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Filtering illumination for image lift

US5259043A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 1992
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4298
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.

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