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Image reproduction system utilizing single operation scanning/reproducing

  • US 5,047,870 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1988
  • Issued: 09/10/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for reproducing on a medium an image of an illuminated object, said system comprising:

  • means for detecting reflected illumination from said object by scanning in a first plane, said means generating signals responsive to the detected illumination,means for processing signals from said detecting means, wherein said signal processing means includes means for increasing the resolution of said detecting means, andmeans associated with said detecting means and responsive to said processing means, for reproducing images in a second, non-coplanar, plane fixed with respect to said first plane on said medium,whereby said reproducing means creates said image on said medium by the scanning of said detecting means, and whereby,said reproducing means creates said image as said detecting means scans said object thus requiring no storage of the signal generated by said detecting means.

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