Patent ID: 8018632

Claim:
Apparatus for scanning documents such as ID cards and bank checks, comprising: a) a cover assembly and a base assembly hingedly connected on one end to provide a clam shell type configuration; b) said base assembly including at least one motor driven roller for conveying a document to be scanned along a paper path defined between said cover assembly and said base assembly; c) said cover assembly including at least one pinch roller associated with said driver roller, said pinch roller configured to abuttingly contact said drive roller when said cover assembly is placed in a closed position whereby said document to be scanned is gripped and driven through said paper path; d) said paper path defining two side-by-side scanning regions, one of said regions configured to scan flexible documents such as bank checks, the other of said regions configured to scan rigid media such as ID cards; e) a plurality of sensors located in said scan regions and operative to detect the position of documents being scanned in said regions.