A light scanning system is disclosed which reduces the effects of wobble without the need for complex, cumbersome, or expensive optical equipment. A light source is provided for generating an input light beam. A reflector subsystem receives the input light beam, the subsystem including first and second light-reflective plane surfaces, the planes of which intersect at an obtuse angle. The first light-reflective surface is oriented to receive the input light beam and reflect it toward the second l...

An optical scanner is disclosed for scanning a light beam onto a receiving medium. The scanner includes a rotatable polygon for receiving a light beam from a source and for scanning the beam through a predetermined angle, and optical elements between the polygon and receiving medium for directing the beam to the receiving medium. In order to provide a very high resolution scanner which can be used to generate half-tone images, the optical elements include a first lens element having two spherica...

An optical scanning device, which includes a transparent support plate having a supporting surface on which an original is positioned, a scanner carriage being mounted for transverse movement below the support plate on two guide elements extending parallel to each other characterized by the guide elements being frame parts having surfaces forming the guide tracks for the carriage and also having surfaces facing the guide tracks for engaging the supporting surface of the support plate so that the...

An optical scanner device for producing machine-readable data representative of a color image of scanned objects including a narrow width, elongate light slit for enabling transmission of an imaging light beam from a narrow band portion of an object which is scanned; a lens for focusing the imaging light beam; a beam splitter for separating the imaging light beam into a plurality of color component beams; a purality of parallel, linear photosensor arrays located on a common sensor plane and spac...

An X-ray CT scanner contains a cable-handling device provided with a ring-shaped housing for receiving a cable member. A plurality of rollers are interposed between a rotatable inner peripheral and a fixed outer peripheral member of the ring-shaped housing. The cable member is wound around the inner peripheral member at least once, then wound about half the periphery of a specified roller, and finally wound around the outside of the group of the rollers in a direction opposite to that in which t...

A hologram scanner includes a laser source, a rotary body having a rotational axis at least one hologram facet arranged on the rotary body for diffracting a laser beam from the laser source to scan an object and receive the scattered light from the object for detection thereof, a motor means for driving the rotary body, and an optical detector for detecting the scattered light received and diffracted by the hologram facet. The hologram facet is inclined with respect to the rotational axis of the...

A trackless scanner for examination of pipings comprises an annular base removably mountable to a plant pipe to be examined, and a plurality of drive wheels for running supported on the base and being in contact with the plant pipe. Each of the drive wheels is associated with a sensor for detecting an angle which the annular base makes when it turns circumferentially of the pipe, a mechanism responsive to a detection signal from the sensor to control the axial running of the drive wheel for runn...

A heat-sterilizable ultrasonic surgical scanner includes an ultrasonic transducer and a permanent magnet motor for moving the transducer along an arcuate path. The scanner further includes a housing for the ultrasonic transducer and the motor. The housing includes an acoustically transparent window for transmitting ultrasonic energy from and into the housing. A resilient diaphragm permits expension and contraction of a coupling fluid with which the housing is filled without causing fluid loss fr...

Control of illumination with illumination amplifier devices provides a basis for implementing scanner systems. Illumination amplifiers in closed illumination servo loops provide improved illumination control. An illumination control system provides precise control of camera operations for photographic and photoplotter applications. Illumination amplifier devices are used in conjunction with electronic control circuits to provide flexibility and precision in camera systems, reducing reliance on p...

A digital scanner installed in an image reader of a digital facsimile apparatus, a digital copier or the like includes an analog-to-digital converter for quantizing a video signal which is produced by reading a document. A threshold voltage applied to the analog-to-digital converter from the outside is variable and specified from the outside.