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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. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Azuchi Endo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382299 ; 358448 ;
Abstract
An image reader includes a photoelectric converter which reads light carrying image information, a plurality of amplifiers which amplify the photoelectrically converted image information by different amplification factors, a plurality of A/D converters which respectively convert the plurality of pieces of image information amplified by the amplifiers into digital signals, and a selector which selectively outputs the outputs of the respective A/D converters according to displacement of the image information.