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US 6,307,649 B1Granted
Mountable scanning device and computer monitor including same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorJames B. Williamson
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Abstract
A scanner includes a housing defining a front housing opening and, in some instances, a rear housing opening and a movable scanner module located within the housing. The scanner with front and rear housing openings can be mounted on, for example, a computer monitor without obstructing the user's view of the monitor screen.
Claims24
A scanner, comprising:
- a housing adapted to be mounted on a monitor and defining a front housing opening and a rear housing opening, the front and rear housing openings together defining a substantially unobstructed view path through the housing;
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- a scanner module located within the housing and movable between a first position outside the view path and a second position within the view path and aligned with the front opening.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a monitor including a monitor housing defining a screen opening and a monitor screen associated with the screen opening;
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- a scanner mounted to the monitor, the scanner including a scanner housing defining a front housing opening and a rear housing opening, the front and rear housing openings together defining a substantially unobstructed view of the monitor screen through the housing, and a scanner module located within the scanner housing and movable between a first position outside the view path and a second position within the view path and aligned with the front housing opening.
A system for use on a support surface, comprising:
- an electrical device supported on the support surface and extending vertically from the support surface;
- a scanner mounted to the electrical device in a vertically extending orientation to facilitate providing a substantially unobstructed platform surface in an area of the support surface adjacent the electrical device, the scanner including a scanner housing defining a front housing opening and a scanner module located within the housing and movable between a first position in spaced relation to the front housing opening and a second position aligned with the front housing opening.
A monitor mountable scanner, comprising:
- a scanner housing mountable to the monitor and having a centrally disposed opening, said opening being sufficiently large to provide a user with an unobstructed view of the monitor screen;
- a mounting arrangement coupled to said housing to support in a stationary manner at about said centrally disposed opening a printed medium;
- a scanning module concealingly mounted to said housing to facilitate the unobstructed view of the monitor when in a non operating mode, and further mounted to said housing for rectilinear movement across said centrally disposed opening when in an operating mode to facilitate converting illuminated indicia on the printed medium into an electrical signal indicative of the illuminated indicia.
A monitor mountable scanner, the monitor having a monitor screen for illuminating a document held in close proximity thereto, comprising:
- a housing mountable to the monitor and having a centrally disposed opening, said opening being sufficiently large to provide a user with an unobstructed view of the monitor screen;
- a mounting arrangement coupled to said housing to support in a stationary manner at about said centrally disposed opening a printed medium;
- a non illuminated scanning module concealing mounted to said housing to facilitate the unobstructed view of the monitor in a non operating mode, and further mounted to said housing for rectilinear movement across said centrally disposed opening in an operating mode to facilitate converting monitor illuminated indicia on the printed medium into an electrical signal indicative of the illuminated indicia.
A scanning system, comprising:
- a processor for processing image data;
- a monitor having a viewing screen for displaying image data;
- a scanner housing mountable to one of the processor and the monitor to facilitate providing an unobstructed user surface in an area about said processor and said monitor, said scanner housing having a centrally disposed opening sufficiently large to provide a user with an unobstructed view of the viewing screen when said housing is mounted to said monitor;
- a mounting arrangement coupled to said housing to support in a stationary manner at about said centrally disposed opening a printed medium;
- a scanning module coupled electrically to said processor and said monitor and concealingly mounted to said housing to facilitate the unobstructed view of the viewing screen when in a non operating mode, and further mounted to said housing for rectilinear movement across said centrally disposed opening when in an operating mode to illuminate said printed medium and for facilitating the converting of illuminated indicia on the printed medium into an electrical signal indicative of image data coupled to said processor.
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A scanning system, comprising:
- an electrical device supported from below on a platform surface;
- a scanner housing removably mountable to said electrical device and mountable in a vertical orientation to a stationary surface in immediate proximity to said electrical device to facilitate providing a substantially unobstructed platform surface area at about said electrical device;
- said scanner housing having a centrally disposed opening for receiving there about a printed medium;
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- a scanning module having an operating mode and a non operating mode, said scanning module being coupled electrically to said electrical device and mounted to said housing for rectilinear movement beneath said printed medium at about said centrally disposed opening to illuminate said printed medium and to facilitate the converting of illuminated indicia on the printed medium into an electrical signal indicative of image data coupled to said electrical device when in an operating mode;
- said scanning module being further concealingly mounted to said housing to facilitate the unobstructed view of the printed medium when in a non operating mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.