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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Honda, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358474 ; 358475 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus that reads a first image and a second image which were photographed on a microfilm side by side in the width direction of the microfilm. The image reading apparatus has a reading device which reads the images on the microfilm, a parameter setting device which sets separately a first image processing parameter for the first image and a second image processing parameter for the second image, and a control device which controls the reading device to read the first image in accordance with the first image processing parameter and to read the second image in accordance with the second image processing parameter.