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US 9,124,734 B2Granted
Mouse having scanning function
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBoram Noh, Jungyong Lee, Minwoo Kim
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Abstract
A mouse having a scanning function is provided. The mouse may include a case, a cover, a scan button, and a scanner. The scanner may include a housing, a glass module, a mirror module, a camera module, a lighting module provided in the housing, spaced apart from the camera module, and a barrier provided in the housing, at a position corresponding to a front side of the lighting module, to block light reflected from an inside of the housing.
Claims21
A mouse having a scanning function, comprising:
- a case including a base having a scan window, and a cover coupled to the base;
- and
- a scanner received within the case and mounted on the base, the scanner provided at a position corresponding to the scan window, wherein the scanner comprises:
- a housing;
- a glass panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the glass panel being coupled to the scan window;
- a mirror unit provided at a first end of an upper portion of the housing, wherein the mirror unit is configured to reflect a scan image received from the glass panel;
- a camera unit provided at a second end of the upper portion of the housing, the first end being opposite of the second end at which the mirror unit is provided, wherein the camera unit is configured to capture an image reflected by the mirror unit;
- a lighting unit installed at the upper portion of the housing, the lighting unit being spaced apart from the camera unit;
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- a barrier provided at an inner surface of the upper portion of the housing, at a position corresponding to an emitting side of the lighting unit, the barrier blocking light reflected from an inside of the housing from being reflected onto the camera unit.
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A mouse, comprising:
- a base;
- a cover coupled to an upper portion of the base;
- and
- a scanner coupled to the base and covered by the cover, and positioned corresponding to a scan window provided in the base, wherein the scanner comprises:
- a housing;
- a glass panel coupled to a bottom of the housing, the glass panel including a glass panel defining a bottom surface of the scanner;
- a mirror unit provided at a first end of a top of the housing, and positioned at a first inclination with respect to the glass panel;
- a camera unit provided at a second end of the top of the housing, opposite the first end thereof, so as to face the mirror unit;
- a lighting unit provided in the top of the housing, between the mirror unit and the camera unit, and positioned at a second inclination with respect to the glass panel, the second inclination being different from the first inclination;
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- a barrier provided on an inner surface of the top of the housing, the barrier provided between the mirror unit and the lighting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.