Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for alignment of material to be scanned in a flat-bed scanner

US5625469A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1995
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0422
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scanning apparatus providing an object focal plane for original documents to be scanned, wherein a scan carriage containing illumination, sensor, and optical elements is moved together to scan an original document and to obtain a digitized representation thereof. The movable carnage further includes an automatically-positioned alignment grid for aligning original documents, such that the grid is visible at the surface and moves with the scan carriage.

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