Abstract:
A scanning apparatus includes a housing with a scan flatbed. A loading glass is installed at the scan flatbed of the housing for loading a to-be-scanned document. A photoelectric sensing device senses the light corresponding to the to-be-scanned document to generate electric signals. The electric signals are transmitted through a flat cable to a motherboard. The flat cable is designed to include a line peak so that the surface friction between the flat cable and the loading glass can be reduced to line friction. The flat cable can also be shifted near the sidewall of the housing and is inclined to the center of the housing so that the friction traces remained on the loading glass is outside the scan flatbed. Thus, the abrasion on the loading glass can be reduced and the quality of the scanning images can be improved.
Abstract:
In a transparent original reading apparatus comprising a transparent original plate on which a transparent original and a transparent original guide unit are installed, a transparent original guide unit for setting the transparent original at a predetermined position on the original plate, a light source unit settable at plural positions in contact with the transparent original guide unit and having a surface light source for illuminating the transparent original, and an image reading unit for reading an image of the transparent original through the original plate, the transparent original is urged against the original plate by the light source unit. In order to prevent the scratching of the transparent original caused by a sliding movement of the light source unit on the original plate, the light source unit and the transparent original are positioned by the transparent original guide unit. A portion of the light source unit which is contacted with the transparent original is chamfered (R-worked) not to damage the transparent original. Further, a portion of the light source unit which is contacted with the transparent original is designed to urge the transparent original at an out of an image area of the original.
Abstract:
A carrier mechanism for supporting and moving a travelling module along a predetermined travelling path is disclosed. The carrier mechanism includes a guide device fixed inside a casing, a carrier movable along the guide device between a forward and rearward positions with the travelling module removably mounted on the carrier and a driving mechanism including a motor mounted to the carrier and in driving engagement with the guide device for moving the carrier between the forward and rearward positions. The guide device includes an elongate strip integrally formed on a bottom of the casing with a rack formed along a side face thereof to drivingly engage a pinion of the motor. Alternatively, a timing belt and toothed wheel system or a wire and pulley system or a worm and gear system may be used to replace the pinion and rack system.
Abstract:
A dual direction driving apparatus and method for driving an optical scanning module of an image scanning device are provided. The driving apparatus includes a first driving mechanism installed in the scanner and a second driving mechanism installed in the optical scanning module. The first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism are simultaneously driven in order to drive the optical scanning module to move along a driving direction for performing image scanning on a document to be scanned. The second driving mechanism drives the optical scanning module to move in either the same or opposite direction with respect to the driving direction of the first driving mechanism for responding to different scanning resolution requirements of scanning operations.
Abstract:
A scanning device includes a guide screw rod with a motor and a gear device as parts of the scanning module. The guide screw rod is fixed in the scanner along a front-to-back direction. The motor drives the gear device, which engages with the guide screw rod, causing the scanning module to move back and forth to scan a document.
Abstract:
An optical reader and the driving motor of a scanner are integrally mounted on a movable module, which can slide back and forth along a track to scan an image. The driving motor exerts a force on a fixed rack attached to the frame of the scanner through a pinion. The reaction to the force causes the movable module to slide. The rack and pinion mechanism can be replaced with a friction tape and roller combination, or a steel wire wrapped around a wheel attached to the movable module.
Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus capable of reading a book document while turning over pages of the book, image data representative of two spread pages of a book document are stored in a frame memory. Among the image data, image data matching the front of a sheet are read out of the frame memory first and then output on the front of a fresh sheet. Then, an image is formed on the rear of a sheet refed from a duplex copy tray or refeed tray. Alternatively, an arrangement may be made such that, among two pages of image data, the image data read last are out of the frame memory first and then output on the front of a fresh sheet, and then an image is formed on the rear of a sheet refed from the refeed tray.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:一种根据本发明的原稿读取设备应用一包括一作为线形光源的半透明灯的光学系统,以照明原稿来源。一原稿读取机壳体具有延长的窗子。放置在壳体中的半透明灯具有光放射管。光放射管包括一在平行于窗子宽度方向上延伸的中央部份,中央部份的长度至少等于窗子宽度的最大宽度。光放射管包括两个边界部份,中央部份在两边界部份之间延伸。两边界部份分别在其端部具有连接至中央部份的弯曲端。
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new framework that flexibly takes images of a moving target in remote monitoring without the need to arrange a plurality of network cameras. SOLUTION: An autonomously movable moving body is used to take an image of a photographic target in accordance with a request from a user terminal, and the photographic image is provided to the user terminal. The moving body includes: a position estimating part that obtains, from a wireless tag reader, a radio field intensity of wireless communication with a wireless tag held by the photographic target to estimate a position of the photographic target based on the obtained radio field intensity; a movement control part that controls the movement of the moving body so that the moving body moves to the estimated position as a destination; and an imaging unit that takes an image of the photographic target when the moving body is located near the destination, associates the photographic image with a wireless tag ID designated by the request, and transmits the photographic image to an apparatus outside the moving body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT