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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:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ross B Hooker, III, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358300 ; 358208 ; 358285 ;
Abstract
In the use of a scanned light beam for optical imaging, a random motion modulation is applied to the light beam orthogonally to the scan direction to break up any unscanned or overlapped interstices between adjacent scan lines to make the interstices appear nearly invisible.