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Autonomous sheet-fed scanner

US8699100B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2011
Grant dateApr 15, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0096
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Battery-powered portable sheet-fed scanner, comprising: a scanning unit (21-23) for scanning documents and forming digital representations thereof; a sheet feeder (28) for feeding a document past the scanning unit; a processor (20), communicatively connected to the scanning unit and provided for controlling the scanning operation; a plurality of embedded storage capabilities, each of which is communicatively connected to the processor and each of which comprises either an internal memory (26) for internally storing the digital representations or a communication link (24; 25) to an external storage medium for externally storing the digital representations. The processor is provided with an embedded routing application which is provided for routing the digital representations to a predetermined selection among the embedded storage capabilities.

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