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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7173742 | Document scanner with light focusing device A document scanner with a light focusing device downward formed on a document support panel is disclosed. The document scanner is provided with a chassis including a light source and an image sensing device. A scanning window made of light-transmitting material is f... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172604 | Follicular extraction punch and method Provided herein is an instrument and method useful to incise in to the skin to a precise depth and at a specific angle with respect to the surface of the skin of a patient, for the extraction of individual follicular groups or individual follicular units. An instrum... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173199 | Switching signal input device for use with electronic apparatus A switching signal input device for use with an electronic apparatus is provided. The switching signal input device includes a switch part, an operating part and a resilience element, and is capable of performing four-directional switch control actions in response t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170650 | Luminous apparatus capable of adjusting the luminance A luminous apparatus capable of adjusting the luminance is equipped in a scanner. Before mounting the luminous apparatus in the scanner, a detective device is used for detecting luminance generated from the luminous apparatus. The luminous apparatus contains the ele... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167160 | Dual mode input device A dual mode input device, e.g. an optical mouse, is capable of performing data input function by moving the input device. Alternatively, the dual mode input device can also be an optical trackball. By turning the dual mode input device upside down, a trackball can b... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154639 | Transmission mechanism of image scanner with adjustable resolution A transmission mechanism of an image scanner with adjustable resolution is disclosed. The transmission device is driven by a step motor to move a carriage to perform a scanning operation at a selected speed The transmission device includes a transmission control set... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154643 | Linear guiding apparatus A guiding apparatus for a scanner may comprise a V-shaped supporting surface capable of supporting a body on a shaft, wherein the body comprises optical components. The guiding apparatus may also comprise an elastic member coupled to the body and capable of contacti... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149008 | Stagger sensor and method for improving modulation transfer function A stagger sensor and a method for improving modulation transfer function. The method of using the stagger sensor for improving modulation transfer function can be applied to scan an object. The stagger sensor includes a plurality of sensing modules. The method of in... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136200 | Method for determining restored scanning position A method for position restoration. By comparing the graphic data and the restored graphic data, the graphic data closest to the restored graphic data is selected. Therefore, the graphic data scanned subsequently is correctly connected to the restored graphic data to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136204 | Full-zone optical image addressing apparatus A full-zone optical image addressing apparatus, including an addressing device, an image extraction converter, a comparator, an AND gate and a counter. The addressing device is located at the enclosure of the scanner and includes a plurality of geometric patterns. E... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133164 | Optical carriage of scanner and method for the same An optical carriage of scanner has a mirror assembly and a device assembly, the mirror assembly has a mirror mount, some mirror holder, and some supporters, and the device assembly has a chassis. In this invention, the mirror assembly and the device assembly are mec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108385 | Illumination module of light emitting elements An illumination module of light emitting elements is provided. The present illumination module includes a printed circuit board having a one-dimensional array of light emitting elements arranged thereon and a reflecting layer on the surface of the printed circuit bo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089122 | Method for determining the resolution of blood glucose The present invention provides a method for calculating the resolution of blood glucose which corresponding with the peak value of the rising curve. The average peak value is obtained from calculating the plurality of peak value, which determined after the pre-setti... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7038819 | Depth of field adjustment device and method for an automatic document feeder The present invention relates to a depth of field adjustment device and method for an automatic document feeder. The automatic document feeder has a guiding groove for placing an object to be scanned. The guiding groove has a scanning window for providing image pick... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034957 | Method for increasing signal to noise ratio A method for increasing signal to noise ratio is disclosed. The method can automatically detect saturation output voltage of the photosensors via adjusting exposure time or illumination intensity so as to obtain optimum output voltage of the photosensors as well as ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034965 | Method and system for automatic scanning system In accordance with the present invention, an operating procedure of a scanning system that can get images automatically is disclosed. The operating procedure comprises steps of scanning at least one original to get an image which can display all content of this orig... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7006265 | Transmission device for name card scanner A transmission device for driving a name card to pass over a contact image sensor (CIS) comprises: a loading deck provided with a central recess and a correction slip attached to a bottom face at the front end thereof; a first gear set for driving the loading deck; ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6981011 | Precision complex sinusoid generation using limited processing A first value of a sinusoidal-shaped electronic signal is computed based on a Lagrange interpolation using an update phase-angle associated with the electronic signal, a first set of equally-spaced data-values that generally describe the sinusoidal function and a se... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6947186 | Scanner carrier A carrier device for a contact image sense optical scanner. The carrier device incorporates a pair of magnets with identical poles facing each other or a fluid filled sealed chamber for exerting an equal pressure on a scanning module within the scanner and maintaini... | 09/20/2005 |
