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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. 18, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuo Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Makihira, Yokohama, JP;
Souhei Ikeda, Hadano, JP;
Satoru Ezaki, Hadano, JP;
Osamu Harada, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356376 ; 356398 ; 358107 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a shape detecting apparatus comprising a slit projector for projecting a slit bright line on a number of objects arrayed in a line, an image forming lens for forming the bright line image, an image scanning mechanism for the bright line image formed through the image forming lens in a height direction of the object and a one-dimensional image sensing device for self-scanning the bright line image formed therein with an array of image sensing elements orthogonal to the scanning direction by the image scanning mechanism.