CN1315714A

CN1315714A - Scanner device

Info

Publication number: CN1315714A
Application number: CN 00104768
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈琰成
Original assignee: Avision Inc
Current assignee: Avision Inc
Priority date: 2000-03-28
Filing date: 2000-03-28
Publication date: 2001-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 2020-03-28
Also published as: CN1133133C

Abstract

A scanner with an output port to connect with printer or memory is composed of a casing, a scan module for scanning a decument and generating relative image data, a control unit for controlling its operation, and an output port connected to the said control unit for connecting with a printer or a portable storage device to print or store the image data.

Description

Scanister

The present invention relates to a kind of scanister, particularly a kind of scanister that is provided with the output port that can connect a printing equipment or memory storage.

Scanister is very general computer-related products, is used for scanning document and produce corresponding view data.But known scanister must just can carry out many other functions by computing machine.For example known scanister must just can connect printing equipment so that the view data that scans is printed through computing machine, reaches the effect of similar " photomechanical printing "; Also must just can be in portable media with the image data storage that scans through computing machine, user for public place (as the office of library, resource sharing) takes away the image that scans with electronic media, be not very convenient for the user that the overwhelming majority is unfamiliar with computer operation therefore.

Known scanister includes a housing, and the one scan module is located in the housing, be used for scanning a file and produce corresponding view data, and a connectivity port is located on the housing, is used for being electrically connected a computing machine.When scan module was finished the scanning of file, the view data of file can reach computing machine via the connectivity port.Then by the follow-up processing of computer control, so that view data is existed in the hard disk of computing machine, or view data passed to printing equipment and printed.Because known scanister must just can carry out many other functions by computing machine, therefore for the user that the overwhelming majority is unfamiliar with computer operation, use and be not very convenient.

And in the existing memory storage, in fact having many is print.er port (printerport), sequence port (Serial port) or various standard interfaces (as SCSI, USB) by computing machine, is connected with computing machine in external mode and transmits signal.These interfaces in fact also are general printer interfaces commonly used.If can be in scanister built-in aforementioned calculation machine interface, and in scanister a suitable control circuit and the separate processor of design, control the signal at above-mentioned interface in order to analog computer, then not only scanner can be independent of outside the computing machine and control, make the user who is unfamiliar with computer operation also can finish scanning and auxiliary function thereof easily, simultaneously can provide the image that to scan directly to print the effect that reaches similar " photomechanical printing ", perhaps this image is stored in the Portable media and it is directly taken away with electronic media, also can reduce the distortion of image in the scanning and printing process with the use that reduces paper for the user.

In addition, though in the known technology just like the way of No. the 370760th, Taiwan patent announcement, in have prior art (Prior Art) design of Portable medium in scanner.Yet the design of the prior art does not also meet practicality.Because so-called " Portable medium " constantly weeds out the old and bring forth the new, not only the capacity of medium continues to increase, its storage format also constantly changes, the medium that type adopted that same label is produced in different times all may not be compatible, the compatibility of the medium of the different label different sizes of the opinion of more having no time.With the more well known and person of being used of existing Portable medium saved your breath three, 40 kind, for example three inches medium-soft dishes (Floppy Disk), pcmcia card, removable hard drive, external connected hand disk, LS120, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM (only DVD-RAM just have surpass six, the different size more than seven kind), ZIP, MO ... or the like too numerous to enumerate, though should before the design of case adopt in any Portable medium and be built in the scanner, all can be very fast be eliminated rapidly because of the quick change of medium specification.Still more, the designing institute of case can be contained in the Portable medium in its scanner before being somebody's turn to do, at most also only built-in two or three kind, if the medium in the user family is to belong to different size, then the image information that scans directly can not be taken away with these Portable medium, for example have the machine of pcmcia card in the scanner in the library hypothesis, as long as just the direct storage of the image that scans can be taken away though the reader carries pcmcia card, but for being for the reader of medium with CD-R, the scanner in library is just lack scope for their abilities.

Yet in fact, the interface that various Portable media are adopted but relatively seldom changes.For example various Portable media are all supported the parallel port (Parallel Port) of computing machine mostly, sequence port (Serial Port), SCSI, the computer interface that USB etc. are well-known, if the supplier of scanner institute directly build the board of Portable media in the scanner in directly, and provide one or more the Portable media the interface of widely adopting, connect for scanner user or supvr, the board that can connect various Portable storage mediums, even as the SCSI interface can almost unconfinedly be connected in series simultaneously, be the board of countless the Portable storage mediums at SCSI interface, for the user in the public situation just can carry arbitrarily can be compatible with own computing machine storage medium, image is deposited in the media of oneself.Especially at present popular down at mobile computer, cause various Portables storage news media more general, scanner only provides one or more widely received media connectivity ports, but not the media board itself is built in the scanner, be only a kind of elasticity, more practical and relative feasible way that can not be stored the change of media specification and eliminate fast of having more.

Therefore, fundamental purpose of the present invention be to provide a kind of be independent of outside the computing machine and operation and the scanister that is provided with the output port that can connect a printing equipment or storage device to address the above problem.

For realizing purpose of the present invention, scanister provided by the invention includes: a housing; The one scan module is located in this housing, is used for scanning a file and produces corresponding view data; One control module is located in this housing, include a storer at least and be used for storing the view data that control program and this scan module produced, and a processor is used for carrying out this control program, to control the operation of this scanister; And an output port, being electrically connected on this control module, it can be used to connect at least one portable memory device; Wherein when this scan module when finishing the scanning of a file, this control module can deposit the view data that this document produced in this memory storage according to the device classification that is connected in this output port.

Described for a better understanding of the present invention scanister is with details are as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of scanister of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of Fig. 1 scanister.

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of the scanister of another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of Fig. 3 scanister.

With reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of scanister 10 of the present invention.Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of Fig. 1 scanister 10.Scanister 10 includes a housing 12, one scan module 14, be located in the housing 12, be used for scanning a file 13 and produce corresponding pattern pulse 30, one control module 16, be located in the housing 12, be used for the operation of gated sweep device 10, one output port 18, be electrically connected on control module 16, it can be used to connect an external printing equipment 20 or a portable memory device 21 (portable storage device), and a connectivity port 22, be located on the housing 12 and be electrically connected on control module 16, be used for optionally being electrically connected on a computing machine 24.Portable memory device 21 (portable storage device) can be a Winchester disk drive, a floppy drive or a recordable optical disk machine or the like.About the external device of scanister 10, only show printing equipment 20 among Fig. 1, and only show portable memory device 21 among Fig. 2.When scan module 14 when finishing the scanning of file 13, control module 16 can deposit memory storage 21 in according to the view data 30 that the device classification that is connected in output port 18 is produced file 13 or print off via printing equipment 20.

Control module 16 comprises a storer 26 and is used for storing the view data 30 that a control program 28 and scan module 14 are produced, and a processor 32 is used for executive control program 28.When scan module 14 is finished the scanning of file 13, control program 28 can be judged the device classification that is connected in output port 18, and deposit the view data 30 of being deposited in the storer 26 in memory storage 21 via output port 18 outputs or print off by printing equipment 20 according to the device classification that is connected in output port 18, and do not need not handle through computing machine 24.Because scanister 10 of the present invention can not need to handle through computing machine 24, can only carry scanister 10 and printing equipment 20 or portable memory device 21 when going out, just the document image that the scanning back can be produced prints off or stores; The also configurable scanister of the present invention of occasion (as the office of library, resource sharing) that the public uses also connects at least one memory storage 21 according to the proportional printing of output port, and the user only need carry corresponding storage medium and just the image that scans directly can be taken away this moment.

When scan module 14 was finished the scanning of file 13, control module 16 also can reach computing machine 24 via connectivity port 22 with the view data 30 of file 13.Computing machine 24 then can reach a view data to be printed printing equipment 20 and be printed via scanister 10.Therefore scanister 10 of the present invention can or pass through computing machine 24 and store or print without computing machine 24, and the user can flexibly use according to its needs and situation.

With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4.Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention scanister 50.Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of Fig. 3 scanister 50.Scanister 50 and scanister 10 main differences point are that the output port 18 of scanister 50 is connected portable memory device 21 only, and scanister 50 includes one in addition and prints port 52 and be electrically connected on control module 16, is used for connecting an external printing equipment 20.When scan module 50 when finishing the scanning of a file 13, control module 16 can deposit the view data 30 that file 13 produced in memory storage 21 via output port 18, or reaches printing equipment 20 via print.er port 52 and printed.

Compare with known scanister,

scanister

10,50 of the present invention has control module and output port, and can external printing equipment and portable memory device.The control module meeting is printed off the view data that file produced according to the device classification that is external in output port or is stored, and need not operate via computing machine, so the user can flexibly use according to its needs and situation.

The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent variations and modifications of being done according to claim scope of the present invention all should belong to the covering scope of claim of the present invention.

Claims

1. scanister, it includes:

One housing;

The one scan module is located in this housing, is used for scanning a file and produces corresponding view data;

One control module is located in this housing, include a storer at least and be used for storing the view data that control program and this scan module produced, and a processor is used for carrying out this control program, to control the operation of this scanister; And

One output port is electrically connected on this control module, and it can be used to connect at least one portable memory device;

Wherein when this scan module when finishing the scanning of a file, this control module can deposit the view data that this document produced in this memory storage according to the device classification that is connected in this output port.

2. scanister as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this output port also can connect a printing equipment, and this control module can print off the view data that this document produced when finishing the scanning of this document via this printing equipment.

3. scanister as claimed in claim 2, wherein this control program can be judged the device classification that is connected in this output port and control the output of the view data that this document produces according to the device classification that is connected in this output port.

4. scanister as claimed in claim 1, it also includes a connectivity port, be located on this housing and be electrically connected on this control module, be used for being electrically connected a computing machine, wherein when this scan module was finished the scanning of this document, this control module can reach this computing machine for further handling via this connectivity port with the view data of this document.

5. scanister as claimed in claim 1, wherein this portable memory device is a Winchester disk drive, a floppy drive or a recordable optical disk machine.

6. scanister, it includes:

One housing;

One control module is located in this housing, include a storer at least and be used for storing the view data that control program and this scan module produced, and a processor is used for carrying out this control program, to control the operation of this scanister;

One output port is electrically connected on this control module, is used for connecting an external portable memory device; And

One prints port, is electrically connected on this control module, is used for connecting an external printing equipment;

Wherein when this scan module when finishing the scanning of a file, this control module can deposit the view data that this document produced in this memory storage or reach this printing equipment and being printed via this print.er port via this output port.

7. scanister as claimed in claim 6, it also includes a connectivity port, be located on this housing and be electrically connected on this control module, be used for being electrically connected a computing machine, wherein when this scan module was finished the scanning of this document, this control module can reach this computing machine for further handling via this connectivity port with the view data of this document.

8. scanister as claimed in claim 6, wherein this portable memory device is a Winchester disk drive, a floppy drive or a recordable optical disk machine.