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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/700 ; G03B 2/772 ; G03B 2/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/700 ; G03B 2/772 ; G03B 2/732 ;
Abstract
In an image reading apparatus for reading an image recorded on a film, an amount of light being incident on a line sensor comprised in the apparatus and transmitted through the film is adjusted according to the image density of the film such that a relative speed between the film and the line sensor and the luminance of a lamp for irradiating light on the film are controlled.