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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. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377-6 ; 377 10 ; 378 44 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatic identification and couting of a large number of returned or collected used linens at once by recognizing the shapes of markers that are opaque to X-rays and attached thereto. By numerically processing the shadow images of the markers projected onto an X-ray detector, a many kinds of linens can be identified and counted according to classification instantaneously.