Patent ID: 7688481

Claim:
A scanning apparatus for scanning a first-sized document and a second-sized document, said scanning apparatus comprising: a casing; a scanning module disposed inside said casing and including a lamp tube emitting a light beam and a first reflective mirror; a reflective module disposed inside said casing and including a second reflective mirror and a third reflective mirror; a first lens and a second lens disposed on a bottom of said casing, wherein said first lens and said second lens have different focuses; a first sensing element disposed on said bottom of said casing for receiving said light beam penetrating through said first lens, thereby reading the image of said first-sized document; a second sensing element disposed on said bottom of said casing for receiving said light beam penetrating through said second lens, thereby reading the image of said second-sized document, wherein said first sensing element and said second sensing element have different resolutions; and a main reflective mirror arranged between said first sensing element and said second sensing element.