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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:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Mitsuru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Iwakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Singu, Tokyo, JP;
Hisato Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Iwakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Singu, Tokyo, JP;
Hisato Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination unitilluminates a scene object (i.e., mail)moved in a predetermined direction by a transport means (transport conveyor), the imaging distance up to the scene objectis detected before imaging, and auto-focusing is made according to distance data detected at the time of the imaging.