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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Chevillat, Adliswil, CH;
Hans R Schindler, Langnau, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3401 / ; 250557 ; 250561 ; 356400 ; 356152 ;
Abstract
A sensor, having a plurality of parallel elongated light transducers, is rotated relative to a document to be aligned with a predetermined reference. A signal accumulated from the transducers reaches a distinct maximum when printed lines on the document are aligned with the elongated transducers. Detection of this maximum enables measurement of the angle by which the document is out of alignment.