Electrophotography – Image formation – Exposure
Patent
1995-09-29
1997-09-09
Beatty, Robert
Electrophotography
Image formation
Exposure
399378, G03G 1504
Patent
active
056666110
ABSTRACT:
An image scanner with one lighting unit and one drive system for scanning both reflective and transparent objects includes a lighting unit, a reflect mirror unit, a lens and an image sensing unit. The planes for placing reflective objects and transparent objects are located on opposite sides of the lighting unit, and light of lighting unit reflecting from the surface of the reflective object or projecting directly through the transparent object to the image sensing unit by the reflect mirror unit and lens to match different modes of image scanning. The mirror unit may be driven to two different position by a lead screw drive mechanism.
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