Patent ID: 6489602
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
An image scanner comprising:a scanning platform for placing thereon a document to be scanned; a scanner housing including a lower housing, and an upper cover pivotally connected to said lower housing at an upper end of said scanning platform; a transmission-mode light provider accommodated in said scanner housing for providing a light signal for said document to be scanned; an image pickup device accommodated in said scanner housing at a side of said scanning platform opposite to said transmission-mode light provider for receiving an image signal from said document in response to said light signal, and converting said image signal into an electronic signal; and a driving device connected between said transmission-mode light provider and said image pickup device for respectively moving said transmission-mode light provider and said image pickup device, said driving device including: a driving element for respectively providing a driving force for said transmission-mode light provider and said image pickup device; a first transmission device connected between said driving element and said image pickup device for moving said image pickup device in response to said driving force; and a second transmission device connected between said driving element and said transmission-mode light provider for moving said transmission-mode light provider in response to said driving force; wherein one of said first and said second transmission devices penetrates through said scanning platform at said upper end.