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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. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
A digital camera having an image reader which reads an optical image projected thereon and generates image signals by scanning the projected optical image, an optical unit which projects the optical image on the image reader at various ratios, and a controller which determines a range of the scanning operation performed by the image reader in accordance with the ratios employed by the optical unit.