Picture scanning and recording method

摘要

In scanning and recording an original picture and a character document so as to produce a reproduce synthesized from said picture and said document, picture signals and character signals both generated by the scanning are arranged in data formats of the same word length. Each character signal is caused to correspond to plural fine picture elements that are defined by finely dividing one picture element of the original picture so that the characters may be processed with a resolving power higher than that for said picture. The data formats include a discrimination signal by which the picture signals are selected to be output only when the character signals do not exist in processing circuit.