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Cassette scanning system

Assignee: Hanger Solutions LLC
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Filing: 1997-02-03
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Granted: 1999-08-10
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Expires: 2017-02-03
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention includes a housing for providing space to hold elements of the scanning system, a document holder is used for holding a document, which can be separated from the scanning system. Further, the document holder consists of a first cover and a second cover. One end of the first cover is connected to one end of the second cover via a pair of pins. The document holder can be pivotally opened for feeding the document into the document holder. A plate having an opening is connected to the housing. The opening is used to provide a path for feeding the document holder into the scanning system. An image capture device is set in the scanning system for capturing the image of the document. A pair of tracks respectively are attached on the inner side walls of the housing for holding the document holder. Document holder rejecting means is utilized for rejecting the document holder.

Inventors

  • 👤 John Lin
  • 👤 Yen-Hao Chen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 10:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00236; H04N1/00241; H04N1/04; H04N1/10; H04N1/1013; H04N1/1026; H04N1/1017; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0063; H04N2201/04; H04N2201/0402; H04N2201/0422

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim 114 words
A cassette scanning system that can be built in a computer, said scanning system comprising: a housing for providing space for holding the elements of said scanning system; a document holder for holding a document and being separable from said scanning system, said document holder openable for feeding said document into said document holder and said feedable into said scanning system, wherein said document holder is fixed in said housing by document holder fixers during a scanning operation; and image capture means set in said scanning system, and said image capture means being driven by a driven means to move back and forth for capturing the image of said document during the scanning operation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 114 words
A cassette scanning system that can be built in a computer, said scanning system comprising: a housing for providing space for holding the elements of said scanning system; a document holder for holding a document and being separable from said scanning system, said document holder openable for feeding said document into said document holder and said feedable into said scanning system, wherein said document holder is fixed in said housing by document holder fixers during a scanning operation; and image capture means set in said scanning system, and said image capture means being driven by a driven means to move back and forth for capturing the image of said document during the scanning operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 45 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said scanning system further comprising: a pair of tracks respectively attached on the inner side walls of said housing for holding said document holder and providing an orbit therefore said document holder being linearly moved along said tracks.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
The scanning system of claim 2, wherein said tracks further comprises a plurality of document holder fixers that are formed on said tracks, said document holder fixer being a elastic slice.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said scanning system further comprising: a plate having an opening connected to said housing, said opening being used to provide a path for feeding said document holder into said scanning system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said scanning system further comprises document holder rejecting means for rejecting said document holder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 74 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said document holder comprising: a first cover; a second cover, one end of said first cover being connected to one end of said second cover via a pair of pins, said document holder can be pivotally opened for feeding said document into said document holder; and a transparent plate in at least one of said first cover and second cover for capturing the image of said document.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
The scanning system of claim 6, wherein said transparent plate is made of glass.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
The scanning system of claim 6, wherein said transparent plate is made of acrylic resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 34 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said scanning system further comprising: a plurality of document holder fixers for fixing said document holder while said document holder being fed into said cassette scanning system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
The scanning system of claim 9, wherein said document holder fixer is a rubber cylinder set on said housing, attached on said tracks.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
The scanning system of claim 10, wherein said document holder comprising: a plurality of indented portions formed on the side walls of said document holder.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 16 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said image capture means is contact image sensor (CIS).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 16 words
The scanning system of claim 1, wherein said image capture means is charge couple device (CCD).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
The scanning system of claim 13, wherein said scanning system further comprising: a light source, a mirror and a set of lens.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 245 words
A cassette scanning system that can be built in a computer, said scanning system comprising: a housing for providing space to hold elements of said scanning system, a document holder for holding a document, said document holder being separable from said scanning system, said document holder comprising a first cover and a second cover, one end of said first cover being connected to one end of said second cover via a pair of pins, said document holder being pivotally openable for feeding said document into said document holder, at least one of said covers having a transparent plate for the image of said document being captured, wherein said document holder is fixed in said housing by document holder fixers during a scanning operation; a plate having an opening connected to said housing, said opening being used to provide a path for feeding said document holder into said scanning system; image capture means set in said scanning system, and said image capture means being driven by a driven means to move back and forth for capturing the image of said document during a scanning operation; a pair of tracks respectively attached on the inner side walls of said housing for holding said document holder and providing an orbit therefor, said document holder being linearly movable along said tracks; and a plurality of document holder fixers for fixing said document holder while said document holder being fed into said cassette scanning system and during the scanning operation.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 245 words
A cassette scanning system that can be built in a computer, said scanning system comprising: a housing for providing space to hold elements of said scanning system, a document holder for holding a document, said document holder being separable from said scanning system, said document holder comprising a first cover and a second cover, one end of said first cover being connected to one end of said second cover via a pair of pins, said document holder being pivotally openable for feeding said document into said document holder, at least one of said covers having a transparent plate for the image of said document being captured, wherein said document holder is fixed in said housing by document holder fixers during a scanning operation; a plate having an opening connected to said housing, said opening being used to provide a path for feeding said document holder into said scanning system; image capture means set in said scanning system, and said image capture means being driven by a driven means to move back and forth for capturing the image of said document during a scanning operation; a pair of tracks respectively attached on the inner side walls of said housing for holding said document holder and providing an orbit therefor, said document holder being linearly movable along said tracks; and a plurality of document holder fixers for fixing said document holder while said document holder being fed into said cassette scanning system and during the scanning operation.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 21 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said scanning system further comprising: document holder rejecting means for rejecting said document holder.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 23 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said document holder fixer is a rubber cylinder set on said housing, attached on said tracks.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 25 words
The scanning system of claim 17, wherein said document holder comprising: a plurality of indented portions formed on said side wall of said document holder.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 21 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said document holder fixer is a elastic slice that is formed on said tracks.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 14 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said transparent plate is made of glass.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 15 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said transparent plate is made of acrylic resin.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 16 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said image capture means is contact image sensor (CIS).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 16 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said image capture means is charge couple device (CCD).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 22 words
The scanning system of claim 23, wherein said scanning system further comprising: a light source, a mirror and a set of lens.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 18 words
The scanning system of claim 15, wherein said scanning system is connected to a computer via a cable.

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