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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:
Jun. 26, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Burke, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael M Siverling, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond J Wilfinger, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307358 ; 3072 / ; 307351 ; 307353 ; 3401 / ;
Abstract
Analog voltage levels derived from optically scanning a document or from magnetically scanning a magnetic record, depend upon the variable amplitude of a background signal. The analog voltage levels are processed by a bucket brigade circuit to set a threshold from which a binary decision may be made as to the presence of a black or white indicium in optical recognition or a one (1) or zero (0) bit in magnetic reading.