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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:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe Defranould, Paris, FR;
Jean Desbois, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358213 ; 2502 / ; 310366 ;
Abstract
A device for reading two-dimensional optical images. It comprises a piezoelectric substrate on which two transducers transmit elastic waves in two separate directions, and a semiconductive and photoconductive layer arranged near the surface of the substrate, in which a nonlinear interaction occurs opposite the point where the two said directions converge. This point of convergence forms a reading point of the image which is projected onto the photoconductor, this point moving as a function of time along a straight line which forms an analysis line of said image.