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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. 17, 1993
Filed:
May. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358518 ; 358500 ;
Abstract
A color image reading apparatus includes a multi-chip image sensor having a plurality of image sensor units adapted to read a test chart comprising a color slip having a plurality of colors. A processing circuit is provided for automatically calculating color correcting coefficients, respectively, for the plurality of image sensors and storing them in memory. This will reduce problems of color reproducibility among image sensors and among image reading apparatus.