US 6,587,231 B1 · Scanning apparatus

Abstract

A scanning apparatus comprises a transparent housing, a driving means arranged within the transparent housing, and an image sensor arranged within the transparent housing and driven by the driving means. The upper surface and the lower surface of the transparent housing are marked to define a transparent upper window and a transparent lower window. The image sensor comprises a contact image sensor and a supporting box for housing the contact image sensor. The small article to be scanned is facedown placed on the transparent upper window of the scanning apparatus when the scanning apparatus is in erect arrangement. The large article to be scanned is faced up placed and the user can align the scanning region through the transparent upper window and lower window. Therefore, the inventive scanning apparatus is applicable to scan article of both large and small size, and the transparent upper window and lower window facilitate the alignment of scanner for user for entire scanning or partial scanning of an article.

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Dependent claims

A scanning apparatus comprising:

a transparent housing, said transparent housing having a first window disposed in an upper surface thereof and a second window disposed in a lower surface of said transparent housing, said first and second windows being in parallel relationship;
driving means arranged within said transparent housing;
an image sensor arranged within said transparent housing and driven by said driving means, said image sensor comprising a sensing element to scan an article disposed adjacent to said first window;
and
first light blocking means disposed beside said sensing element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Scanning apparatus

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