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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Steinle, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Joe A Eccher, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 250234 ; 2502011 ; 358400 ;
Abstract
The optical photoelectric imaging apparatus adjusts automatically using closed-loop control before each scan to optimize scanning quality. Various optical components can be moved in order to align a scanned image of an object with the linear photosensor array. The device scans a target of known characteristics to determine what adjustment is needed.