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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Stolis, Canton, MI (US);
John D Vala, Plymouth, MI (US);
Clive E Catchpole, Birmingham, MI (US);
Johan P Bakker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gary B Copenhaver, Canton, MI (US);
David J Concannon, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Robert T Rourke, Troy, MI (US);
David J Valice, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corp, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382312 ;
Abstract
In a check processing array, an imaging/illumination arrangement for illuminating and imaging checks at one or several imaging sites as they are rapidly, continuously transported past two or more imaging stations, each station having, as its illumination source, a hollow Lambertian integrating vessel, housing lamps which project a highly uniform, diffuse Lambertian illumination-beam to its respective imaging site.