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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:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiyuki Noda, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355208 ; 355 69 ; 355214 ;
Abstract
A copying apparatus is provided with an automatic light exposure control system for setting the amount of light from a light source on the basis of light reflected by an original document to which light from the light source is applied, the amount of light in a plurality of levels is applied to a reference document so that data of light reflected from the reference document may be stored in the apparatus. When a certain document is copied, the amount of light from the light source is automatically controlled on the basis of the data of reflected light of the document to be copied and the data of reflected light of the reference document stored in the apparatus.