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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:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keizou Ochi, Takatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/08 ; H04N 5/222 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/08 ; H04N 5/222 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for obtaining a two-dimensional image of an object by means of an image sensor and a scanning mechanism is provided with a light source for emitting light for irradiating the object. The light source is lighted in response to a request made by a CPU for the commencement of photographing and is allowed to go out after the termination of photographing.