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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Flexenable Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FlexEnable Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/195 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/02835 (2013.01); H04N 1/10 (2013.01); H04N 1/1061 (2013.01); H04N 1/195 (2013.01); H04N 1/40056 (2013.01); H04N 1/484 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imager is provided. The imager has an imaging platen which presents an imaging surface against which an object to be imaged can be placed. The imaging platen has a photodetector layer and a light guiding layer operable to guide light towards the object. The imager includes a light source operable to emit light into the light guiding layer. The light source is located at an edge of the light guiding layer, to guide light into the light guiding layer of the imaging platen.