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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:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358222 ; 358209 ;
Abstract
An image reader for panning a camera view to a movable subject. The image reader has a CCD to scan an image in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and the CCD outputs image signals in a normal direction and a reversal direction. The image reader also has a circuit to determine a position of the movable suject according to the image signals in the normal direction and the reversal direction, and controls the camera view according to the position of the movable subject.