Patent ID: 8253993
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanner comprising: a platen positioned along a first plane and configured to support an article to be scanned; an illuminator assembly positioned below the platen along a second plane parallel to the first plane; at least two curved mirrors positioned between the platen and the illuminator assembly and between the first and second planes, the illuminator assembly comprising one or more illuminators and being configured to emit a light beam at each of the curved mirrors, and each of the curved mirrors being configured to concentrate and direct the light beam emitted at it by the illuminator assembly onto the article on the platen at an imaging point; one or more sensors configured to detect the light reflecting off the article at the imaging point along a sensor optical path; and a carriage mechanism constructed to affect relative movement parallel to the first and second planes between