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  2. Optical disc - Wikipedia

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  3. Image scanner - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Murray and Richard Morse invented and patented the first analog color scanner at Eastman Kodak in 1937. Intended for color separation at printing presses, their machine was an analog drum scanner that imaged a color transparency mounted in the drum, with a light source placed underneath the film, and three photocells with red, green, and blue color filters reading each spot on the ...

  4. Line-scan camera - Wikipedia

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    A line-scan camera is a system for producing two-dimensional images using a single sensor element. They normally consist of a rapidly rotating mirror or prism placed in front of the sensor to provide scanning in one direction while the movement of the recording material, often photographic film , provides scanning in the second direction.

  5. 1951 USAF resolution test chart - Wikipedia

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    Glass chart. A 1951 USAF resolution test chart is a microscopic optical resolution test device originally defined by the U.S. Air Force MIL-STD-150A standard of 1951. The design provides numerous small target shapes exhibiting a stepped assortment of precise spatial frequency specimens.

  6. Laser scanning - Wikipedia

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    Laser scanning is the controlled deflection of laser beams, visible or invisible. [1] Scanned laser beams are used in some 3-D printers, in rapid prototyping, in machines for material processing, in laser engraving machines, in ophthalmological laser systems for the treatment of presbyopia, in confocal microscopy, in laser printers, in laser shows, in Laser TV, and in barcode scanners.

  7. Data storage - Wikipedia

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    Data storage is the recording (storing) of information in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media.

  8. Optical character recognition - Wikipedia

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    Video of the process of scanning and real-time optical character recognition (OCR) with a portable scanner. Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene photo (for example the text on signs and ...

  9. Optical mark recognition - Wikipedia

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    Optical mark recognition (OMR) collects data from people by identifying markings on a paper.OMR enables the hourly processing of hundreds or even thousands of documents. A common application of this technology is used in exams, where students mark cells as their answer