Mobile document copier

• US 9,591,159 B1
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Umm Al-Qura University
• Original Assignee: Umm Al-Qura University
• Inventors: Butt, Salman
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Madelein
• Application Number:
  US15/003,827
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00689 Presence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00692 Absence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00708 Size or dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00734 Optical detectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00787 using mechanical means
• 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 1/1065 Support or mounting of the flat picture-bearing surface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/19594 using a television camera or a still video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0091 Digital copier; digital 'photocopier' H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices

Abstract

A portable copier system including an upper panel having a device groove and a camera slot, an object sensor for measuring an object size and detecting presence or absence of an object, a lower panel fitted with a plurality of guides, wherein each of the plurality of guides is attached with an object sensor, an adjustment mechanism comprising a plurality of extendible rods, wherein each of the plurality of extendible rods is connected to the upper panel and supported by the lower panel, an image capture device mounted on the device groove, and a controller that controls the adjustment mechanism based on data from the object sensor data and sends signal to the image capture device.

Claims

1. The portable copier system comprising:

an upper panel including a device groove and a camera slot;

an object sensor for measuring an object size and detecting presence or absence of an object;

a lower panel fitted with a plurality of guides, each of the plurality of guides being attached with the object sensor;

an adjustment mechanism including a plurality of extendible rods, each of the plurality of extendible rods being connected to the upper panel and supported by the lower panel;

an image capture device mounted on the device groove; and

a controller that controls the adjustment mechanism based on data from the object sensor and sends signals to the image capture device.

2. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the camera slot is positioned at the center of the upper panel.

3. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the device groove includes a device holder.

4. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the object sensor attached to each of the plurality of guides is an optical sensor.

5. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the lower panel includes a plurality of rod grooves corresponding to the plurality of extendible rods of the adjustment mechanism.

6. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the lower panel includes one or more light sources.

7. The portable copier system according to claim 6, wherein

the one or more light sources includes at least one LED light.

8. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the lower panel includes at least one guide groove supporting a plurality of guides in a sliding manner.

9. The portable copier system according to claim 8, wherein

each of the plurality of guides is attached to a spring and a cord.

10. The portable copier system according to claim 9, wherein

a first end of the cord is wrapped around a motor shaft and a second end is connected to one of the plurality of guides.

11. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of extendible rods is a telescopic cylinder actuated by pneumatic or hydraulic pressure.

12. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of extendible rods is a screw driven by a motor.

13. The portable copier system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller sends to and receives signals from a database.

14. A method for controlling a portable copier including an first panel and a second panel, the method comprising:

turning on a plurality of lights;

adjusting a plurality of guides on the first panel, wherein each of the plurality of paper guides is attached with an object sensor;

determining an object size of an object positioned on the first panel;

calculating an optimum object distance based on the object size;

adjusting a plurality of extendible rods extending between the first panel and the second panel to move the second panel with respect to the first panel;

capturing an image of an object; and

storing or printing the image of the object.

15. The method for controlling a portable copier according to claim 14, wherein

the object size is determined based on a distance between at least two of the plurality of guides installed along a same axis.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for controlling a portable copier including an first panel and a second panel, the method comprising:

turning on a plurality of lights;

adjusting a plurality of guides on the first panel, wherein each of the plurality of paper guides is attached with an object sensor;

determining an object size of an object positioned on the first panel;

calculating an optimum object distance based on the object size;

adjusting a plurality of extendible rods extending between the first panel and the second panel to move the second panel with respect to the first panel;

capturing an image of an object; and

storing or printing the image of the object.