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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. 25, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Robideau, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358406 ; 358461 ;
Abstract
The method of scanning a document by providing a test patch to be scanned, initially scanning the test patch and storing the signal response of each reading element to the test patch in a pixel threshold table, providing a document to be scanned, scanning the document and comparing the signal response of each reading element with the corresponding signal response in the pixel threshold table, and printing a mark or not printing a mark in response to the comparison for each reading element. The method includes an extended threshold table to cover halftone cells.