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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:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
May. 05, 1987
Eugene L Green, Sr, Dallas, TX (US);
Jefferson H Taylor, Dallas, TX (US);
Wilson Engraving Company, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for determining the area of a contrasting image on a transfer sheet are disclosed. The contrasting image is scanned incrementally by a flat bed digital scanner having a single strip of light response cells. As the transfer sheet is advanced incrementally across the rear field of the scanner, the output of the sensor strip is read. Data words (pixels) corresponding to the logic '1' or logic '0' condition of each cell are stored in unique memory locations of random access memory. The number of black information pixels stored in RAM memory are counted. The number of black information pixels divided by the known sensor cell density yields the area of the contrasting image.