Positioning device for scanned object of scanner
View Patent ↗The invention relative to a positioning device for the scanned object of a scanner may make a positioning function to a document or a book to be scanned. Through designing a positioning element on the shell body of a scanner, a book of many pages may be positioned or secured on the positioning element, which may be designed on the scanning window. According to the size, the form, or the thickness of the book, an appropriate positioning element may be used, and its number is selectively applied. The book is placed on the positioning element, wherein the middle recession part of the book is placed at the top end of the positioning element, by which a bulged-out part is formed and sandwiched into the middle recession part of the book to thereby secure the book in the positioning element.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a scanner capable of scanning a scanned object, wherein the scanner comprises a scanning window; and
at least one positioning element at least partially extending above a planar surface of the scanning window, wherein the positioning element is capable of positioning the scanned object relative to the scanning window, and wherein at least a portion of the positioning element is capable of being sandwiched in a seamed recession part of the scanned object.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the scanner comprises a flat-typed optical scanner.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the scanning window comprises a transparent glass.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the scanned object comprises a book.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element is capable of being placed under the scanned abject and covered by the scanned object.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the positioning element comprises two or more positioning elements capable of being assembled together.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises at least one top end.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises a curved surface.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises two curved surfaces.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises an inclining plane.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises two inclining planes.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises a triangular pillar.
13. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element comprises a circular pillar.
14. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a blocking block arranged at a shell body of the scanner, and the blocking block is capable of being matched with the positioning element to position the scanned object.
15. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an extensive direction of the blocking block is vertical to an extensive direction of the positioning element.
16. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an extensive direction of the positioning element is a vertical direction to the scanning window of the scanner.
17. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an extensive direction of the blocking block is a horizontal direction to the scanning window of the scanner.
18. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element covers at least a portion of the scanning window.
19. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element is located on the surface of the scanning window.
20. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning element is removably securable to the scanner.
21. The apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the positioning element comprises one or more of the following structures to removably secure the positioning element to the scanner: a tenon, a groove, a screw, a buckle, a fastener, and/or a higher coefficient of friction material, or combinations thereof.
22. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one positioning element capable of positioning a scanned object relative to a scanning window of a scanner, and
wherein at least a portion of the positioning element is capable of being sandwiched in a seamed recession part of the scanned object and is capable of at least partially extending above a planar surface of the scanning window.
23. The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the positioning element is removably securable to the scanner.
24. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the positioning element comprises one or more of the following structures to removably secure the positioning element to the scanner: a tenon, a groove, a screw, a buckle, a fastener, and/or a higher coefficient of friction material, or combinations thereof.
25. The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the positioning element is capable of being located between the scanned object and the scanning window of the scanner.
26. The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the positioning element comprises two or more positioning elements capable of being assembled together.
27. The apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein said two or more positioning elements comprise two or more forms.
28. The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the positioning element comprises one or more of the following: a curved surface, two curved surfaces, an inclining plane, two inclining planes, a triangular pillar, and/or a circular pillar, or combinations thereof.
29. The apparatus according to claim 22 , further comprising a blocking block capable of positioning the scanned object relative to the scanning window of the scanner, wherein an extensive direction of the blocking block is vertical with respect to an extensive direction of the positioning element.
30. The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the positioning element is capable of being located on the surface of the scanning window.
31. A method, comprising:
scanning a scanned object through a scanning window; and
contacting a seamed recession part of the scanned object via at least a portion of a positioning element extending at least partially above a planar surface of the scanning window to position the scanned object relative to the scanning window.
32. The method according to claim 31 , further comprising contacting the scanned object via a blocking block to position the scanned object relative to the scanning window, wherein an extensive direction of the blocking block is vertical with respect to an extensive direction of the positioning element.
33. An apparatus, comprising:
means for scanning a scanned object through a scanning window; and
means for contacting a seamed recession part of the scanned object to position the scanned object relative to the scanning window, wherein said means for contacting the seamed recession extends at least partially above a planar surface of the scanning window.
34. The apparatus according to claim 33 , wherein said means for contacting the seamed recession is removably securable to the scanner.
35. The apparatus according to claim 33 , wherein said means for contacting the seamed recession is capable of being located between the scanned object and the scanning window of the scanner.
36. The apparatus according to claim 33 , wherein said means for contacting the seamed recession comprises two or more elements capable of being assembled together.
37. The apparatus according to claim 33 , further comprising a means for contacting the scanned object to position the scanned object relative to the scanning window of the scanner, wherein an extensive direction of said means for contacting the scanned object is vertical with respect to an extensive direction of said means for contacting the seamed recession.