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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Chen-tsai Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Yan-mei Chen, Taipei, TW;
Hsueh-chou Hsu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Lite-On Technology Corp., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A scanner includes a housing, a transparent platen disposed on the housing for positioning a document, and a calibration pattern formed on a side of the transparent platen. The calibration pattern includes an arc having a first point and a second point. The scanner further includes an optical engine installed inside the housing for scanning the document and the calibration pattern with movement in a first direction, and a control module installed inside the housing for controlling the optical engine to move to a scan start position according to the first point and the second point of the calibration pattern scanned by the optical engine and a radius of curvature of the arc.