Abstract: A communication apparatus which can communicate by a proper light intensity and can prevent excessive electric power consumption without providing light intensity measuring means on the reception side is provided. There are also provided communication apparatus and method, in which after a CPU issued a first message, a light emission intensity of an infrared LED is changed by the CPU so as to become the optimum state in accordance with the presence or absence of the response of a second message that is performed in response to the first message.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing characters in image information includes inputting image coordinate data corresponding to the handwritten image, displaying a calligraphic image on the basis of the image coordinate data, recognizing characters in the image coordinate data, and erasing the calligraphic image and displaying recognized characters recognized in the recognizing step in the event that a recognized character is a predetermined character such as a period (".").

Abstract: In order to display the information useful for a user on a display screen at all times while saving the power for displaying, a CPU re-edits an image data stored in a VRAM into a 1/4 screen and activates a display driver for the 1/4 screen if the display of one frame of image has been completed. The CPU sets the values of a clock required to scan one line and one frame to a first register and a second register respectively. A load timing controller and a frame signal controller determine the size of screen displayed by the values set in the registers. Thus, there is provided a device on which appropriately edited data is displayed in a small screen.

Abstract: An image processing controller comprising a pulse control signal generator for controlling a load. A memory is provided for storing parameters, such as the period and duty factor of the pulse control signal. The parameters are transferred from the memory to the pulse control signal generator. The pulse control signal generator generates a pulse control signal having a predetermined pulse width at a predetermined period, in accordance with the parameters.

Abstract: A control system suitable for control of an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine having a plurality of objects to be controlled. This system comprises a plurality of control units to individually and independently control those objects to be controlled, a monitor control unit to monitor those control units, and a system bus which is commonly connected to the control units and monitor control unit. The control units time-sharingly and cyclically execute their control operations by time-sharingly occupying the system bus one by one. The monitor control unit operates in parallel with the control units. The control units and monitor control unit are formed on the same semiconductor substrate consisting of, for example, Si or GaAs. The system bus may be a LAN bus or an optical fiber.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel control system in an electronic apparatus such as a copier, in which intelligent registers are provided in addition to the microprocessor and execute control under predetermined conditions. The microprocessor interferes with the execution of control by the registers only when the conditions become aberrated from the predetermined value, and is therefore used for other tasks.

Abstract: A control device for controlling plural analog devices in an image processing apparatus. The control device has a first controller for controlling the function sequence of analog devices, an analog-to-digital converter for obtaining digitals signals from the plural analog devices, and a second controller for controlling the analog devices to effect image processing by executing particular commands specified by the first controller, in response to the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter.

Abstract: A control device in an image processing apparatus comprises a central operation processing unit and a plurality of operation control units controlled by the central operation processing unit, controlling a plurality of process means of the image processing apparatus and operating in parallel. Timer means for measuring the time for determining the control timing of the process means is provided in each of the plurality of operation control units.

Abstract: A sequence in the control apparatus of a copy machine performs sequence timing control of electronic equipment in a predetermined order and includes a counter for counting timing pulses received from an external device. A comparison register is included in the controller for comparing a count of the counter with data stored in a memory. The controller may also include a means for designating a channel in correspondence with a control object or a means for designating a channel in accordance with a program preset during the initialization of the equipment. Comparison data may be provided as a ROM code and transmitted to a data area in accordance with the control object preset at initialization so as to be selectively used.