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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:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Namie Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Keisuke Hatomi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Engineering, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical moduleincludes an optical path unitincluding a plurality of reflectorsfor securing an optical path of reflected light from a manuscript, an image processing unitincluding a reading devicewhich reads image information on the manuscript based on the reflected light from the manuscript entered via the optical path, and a connecting componentwhich connects the optical path unitand the image processing unitso that their positional relation will become a prescribed state.