201204001 六、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 [⑻οι] 本發明關於一種影像處理設備，尤指一種具有一斜 面的影像處理設備’該斜面係設置於影像處理設備的側 面，可用來承載文件原稿。201204001 VI. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field of the Invention] [(8) οι] The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, and more particularly to an image processing apparatus having a beveled surface which is disposed on the side of an image processing apparatus and can be used to carry a file. Original.
[先前技術]I[Prior Art] I
隨著文件數位化的需求日益升高及電子技術水準的 提昇，同時具有多種功能（例如掃描、複印、印表等）於 一體之多功能事務機（Multi-Function Product， MFP)已被發展出枣並其曰益普及。請參閲第丨圖及第2圖 ，第1圖為根據先前技術之一多功能事務.機3之示意圖， 第2圖為第1圖中多功能事務機3之掃播裝置之示意圖，其 中第2圖僅繪示多功能事務機3之蓋板32、平台34及影像 擷取元件36。通常，在掃描或複印書籍、裝訂冊時，書 本4的一部分必須橫跨於操作面板抑上，始能將欲掃描的 那-頁面平放於平台34上，以取得完整的頁面影像。由 於操作面板38被書本4所遮蓋，對使用者來說，不論是在 設定掃描參數或是檢視掃描完成的絲都帶來了很大的 不便。使用者必須時時掀開書本4來實施操作，也可能因 為不小心移動了書本導致掃描影像歪斜，因而延長了整 體掃描流程，也影響了掃描影像品質。 【發明内容】 因此，本發_目的之—在於提供—郷像處理設 備其具有-原稿承載斜面，相鄰於操作面板，使用者 可輕暴地操作影像處理設備，來掃描裝訂成冊的文件。 099122261 表單鳊號A0I01 第3頁/共15真 0992039201-0 201204001 [0004] [0005] [0006] [0007] [0008] 099122261 本發明之影像處理設備包含一平台殼體、一移動式 影像擷取元件及—操作面板。平台殼體具有—掃插平面 及一斜面，用以承載一原稿，其中，斜面位於掃描平面 之一第一側。移動式影像擷取元件係安裝於平台殼體内 ，用來擷取掃描平面上的原稿之影像。操作面板係連接 於平台殼體並位於掃描平面之一第二侧。 因本發明之影像處理設備之斜面係位於掃插平面之 第一側並遠離於蓋板傾斜。藉此，攤開的書本中不需掃 描的部分便能自然垂放於斜面上’而需要掃描的部分則 ... .... ....... 平貼於掃描平面上:以避免產生具有黑影的掃描影像。 關於本發明之優點與精神可以藉由以下的創作詳述 及所附圖式得到進一步的曉解》 【實施方式】 請參閱第3圖及第4圖，第3圖為根據本發明之一較佳 具體實施例之—影像處理設備1之示意圖’第4圖為第3圖 中景> 像處理設備1之另一示意圖。較此實施例中，影像處 理設備1係一台多功能事務機，但本發明不以此為限亦 可為其他具有掃描功能的影像處理設備。影像處理設備1 包含一印表機12、一平台式掃描器14及一自動饋紙式掃 描器16。因此，於本實施例中，影像處理設備1具有掃描 、印列等功能。平台式掃描器14及自動館紙式掃描器16 置於印表機12上，=去敕人^ 一者正β成一體機。 本實施例中’印表機12係設Ϊ於平台式掃描琴14 及自動馈紙式掃描器16之下方，並包含—Α3尺寸列印引 ^22(以虛線繪不於第3圖及第4圖中）、- Α4尺寸存纸 表單編號删1 ^ 4 1/„ 15 Μ 了存紙 η 09920392 201204001 匣124及一A3尺寸多用途紙匣126。依ISO 216標準，A4 尺寸為210 mmx 297 mm，A3尺寸為297 mmx 420 mm ; 其中，A3尺寸列印引擎122A係指能列印影像於A3尺寸紙 張之列印引擎，A4尺寸存紙匣124係指能存放A4尺寸紙張 之存紙匣，而A3尺寸多用途紙匣126係指能存放A3尺寸紙 張之進紙匣。平台式掃描器14包含一平台殼體142、一移 動式影像擷取元件144、一操作面板146及一蓋板148。 平台殼體142設置於印表機12上並具有一掃描平面1422 及一斜面1424，其中，掃描平面1422係用來承載欲掃描 的—原稿，斜面1424位於掃描平面1422之一第一侧1426 。於本實施例中，欲掃描的原稿為一書本18，但本發明 不以此為限，亦可為一零散的、文件螂張、卡片或照片等 。移動式影像擷取元件144係可移動地安叙於平台殼體 142内（以虚線緣示於第3圖中），用來擷取掃描平面1422 上的書本18之影像。移動式影_取元件144沿著一方向 γ ’在平台㈣142内來⑽動’㈣取書本18的完整或 部分頁面影像。操作面板U6係連接於平台殼體142並位 於掃描平面刚之-第二側1428。使用者可以透過摔作 面板146來對影像處理設備1下達掃描、複印、傳真等指 令、調整轉，或者使用即，覽等加值魏。斜面曰 1424係位於掃描平面1422之第ι1426並遠離於蓋板 148傾斜，亦即向下傾斜Μ吏用者可將書本18(以虛線示 意繪示於第3®巾）攤開朝下，置於掃描平面U22及斜面 U24上’藉此，書本18之欲掃一頁面可緊貼於掃描平 面1422 ’避免了目前-般影印機影印書本時，常出現的 黑影問題。斜面U24所在之第〜側1426係相對於一第三 099122261 表單編號Α0101 第5頁/共15頁 0992039201-0 201204001 側1430。本發明之設計讓使用者在書本掃描程序進行當 中，可以同時操作本發明之影像處理設備1之多項功能， 但本發明並不以此為限。 [0009] [0010] [0011] 099122261 此外，於先前技術中，在掃描或複印書藉、裝訂冊 時，書本的一部分常須橫跨於操作面板上，始能將欲掃 描的那/頁面平放於平台殼體上，使得使用者必須掀開 書本來設定掃描參數或是檢視掃描完成的結果，此時使 用者極可能因為不小心移動了書本導致掃描影像歪斜， 因而延長了整體掃描流程，也影響了掃描影像品質。反 之，本發明之影像處理設備射用掃描平面及斜面來承載 書本，操作面板不再被遮蔽，使用者能順利地使用操作 面板，避免了不慎移動書本而影響掃描影像品質的問題 〇 另外，於本實施例中，蓋板148係樞接至平台殼體 142 ’用來覆蓋掃描平面·2。蓋板148係位於掃描平面 1422之第三侧1430。第三_ 1430係相鄰於第二側1428 。將蓋板148設計成侧峨合’更能财效地壓制書本 ，使書本18之欲掃描的頁面平貼於掃描平面丨上。 於本實施财，自動饋紙式掃描H16係安裝於掃描 平面1422之第三侧143〇，並包含—進紙盤162、—出紙田 船64、-進紙口 166、一出紙口 165 (見第4圖）及—固 定式影像掏取元件168。進紙盤162設置於蓋板148上並 位於進紙卩166處’放置於進紙盤162之-文件紙張即能 自進紙口 166饋人自動饋紙式掃心16中。這裡的文件匕紙 張為一零散的紙張。進紙口 166之_最大進紙寬度質 表單編號Α0101 第6頁/共15頁 、、 0992039201-0 201204001 上等於297mm ’故自動饋紙式掃描器16可掃描最大至^ 尺寸之文件紙張。 [0012] c 請同時參閱第3圖及第4圖。平台式掃描器14之移動 式影像榻取元件144係以平行於第二側1428之_第一方向 X掃描置〜於掃描平面1422上之原稿，而自動饋紙式掃描器 16之固定式影像擷取元件168係以平行於第三侧1430之 一第二方向Υ掃描由進紙盤162進入自動饋紙式掃描器16 之文件紙張。其中第二方向γ係實質上垂直於第—方向χ 。這裡的掃描方向係指影像擷取元件144、168中的影像 感測元件’例如光毒極體（Photodiode)，的排列方向 。本發明之影像處理設備1採用至少兩組影像祿取組件分 別作為平台式掃描器及饋紙式掃描，器之掃描元件；反觀 習知技術之多功能事務機或複印機，平台式掃描器及饋 紙式掃描器必須共用一組影像操取組件，這樣的設計不 但谷易造成影像操取組件的耗損：’影像揭年組件的定位 也更容易發生誤差。 Ι^ΓΪ 'ιΓ ί 〇 [0013] 於本實施例中’掃描乎面1422之第三側143〇之長度 係實質上可等於297mm，掃描平面1422之第二側1428之 長度係實質上可等於210mm ’亦即平台式掃描器η可承栽 最大至A4紙張尺寸之原稿。當然，若在機台體積規格容 許下’掃描平面1422之第二側1428之長度亦可設計成實 質上等於420mm，藉以容置最大至A3紙張尺寸之原稿，而 非必須使用自動饋紙式掃描器16始能進行A3紙張之掃& ，尤其是對於像書本等裝訂成冊的文件，在不拆解書本 的情況下，就必須使用平台式掃描器14來進行文件的掃 099122261 表單編號A0101 第7頁/共15頁 0992039201-0 201204001 描刼作。值得—提的是，無論前述何種掃描平面1422之 長度或掃栺尺寸說明，本發明均不以此為限。 [0014] [0015] [0016] 099122261 综上所述，相較於先前技術，本發明之影像處理設 備之平台式掃描器採用斜面設計，能使書本類之欲掃描 部分旎自然或是易於平貼於掃描平面上，以避免產生具 有黑邊的掃描影像並解決書本遮蔽操作面板的問題。另 外，本發明之影像處理設備之蓋板設計成側向開合，更 能夠有效地壓制書本，使其欲掃描的頁面平貼於掃描平 面上。又，本發明之影像處理設備提‘以不同掃描方向 掃描文件之多個掃插組件，不但可提高平台式掃描器和 自動饋紙式掃描器配置上的靈活度，還便於產品升級， 製造商不需遷就於平台式掃描器《自動饋紙式掃描器的 規格而無法置換另一台掃描器；亦能避免共用影像擷取 組件造成過度耗損及定位誤差控制不易的問題。 以上所述僅為本發明之較隹實施辦，凡依本發明申請 專利範圍所做之均等變化與修飾，實應屬本發明之涵蓋 範圍。 【圖式簡單說明】 第1圖為根據先前技術之一多功能事務機之示意圖。 第2圖為第1圖中多功能事務機之掃描襄置之示意圖。 第3圖為根據本發明之一較佳具體實施例之影像處理設備 之示意圖。 第4圖為第3圖中影像處理設備之另一示意圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 1 影像處理設備 3 多功能事務機 表單編號A0101 第8頁/共15頁 0992039201-0 [0017] 201204001With the increasing demand for digital data and the improvement of electronic technology standards, Multi-Function Product (MFP) with multiple functions (such as scanning, copying, printing, etc.) has been developed. Jujube and its benefits are popular. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multifunction transaction machine 3 according to the prior art, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a scanning device of the multifunction printer 3 in FIG. The second drawing only shows the cover 32 of the MFP 3, the platform 34 and the image capturing element 36. Generally, when scanning or copying a book or a booklet, a part of the book 4 must straddle the operation panel, and the page to be scanned can be placed flat on the platform 34 to obtain a complete page image. Since the operation panel 38 is covered by the book 4, it is greatly inconvenient for the user to set the scanning parameters or to view the finished silk. The user must open the book 4 from time to time to perform the operation, or the scan image may be skewed due to accidental movement of the book, thereby extending the overall scanning process and affecting the quality of the scanned image. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus having a document carrying ramp, adjacent to an operation panel, the user can operate the image processing apparatus violently to scan a bound document. . 099122261 Form nickname A0I01 Page 3 / Total 15 True 0992039201-0 201204001 [0004] [0006] [0008] 099122261 The image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a platform housing, a mobile image capture Components and operating panels. The platform housing has a swept plane and a bevel for carrying an original, wherein the bevel is located on a first side of the scanning plane. The mobile image capture component is mounted in the platform housing for capturing images of the original on the scanning plane. The operator panel is attached to the platform housing and is located on one of the second sides of the scanning plane. The bevel of the image processing apparatus of the present invention is located on the first side of the sweeping plane and is inclined away from the cover. Thereby, the portion of the book that is not required to be scanned can be naturally placed on the inclined surface, and the portion that needs to be scanned is ........... Flat on the scanning plane: To avoid producing scanned images with black shadows. The advantages and spirit of the present invention can be further clarified by the following detailed description of the creation and the accompanying drawings. [Embodiment] Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, and FIG. 3 is a comparison according to the present invention. A preferred embodiment of the image processing apparatus 1 is shown in Fig. 4 which is a schematic view of Fig. 3 and another schematic diagram of the image processing apparatus 1. In this embodiment, the image processing device 1 is a multifunction printer, but the invention is not limited thereto and may be other image processing devices having a scanning function. The image processing apparatus 1 includes a printer 12, a flatbed scanner 14 and an automatic paper feed scanner 16. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the image processing apparatus 1 has functions such as scanning, printing, and the like. The flatbed scanner 14 and the automatic magazine scanner 16 are placed on the printer 12, and the one is a single-integrated machine. In this embodiment, the 'printer 12 is disposed below the platform-type scanning piano 14 and the automatic paper-feeding scanner 16, and includes a -3 size printing guide 22 (not shown in the third figure and the 4)), - Α4 size paper form number deletion 1 ^ 4 1/„ 15 存 存 η 09920392 201204001 匣124 and an A3 size multi-purpose paper cassette 126. According to ISO 216 standard, A4 size is 210 mmx 297 Mm, A3 size is 297 mmx 420 mm; among them, A3 size printing engine 122A refers to the printing engine capable of printing images on A3 size paper, and A4 size paper storage 124 refers to the storage paper which can store A4 size paper. The A3 size multipurpose paper cassette 126 refers to a paper cassette capable of storing A3 size paper. The platform scanner 14 includes a platform housing 142, a mobile image capturing unit 144, an operation panel 146 and a cover plate. 148. The platform housing 142 is disposed on the printer 12 and has a scanning plane 1422 and a slope 1424. The scanning plane 1422 is used to carry the original to be scanned, and the inclined surface 1424 is located on the first side of the scanning plane 1422. 1426. In this embodiment, the original to be scanned is a book 18, but this It is not limited thereto, and may be a piece of paper, a file, a card, a photo, etc. The mobile image capturing component 144 is movably mounted in the platform housing 142 (shown by a dotted line) Figure 3) is used to capture the image of the book 18 on the scanning plane 1422. The moving image_fetching element 144 is in the direction γ 'in the platform (four) 142 (10) to move '(4) to take the completeness of the book 18 or Part of the page image. The operation panel U6 is connected to the platform housing 142 and is located on the second side 1428 of the scanning plane. The user can perform scanning, copying, faxing, etc. instruction adjustment on the image processing apparatus 1 through the falling panel 146. Turn, or use, ie, view, etc. The value of the bevel 1424 is located on the first plane of the scanning plane 1422 and is inclined away from the cover 148, that is, the user is inclined downwards. Shown on the 3rd® towel), spread out and placed on the scanning plane U22 and the slope U24. This way, the book 18 can be swiped to the scanning plane 1422 to avoid the current photocopying of the photocopying machine. At this time, the black shadow problem often occurs. The slant U24 is located at the first ~ 1426 is relative to a third 099122261 Form No. 1010101 Page 5 / Total 15 Page 0992039201-0 201204001 Side 1430. The design of the present invention allows the user to simultaneously operate the image processing apparatus 1 of the present invention while the book scanning process is in progress. A plurality of functions, but the invention is not limited thereto. [0009] [0011] In addition, in the prior art, when scanning or copying a book or a book, a part of the book often has to straddle. On the operation panel, the page/page to be scanned can be placed flat on the platform housing, so that the user must open the book to set the scanning parameters or view the result of the scanning, and the user is likely to be careless. Moving the book causes the scanned image to skew, thus extending the overall scanning process and affecting the quality of the scanned image. On the contrary, the image processing apparatus of the present invention uses the scanning plane and the inclined plane to carry the book, and the operation panel is no longer shielded, so that the user can smoothly use the operation panel, thereby avoiding the problem of inadvertently moving the book and affecting the quality of the scanned image. In addition, in the embodiment, the cover 148 is pivotally connected to the platform housing 142' for covering the scanning plane. Cover 148 is located on third side 1430 of scan plane 1422. The third _ 1430 is adjacent to the second side 1428 . The cover 148 is designed to be side-fitted to more efficiently suppress the book so that the page to be scanned of the book 18 is flat on the scanning plane. In this implementation, the automatic paper feed scanning H16 is mounted on the third side 143 of the scanning plane 1422, and includes a paper feed tray 162, a paper exit boat 64, a paper feed port 166, and a paper exit port 165 ( See Figure 4) and - fixed image capture element 168. The paper feed tray 162 is disposed on the cover 148 and located at the paper feed cassette 166. The document paper placed on the paper feed tray 162 can be fed from the paper feed port 166 into the automatic paper feed type sweep core 16. The document sheet here is a piece of paper. Paper Feed 166 _Maximum paper feed width Form No. Α0101 Page 6 of 15 , , 0992039201-0 201204001 The upper is equal to 297mm ′ so the automatic paper-feed scanner 16 can scan document paper up to the size of ^. [0012] c Please refer to Figures 3 and 4 at the same time. The mobile image pickup element 144 of the flatbed scanner 14 scans the original on the scanning plane 1422 parallel to the first direction X of the second side 1428, and the fixed image of the automatic paper fed scanner 16 The scooping element 168 scans the document sheet entering the auto-fed scanner 16 from the input tray 162 in a second direction parallel to one of the third sides 1430. Wherein the second direction γ is substantially perpendicular to the first direction χ. The scanning direction herein refers to the arrangement direction of the image sensing elements such as photodiodes in the image capturing elements 144, 168. The image processing device 1 of the present invention uses at least two sets of image capturing components as scanning elements of a flatbed scanner and a paper-feeding scanner; a multi-function machine or a copying machine, a platform scanner and a feed of the prior art; Paper scanners must share a set of image manipulation components. Such a design is not only easy to cause damage to the image manipulation components: 'The positioning of the image revealing components is also more prone to errors. Γ^ΓΪ 'ιΓ ί 〇 [0013] In the present embodiment, the length of the third side 143 of the scanning surface 1422 is substantially equal to 297 mm, and the length of the second side 1428 of the scanning plane 1422 is substantially equal to The 210mm' platform scanner η can hold originals up to A4 paper size. Of course, if the length of the second side 1428 of the scanning plane 1422 is allowed to be substantially equal to 420 mm under the tolerance of the machine volume specification, the original of the paper size up to A3 can be accommodated instead of using the automatic paper-feed scanning. The device 16 can start the A3 paper sweep & in particular, for a book bound book such as a book, if the book is not disassembled, the platform scanner 14 must be used to scan the file 099122261 form. No. A0101 Page 7 of 15 0992039201-0 201204001 Description. It is worth mentioning that the present invention is not limited to this, regardless of the length of the scanning plane 1422 or the size of the broom. [0016] [0016] In summary, compared with the prior art, the flatbed scanner of the image processing apparatus of the present invention adopts a bevel design, which enables the book to be scanned to be natural or easy. Flat on the scanning plane to avoid the problem of producing scanned images with black edges and solving the book masking operation panel. In addition, the cover of the image processing apparatus of the present invention is designed to be laterally opened and closed, and is capable of effectively suppressing the book so that the page to be scanned is flat on the scanning plane. Moreover, the image processing apparatus of the present invention provides a plurality of sweeping components for scanning documents in different scanning directions, which not only improves the flexibility of the configuration of the flatbed scanner and the automatic paper-fed scanner, but also facilitates product upgrades, manufacturers. There is no need to adapt to the platform scanner "automatic paper-fed scanner specifications and can not replace another scanner; it can also avoid the problem of excessive wear and loss of positioning error control caused by the shared image capture component. The above is only the implementation of the present invention, and the equivalent changes and modifications made to the scope of the patent application of the present invention are within the scope of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a multifunction printer according to the prior art. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the scanning device of the multifunction printer in Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of an image processing apparatus in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is another schematic view of the image processing apparatus in Fig. 3. [Main component symbol description] 1 Image processing device 3 Multifunction printer Form No. A0101 Page 8 of 15 0992039201-0 [0017] 201204001
Ο 4 書本 12 印表機 14 平台式掃描器 16 自動饋紙式掃描器 18 書本 X 第一方向 Y 第二方向 32 蓋板 34 平台 36 影像擷取元件 38 操作面板 122 A3尺寸列印引擎 124 A4尺寸存紙匣 126 A3尺寸多用途紙匣 142 平台殼體 144 移動式影像擷取元件 146 操作面板 148 蓋板 162 進紙盤 164 出紙盤 165 出紙口 166 進紙口 168 固定式影像擷取元件 1422 掃描平面 1424 斜面 1426 第一侧 1428 第二側 1430 第三侧 Γ 丨: '〇 • . 099122261 表單編號Α0101 第9頁/共15頁 0992039201-0Ο 4 Book 12 Printer 14 Flatbed Scanner 16 Automatic Paper Feeder 18 Book X First Direction Y Second Direction 32 Cover 34 Platform 36 Image Capture Element 38 Operation Panel 122 A3 Size Print Engine 124 A4 size paper cassette 126 A3 size multi-purpose paper cassette 142 Platform housing 144 Mobile image capture unit 146 Operation panel 148 Cover 162 Input tray 164 Output tray 165 Output 166 Paper feed 168 Fixed image Pickup element 1422 Scanning plane 1424 Bevel 1426 First side 1428 Second side 1430 Third side Γ 丨: '〇• . 099122261 Form number Α0101 Page 9 of 15 0992039201-0