Document sensing apparatus
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1. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensing unit for sensing a document located perpendicularly under said image sensing unit;
a support for supporting said image sensing unit; and
two legs, which are stick-like straight shape and open at an angle of about 90 degrees in the center of one end of said support when used, for supporting said support diagonally to a plane, the plane being between said opened two legs and a location where the document is placed,wherein said two legs are folded in parallel to said support when not used, andeach of said two legs has an illumination unit, which can be housed in said legs, for illuminating the document.
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Abstract
A folding mechanism portion for folding leg portions (8, 11) along a support portion (5) of an image input apparatus (1) is provided in a base portion (7). This mechanism is constituted by two legs which extend from the base portion substantially in the shape of "L" within a horizontal plane when used, and can be folded to become parallel to the support portion (5) when not used. A pan base (2) on the upper end of the support portion (5) has an electrical connector and can be detached.
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1. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for sensing a document located perpendicularly under said image sensing unit; a support for supporting said image sensing unit; and two legs, which are stick-like straight shape and open at an angle of about 90 degrees in the center of one end of said support when used, for supporting said support diagonally to a plane, the plane being between said opened two legs and a location where the document is placed, wherein said two legs are folded in parallel to said support when not used, and each of said two legs has an illumination unit, which can be housed in said legs, for illuminating the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for sensing a document located perpendicularly under said image sensing unit; a support for supporting said image sensing unit; two legs, which are stick-like straight shape and open at an angle of about 90 degrees in the center of one end of said support when used, for supporting said support diagonally to a plane, the plane being between said opened two legs and a location where the document is placed; and pivot legs which are mounted on distal ends of said two legs such that said pivot legs can be housed in said two legs when not used, wherein said two legs are folded in parallel to said support when not used.
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7. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for sensing a document located perpendicularly under said image sensing unit; a support for supporting said image sensing unit; two legs, which are stick-like straight shape and open at an angle of about 90 degrees in the center of one end of said support when used, for supporting said support diagonally to a plane, the plane being between said opened two legs and a location where the document is placed; and a document table, which is detachably fitted in groove portions formed in inner side surfaces of said two legs in longitudinal directions thereof, and which prevents a collapse of the apparatus, wherein said two legs are folded in parallel to said support when not used. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for converting image information, obtained by sensing an object, into an electrical signal; a support portion for supporting said image sensing unit; and a plurality of leg portions mounted on a base portion of said support portion, wherein each of said leg portions has an illumination unit, which can be housed in said each leg portion, for illuminating the object.
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10. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for converting image information, obtained by sensing an object, into an electrical signal; a support portion for supporting said image sensing unit; and a plurality of leg portions mounted on a base portion of said support portion, wherein said leg portions are pivotally mounted on said base portion, and each of said leg portions has an illumination unit, which can be housed in said each leg portion, for illuminating the object.
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11. A document sensing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensing unit for converting image information, obtained by sensing an object, into an electrical signal; a support portion for supporting said image sensing unit; a plurality of leg portions mounted on a base portion of said support portion; and preventing means for preventing a fall of the apparatus; wherein said preventing means are pivot legs which are mounted on distal ends of said leg portions such that said pivot legs can be housed in said two legs portions when not used.
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12. A document sensing apparatus having
an image sensing unit for inputting image information, obtained by sensing an object, to an apparatus body, a support portion for supporting said image sensing unit, and leg portions for supporting a base portion of said support portion, comprising: -
pivot means, provided on said support portion, for pivoting said image sensing unit; image memory means for storing image information input by said image sensing unit; and preventing means for preventing a fall of the apparatus, wherein a folding mechanism for folding said leg portions along said support portion is formed by said leg portions and said base portion, and said preventing means are pivot legs which are mounted on distal ends of said leg portions such that said pivot legs can be housed in said two legs when not used.
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