Patent · US Expired

Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator

US6270013A · kind A · utility

59Cited by
38References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1999
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10881
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical scanner including a scanner head, a roller engaged by a record, the roller including optically readable marks, light sources and sensor which illuminate and sense both roller and the record, a lens for focusing light from the record onto the sensor, and a lens mirror for focusing light from the roller onto the sensor.

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