Patent · US Expired

Compact read/write scanner

US5162916A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
18References
28Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 2, 1990
Grant dateNov 10, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0468
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Combined input scanner and output scanner has a scanning carriage adapted for scanning movement having a reading head secured thereto for scanning a document to produce a digital image and a printing head secured thereto for relative movement with respect to a copy sheet and electrically connected to the reading head for printing a digital image on a copy sheet. The reading head includes a solid state device with input reading elements and the printing head includes a solid state device with output printing elements which are securely comounted in the same plane to the same planar substrate.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.