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| | Microfiche information retrieval and control system utilizing machine readable microfiche and visually readable ... |
 | | This invention relates to microfiche information retrieval techniques, and is more particularly concerned with the provision and retrieval of digital information on a microfiche card, which information is to be retrieved for data processing purposes in, for example, a parts management and inventory control system or in an accounts management and checking system. |
 | | It is also known in the art to mechanically address and position a microfiche transport, on an x-y basis, in order to register a desired frame of information within the viewing field of a viewer; however, mechanical techniques are expensive, and the expense increases with increased accuracy of registration. |
 | | The scanner microfiche may carry the information in digital or analog form and can be read with a scanner, transformed electronically to any desirable form, and can be displayed or used in any desired manner, or can be read with a TV camera and processed as a standard TV picture of signals. |
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