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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990

Filed:

Sep. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Charles M Tufano, Rochester, NY (US);

Edward M Kelly, Penfield, NY (US);

Lawrence B Telle, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358488 ; 355 75 ; 355230 ; 355233 ;
Abstract

An electrophotographic copies having a document scanner which determines the location of registration marks on the platen. The scanner is initially operated in a calibration mode without a document on the platen. The platen is scanned and the data obtained is processed to determine when transitions from low to high density occur. These occurrences are translated to scanner locations to obtain the locations of the edges of the registration marks or guides, and the locations are stored in memory. In subsequent scannings of documents, only data within the determined locations of the registration edges is stored in memory.


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