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System for the detection of information in the form of electromagnetic radiation and reading the detected information

US5008544A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1989
Grant dateApr 16, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/1575
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It comprises information photodetection means (2), which have N photodetectors (6), each photodetector being able to supply a current having an information-carrying component and a non-information carrying component, N being an integer at least equal to 1, reading means (4) for the thus detected information and which use for this purpose the current supplied by each photodetector, and N other regulatable means (22) respectively associated with the N photodetectors each other regulatable means being able to extract a regulatable intensity current from the current supplied by the associated photodetector prior to the use of said latter current by the reading means.

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