Patent ID: 6459510
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital input scanner suitable for copying bound documents, comprising:a scanner base portion, a bound document support assembly attached to a top of said scanner base portion, said support assembly having a generally horizontal top platen surface for supporting a platen, and a plurality of exterior side surfaces, and a digital scanning assembly supported within said scanner base portion for acquiring an image of at least a portion of one face of the bound document and for generating an output digital signal representative of the portion of the document face, wherein a selected one of said exterior side surfaces of said support assembly is a first canted surface forming a first oblique angle between the top platen surface and the first canted surface, and a second canted surface extending outwardly from the first canted surface forms a second oblique angle between the second canted surface and the top platen surface, the first and second canted surfaces and the top platen surface support opposing faces of the bound document during use.