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Information input device

US5777755A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1995
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/04794
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image-scanning device which includes an image input area possessing an image sensor area that reads images such as characters and graphics on a manuscript illuminated by a light source, transfers the image data corresponding to the read data in a specified size after issuing an image data transfer interrupt request; and an image processing area possessing a ring buffer that stores the image data being sent from the image input area on a specified data size basis in specified areas, and which performs image correction on the image data stored in this ring buffer between image data transfer interrupt requests from the image input area.

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