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2C262 | Color, gradation | |
B41J2/52 -2/525 |
B41J2/52;2/525 | AA | AA00 RECORDING MODES OR DEVICES (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM REGARDLESS OF THE FEATURE) |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA09 | AA10 | |
. Non-impact | . . Ink-jet | . . Heat | . . Light or electrophotography | . . . LBP | . . . LED or shutters e.g. liquid crystal | . Impact | . Recording medium excluding regular paper | . . Overhead projector sheet or film | ||||
AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | AA20 | ||||
. . Photosensitive paper or material or photographic paper | . . Cloth or fibre | . . Colour filters | . Scanning | . . Line | . . Raster scanning e.g. light beam | . . Serial | . . Cylindrical scanning | . . Plane heads without scanning | ||||
AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA29 | AA30 | |||||
. A plurality of modes or recording units | . Instruments | . . Printers | . . Video printers or hard copies | . . Copying machines | . . Facsimiles | . . Printing prepress proof print proof | . . Output to multiple functions or plural instruments | |||||
AB | AB00 PURPOSES (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
AB01 | AB03 | AB05 | AB07 | AB09 | ||||||
. Moire prevention | . Prevention of vertical and horizontal stripes | . Prevention of density unevenness | . Improvement in gradation | . High resolution | ||||||||
AB11 | AB12 | AB13 | AB15 | AB17 | AB19 | AB20 | ||||||
. Colour matching or colour reproduction improvement | . . Displays or documents and recording e.g. printing | . High definition or improvement in resolution | . Prevention of colour misalignment | . Colour balance or colour tone adjustment | . Speeding-up | . Miniaturisation or simplification | ||||||
AC | AC00 INPUTS (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM REGARDLESS OF THE FEATURE) |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC07 | AC08 | AC09 | |||
. Systems or kinds of input signal | . . RGB | . . CMY (K) | . . Read signals | . . . Negative positive or overhead projector documents | . . Inputs from hosts | . . Inputs by cameras | . . capable of receiving a plurality of signals | |||||
AC11 | AC13 | AC15 | AC17 | AC19 | ||||||||
. Input images | . . Coded data only | . . Coded data and image (described as discrete arts) | . . Binary and multiple value | . . Image only (not described as discrete arts) | ||||||||
BA | BA00 COLOUR CONVERSION OR COLOUR CORRECTION (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA05 | BA07 | BA09 | BA10 | ||||
. Conversion of colour mode | . . RGB to CMY (K) | . . relating to HVC or hue brightness and colour saturation | . Masking excluding conversion of colour modes | . Black ink extraction or under-colour removal or UCR | . Colour density or gradation correction | . . Gamma correction | ||||||
BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | BA19 | BA20 | |||
. Specific colour processing | . . Black excluding black ink processing and UCR | . . . Increase and decrease in black density | . . Colours other than black or special ink | . Colour elements | . . Brightness or luminance | . . Colour differences | . . Hues | . . Colour saturation and contrast | . . Achromatic colours grey | |||
BB | BB00 GRADATION (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | ||
. Single colour gradation | . Colours without gradation processing | . Colours subjected to gradation processing | . Methods | . . Dither methods e.g. from a plurality of pixels to matrix | . . Density pattern methods e.g. form one pixel to matrix | . . Error diffusion methods | . . Density gradation methods | . . . Change of the diameter and size of a dot | ||||
BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | |||
. . . Extension of length or width of dots | . . . . Extension in a main scanning direction | . . . . Extension in a sub-scanning direction | . . . The number of dots area excluding the pattern methods | . . . Change of density | . . . . Use of shading colour materials | . . . . Partial overstriking | . . Concomitant use of different methods | . . . Dither methods and density gradation methods | . . Change of dot positions | |||
BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | BB27 | BB29 | BB30 | ||||
. Patterns | . . characterised by arrangement e.g. threshold values | . . Distributed type e.g. Bayer method or concentrated type | . . Jump patterns or submatrice | . . Inclined patterns | . . One column or 1Xn or elongated patterns | . . A plurality of patterns | . Other density adjustment than gradation | . . Correction according to change in environment element characteristics or the like | ||||
BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | BB35 | BB36 | BB37 | BB38 | |||||
. . Light intensity settings or power sets | . . Compensation of density unevenness in a main scanning direction | . . Compensation of density unevenness in a sub-scanning direction | . . Compensation of variations in elements | . . Influence of the number of driven elements histories heat accumulation or neighbouring elements | . . Whole density adjustment or manual adjustment | . . Characteristic compensation of mechanisms other than recording elements | . . Combination of a plurality of methods for density adjustment | |||||
BB41 | BB42 | BB44 | BB45 | BB46 | BB47 | BB49 | ||||||
. Shade control | . . Amplitude control | . . Pulse width control or PWM | . . . Utilisation of triangular waves | . . . Utilisation of delay means | . . . Digital processing | . . Amplitude control and pulse width control | ||||||
BC | BC00 CORRECTION TECHNIQUES (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
BC01 | BC03 | BC05 | BC07 | BC09 | BC10 | |||||
. Tables | . Linear correction | . Nonlinear correction | . Settings of density ranges | . Highest points and lowest points of input images | . Density curves | |||||||
BC11 | BC13 | BC15 | BC17 | BC19 | ||||||||
. Relation equations | . Settings or calculation of coefficients | . Interpolation or assumption of coefficients | . Selection of LUTs coefficients or the like | . Colour spaces colour regions | ||||||||
CA | CA00 COLOUR ASSIGNMENTS OR COLOUR MODIFICATIONS (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
CA01 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |||
. Colour modifications of assigned characters or symbols | . Modified images | . . Backgrounds screening underlines rubies or ruled lines | . . Shading superposition multiple colours solid-white characters or styles | . Outputs by modifying input colours | . . Modifications of the number of colours or the number of gradation | . . . Recording by reducing colours to a single colour | . . Modifications in printable colours or similar colours | |||||
CA11 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | ||||||||
. Pallets | . Retention of assignment information | . . Addition to character codes or the like | . . Attribute memory | . . Information other than colours | ||||||||
DA | DA00 SPECIAL IMAGES (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | |||
. Lines or width | . Characters | . Edge and outline or contour processing | . Solid printing | . relating to superposition | . . Correction or control according to superposition order or upper and lower sides | . . Prevention of the superposition of colours or priority of colours | . Processing corresponding to surrounding pixels isolated dots | |||||
DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | |||
. Pixel interpolation pixel skipping | . . Slanting line interpolation | . Gradation | . Reversed rotated or mirror images | . Scaling | . Modification of resolution e.g. recording density | . Compression or elongation | . Composition | . Both sides | . Layouts or image arrangement | |||
EA | EA00 SELECTION OR SWITCHING OF PROCESSING (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
. Methods for instructions | . . Manual operations key inputs or coordinates designation | . . Hosts or external instruments | . . Detection or determination in printers | . Factors | . . according to data contents | . . . according to characters or line drawings and images | . . according to regions | . . according to negatives or positives | . . according to input colour modes colour numbers or kind of colour | |||
EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA16 | EA17 | EA18 | EA19 | EA20 | ||||
. . according to paper kinds colour material kinds or the shortage of colour materials | . . according to input and output devices | . . according to input image densities reproducible densities | . . according to environment e.g. temperature | . Mode switching | . . Single colour plurality of colours different number of colours or colour modes | . . High image quality low image quality materials consumed saving mode | . . High-speed recording and low-speed recording | . . Head feed direction | ||||
FA | FA00 OTHER PROCESSINGS (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
. Prevention of colour misalignment | . . Main scanning direction | . . . Recording start position timing | . . . Photoconductor or head deviations | . . Sub-scanning direction | . . . Recording start position or timing | . . . Paper feed | . . . Photoconductor or drum feed | . . Error periods speed ratios | . . Positioning marks | |||
FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | FA17 | FA18 | FA19 | FA20 | |||
. . Encoders | . Test or trial recording or measurement | . . Test patterns or colour charts | . . with a monitor | . Recording of additional information | . Processing against abnormalities or processing for maintenance or security | . . Data storage or reprints | . . relating to paper or materials consumed | . . Processing performed when representation is impossible | . Order of processing change of the number of steps or timing | |||
GA | GA00 CONSTITUTIONS (ASSIGN THIS F-TERM TO THE FEATURE) |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | ||
. Detection | . . Densities or unevenness diameters or output results | . . relating to devices such as photoconductors paper | . . Positions or colour misalignment | . . Environment such as temperature | . relating to memories or buffers | . . Coded data | . . Bit or dot or image data | . . Data other than characters and bits | ||||
GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | GA15 | GA16 | GA18 | GA19 | |||||
. . Addresses writing and read-out DMA | . . Constitution of memories utilisation | . . . Storing of each colour data | . . . Efficient utilisation of memories | . . Writable memories such as RAM | . . Read only memories such as ROMs | . ICs CPUs cartridges or control boards | . Statistics or histograms | |||||
GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA28 | GA29 | GA30 | ||||
. Waveforms function generation random numbers rising or falling characteristics | . Clocks | . Counters or arithmetic units | . A/D D/A shift registers or latches | . Parallel or serial | . Digital and analogue | . Recording heads | . . Ink-jet | . . Heat | ||||
GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | GA34 | GA35 | GA36 | GA37 | GA38 | GA39 | GA40 | |||
. . . Transfer type or sublimation type | . . Optical printers | . . . Light sources | . . . Single number of beam head | . . . A plurality of beams heads | . . . . Beam head for each colour | . . . Shutters such as liquid crystal | . . . LED | . . . Single number of photoconductor | . . . A plurality of photoconductors | |||
GA41 | GA42 | GA43 | GA45 | GA46 | GA47 | GA49 | ||||||
. . . Photoconductive belts | . . . Intermediate transfer bodies | . . . Charging transfer development | . . Arrangement of recording heads recording elements | . . Scanning order | . . Drive control | . Attachment and detachment | ||||||
GA51 | GA52 | GA54 | GA55 | GA57 | GA59 | |||||||
. Display | . Interfaces or data input parts | . Power sources motors or power transmission devices | . Unitisation or mechanical adjustment | . relating to host computers | . Networks |