KR960015103B1 - Imaging device and method for developing duplicating and printing graphic media - Google Patents

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Image device for scanning original document and its scanning method

1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an image device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a graph showing the log-log specification of the infrared radiation response of carbon black ink to flashes of light from tungsten filaments.

FIG. 2B is a graph showing the response to uncoated sensors made of Kynar film, sensors coated with non-infrared ink, and sensors coated with infrared ink.

3A is a perspective view showing a second example of the image device of the present invention used for a game card.

FIG. 3B is a transverse side view of the gametard along line 3A-3A in FIG.

3C is a plan view of the game card shown in FIG.

3D is a schematic diagram of three example product symbols.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the game card shown in FIG. 3 used for the game card apparatus provided in the drive-thru.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the game card machine shown in FIG.

6 is a block diagram of the parts of the game card and the game card.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view showing a third example of the image device of the present invention used for a printer / scanner. FIG.

7B is an exploded view showing a third example of the image device of the present invention showing a printing method.

7C is a development view showing a third example of the image device of the present invention showing the scanning mode.

7D is a block schematic diagram showing a third example of the image device of the present invention showing the print mode.

8 is a perspective view showing a fourth example of the image device of the present invention for use in a copier which is portable and easy to install.

9 is a perspective view showing a fifth example of the imaging apparatus of the present invention used in a standard copier.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: image device 12: substrate

14: infrared image generating layer 16: light source

18: thermal image forming layer (thermal layer) 20: card

22: game machine 23: cardboard board (substrate)

24: Windows 25: Product Symbol

26: thermal sensing layer 27: product code area

28: binary region 29: light source

30: sensor switch 31: slot

32, 38: signal 33: game card sensor

34: code sensor 36: voice device

40: speaker 45: scanner head

46: microcontroller 47: scanning system

48: main body 50, 51: guide bar

53: original document 55: reciprocating mechanism

57, 59: roller 58: image

61: step motor 62: sheet

63: motor driver 66: support plate

67: lamp driver 68: lamp

69: infrared active strip 72: detector

77: analog-to-digital converter 79: step motor

80: copier 81: motor driver

82: paper hatch 83: bidirectional port

84: paper 86: paper storage room

92: guide pin 94: lamp

96: control circuit 98: battery

100: original document 102: copy

104: clock wheel 105: switch

106: reflector 108: pressure plate

110: standard copier 112: housing

114: copy paper 118,120: tube

122: control circuit 124: battery

128: reflector 130: radiation glass

132: original documents

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the fields of development, printing and copying, and in particular, an apparatus (hereinafter referred to as an imaging apparatus) and a method for forming an image used for developing, printing and copying a graphic medium, and a method of developing the graphic medium, The present invention relates to a printing and copying imaging apparatus and a method thereof.

[Background of invention]

Various methods have been developed over the years for developing, printing and copying visible prints on such graphic media such as paper. Ink and ribbons are used for typical printing and copying methods, and image-copying recording papers that are visible with other conventional methods are used. The recording paper has the advantage that it does not require the use of ribbons or inks and is reliable over a wide range of conditions.

One type of recording paper commonly used is a photo recording paper using a photo recording processing method and technique for reproducing an illustration or an image. Typically, light causes chemical reactions to cause photoresists to be photographed. Subsequent to the above chemical reaction, another compounding treatment using a marking reagent is performed to make the detected part visible. Using photo recording papers has some disadvantages. For example, it requires a complete dark state in two stages of processing and development. Additionally, it takes several minutes to develop the image.

Another type of recording paper is a direct development site that reduces the two-step process to a single chemical reaction. The chemical reaction is caused by electric, magnetic or thermal energy and the part detected by the chemical reaction is visible to the eye.

Thermal sensing paper, widely used in facsimile machines and printers, was originally developed for equipment recorders used in airplanes. In the instrument recorder, ink pens were replaced by heated wires that could be written on paper surfaces to form images. Typically the heated wire was installed on the arm of a mechanism that can be moved across the paper. Subsequently, an array of hot wire pens was developed to replace the arms of the mechanism in these recorders. In this arrangement, a strip of heat sensitive recording paper is moved past the array so that a suitable heating element marks the paper to form an image. These arrays also form printheads in alphanumeric and graph printers. The facsimile device currently uses hot wires to record the image. The heating element operates according to Joule's law of electrical heat, which is generated by the resistance in the conductor. This heat results in a chemical reaction that causes a visible change in the paper-like coating. This is not always desirable because the resolution of the image is sometimes determined by the size of the heating element.

There are many different ways to play back images in thermal radiation. One method is the special uneven printing method used for things like invitations, greeting cards and greeting cards. Use special inks that do not dry in typography or offset printing to form a protruding surface that resembles a sculpted form without costly manipulation of the mold, and then spray the moist ink with powdered ingredients. After the excess powder in the non-printing area has been removed by the inhaler, the sheet passes under a heater that fuses the ink and powder components. The printing state is appropriately embossed to produce a preferably carved effect.

Another method is a reflection process known as dual spectral processing using an original overlaid with a transparent sheet with a photosensitive coating. Photosensitive coatings do not appear on the eyes of ordinary people. Leakage in bright light for several minutes causes the light to pass through the transparent sheet and reflect off the original, altering the properties of the photosensitive coating. An opaque sheet with infrared sensing chemical coating is then placed in contact with the transparent sheet. The second leak to infrared radiation causes a chemical reaction in the infrared coating that causes the image to be reproduced on an opaque sheet. This process takes several minutes.

Another method of reflection treatment, the thermal radiation method, uses an original that is first superimposed with a transfer sheet and then overlaid with recording or copy paper, which is a transparent sheet of paper or plastic. The recording paper has an adhesive layer placed on the transfer paper. Direct exposure to infrared radiation softens the adhesive layer on the recording sheet. Radiation, which is transmitted to many parts through the recording paper and completely transmitted by the transfer paper, is absorbed by the image on the original. The radiation absorbed by the original produces heat corresponding to the image form of the original and the heat affects the transfer paper, causing portions of the transfer layer to dissolve. The dissolved portion of the transfer layer is absorbed into the area of the adhesive layer that is in contact with the transfer layer to form a visible image area in the adhesive layer.

This conventional method uses a transfer paper in which the time required for forming an image is about a few minutes, the amount of infrared radiation is relatively large and unnecessary. In addition, all conventional methods are quite complex and expensive.

Therefore, there is a need for a device for developing, printing and copying graphic media that provides a straightforward and simple treatment without using a transfer paper, multiple chemical reactions and an infrared radiation source that emits dangerous levels of infrared radiation. In addition, inexpensive devices and low-cost treatment are required.

[Summary of invention]

The present invention provides a simple, direct and inexpensive graphic mediator, an image device for printing and copying, and a method thereof. The imaging device and method of the present invention are used in such devices, such as copiers, printers, game cards, and the like. The imaging apparatus according to one example includes a substrate having an infrared image generating layer, a thermal image forming layer, and a light source. The glare of light visible from the light source causes the latent heat of the infrared layer to generate heat and convert visible light into far-infrared light. This far infrared light develops a portion of the thermal layer adjacent to the infrared layer.

According to another example of the present invention, the imaging device and method of the present invention are used in a game card. The game card is engraved with a prize symbol and an infrared scanner area that identifies the product with an infrared absorption ink. The image of the merchandise symbol and the infrared absorbing ink of the scanner code is masked with non-infrared ink so that it is invisible. Since the thermal sensing coating is coated on the product symbol, the product symbol cannot be seen. When a game card is inserted into the game machine it triggers a flashing light bulb. Light from the flash is converted into heat (infrared light) that is transmitted completely over the thermal sensing layer to expose the trade name by infrared ink. The non-infrared active ink masking the product symbol does not affect the thermal layer because it does not convert visible light from the flash into infrared light. By determining whether there is an infrared active ink in each scanner region, the infrared scanner region triggers a voice message informing the brand name.

The imaging apparatus and method according to another example of the present invention are also used in a portable copier which is easy to deploy in a standard. The transparent thermal recording paper is placed between the original and the copy glass. The strong flashes of light exposed on the printed page through the copy glass and transparent paper cause the ink on the original to generate heat that marks the transparent paper to copy a clean, readable image.

An image device and method according to another example of the invention is used in a printer. The head of the printer constitutes an array of lamps that emit visible light on an infrared ink strip that transfers heat onto paper treated with a thermally sensitive coating. The paper above records the image as in the facsimile. The head operates the lamp continuously and collects the infrared light, and scans the original document with ink that emits infrared rays, and the detector collects the infrared light and emits the infrared ink. The document is scanned and the detector records the presence of infrared radiation. Alternatively, the head may illuminate a portion of the original document and scan the original document. Visible light from this portion of the document is reflected by a detector that conveys information about the reflection to the buffer memory. This information is accessed and used to drive the lamp to reconstruct and print the image by displaying it on a heat-sensitive recording sheet.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments

FIG. 1 shows an image device 10 for graphic vehicle development, copying and printing. The image device 10 uses a simple direct processing method capable of generating a clear, direct-readable readout image having excellent resolution similar to the original. In addition, the imaging device 10 is portable and its operating cost is very cheap. The imaging device 10 does not require a far-infrared radiation source that has been commonly used in conventional devices. The illustrated example is merely one of several examples that may use the imaging device 10 and method of the present invention.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the imaging apparatus 10 according to an example constitutes a substrate 12 having an infrared image generating layer 14, the substrate 12 being made of plastic, paperboard or paper. In such a suitable form, the infrared layer 14 is a suitable ink. Good inks that can be used are inks such as carbon black paints such as ink or black ink for newspapers. Paint is a very finely ground solid material that gives ink color and has such other optical properties as transparency and opacity. In addition to color, important properties of the paint include specific gravity, particle size, opacity, chemical resistance, wetness and permanence.

The light source 16 emits visible glare that causes the thermal properties of the infrared layer 14 to change visible light into far-infrared light that is invisible to the eye but can be perceived by heat. The visible light is preferably briefly strong. The light source is a cole light source (cold light source) such as xenon strobes, filtered filament lights, flash discharges and the like which are known in the art. The ink is preferably exposed for 200 × 10 ⁻⁶ seconds to an average beam strength of 1500 BWPS (beam watt per second) (or 100 Joules of radiation).

The infrared image forming layer (thermal layer) 18 is overlapped with the infrared layer 14. The thermal layer 18 is any suitable heat sensitive recording paper coating, heat soluble ink or thermal conversion coating known in the art. Far-infrared light from the infrared layer 14 develops, exposes, or displays a portion of the thermal layer 18 in contact with the infrared layer 14.

Inks with appropriate infrared radiation characteristics can be determined by testing. The near infrared characteristic is easily determined by taking a sample ink and using such a scanner as a reflective object sensor manufactured by TRW with model name OPB708. The high power measured by the oscilloscope is indicative of near-infrared.

The far-infrared properties of the sample ink are determined by testing its sensitivity to visible light. Far-infrared testing uses such sensors, such as Pennsylvania, King of Prussia, and Pennar Corporation's kynar film. The film converts infrared energy into electrical signals. The surface of the film is covered with sample ink and exposed to a light source. Infrared heat is measured by the current generated by the ink in the kinar film. The current can be measured by such known methods as measuring the voltage across the resistance in parallel with the kinar film.

In Figures 2a and 2b, which show an example of a graph, Figure 2a shows that the carbon black ink has a suitable infrared activity measurement (for converting visible light to infrared light), and carbon black for light from xenon strobe This is a graph showing the infrared radiation response of the jelly in log-log specification. Carbon black ink was tested on Kinar film. Any other ink can be tested in a similar manner to determine whether it is infrared ink or not. Graphs show the ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and far-infrared regions of the light spectrum. '42' is an example of the force distribution of the xenon strobe. The duration of the flash from the xenon strobe is for 200 × 10 ⁻⁶ seconds with a beam intensity of 1500 BWPS and a radiation dose of 100 joules. `` 44 '' represents the response to xenon strobe, xenon, strobe is a 1/4 inch diameter and 3 inch long tube.

Carbon black ink converts visible light into infrared light when exposed to flashes lasting 200 × 10 ⁻⁶ seconds. Xenon strobes must emit flashes of light that last for 200 x 10 ^-6 seconds. Suitable xenon strobes are readily available, and any given length of tube is known from such prior art circuits as commercially available RC discharge circuits, amplitude-attenuated RLC discharge circuits or pulsed circuitry (not shown). Flashes when connected to The flash duration of any given tube to enable the xenon strobe to emit a flash of light that lasts for 200 × 10 ⁻⁶ seconds can be determined by using the following equation.

Flash Duration = Tube Resistance x Capacitor Value / 2

In the above equation, the tube resistance is the specified resistance value as stated by the manufacturer and the capacitor value is the value of the capacitor in the RC discharge circuit.

In general, inks with suitable paint compositions exhibit good thermal response to glare of visible light. 2b is a graph showing the electrical response of a sensor made of kinar film with an area of 2 cm ² to a glare of light with a beam intensity of 1500 BWPS (or 100 Joules of radiation) and lasting 200 × 10 ⁻⁶ seconds. The electrical response to the uncoated portion of the kinar is shown as `` 39 '', the response of the sensor coated with pelican ink (yellow) rather than infrared ink is indicated as '' 41 '', and the infrared ink The reaction of the sensor coated with Pelican Ink (black) is shown as '43'.

In response to visible light streaks the ink should produce a minimum of infrared radiation or a response of about 0.7 W / cm ^2. This can be measured as shown in FIG. 2B. In order to determine the generation of infrared heat from the ink on the kinar film, the current generated by connecting a 10KΩ resistor in parallel with the kinaf film is measured. In Fig. 2b, the Y side of the graph represents a voltage, one column thereof represents a DC voltage of 0.10 V, the X axis represents time, and one column thereof represents a time of 500 x 10 ⁶ seconds. Using the Gaming Law (V / R = 1), one space on the Y axis is 10μA. Kinar's infrared reactivity is an infrared radiation dose of 1.5 μA / W (given by the manufacturer). Therefore, Kinar's response to 10μA / 1 cell on the graph is 6.6 W / 1 cell infrared heat. The infrared generation amount of the pelican black ink is determined by subtracting the reaction of the uncovered kinar from the reaction of the infrared generation of the kinar coated with the pelican black ink. As shown in FIG. 2B, the difference at the peaks 43 and 41 of the reaction is about two squares, which represents about 12 W of infrared heat. Since the area of kinar is ² cm ² , its reactivity is infrared heat of 6 W / cm ² . About 48-90% of the light can be extinguished through the thermal coating, in which case the pelican black ink has an infrared radiative electric force response of 0.7 W / cm ² .

The imaging device 10 develops an image of the infrared layer 14 which is not visible before development. Alternatively, the image may be developed or exposed by selectively illuminating only portions of the layer that continuously generate infrared light. The image may be formed or exposed by selectively masking light that is exposed to the infrared generating layer through a figure plate (not shown).

The infrared ray generating layer and the thermal forming layer may be printed by using a known printing method such as gravure or lithography. Gravure printing typically uses a recessed surface for the image. The image area consists of cells or grooves etched into cylindrical copper or round-wrapped plates (not shown). The surface of the cylinder or plate is an unprinted area. The plate or cylinder rotates in the ink bottle. Thousands of grooved inks remain in the cells to form an image by being transferred directly to paper as the castle passes between a plate or cylinder and a printing cylinder.

3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4, 5 and 6 show a second example of the invention used for a game card. Game card 20 is made for game machine 22 (shown in FIG. 5). The game machine 22 may be installed in a restaurant, a shop, or a drive-thru to provide a roaming light or the like.

The game card 20 constitutes a cardboard board 23 stamped by non-infrared active full color processing printing. It is preferable that the board | substrate 23 is an 8-point cardboard. The game card 20 has a rectangular window 24, which is an area of the game card 20 in which an image representing a designated brand name, i.e., the product symbol 25 is imprinted with a suitable infrared active ink. As shown in FIG. 3C, the commodity symbol 25 may be a small animal, a car, or an indication indicating to him that the player has won. Since the window 24 is masked with the non-infrared radiation ink and the thermal forming layer, the product symbol 25 becomes invisible.

The game card 20 also constitutes a commodity code area 27 arranged at a desired position on the game card 20. The commodity code area 27 constitutes five bin areas 28 for assembling the codes for identifying the commodity symbols 25 in the window 24. The commodity symbol 25 is encoded with an infrared active ink. Binary area 28 is optionally printed with infrared ink to designate one '' 1 '' and remains empty to designate one '' 0 ''. Since the unprinted area is masked with non-infrared ink, the entire product code area 28 is filled with both infrared ink or non-infrared ink so that the same area is visible to the eye. The game machine 22 can detect the presence of infrared ink in the binary region 28 to determine any combination of predetermined numbers that designate goods or voice messages.

The presence of infrared ink is encoded in the card in binary form. This binary form is used to power digital circuits (not shown) that are used to generate audio or video responses for participants. The presence or absence of infrared ink in the binary area 28 is detected by the code sensor 34, whereby a predetermined number of combinations representing a particular product are determined. The conventional code sensor 34 is preferably an array of infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) (not shown). Infrared light is emitted from the LED at an angle of 45 degrees from the vertical line on the detected binary region 28. The LED preferably provides a radiation of wavelength 0.9 microns. Infrared LEDs are supplied with low power providing sufficient near infrared radiation to detect the presence of any infrared active ink. The reflected light is collected by known silicon photo transistors (not shown). The output from the phototransistor changes with the amount of infrared light detected. No light is reflected at all, indicating that the light has been absorbed by the infrared ink.

The infrared scanning area of the present invention used with a conventional infrared scanner can also be used for other game devices, security systems, data subscription systems, and the like.

The thermal sensing layer 26 is abutted on the product symbol 25 to conceal the product symbol from the participant and to expose the image to the participant after using the game machine 22. The thermal sensing layer 26 is based on leuco and phenal using such dye intermediates, such as triphenylmethane or fluorane compounds, and using such dye developers such as bisphenol A as color forming materials. It is a coating.

The strong pulse of light from the light source 29 (shown in FIG. 6) is directed over the product symbol 25 through the thermal sensing layer 26. The light source 29 is a xenon strobe with a beam intensity of 1500 BWPS (and 100 joules of radiation). The light source 29 is placed at a position one inch high of the image to be formed to provide the best results. The pulse of light causes the infrared ink of the product symbol 25 to be heated. This causes the product symbols in the portion of the thermal sensing layer that is in direct contact with the infrared ink to be visually changed and exposed to the participants. Non-infrared inks used to mask commodity symbols do not affect the thermal layer when exposed to pulses of light in the thermal layer.

The game machine 22 is a known game card sensor switch 30 (sixth) which detects whether or not the game card 20 has been inserted through the slot 31 in the game paper 22 as shown in FIG. Shown in the figure). The signal 32 from the game card sensor switch 30 and to the game card sensor 33 triggers the light source 29. Visible light emitted from the light source 29 is absorbed by the ink that emits infrared rays on the inserted game card 20. The ink generates heat corresponding to the shape of the product symbol 25 that is conducted to the thermal sensing layer 26. As a result, the part of the thermal sensing layer 26 in contact with the product symbol 25 is changed to be visible.

The binary code of binary region 28 is exposed when illuminated by infrared LEDs. Code sensor 34 (shown in FIG. 6) determines the product code and sends information to voice device 36 via signal 38. The voice device 36 is conventional. The voice device 36 announces the product contents through the speaker 40 of the conventional type.

If the game card sensor switch 30 does not detect the presence of the game card 20, the voice device 36 prompts the participant to insert the game card 20 into the game machine 22. If the product code sensor 34 does not detect the binary code even after the game card is inserted, it prompts the participant to check the game card 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, the game machine 22 has a product menu 37, a display panel 35 and other requirements.

Game machine 22 and game card 20 provide several advantages. Since the codes of the product symbol 25 and the product code area 27 are stamped on the game card 20, they cannot be changed by the participant. Combination of the infrared ink and the non-infrared ink for the binary area 28 and the product code area 27, and the product symbol 25 is printed with the ink that emits infrared rays on the back side of the ink that emits non-infrared rays, Product symbols are invisible. When the product symbol 25 is exposed to a hot light source by accident or intentional, the whole area of the window 24 turns completely black, which makes the card unusable. This feature prevents the illegal behavior with the game card 20 to provide a fair result.

7a, 7b, 7c and 7d show a third example of the present invention used for scanning or printing. The microcontroller 46 controls the entirety of the printing or scanning system 47. The scanner head 45 constitutes a main body 48 which is movably provided between two guide bars spaced apart from each other, that is, between the upper guide bar 50 and the lower guide bar 51. The body portion 48 is made of a transparent material through which light can pass. The scanner head 45 is moved along the guide bars 50 and 51 which take the toll indicated by the arrow 52 as in the conventional printer. The reciprocating mechanism 55 controls the movement of the entirety of the printing or scanning system 47.

In the scanning mode best shown in FIGS. 7A and 7C, the scanner head 45 scans the original document 53. The original document 53 is moved past the scanner head 45 by the roller 57 and the pinch roller 59. The roller 57 is driven by the step motor 61, which is driven by the motor driver 63 controlled by the microcontroller 46. The original document 53 having the image 58 engraved on the adjacent surface 60 of the original document 53 is provided on the adjacent side 54 of the scanner head 45. The scanner head 45 has an array of lamps 68 arranged perpendicular to the guide bar. The lamp 68 is driven by a lamp driver 67 controlled by the microcontroller 46.

The scanner head 45 is driven by a step motor 79, and the step motor 79 is driven by a motor driver * 1 controlled by the microcontroller 46. Since the scanner head 45 reciprocates back and forth on the guide bars 50 and 51, it scans from one end of the original document 53 to the other. The lamp 68 continuously generates a flash of light to illuminate a portion of the original document 53. Visible light from the lamp 68 is emitted in the original document 53 along the direction of the arrow 70 at a suitable angle of, for example, 30 ° with respect to the vertical line (not shown).

If the original document 53 is engraved with a visible image, the surface of the original document 53 responds to the paper by reflecting the visible light indicated by the arrow 71. The reflected visible light is detected by the detector 72, which is preferably a conventional silicon photo transistor disposed opposite the lamp 68 at the same angle from the vertical line. The information transmitted by the reflection of light is transferred through the analog-digital converter 77 and stored in a suitable buffer memory (not shown). This information is accessed and used to drive the lamp 68 to reconstruct the image next time.

Alternatively, the detector 72 is a pyroelectric detector used to detect the presence or absence of infrared radiation when the original document 53 is imprinted with ink for emitting infrared rays. Visible light from one of the lamps 68 illuminates a portion of the original document 53 as indicated by arrow 70. The ink that emits infrared light emits infrared light which in turn activates detector 72, such a suitable infrared sensor such as a silicon photodiode or kinar film. Detector 72 generates an electrical signal in proportion to the infrared energy in contact with it. The electrical signal is used as an image signal used to form an image.

In FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7D showing the print mode, the scanner head 45 constitutes an infrared active strip 69 of infrared ink which is regularly spaced apart from the array of lamps 68 and arranged along an axis parallel thereto. . The sheet 62, which has been subjected to thermal sensing coating, is disposed on the adjacent side 64 of the scanner head 45. The seat 62 is supported by a suitable backing plate 66. Visible light from the lamp 68 is illuminated by an infrared active strip 69 that converts visible light into infrared light and generates heat. This results in a visible reaction on the thermal sensing coating of the sheet 62. The scanner head 45 generates road matrix characters on the seat 62. Computers, facsimiles, videos, and the like, generate electrical signals that are transmitted to the microcontroller 46 via the bidirectional port 83. The controller actuates the lamp 68 used to form the image. This technique is also substituted for the thermal head using the hot wire method.

8 shows a fourth example of a portable copier. The copier 80 constitutes a paper hatch 82 having a roll of paper 84 which is preferably a transparent heat sensitive recording paper placed in a paper storage chamber 86 arranged at the upper end 88. The paper moves along the passage indicated by arrow 9 and is guided by guide pin 92. A lamp 94, a control circuit 96 and a battery 98 are disposed just below the paper roll. The battery supplies power to lamp 94 and control circuit 96. Copier 80 is placed directly above original document 100 to be copied. As in the other examples described above, the original document 100 has an image formed of ink that emits infrared rays.

Copier 80 moves on top of original document 100 to make a copy 102 that can be read directly. The clock wheel 104 and the switch 105 detect and measure the ear canal of the copier 80 with respect to the original document 100. As the copier 80 moves over the original document 100, the clockwheel 104 or switch 105 triggers the flash 94 to emit light that illuminates the image to which it is to be copied. The average beam intensity of light is 1500 BWPS (and 100 joules of radiation). The reflector 106 reflects the infrared radiation generated by the ink on the original document 100 on the paper 84, which is a roll of heat-sensitive recording paper surrounding the input plate 108. This infrared radiation marks transparent paper 84 to copy a clean, directly readable image. Input panel 108 (shown in FIG. 7) may be used to place the paper 84 in position with the original document 100 in contact and additionally required for the copy to be cleared. Pressure is also applied. Copier 80 is simple, portable and easy to deploy.

9 shows a fourth example of the present invention used in a standard copier. The standard copier 110 constitutes a housing 112 with a roll of copy paper 114 at one end 116 of the housing 112. The copy paper 114 is preferably a transparent heat sensitive recording paper. The flash tube 118 connected to the control circuit 122 is disposed at the center of the housing. The battery 124 for supplying power to the control circuit 122 and the flash tube 118 is disposed along the first end 126. The reflector 128 has a flash tube 118 and a control circuit 122 is arranged around. The radiation glass 130 is disposed directly below the flash tube 118.

In operation, an original document 132 such as a book is placed on the copy glass 130 directly above the copy paper 114. Extremely strong light from tubes 118 and 120, with an average intensity of 150,000 BWPS, shines through the copying paper 114 onto the page to be printed on the original document 132 for a few thousandths of a second and is instantaneously infrared in the original document. Heat is generated in the ink that emits heat. The heat makes the transparent paper opaque and it forms a complete image that can be read directly.

The present invention may be modified in various forms within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

Scanning means disposed in the imaging apparatus, the scanning means adapted to scan the original document; A plurality of lamps mounted on the scanning means and continuously emitting light to illuminate the original document; And detection means provided on the scanning means and installed in association with the lamp to detect and record light from the original document. The image document scanning image apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of lamps continuously emit visible light. 3. An image scanning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the original document is engraved with non-infrared ink. The image document scanning image apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the detecting means records visible light reflected from the original document. The image document scanning image apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the original document is engraved with infrared ink. The image document scanning image apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the infrared ink converts a pulse of visible light into infrared radiation. The image document scanning image apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the detection means detects the presence of infrared radiation. Disposing the scanning means movably with respect to the original document; Installing a plurality of lamps on the scanning means; Continuously radiating light from the lamp to illuminate the original document; And detecting and recording light reflected from the original document by installing the detecting means in association with a lamp.