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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. 02, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Peter Majewicz, Boise, ID (US);
Brad Smith, Boise, ID (US);
Kurt E Spears, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01); G03B 27/72 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination source senses a level of ambient light and determines an illumination waveform to be used to illuminate at least a portion of a document. The rise and the fall time of the illumination waveform are independently controlled.