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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. 15, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Shioya, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Adachi, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364516 ; 36442405 ; 358103 ; 250202 ;
Abstract
A visual sensor system includes a moving object movable along a two-dimensional plane, and a one-dimensional array of photosensitive means fixedly mounted on the moving object. The photosensitive means are arranged in such a manner that the array is located within a first plane substantially perpendicular to a central axis of a line of sight and forms, within the second plane, a given angle with a line intersecting a second plane containing the central axis of the line of sight and substantially perpendicular to the two-dimensional plane.