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Image reading apparatus

US5705806A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1997
Grant dateJan 6, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

An image reading apparatus for reading documents disposed face upward on a document platen by optical scanning. The image reading apparatus comprises a color correction filter which has characteristics for shielding light of visible light range and is inserted into said imaging system on prescanning to detect the height of the document.

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