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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. 30, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masami Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358444 ; 358496 ; 358498 ; 355 23 ; 355 24 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes image sensors for reading images on the front and back faces of an original, a buffer RAM for storing first image data representing the image on the front face of the original, and second image data representing the image on the back face of the original, which data are output from the image sensors, and an output circuit for selecting and outputting one of the first and second image data read out from the buffer RAM.