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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4789901 | Digital reading device for facsimile apparatus The line of a document is focused onto a series of reading elements, such as the cells of a charge coupled device, from which a serial output signal is obtained and applied to an analogue-to-digital converter. In order to compensate for the fall-off in th... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4763201 | Image readout apparatus An image readout apparatus includes a readout unit for reading an original image; a storage unit for storing a signal obtained by the readout unit while reading an image having a predetermined reflectance; a hold unit for holding the maximum value of refl... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750048 | Image reading device There is disclosed a long image sensor composed of plural linear image sensors arranged in staggered manner. The plural sensors are independently controlled in timing, thus achieving a larger freedom in the arrangement in the main and sub scanning directi... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4745417 | Self scanned recording element A device for writing optical information including a roof mirror array, a lens array, an optical-path separator, a mirror member, a housing, and a self-scanned recording element. The roof mirror array, the lens array, the optical-path separator, and the m... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4731668 | Image reading apparatus including means for accurately determining the location of read image information An image reading apparatus comprises, in a preferred embodiment, LEDs and image sensors for reading image and location information of an original, another LED and a photo sensor for generating a read start clock, memories for storing the image and locatio... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729128 | Personal identification card system A method and apparatus for a personal identification card system includes a card having a plurality of lamina joined permanently together, with identification information written on the inner surfaces of the lamina. The information is not visible from the... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4724423 | Character input system A parallel operation in which two input devices of nine input devices disposed in a square arrangement of, for instance, 3×3, are touched substantially simultaneously is performed at least once, so that a character code corresponding to the input signal ... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4680807 | Method and device for identifying data supports The method of identifying data supports such as credit cards, check cards, identity cards, etc. includes detecting inherent individual features of the cards to derive a random information therefrom. The random information is stored for later comparison wi... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679096 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus comprises an image reader for inputting image data, a memory for storing the image data, a read clock generator for generating a read clock to read out the image data from the memory and a write clock generator for generating... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4672186 | Digital document scanning system A system for scanning and digitizing printed documents for subsequent storage, retrieval and manipulation. Documents are continuously transported across the focal plane of a stationary scanner, and are repetitively scanned in a single axis. In a preferred... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4606067 | Device for recognizing far-away electro-magnetically radiating objects The device operates after the principle of an intensity interferometer. It contains a plurality of detectors arranged two-dimensionally in fixed relative positions. The signals from the detectors are correlated in pairs. A pattern formed from the correlat... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4577345 | Fingerprint sensor An electrical method and apparatus for sensing the pattern of ridges and valleys on an individual's finger to provide binary electrical signals representative of the sensed pattern. The fingerprint sensor is constructed and defined with an integrated circ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4566121 | Process and apparatus for identifying articles of sheet material by means of microwaves An apparatus for the identification by microwaves of a sheet article composed of an electrically non conductive material, the article being marked for identification by the incorporation therein of electrically conductive fibers. The apparatus comprises a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566122 | Process and apparatus for identifying articles of sheet material by means of microwaves An apparatus for the identification by microwaves of a sheet article composed of an electrically non-conductive material, the article being marked for identification by the incorporation therein of electrically conductive fibers. The apparatus comprises: ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4520504 | Infrared system with computerized image display Analog signals representing infrared radiation from an object are generated by a scanner. These signals are digitized and one frame of data is stored in a computer. The computer and a display generator process the data, and supply one frame to a TV monito... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4494691 | Line-by-line document scanner equipped with a device for controlling the position of documents A scanner is provided with photosensors and a stationary registration mark placed on each side of the reading window. The registration mark is thus located in the reading field of the photosensors as long as no document is presented for scanning within th... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4493107 | Method and device for identifying data supports The method of identifying data supports such as credit cards, cheque cards, identity cards, etc. includes detecting inherent individual features of the cards to derive a random information therefrom. The random information is stored for later comparison w... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4477797 | Data input device for electronic device A data input device for inputting data in the form of patterns to an electronic device such as an electronic timepiece is disclosed. Data input is performed by tracing out patterns, each representing a character, numeral or symbol, such as to successively... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4435838 | Method and apparatus for tomographical imaging The specification concerns a method and apparatus for tomographically imaging different selected planes of a three-dimensional object by detecting radiation through a coded aperture mask, storing an image of the radiation detected over a period of time, a... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4418362 | Method and device for image analysis A device for image analysis comprising scanner (1) for producing a video signal indicative of the light intensity received at successive regular time intervals from an image scanned along a first direction at an automatically controlled known motion veloc... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4394773 | Fingerprint sensor The fingerprint sensor transforms the fingerprint information of a finger under investigation into an electric output signal. The sensor incorporates a contact device or sensor plate of a piezoelectric material. This sensor plate has a contact surface. Th... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4389633 | Coded aperture imaging with self-supporting uniformly redundant arrays A self-supporting uniformly redundant array pattern for coded aperture imaging. The present invention utilizes holes which are an integer times smaller in each direction than holes in conventional URA patterns. A balance correlation function is generated ... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4353056 | Capacitive fingerprint sensor The sensor incorporates a sensing member which has a sensing surface for receiving a fingerprint and sensing means for sensing the ridges and valleys of the skin of the finger under investigation. The sensing member contains a multitude of small capacitor... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4325086 | Recording device A recording device capable of performing recording of information at any desired position on the recording medium with extreme easiness, which comprises an original mounting device to mount thereon an image original to be reproduced, a detecting device to... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4234868 | Personal verification device A device for verifying personal hand markings, e.g., signatures, and optionally, voice-produced sound, by comparison of electronically produced representations thereof with similar stored information wherein such representations are produced by variations... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4184147 | Input device for input of alphanumeric characters into a computer A character input device has a panel on which a character can be written by the finger or a stylus, the panel area being subdivided into three or four sensors. Pressure on each sensor, and on the central area of the panel, causes printed contact areas to ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4131916 | Pneumatically actuated image scanning reader/writer A hollow tubular shaft, containing optical elements for use in a helical scanning facsimile transceiver, is supported horizontally by air bearings and translated linearly along its major axis through cylindrical reading and writing stations by means of a ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4127770 | Arrangement for synchronizing an information reading device with the speed of an information medium An arrangement for synchronising an information reading device with the speed of an information medium containing a set of a predetermined number of characters in fixed spatial relation, and being movable relative to the device. The arrangement includes a... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4107775 | Human body comparison using driving point parameters An apparatus and method suitable for automatic machine interrogation of individuals for identifying or analyzing persons such as those seeking admittance to secure areas or seeking an extension of credit. Physical vibration wave energy is applied by a sig... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4008457 | Pressure transducing apparatus for use in a signature identification system A pressure transducing apparatus which is responsive to the pressure variations which are produced when an individual signs his signature, for generating an electrical signal representative of such characteristic pressure variations for use in a signature... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3996557 | Character recognition system and method Apparatus and method for the recognition of hand written alphanumeric characters as they are being formed. The different sequence of strokes for each letter of the alphabet and numbers, as it is written, is codified. The apparatus comprises a minimum numb... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3991402 | Pressure transducing platen for use in a signature identification or verification system A pressure transducing apparatus which is responsive to the pressure which is exerted by an individual when he signs his signature for generating an A.C. electrical signal representative of the characteristic variations in pressure produced when an indivi... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3956734 | Platen having a pressure-responsive transducing means for use in a signature-identifying system An apparatus which is responsive to the pressure variations inherent in an individual's act of handwriting a signature for generating electrical signals representative of these characteristic pressure variations for use in signature identification systems... | 05/11/1976 |
