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Document analyzer in particular for a facsimile transmitter

US4199789A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 1978
Grant dateApr 22, 1980
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Expiry dateAug 21, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/193
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document analyser for analyzing a document along successive analysis lines as the document moves past the generally stationary analyzer. The analyzer illuminates said document along an analysis line, optically a sensor receives the image of the analysis line which is projected onto the sensitive surface of the sensor. In accordance with the invention, an optical element and the sensor are optically aligned and held rigidly in relation to one another by a common rigid support which is stirrup-shaped and with which they constitute a preset optical assembly. Application to transmission of facsimile signals.

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