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Contact image sensor hand-held scanner

US6389183B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1999
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 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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