Microtek International Inc.

Microtek Lab, Inc.

Other

Loi N Han

Kai Yiu Lam

Yu-Cheng Sheng

Wen Shu Bonny Chen

Wen Shu (&ldquo;Bonny&rdquo;) Chen

Wen Shu (Bonny) Chen

Wen Shu “Bonnie” Chen

John S Rubley

A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digital data. Ports for printers, accessories and other peripherals, an internal hard drive, and software adapted to display images directly on a television screen, including battery, and a pivotal handle for portable use in environments not having an external power supply.

Scanner with removable data storage media

A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digital data. Ports for printers, accessories and other peripherals, an internal hard drive, and software adapted to display images directly on a television screen, and/or to display images projected from an LCD projector upon a screen, including battery, and a pivotal handle for portable use in environments not having an external power supply. One embodiment, not including an incorporated flat bed scanner function, adapted to receive image data from a conventional scanner unit.

Scanner projection system

An improved high resolution scanner for use in a conventional scanner housing. A plurality of mirrors, including a two-position switchable mirror adapted to sequentially scan a first column, and then a second column, is mounted on a carriage which also includes a conventional lens and CCD for sequentially scanning an object to be scanned in a two-pass scan. The resulting scanned portions, when combined, produce a high resolution image of the scanned image.

High resolution scanner

A transmissive/reflective optical scanner including a gravity assist optical switch that reconfigures a flat bed scanner adapted for transmissive scanning into a flat bed scanner adapted for reflective scanning.

Transmissive/reflective scanner

An optical, multi-resolution scanning apparatus for scanning transparent or opaque objects including a high resolution lens, a low resolution lens, a flip mirror switch which alternates between high resolution mode and low resolution mode of scanning, a flip mirror switch which alternates between transmissive mode and reflective mode of scanning whereby high and low resolution scanning of opaque and/or transparent objects may be accomplished through movement of flip mirror switches, without transverse movement of the lens assembly.

Multi-resolution transmissive and reflective scanner

An improved high resolution scanner for use in a conventional scanner housing. A light receiving guide transversely moves a conventional lens and CCD for scanning portions of an object to be scanned. The resulting scanned portions, when combined, produce a high resolution image of the scanned image.

A light diverting channel for use in a scanner. The channel is incorporated into the cover of a flat bed scanner and transmits light from the lamps positioned longitudinally along the scanner, up through the side of the channel, and through a central region or sheet of the channel, and then down through objects to be scanned. The light diverting channel thereby more efficiently uses the light generated by the lamps and more evenly disburses the light over and through the object to be scanned.

Scanner with light directing channel

A flat bed scanner of the type commonly used as a stand-alone computer peripheral in combination with a contact image sensor module, which extends the full width of the scanner area to provide a 1:1 scanning ratio using a rod lens to focus the image onto the image sensors, with or without a motor driven feed mechanism and which can scan the entire width of a standard sheet of paper in a single pass.

Contact image sensor hand-held scanner

Multi-resolution transmissive and reflective optical scanner

A transparency adapter for a flat bed scanner of the type commonly used as a stand-alone computer peripheral, including a source of light, either white light such as fluorescent, or a series of red, green and blue light emitting diodes placed in a generally rectangular housing having a length corresponding to the width of the glass platen of a flat bed scanner, and including magnets at either longitudinal end of the transparency adapter, further including magnets positioned on the carriage inside of the flat bed scanner housing, whereby the magnets of the carriage are aligned with the magnets of the transparency adapter so that upon advancement of the carriage along the rails inside of the scanner from one end of the scanner to the other, the magnetic force of the attached magnets causes the transparency adapter to advance along the top surface of the glass platen and to move the transparency adapter in alignment with the carriage.

Transparency adapter for flatbed scanner

An optical scanning apparatus for retrieving digital electronic images representative of opaque objects. The apparatus is equipped with a reflective scanning platform for supporting an opaque object thereon. A scanning camera, equipped with a light source for illuminating the platform, is aligned to retrieve images from objects placed upon the reflective scanning platform. An object sensor included with the scanning camera detects the presence of such images. Using the sensor during scanning, provides automotive detection of the end of the object thereby reducing the scan time.

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Alhambra, CA, United States of America

Loi N Han