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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Noboru Kamijoh, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Toshitaka Imai, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Kazumasa Ochiai, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Konichi Kamijoh, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Kamijoh, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Toshitaka Imai, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Kazumasa Ochiai, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Konichi Kamijoh, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for easily shooting an invisible image (such as an invisible two-dimensional bar code) latent on an object. The operation of the apparatus is made intuitive and simple and may be incorporated into cameras peripheral to computers and mobile telephones. A novel framing and focusing system is also disclosed.