Method of and station for integrated typed data and optically scanned data capture for computer interfacing and the like
OwnerOphira R. Aharanson, Dov Aharansoninventors
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Abstract
A integrated key board and optical scanner, preferably of shape and size corresponding to that of standard conventional keyboards, sharing common mechanical support and electrical and electronic functions, with features of optional attachment and detachment of the scanner from the keyboard, and use of both conventional and flat-bed scanner techniques.
Claims11
An integrated typed data and optically scanned data capture station for computer communication interfacing and the like having, in combination, a keyboard mounted upon an upper panel supported between side frame walls, serving also to house and support an optical scanner document planar feed guide for guiding the document along a path coextensive with but disposed below the keyboard panel and bounded by an outer panel;
- the side frame carrying means for driving the document along the planar path through the guide, starting from a feed-in slot disposed beyond the top edge of the keyboard, thence downwardly and then extending transversely underneath the keyboard panel to the bottom edge thereof, and finally exiting thereat;
- optical scanning means supported along the document path;
- and printed circuit board means containing electronic control and signal processing circuits connected both with the keyboard and the optical scanning means and internally mounted external said document path and be low said keyboard panel within said frame for controlling the electronic data developed by typing upon the keyboard and the electronic signal data generated by the optical scanning means, and interfacing such data with an external computer.
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