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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy D. Allen, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 ;
Abstract
A visual sensor includes a reference portion comprising an image independent of banding and a banding test portion adjacent to the reference portion comprising an image sensitive to banding. In one embodiment, the visual sensor also includes a process check portion adjacent to the banding portion for indicating whether a predetermined imaging parameter is within designated limits.