Patent · US Expired

Optical scanner providing compensation for non-uniform bulb illumination

US6650445B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1999
Grant dateNov 18, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/401
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical scanner includes a CCD and a light monitor window (“LMW”) and a black region adjacent the LMW. The LMW is imaged to provide feedback signals for Red, Green and Blue channels of the CCD. The black region is imaged to remove flare from the feedback signals. The flare-corrected feedback signals may be supplied to gain compensation controls.

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