arithmetic result obtained by the arithmetic operation which has been executed by said arithmetic means; and
- a magnification control means which reads the arithmetic result, stored in said third memory means, as copying magnification data so as to control operations of said copying apparatus on the basis of the copying magnification data.
- 2. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnification control means controls at least positions of a projection lens of said copying apparatus on the basis of the arithmetic result stored in said memory means.
- 3. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said arithmetic means is operatively associated with said display means such that the arithmetic result is displayed by said display means when the arithmetic operation has been executed by said arithmetic means.
- 4. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said numeric value input means is used, in an ordinary mode of said copying apparatus, for inputting the number of copies to be made such that said display means displays the number of copies, which has been inputted by said numeric value input means, said copying apparatus performing copying operations continuously a plurality of times equal to the number of copies, which is displayed by said display means.
- 5. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said numeric value input means is used, in a magnification data setting mode of said copying apparatus, for inputting the copying magnification data, the numeric data displayed by said display means being capable of being stored in said third memory means upon said predetermined operation in the magnification data setting mode of said copying apparatus.
- 6. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further including a range memory means for storing a permissible range of copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, said copying apparatus being so controlled as to prevent the arithmetic result from being stored in said third memory means even upon said predetermined operation in the case where the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus.
- 7. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 6, which, when the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, is so controlled as to forcibly correct, upon said predetermined operation, the arithmetic result to one of upper and lower limits of the permissible range more approximate to the arithmetic result than the other one thereof such that the one of the upper and lower limits of the permissible range is stored in said third memory means.
- 8. A copying apparatus for reproducing copies from an original document comprising:
- means for reproducing image of an original document on a copy paper;
- numeric value input means which is manually operable by an operator to input arbitrary numeric values;
- an arithmetic means for extracting a square root of the input data;
- memory means for storing an arithmetic result obtained by the arithmetic operation; and
- a magnification control means which reads the arithmetic result, stored in said memory means, as copying magnification data so as to control operations of the copying apparatus on the basis of the copying magnification data.
- 9. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:
- means for displaying numeric values input by said numeric input means.
- 10. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said arithmetic means is operatively associated with said display means such that the arithmetic result is displayed by said display means when the arithmetic operation has been executed by said arithmetic means.
- 11. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said magnification control means controls at least positions of a projection lens of said copying apparatus on the basis of the arithmetic result stored in said memory means.
- 12. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further including a range memory means for storing a permissible range of copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, said copying apparatus being so controlled as to prevent the arithmetic result from being stored in said memory means even upon said predetermined operation in the case where the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus.
- 13. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 12, which, when the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, is so controlled as to forcibly correct, upon said predetermined operation, the arithmetic result to one of upper and lower limits of the permissible range more approximate to the arithmetic result than the other one thereof such that the one of the upper and lower limits of the permissible range is stored in said memory means.
- 14. A copying apparatus for reproducing copies from an original document comprising:
- means for reproducing image of an original document on a copy paper;
- numeric value input means which is manually operable by an operator to input arbitrary numeric values;
- first memory means for temporarily storing two input values;
- an arithmetic means for multiplying said two values stored in said first memory means;
- second memory means for storing an arithmetic result obtained by the arithmetic operation; and
- a magnification control means which reads the arithmetic result, stored in said second memory means, as copying magnification data so as to control operations of the copying apparatus on the basis of the copying magnification data.
- 15. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:
- means for displaying numeric values input by said numeric input means.
- 16. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein said arithmetic means is operatively associated with said display means such that the arithmetic result is displayed by said display means when the arithmetic operation has been executed by said arithmetic means.
- 17. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein said magnification control means controls at least positions of a projection lens of said copying apparatus on the basis of the arithmetic result stored in said memory means.
- 18. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 14, further including a range memory means for storing a permissible range of copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, said copying apparatus being so controlled as to prevent the arithmetic result from being stored in said second memory means even upon said predetermined operation in the case where the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus.
- 19. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 18, which, when the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, is so controlled as to forcibly correct, upon said predetermined operation, the arithmetic result to one of upper and lower limits of the permissible range more approximate to the arithmetic result than the other one thereof such that the one of the upper and lower limits of the permissible range is stored in said second memory means.
- 20. A copying apparatus for reproducing copies from an original document comprising:
- means for reproducing image of an original document on a copy paper;
- numeric value input means which is manually operable by an operator to input arbitrary numeric values;
- first memory means for temporarily storing two input values;
- an arithmetic means for adding up said two values stored in said first memory means;
- second memory means for storing an arithmetic result obtained by the arithmetic operation; and
- a magnification control means which reads the arithmetic result, stored in said second memory means, as copying magnification data so as to control operations of the copying apparatus on the basis of the copying magnification data.
- 21. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 20, further comprising:
- means for displaying numeric values input by said numeric input means.
- 22. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein said arithmetic means is operatively associated with said display means such that the arithmetic result is displayed by said display means when the arithmetic operation has been executed by said arithmetic means.
- 23. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said magnification control means controls at least positions of a projection lens of said copying apparatus on the basis of the arithmetic result stored in said memory means.
- 24. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 20, further including a range memory means for storing a permissible range o copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, said copying apparatus being so controlled as to prevent the arithmetic result from being stored in said second memory means even upon said predetermined operation in the case where the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus.
- 25. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 24, which, when the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, is so controlled as to forcibly correct, upon said predetermined operation, the arithmetic result to one of upper and lower limits of the permissible range more approximate to the arithmetic result than the other one thereof such that the one of the upper and lower limits of the permissible range is stored in said second memory means.
- 26. A copying apparatus for reproducing copies from an original document comprising:
- means for reproducing image of an original document on a copy paper;
- numeric value input means which is manually operable by an operator to input arbitrary numeric values;
- first memory means for temporarily storing two input values;
- an arithmetic means for subtracting one of said two input values stored in said first memory means from another one;
- second memory means for storing a arithmetic result obtained by the arithmetic operation; and
- a magnification control means which reads the arithmetic result, stored in said second memory means, as copying magnification data so as to control operations of the copying apparatus on the basis of the copying magnification data.
- 27. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 26, further comprising:
- means for displaying numeric values input by said numeric input means.
- 28. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein said arithmetic means is operatively associated with said display means such that the arithmetic result is displayed by said display means when the arithmetic operation has been executed by said arithmetic means.
- 29. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein said magnification control means controls at least positions of a projection lens of said copying apparatus on the basis of the arithmetic result stored in said memory means.
- 30. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 26, further including a range memory means for storing a permissible range of copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, said copying apparatus being so controlled as to prevent the arithmetic result from being stored in said second memory means even upon said predetermined operation in the case where the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus.
- 31. A copying apparatus as claimed in claim 30, which, when the arithmetic result falls out of the permissible range of the copying magnifications of said copying apparatus, is so controlled as to forcibly correct, upon said predetermined operation, the arithmetic result to one of upper and lower limits of the permissible range more approximate to the arithmetic result than the other one thereof such that the one of the upper and lower limits of the permissible range is stored in said second memory means.
- 32. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- output means for outputting data corresponding to an original image length;
- key input means for manually setting data corresponding to desired reproducing image length;
- arithmetic means for calculating a magnification based on data output by said output means and the data set by said key input means; and
- display means for displaying the magnification calculated by said arithmetic means.
- 33. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said output means has a key input means for setting data corresponding to the original image length.
- 34. An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said key input means for setting the data corresponding to the original image length and said key input means for setting the data corresponding to the desired reproducing image length are common.
- 35. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein said key input means are capable of inputting the data and the number of images to be formed.
- 36. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said key input means is adapted to enter said input data as numerical data.
- 37. An image processing apparatus comprising;
- output means for outputting data corresponding to an original image length;
- key input means for manually setting data corresponding to a desired reproducing image length;
- arithmetic means for calculating a magnification based on the data output from said output means and the data set by said key input means; and
- memory means for storing the magnification calculated by said arithmetic means.
- 38. An apparatus according to claim 37, wherein said output means has key input means for setting data corresponding to the original image length.
- 39. An apparatus according to claim 38, wherein said key input means for setting data corresponding to the original image length and said key input means for setting the data corresponding to the desired reproducing image length are common.
- 40. An apparatus according to claim 39, wherein said key input means are capable of inputting the data and the number of images to be formed.
- 41. An apparatus according to claim 37, wherein said input means is adapted to enter said input data as numerical data.
- 42. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- key input means for setting first data corresponding to an original image length;
- output means for outputting second data corresponding to a reproducing image length;
- arithmetic means for calculating a magnification in accordance with first and second data; and
- registration means for registering the magnification calculated by said arithmetic means such that the magnification is reusable.
- 43. An apparatus according to claim 42, wherein said output means has key input means for setting the second data corresponding to the reproducing image length.
- 44. An apparatus according to claim 43, wherein said key input means for setting the first data corresponding to the original image length and said key input means for setting the second data corresponding to the reproducing image length are common.
- 45. An apparatus according to claim 44, wherein said key input means is capable of inputting the first and second data and the number of images to be formed.
- 46. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- output means for outputting first data corresponding to an original image length;
- key input means for setting second data corresponding to a reproducing image length;
- arithmetic means for calculating a magnification in accordance with the first and second data; and
- registration means for registering the magnification calculated by said arithmetic means such that the magnification is reusable.
- 47. An apparatus according to claim 46, wherein said output means has key input means for setting the first data corresponding to the original image length.
- 48. An apparatus according to claim 47, wherein said key input means for setting the first data corresponding to the original image length and said key input means for setting the second data corresponding to the reproducing image length are common.
- 49. An apparatus according to claim 48, wherein said key input means are capable of inputting the first and second data and the number of images to be formed.
- 50. An apparatus according to claim 46, wherein said key input means is adapted to enter said input data as numerical data.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application Ser. No. 630,729, filed on July 13, 1984, now abandoned.
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