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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:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Shinya Matsuda, Takarazuka, JP;
Takashi Matsuo, Itami, JP;
Kentaro Iida, Ikoma, JP;
Kazuhiro Shibatani, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Matsuda, Takarazuka, JP;
Takashi Matsuo, Itami, JP;
Kentaro Iida, Ikoma, JP;
Kazuhiro Shibatani, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image shooting apparatus capable of accurately connecting split images while avoiding increase in the size of the apparatus is described. The stop positions of an image forming portionis detected on the order equal to the pixel pitch, the shift amounts of the shot split images are obtained from the shift amounts of the stop positions of the image forming portionand for each split image, the address is converted to a normal address based on the shift amount.