US4639790A
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Image input apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1984-12-19
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Granted: 1987-01-27
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Expires: 2004-12-19
Abstract
Abstract An image input apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a running roller manually rolled along an image information surface for the scanning thereof, position detecting means for detecting the position of the running roller according to the rotation thereof, a line sensor for reading out image information of the image information surface, a line sensor driving circuit for driving the line sensor according to a control pulse signal having a constant cycle period, and memory means for storing the output of the line sensor. The output of the position detecting means is utilized as address data of a memory to accurately store image information in the memory.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Kusaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 14:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2158; H04N1/04; H04N1/10; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/19; H04N1/191; H04N1/192; H04N1/193; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/0087; H04N2201/04; H04N2201/0402; H04N2201/043; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/333; H04N2201/33307; H04N2201/33342; H04N2201/33357
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
An image input apparatus comprising: a housing; a light source provided within said housing for illuminating an object surface; a roller rotatably supported by said housing member so as to contact with said object surface; postion detecting means said roller for detecting a rotation thereof; a line sensor provided within said housing member for reading image information of said object surface through a lens array according to light provided from said light source and reflected by said image information surface; a line sensor driving circuit for driving said line sensor; memory means for storing a first output signal from said line sensor in accordance with a second output signal from said position detecting means representing the position of image information signal stored in said memory means; a braking means for locking said roller; and a light receiving means fro detecting the brightness of light from said light source, and means for releasing said braking means at the time the output of said light receiving means equal to a predetermined value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
An image input apparatus comprising: a housing; a light source provided within said housing for illuminating an object surface; a roller rotatably supported by said housing member so as to contact with said object surface; postion detecting means said roller for detecting a rotation thereof; a line sensor provided within said housing member for reading image information of said object surface through a lens array according to light provided from said light source and reflected by said image information surface; a line sensor driving circuit for driving said line sensor; memory means for storing a first output signal from said line sensor in accordance with a second output signal from said position detecting means representing the position of image information signal stored in said memory means; a braking means for locking said roller; and a light receiving means fro detecting the brightness of light from said light source, and means for releasing said braking means at the time the output of said light receiving means equal to a predetermined value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The image input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means is a memory card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said position detecting means includes a slit disk mounted on the shaft of said roller.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said line sensor reads said image information of said object surface through a lens array.
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