Method and apparatus for moving a carriage to a home position
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for moving a carriage to a home position 失效
    将托架移动到原位的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5895913A

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-20

    申请号:US781781

    申请日:1997-01-09

    摘要: Apparatus for sensing an initial position of a moveable carriage mounted within a housing of an imaging device may comprise a detector having a plurality of light sensitive elements for detecting objects within a field of view. At least one of the light sensitive elements is an image sensing element and at least one of the light sensitive elements is a position sensing element. A reference mark is positioned on the housing so that is within the field of view of the position sensing element of the detector when the carriage is at about a home position. An image data processor connected to the detector and responsive to the output signals generated thereby determines whether the reference mark is within the field of view of the position sensing element of the detector.

    摘要翻译: 用于感测安装在成像装置的壳体内的可移动滑架的初始位置的装置可以包括具有用于检测视野内的物体的多个光敏元件的检测器。 光敏元件中的至少一个是图像感测元件,并且至少一个感光元件是位置感测元件。 参考标记位于壳体上,使得当托架位于原位置时,位于检测器的位置检测元件的视场内。 连接到检测器并且响应于由此产生的输出信号的图像数据处理器确定参考标记是否在检测器的位置检测元件的视场内。

    Flat panel illuminator active transparency adapter
    2.
    发明授权
    Flat panel illuminator active transparency adapter 失效
    平板照明器有源透明适配器

    公开(公告)号:US06614563B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-02

    申请号:US09281600

    申请日:1999-03-30

    IPC分类号: H04N104

    摘要: A transparency adaptor is described that includes a flat panel illuminator within the scanner lid of the scanner. The flat panel illuminator provides backlighting for scanning transparencies, such that light passes through the transparency only once and into the scanner optics within the scanner base. When the flat panel illuminator is lit during a scanning process, the light source within the scanner is not lit. In a second embodiment, the flat panel illuminator is removeably attached to the scanner lid. Another alternative is for the flat panel illuminator adapter to be a separate from the scanner, such that it is placed over a transparent document when needed, either plugging into the scanner or a separate power source during the scanning process.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种透明度适配器,其包括在扫描器的扫描仪盖内的平板照明器。 平板照明器提供用于扫描透明胶片的背光,使得光仅透过透明物一次并进入扫描器底座内的扫描器光学元件。 当扫描过程中平板照明器亮起时,扫描仪内的光源不亮。 在第二实施例中,平板照明器可移除地附接到扫描器盖。 另一个替代方案是使平板照明器适配器与扫描器分离,使得当需要时将其放置在透明文档上,或者在扫描过程中插入扫描仪或单独的电源。

    Apparatus to reduce wait time for scanner light-source warm-up
    3.
    发明授权
    Apparatus to reduce wait time for scanner light-source warm-up 失效
    减少扫描仪光源预热等待时间的设备

    公开(公告)号:US06316767B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-13

    申请号:US09398264

    申请日:1999-09-17

    IPC分类号: H01J314

    摘要: An apparatus for connecting electrical power to an exposure lamp in an image scanner in response to the detection of ambient light by a light sensor located under the scanner's cover. Such an apparatus provides an apparent reduction in exposure lamp warm-up time, with associated improvement in operator productivity, while minimizing exposure lamp operational life degradation and excessive energy consumption caused by leaving the exposure lamp turned on. Once the exposure lamp is turned on, a timing circuit is used in the preferred embodiment to disconnect electrical power from the exposure lamp so that if the scanner's cover is left open or closed, the exposure lamp will not be left on for excessively long periods of time.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于响应于位于扫描器盖下方的光传感器检测环境光,将电力连接到图像扫描器中的曝光灯的装置。 这种装置提供了曝光灯预热时间的明显降低,同时相应地提高了操作者的生产率,同时使曝光灯的使用寿命降低最小化以及使曝光灯导通所导致的过多的能量消耗。 一旦曝光灯打开,在优选实施例中使用定时电路来断开曝光灯的电源,使得如果扫描器的盖子保持打开或关闭,则曝光灯将不会保持过长的时间 时间。

    Photoelectric imaging device photosensor array alignment apparatus and
method
    4.
    发明授权
    Photoelectric imaging device photosensor array alignment apparatus and method 失效
    光电成像装置光传感器阵列对准装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5753908A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-19

    申请号:US780912

    申请日:1997-01-09

    IPC分类号: H05K3/30 H01J5/02

    摘要: An apparatus and method for achieving alignment of a photosensor array in an imaging device is disclosed. The photosensor array is mounted in an integrated circuit package having a plurality of downwardly extending leads. The leads are received in a plurality of sockets which are attached to and extend through the retina board. A pair of holes are provided extending through the retina board proximate the ends of the integrated circuit package. An actuator, such as a screw, is associated with each hole such that the actuator is able to contact the rear surface of the integrated circuit package. In this manner, one of the actuators may be used to apply a force to one end of the integrated circuit package in order to move that end away from the retina board and thus achieve alignment with the light beam. After the desired alignment has been achieved, some of the integrated circuit package leads may be soldered within their respective sockets in order to lock the integrated circuit package and photosensor array in place. Alternatively, some of the sockets may be omitted such that the corresponding integrated circuit package leads may be soldered directly to the retina board in order to lock the package in place.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于实现成像装置中的光电传感器阵列的对准的装置和方法。 光传感器阵列安装在具有多个向下延伸引线的集成电路封装中。 引线被接收在多个插座中,这些插座连接到并延伸穿过视网膜板。 在靠近集成电路封装的端部延伸穿过视网膜板的一对孔被提供。 诸如螺钉的致动器与每个孔相关联,使得致动器能够接触集成电路封装的后表面。 以这种方式,致动器中的一个可以用于向集成电路封装的一端施加力,以将该端部移动离开视网膜板,从而实现与光束的对准。 在实现期望的对准之后,一些集成电路封装引线可以焊接在它们各自的插座内,以便将集成电路封装和光电传感器阵列锁定就位。 或者,可以省略一些插座,使得相应的集成电路封装引线可以直接焊接到视网膜板,以便将封装件锁定就位。

    Fixture latching mechanism
    6.
    发明授权
    Fixture latching mechanism 失效
    夹具锁定机构

    公开(公告)号:US4857009A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-15

    申请号:US222437

    申请日:1988-07-21

    CPC分类号: G01R1/07314

    摘要: A fixture latching mechanism for mass terminating a printed circuit test fixture to a test head probe field wherein said fixture latching mechanism is comprised of simultaneously functioning pulldown towers, each of which further comprises a housing having an internal wall for guiding a vertically moving rack containing a horizontally and forwardly biased pulldown which engages the fixture as the rack is powered downward and which disengages from the fixture as the rack is powered upward. Preferably, the disengagement of the pulldown from the fixture is produced by a caming action on a cam follower attached to the rear portion of the pulldown as the cam follower engages a cam system positioned in the upper regions of the housing's internal wall.

    Image scanner with intrinsic biasing of a scan head
    7.
    发明授权
    Image scanner with intrinsic biasing of a scan head 失效
    具有扫描头固有偏置的图像扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US06166829A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-26

    申请号:US067785

    申请日:1998-04-28

    IPC分类号: H04N1/10 H04N1/024

    摘要: An optical image scanner includes a scan head that is mounted onto a guide member with a bias torque that reduces uncertainty in position of the scan head. A drive member, such as a belt or cable, is attached to the scan head with an offset relative to a centerline of the guide member. A tensioning device ensures that the drive member asserts force on the scan head at each of the attachment points. As a result, a bias torque is placed onto the scan head, relative to the guide member, reducing uncertainty in position. For bidirectional movement, the biasing torque is the same for either direction of travel.

    摘要翻译: 光学图像扫描器包括扫描头,其以具有减小扫描头位置的不确定性的偏置扭矩安装在引导构件上。 诸如皮带或电缆的驱动构件以相对于引导构件的中心线的偏移量附接到扫描头。 张紧装置确保驱动构件在每个附接点处在扫描头上施加力。 结果,相对于引导构件,偏置扭矩被放置在扫描头上,减少了位置的不确定性。 对于双向运动,偏置扭矩对于任一方向都相同。

    Photoelectric imaging method and apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Photoelectric imaging method and apparatus 失效
    光电成像方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06147343A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-14

    申请号:US121793

    申请日:1998-07-23

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for compensating for temperature-induced scan line drift in a photoelectric imaging apparatus. A scan line drift compensation mechanism may be placed in contact with at least one of the optical components, e.g, a mirror, contained within the optical system of a photoelectric imaging apparatus. The scan line drift compensation mechanism may be formed from two members, each having a different coefficient of thermal expansion. In this manner, the scan line drift compensation mechanism is able to exert a force on the optical component in response to a change in temperature.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种用于补偿光电成像装置中的温度感应扫描线漂移的方法和装置。 扫描线漂移补偿机构可以放置成与包含在光电成像装置的光学系统内的光学部件,例如镜子中的至少一个接触。 扫描线漂移补偿机构可以由两个构件形成,每个构件具有不同的热膨胀系数。 以这种方式,扫描线漂移补偿机构能够响应于温度变化而对光学部件施加力。

    Adjustable adapter for scanning transparencies with a reflective
document scanner
    9.
    发明授权
    Adjustable adapter for scanning transparencies with a reflective document scanner 失效
    可调式适配器用反光文档扫描仪扫描投影胶片

    公开(公告)号:US6018161A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-25

    申请号:US127454

    申请日:1998-07-31

    IPC分类号: H04N1/10 H01J3/14

    CPC分类号: H04N1/10 H04N2201/0418

    摘要: An adapter for scanning transparent images using a reflective scanner. The adapter receives light from a lamp inside the scanner and redirects the light through the transparent image and back into the scanner. The scanner has an offset between an illumination line and a scan line. An angle of the adapter relative to the surface of a platen on the scanner is dependent on the distance between the illumination line and the scan line. At least one angle adjuster is provided on the adapter to enable the adapter to be used on scanners having different offsets. In addition, the adapter is made wider than the transparent image to be scanned, so that when the scan line is at a leading or trailing edge of the transparent image, the adapter still captures light from the lamp within the scanner.

    摘要翻译: 用于使用反射式扫描仪扫描透明图像的适配器。 适配器从扫描仪内的灯中接收光线,并将光线重定向穿过透明图像并返回扫描仪。 扫描仪在照明线和扫描线之间具有偏移。 适配器相对于扫描仪上的台板表面的角度取决于照明线和扫描线之间的距离。 在适配器上提供至少一个角度调节器,以使适配器能够用于具有不同偏移量的扫描仪上。 另外,适配器比待扫描的透明图像宽,使得当扫描线处于透明图像的前缘或后缘时,适配器仍然在扫描仪内捕获来自灯的光。