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Image input apparatus

US4639790A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1984
Grant dateJan 27, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33357
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image input apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a running roller manually rolled along an image information surface for the scanning thereof, position detecting means for detecting the position of the running roller according to the rotation thereof, a line sensor for reading out image information of the image information surface, a line sensor driving circuit for driving the line sensor according to a control pulse signal having a constant cycle period, and memory means for storing the output of the line sensor. The output of the position detecting means is utilized as address data of a memory to accurately store image information in the memory.

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