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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Junichi Yamayoshi, West Newport Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Junichi Yamayoshi, West Newport Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G001/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor units, respectively, and select corresponding sensor units, and a control circuit for setting a sensor unit selected by the selection switch in a ready state and an unselected sensor unit in a sleep state.