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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:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Choate, Dallas, TX (US);
David S Ho, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358213 ; 358282 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A CCD imager is provided with an adaptive threshold circuit. The variations in the illumination across the document being read by the imager are compensated for by the adaptive threshold circuit to accurately provide an accurate digital representation of the image on the document.