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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Bennett Fornal, Boise, ID (US);
Douglas Gene Keithley, Boise, ID (US);
Zachary Nathan Fister, Lexington, KY (US);
Keith Bryan Hardin, Lexington, KY (US);
Karl Mark Thompson, Midway, KY (US);
Mark Lane Mayberry, Wilmore, KY (US);
Joseph K. Yackzan, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Wilson Case, Georgetown, KY (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing electromagnetic emissions by an image scanner comprises cyclically dithering a frequency of a clock signal of the image scanner by repeated dither cycles, determining a phase of the dither cycle when a scan pass of a page of a document commences; and commencing all subsequent scan passes of the page of the document at a particular phase shift from the determined phase of the dither cycle.