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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:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., , JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356209 ; 250202 ; 250209 ;
Abstract
In a system for optically detecting with a plurality of light detecting elements a reflecting object in the form of long stripe disposed on the surface of a traveling path, the average value of the respective electric quantities derived from the light detecting elements is obtained through arithmetic operation and the reference value is automatically changed according to the degree of the surface being soiled, by multiplying the average value by a certain safety factor, so that accurate detection can be performed independent of the degree of the soil on the traveling path surface.