WO1998003932B1 - Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator - Google Patents

Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator

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Publication number
WO1998003932B1
WO1998003932B1 PCT/IL1997/000238 IL9700238W WO9803932B1 WO 1998003932 B1 WO1998003932 B1 WO 1998003932B1 IL 9700238 W IL9700238 W IL 9700238W WO 9803932 B1 WO9803932 B1 WO 9803932B1
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medium
optical scanner
scanned
hand
scanner
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PCT/IL1997/000238
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Priority to EP97930721A priority patent/EP0979483A4/en
Priority to US09/230,325 priority patent/US6270013B1/en
Priority to JP50675198A priority patent/JP3859729B2/en
Publication of WO1998003932A1 publication Critical patent/WO1998003932A1/en
Publication of WO1998003932B1 publication Critical patent/WO1998003932B1/en

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Abstract

An optical scanner including a scanner head, a roller (15) engaged by a record (RM), the roller including optically readable marks, light sources (12, 14) and sensor (4) which illuminate and sense both the roller (15) and the record (RM), a lens (11) for focusing light from the record (RM) onto the sensor (4), and a lens mirror (21) for focusing light from the roller (15) onto the sensor (4).

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 17 February 1998 (17.02.98); new claims 15 and 16 added; remaining claims unchanged (1 page)]
circuitry first measures the output of the optical sensor while the scanner head is out of contact with the record medium, and said light source being energized when said electrical circuitry measures the output of the optical scanner while the scanner head is in contact with the record medium.
15. Motion guide apparatus for guiding a human user who is moving a hand-held optical scanner over a medium portion to be scanned, the guide comprising: a marking device operative to provide a mark extending laterally in a particular direction from the hand-held optical scanner, wherein, as the optical scanner is moved by the user in said direction, the mark is visible, superimposed onto the medium portion to be scanned, by the user.
16. Apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the marking device includes: a transparent guide element extending laterally from the hand-held optical scanner; and a marking on the transparent guide element which, due to transparency of the guide element, is visible, superimposed onto the medium portion to be scanned, by the user.
STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19(1)
Claim 15 refers to the "medium portion _£o be scanned" which, of course, is different from the portion of the medium currently being scanned by the optical scanner. In other words, at a given moment, the scanner is scanning a portion, A, of the medium whereas a mark is superimposed onto a different portion, B, of the medium, for guidance purposes. B is downstream of A along the scanning direction.
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AU34578/97A AU3457897A (en) 1996-07-22 1997-07-14 Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator
EP97930721A EP0979483A4 (en) 1996-07-22 1997-07-14 Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator
US09/230,325 US6270013B1 (en) 1996-07-22 1997-07-14 Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator
JP50675198A JP3859729B2 (en) 1996-07-22 1997-07-14 Optical scanner particularly useful as an electronic translator

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IL11891496A IL118914A0 (en) 1996-07-22 1996-07-22 Hand-holdable optical scanner particularly useful as electronic translator
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