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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:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Applicants:
J. Daren Bledsoe, Albany, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. Mcclelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Patrick A. Mckinley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
J. Daren Bledsoe, Albany, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Patrick A. McKinley, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flatbed scanner includes a housing, a transparent platen atop the housing for receiving an object to be scanned, and a carriage operable to travel along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The carriage includes a light source for illuminating the object and a rectangular photodetector array for simultaneously detecting light intensity of multiple scan lines.