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Electronic copying machine having a line sensor in which the charge storage time is set based on image signals of the previous scan line

US4980776A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1990
Grant dateDec 25, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0438
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic copying machine has an image line sensor whose charge storage time is controlled individually for each line of the image such that the charge storage time for the next line is determined according to the average detected brightness of the line immediately preceding that next line, based on the image signals thereof.

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