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Card type image reader with means for relieving bending stress

US4922111A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 1988
Grant dateMay 1, 1990
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0446
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card type image reader comprises a rectangular card base and a reinforcing member provided on one side of the card base. A photodetector array in a straight line is provided on one end portion of the reinforcing member and the card base holds control circuit means and memory means. The control circuit means reads information of an original through the photodetector array in synchronization with a clock signal and stores the read information into the memory means.

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