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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Bruce A. Link, Rochester, NY (US);
George E. Lathrop, Dansville, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bruce A. Link, Rochester, NY (US);
George E. Lathrop, Dansville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A document scanner () includes an input tray () for holding documents; a transport system () for moving documents through the scanner; at least one document detection sensor (A-E) for detecting documents; an image capture device for capturing image data for a document; an image processor for determining characteristics of the document based on the image data; and wherein the processor compares characteristics of the document to ultrasonic data and excludes ultrasonic data which conflicts with image data.