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US 7,374,091 B2Granted
Scanning module
AssigneeTranspacific Plasma, LLC
InventorsMeng-Yun Ying, Chung-Kai Wang
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Abstract
A scanning module includes a main body and a sensor module. The sensor module includes a circuit board, a sensing element, an image sensor adjustable mechanism and four adjustable rods. By means of the image sensor adjustable mechanism and these four adjustable rods, the positions of the sensing element can be controlled in seven degrees of freedom.
Claims40
A scanning module for generating an electronic signal of an image of a scanned object in a scanning direction, said scanning module comprising:
- a main body having therein a lens;
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- a sensor module for generating said electronic signal, and comprising:
- a circuit board having a surface perpendicular to said scanning direction, said surface having four openings discretely arranged in a rectangular shape;
- a sensing element disposed on said surface of said circuit board for generating said electronic signal;
- an image sensor adjustable mechanism disposed between said circuit board and said main body for adjusting a position of said sensing element relative to said lens, and comprising a first adjustable member and a second adjustable member, wherein said second adjustable member comprises four fastening holes corresponding to said four openings of said circuit board;
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- four adjustable rods penetrating through corresponding openings and corresponding fastening holes, wherein said position of said sensing element relative to said lens is adjusted according to position adjustments of said four adjustable rods.
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A scanner module comprising:
- a main body having a lens disposed therein:
- a carrier;
- an image sensor on the carrier;
- an adjustable mechanism disposed between the carrier and the main body;
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- at least three adjustable rods disposed through a plurality of openings in the carrier and at least partially through the adjustable mechanism, wherein the adjustable mechanism is capable of adjusting the position of the image sensor in relation to the lens, depending at least in part on adjustments to the adjustable rods, wherein the carrier is configured to have a plurality of degrees of freedom comprising a rotation about a first diagonal axis that intersects a first and a second of the at least three openings.
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A scanner, comprising:
- a scanner module including:
- a main body;
- a lens disposed in the main body;
- a circuit board including an image sensor;
- an adjustable mechanism disposed between the circuit board and the main body;
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- at least three adjustable rods disposed through a plurality of openings in the circuit board and at least partially through the adjustable mechanism, wherein the adjustable mechanism is capable of adjusting the position of the image sensor in relation to the lens, depending at least in part on adjustments to the adjustable rods, with a plurality of degrees of freedom comprising a rotation about a first diagonal axis intersecting a first and a second of the plurality of openings.
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A scanner module comprising:
- a main body having a lens disposed therein;
- means for sensing an image, said means for sensing disposed in a first plane;
- means for positioning the means for sensing, wherein the means for positioning is disposed between the means for sensing and the main body;
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- means for adjusting the means for positioning, wherein the means for adjusting is capable of adjusting the position of the image sensor in relation to the lens with a plurality of degrees of freedom depending at least in part on adjustments to the means for adjusting, wherein the plurality of degrees of freedom comprises rotations about two or more axes that are disposed in the first plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.