Light source of LED for scanner

• US 20040057228A1
• Filed: 04/04/2003
• Published: 03/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Transpacific Systems LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Hiyes International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Hsiu-O, Huang, Shi-Hua, Fang, Po-Hua
• Application Number:
  US10/406,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20040057228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/89
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/02815 Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of pick-up head
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/02865 using an array of light sources or a combination of such arrays, e.g. an LED bar

Abstract

A LED light source used in a scanner is disclosed, and particularly a series of lenses employed to condense the LED light on the front and rear sides and disperse the LED light to the left and right sides. LED compared with CCFL employed as a light source can improve the problem of high power consumption, warm-up, and the limits of lifetime. Furthermore, the light through the lens extends the range of the left and right sides on a scanned material. Therefore, the amount of the LEDs decreases, than that skilled in the art used a large number of LEDs for obtaining a smoother field of light, and achieve low power consumption.

Claims

1. A light source of LED used in a scanner, comprising:

a plurality of LED arranged for providing a light source for scanner; and

a plurality of lens mounted one-on-one upon said light source of LED to disperse the light of LED in a first direction and condense the light of LED in a second direction for fixing the field of light of LED, wherein said first direction is along a direction of said line of LEDs and said second direction is perpendicular to said line of LEDs.

2. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said LED comprises a plurality of RGB mixture-light LED.

3. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 2, wherein said LED comprises a plurality of white LED.

4. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 3, wherein the brightness of said LED is controlled by a ASIC.

5. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said LED comprises a plurality of white LED.

6. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 5, wherein the brightness of said LED is controlled by a ASIC.

7. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said lens is a shape of a saddle lens.

8. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 7, wherein the bottom of said saddle-shaped lens has a plurality triangle cone protruding nicks.

9. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 8, wherein the height of the triangle cone protruding nicks is 0.5 mm (mini-meter), and the bottom area is 0.5 mm (mini-meter)×

0.5 mm (mini-meter).

10. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 7, wherein said lens is an emended shape of a saddle lens that the efficiency of converging light of the central portion of a lens is weaker than the edge portion thereof in said second direction, and the efficiency of dispersing light of the central portion thereof is stronger than the edge portion thereof in said first direction.

11. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said lens is selected from PMMA.

12. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said lens is selected from PC.

13. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of LED are arranged in said first direction.

14. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of LED are arranged in sideways two lines in said first direction.

15. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of LED are arranged in a matrix.

16. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of LED are arranged in a sideways matrix.

17. The light source of LED used in a scanner according to claim 1, wherein said lens is that a curvature of a central portion of said lens in said first direction or second direction may differ with or as same as a curvature of two edge portions thereof.