CN111414777A

CN111414777A - Scanner and scanning method

Info

Publication number: CN111414777A
Application number: CN202010202123.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖可歆; 陈冠杰
Original assignee: Hefei Lianbao Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Lianbao Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-20
Filing date: 2020-03-20
Publication date: 2020-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-20
Also published as: CN111414777B

Abstract

The invention relates to a scanner and a scanning method. The scanner includes: the base is provided with an arc-shaped bottom surface, and the center of gravity of the base is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface so as to keep or restore the scanner to be in an upright state; the scanner body is detachably arranged on the base, the front end of the scanner body is provided with a scanning module, and the scanning range of the scanning module can be adjusted along with the swinging of the base. According to the scanner, the scanner body is detachably arranged on the base, and the base can automatically restore the vertical state in time when the scanner body is toppled by an external force by utilizing the tumbler function of the base, so that the scanner body is driven to restore the original position, the scanner can be continuously balanced, and the scanner can be stably placed when not in use; the scanner body is installed in the base, only needs during the scanning to exert certain pressure to scanner body or base, alright make the base free swing, and then drive scanner body swing and adjust the scanning scope, and the scanning is quick, convenient, and scanning efficiency is high.

Description

Scanner and scanning method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of scanning, in particular to a scanner and a scanning method.

Background

The existing bar code scanner is generally a handheld scanner and is randomly placed on a desktop, even though the scanner comprises a base, the base is only used as a support frame, the base is inconvenient to take and place during scanning, and even the scanner is knocked down or broken, so that the scanning efficiency and the service life of the scanner are influenced; in addition, holding the scanner for aiming for a long time can cause discomfort to the wrist and affect the health of the hand.

Particularly, the scanner matched with the vertical base can conveniently scan and reduce the space occupied by the desktop, but the scanning angle and direction are not easy to adjust at will, and scanning information is obtained in time. The wearable scanner increases the convenience of scanning, but can still burden the hands with long-term use. In addition, the existing wearable scanner is small in size, can only scan and cannot acquire scanned complete information, and the complete scanning information can be acquired only by matching with other equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing problems in the prior art, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a scanner and a scanning method, which can adjust an angle of the scanner in time to perform easy scanning, thereby improving scanning efficiency; meanwhile, the whole scanner can automatically stand in place after being toppled over, and the scanner is protected.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a scanner comprising:

a base having an arcuate bottom surface, the base having a center of gravity proximate the arcuate bottom surface to maintain or restore the scanner in an upright position;

the scanner body is detachably arranged on the base, a scanning module is arranged at the front end of the scanner body, and the scanning range of the scanning module can be adjusted along with the swinging of the base.

In some embodiments, the upper end of the base is recessed to form a recess, and the recess is provided with a groove for placing the scanner body.

In some embodiments, the groove is arranged obliquely, and a center line of the groove forms an included angle with the upper end face of the base.

In some embodiments, the scanning module is detachably mounted at the front end of the scanner body, the front end is bent toward the base to form a scanning portion, the scanning portion is provided with a receiving slot for mounting the scanning module, and the scanning module is detachably clamped in the receiving slot.

In some embodiments, a display screen is disposed on a front surface of the scanner body, and is configured to output and display a captured image including a scanning object and scanning information related to the scanning object after the scanning object is scanned.

In some embodiments, the back surface of the scanner body is provided with a fixing strap, and the fixing strap is an elastic webbing.

In some embodiments, the scanner further comprises a power module comprising a built-in battery and/or a power interface capable of wired or wireless connection with an external power source.

In some embodiments, the battery is respectively installed on the base and the scanner body, and a charging interface is arranged on a sidewall of the base.

In some embodiments, the scanner body includes an electronic device and a housing for embedding the electronic device, the electronic device has a camera and a display screen, the camera forms the scanning module, the housing embedded with the electronic device can be placed in the groove to be fixed, and the bottom of the housing is electrically connected with the groove.

The invention also provides a scanner method, which is applied to a scanner, wherein the scanner comprises a base and a scanner body, the base is provided with an arc-shaped bottom surface, and the center of gravity of the base is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface so as to keep or restore the scanner to be in an upright state; the scanner body is detachably mounted on the base, and the scanning method comprises the following steps:

based on the state information of the scanner body and the base, when the scanning module of the scanner body detects that the scanning object is located in the scanning area, the scanning module outputs a scanning result.

Compared with the prior art, the base of the scanner provided by the invention is provided with the arc-shaped bottom surface, the gravity center of the base is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface to form a tumbler structure, the scanner body is detachably arranged on the base, when the scanner body is toppled by external force, the base can timely and automatically restore to the upright state, so that the scanner body is driven to restore to the original position, the scanner can be continuously kept in balance when no external force exists, and the stable placement of the scanner is ensured; the scanner body is installed in the base, only needs during the scanning to exert certain pressure to scanner body or base, alright make the base free swing, and then drive scanner body swing and adjust the scanning scope, and the scanning is quick, convenient, and scanning efficiency is high.

Drawings

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments, by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims, serve to explain the inventive embodiments. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a scanner body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another scanner body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic scanning diagram of a scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is another scanning schematic diagram of the scanner according to the embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals:

1-base, 11-concave part, 111-groove, 112-first edge, 113-second edge, 12-control button, 131-angle sensor, 132-distance sensor, 14-first rechargeable battery, 15-charging interface;

2-scanner body, 21-scanning module, 211-camera, 212-lighting source, 22-display screen, 23-main control chip, 24-induction part, 25-fixing band, 26-second rechargeable battery.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are not intended to limit the invention.

It will be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. Accordingly, the foregoing description should not be construed as limiting, but merely as exemplifications of embodiments. Other modifications will occur to those skilled in the art within the scope and spirit of the disclosure.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with a general description of the disclosure given above, and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

These and other characteristics of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred form of embodiment, given as a non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should also be understood that, although the invention has been described with reference to some specific examples, a person of skill in the art shall certainly be able to achieve many other equivalent forms of the invention, having the characteristics as set forth in the claims and hence all coming within the field of protection defined thereby.

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent in view of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely examples of the disclosure that may be embodied in various forms. Well-known and/or repeated functions and structures have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present disclosure with unnecessary or unnecessary detail. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present disclosure in virtually any appropriately detailed structure.

Fig. 1 to 6 are schematic structural diagrams of a scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the present invention provides a scanner, including:

a base 1 having an arc-shaped bottom surface, the center of gravity of the base 1 being close to the arc-shaped bottom surface to maintain or restore the scanner to an upright state;

the scanner body 2 is detachably mounted on the base 1, the front end of the scanner body 2 is provided with a scanning module 21, and the scanning range of the scanning module 21 can be adjusted along with the swinging of the base 1.

The base 1 of the scanner provided by the embodiment of the invention is provided with the arc-shaped bottom surface, the gravity center of the base 1 is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface to form a tumbler structure, the scanner body 2 is detachably arranged on the base 1, when the scanner body 2 is toppled by external force, the base 1 can timely and automatically restore to the upright state, so that the scanner body 2 is driven to restore to the original position, the scanner can be continuously kept in balance when no external force exists, and the stable placement of the scanner is ensured; scanner body 2 installs in base 1, only needs during the scanning to exert certain pressure to scanner body 2 or base 1, alright make base 1 free swing, and then drive scanner body 2 swing and adjust the scanning scope, and the scanning is quick, convenient, and scanning efficiency is high. In addition, compared with the existing scanner matched with a vertical base, the scanner saves the actions of searching, taking and withdrawing the base on a desktop, and further improves the scanning efficiency.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the base 1 having the tumbler structure is formed to be a base capable of realizing the tumbler function, and for example, the base 1 may be filled with a weight material, or the base 1 may be made of a high-density material, and the like, as long as the base 1 capable of realizing the tumbler function is within the protection scope of the present invention.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the arc-shaped bottom surface of the base 1 is hemispherical, the upper end of the base 1 is recessed to form a concave portion 11, and the concave portion 11 is provided with a groove 111 for placing the scanner body 2.

The recess 111 slope sets up, is certain contained angle between the central line of recess 111 and the up end of base 1 for base 1 is upright, and scanner body 2 gomphosis reduces the focus of scanner when recess 111, on the basis of base 1 low centre of gravity counter weight, further realizes the tumbler effect, guarantees the stability that the scanner was placed.

The scanning range of the scanner is affected by the fact that the included angle between the central line of the groove 111 and the upper end face of the base 1 is too small; the too large included angle between the central line of the groove 111 and the upper end face of the base 1 may affect the dynamic balance of the base 1 and the stable placement of the scanner. Therefore, the included angle between the central line of the groove 111 and the upper end surface of the base 1 is preferably 30-70 degrees, and the scanning range is expanded as much as possible and the scanning effect is improved on the premise of ensuring the stable placement of the scanner.

In this embodiment, the inclination angle of the groove 111 relative to the base 1 is fixed, that is, the embedding angle of the scanner body 2 is fixed, so that the scanning range of the scanning module 21 can be conveniently adjusted by adjusting the swing angle of the base 1.

Further, the concave portion 11 is disposed eccentrically, that is, the center of the concave portion 11 deviates from the center of the base 1, as shown in fig. 1, a first distance between a first edge 112 of the concave portion 11 close to the scanner body 2 and the outer edge of the base 1 is smaller than a second distance between a second edge 113 of the concave portion 11 far from the scanner body 2 and the outer edge of the base 1, so that, on one hand, the stability of the scanner can be ensured, and on the other hand, the concave portion 11 close to the first edge 112 can form a protection for the scanner body 2 to prevent it from falling down and turning out from the base 1.

In some embodiments, the scanning module 21 is detachably mounted at the front end of the scanner body 2, where the front end is the end facing the scanning object. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the scanner body 2 is a straight plate structure, and the front end of the scanner body is bent downward (toward the base 1) to form a scanning portion, the scanning portion is provided with a receiving slot for installing the scanning module 21, and the scanning module 21 is detachably clamped in the receiving slot, so that the scanning module 21 can be conveniently replaced and maintained. The scanning unit with the bent front end facilitates the scanning module 21 to align with the scanning object, which includes two-dimensional codes, bar codes, and images containing hidden information.

In this embodiment, the scanner body 2 is configured to be a straight plate structure, which is convenient for the scanner body 2 to be installed and held by hand, and the scanner body 2 may also be configured to be other shapes, such as trapezoid, ellipse, etc., and the present invention is not limited in particular.

As shown in fig. 4, the scanning module 21 includes a camera 211 and an illumination light source 212, the camera 211 is used for shooting a scanning object, and the illumination light source 212 is used for providing illumination for shooting by the camera 211.

The number of the cameras 211 is at least one, and in the specific implementation, a plurality of cameras 211 can be arranged as required to enlarge the collection range of the cameras 211, improve the quality of the scanned objects captured by the cameras 211, and improve the scanning effect. The camera 211 further includes a light shield disposed around the camera to reduce scattering of light and improve photographing accuracy of a scanned object. The camera 211 may be an infrared camera 211 or a laser camera 211.

The illumination source 212 includes at least one L ED lamp, the illumination source 212 can emit visible light or invisible light to photograph the scanned object, for example, the illumination source 212 can emit infrared light, and the camera 211 can accurately photograph the scanned object without being affected by the light even in the daytime, the illumination source 212 can be L ED lamps with different colors to emit light with different colors and brightness according to the environment change, for example, the illumination source 212 emits white light in the daytime due to sufficient light, the camera 211 cannot well collect the image of the scanned object, the illumination source 212 can emit white light at night, so that the camera 211 photographs the illuminated object, the light intensity of the illumination source 212 can be adjusted to adapt to different photographing environments.

Further, the scanning module 21 is an independent structure, and includes a scanning housing and a scanning window disposed on the front surface of the scanning housing, and the camera 211 and the illumination light source 212 are mounted in the scanning housing. The camera 211 can be protected by the scanning window, so that the camera 211 is prevented from being polluted, and when the device is used, the dirt on the surface of the scanning window is erased.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the scanner body 2 further includes a display screen 22, the display screen 22 is disposed on the front surface of the scanner body 2 (disposed toward the user), and is used for outputting and displaying the shot image containing the scanning object and the scanning information related to the scanning object after the scanning object is scanned by the scanning module 21. The display screen 22 is preferably a touch display screen, and not only is used for displaying, but also can control the operation of the scanner and display the scanning information through the touch display screen 22.

The scanner body 2 further includes a built-in main control chip 23(MCU), the main control chip 23 is electrically and/or communicatively connected to the scanning module 21 and the display screen 22, and the main control chip 23 can analyze a scanning object (for example, a two-dimensional code tag) scanned by the scanning module 21, obtain scanning result information, and output and display the scanning result information on the display screen 22. The main control chip 23 can also receive touch information input through the display screen 22 to control the scanning of the scanner body 2.

Further, the scanner body 2 further includes a sensing portion 24, the sensing portion 24 is disposed at a position of the scanner body 2 close to the bottom, when the scanner body 2 is installed in the groove 111 of the base 1, the sensing portion 24 is connected with an electrical element in the groove 111 (for example, is in contact with a conductive contact), and the main control chip 23 of the scanner body 2 can obtain the tilt information of the base 1 through the sensing portion 24, so as to control the scanning of the scanner.

As shown in fig. 1, the base 1 is provided with a control button 12, the control button 12 is installed on a plane formed between the second edge 113 of the concave portion 11 and the outer edge of the base 1, when the scanner body 2 is installed on the base 1, the control button 12 can control the swinging of the base 1, and the swinging information is transmitted to the main control chip 23 through the sensing portion 24, so as to accurately control the scanning range.

As shown in fig. 4, the base 1 is further provided with an angle sensor 131 for monitoring the swing angle and/or a distance sensor 132 for monitoring the distance between the base 1 and the scanning object.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the fixing belt 25 is disposed on the back of the scanner body 2, and two ends of the fixing belt 25 are respectively fixed to two side frames of the scanner body 2, so that when the scanner body 2 is held by a hand, the hand can be fixed, the force applied by the hand can be reduced, and the risk of falling of the scanner body 2 can be reduced. The fixing belt 25 is an elastic webbing, and can be attached to the surface of the scanner body 2 when not in use, and the fixing belt 25 can be pulled up when in use.

In some embodiments, the scanner further comprises a power module for providing power for operation of the scanner. The power module includes a built-in battery and/or a power interface capable of connecting with an external power source in a wired or wireless manner.

In the embodiment, the base 1 and the scanner body 2 are internally provided with built-in batteries, the base 1 is internally provided with a first rechargeable battery 14, on one hand, the scanner body 2 can be charged, on the other hand, the base 1 can be used as a balancing weight to reduce the gravity center of the base 1 and realize the tumbler function, the side wall of the base 1 is provided with a charging interface 15 for connecting an external power supply to charge the built-in first rechargeable battery 14, the charging interface 15 is at least one of a TYPE-C interface, a USB interface and an L lighting interface, the scanner body 2 is internally provided with a separate second rechargeable battery 26 which can provide a power supply for the scanning of the handheld scanner body 2, and in the embodiment, the base 1 and the scanner body 2 are internally provided with built-in batteries, so that the wired connection of the scanner can be reduced, the movement and the placement of the scanner are convenient, the scanner damage of the scanner caused by the collision of the scanner can be reduced, the scanner can be freely moved and stably placed, the batteries are detachably mounted on the base 1 and the scanner body 2, and the cover can be replaced by opening the base 1 and the scanner body 2, thereby improving the efficiency.

In the above embodiment, the scanner body 2 is an integral structure. In other embodiments, the scanner body 2 may include an electronic device and a housing for mounting the electronic device, the electronic device has a camera and a display screen, the camera 211 forms the scanning module 21, the housing mounted with the electronic device can be fixed in the groove 111 of the base 1, and the bottom of the housing is electrically connected to the electrical components (e.g., conductive contacts) in the groove 111.

Use cell-phone and cell-phone shell to explain as an example, the cell-phone is inlayed in the cell-phone shell to it is fixed in recess 111 along with cell-phone shell embedding base 1, the camera 211 of scanning module 21 can be regarded as to the camera 211 of cell-phone, the display screen of cell-phone can be regarded as the display screen 22 of scanner body 2, cell-phone and cell-phone shell cooperation form scanner body 2, install in base 1, can scan the scanning object, and carry out data processing and output through the cell-phone and show the scanning result. The electronic device may also be a handheld PDA or any other suitable portable terminal electronic device having a camera and a display screen.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a scanning method which is applied to a scanner, the scanner comprises a base 1 and a scanner body 2, the base 1 is provided with an arc-shaped bottom surface, and the gravity center of the base 1 is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface so as to enable the scanner to keep or recover an upright state; the scanner body 2 is detachably mounted on the base 1, and the scanning method comprises the following steps:

based on the state information of the scanner body 2 and the base 1, the scanning module 21 of the scanner body 2 outputs a scanning result when detecting that the scanning object is located in the scanning area.

The state information based on the scanner body 2 and the base 1 means state information of the scanner body 2 and the base 1 determined based on the swing of the base 1 when the scanner body 2 is mounted on the base 1 for scanning, the state information of the base 1 includes a swing inclination angle, position information before and after the swing, and the like, and the state information of the scanner body 2 includes a scanning angle, a scanning distance, and the like.

Fig. 5 and 6 show scanning schematics of a scanner of an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, when the scanner is used for scanning, a certain pressure can be applied to the scanner body 2, so that the tumbler-type base 1 swings, the scanner body 2 swings along with the base 1, and the scanning angle and/or the scanning distance of the scanning module 21 of the scanner body 2 can be adjusted, thereby adjusting the scanning range of the scanner.

When the distance between the scanning object and the scanner is far, as shown in fig. 4, the scanner body 2 can be pressed by a point pressing method to drive the base 1 to swing, so as to provide a better collection angle for the camera 211 of the scanner body 2. When the scanning object is closer to the scanner, as shown in fig. 5, the scanner body 2 can be held and pressed to drive the base 1 to swing, and the camera 211 of the scanner body 2 is directly aligned with the scanning object.

In some embodiments, the swing of the base 1 can be adjusted by adjusting the control button 12 disposed on the base 1, so as to automatically adjust the scanning angle and/or the scanning distance of the scanning module 21. The main control chip 23 stores a preset swing angle of the base 1, and when the scanning object is located in a preset swing angle range and in a scanning area during automatic scanning, it can be determined that the scanning module 21 is aligned with the scanning object, and then the scanning result is output.

It should be understood that the scan object is located in the scan area, which means that all or most of the scan object is located in the scan area, and the present invention is not particularly limited.

When the scanning module 21 of the scanner body 2 detects that the scanning object is located in the scanning area, it outputs the scanning result, and the scanning result includes:

step S1, shooting the scanning object by the camera 211 of the scanning module 21, and outputting and displaying the shot image including the scanning object on the display screen 22;

step S2, analyzing the captured image to obtain the scanning result of the scanning object, and outputting and displaying the scanning result on the display screen 22.

In some embodiments, the scanning method further comprises:

step S3, detecting the light intensity of the surrounding environment where the scanning object is located;

step S4, if the detected light intensity is less than the preset light intensity threshold, switching the illumination light source 212 and/or adjusting the illumination intensity of the illumination light source 212;

in step S5, the scanning process is performed on the scanning object based on the switched illumination light sources 212 and/or the illumination intensity after the illumination light sources 212 are adjusted.

Steps S3 to S5 are performed before step S1 or during step S1 photographing the scan object with the camera 211 of the scan module 21.

The above scanning method is suitable for the case that the scanner body 2 is installed on the base 1 for scanning, and in other embodiments, the scanner body 2 can be directly held by hand to be separated from the base 1 for scanning, and the scanning result can be directly output and displayed on the display screen 22. When the handheld scanner body 2 scans, the scanning range of the scanner body 2 can be adjusted arbitrarily according to the scanning object.

According to the scanning method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the scanner body 2 can be arranged on the base 1 for scanning, the scanning range can be adjusted by easily holding the scanner body 2 by utilizing the tumbler function of the base 1, the scanning is quick and convenient, and the scanning efficiency and the scanning effect can be improved.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A scanner, comprising:

2. The scanner of claim 1, wherein the upper end of the base is recessed to form a recess, the recess being provided with a groove for receiving the scanner body.

3. The scanner of claim 2, wherein the groove is disposed obliquely, and a center line of the groove forms an included angle with the upper end surface of the base.

4. The scanner of claim 1, wherein the scanning module is detachably mounted at the front end of the scanner body, the front end is bent toward the base to form a scanning portion, the scanning portion is provided with a receiving slot for mounting the scanning module, and the scanning module is detachably engaged with the receiving slot.

5. The scanner of claim 1, wherein a display screen is disposed on a front surface of the scanner body, and configured to output and display a captured image containing a scanning object and scanning information related to the scanning object after the scanning object is scanned.

6. The scanner of claim 5, wherein a fixing band is disposed on a back surface of the scanner body, and the fixing band is an elastic webbing.

7. The scanner of claim 1, further comprising a power module comprising a built-in battery and/or a power interface capable of wired or wireless connection with an external power source.

8. The scanner of claim 7, wherein the battery is respectively mounted on the base and the scanner body, and a charging interface is disposed on a sidewall of the base.

9. The scanner of claim 2, wherein the scanner body comprises an electronic device and a housing for mounting the electronic device, the electronic device has a camera and a display, the camera forms the scanning module, the housing mounted with the electronic device can be placed in the groove to be fixed, and the bottom of the housing is electrically connected to the groove.

10. A scanning method is applied to a scanner, the scanner comprises a base and a scanner body, the base is provided with an arc-shaped bottom surface, the center of gravity of the base is close to the arc-shaped bottom surface, and therefore the scanner is kept or restored to an upright state; the scanner body is detachably mounted on the base, and the scanning method comprises the following steps: