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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rokurota Mantani, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502083 ; 250221 ; 250229 ; 341 31 ; 84462 ;
Abstract
A photosensor controller is described comprising sensor units 17-0 to 17-7, 18-0 to 18-7, 19-0 to 19-7 and a circuit 16 driving light emitting diodes by a method of time division. Each sensor unit comprises pairs of an LED and a photodiode. After the driving circuit 16 turn on the proceeding LED, if turns off the next LED for a period corresponding to the delay time constant of a detected signal from a photodiode which corresponds to 'OFF', making a completely to '0' in this off period of turning off, even in case of waveform rounding. Following this, the next LED is turned on.