Patent · US Expired

Digitizing wand adapted for manual and automatic operation

US4792859A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1987
Grant dateDec 20, 1988
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

Digitizing apparatus for reproducing information from an image-bearing member, said apparatus including a wand removably mounted on a base station. The wand is adapted for independent operation to manually scan said image-bearing member or the wand can be secured to the base station for automatically scanning said image-bearing member.

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