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Image reading apparatus with split position detection

US5412201A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 1993
Grant dateMay 2, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/02493
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image reading apparatus is provided with a scanning optical system movable to scan an original, the scanning optical system having a slit for passing therethrough part of light from the original, a sensor for reading the light passed through the slit, and detecting means for detecting the relative positional relationship between the slit and the sensor. The detection by the detecting means is effected at a plurality of detecting positions in the direction of movement of the scanning optical system.

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