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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:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Hata, Ashiya, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ; G01J 3/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ; G01J 3/45 ;
Abstract
A spectroscopic image input system has an image data capturing apparatus for capturing the image data of an object by using a two-dimensional image-sensing device, a spectrum data obtaining apparatus for obtaining the spectrum data of the object within a smaller area and with higher wavelength resolution than the image data capturing apparatus, and a determination section for determining a portion of the object in which to obtain the spectrum data on the basis of the image data captured. Thus, this spectroscopic image input system captures the image data and obtains the spectrum data automatically.