Patent · US Expired

Document scanning apparatus for scanning image information on a single sided document whether the document is right side up or upside down

US5270838A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1991
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document scanner that is able to reliably discriminate and scan the information side of each simplex document of a stack of documents, i.e. The side containing information, even when some of the documents are upside-down.

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