Patent · US Expired

Scanning method and apparatus

US4558372A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 19, 1984
Grant dateDec 10, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/04796
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document scanner compensates for mechanical misalignment between a document and a photosensitive array by storing pixel information from the array and timing the output of such information in accordance with stored offset values which represent the mechanical misalignment for successive relative positions of the document and of the array.

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