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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:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Albert D Edgar, Austin, TX (US);
Steven C Penn, Georgetown, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating an image from an object including apparatus for using a first portion of a light sensor to generate image data of an object, apparatus for using a second portion of the light sensor to generate illumination data of an illumination source concurrently with the generation of image data by the first portion of the light sensor, and apparatus for correcting the generated image data using the concurrently generated illumination data. In addition, a method for generating an image from an object including the steps of using a first portion of a light sensor to generate image data of an object, using a second portion of the light sensor to generate illumination data of an illumination source concurrently with the generation of image data by the first portion of the light sensor, and correcting the generated image data using the concurrently generated illumination data.