SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME

• US 20080062474A1
• Filed: 03/09/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YOO, Yong-jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,294,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/474
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0049 providing a visual indication to the user, e.g. using a lamp H04N1/00408 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/1017 the main-scanning components remaining positionally invariant with respect to one another in the sub-scanning direction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/193 using electrically scanned linear arrays , e.g. linear CCD arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0452 Indicating the scanned area, e.g. by projecting light marks onto the medium

Abstract

A scanning apparatus to indicate a scanning progress status includes a main body having a platen on which a document is set, a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document, and an indicating light disposed integrally with the scanning module to indicate a current location of the scanning module.

Claims

1. A scanning apparatus comprising:

a main body comprising a platen on which a document is set;

a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document; and

an indicating light disposed integrally with the scanning module to indicate a current location of the scanning module.

2. The scanning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an indicating window formed at the main body to allow light emitting from the indicating light to be exposed outside when the indicating light is turned on.

3. The scanning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the indicating window further comprises a standby window formed at a position corresponding to the indicating light when the scanning module stands by.

4. The scanning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when an error occurs.

5. A scanning apparatus comprising:

a main body comprising a platen on which a document is set;

a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document; and

an indicating light comprising a plurality of lighting sources disposed at the main body in a moving direction of the scanning module to indicate a current location of the scanning module.

6. The scanning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein one of the lighting sources is turned on to correspond to a current location of the scanning module in a scanning operation.

7. The scanning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the lighting sources are turned on when the scanning module passes by in a scanning operation.

8. The scanning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when an error occurs.

9. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a scanning apparatus comprising;

a main body comprising a platen on which a document is set,

a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document, and

an indicating light disposed integrally with the scanning module to indicate a current location of the scanning module; and

a printing unit disposed with the scanning apparatus to form images on a sheet of printing medium.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when an error occurs in the printing unit.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a facsimile unit disposed integrally with the scanning apparatus to transmit and receive faxes,

wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when a call arrives to the facsimile unit.

12. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a scanning apparatus comprising;

a main body comprising a platen on which a document is set;

a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document; and

an indicating light comprising a plurality of lighting sources disposed at the main body in a moving direction of the scanning module to indicate a current location of the scanning module; and

a printing unit disposed with the scanning apparatus to form images on a sheet of printing medium.

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when an error occurs in the printing unit.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a facsimile unit disposed integrally with the scanning apparatus to transmit and receive faxes,

wherein the indicating light blinks on and off when a call arrives to the facsimile unit.

15. A scanning apparatus comprising:

a main body;

a scanning module disposed to move with respect to the main body to scan a document;

a window formed on the main body; and

an indicating light unit to indicate a position of the scanning module with respect to the document through the window.

16. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the window is formed in the same direction as a moving direction of the scanning module.

17. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the main body comprises a platen on which the document is disposed, and the window is formed on the same side of the main body on which the platen is disposed.

18. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the main body comprises a first side on which the document is disposed, and a second side on which the window is disposed.

19. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the scanning module is disposed in a first direction, and the window is disposed in a second direction.

20. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the window has a length to correspond to a moving distance of the scanning module.

21. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the indicating light unit comprises a plurality of lighting sources to be turned on according to the location of the scanning module.

22. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the window is disposed in a lengthwise direction of the document, and the scanning module and the indicating light unit move along the lengthwise direction.

23. The scanning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the scanning module generates a first light to scan the document, and the indicating light unit generates a second light in a different direction from the first light according to a relationship between the document and the scanning module.