DE69615939D1 - Verbesserungen für das Grautondrucken mit räumlichen Lichtmodulatoren - Google Patents

Verbesserungen für das Grautondrucken mit räumlichen Lichtmodulatoren

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DE69615939D1
DE69615939D1 DE69615939T DE69615939T DE69615939D1 DE 69615939 D1 DE69615939 D1 DE 69615939D1 DE 69615939 T DE69615939 T DE 69615939T DE 69615939 T DE69615939 T DE 69615939T DE 69615939 D1 DE69615939 D1 DE 69615939D1
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spatial light
light modulators
gray tone
tone printing
printing
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Vadlamannati Venkateswar
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Texas Instruments Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/04—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
    • G03G15/043—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for controlling illumination or exposure
    • 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
    • H04N1/401—Compensating positionally unequal response of the pick-up or reproducing head
    • H04N1/4015—Compensating positionally unequal response of the pick-up or reproducing head of the reproducing head
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K15/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers
    • G06K15/02—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers
    • G06K15/12—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers by photographic printing, e.g. by laser printers
    • G06K15/1238—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers by photographic printing, e.g. by laser printers simultaneously exposing more than one point
    • 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
    • H04N1/40025—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales
    • H04N1/40031—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales for a plurality of reproducing elements simultaneously
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
    • G06K2215/0082—Architecture adapted for a particular function
    • G06K2215/0085—Error recovery
DE69615939T 1995-06-22 1996-06-21 Verbesserungen für das Grautondrucken mit räumlichen Lichtmodulatoren Expired - Lifetime DE69615939T2 (de)

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US08/493,444 US5699168A (en) 1995-06-22 1995-06-22 Grayscale printing with sliding window memory

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DE69617914T Expired - Lifetime DE69617914T2 (de) 1995-06-22 1996-06-21 Verbesserungen für Grautondrucken mit räumlichen Lichtmodulatoren
DE69615939T Expired - Lifetime DE69615939T2 (de) 1995-06-22 1996-06-21 Verbesserungen für das Grautondrucken mit räumlichen Lichtmodulatoren
DE69615822T Expired - Lifetime DE69615822T2 (de) 1995-06-22 1996-06-21 Verbesserungsverfahren zur Kompensation von defekten Elementen in einer Bildelementmatrix einer Bildaufnahmevorrichtung

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US (3) US5699168A (de)
EP (4) EP0750418B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3958809B2 (de)
KR (1) KR970002510A (de)
DE (3) DE69617914T2 (de)

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DE69615939T2 (de) 2002-05-16
EP0750418A2 (de) 1996-12-27
EP0809391A3 (de) 1998-06-10
JP3958809B2 (ja) 2007-08-15
KR970002510A (ko) 1997-01-24
EP0750418A3 (de) 1997-11-26
EP0810775B1 (de) 2001-10-10
EP0810775A2 (de) 1997-12-03
US5699168A (en) 1997-12-16
US5719682A (en) 1998-02-17
EP0810775A3 (de) 1998-04-29
JPH09130607A (ja) 1997-05-16
DE69615822T2 (de) 2002-05-02
EP1069759A3 (de) 2001-11-14
DE69617914T2 (de) 2002-06-27
EP1069759A2 (de) 2001-01-17
EP0809391A2 (de) 1997-11-26
DE69615822D1 (de) 2001-11-15

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