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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. 29, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A Wheeler, Gloucester, MA (US);
John F Omvik, North Andover, MA (US);
Christopher R Duval, Charlestown, MA (US);
Mark E Tellam, Charlestown, MA (US);
Mark G Brook, Londonderry, NH (US);
David M Leclerc, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
AGFA Division, Bayer Corp., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; G03B / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358487 ; 358488 ; 358497 ; 358494 ; 358474 ; 358471 ; 358449 ; 355 59 ; 355 84 ; 399118 ; 399205 ;
Abstract
A scanning apparatus providing an object focal plane for original documents to be scanned, wherein a scan carriage containing illumination, sensor, and optical elements is moved together to scan an original document and to obtain a digitized representation thereof. The movable carnage further includes an automatically-positioned alignment grid for aligning original documents, such that the grid is visible at the surface and moves with the scan carriage.