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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. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shizuo Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358514 ; 3585512 ; 3585513 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a plurality of linear sensors having color filters in which at least one of the linear sensors includes image pickup devices of a plurality of lines. Each image pickup device in the same linear sensor receives a light transmitted through the same color filter. Outputs of the plurality of image pickup devices are synthesized, thereby improving a sensitivity.