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Document reading apparatus having a function of determining effective document region based on a detected data

US5377019A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1992
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0436
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document reading apparatus which can determine an effective image pickup area containing no object such as operator's hands or fingers pressing a document and rectify image data prior to imaging operation, making use of a difference of the object from the document in chromaticity, luminous density, and the like.

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