Patent ID: 7843611

Claim:
A method of scanning a document, comprising the steps of: providing a digital image-capture module, said digital image-capture module comprising a 2D image photo-sensor, a plurality of light sources, an electronic circuit, and software contained within a housing with said housing having a top platen, a bottom platen and a plurality of side platens, wherein said digital image-capture module is located on the bottom platen, said top platen and a front platen both being transparent; positioning an item to be scanned on said top platen, wherein said light sources are attached to said housing and are positioned in said housing to illuminate the item to be scanned, at least one of said plurality of light sources being connected to said bottom platen; scanning the item to be scanned with said digital image-capture module, said digital image-capture module being a digital camera; storing images generated by said digital image-capture module on a computer, wherein said digital image-capture module is connected to the computer; said digital image-capture module selectively zooming in and out to capture a predefined scan area, wherein said top platen has a detachable scanning window cover to hold down the item to be scanned; providing a second digital image-capture module connected to one of said side platens with an opposite one of said side platens being transparent, the item to be scanned being a bound book having first and second opposed pages, the first page thereof being positioned on said top platen, the second page thereof being positioned on the transparent side platen; and scanning the second page with said second digital image-capture module.