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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mikio Ohashi, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Shingyouchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324661 ; 324663 ; 324457 ;
Abstract
In a surface potential sensing device, a sense electrode electrically independent of an object is located at a preselected distance from the object for sensing the surface potential of the object Electrostatic capacitance between the object and the sense electrode is varied in order to detect two or more variables in a potential signal output from the sense electrode. The potential detection signal is corrected on the basis of the two or more variables.