Image reading device
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Yamamoto
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Abstract
An image reading device comprises a mode select switch for changing the operation mode of the device between a remote mode and a stand-alone mode. The mode select switch is depressed by a liquid crystal display pivotally attached to a body of the image reading device. When the liquid crystal display is folded to depress the mode select switch, the remote mode is set, so that a back-light of the liquid crystal display is switched off. When the liquid crystal display is unfolded to release the mode select switch, the stand-alone mode is set, so that the back-light and the liquid crystal display are turned ON.
Claims5
An image reading device for reading an image recorded in a recording medium, using an optical sensor, said device being connected to a computer having a display unit, said device comprising:
- a transmitting processor that transmits an image signal corresponding to said image to said computer in a remote mode, so that said image is indicated by said display unit;
- a liquid crystal display that indicates said image in a stand-alone mode, in which said device is operated independently from said computer, said liquid crystal display having a back-light;
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- a control processor that, in said remote mode, turns OFF said back-light of said liquid crystal display, and in said stand-alone mode, turns ON said liquid crystal display and said back-light.
An image reading device which is operated in a remote mode, in which a computer is connected to said device and an image read by said device is indicated by a display unit of said computer, and in a stand-alone mode, in which said device is operated independent from said computer and said image is indicated by a liquid crystal display connected to said device, characterized in that, in said remote mode, a back-light of said liquid crystal display is turned OFF, and in said stand-alone mode, said liquid crystal display and said back-light are turned ON.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.