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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:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Tokuhara, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 68 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copying apparatus includes a light receiving element disposed to receive beams of light from the central and lateral end portions of an original to be copied through a lens, the output signal of the light receiving element being used to control a copy image with respect to its darkness.