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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1994
Gerard Boeve, Edegem, BE;
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
A compact digitizer apparatus for accurately scanning an image on a transparent sheet is particularly useful for scanning and storing medical x-ray photographs and other photographic-based records. The apparatus includes a photosensitive device which scans the image, and an illumination device for passing light through the sheet to project the image onto the photosensitive device. A transport system transports the sheet between the illuminating device and the photosensitive device. A guide keeps at least a portion of the sheet which is being illuminated in a fixed orientation. For guidance of the sheet, a planar sheet support keeps contact with the bottom edge of the sheet. A carrier abuts against a rear edge of the sheet to move the sheet past the photosensitive scanner device.