Abstract:
A cylindrical engraving system selectively able to engrave either in a helical or circumferential format. An encoder scans index markings on the surface of a cylinder being engraved and generates timing pulses for selective application to one or the other of a helical drive unit or a circumferential drive unit incorporated within the system controller, Engraving is performed by an engraving head which is stepped in the axial direction along the workpiece in response to step pulses generated by the selected drive unit. The step pulses may be generated in spaced bursts or at a regular frequency depending upon whether circumferential or helical driving has been selected.
Abstract:
In a method of recognizing meandering of a web, with respect to the reference image data, one side 1A of a rectangular meandering recognition block Φ is set parallel to a printing traveling direction Y at a position where mA1 pixels of an output P(A) are located on one side of the one side 1A and mA2 pixels of the output P(A) are located on the other side thereof, and an opposite side 1B of the one side 1A of the meandering recognition block Φ is set parallel to the direction Y at a position where mB1 pixels of an output P(B) are located on one side of the opposite side 1B and mB2 pixels are located on the other side of the opposite side 1B. With respect to the test image data, a meandering recognition block Φ D having the same shape as that of the block Φ is set at a position corresponding to the block Φ set with respect to the reference image data. A difference ΔP(Φ) between a sum P(Φ) of output data of all pixels included in the block Φ and a sum P(Φ D ) of output data of all pixels included in the block Φ D is calculated. A difference ΔP(Φ n ) between a product of the output P(B) and a pixel count n of the block Φ in the direction Y and a product of the output P(A) and the pixel count n is calculated. A meandering amount and direction of the web are obtained on the basis of the absolute value and the sign of a quotient obtained by dividing the difference ΔP(Φ) by the difference ΔP(Φ n ).
Abstract:
A color image forming apparatus forms a color image by superposing images of plural colors in plane-sequential manner. In the color image forming apparatus, the amount of aberration between the detection signal for the recording medium for the first color and the horizontal synchronization signal is measured by a counter, and the start timing of image formation of the second and subsequent colors is controlled by a delay device, according to the measured amount of aberration.
Abstract:
A device for inspecting a printed board has linear image sensors. The image sensors read the image of the printed board on respective image reading positions (CAO, CBO, CA1, CB1), while scanning the image. A predetermined tolerance range (RY) for image-reading positions is previously determined so that the respective image reading positions are included in the tolerance range. Image signals obtained in respective image sensors are delayed by respective delay times. The respective delay times are previously determined in proportion to the deviations between the image reading positions and a reference position (RLY1), where the reference position is defined on the rear end (EPY1) or behind the tolerance range in the scanning direction (-Y). Through the delay process, all of the image signals are corrected to compensate for the respective deviations in the image reading positions.
Abstract:
An image sensor has a supporting member for integrally supporting a reading system including illuminating means for illuminating an original document, a photoelectrically converting means and imaging means for imaging light reflected by the surface of the original document onto the photoelectrically converting means, and has a member disposed on the side surface of the supporting member. The image sensor has two or more substantially independent spaces formed in the supporting member. The illuminating means, the imaging means and the photoelectrically converting means are accommodated in one of the spaces.
Abstract:
A device for inspecting a printed board has linear image sensors. The image sensors read the image of the printed board on respective image reading positions (CAO, CBO, CA1, CB1), while scanning the image. A predetermined tolerance range (RY) for image-reading positions is previously determined so that the respective image reading positions are included in the tolerance range. Image signals obtained in respective image sensors are delayed by respective delay times. The respective delay times are previously determined in proportion to the deviations between the image reading positions and a reference position (RLY1), where the reference position is defined on the rear end (EPY1) or behind the tolerance range in the scanning direction (-Y). Through the delay process, all of the image signals are corrected to compensate for the respective deviations in the image reading positions.
Abstract:
A beam position sensor for a beam scanner is disclosed for use in a laser printer. The printer comprises three diode lasers each of which emits at a different wavelength. The beams from the three lasers are combined by the use of dichroic plates to form one combined beam. The combined beam is scanned onto a receiving medium by a polygon. The beam position sensor of the present invention is adapted to sense the position of the polygon in order to provide a synchronizing signal which will insure that each raster line in the printer is started at the proper position. The beam position sensor includes a diode laser and optics for projecting a beam from the laser onto the polygon. The beam is reflected back from the polygon into a photodetector which effects the start of a new raster line at the appropriate time.
Abstract:
An image reading system including a charge storing type image sensor drives a manuscript or an image sensor (1) in accordance with a driving pulse from a driving unit (2). A speed of the driving pulse from the driving unit is determined by a speed setting unit (5), depending on a change of a period of the apparatus scan. The driving pulse is stopped for a certain period of time, so that the difference in a speed of the driving pulse between the different apparatus scan periods is decreased.
Abstract:
An image reading system including a charge storing type image sensor drives a manuscript or an image sensor (1) in accordance with a driving pulse from a driving unit (2). A speed of the driving pulse from the driving unit is determined by a speed setting unit (5), depending on a change of a period of the apparatus scan. The driving pulse is stopped for a certain period of time, so that the difference in a speed of the driving pulse between the different apparatus scan periods is decreased.