Patent · US Expired

Reading unit for a document

US7142334B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by
10References
36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a reading unit (1) for a document (2) having a control and/or evaluation device (44), incorporating a scanner device (25) for reading the document (2), and a guide mechanism (6) for the document (2) and a conveyor device (17) to effect a relative displacement between document (2) and scanner device (25). The control and/or evaluation device (44) cooperates with a compensating device (39) containing corrective values to correct the image signals (37) emitted by an optoelectric transducer (34) of the scanner device (25) in real time.

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