Automatic sheet-feeding scanner having non-linear paper path
US8395827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/193
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scanner includes a platen assembly, a sheet feeder and a scanning module. The platen assembly and the sheet feeder are combined together to form a non-linear paper path. The paper path has a scan region. The sheet feeder includes a feeding mechanism, a transporting mechanism and a discharging mechanism. The feeding mechanism feeds a document into the paper path. The transporting mechanism transports the document from the feeding mechanism to the scan region. The document is transported past the scan region in a direction substantially parallel to a scan plane in the scan region. The discharging mechanism transports the document out of the paper path from the scan region. The scanning module movably disposed in the platen assembly acquires an image of the document transported past the scan region.
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