IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE WITH ANTENNA MODULE

• US 20090316027A1
• Filed: 04/25/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smart Approach Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Smart Approach Company Limited
• Inventors: Fang, Chien-Hsing
• Application Number:
  US12/109,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20090316027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/294
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras

Abstract

An image acquisition device with an antenna module is described. A signal transmission line is electrically connected to an image acquisition unit and the antenna module, so as to deliver an image acquired by the image acquisition unit and a signal received by the antenna module via the signal transmission line.

Claims

1. An image acquisition device with an antenna module, comprising:

an image acquisition unit, for acquiring an image;

an antenna module, having at least one antenna unit for sending/receiving at least one signal; and

a signal transmission line, comprising;

a first signal line, electrically connected to the image acquisition unit, such that the image acquisition unit delivers the image via the first signal line; and

a second signal line, electrically connected to the antenna module, such that the antenna module delivers the signal via the second signal line.

2. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a system host, wherein the system host is electrically connected to the signal transmission line, and has a processor for analyzing the image and the signal delivered by the signal transmission line after being received by the system host.

3. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a display interface, wherein the display interface is electrically connected to the system host, such that the processor presents the resolved image and the resolved signal on the display interface.

4. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the system host comprises a data storage unit electrically connected to the processor and used for storing the image and the signal.

5. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first signal line is a twisted line.

6. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second signal line is a coaxial signal line.

7. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal transmission line is a parallel line formed by parallelly arranging the first signal line and the second signal line.

8. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal transmission line is a single multi-core line made by embedding the first signal line in the second signal line.

9. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image acquisition unit is a charge couple device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).

10. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna module is at least one of a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) antenna, a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna, a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) antenna and a wireless frequency modulation (FM) system antenna.

11. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a housing for disposing the image acquisition unit and the antenna module therein.

12. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the housing body is formed with a first hole, such that the image acquisition unit acquires an image through the first hole.

13. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the hole is provided with a transparent material for protecting the image acquisition unit.

14. The image acquisition device with an antenna module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the housing body is formed with at least one second hole, such that the signal transmission line passes through the second hole and has one end electrically connected to the image acquisition unit and the antenna module respectively and the other end electrically connected to the system host.