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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael K Rogers, Mendon, NY (US);
Robert W Apps, Rochester, NY (US);
Barry H Keys, Batavia, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250587 ; 350586 ;
Abstract
A calibration technique for a storage phosphor reader which accomplishes the following; a) finds the leading edge of the storage phosphor being read by the reader; b) finds the front and rear edges of the storage phosphor in order to adjust the length of the line scan to the dimension of the storage phosphor in the line scan direction; c) verifies that the photodetectors of the reader are functioning; d) adjusts each photodetector signal channel to the appropriate gain; and e) generates a correction signal to correct nonuniformities of the photodetector signal output.