Handheld multi-function peripheral capable of scanning

• US 20020169509A1
• Filed: 01/31/2002
• Published: 11/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Transpacific Systems LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Huang, Chih-Wen, Chiu, Chui-Kuei
• Granted Patent: US 7,532,369 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/66
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1696 the I/O peripheral being a printing or scanning device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2034 at identical corresponding positions, i.e. without time delay between the two image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0404 Scanning transparent media, e.g. photographic film

Abstract

A handheld Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP) capable of scanning includes the operation panel, the control processing unit, and the scanning apparatus. The operation panel is for the user to input a data and a scanning order. The control processing unit is for proceeding logic operation and data processing, and receiving the scanning order. The scanning apparatus includes the scanning channel, the light source, and the photoelectronic imaging device. The scanning channel is the passage for the to-be-scanned document. The light source and the photoelectronic imaging device are equipped in the one side of the scanning channel to provide the light for scanning and capture image of the to-be-scanned document, respectively.

Claims

1. A handheld Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP), comprising:

an operation panel for a user to input a data and a scanning order;

a control processing unit electrically connected to the operation panel for proceeding logic operation and data processing, and receiving the scanning order; and

a scanning apparatus electrically connected to the control processing unit for scanning a to-be-scanned document, and the control processing unit controls the scanning operation of the scanning apparatus after receiving the scanning order, and the scanning apparatus comprises;

a scanning channel for the to-be-scanned document;

a light source equipped in a side of the scanning channel to provide the light for scanning; and

a photoelectronic imaging device equipped in the side of the scanning channel to capture image of the to-be-scanned document.

2. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1 is a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

3. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 2, wherein the PDA further has a display for showing the data and the scanning condition.

4. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 3, wherein the display is a touch screen integrated with a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).

5. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 4, wherein the PDA further has a stylus, which is removable equipped on the PDA, for touching the display to input the data and give the scanning order, and also the users can edit the image on the PDA after scanning.

6. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 2, wherein the PDA further includes a control button for the user to input the data and give the scanning order.

7. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1 is a calculator.

8. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 7, wherein the calculator further has a display for showing the data and the scanning condition.

9. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 8, wherein the display is a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).

10. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 8, wherein the calculator further includes a key part for the user to input the data and give the scanning order.

11. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a Light Emitting Diode (LED).

12. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectronic imaging device is a Charged Coupled device (CCD).

13. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectronic imaging device is a Contact Image Device (CIS).

14. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the scanning apparatus further has a transmission mechanism for transmitting the to-be-scanned document in the scanning channel.

15. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 14, wherein the transmission mechanism includes a plurality of the rollers.

16. The handheld Multi-Function Peripheral according to claim 1, wherein the to-be-scanned document is a business card.