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Digital image processing system and method
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Inventors: Wolstenholme, Arthur T.; Burton, Robert F.; Barraco, Ignazio; Kin Kwok Chu, Eddie;
Assignee: Crosfield Electronics (USA) Limited (Burlington Gardens, London, GB)
Primary Examiner: Shaw; Dale M.
Assistant Examiner: Tung; Kee M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas
A digital image processing system comprises a processor at a central, first site; and digital image processing equipment such as an analyze scanner and an expose scanner at a second site remote from the first site. The processor and the digital image processing equipment are connectable and are adapted to pass signals therebetween corresponding to signals generated by the digital image processing equipment. These signals may be representative of operator commands or digital data generated at the second site which can be monitored at the first site. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a digital image processing system comprises processing means at a first site; and digital image processing equipment at a second site remote from the first site, the processing means and the digital image processing equipment being connectable and being adapted to pass signals therebetween corresponding to signals generated by the digital image processing equipment.
This system enables a variety of monitoring and/or control processes to be achieved from the first site.
This means that an engineer may be located at a central site and be responsible for a large number of widely separated sets of digital image processing equipment at a plurality of second sites.
In some cases, the processing means at the first site may be adapted simply to receive signals from the digital image processing equipment at the second site.
Preferably, however, the processing means and the digital image processing equipment are adapted to pass signals in both directions therebetween.
This latter arrangement enables the engineer at the first site not only to monitor the action taken at the second site but also to control directly the digital image processing equipment.
In one arrangement, the system further comprises storage means for storing a history of the operator commands generated at the second site.
This enables the engineer at the first site to monitor the sequence of commands issued at the second site in order to check that the equipment is being instructed correctly by the operator.
In order to reduce communication time, the storage means is preferably sited at the second site.
In addition, or alternatively, the processing means can monitor operator commands generated at the second site in real time as these commands are generated.
The signals passed to the first site from the second site may be representative of operator commands generated at the second site, digital data generated by the image processing equipment, for example as a result of scanning an image, power supply voltages, laser power and current, input optical and electronic calibration parameters and the like
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