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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:

Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

David M. Schaertel, Webster, NY (US);

Nelson A. Blish, Rochester, NY (US);

Daniel P. Phinney, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G03B 27/74 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); G10L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A document scanner () includes an input tray () for holding documents () and an input image capture device () for capturing images of the documents ()in the input tray () prior to transporting the document for imaging; an output tray () for holding documents () after the documents () exit the scanner; an output image capture device () for capturing images of the output tray; an image processor for determining characteristics of the output tray or characteristic of the documents () before imaging and after the documents () exit the scanner; and scanner functions are modified based on the output tray characteristics or the document characteristics.


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