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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:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Hiramatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358474 ; 358486 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus of the type which reads an original image by dividing it into a plurality of stripe-like areas each having a fixed width, wherein image reading is performed by reading an original image a plurality of times in a reading width which corresponds to an integral multiple of the fixed width, and wherein image signals, having a fixed width and corresponding to different respective areas, are sequentially selected in synchronism with the image reading performed a plurality of times, from among the totality of the image signals obtained by the reading.