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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Gin Yoshidome, San Ramon, CA (US);
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An assisted scanner is ergonomically positioned in the bottom of a specially equipped MFP where the scanner is accessible to a user's feet by being housed in a housing drawer extensibly/retractably carried on slides in the bottom of the MFP. Instead of the scanner cover itself retaining a to-be-scanned document on the scanning-unit platen, the scanner cover is laterally slidable off from/onto the platen. Specially configured bar clamps as document holders, pivoting on motorized hinges, are provided flanking the platen. The document holders assume the function of pressing down on the document to retain it on the platen. The motorized hinges are voice-actuatable via a voice-user interface. The assisted scanner may be part of a system including wield-assist sandals, the sole of one, but not both, of which is coated with a low-tack adhesive whose adherence is easily breakable.