Patent ID: 7145701
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanner comprising: a housing comprising a top wall defining an opening, the top wall of the housing further comprising an upper surface framing the opening, the upper surface of the top wall comprising a horizontal planar portion and an object removal guide surface between the horizontal planar portion and the opening; a transparent platen supported by the top wall of the housing, the platen comprising an upper surface for supporting an object to be scanned, a lower surface parallel with the upper surface of the platen, and a peripheral edge, the horizontal planar portion of the upper surface of the top wall of the housing lying above the upper surface of the platen; and wherein said guide surface is (i) positioned relative to the upper, object-supporting planar surface of the platen to permit unobstructed sliding of an object across said peripheral edge of the platen and (ii) configured to raise at least a portion of the object during removal thereof to permit gripping of said raised portion of the object to facilitate removal thereof from the platen, the object removal guide surface being a concave surface having an inner edge abutting the peripheral edge of the platen.