Contact image sensor hand-held scanner
US6389183B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0442
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flat bed scanner of the type commonly used as a stand-alone computer peripheral in combination with a contact image sensor module, which extends the full width of the scanner area to provide a 1:1 scanning ratio using a rod lens to focus the image onto the image sensors, with or without a motor driven feed mechanism and which can scan the entire width of a standard sheet of paper in a single pass.
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