Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Recording apparatus
Patent
1986-09-15
1988-04-19
Shaw, Clifford C.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Recording apparatus
346107R, H04N 123
Patent
active
047394161
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for reproducing a digitized image from a semiconductor memory onto a light sensitive material using a plurality of movable equally spaced light sources. The sources direct light beams through apertures in a mask, movable with the sources, onto a sheet of the material disposed on a drum. The light sources emit beams of variable intensity responsive to image data recorded in memory devices. As the drum rotates, the mask and light sources move in unison longitudinally at a rate of one pixel width per drum revolution. One embodiment of a recording module comprises only light sources and mask, while another embodiment also includes a pair of lens arrays that image the beam onto the sheet. There are an integral number of pixel widths between adjacent beams. A plurality of parallel lines on the mask and a scanner fixed relative to the drum sense the relative position between the mask an the drum for providing corrective feedback information to a motor moving the mask and light sources. Color recording may be provided with a mask having three rows of apertures in which each row transmits a different one of red, green, and blue light beams. The film image contains a mosaic of pixels with each pixel mapping an element of memory.
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