In a light beam scanning type recording system in which a part of a read-out light beam scans a form slide and another part of the read-out light beam scans a linear encoder to generate photoelectric pulses, a data signal is read out by use of a video clock signal, and a recording light beam is modulated by a video signal obtained by combination of the data signal and the form signal, a device for correcting displacement of the form slide from a predetermined position with respect to the data in...

An apparatus for reading information and converting it into digital data comprises an illuminating means which illuminates a source document (10), an optical system (12) which enables light from different parts of the document to be focussed at a photoelectric detector (14) and a deflection system (13) which directs light from different parts of the document (10) into the detector (14). The optical system (12) comprises a concave lens which converts the source document into a smaller, curved ima...

A movable divider wall means is resiliently supported to extend through a slot opening in a bottom wall and into contact with the top wall so as to define between one of its faces and one of the edges of a channel guide for documents an effective guide for documents of a narrower width defined by the wall and the opposed channel wall. The movable wall has a tapered top edge which tapers from a widely spaced leading edge to the flat top of the movable wall which abuts the top wall and is held int...

In a line scan camera system employed to extract information from marks or characters on a document, a memory circuit is used to store the average white and black video output from the camera so that a given white-to-black transition can be compared to adaptive white and black references to compensate for variations in document background light intensity and vignetting associated with the lens of the line scan camera system.

A system is disclosed for generating a maturity index for blood cells which may be used in a hematology profile to show the health of a patient. The system includes a scanning system for scanning a cell, pattern recognition means connected to the scanning means for generating a plurality of groups of signals, each group representative of a different characteristic of the cell scanned, and calculation means responsive to the signals for calculating an index of maturity for the cell scanned in acc...

A machine-readable matrix-type code has either repeated or non-repeated dot patterns in one direction representing digital characters which are read by a sensor moved in a direction which is generally normal to the patterns. The patterns of the code may be formed in a manner wherein the sensor views a portion of repeated patterns, or the code may be of lesser magnitude wherein the entire non-repeated pattern area is covered by the field of view of the sensor.

A coded label comprising a code pattern in which first and second segments respectively being substantially square and having reflection factors different from each other are arranged in at least four rows and two columns, and in which at least two of either of the first and second segments are arranged in each column and at least one is arranged in each of the uppermost and lowermost rows.

A raster printer with sufficient flexibility so that text data and image data of any size and orientation can be placed at any position on a page. Input data has a succession of coded character data along with control data which specifies information concerning font selection and the placement of the characters on the page. Control circuits process the input data, one character at a time, and generate for each of the characters, data relating to the position of the character on the page, the siz...

In a computer output microfilmer (COM) comprising a computer output read out device having a magnetic recording tape, a central processor unit, and a recording unit, the computer output read-out device is provided with a buffer storage and a data processing device. The data read out from the magnetic recording tape are stored in the buffer storage and read out therefrom under the control of the data processing device. Thereby, the steps of reading out the data of page (N+2) from the magnetic rec...

Disclosed is a scanner system which includes a light source and a photodetector. Circuitry is included for automatically adjusting the intensity of the light source so as to prevent saturation of the photodetector. Whenever the current through the photodetector exceeds a predetermined amount, a transistor switch is opened to connect a resistor in series with the light source and cause the intensity of the light source to decrease. When the output of the photodetector reduces due to decreased int...