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Device for recording information in different modes

US6715686B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 2001
Grant dateApr 6, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/107
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for recording information has at least one light-sensitive sensor (8) with a two-dimensional sensor surface. The device is adjustable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the device is adapted to essentially abut against and be passed over a surface for imaging the same by means of a plurality of images. In the second mode, the device is adapted to image an object located at a distance.

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