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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:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsunori Sakakibara, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasuhide Kokura, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 45 ; 355 68 ; 355214 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting an image density of an original document is provided. The density of the image of an original document is determined during the changing of the zoom magnification of a zoom lens. A control signal for the image density is then utilized to control an imaging operation.