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Laser scanning apparatus using a fan style grating plate

US4761660A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1986
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/04794
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A laser scanner apparatus using a laser reference beam that is directed to and scans a grating plate which is used for producing a data clock for the apparatus. The grating plate has a line grating formed by a plurality of lines that are equally spaced along the scan of the grating plate by the laser reference beam. The plurality of lines, if extended, intersect at a single point. The grating plate can have more than one such line grating.

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