Abstract:
Apparatus for supporting a scanner head, the apparatus comprising: a carrier assembly (12); a bogey assembly (11); and a scanner head assembly (10), comprising a mounting for holding a scanner head; wherein the scanner head assembly and the bogey assembly are both mounted on spring bearings on the carrier assembly such that they can both move in a vertical direction, and the scanner head assembly comprises at least two collinear vertical bearings (14) which restrict movement of the scanner head assembly to vertical movement substantially perpendicular to a document path, and the bogey assembly comprises two laterally spaced bearings (13) which allow rotational movement of the bogey assembly about the scanner head mounting.
Abstract:
A mobile device photo scanner is disclosed. The mobile device photo canner includes a cradle portion configured and arranged to hold a mobile device. The cradle has an opening therethrough configured and arranged to align with a built-in camera of the mobile device. A shroud depends from the cradle portion forming an enclosure beneath the cradle portion and centered beneath the opening, such that a user may use the built-in camera of the mobile device to scan a photograph placed within the shroud portion.
Abstract:
A scanner (10) comprising a platen (12) positioned along a first plane and configured to support an article to be scanned; one or more illuminators (131) positioned below the platen (12) along a second plane parallel to the first plane, and configured to emit light beams; one or more mirrors (15) positioned between the platen and the one or more illuminators, each of the mirrors being configured to direct a light beam having a directional component parallel to the first and second planes emitted by the illuminators onto the article on the platen at the imaging point; one or more sensors (17) configured to detect the light reflecting off the article at the imaging point along a sensor optical path; and a carriage mechanism (13) constructed to affect relative movement parallel to the first and second planes between platen, and the one or more illuminators and the one or more mirrors in a scanning direction.
Abstract:
A rail system made of one or more flexible guide rods, each consisting of a tension rod, is used to support lightweight, mobile devices such as carriages, scanning heads or optical sensors. The rail is configured to permit movement of the mobile device, when driven by an external drive mechanism, along a main scanning direction but prohibits rotational movement of the mobile device. In this fashion, the mobile device remains substantially at the same measured distance from the flat surface of an object, e.g., moving sheet or web, being analyzed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for scanning a surface with electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus comprises a base plate for supporting a medium said medium having a scanning surface to be scanned, an optical head unit adapted to scan the scanning surface with electromagnetic radiation propagating along an optical axis, a fluid film generation unit connected to the optical head unit and adapted to generate a fluid film between the scanning surface and a gliding surface of the fluid film generation unit for maintaining a predetermined distance between the gliding surface and the scanning surface during scanning operation of the optical head unit across the scanning surface, and control means for controlling the position of the fluid film relative to the optical axis.
Abstract:
An image reading device capable of correctly reading an image on a document is provided without the need to increase the size of an upper cover, etc. of the device. A CIS (Contact Image Sensor) is supported by holders and support shafts to be movable toward the upper cover (rib) and is biased toward the rib by compression springs. In this configuration, the rib for holding the document is not required to be installed as a movable component and there is no need to provide a space for allowing the rib to move or providing the upper cover with a mechanism for allowing the rib to move, which can avoid the need to increase the size of the upper cover.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus whose placement area is small and which can obtain an excellent image is provided. An image reading apparatus 1 is provided with a contact glass 300 which is disposed vertically, a conveying belt 505 which conveys a leading edge of a photograph rotatably disposed along the contact glass 300 to a reading reference position T, and a first suction portion 531 which makes a first suction duct 532 a negative pressure by a firs suction fan 503 to suck the photograph form a plurality of suction holes formed in the conveying belt 505. An image is read from a photograph which is sucked to the conveying belt 505 at a reading position and is held so as to be spaced from the contact glass 300 by a predetermined distance while moving a carriage 301 upward along the contact glass 300. Since the contact glass 300 is disposed generally vertically, a placement area for the apparatus is made small and a distance between a photograph and the contact glass 300 is set to be large that Newton's rings do not occur.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus whose placement area is small and which can obtain an excellent image is provided. An image reading apparatus 1 is provided with a contact glass 300 which is disposed vertically, a conveying belt 505 which conveys a leading edge of a photograph rotatably disposed along the contact glass 300 to a reading reference position T, and a first suction portion 531 which makes a first suction duct 532 a negative pressure by a firs suction fan 503 to suck the photograph form a plurality of suction holes formed in the conveying belt 505. An image is read from a photograph which is sucked to the conveying belt 505 at a reading position and is held so as to be spaced from the contact glass 300 by a predetermined distance while moving a carriage 301 upward along the contact glass 300. Since the contact glass 300 is disposed generally vertically, a placement area for the apparatus is made small and a distance between a photograph and the contact glass 300 is set to be large that Newton's rings do not occur.